Entries for the 'Beckhoff PLC' Category

Carter Silvey

04/30/2025

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In previous entries of this blog series, we went over the Mover, Station, and PositionTrigger function blocks. Now that we understand these function blocks better, let's use them to write our own custom logic.  This blog will continue to ...

Carter Silvey

04/30/2025

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The previous entry in this series went over the Station function block. Stations are excellent at holding movers while an operation is performed on their payload. Stations require a mover to stop at the station before continuing along, but what if we...

Carter Silvey

04/29/2025

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The previous entry in this series went over the Mover function block. Movers already give us a lot of options for how to control our XTS system, but typically we don’t want to control movers based on which index in the array they are, we want t...

Carter Silvey

04/29/2025

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In previous entries of this blog series, we went over how to configure, activate, and run code on a Beckhoff XTS system. Running the starter project is great to ensure the system is wired and configured correctly, but to truly get the most out of our...

Carter Silvey

03/20/2025

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This is Part 3 of Getting Started with XTS. The first two posts in the series discuss Beckhoff XTS, walks through the installation process, setting up a base project, and configuring an XTS system. Today we will continue by setting up an XTS simulati...

Carter Silvey

03/12/2025

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In the previous blog in this series, we introduced Beckhoff XTS and why you should consider using it. We also walked through downloading and installing the necessary packages and setting up a base project. In this post, we will continue to build upon...

Carter Silvey

02/18/2025

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This blog and all its images are from TwinCAT XAE build 3.1.4024.62. Since XTS is one of Beckhoff’s newer offerings, they are consistently providing more features so some aspects may look different in newer versions, especially in builds 3.1.40...

Will Todd

11/04/2024

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Traditionally a Beckhoff TwinCAT 3 PLC project would utilize EtherCAT as the primary network protocol for field network devices. In this blog we will review how you can reconfigure additional LAN ports on a TwinCAT IPC to act as an Ethernet I/P ...

Carter Silvey

06/18/2024

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Table of contents 1. Download and Installation 2. Adding the Database Project to a TwinCAT 3 Solution 3. Writing Code to Write to the Database Server 4. Testing the Database Connection Being able to store long term data is one of the...

Derrick Huynh

04/08/2024

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Communication between Safety PLCs is a useful tool for complicated projects involving multiple Safety PLCs: such as projects requiring Estops to cut power to multiple machines. This guide will explain how to set up safety communication for Be...