If a connection between the bus interface and a controller is planned in the ‘Topology Editor’ section of the Festo Automation Suite (e.g. via EtherCAT), the CODESYS editors belonging to the device are available in the plug-in. If a bus interface in the ‘Topology Editor’ section is copied or the device is cut from the network and pasted at another position, the previous settings are retained in the CODESYS editors.
The device is named according to the device name in the project. If CODESYS characters of the name assigned in the Festo Automation Suite for the device are not supported, the characters are replaced by an underscore.
The device properties can be opened and the device deactivated and reactivated using buttons in the panel title bar.
‘CODESYS’ parameter panel
CODESYS editor including register
Deactivates or activates the device in CODESYS
Opens the CODESYS device properties
CODESYS device version
The ‘Navigation’ sidebar can be used to switch the working section to the ‘Parameters’ panel of the ‘Parameterization’ context ⮫ Parameter panel.
CODESYS device version
This group enables the selection of the CODESYS device version. The CODESYS device is added to the CODESYS project in the selected version.
CODESYS device settings
CODESYS editor with the settings of the device.
If the device settings are opened in the ‘Programming’ context of the controller, the device settings are hidden here. The ‘Show editor here again’ button can be used to display the device settings again and hide them in the plug-in of the controller.
Information on device settings can be found in the online help of the CODESYS extension for the Festo Automation Suite.