keep in motion – engineer-to-engineer
Do you know the situation? You need to develop a new application quickly, cost-effectively and technologically up-to-date. Do you want to test components to find out the limits or simply talk to our engineers in IEC 61131-3? Then the MotionLab is the right place for you! Because many a technical solution must be tested live before it is planned into a machine.
Provision of technicians and engineers
Excerpt of the FAQs from our "engineers@home" series
Is set selection via field bus and Sinapos possible?
Yes, this is possible via SINAPOS, SINA_PARA, ...
Changing the parameter is always online as soon as you are connected. Do some parameters only apply after 'reinitialisation'?
Yes, what is possible is changed directly. Otherwise there is a notice that reinitialisation is necessary!
Can the handbrake also be deselected if STO is deselected?
Yes, if STO is requested, the brake can be released via the FAS (Festo Automation Suite)! Prerequisite: Online connection and SBC not requested!
The following scenarios:
STO-A/B (0V, requested) & SBC-A/B (24V, not requested) -> Brake can be opened (also in case of discrepancy error of STO-A/B)
STO-A/B (24V, not requested) & SBC-A/B (0V, requested) -> Brake will NOT release.
STO-A/B (0V, requested) & SBC-A/B (0V, requested) -> brake can NOT be released.
Tested with:
CMMT-AS-C5-11A-3P-PN-S1
FW version: 17.0.8.48
Plugin: 1.3.1.9
FAS: 1.3.2.4
...of the plug-in function: "Open holding brake", not tested via field bus
Will the FHPP (Festo Profile for Handling and Positioning) no longer exist in the future?
FHPP will of course be continued (for CMMP/CMMO). For the new controller generation (CMMT-x), Festo is taking the path of direct integration (example Siemens: Siemens Profidrive, example Beckhoff: CiA402, ...).
How can error texts of the respective axis and the Festo controller be displayed on a Siemens panel?
The plain text error list of CMMT-x can be inserted (e.g. via csv-import), the texts can be used from the help in FAS or we can also provide them as xls-file.
How do you import the GSDML file from the Suite? Can the GSDML file be generated in the Festo Automation Suite?
The GSDML files are (freely) available in the Support Portal! The GSDML files are not generated in the suite and can be imported via the standard import function.
Contact
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Send us an e-mail at motionlab.at@festo.com
MotionLab Vienna
Festo Gesellschaft m.b.H.
Linzer Street 227
A-1140 Vienna