Power Supply; Compressed Air Supply; Actuation With Plc Edutrainer And Control Console; Cable Connections Between Station And Edutrainer Plc - Festo MPS PA Operating Instructions Manual

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11.3 Power supply

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The stations are supplied with electricity from a power supply with 24 V DC voltage (max. 4 A).
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The power supply for the entire station is provided via the PLC EduTrainer, SimuBox,
or the EasyPort 19" USB.

11.4 Compressed air supply

The service unit is connected via a coupling plug. The quick coupling socket (KD3-CK-6) is included in the
scope of delivery of the service unit:
1. Connect the plastic tubing PUN 6x1 to the coupling socket.
2. Connect the plastic tubing PUN 6x1 to your compressed air supply. If necessary, use the T-plug
connector for 6 mm tubing.
Figure 21: On-off valve with filter regulator
3. Connect the quick coupling socket to the quick coupling plug of the service unit.
4. Check the display of the pressure gauge and set a pressure of 6 bar at the filter regulator.

11.5 Actuation with PLC EduTrainer and control console

11.5.1 Cable connections between station and EduTrainer PLC

The cable connections are described and shown for an MPS PA station connected to a PLC control without
power supply in the EduTrainer Universal as MPS-PA preferred variant:
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Connect the digital I/Os of the EduTrainer (3/A) and the I/O terminal (5) XD1 of the station with I/O data
cable SysLink (7) or check the connection.
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Connect the digital I/Os of the EduTrainer (3/B) and control panel (4) with the I/O data cable SysLink
(10) or check the connection.
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