1

Open the Hardware Catalog by clicking the Hardware Catalog button  in the EcoStruxure Machine Expert Logic Builder toolbar if it is not already opened.

2

Select the tab Controller in the Hardware Catalog.

Result: The controllers suitable for your EcoStruxure Machine Expert project are displayed in the Hardware Catalog.

3

Select a controller entry in the Controller tab, drag it to the Devices tree and drop it at a suitable node. You can drop a controller at any empty space inside the Devices tree.

Result: The controller is added to the Devices tree as a new node with different subnodes depending on the controller type.

1

Open the Hardware Catalog by clicking the Hardware Catalog button  in the EcoStruxure Machine Expert Logic Builder toolbar if it is not already opened.

2

Select the tab Devices & Modules in the Hardware Catalog.

Result: The expansion devices suitable for your EcoStruxure Machine Expert project are displayed in the Hardware Catalog.

3

Select your expansion device, drag it to the Devices tree and drop it at a suitable subnode of a controller.

NOTE: Suitable subnodes are expanded and highlighted by EcoStruxure Machine Expert.

Result: The expansion device is added to the Devices tree below the subnode of the controller.

4

If the expansion device requires a communication manager, this node is added automatically to the Devices tree.

If several communication managers are available for your expansion device, a dialog box is displayed allowing you to select the suitable communication manager.

1

Open the Hardware Catalog by clicking the Hardware Catalog button  in the EcoStruxure Machine Expert Logic Builder toolbar if it is not already opened.

2

Select the tab Devices & Modules in the Hardware Catalog.

Result: The field devices suitable for your EcoStruxure Machine Expert project are displayed in the Hardware Catalog.

3

Select a field device entry in the Devices & Modules catalog view, drag it to the Devices tree, and drop it at a suitable subnode of a controller.

NOTE: Suitable subnodes are expanded and highlighted by EcoStruxure Machine Expert.

Result: The field device is added to the Devices tree below the subnode of the controller.

4

If the field device requires a communication manager, this node is added automatically to the Devices tree.

If several communication managers are available for your field device, a dialog box is displayed allowing you to select the suitable communication manager.

1

Open the Hardware Catalog by clicking the Hardware Catalog button  in the EcoStruxure Machine Expert Logic Builder toolbar if it is not already opened.

2

Select the tab Devices & Modules in the Hardware Catalog.

3

Select the option Device Template at the bottom of the Devices & Modules tab.

Result: The device templates suitable for your EcoStruxure Machine Expert project are displayed in the Devices & Modules tab.

4

Add them to the Devices tree as described in the Adding Devices from Template chapter.

1

Open the software catalog by clicking the Software Catalog button  in the EcoStruxure Machine Expert Logic Builder toolbar if it is not already opened.

2

Select the tab Macro in the Software Catalog.

Result: The function templates available in EcoStruxure Machine Expert are displayed in the Software Catalog.

3

Select a function template entry in the Macro view, drag it to the Devices tree, and drop it at a suitable subnode of a controller.

NOTE: Suitable subnodes are expanded and highlighted by EcoStruxure Machine Expert.

Result: The device based on the function template is added to the Devices tree.