Adding desired AC500 PLC to the Project

Basic settings in IEC 61131-3 editor application

Before configuring basic settings, define the variables in IEC 61131-3 editor application.

  1. In the IEC 61131-3 editor application main menu, click Project ‣ Options.

  2. In the ‘Options dialog’, click Symbol configuration and enable the options Dump symbol entries and Dump XML symbol table. Then, click Configure symbol file.

  3. Enable the following checkboxes and click OK.

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    Note

    Export variables of the object will be in gray background. Double-click to activate.

  4. In the IEC 61131-3 editor application window, click Resources ‣ Target settings ‣ General tab. Enable Download symbol file and then click OK.

  5. In the main menu, select Project ‣ Build to compile the project.

After adding/modifying the variables, update the Panel_Builder project. For further information, see Creating a Panel_Builder Project.

Exporting symbol file

  1. In the device tree, right-click the Application node and click Export ‣ Symbol file.

    Note

    The precondition to generate a symbol file is to create the application and to perform PLC program build in IEC 61131-3 editor.

  2. Select the desired location in the file system to save the symbol file.

  3. In the device tree, double-click Application to start IEC 61131-3 editor application.