Toggling Between Windows You can directly switch between the open views and the editor windows. Press the Ctrl and Tab keys at the same time. Hold down the Ctrl key. An overview opens showing all acti

Your First CODESYS Program :

Preparation Before you get started Data security: In order to minimize the risk of data security breaches, we recommend the following organizational and technical measures: Avoid access to the PLC and

Creating the Project and Selecting the PLC Device Click File → New Project . In the Templates view, select the Standard Project template. Specify a name and a storage location for the project and clic

Programming the Controller Application in the Project Declaring the global variables First, declare the variables that you want to use across the entire application. To do this, create a global variab

Establish the Connection to the PLC Starting the gateway server and PLC Checking the options for accessing the controller Controllers must never under any circumstances be accessible from the Internet

Application on the PLC Downloading the application to the PLC Requirement: The application has been compiled without errors. For more information, see: Debugging the application program Click Online →

Creating and Configuring a Project What is a project? . What is a project? A project contains the objects which are necessary to create a controller program ("application"): Pure POUs Examples: progra

Creating Standard Projects Click File → New Project , and then the Projects → Standard Project template. Specify a name (example: myProject ) and a location in the file system. The Standard Project di

Adding Objects Requirement: A project is open. At least the top <project name> node exists in the Devices view ("device tree") and in the POUs view. The following instructions demonstrate some options