Parameterization And Commissioning; Configuration: Twincat System Manager; Fig. 17 Twincat System Manager - Beckhoff FC5101 Documentation

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Parameterization and Commissioning

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Configuration: TwinCAT System Manager

The TwinCAT System Manager Tool is used to configure the FC510x CANopen PCI card. The System
Manager provides a representation of the number of programs of the TwinCAT PLC systems, the
configuration of the axis control and of the connected I/O channels as a structure, and organizes the
mapping of the data traffic.
Fig. 17: TwinCAT System Manager
For applications without TwinCAT PLC or NC, the TwinCAT System Manager Tool configures the
programming interfaces for a wide range of application programs:
• ActiveX control (ADS-OCX) for e.g. Visual Basic, Visual C++, Delphi, etc.
• DLL interface (ADS-DLL) for e.g. Visual C++ projects
• Script interface (ADS script DLL) for e.g. VBScript, JScript, etc.
System Manager – Features
• Bit-wise association of server process images and I/O channels
• Standard data formats such as arrays and structures
• User defined data formats
• Continuous variable linking
• Drag and Drop
• Import and export at all levels
The procedure and the configuration facilities in the System Manager are described below.
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