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CODESYS IEC61131- Programming Tool

Introduction

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LEARNING OBJECTIVES

ACE1000 CODESYS ‘IEC61131-3’ programming overview about:

 Creating an ACE1000 IEC61131-3 application

 Downloading the application to an ACE1000 target RTU that runs it

 Monitoring, online programming and debugging the application

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ACE1000 PROGRAMMING CONCEPT

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WHAT IS CODESYS ‘IEC61131-3’

• IEC 61131-3 is an IEC standard for programmable devices.

• CODESYS (by 3S-Smart Software Solutions GmbH) supports all IEC61131-3

programming languages.

• The CODESYS development system (IDE) offers integrated, user-friendly

software platform to support the user in developing an automation application
designated for an ACE1000 RTU.

• The ACE1000 CODESYS runtime system enables the automation program

execution on an ACE1000 target RTU .

• The development system runs on PC and is available free of charge.

• The runtime license must be purchased for each ACE1000 RTU designated to
run CODESYS automation programs.

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RESOURCES FOR CODESYS ‘IEC61131’ ON THE WEB

• CODESYS Official Website: https://www.codesys.com/

• CODESYS Self-help: https://www.codesys.com/support-training/self-help.html
• CODESYS Training: https://www.codesys.com/support-training/codesys-
training-courses.html
• CODESYS Store: http://store.codesys.com/

CODESYS Online Course from BE.services:

http://www.be-services.net/education/courses.html

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CODESYS ‘IEC61131-3’ Programming Languages
 The IEC61131-3 standard defines 5 programming languages:

Language Form Factors for deciding which language to use

Ladder Diagram (LD) Graphical ‘Electrical Flow’, Universal language acceptance,
Applications mainly using digital I/O and basic
processing,
Ease of changing code later
Functional Block Graphical ‘Process Flow’,
Diagram (FBD) Applications mainly using digital I/O and basic
processing
Sequential Function Graphical ‘Sequential Process’,
Chart (SFC) Ease of maintenance by the final user
Instructions List (IL) Textual ‘Boolean’,
Simple, Speed of execution
Structured Text (ST) Textual ‘Calculative’
Ease of implementing complex mathematical
operations,
Ease of use by newer engineers, Speed of execution

 CODESYS offers also the Continuous Function Chart (CFC).

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CODESYS ‘IEC61131-3’ Ladder Diagram (LD) Language

Ladder Diagram (LD) - visually, resembles a series of control circuits, with a series
of inputs needing to be valid (“true”) in order to activate one or more outputs.

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CODESYS ‘IEC61131-3’ Function Block Diagram (FBD) Language

Function Block Diagram (FBD) - a graphical language for depicting signal and
data flows through blocks, these being reusable software elements. A function
block is a program instruction RTU which, when executed, yields one or more
output values.

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CODESYS ‘IEC61131-3’ Sequential Function Chart (SFC) Language

Sequential Function Chart (SFC) - a graphically oriented language which allows

to describe the chronological order of particular actions within a program. These
actions are available as separate programming objects, written in any available
programming language. In a SFC they get assigned to "step" elements and the
sequence of processing is controlled by transition elements.

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CODESYS ‘IEC61131-3’ Instruction List (IL) Language

Instruction List (IL) - an assembler-like, so-called accumulator orientated

language where each instruction is primarily based on the loading of values into the
accumulator (a form of internal cache) by using the LD operator. After that the
operation is executed with the parameters taken out of the accumulator, the result
of the operation again is available in the accumulator, from where the user should
store it with the ST instruction.

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CODESYS ‘IEC61131-3’ Structured Text (ST) Language

Structured Text (ST) - a textual high-level programming language, similar to

PASCAL or C. The program code is composed of expressions and instructions,
allowing the development of complex algorithms. The text-based, non-graphical
nature of the language, also runs much faster than the graphical languages.

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ACE1000 CODESYS ‘IEC61131-3’ APPLICATION

• An ACE1000 CODESYS ‘IEC61131-3’ application is a standalone program which

is activated by the ACE1000 firmware, either when the RTU is powered up or
after the application is downloaded to the RTU.

• The ACE1000 CODESYS application is coded with one or more ‘IEC61131-3’

languages, and include calls to CODESYS libraries APIs and calls to ACE1000
‘IEC’ APIs library .

• Its executable is created by the CODESYS PC integrated development

environment (IDE) and downloaded to the ACE1000 target RTU using:
 Directly from the CODESYS PC tool.
 ACE1000 Easy Configurator .
 ACE3600 System Tool Suite .

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ACE1000 CODESYS ‘IEC61131-3’ PROGRAMMING BENEFITS

ACE1000 IEC61131 CODESYS application is developed using the free of charge CODESYS
development PC tool suite that provides:
• Flexible application development environment.
• Freedom of programming as different IEC61131 languages can be mixed
within the same CODESYS project or within the same CODESYS program. The
developer may choose the language that best suits his level of programming
proficiency, and programming style, and the nature of the application itself.
• For example, in a typical application, a custom function could be programmed using
ST and then made accessible, as a function block, in a FBD or LD program.
• High level of re-usability of code and portability of applications
• Excellent debugging and online programming.
• CODESYS can be extended by add-on products, available within
the CODESYS Store.

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ACE1000 CODESYS ‘IEC61131-3’ PROGRAMMING

In CODESYS PC Development System , program an application to be executed by

the ACE1000 RTUs.
The application can use various system functions from the ACE1000 ‘IEC’ library,
such as database access, I/O sampling and activation, comm. between RTUs, etc.

“Physical World” User Application “Communication World”

(Site) (Network of Networks)

ACE1000 ‘IEC’ APIs

CODESYS Program
‘PRG’

ACE1000 Tables Database

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CODESYS ‘IEC61131-3’ DEVELOPMENT SYSTEM INSTALLATION

• Install CODESYS v3.5 SP4 Patch2 software from the related RAR archive file
located at ‘Motorola Solutions App Download Center’:

https://www.motorolasolutions.com/en_us/my-software.html

• The supported platforms for the development system are Windows XP/7/8 (32/64
Bit)

• Download from the same location the ‘ACE1000 CODESYS AddOn’ package -
ACE1000_CODESYS_AddOn_R2.00.08.iso

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 ACE1000 CODESYS DEVICE DECSRIPTION INSTALLATION

• From the CODESYS Tools menu, select

Device Repository…

• In the Device Repository window, click

Install…

• Navigate to ACE1000_arm.devdesc.xml
plug-in supplied by Motorola in the
ACE1000_CODESYS_AddOn_R<…>.ISO
and click Open

• The ACE1000 device description file is added

under CODESYS PLCs and enables editing
the I/O mapping between the ACE1000
physical I/Os and CODESYS IEC61131-3
language logical variables.

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 ACE1000 CODESYS LIBRARY INSTALLATION

• From the CODESYS Tools menu, select

Library Repository…

• In the Library Repository window, click

Install…

• Select the to Library files filter, navigate to

ACE1000Lib2.library plug-in supplied by
Motorola in the
ACE1000_CODESYS_AddOn_R<…>.ISO
and click Open

• The ACE1000 library file is added to the

CODESYS miscellaneous libraries and
enables the programmer to use the
ACE1000 ‘IEC’ APIs in his CODESYS
application.

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ACE1000 CODESYS LIBRARY INSTALLATION (Cont.)

Add the installed ACE1000 library to the CODESYS ‘Library Manager’ tree.

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CODESYS ACE1000 USER INTERFACE COMPONENTS
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#1 - Devices tree - the ACE1000 device-related objects of the project are organized in a tree. In our case,
#2 – POUs tree - for organizing the project’s programming units of type Program, Function or Function block.
#3 - Editor Window - used for working on the particular object in the corresponding IEC61131-3 language editor.
#4 - Menu Bar - provides menus containing all currently available commands, as customized.
#5 - Tool Bar -contains buttons for all currently available tools, as customized.
#6 - Messages window - shows pre compilation, compilation, build, download messages, etc
#7 – Status line - information on the logged-in user, short information on the messages content and the current online status.

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ACE1000 CODESYS ‘IEC61131’ APPLICATION
PROGRAMING STEPS
1. Create a CODESYS project & configure ACE1000 I/O mapping

2. Write an ‘IEC61131-3’application

3. Build

4. Connect to ACE1000

5. Install / Download

6. Debug
The steps are detailed in the ACE1000 IEC61131-3 Developer's Guide

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PROGRAMING AN ACE1000 ‘IEC61131-3’ APPLICATION STEP 1

Creating the CODESYS Standard project for Device=ACE1000 (MotorolaSolutions) and the
preferred IEC61131-3 language:

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PROGRAMING AN ACE1000 ‘IEC61131-3’ APPLICATION STEP 1
(Cont.)

RESULT: A new project is opened with main board I/O objects as default 3DI_1DO

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PROGRAMING AN ACE1000 ‘IEC61131-3’ APPLICATION STEP 1
(Cont.) STEP 1 (Cont.)

Defining the execution of the application program:

Offline mode:
Configure the application’s ‘Main Task‘ priority to 16,
Type to cyclic and interval to 2 sec.

Online mode:
Adjust ‘Main Task’ interval to Max. Cycle Time (μs).

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PROGRAMING AN ACE1000 ‘IEC61131-3’ APPLICATION STEP 1
(Cont.)

Adding I/O devices:

for the use of applications that refer to
the objects on the I/O modules
configured for the ACE1000 RTU

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PROGRAMING AN ACE1000 ‘IEC61131-3’ APPLICATION STEP 1
(Cont.)
Edit I/O Mapping: link inputs/outputs logical names to physical inputs/outputs
channels.

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PROGRAMING AN ACE1000 ‘IEC61131-3’ APPLICATION STEP 2

Write an IEC Application: Create an application (‘PRG’) using one IEC61131

language or more and call the relevant ACE1000 ‘IEC’ APIs.

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PROGRAMING AN ACE1000 ‘IEC61131-3’ APPLICATION STEP 3

Build an IEC application: convert the source

(symbolic) application program to a compiled
program code that can be executed by the RTU
(correct any errors).
To a later download of the application via
Web/STS (step 5), use the Online ‘create boot
application’ to save (*.app,*.crc) files.

All the application’s

objects are
syntactically checked

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PROGRAMING AN ACE1000 ‘IEC61131-3’ APPLICATION STEP 4

Scan network and connect to ACE1000: setup the communication via the PC as
gateway to the target ACE1000 RTU.

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PROGRAMING AN ACE1000 ‘IEC61131-3’ APPLICATION STEP 5

Install / CODESYS Online login (with online change / with download /

download
without any change)
options:
ACE1000 Easy Configurator Tools-> Install-> IEC application (*.app and *.crc)

ACE3600 STS Add-on IEC61131 Application (*.app and *.crc) and

download

1. CODESYS Online Login 2. Web Configurator Install

3. STS Add-on and Download

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PROGRAMING AN ACE1000 ‘IEC61131-3’ APPLICATION STEP 5
(Cont.)
Online Users
Management:
• A non-secured user
that online logs into
the ACE1000 target
RTU is identified as
‘nobody’

• The ‘Security’
menu enables
adding/removing
secured online users
with names and
passwords.

• To remove the last

secured online user
add a user by the
name “Everyone”
and an empty
password

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PROGRAMING AN ACE1000 ‘IEC61131-3’ APPLICATION STEP 6

Debug application: the user which is currently online logged into the ACE1000
RTU can evaluate programming errors using the CODESYS debugging
functionality in online mode.

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PROGRAMING AN ACE1000 ‘IEC61131-3’ APPLICATION STEP 6
(Cont.)
Monitor application: the user which is currently online logged into the ACE1000
RTU can monitor the current values of the running program expressions

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PROGRAMING AN ACE1000 ‘IEC61131-3’ APPLICATION STEP 6
(Cont.)
Simulate application: run and debug the application on a "simulation target" which
is always available within the CODESYS development system (excluding the
ACE1000 ‘IEC’ APIs).

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LEARNING OBJECTIVES

ACE1000 CODESYS ‘IEC61131-3’ programming overview about:

• Creating an ACE1000 IEC61131-3 application

• Downloading the application to an ACE1000 target RTU that runs it

• Monitoring, online programming and debugging the application

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Thank you

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KNOWLEDGE CHECK

1. The ACE!000 CODESYS Add-on package provided by Motorola in an archive .ISO file
includes:
a) The ACE1000 device description XML file to map the ACE1000 physical I/Os and
CODESYS logical variables
b) The ACE1000 ‘IEC’ API library file to use the ACE1000 system operations.
c) A release notes document..
d) All the answers apply.
2. The ACE1000 device description and the ACE1000 ‘IEC’ API library are installed through
the CODESYS development system:
a) True
b) False
3. The ACE1000 application developer is restricted to select a single IEC61131-3 language for
his program:
a) True
b) False

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KNOWLEDGE CHECK

4. An ACE1000 unit running a CODESYS ‘IEC61131-3’ application using the ACE1000 ‘IEC’
APIs can:
a) Access and manipulate the unit’s physical IOs
b) Access the unit’s database to read and write values
c) Communicate with another ACE1000 unit
d) Communicate with another MOSCAD/ACE legacy product
e) Call various ACE1000 system operations
f) All the answers apply
5. The ACE1000 ‘IEC61131-3’ application can be online programmed, monitored and
debugged through the CODESYS development system :
a) True
b) False

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