Establish Communication - Technosoft IDM240-5EI Technical Reference

called from applications written in C/C++, Visual Basic, Delphi Pascal or LabVIEW. If your host
is a PLC, TML_LIB offers a collection of function blocks for motion programming, which are
IEC61131-3 compatible and can be integrated in your PLC program.
• Implement on your master the TML commands you need to send to the drives/motors using
one of the supported communication channels. The implementation must be done according
with Technosoft communication protocols.
• Combine TML programming at drive level with one of the other options (see Section 5.3)

4.2.1. Establish communication

EasySetUp starts with an empty window from where you can create a New setup, Open a
previously created setup which was saved on your PC, or Upload the setup from the drive/motor.
Before selecting one of the above options, you need to establish the communication with the drive
you want to commission. Use menu command Communication | Setup to check/change your
PC communication settings. Press the Help button of the dialogue opened. Here you can find
detailed information about how to setup your drive and do the connections. Power on the drive,
then close the Communication | Setup dialogue with OK. If the communication is established,
EasySetUp displays in the status bar (the bottom line) the text "Online" plus the axis ID of your
drive/motor and its firmware version. Otherwise the text displayed is "Offline" and a
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