Integrating the TeSys™ island into the EcoStruxure Machine Expert Project
How to Add the TeSys™ island to the EcoStruxure Machine Expert Project
As the bus coupler acts as a single communication node for the complete TeSys™ island, you have to add the bus coupler as communication node to your EcoStruxure Machine Expert project.
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Create or open your EcoStruxure Machine Expert project. |
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Add a controller supporting EtherNet/IP or Modbus TCP/IP from the Hardware Catalog > Controller to your project. Result: A controller node is added to the Devices tree with several subnodes. |
For further information, refer to the chapter Adding Devices by Drag and Drop in the Programming Guide. |
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From the hardware catalog, select the following communication manager, depending on the controller you use: oFor M241 or M251 controllers, select Industrial Ethernet Manager. oFor M262 controllers, select EtherNet/IP Scanner or Modbus TCP IO Scanner depending on whether EtherNet/IP or Modbus TCP scanner services are required. Result: The selected communication manager is added as a subnode below the Ethernet node in the Devices tree. |
For further information, refer to the chapter Adding Communication Managers in the Programming Guide. |
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Right-click the communication manager subnode, and execute the command Add Device to add a TeSys island element. Result: A TeSys_island subnode is added below the selected communication manager node in the Devices tree. |
For further information, refer to the chapter Adding Devices to a Communication Manager in the Programming Guide. |
The figure illustrates the TeSys_island configuration in the Devices tree for M241 and M262 controllers:
