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BECKHOFF FC520x / CX1500-x520
4 Parameterisation and Commissioning
4.1 Configuration: TwinCAT System Manager
The TwinCAT System Manager Tool is used to configure the FC520x DeviceNet PCI card and the
CX1500-x520 Fieldbus Modules. The System Manager provides a representation of the number of pro-
grams of the TwinCat PLC systems, the configuration of the axis control and of the connected I/O chan-
nels as a structure, and organises the mapping of the data traffic.
For applications without TwinCAT PLC or NC, the TwinCAT System Manager Tool configures the pro-
gramming interfaces for a wide range of application programs:
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ActiveX control (ADS-OCX) for e.g. Visual Basic, Visual C++, Delphi, etc.
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DLL interface (ADS-DLL) for e.g. Visual C++ projects
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Script interface (ADS script DLL) for e.g. VBScript, JScript, etc.
4.1.1 System Manager – Features
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- Bit-wise association of server process images and I/O channels
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- Standard data formats such as arrays and structures
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- User defined data formats
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- Continuous variable linking
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- Drag and Drop
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- Import and export at all levels
4.1.2 Configuration by means of the TwinCAT System Manager
The procedure, and the configuration facilities in the System Manager are described within the next chap-
ters.