Lenze Engineer v2.21 - Manual (Page 173)

Lenze · Engineer · 2.13 EN - 10/2014
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Defining the system functionality
Inserting & configuring a machine application
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8.13 Inserting & configuring a machine application
The machine application serves as a structuring means for the generation of system modules which
already contain a predesigned interconnection.
In the Project view the existing system modules, axes and devices, as well as the applications
subordinate to the devices, and possibly available machine applications are displayed:
• The symbols below the devices represent the respective application.
• A machine application always is required if several devices have to exchange information
among each other, as the applications assigned to the devices can only be interconnected
within a machine application. In the illustration this is represented by 9400 HighLine 1 and 9400
HighLine 2.
• In principle, not only applications but also machine applications that have already been
configured can be allocated to a machine application. This makes it possible to create
hierarchical application structures.
• A project can also contain several machine applications.
If you select a machine application in the Project view, different tabs are provided to you in the
Workspace via which you can configure the machine application.
Tab Info
Device applications Via the Device applications tab you assign the respective applications to the
machine application.
 Assigning applications ( 175)
Connections Via the Connections tab you define the applications exchanging information and the
ports via which this information is exchanged within the machine application.
 Connecting ports within the machine application ( 177)
Ports Via the Ports tab you can add ports to the machine application to exchange
information with other machine applications via these ports.
 Adding ports as an external interface ( 179)
Product features Via the Properties tab you can change the name of the application and add a
comment to the application.
Documentation Via the Documentation tab you can add notes and documents in electronic form to
the application.
 Documentation - Add project details ( 71)