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On our YouTube channel Festo Service, you will find practical and user-friendly video tutorials on topics that are the subject of frequently asked questions in the areas of maintenance, commissioning and repair.

Incomplete Festo product documentation of remote accessible functions and their required IP ports. Depending on the product a description of the supported features can be found in the product documentation to some extent.

Festo developed the products according to the respective state of the art. As a result, the protocols used no longer fully meet today's security requirements. The products are designed and developed for use in sealed-off (industrial) networks. If the network is not adequately sealed off, unauthorized access to the product can cause damage or malfunctions, particularly Denial of Service (DoS) or loss of integrity.

Commissioning VTEM connected to Beckoff PLC via CPX-FB38 bus node

How to extract data from CPX-FB36 systems using the built-in auto-discovery feature of Factory Talk Edge Gateway by Rockwell Automation.  What are the use cases of this data, and how to supplement it by using Factory Talk Smart Objects.

This Application Note gives detailed procedure to integrate VTEM Motion Terminal from Festo with Keyence KV-8000 PLCs through EtherNet/IP communication network.

Also describes library for the control (Device Control) of the VTEM Motion Terminal from Festo.

Festo SE & Co KG complies with national and international laws, guidelines, standards and regulations which are applicable to our products. We constantly monitor the dynamics of legislation. This Application Note give an overview.

The following tables contain all the malfunction codes and sub-codes relevant to the application that can be stored in the diagnostic memory of the Festo Motion Terminal (VTEM).

VTEM Motion Terminal Quick Reference PLC programming

Safety Sub-Functions in Connection with Motion Terminal VTEM

This list contains all Festo drives approved for the Festo Motion Terminal (VTEM) and the corresponding value that must be entered in the

"drive type" system parameter (ID 20) in order to be able to operate the respective drive with a Motion App. FW 4.24

This Application Note gives detailed procedure to integrate VTEM Motion Terminal with Omron PLC through EtherCAT communication Network using CPX-FB37. It also includes information on the function blocks to operate Festo VTEM Motion Terminal.

This document provides a step-by-step explanation of how to download the newest VTEM Firmware using Festo Field Device Tool. This Application Note describes a one-time migration which is required for all firmware versions older than 4.12.0. If firmware is already 4.12.0 or higher the migration step with bootloader-5.1.0 and misc-1.0.0 is not necessary.

This Application Note Gives Detailed Procedure to Integrate VTEM Motion Terminal with Mitsubishi FX5U-series PLC through Modbus Simple CPU Communication Network. Also Describe Library and Function block to control the VTEM Motion Terminal from Festo.

This Application Note gives detailed procedure to integrate VTEM Motion Terminal with Mitsubishi Q-series PLC through CC-Link  Communication Network. Also describe Library and Function block  to control the VTEM Motion Terminal from Festo.

This Application Note gives detailed procedure to integrate VTEM Motion Terminal with Mitsubishi R-series PLC through Modbus Simple CPU communication Network. Also describe Library and Function block to control the VTEM Motion Terminal from Festo.

This Application Note gives detailed procedure to integrate VTEM Motion Terminal with SIEMENS S7-300 Controller in Profinet communication network. Also Describe Library for the control (Device Control) of the Motion Terminal VTEM from Festo.

Supported Systems :                                                                              

−         Tested with S7-300

Commissioning & Troubleshooting Guide