Getting Started Guide

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PAC Machine Edition

Logic Developer – PLC
Getting Started Guide
Version 10.2
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Contents
Welcome .................................................................. 1
1.1 Processor Speed and Memory ........................................................................... 2
1.2 VMWare Support ................................................................................................ 3
1.3 Installation .......................................................................................................... 4
To Install/Update Logic Developer – PLC ................................................ 4
Microsoft Visual C++ ................................................................................ 4
1.4 Product Authorization ......................................................................................... 5
Automatic License Activation ................................................................... 5
License Report ......................................................................................... 5

PAC Machine Edition ............................................... 7

2.1 Quick Start .......................................................................................................... 7
To Start Machine Edition .......................................................................... 7
2.2 Projects............................................................................................................... 8
To Create a New Project Using a Template ............................................ 8
To Open an Existing Project for Editing Open an Existing Project for Editing 9
To Import a Folder .................................................................................. 10
To Keep Project Version the Same When Upgrading ........................... 10
2.3 Interface Overview ........................................................................................... 11
Ribbon Bar ............................................................................................. 11
Utility Panes ........................................................................................... 11
Using Docking Markers .......................................................................... 12
2.4 Variables........................................................................................................... 13
User-Defined Data Types ....................................................................... 13
Variable Properties in the Inspector ....................................................... 13
To Map a Variable to Controller Memory or Alias a Variable ................. 15
2.5 Options ............................................................................................................. 15
To Set Options and Preferences ............................................................ 16
To Reset an Entire Page of Options to their Default Settings ................ 16
2.6 Machine Edition Help ....................................................................................... 17
Companion Help .................................................................................... 17
InfoViewer Help ...................................................................................... 17

PACSystems Targets ............................................. 19

3.1 Adding, Configuring, and Converting Targets .................................................. 20
Adding Targets ....................................................................................... 20
Configuring Controller Targets ............................................................... 21
3.2 Converting Targets ........................................................................................... 22
To Convert a Target ............................................................................... 22
3.3 Configuring Communication ............................................................................. 22

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To Configure an Ethernet, Mode, or Serial Connection with any PACSystems

Controller ................................................................................................ 23
To Set a Permanent IP Address for a PACSystems .............................. 23
To Download an IP Address via a Controller Serial Port ....................... 23
3.4 Interacting with a Controller.............................................................................. 24
Validating a Target ................................................................................. 24
To Validate a Target ............................................................................... 25
Offline, Online: Monitor Mode, Programmer Mode ................................ 25
To Go Online to an Emerson Controller ................................................. 25
To Change the Online Mode .................................................................. 26
To Go Offline from an Emerson Controller ............................................ 26
To Download to a PACSystems Controller ............................................ 26
To Upload Files from a PACSystems Controller .................................... 28
To Start a PACSystems Controller ........................................................ 28
To Stop a PACSystems Controller ......................................................... 28
Fault Tables............................................................................................ 28
To Create a User-Defined Reference View Table ................................. 29
To Work with a User-Defined Reference View Table ............................ 30
Reports ................................................................................................... 30
To Generate Reports ............................................................................. 30
To Redisplay a Previously Generated Report ........................................ 31
To Print a Report Displayed in the InfoViewer ....................................... 31
To Print LD Blocks ................................................................................. 31
To Print ST Blocks ................................................................................. 32

Hardware Configuration ......................................... 33

4.1 PACSystems RXi ............................................................................................. 33
4.2 PACSystems RX3i ........................................................................................... 34
Configuring PACSystems ....................................................................... 34
Configuring Controller Hardware............................................................ 35
To Replace a CPU (Not Applicable for PACSystems RXi) .................... 36
To Configure a CPU ............................................................................... 36
To Add an Expansion Rack (PACSystems RX3i Only) ......................... 36
To Replace a Rack (Not Applicable for PACSystems RXi) ................... 36
To Add an Ethernet module (PACSystems RX3i Only) ......................... 37
To Configure the Ethernet Daughterboard (RX3i Only) ......................... 37
To Move a Module (Not Applicable for PACSystems RXi) .................... 37
4.3 I/O Variables ..................................................................................................... 38
To Enable I/O Variables for a Module .................................................... 38
To Map a Variable to a Terminal in the Terminals Tab of a Module or Genius
Device .................................................................................................... 39
4.4 Hot Redundancy Systems ................................................................................ 40
Genius Redundancy ............................................................................... 41
Hot CPU Redundancy Over Genius ...................................................... 41
Configuring Hot Redundancy Systems .................................................. 42
Remote I/O ............................................................................................. 45
To Create a Project Containing a Remote I/O Target from a Template 46

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To Add a Remote I/O target to an Existing Project ................................ 47

To Replace the Power Supply in your Remote I/O Configuration .......... 48

Logic Programs and Blocks ................................... 50

5.1 Program Types ................................................................................................. 50
Main Program ......................................................................................... 50
C Programs ............................................................................................ 52
Motion Program ...................................................................................... 52
Number of Blocks in the Main Program ................................................. 53
Scheduling Programs ............................................................................. 53
To Create a User-Defined Folder ........................................................... 53
To Schedule the Execution of a Block of Logic ...................................... 54
To Control Access to a Block ................................................................. 54
To Search/Replace in One Block ........................................................... 55
Indirect References ................................................................................ 55
To Assign an Indirect Reference ............................................................ 55
5.2 LD Editor........................................................................................................... 57
To Customize the LD Editor ................................................................... 57
To Create an LD Block ........................................................................... 57
To Open an LD Block for Editing............................................................ 57
Working with the LD Editor Offline ......................................................... 58
To Assign Variables to Instruction Operands ......................................... 60
To Check (Validate) a Single LD Block .................................................. 60
Editing Logic as Text .............................................................................. 60
To Copy an Entire LD Block as Text ...................................................... 62
To Copy a Section of LD Logic as Text ................................................. 62
To Copy Text into the LD Editor ............................................................. 62
To Move or Duplicate LD Logic .............................................................. 63
Working with the LD Editor Online ......................................................... 63
To Begin Editing in Test Edit .................................................................. 63
To Begin Testing the Modified Logic ...................................................... 64
To Cancel the Test and Continue Editing the Logic While in Test Edit Mode 64
To Cancel Test Edit Mode and Restore the Original Logic in the PACSystems
Controller ................................................................................................ 64
To Accept the Changes you Tested and Commit Them to the PACSystems
Controller ................................................................................................ 64
Go Not Equal, Keep Working, and Download Changes ........................ 65
Affecting BOOL Variables ...................................................................... 65
5.3 FBD Editor ........................................................................................................ 69
To Customize the FBD Editor ................................................................ 69
To Create an FBD Block ........................................................................ 70
To Open an FBD Block for Editing ......................................................... 70
To Insert an Instruction .......................................................................... 71
To Assign a Parameter Beside an Instruction ........................................ 71
To Assign a Parameter Above an FBD Instruction or Function Block Instance 73
To Check (Validate) a Single FBD Block ............................................... 73

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To Change the Number of Inputs for FBD instructions (ADD, AND, MUL, OR,
SUB, XOR) ............................................................................................. 73
To Negate an FBD Parameter (For discrete parameters only) .............. 75
To Negate an FBD Wire (For discrete FBD wires only) ......................... 75
To Move or Duplicate FBD Logic ........................................................... 76
To Zoom in or Zoom Out an FBD Block ................................................. 76
Working with the FBD Editor Online ...................................................... 76
To Turn On/Off or Force a Variable ....................................................... 76
FBD Instructions, Functions, and Function Blocks ................................ 77
5.4 IL Editor ............................................................................................................ 78
To Configure Accumulators .................................................................... 78
To Create an IL Block ............................................................................ 79
To Open an IL Block Editing .................................................................. 79
Working with the IL Editor Offline ........................................................... 79
To Insert an Instruction .......................................................................... 79
To Assign Operands to an Instruction .................................................... 79
To Create a Variable from a Reference Address ................................... 80
To Create a Variable from a Name ........................................................ 80
To Move or Duplicate IL Logic ............................................................... 80
To Insert an Inline Comment .................................................................. 80
To Insert a Block Comment.................................................................... 80
To Reformat IL Logic .............................................................................. 80
Working with the IL Editor Online ........................................................... 80
IL Instructions ......................................................................................... 82
5.5 ST Editor........................................................................................................... 84
To Customize the ST Editor ................................................................... 84
To Create an ST Block ........................................................................... 84
To Create a Parameterized ST Block .................................................... 85
To Open an ST Block for Editing............................................................ 85
Working with the ST Editor Offline ......................................................... 86
To Insert an ST Variable or Keyword ..................................................... 86
To Create a Variable from a Name ........................................................ 86
To Insert a Line Comment ...................................................................... 86
To Insert a Block Comment.................................................................... 87
To Select a Range of ST Logic .............................................................. 87
To Move or Duplicate ST Logic .............................................................. 87
To Locate all Occurrences of a Variable ................................................ 87
Working with the ST Editor Online ......................................................... 87
Online Values ......................................................................................... 87
To view the Value of an ST Parameterized Block Parameter ................ 89
To Change a BOOL Variable’s State ..................................................... 89
To Force a BOOL Variable’s State......................................................... 89
To Remove the Force from a BOOL Variable ........................................ 89
ST Statements, Functions, and Function Blocks ................................... 90
C Blocks ................................................................................................. 91
Working with C Programs ...................................................................... 92

LD Diagnostic Logic Blocks .................................... 94

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6.1 To Create an Active LD Diagnostic Logic Block ............................................... 95

PROFINET Support ............................................... 96

7.1 Ethernet Global Data (EGD)............................................................................. 98
Exchanges vs. Pages ............................................................................. 98
Integration with the EGD Configuration Server ...................................... 98
Integration with the EGD Management Tool .......................................... 99
Logic Developer – PLC implementation of EGD: the EGD Component 99

PACMotion........................................................... 104
8.1 To Locate a Target’s PACMotion Node ......................................................... 105
8.2 To Add the PACMotion component to a PACSystems Rx3i Target .............. 105
8.3 CAM Editor ..................................................................................................... 105
8.4 Working with the CAM Editor ......................................................................... 106
8.5 To Create a CAM Profile ................................................................................ 106
8.6 Data Logging .................................................................................................. 106
To Generate .dlog Files ........................................................................ 106
8.7 To Add a Data Logging Window (DLW) ......................................................... 107

Motion Programming ............................................ 108

9.1 To Add a Motion Component to a Target ....................................................... 109
9.2 Motion Editor .................................................................................................. 110
To Add a Motion Block ......................................................................... 110
To Open a Motion Block for Editing ..................................................... 110
Working with the Motion Editor ............................................................ 110
9.3 Local Logic ..................................................................................................... 112
To Create a Local Logic Block ............................................................. 113
To Open a Local Logic Block for Editing .............................................. 113
Local Logic Variables ........................................................................... 115
To Insert a Local Logic Variable........................................................... 115
CAM Editor ........................................................................................... 117

Appendix A Secure Deployment Guide ..................................... 120

A.1 What is Security? ........................................................................................... 120
A.2 General Security Recommendations ............................................................. 120
A.3 Related Documentation .................................................................................. 120
A.4 Secure Deployment and Hardening ............................................................... 120
A.4.1 PME Project and Toolchest Locations ................................................. 121
A.5 Windows Services (Non-TCP)........................................................................ 122
A.6 TCP/IP Services ............................................................................................. 122

General Contact Information ..................................................... 123

Technical Support ..................................................................... 123

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Warnings and Caution Notes as Used in this Publication

WARNING
Warning notices are used in this publication to emphasize that hazardous voltages, currents, temperatures, or other
conditions that could cause personal injury to exist in this equipment or may be associated with its use.

In situations where inattention could cause either personal injury or damage to equipment, a Warning notice is used.

CAUTION
Caution notices are used where equipment might be damaged if care is not taken.

Note: Notes merely call attention to information that is especially significant to

understanding and operating the equipment.

These instructions do not purport to cover all details or variations in equipment, nor to provide for every
possible contingency to be met during installation, operation, and maintenance. The information is supplied for
informational purposes only, and Emerson makes no warranty as to the accuracy of the information included
herein. Changes, modifications, and/or improvements to equipment and specifications are made periodically
and these changes may or may not be reflected herein. It is understood that Emerson may make changes,
modifications, or improvements to the equipment referenced herein or to the document itself at any time. This
document is intended for trained personnel familiar with the Emerson products referenced herein.

Emerson may have patents or pending patent applications covering subject matter in this document. The
furnishing of this document does not provide any license whatsoever to any of these patents.

Emerson provides the following document and the information included therein as-is and without warranty of
any kind, expressed or implied, including but not limited to any implied statutory warranty of merchantability or
fitness for a particular purpose.

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Welcome
Congratulations on your purchase of PAC Machine Edition, PAC Machine Edition is the
single toolchain to program, configure, and maintain the entire PACSystems automation
portfolio including HMIs, PLCs, VFDs, servos, and edge devices. Providing programmers
with access to widely used IEC 61131-3 and C languages, as well as the superior
integration of PROFINET I/O, PAC Machine Edition 10 delivers a modern, advanced
development environment that helps close the loop between information and automation.
PAC Machine Edition has four product offerings: ProPlus, Professional, Lite, and
QuickPanel CE Development Suites.
The type of targets that can be configured depend on the product purchased. ProPlus and
Professional include the most targets and QuickPanel CE includes the least. The targets
supported based on product are shown in the table below.

Table 1: Product Features

Products Features Part Number

View and PC Control Points

QuickPanel & QuickPanel+
PACSystems RX3i & RX7i

PC Control Development

Module Type Packages

PACStystems RSTI-EP

RIO VersaMax & 90-30

PC Control Runtime
Series 9030 & 9070

View Development

View OPC Driver

View Runtime
VersaMax

ProPlus 700 ME100MBPP001

Development Suite (standard),
O 1500 (O),
8000 (O),
35000 (O)
Professional 700 ME100MBP001
Development Suite (standard),
O 1500 (O),
8000 (O),
35000 (O)
Lite Development ME100MBL001
None
Suite
QuickPanel CE ME100CSCEMK
None
Development Suite
- Included in Product
O - Optional Feature
PAC Machine Edition provides a way to configure your Controller hardware or remote I/O,
create and edit logic, upload and download projects, and monitor and debug the execution
of control programs. Projects can be imported from Logicmaster™, VersaPro™, and
Control folders.
The Machine Edition environment unites and organizes components, providing data
sharing and logic reuse through the Toolchest.

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The remainder of the Getting Starting Guide will focus on the Logic Developer – PLC.
To use Logic Developer - PLC and its tools, you require the following minimum
requirements:

• 64-bit Variations Only: Microsoft® Windows® Server 2016, Windows Server 2019,
Windows Server 2022 (22H2), Windows 10 (22H2), Windows 10 IoT Enterprise, and
Windows 11 (21H2).
• Windows regional settings must be set to English.
The following tools and use cases require administrator rights:
• EGD Management Tool
• PAC 8000 I/O
• PROFINET DCP Utility
• PACS Analyzer
• IEC61850
• Workstations connected to the PLC via a serial connection

1.1 Processor Speed and Memory

• Minimum (for small to medium-sized projects):
— Intel® Core™ i5 with 8 GB RAM
— AMD FX™ or Phenom™ II X6 with 8 GB RAM
• Strongly recommended for large projects or when using multi-instance:
— Intel® Core™ i7 (quad-core) with 16 GB RAM
— AMD higher FX™ or Phenom™ II X6 models with 16 GB RAM

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1.2 VMWare Support

The Development Environment is supported on VMware with the following VMware
requirements:
Minimum requirements:
• Player 2.0 or greater, or
• VMware Workstation 6.0 or greater, or
• VMWare ESXi
For multiple processor cores (required to leverage multi-threading performance gains):
• Player 4.0 or greater, or
• VMware Workstation 8.0 or greater, or
• VMWare ESXi.

CAUTION
After powering down the guest operating system (O/S) of a VMware virtual machine, configure the
number of cores to use for that virtual machine: match or come as close as possible to the number of
cores in your computer's processor. You cannot configure the number of cores for a virtual machine if its
guest O/S is running or paused.
The APM Motion Programmer does not function if PAC Machine Edition is executed from within VMware.

Other Requirements
• Internet Explorer 10.0, 9.0, or 8.0; with current updates.
• You must install Internet Explorer before installing Machine Edition.
• TCP/IP network protocol (if you use an Ethernet connection).
• .NET Framework 4.5 Full. If the Microsoft .NET Framework is not yet installed, it is
automatically included during the installation of Machine Edition, and a reboot may be
required to complete the installation.
• 2 GB hard disk space. Additional space is required for your projects and temporary files.

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1.3 Installation
With the release of PME 10.2, the installer automatically cleans up older installations. If a
user has a version of PME 9.0 through 10.1.9647 already on the computer, it is
recommended to install PME10.2 WITHOUT uninstalling the previous version. The 10.2
install will prompt the user about needing to uninstall some components to perform the
upgrade. If you have a version of Machine Edition older than 9.0 installed on your
computer, you must uninstall it before installing the latest version. All your existing
projects, settings, and authorizations are preserved following an uninstall operation.
For the latest information, release notes, and supported hardware lists for Machine Edition
products, see the Important Product Information (IPI) document on the disk image. There
are several ways to view this document:

• When running Machine Edition, the IPI is accessed by clicking the Product
Information button located in the Help menu.

Figure 1: Important Product Information (IPI)

• Alternatively, IPIs can be downloaded from our knowledge base at the following URL:
https://emerson-mas.my.site.com/communities/CC_Home

To Install/Update Logic Developer – PLC

1. Insert the Machine Edition install disk into your CD-ROM drive.
By default, the setup program automatically starts. If the setup program does not
automatically start, run PACSetup.exe in the root directory of the install disk.
Note: If you do not have a disk copy of PME, you can find the latest version on the
Customer Center under software at: https://emerson-mas.my.site.com/communities/
2. Click Install to start the installation process.
3. Follow the instructions as they appear on the screen.
For information on troubleshooting installation problems, see the GFK-3244 PAC
Machine Edition Important Product Information.

Microsoft Visual C++

PAC Machine Edition requires the latest Microsoft Visual C++ packages to be installed
before continuing.
If you have a newer version of the redistributable already installed, a message may
appear that the installation packages have failed. Choose Yes to continue with the
installation.

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1.4 Product Authorization

A new installation of Logic Developer - PLC comes with a 4-day trial period with full
access to all Logic Developer - PLC features. This trial period can be overwritten by
installing a license, but it will resume if the added license is revoked or expires during the
4-day trial period.

Automatic License Activation

Customers can license their copy of Logic Developer – PLC using Emerson’s Entitlement
and License Manager software. There are two methods to initiate the activation wizard:
from within the application (PME) or from the Entitlement and License Manager itself.
During or following the trial period of PAC Machine Edition, customers can select the
Activate a License button (located under the Help menu) (Figure 2) to initialize the
License Activation screen from the Entitlement and License Manager and follow the
activation wizard’s prompts. This section will demonstrate how to license PME from within
the application.
Alternatively, customers can open Entitlement and License Manager directly and activate
their copy of PAC Machine Edition. For more information on using Entitlement and License
Manager, please refer to the Entitlement and License Manager User Manual (GFK-3104).

Figure 2: Activate a License Button

Activate License: Launches the License and Entitlement Manager. (If not installed, the
software will prompt users to install the manager.)
Remove License: Launches the License and Entitlement Manager. (If not installed, the
software will prompt users to install the manager.)
Reload License: Reloads a license from the license manager service running on the
machine. If you update your license with the License and Entitlement Manager, then
reloading will retrieve the latest license changes that were made to your license.

License Report: Displays a License Report for the local machine. (Instructions are in the
next section.)

License Report
PME has a built-in license feature reporting system. To see which PAC software features
are licensed on the local machine, complete the following steps.
Navigate to the Help menu.
1. Select License Report.
The following license report will display the software status on the local machine.

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Figure 3: License Report

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PAC Machine Edition

PAC Machine Edition offers you a complete solution for the development of automation
applications, in one package. Machine Edition features an integrated development
environment and tools that enable you to spend more time building applications and less
time learning the software. All Machine Edition products are fully integrated into the
environment and interact with one another.
1. A shared set of tools to provide a consistent interface throughout the development
process
2. Full drag-and-drop capabilities between tools and editors
3. A truly scalable solution: the user chooses the type of Controller your projects run
on

2.1 Quick Start

To Start Machine Edition
1. Click the Start Button, point to Programs, Emerson, and then choose PAC
Machine Edition (Figure 4).

Figure 4: Machine Edition Dialog

2. Select the appropriate option to open a project. The Open an Existing Project
option is selected by default

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Notes: If the user selects either the Empty project option or the Machine Edition
Template option, the New Project dialog box appears, and you can continue creating a
new project.
3. If you select the Open an Existing Project option, select from the list the project
wanted.
4. Optionally, select the Don’t show this dialog box on the startup option.
5. Click OK.
Your project opens in the Machine Edition environment.

2.2 Projects
The user can create and edit Machine Edition projects by using PAC View, Logic
Developer - PC, and Logic Developer - PLC. These products share Machine Edition tools
to provide a high level of integration between the various parts of the project.
The user can import folders created with Logicmaster, Control, or VersaPro.
With Logic Developer - PLC, you can build multiple projects to suit specific requirements.

To Create a New Project Using a Template

Before creating a project, there are some things you should know:
• The primary components your project will contain.
• The PACSystems controller your project will run on.
1. From the File menu, select the New tab to reveal available templates
2. Enter a project name in the text field above.
3. Select a save location from the drop-down menu.
4. Click to choose from one of the available templates.
5. Click Create located on the far-right to begin a new project.

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To Open an Existing Project for Editing Open an Existing

Project for Editing
1. Open the Navigator and select the Manager tab. A list of projects appears.
2. Select a project to open by double-clicking the project or right-clicking and
selecting Open.
3. If the project is not visible, right-click My Computer in the Manager tab (Figure 4).
4. Select Restore to browse for the project file location on your PC.
5. Navigate and select the required project file and select Open.

Figure 5: Opening Existing Projects

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To Import a Folder
1. Open the Navigator and select the Project tab.
2. Select the target that you want to import the folder into.
3. Right-click the target, point to import and choose the folder type.
4. In the dialog box that appears, navigate to and double-click the folder you want to
import.

To Keep Project Version the Same When Upgrading

1. Open the Project.
2. Under Project properties set the Project Version to the version used to create the
project.

Figure 6: Setting the Version Number

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2.3 Interface Overview

Ribbon Bar
PAC Machine Edition uses a ribbon bar (Figure 7) for its interface. The interface
commands are categorized by tabs and further organized by sub-groups for ease of use.
Descriptions of each button's functionality are available in the Companion pane.

Figure 7: Ribbon Bar

Utility Panes
The Navigator contains a set of tabs. Each tab displays information about your
development system in a hierarchical tree structure like Windows Explorer. The available
tabs depend on which Machine Edition products you have installed and what kind of work
you are developing or managing. The Project tab shows the overall organization of your
application.
The Feedback Zone window is used to display several types of output information
generated by Machine Edition components. This interactive window uses category tabs to
organize the output generated from the Machine Edition products you have installed.
The Inspector window lists the properties and current settings for a selected object or
element. You can edit these properties directly in the Inspector. When you select several
objects, the Inspector window lists the properties common to all of them. The Inspector
provides a simple method of viewing and setting properties for all Machine Edition objects.
The Data Watch tool is a run-time debugging tool that enables you to monitor and edit the
values of variables. This tool is useful while working online with a target. With the Data
Watch tool, you can monitor individual variables or user-defined lists of variables. Data
Watch lists can be imported, exported, or saved with a project.
The Toolchest is a powerful storehouse of objects you can add to your project. You can
drag most items directly from the Toolchest into Machine Edition editors. You can choose
from predefined objects or create your reusable fxClasses. The Toolchest adds the true
object-oriented capability to Machine Edition.
The Companion provides useful tips and information while you work. While the
Companion is open, it tracks your moves and displays help on whatever item is currently
selected in the Machine Edition environment. It is context-sensitive and displays a
description of whatever you click in Machine Edition.
The InfoViewer is an embedded Web browser used mainly to display the following:

• Machine Edition help

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• Machine Edition reports

• The documentation associated with a project or target
If you are familiar with Internet Explorer, then you are already familiar with the basic
InfoViewer interface. Like the Companion, the InfoViewer is context-sensitive. Press F1 to
get help on any item you select in the Machine Edition environment.
A table of contents is found in the InfoView tab of the Navigator.

Using Docking Markers

As you drag a dockable window, a series of docking markers appear, indicating valid
docking locations. Docking markers appear as a series of blue arrows.

Figure 8: Docking Markers

Move the mouse over a docking marker to preview how the window would be docked
when using that marker. Release the mouse button while hovering over a marker to use
that location.

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2.4 Variables
A variable is a named storage space for data. A variable name represents a memory
location in the target Controller. How the variable represents a memory location is
determined by the value of the variable’s Ref Address property. A variable's Ref Address
property can be set to any of the following:

A reference address, for example,%R00001. This is the PACSystems Controller

memory location that contains the variable's value. This can be an I/O register or an
internal memory register on the Controller.

A blank. On a PACSystems, if you leave a variable's Ref Address property blank, the
variable is a symbolic variable. Machine Edition handles the mapping for you in a special
portion of PACSystems user memory space. On Series 90 and Versamax Controllers, you
cannot leave the Ref Address property blank.
An I/O variable address, for example%IX0.6.0.1. (PACSystems only.) This represents
the PACSystems Hardware Configuration terminal that contains an I/O variable's value.
For example, this can be a physical discrete or analog I/O point on a module or Genius
device, a discrete or analog status returned by the module, or global data.
1. A name. This makes the current variable an alias variable of the name. An alias
variable will point to the same memory location as the name. The following names
may be valid:
2. The name of a parameterized LD block parameter (provided the alias variable is
local to the same block)
3. The name and index of an array element, for example, MyComplexArray[255,3]
4. The name of a structure element, for example, MyStructure.MyElement
5. The name of another variable that is not used as an alias variable.
Arrays and compound structure variables are supported by Machine Edition. Variable
definitions can be imported from and exported to a variety of file types. You can edit your
variables in a spreadsheet and then import them.

Variables used on PACSystems targets must be externally published to be viewed in PAC

View.

User-Defined Data Types

(PACSystems only) A User-defined Data Type (UDT) is a structured data type consisting
of various elements of various other data types. You can define a UDT to reside entirely in
discrete memory or non-discrete memory. After defining a UDT, you can create structure
variables of that data type and use them in logic.

Variable Properties in the Inspector

The Ref Address and other properties of a variable, such as Data Type, are configured in
the Inspector. The following is an illustration of the Inspector displaying a typical set of
variable properties.
1. In the Variables table of the Navigator, right-click Variable List, point to New
Variable, and then choose the data type of the variable. If only one target is in
your project, then Machine Edition creates a new variable with a default name.

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If more than one target is in the project, then the New Variable dialog box appears
with a unique default name for the new variable.
2. (Optional) Enter a unique name for the variable.
Variable names can range from 1 through 32 characters, begin with a letter or the
$ character, contain upper or lower case letters, use numbers between zero and
nine, and use the underscore character.
3. Select the target in which the variable will be used.
4. If the new variable is an array, select the Array check box and enter the size.
5. Click Ok.
The new variable appears in the list in the Variables tab.

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To Map a Variable to Controller Memory or Alias a Variable

There are two ways to map a variable to Controller memory or alias a variable
First Method
1. In the Variables tab of the Navigator, right-click a variable and choose Properties.
2. In the inspector that appears, in the Ref Address field, enter a reference address
to map the variable or enter the name of another existing variable, a
parameterized LD block parameter, an array element, or a structural element to
alias the variable.
3. Spell out the exact reference address, for example, %R00123 or 123R (in either
case this maps the variable to %R00123), or enter only the memory area, for
example, %R. This maps the variable to the next available address in that
memory area. For example, if %R00122 is the last address used by a 16-bit
variable, entering %R maps the variable to%R00123. r
4. Spell out the name of another variable, or of a parameterized LD block parameter,
for example, MyVarWithALongName, or ABC. Or provide the array’s name and
the element’s number, for example, MyArray[5]. Or provide the structure element’s
name, for example, MyStructure.MyElement.
Note: PACSystems only.
5. If you leave the Ref Address property of a variable blank, the variable is a
symbolic variable. You can enter an I/O variable address to make the variable an
I/O variable, but it is easier to map an I/O variable in the terminals tab of a
module.
Second Method
1. In the Variables tab of the Navigator, right-click a variable and choose Properties.
In the Inspector that appears, click the Ref Address field and then click the …
button. The reference Address Wizard appears.
2. Do one of the following:
• Map a variable to Controller memory: From the Memory Area list, choose a
region of Controller memory. In the Index box, enter an index from the
beginning of the region. Select a bit reference. The Bit Reference box is
available only if you are mapping a BOOL variable to a 16-bit memory area on
a PACSystems. Click OK.
OR
• Alias a variable: In the Variable Aliasing Filters section, select the
appropriate check boxes for the filters you want to use. In the Alias variable
box, select what you want to alias the variable to. Click OK.

2.5 Options
The Options tab of the Navigator contains option and preference settings. Options are
organized into folders and pages. Click to expand or collapse folders. Examples:
Controller >General > Duplicate Addresses: Indicates whether to prevent, warn about,
or ignore mapping two variables of the same data size (1, 8, 16, 32, or 64 bits) and length
(array size) to the same reference address.

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Controller >Hardware Configuration > New Reference Assignment: How default

reference addresses are assigned when modules are added to the Hardware
Configuration.
Editors >Ladder >View > Coil Justification: The default column in which coils are
placed; also the column where the right power rail resides. The default is 10.
Machine Edition >Preferences > Visual Style: The visual style used for the Machine
Edition environment, including the appearance of toolbars, tool windows, and menus.
Options include Blue, Light, Dark, Windows 10 (Light), and Windows 10 (Dark).

To Set Options and Preferences

1. In the Options tab of the Navigator, expand an options folder and right-click a
page within the folder to display the options in the inspector.
2. In the inspector, edit the option’s settings as needed.
Tip: When you click an option, the Companion automatically displays help on that option. If
the Companion is not already open, press Shift +F11 to open it.

To Reset an Entire Page of Options to their Default Settings

1. In the Options tab of the Navigator, expand an options folder
2. Right-click one of the options pages, and then choose Reset.
Tip: To reset only one option, look up its default value in the Companion and set the
option to that value.

Figure 9: Reset

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2.6 Machine Edition Help

Machine Edition includes a comprehensive online help system that enables you to access
specific help topics while working with Machine Edition Environment.

Companion Help
The companion is a Machine Edition help system that provides useful tips and information
while you work. While the Companion is open, it displays help on whatever item is
currently selected in the Machine Edition environment.

To Use Companion Help

1. Ensure that the Companion is open. To open it, press Shift +F11.
2. Click an item in Machine Edition located outside the Companion panel. A
description of the item you clicked appears in the Companion.

InfoViewer Help
The InfoViewer provides detailed help information. The InfoViewer has the following
features:

• Table of Contents
• Index
• Full-Search Engine
• Toolbar for Navigating the Help System
InfoViewer help is context-sensitive. Click an item on the screen and press F1 to display
the appropriate topic in the InfoViewer.

To Get Help with Machine Edition

Navigate to the Help menu on the top menu bar and click Finding Information. The
InfoViewer will display all how a user can reference Help information.

To Use the Full-Text Search

You can use the standard HTML Help Viewer to perform a full-text search of Help.
Advanced Boolean search expressions can be applied.
1. From the Help menu, choose Search Help.
The Machine Edition Help Search dialog box appears in a separate window.
2. Enter a search word or phrase in the top text box.
Note: Be sure to surround a phrase with quotation marks.
3. Click enter to perform a Boolean search. Use AND, OR, NEAR, or NOT to create
a Boolean search expression.
4. Click List Topics to display available topics. The topics are sorted by their rating
or likelihood of containing the search term, terms, or phrase.
5. In the Select topic box, select a topic to display.
6. Click Display.
The selected Help topic is displayed in the Help Viewer

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7. (Optional) Click the Info Viewer button to display the current topic in the
InfoViewer.
Tip: To narrow the search results, click the Location heading. The listed topics are sorted by
location and then by rating.
8. When using the HTML Viewer window, you may get better results if you select the
Select Titles Only checkbox and/or clear the Match Similar Words checkbox.

To Bookmark Favorite Topics

1. After performing a full-text search, select a topic you want to add to your list of
favorite topics, and then click the Favorites tab.
Note: The topic must be displayed in InfoViewer before the topic can be added to Favorites.
The machine Edition Help Search dialog box displays the selected topic title in the
Current topic text box (bottom-left corner).
2. With the Favorites tab selected, click the Add button to add the topic to the Topics
list.
3. (Optional) Click the InfoViewer button to display the current topic in the
InfoViewer.
4. To display a favorite topic in the Help Viewer, select it and click Display.
5. To remove a topic from the Favorites list, select and click Remove.

To Look Up Topics in the Help Table of Contents

1. Click the InfoView tab of the Navigator.
A table of contents for the entire help system appears.
2. Expand Libraries and Books to locate a topic of interest.
3. Double-click a topic. The topic is displayed in the InfoViewer.

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PACSystems Targets
A target represents a run-time destination of the program or programs you develop with
Logic Developer - PLC. Each target contains all of the components associated with that
target. Logic Developer - PLC supports the following families of controllers:

• PACSystems RXi
• PACSystems RX3i
• PAC Systems RSTi-EP Standalone
• PACSystems RX3i Rackless
• Versamax
• Versamax Nano/Micro
• Series 90 Micro
• RSTi-EP
• RSTi-EP Standalone
and the following PACSystems remote I/O interface targets:

• PACSystems RX3i Ethernet

• Versamax Ethernet
• Versamax Genius
• Versamax Profibus
Depending on the product type (ProPlus, Pro, Lite, or QuickPanel) your license will allow
you to add entitled targets and configure them in your project.

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3.1 Adding, Configuring, and Converting Targets

Adding Targets
A target will be present in a project when you use a template to create the project.
However, a project can contain multiple targets. Before grouping targets into a project or
isolating each target in its project, consider the following:

• How large are the targets? For example, a target that contains 200,000 variables
should probably be by itself in a project.
• Are the targets related? For example, a PACSystems RX3i with a relatively small
program is connected to twenty PACSystems Remote I/Os (RIOs). Size is not an
issue because RIO targets use little memory in a project. Grouping all the targets into
one project is appealing because it makes navigation much easier from one target to
another than if the PACSystems RX3i target and RIOs are isolated in 21 separate
projects. For another example, if you have various targets that do not communicate
with one another or do not serve a common purpose, there may be little value in
grouping them in one project.
• One target is required for each Controller or remote I/O adapter your project accesses,
except when you are using CPU redundancy. In this case, one target contains a
Primary Hardware Configuration and a Secondary Hardware Configuration, which
correspond to the primary Controller and the redundancy Controller, respectively.
• Existing targets can be converted from one Controller family to another.

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Configuring Controller Targets

The properties of a target specify the Controller family, the communication connections
between your computer and the Controller, and various other settings. All properties are
edited in the Inspector. The following table describes common Controller target properties:

Table 2: Controller Target Properties

Target Properties
Name Edit the name of your target in this field.
Type The type of target is set by default to PACSystems Controller.
Description Enter a description of your project in this field. The maximum number of characters is 255.
Documentation
Enter the URL where your project documentation is stored.
Address
By changing the Controller type in this field, you initiate a target conversion.
Family
Caution: Changes are irreversible.
Controller
The name of the target is stored on the Controller.
Target Name
Update Rate
Set the rate at which the screen is updated while online to the target.
(ms)
Sweep Time The sweep time of the Controller when online. This value is also displayed on the status bar.
(ms) (Read-only.)
Controller
The online/offline, run/stop status of the Controller. (Read-only.)
Status
Online Project When Enabled, Machine Edition performs project synchronization checks with an online
Synchronization Controller.
Physical Port Choose the type of connection to the Controller (Ethernet, COM, or modem).
IP Address (Ethernet protocol only.) Set the IP address of the Controller.
Additional
Group of properties used for the detailed configuration of your communication connection.
Configuration
Modem Group of properties to configure the modem communications link between your computer and a
Communication remote Emerson target.
Other properties are available depending on the value of the Family property and the CPU
model.

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3.2 Converting Targets

With Logic Developer – PLC, users can convert targets from one Emerson controller
family type to another. For example, the Hardware Configuration and logic are written for a
Series 90-70 Controller and converted for use on a PACSystems RX3i. However, target
conversions are irreversible; when logic blocks are deleted during a conversion, they
cannot be restored. Emerson recommends that you make a backup of your project before
converting a target.

To Convert a Target
1. In the Project tab of the Navigator, right-click a target and choose Properties.
The inspector displays the target’s properties.
2. In the Inspector panel, click Family.
3. From the list, choose the new Emerson controller family you want to convert the
target to.
There are two types of target conversions.
A basic conversion does the following:
• Strips all the configured modules from the original Hardware Configuration (HWC) and sets up
the destination family’s default HWC, with a single power supply and a CPU.
• Deletes or adds target components, logic programs, or blocks of logic.
• Updates the system variables including the fault locating references if applicable.
An enhanced conversion does the following:
• Replaces a power supply with the destination family’s default power supply.
• Retains the settings of CPU parameters common to the original and destination CPUs
when the settings are supported in the destination family; otherwise, replaces them with
the default settings.
• Retains all the module parameter settings that are supported by the destination family;
otherwise, the default settings are used.
• Ethernet module settings of non-supported Ethernet modules are used to configure the
destination's Ethernet daughterboard or default Ethernet modules.
• Converts unsupported expansion racks to the nearest equivalents.
• Deletes or adds target components, logic programs, or blocks of logic.
• Updates the system variables, including the fault locating references if applicable.
• Displays a conversion report in the InfoViewer.
Note: The hardware must be configured before it is operational.

• CAUTION
The capabilities of a destination target may be different from those of the original target. Carefully examine the
conversion report when it is available. Validate the project and test it thoroughly before deploying it in
production.

3.3 Configuring Communication

For Logic Developer – PLC to communicate with a target Controller, a connection must be
properly configured. The properties of a target are adjustable to accommodate your
connection (s).

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To Configure an Ethernet, Mode, or Serial Connection with

any PACSystems Controller
1. In the Project tab of the Navigator, right-click a target and choose Properties.
The Inspector displays the target’s properties.
2. In the Inspector, set the Physical Port property to Ethernet or a COM port ) or a
modem if one is installed).
3. If the Physical Port is Ethernet, enter the IP Address of the target Controller.
4. Double-click Additional Configuration to access the detailed settings for your
connection
Note: An IP address must be set in the Controller before an Ethernet connection can be
established.

To Set a Permanent IP Address for a PACSystems

1. In the Project tab of the Navigator, right-click the target and choose Properties.
The inspector displays the target’s properties.
2. In the IP Address property, enter an IP address.
3. Expand the Hardware Configuration.
4. Do one of the following:
a. For a PACSystems RXi, expand the PACSystems RXi node, and double-
click the Ethernet node, or
b. For a PACSystems Rx3i, expand the main rack, double-click every
IC695ETM001 Ethernet module, and repeat step c for each one of them.
c. In the Settings tab that appears in the Parameter editor, set the IP
Address, the Subnet Mask, and the Gateway UP Address.
d. Download the Hardware Configuration to the PACSystems module.

To Download an IP Address via a Controller Serial Port

1. Configure a CPU or Ethernet communications module with an IP Address using
the Hardware Configuration.
2. Right-click the target and choose Properties. The Inspector displays the target’s
properties.
3. In the Physical Port property, select a serial connection.
4. Right-click the target and choose Go Online.
5. Right-click the target and choose Download to Controller.
The Download to Controller dialog box appears.
6. Select Hardware Configuration and click OK.
The IP address is assigned to the controller and the rest of the Hardware
Configuration is downloaded to the Controller.

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7. Right-click the target and choose Go Offline.

8. Right-click the target and choose Properties.
9. In the Physical Port property, select Ethernet.
The next time you go online, Machine Edition will use an Ethernet connection with
the specified IP address.

3.4 Interacting with a Controller

Communicating with a PACSystems or VersaMax Controller is necessary to perform such
operations as storing and loading or monitoring data values and Controller Status
information. You can to a Controller from Logic Developer – PLC over a serial, Ethernet,
or modem connection, depending on the controller’s capabilities.
All interactions with a target are available from the target’s right-click menu.

Validating a Target
Validating your target detects syntax and configuration errors on the target. Error
messages are generated for each error and displayed in the Feedback Zone.

Tip: Double-click an error message to locate the noted error in your project. The
appropriate editor or tool opens automatically with the item in question selected. Press the
F4 key to locate the next error warning in your project. Tips showing you how to proceed
are displayed in the Companion. To open the Companion press SHIFT +F11.

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To Validate a Target
1. In the Project tab of the Navigator, right-click a target and choose Validate.
Logic Developer – PLC checks all items under the target for syntax errors. Any errors
detected are noted in the Build tab of the Feedback Zone.
Tip: Double-click an error message to locate the noted error in your project. The
appropriate editor or tool opens automatically with the item in question selected. Press the
F4 key to locate the next error or warning in your project. Tips showing you how to
proceed are displayed in the Companion, press SHIFT + F11.

Offline, Online: Monitor Mode, Programmer Mode

When offline from a PACSystems or VersaMax, there is no ongoing communication
between the Controller and your development computer. A physical communication link is
not required as long as you only edit logic; it is required only when you want to
communicate with the Controller.
The only Controller operations you can perform while offline are to go online or to set up
the temporary IP address.
When online with a target Controller, a communication link exists and is active and you
have ongoing real-time communication with the Controller.
When online in monitor mode, you can monitor the Controller while it is executing. You
cannot edit logic on your computer. You cannot change any values on the Controller.
Depending on your level of access to the Controller and your Change Management
permission levels, you can upload from the Controller.
When online in programmer mode, you can make changes on your computer and the
Controller and can monitor the Controller while it is executing. You can edit any type of
Controller logic on your computer. Depending on your level of access to the Controller and
your Change Management permission levels, you can:

• Upload from the Controller

• Control the Controller while it is executing
• Control any change values on the Controller
• Download to the Controller
When editing LD logic while online, you can make word-for-word changes; on
PACSystems, you can also use the test edit feature.
When online in either mode, if the project stored on the Controller is equal to the current
project in Logic Developer - PLC, the LD editor displays a graphical representation of LD
logic as it executes.

To Go Online to an Emerson Controller

1. In the Project tab of the Navigator, ensure that no target controller is already
online.
You can be online to only one target at a time. When a target is offline, its icon is
grey.

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2. If the name of the target you want to go online to does not appear in bold
characters, right-click the target and choose Set as Active Target.
3. Do one of the following:
• Right-click the active target and choose Go Online
OR
• Click the Connect button on the home bar.
Logic Developer – PLC connects your project to the Emerson controller. The
online status is indicated by the target con in the Project tab and on the status bar.
Note: When online to an Emerson controller, the target icon in the Project tab of the
Navigator appears as equal, not equal, or stop failed. Depending on the visual style
being used, the status bar will turn orange if online or red if online and the controller
is faulted.

To Change the Online Mode

In the Project tab of the Navigator:
1. Right-click the target controller
2. Point to Online Commands
3. Choose Set Programmer Mode or Set Monitor Mode

To Go Offline from an Emerson Controller

Do one of the following:
1. In the Project tab of the Navigator, right-click a target controller and choose Go
Offline.
OR
1. Click the Disconnect button on the home bar.

Upload/Download
The download process builds and validates all run-time files necessary for a target to
perform its role in a completed project. The compiled project is then transferred to the
target hardware over the communication connection previously configured.
The upload process acquires a project from the active PACSystems controller target and
transfers it to the Logic Developer – PLC for editing.

To Download to a PACSystems Controller

1. Ensure that you are online in programmer mode to the target Controller.
2. In the Project tab of the Navigator, right-click the target to which you want to
download files and choose Download to Controller.
The Download to controller dialog box appears, displaying these or other options.
Note: If the Controller is running, you can download only logic that is not equal to the
Controller’s current logic and the Download to Controller dialog box does not
appear. On a PACSystems, some source files that do not affect equality are also
downloaded.
3. Choose the items you want to download and click OK.
Note: Only one project can be downloaded to a target at a time. If you download to a target
controller that already has a project on it, the existing project is overwritten.

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For each target that you download, Machine Edition performs a validation. Any
errors that occur are displayed in the Build tab of the Feedback Zone. If there are
no errors, Machine Edition builds and sends all the necessary run-time files to the
Controller.
When Hardware Configuration is selected, the Write ALL items to flash memory
check box will be force checked if the hardware configuration in the PME project
has the RMS to user flash parameter set to enabled on the CPU (only available
on CPE302, CPE305, CPE310, CPE330, CPE400, and CPL410).
When Hardware Configuration is NOT selected, the Write ALL items to flash
memory check box will be force checked if the hardware configuration on the
connected controller has the RMS to user flash parameter set to enabled (only
available on CPE302, CPE305, CPE310, CPE330, CPE400, and CPL410).

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To Upload Files from a PACSystems Controller

1. Ensure that you are online to the target Controller.
2. In the Project tab of the Navigator, right-click the target Controller from which you
want to upload information and choose Upload from Controller.
The Upload from controller dialog box appears, displaying these or other options.
3. Choose the item(s) you want to upload and click OK.
The selected items are uploaded to Logic Developer - PLC. If you already had a
version of the project open, the uploaded project merges with the existing project.
Because variable names are not stored on Series 90 or VersaMax Controllers, if
you upload to an empty target, all variables are assigned default names. For
example, %R00001 is named R00001.

Run/Stop
When you are online in programmer mode, you can set a target Emerson control to Run or
Stop mode. In Stop mode, you can choose to enable or disable the outputs.

To Start a PACSystems Controller

Do one of the following:
1. In the Project tab of the Navigator, right-click a target, point to Online Commands,
and then choose Start Controller.
OR
1. Click the Start button on the home bar.
The target controller begins executing its program.
Note: If you are starting a PACSystems, you can choose to have outputs enabled or
disabled.

To Stop a PACSystems Controller

Do one of the following:
1. In the Project tab of the Navigator, right-click a target
2. Point to Online Commands
3. Choose Stop Controller
OR
1. Click Stop on the target bar.

Fault Tables
The controller and I/O fault tables display fault information logged by the CU or modules in
the controller. This information is used to determine if there are problems with the
controller hardware or software running on the controller’s CPU.

To View the Fault Table Reports

Do one of the following:

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1. In the Project tab of the Navigator, double-click the target you want a fault table
report on, or right-click it and choose Diagnostics.
OR
1. In the status bar at the bottom of Machine Edition, double-click the target.
Note: To view the controller and I/O fault tables, your computer must be online to the
controller. To clear faults, you must be in Online Programmer mode.
Reference View Tables
In Reference View Tables (RVTs), you can monitor reference data when you are online to
a PACSystems Controller. If you are in online programmer mode, you can also use RVTs
to change the values of reference data. In the Project tab of the Navigator, the Reference
View Tables folder contains a Default Tables folder. You can add user-defined tables to
the Reference View Tables folder. A target can have zero or more user-defined RVTs.
You can configure the default appearance of your RVTs in the Options tab of the
Navigator. For more information, see section Options on page 15.
Data values at sequential addresses are displayed from right to left, by default, starting at
the reference address specified in the Address column. Both default and user-defined
RVTs display rows of 8 cells for discrete memory (each cell corresponding to 8 bits) and
rows of 10 cells for register memory (each cell corresponding to one 16-bit register). The
amount of data displayed in the columns depends on the data display format.

To Create a User-Defined Reference View Table

In the Project tab of the Navigator, right-click the Reference View Tables folder and
choose New.
A new reference View Table with a default name is added to the folder.

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To Work with a User-Defined Reference View Table

1. In the Project tab of the Navigator, expand the Reference View Tables folder and
double-click the table you want to view.
The Reference View Table appears in the main Machine Edition window.
2. Add reference addresses to the table as required.
Note: You cannot add reference addresses to a default RVT.
3. Format the table entries as desired.

Reports
Reports provide summaries and tales of information about your project. Most reports are
displayed in the InfoViewer. The Reports tab of the FeedbackZone contains a list of all
reports generated since the last Machine Edition project was opened. The following table
shows the types of reports and logic printouts available in Logic Developer – PLC.

Table 3: Report Types Available

Report Types
Address Use Report Hardware Configuration Report IL Block ReportL
Application Structure Initial Force States n Project Report LD Block ReportL
CAM Profile Report Modbus Address Report Local Logic Block ReportL
EGD Reports Variable Difference Report Motion Block ReportL
Forces in Controller Report Variables Reports Structured Text BlocksL
L indicates a logic printout.

To Generate Reports
In the Project tab of the Navigator, right-click a node and choose Report to generate a
report on that node.
A report is automatically generated and displayed in the InfoViewer.

Note: To generate a Forces in Controller report for a target, you must be online at the
target. Right-click the target and choose Report. In the Select a Report dialog box,
select Forces in Controller Report and click OK.

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To Redisplay a Previously Generated Report

1. In the Feedback Zone, double-click the Reports tab. A list of previously generated
reports appears in the Feedback Zone.
2. In the list, click the report you want to view. The report appears in the InfoViewer.
Many items in a report contain hyperlinks. Click a hyperlinked item to jump to that
item in the project.

For example, if a variable's name appears hyperlinked in a report, clicking it

selects that variable in the Variables tab of the Navigator. Large reports are often
separated into several pages. To view a different page of the report, scroll to the
bottom of the report in the InfoViewer and click the number of the page you want
to view.

To Print a Report Displayed in the InfoViewer

1. Generate the report you want to print or redisplay a previously generated report.
2. When the report is displayed, right-click the InfoViewer window and choose Print.

To Print LD Blocks
1. In the Project tab of the Navigator, expand the Logic node.
2. Right-click the Program Blocks node and choose Print LD Blocks.
The Print dialog box appears.
3. Select the blocks to print.
a. To print all of the target's LD blocks in alphabetical order, select the All
option.
b. To print only some of the target's LD blocks, select the Selection option,
then select the check box in front of each block you want to print. To
determine in which order to print the blocks, select them one at a time and
click Up or Down until the selected blocks appear in the desired order.
4. Select options as required and click OK.

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To Print ST Blocks
1. In the Project tab of the Navigator, expand the Logic node.
2. Right-click the Program Blocks node and choose Report of ST Blocks.
The Structured Text Blocks logic printout is automatically generated and displayed
in the InfoViewer.

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Hardware Configuration
Logic Developer - PLC supports several PACSystems Controller families and various
remote I/O interfaces with a variety of CPUs, racks, and modules for each. To operate,
PACSystems Controller hardware must be configured with Logic Developer - PLC or some
other Emerson software tool. The HWC component of Logic Developer - PLC provides a
way to configure your target equipment. This chapter provides specifics on configuring
Controller hardware for your operational needs. The first step in configuring Controller
hardware is to select the Controller you want to configure. When creating a new project,
you can use a project template containing a default Hardware Configuration, or you can
create an empty project and configure it manually.

4.1 PACSystems RXi

The PACSystems RXi is an advanced, high-performance, small footprint, PROFINET-
dedicated Controller designed for distributed applications (process or discrete) in rugged
environments.
The PACSystems RXi has the following characteristics:
1. 2-port (shared MAC) Gigabit Ethernet I/O PROFINET network connection
2. Additional 1xGB Ethernet port Built-in cable redundancy (MRP) delivering
PROFINET IO cabling redundancy with no external switches
3. Dual-core COMExpress ICRXICTL000 CPU with 2 GB RAM and up to 64 GB
internal flash data storage
4. Support for most LD, FBD, and ST instructions supported on other PACSystems
platforms
5. High-speed Interconnect Bus enabling combinations of control and PAC (or other
Microsoft® Windows® or Linux applications)
6. Internal industrial-grade SSD drive providing local long-term data retention
7. Energy Pak supplies power to write data to NV RAM during power failures
8. USB and SD interfaces enable program loading, serial communications, and data
storage via standard devices

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4.2 PACSystems RX3i

The PACSystems RX3i consists of the main rack and up to seven expansion racks. Six
types of Series 90-30 expansion racks are supported; they have IC693CHSnnn catalog
numbers and are colored black, in keeping with the Series 90-30 color scheme. Two
expansion racks have IC694CHSnnn catalog numbers. These are identical to the
IC693CHSnnn expansion racks of the same numbers except that they are colored blue, in
keeping with the PACSystemsRX3i color scheme.
The main rack and all expansion racks support most Series 90-30 modules; these have
IC693NNNnnn catalog numbers and are colored black, in keeping with the Series 90-30
color scheme. Almost all of the IC693NNNnnn modules supported by PACSystems RX3i
also come as IC694NNNnnn modules that have identical functionality. The only difference
is that the IC694NNNnnn modules are colored blue, in keeping with the PACSystems
RX3i color scheme. For example, the IC693DSM314 and IC694DSM314 are functionally
identical and both can be used interchangeably in a Series 90-30 rack system or a
PACSystems RX3i rack system. The only hardware difference is their color.
When you configure a PACSystems RX3i rack system, you can selectIC693NNNnnn or
IC694NNNnnn racks or modules. When you configure a Series 90-30 rack system,
however, you can select only IC693NNNnnn racks or modules. Even if you are physically
using IC694NNNnnn racks or modules, selecting IC693NNNnnn racks or modules in Logic
Developer - PLC is inadequate.
The PACSystems RX3i default main rack, IC695CHS012, has 13 slots: Slots 0 through
12. The alternate main rack, IC695CHS016, contains 17 slots: Slots 0 through 16.
On either main rack, slot 0 is reserved for a power supply or the CPU, but the power
supply or CPU does not have to be in slot 0. The last slot is reserved for the Serial Bus
Transmitter module (IC695LRE001). The slot just before the last slot can contain any
single-width module native to PACSystems RX3i (IC695...)except the Serial Bus
Transmitter. Any other slot can contain any single-width module native to PACSystems
RX3i (IC695...) except the Serial Bus Transmitter, and if the next slot is empty, it can
contain any supported double-width module.
The IC695PSA040 and IC695PSA140 power supplies and the CPU are two-slot modules.
The IC695PSD040 and IC695PSD140 power supplies are one-slot modules. PACSystems
RX3i supports many Series 90-30 modules: each one occupies a single slot.

Configuring PACSystems
When you create a target with a PACSystems RX3i rack system, the default consists of
the main rack, with a power supply in slots 0 and 1, and a CPU in slots 2 and 3. You can
replace the default power supply. You can replace the CPU with itself to update it to the
latest catalog version, that is, the latest set of parameters supported for the CPU in Logic
Developer - PLC. You can move the power supply and the CPU to an empty slot in the
target with an adjacent empty slot; however, the second adjacent slot cannot be the last.
You can add up to seven expansion racks, and on each of these, you can add
IC693NNNnnnmodules and the IC694NNNnnn that are supported by Series 90-30.

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Note: On PACSystems RX3i targets, only the main rack is added by default. On Series 90-
70 and Series 90-30 Controllers, seven expansion racks are added by default to the
HWC. You do not need to add them.

Configuring Controller Hardware

The following configuration procedures focus on the PACSystems RX3i Procedures for the
other controller families supported by Logic Developer – PLC are nearly identical, when
applicable.

Hardware Configuration Smart Build

Hardware Configuration Smart Build can be used to rebuild only the dirty (altered)
modules.
1. In the Option tab of the Navigator, expand Hardware Configuration.
2. In the Inspector Window, select Smart Build and change it to Enabled.

Figure 10: Hardware Configuration Smart Build

Note: Hardware Configuration Smart Build is different from the Smart Build option in
the Controller/General set of options.
3. In the Target tab of the toolbar, press the Validate button.
Hardware Configuration Smart Build will rebuild only dirty modules. These
modules are marked with an asterisk. The only exception to this is if a module has
an error in it, in that case the module will be rebuild even without being marked as
dirty.

Figure 11: Example of Dirty Modules

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If there are no dirty modules or modules with errors in the hardware configuration,
PME will continue validate the rest of the project. This will speed up validation as
not every module needs to be rebuilt.

To Replace a Power Supply (Not Applicable for PACSystems

RXi)
1. In the Project tab of the Navigator, right-click the power supply slot and choose
Replace Module.
A list of available power supplies appears.
Note: For non-PACSystems families, there is no Slot 0. Right-click the PWR slot instead.
2. Select the power supply you have installed in your rack and click OK.
The default CPU specified in the project template for a PACSystems RX3i is the
IC695CPU320.

To Replace a CPU (Not Applicable for PACSystems RXi)

1. In the Project tab of the Navigator, expand Hardware Configuration. All racks are
displayed.
2. Expand the main rack.
3. Right-click the CPU slot and choose Replace Module.
Note: An Emerson controller supports only one CPU; it can be replaced with itself to
update it to the latest catalog version, that is, the latest set of parameters
supported for the CPU in Logic Developer -PLC. The Catalog dialog box
appears.
4. Click OK. A dialog box appears asking if you want to retain the setting from the
existing CPU.
5. Click Yes or No. The target is configured with the selected CPU.

To Configure a CPU
1. In the Project tab of the Navigator, right-click a slot containing a CPU and choose
Configure.
The Parameter editor displays all configurable settings for the CPU.
2. Modify the settings as required. For information on any parameter of a
PACSystems CPU, select the parameter.
Help topics for PACSystems CPU parameters appear in the Companion. To open
the Companion, press SHIFT+F11.

To Add an Expansion Rack (PACSystems RX3i Only)

1. In the Project tab of the Navigator, right-click the Hardware Configuration and
choose Add Rack
2. Select a rack and click OK.

To Replace a Rack (Not Applicable for PACSystems RXi)

1. In the Project tab of the Navigator, right-click a rack and choose Replace Rack.
The Catalog dialog box appears listing available rack types.
2. Select a rack and click OK.

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To Add an Ethernet module (PACSystems RX3i Only)

1. In the Project tab of the Navigator, expand the Hardware Configuration and then
Rack 0 (the main rack).
2. Double-click the slot you want to add an Ethernet module to, or right-click it and
choose Add Module.
3. In the Communications tab of the Catalog, select the Ethernet Module and click
OK.
The Ethernet module is added to the slot.
4. Double-click the Ethernet module.
The Parameter editor appears.
5. Configure the Ethernet module’s parameters as needed.

To Configure the Ethernet Daughterboard (RX3i Only)

1. In the Project tab of the Navigator, expand the Hardware Configuration, then Rack
0 (the main rack), and then the CPU.
2. Double-click Ethernet. The Parameter editor appears.
3. Configure the Ethernet daughterboard’s parameters as needed.

To Move a Module (Not Applicable for PACSystems RXi)

In the project tab of the Navigator, expand the Hardware. Configuration and then the rack
that contains the module.
Do one of the following:
1. To move the module from one target to another: press SHIFT while dragging and
dropping the module onto an appropriate empty slot; or
2. To move the module within a target: drag and drop the module onto an
appropriate empty slot without pressing any keys. The module is removed from
the original slot and inserted into the empty slot.
3. You can drag a double-width module to the main rack slot only if both the slot and
the slot after it is empty. Exceptions: The last slot on a PACSystems RX3i main
rack can contain only an IC695LRE001.
4. Only PACSystems RX3i supports moving a power supply or CPU module.
5. In the Project tab of the Navigator, expand the Hardware Configuration and then
the rack that contains the module.
6. Do one of the following:
• Copy the module from one target to another: drag and drop the module onto
an appropriate empty slot without pressing any keys.
OR
• Copy the module within a target (not applicable for PACSystems RXi): press
CTRL while dragging and dropping onto an appropriate empty slot.
You cannot copy modules between different types of Controller targets, for
example from a Series 90-30 to a PACSystems RX7i. Exception: You can copy a
PROFINET Controller from a PACSystems RX3i to a PACSystems RXi or vice
versa.
A copy of the module is inserted into the empty slot.

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Notes:
•
Only the PROFINET Controller can be copied to or from a PACSystems RXi.
•
You can drag and drop a double-width module to the main rack slot only if both
the slot and the slot after it is empty. Exceptions: The last slot on a
PACSystems RX7i can contain a double-width module or one single-width
module. The last slot on a PACSystems RX3i can contain only an
IC695LRE001.
PACSystems RX3i can support copying a power supply.

4.3 I/O Variables

An I/O variable is a variable mapped to a terminal in the Hardware Configuration of a
PACSystems. A terminal, for example, can be one of the following:
1. A physical I/O discrete or analog point on a PACSystems module or a Genius
device
2. A discrete or analog status returned from a PACSystems module
3. Genius global data
Memory required to support I/O variables counts against your user memory. When you
configure the PACSystems CPU, select the Memory tab and set the I/O Discrete (# of
Bits) and I/O Non-Discrete (# of Words) parameters to configure the space available for
I/O variables.

To Enable I/O Variables for a Module

1. In the Project tab of the Navigator, expand the target that contains the module.
2. Expand the Hardware Configuration and expand the rack that contains the
module.
3. Right-click the module and choose Properties. The Inspector displays the
module’s properties.
4. In the Inspector, set the Variable Mode property to True.
If the Variable Mode property is read-only and set to False, the module does not
support I/O variables.
5. In the dialog box that appears, click Yes.
6. If you enable I/O variables for a Genius bus controller, I/O variables are enabled
for all the Genius devices on the Genius bus.
Note: When you enable I/O variables for a module, the Hardware Configuration and logic
become coupled. This means that they must be downloaded, uploaded, or cleared
together. You cannot change or add I/O variables in Run Mode Store.

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To Map a Variable to a Terminal in the Terminals Tab of a

Module or Genius Device
1. In the Project tab of the Navigator, expand the target that contains the module or
Genius device.
2. Expand the Hardware Configuration and expand the rack that contains the module
or device.
3. Double-click the module or expand the Genius Bus Controller (GBC) and double-
click the Genius device.
The Parameter editor displays the Terminals tab of the module or device.
4. In the Terminals tab, right-click a terminal node that has no I/O variable mapped to
it and choose Map Variable.
The Variables smart list appears.
5. In the smart list, do one of the following:
• Enter a name that is not used elsewhere in the PACSystems target. A new I/O
variable by that name is created and mapped to the terminal. Its Ref Address
property is set to an I/O variable address. If the terminal is discrete, the new
I/O variable’s data type is set to BOOL. If the terminal is analog, the data type
is set to INT, but you can change it to another 16-bit data type: UINT or
WORD.
OR
• Enter the name of an existing CPU-mapped variable, symbolic variable, or
alias variable. (There are some mapping limitations.) The variable becomes
an I/O variable mapped to the terminal and its Ref Address property is
changed accordingly.

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4.4 Hot Redundancy Systems

Hot redundancy systems are supported only on PACSystems RX7i, PACSystems RX3i,
and Series 90-70 Controllers. In redundancy systems, two units are set up and configured
identically. If one unit fails or is taken offline, the other unit assumes responsibility without
interrupting the operation of the entire system. There are three types of hot redundancy
systems:

• Basic CPU Redundancy

• Genius Redundancy
• CPU Redundancy Over Genius
To implement basic hot CPU redundancy, a single Logic Developer - PLC target is
associated with two physical Controllers, a Primary and a Secondary. Both Controllers
share the same logic, but each has its own Hardware Configuration (HWC): Primary or
Secondary. The selected HWC is the HWC that you can go online with, download to,
upload from, and so on.
Three types of basic CPU redundancy are available. These redundancy systems can be
used in combination with Genius redundancy schemes.

• Single Bus with Preferred Master (Series 90-70 CPUs CGR772 and CGR935
only): uses a single Genius bus with one or more bus Controllers in each Controller.
The primary unit is always chosen as the active unit when the units initially
synchronize.
• Single Bus with Floating Master (PACSystems RX7i, PACSystems RX3i, and
Series 90-70 ): uses a single Genius bus with one or more bus Controllers in each
Controller. No switchover occurs on initial synchronization to make the primary unit the
active unit.
• Dual Bus with Floating Master (RX7i, RX3i, and Series 90-70): uses dual busses
with one or more bus Controllers in each Controller. No switchover occurs on initial
synchronization. Bus Switching Modules (BSMs) are required for the configuration of a
dual bus network. This option provides redundancy for both the CPU and the Genius
bus.

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Genius Redundancy
A Genius redundancy system contains duplicate components that are configured to keep
the Genius system operating properly even if one of the duplicate components fails or is
taken out of service. Genius redundancy systems can be used in combination with
PACSystems RX7i, PACSystems RX3i, and Series 90-70 CPU redundancy systems.
You can configure five types of Genius redundancy systems:

• Genius dual bus redundancy (paired GBC internal)

• Genius dual bus redundancy (paired GBC external)
• Genius dual GBC redundancy (paired GBC internal)
• Genius dual GBC redundancy (paired GBC external)
• Genius dual bus & dual GBC redundancy

Hot CPU Redundancy Over Genius

A CPU Redundancy Over Genius system contains duplicate components that are
configured to keep the system operating properly if one of the duplicate components fails
or is taken out of service
Five types of CPU Redundancy Over Genius systems can be built upon the various types
of redundancy Genius systems combined with the basic CPU Redundancy schemes.

• CPU redundancy (GHS) using Genius dual GBC redundancy (paired GBC external):
Single bus with preferred master (Series 90-70 only)
• CPU redundancy (HSB/GDB) using Genius dual GBC redundancy (paired GBC
external): Single bus with floating master
• CPU redundancy (HSB/GDB) using Genius dual bus redundancy (paired GBC
external): Single bus with floating master
• CPU redundancy (HSB/GDB) using Genius dual bus and dual GBC redundancy:
Dual bus with floating master CPU redundancy (HSB/GDB) using a mixed Genius
redundancy scheme

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Configuring Hot Redundancy Systems

The procedures below illustrate how to configure hot redundancy systems. For the
procedures on configuring specific hot redundancy systems, see online help.

To Setup the Primary Hardware Configuration for Hot CPU

Redundancy
1. In the Navigator panel, left-click the target name in which the hardware
configuration needs to be redundant.
2. With the target name highlighted, navigate to the Inspector Panel to review its
parameters.
3. Select the dropdown menu located next to Enable Redundancy and select True.

Figure 12: Enable Redundancy on Target

4. PAC Machine Edition will configure the target with two HWCs, designating the first
HWC as Primary and the second HWC as Secondary.

Figure 13: Secondary

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To Configure the Secondary Hardware Configuration (RX7i and

Series 90-70)
1. In the Project tab of the Navigator, select the Hardware Configuration. Right-click
Hardware Configuration, point to Redundancy and choose Mirror to Secondary
Hardware Configuration (Figure 14).

Figure 14: Mirror to Secondary Configuration

A secondary rack system that is a copy of the primary rack system is generated.
The target now displays two Hardware Configurations (HWCs), one labeled
[Primary] and the other, [Secondary]. The Primary HWC is bolded because it is
currently selected. The target property Dual HWC is now set to True. To select
which Controller to interact with, set the Selected HWC property, just below the
Dual HWC (Figure 15).

Figure 15: Hardware Configuration

Note: You can mirror as many times as necessary to synchronize the two HWCs after
modifying the primary HWC. Each time you mirror the primary HWC, the secondary
HWC is updated to reflect those changes.

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DSM324I and Motion Mate DSM31 4 Motion Modules

The Series 90-30 Controller family supports various I/O modules (discrete input, discrete
output, discrete mixed, analog input, analog output, and analog mixed), communication
modules, intelligent modules, bus controllers, and motion modules. You configure Series
90-30 hardware as described in the section “Configuring Controller Hardware.”
PACSystems RX3i and Series 90-30 support some Motion modules that no other
Emerson controller family supports: the DSM324i and the Motion Mate DSM314. Both are
high-performance, easy-to-use multi-axis motion control modules. Compatible with
Controller logic solving and communications functions, the DSM314 supports the following
servo types:

• Digital – Emerson digital servo amplifiers and motors.

• Analog – Emerson SL Series analog servos and third-party servos.
The DSM324i supports only the Digital servo types.
Both the DSM324i and the Motion Mate DSM314 modules have four axes that can be
individually configured in Standard or Follower mode.
To perform motion programming in Logic Developer - PLC, you must program a DSM324i
or a Motion Mate DSM314 module.

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To Add a DSM324i or Motion Mate DSM314 module

1. With a rack of the Hardware Configuration node expanded, right-click the empty
slot you want to add a DSM324i or a Motion Mate DSM314 module to and choose
Add Module.
The Catalog dialog box appears.
2. In the Catalog dialog box, click the Motion tab.
A selection of motion modules appears in the Catalog dialog box.3. From the list,
select DSM324i or Motion Mate DSM314.
The following picture displays some of the selections available for a PACSystems
RX3i (Figure 16).

Figure 16: Catalog

3. Click OK. As per the example illustration, an IC693DSM314 is added to the

Hardware Configuration of your project.

To Configure a DSM32i or a Motion Mate DSM314

1. In the Project tab of the Navigator, double-click the slot containing aDSM324i or
Motion Mate DSM314. The Parameter editor appears.
2. Configure the DSM324i or Motion Mate DSM314 by using the Parameter editor.

Remote I/O
VersaMax Remote I /O
VersaMax remote I/O consists of a Network Interface Unit (NIU) (Ethernet, Genius, or
Profibus), and one or more I/O modules. You can use Logic Developer - PLC to configure
this hardware. Once configured, the remote I/O can be controlled by a VersaMax
Controller or a PC Controller. The differentiating factor between a VersaMax remote I/O

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and a Controller is that a remote I/O is simply an input/output device with a communication
interface.
Unlike a Controller, a remote I/O has no CPU.
With Logic Developer - PLC, you can add racks, configure the power supply, and
configure modules in the VersaMax Remote I/O Hardware Configuration. Remote I/O
targets are generally added to a project when you create a project from a template. You
can also add a Remote I/O target to an existing project (Figure 17).

Figure 17: Remote I/O

To Create a Project Containing a Remote I/O Target from a

Template
1. From the File menu, choose New Project. The New Project dialog box appears.
2. From the Project Template list, choose the Remote I/O type you want to add to
your project.
3. Enter a descriptive Project Name.
4. Click OK. A new Remote I/O project is started.

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To Add a Remote I/O target to an Existing Project

1. In the Project tab of the Navigator, right-click the Project node.
2. Point to Add Target, then to Remote I/O, and choose a remote I/O (Figure 18).

Figure 18: Adding a Remote I/O Target

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To Replace the Power Supply in your Remote I/O

Configuration
1. In the Project tab of the Navigator, expand the Hardware Configuration of the
remote I/O. The Navigator displays the following (Figure 19):

Figure 19: Remote I/O Configuration

2. Right-click the PWR slot and choose Replace Module. The Module Catalog dialog
box appears (Figure 20):

Figure 20: Module Catalog

3. From the list, select the power supply that you want to configure for your system.
4. Click OK.

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To Add a New Carrier/Base to Your VersaMax Remote I/O

1. In the Project tab of the Navigator, select a remote I/O target.
2. Expand the Hardware Configuration node and the main rack. The navigator
displays the following (Figure 21):

Figure 21: VersaMax Remote

3. Right-click the Slot 0 node and choose Add Carrier/Base. The Module Catalog
dialog box appears.
4. Select the carrier/base that you want to add to the remote I/O target.

Note: You can add a maximum of eight carrier modules to each VersaMax rack.
5. Click OK.

To Add a Module to a Carrier/Base

1. In the Project tab of the Navigator, expand the Remote I/O target you want to add
a base to.
2. Double-click an empty carrier/base. The Module Catalog appears (Figure 22):

Figure 22: Module Catalog

3. From the Module Catalog, select the module that you want to install.
4. Click OK.

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Logic Programs and Blocks

5.1 Program Types
For most Emerson controllers, all the logic that is downloaded to a Controller constitutes
one program. However, there are cases when distinctions need to be made. Therefore, we
can speak of the main program, a C program, and a Motion program (Figure 23).

Figure 23: Program Types

Each C program is a named section of executable code. The main program and the
Motion program contain blocks; that is, named sections of executable code that can be
written in various languages.
The Project tab of the Navigator contains all of the programs:

• The main program and its blocks reside in the Program Blocks folder. You can create
user-defined subfolders to further organize these blocks.
• C programs reside in the Logic folder.
• The Motion program resides in the Motion Program folder.

Main Program
Most PACSystems Controllers support only a main program. The main program consists
of a block of logic named _MAIN and optionally, one or more of the following kinds of
blocks of logic, found under the Program Blocks folder in the Logic folder of a
PACSystems controller target:
Called blocks developed in various languages:

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• Ladder Diagram (LD) Blocks

• Structured Text (ST) Blocks
• Function Block Diagram (FBD) Blocks
• Instruction List (IL) Blocks
• C Blocks
• Called parameterized blocks (LD, ST, FBD, and/or C).
• Interrupt blocks (LD, ST, FBD, C, and/or IL) are scheduled to execute at certain time
intervals or when specific memory registers reach certain values.
• User-defined function blocks (UDFBs) in LD, ST, and FBD, of which independent
instances with their data structures and local memory can be used in logic.
Specialty function blocks, like HART utilities. Like UDFBs, you can create independent
instances of specialty function blocks with their instance data (a structure variable). Unlike
UDFBs, you cannot edit the logic of specialty function blocks because they are read-only
and provided to you by Emerson.

• All PACSystems Controllers support LD blocks, but only certain Controller families or
models support one or more of the other kinds of blocks.
• The _MAIN block can be in various languages, depending on the Controller family or
model.
You download the main program to the Controller as logic; that is, after you initiate a
download, a dialog box presents you with various Download to Controller options and you
select the Logic option. If the Logic option is not present, select the Program option.

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C Programs
Series 90-70 CPUs firmware version 6.00 and later support either the main program,
various C programs, or a combination of a main program and C programs. You download
these various programs to the Controller together as logic; that is, after you initiate a
download, a dialog box presents you with three Download to RAM options and you select
the Logic option.
If there is no _MAIN block, then there is no main program. In this case, you would have
only one or more C programs and possibly various standalone interrupt blocks (LD or C).
These standalone interrupt blocks do not constitute the main program if there is no _MAIN
block.
A-C program can be named _MAIN only if the target contains no LD blocks.
A-C program is not the same as a C block.

Motion Program
In addition to the main program, Series 90-30 CPUs firmware version 10.00 and later, as
well as PACSystems RX3i CPUs firmware version 2.80 and later, support a Motion
program for use on a DSM324i or Motion Mate DSM314 module. The Motion program
consists of:

• CAM profiles
• CAM blocks
• Local Logic block
• Motion blocks
You download the Motion program to the Controller as part of its Hardware Configuration
(HWC); that is, after you initiate a download, a dialog box presents you with various
Download to RAM options and you select the Hardware Configuration option. If you want
to download the main program at the same time, you also select the Logic option. If
neither option is present, select the Program option to download both the Hardware
Configuration and the Logic.

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Number of Blocks in the Main Program

Table 4: Number of Blocks in the Main Program
Maximum
CPU Type Number of Blocks Number
of Blocks
767 subroutine blocks plus one
PACSystems1 768
_MAIN block
VersaMax and VersaMax 64 subroutine blocks plus one
65
Micro _MAIN block
8 subroutine blocks plus one
VersaMax Nano 9
_MAIN block

Scheduling Programs
On Emerson Controllers that support only one program (the main program), the program
as a whole cannot be scheduled. Every scan, logic execution begins with the _MAIN
block. You can schedule individual interrupt blocks of logic but not the _MAIN block.
When you execute both the main program and a Motion program on a PACSystemsRX3i
with a firmware version of 2.80 or later, you cannot schedule the programs because they
are executed concurrently in two different locations.

• In the CPU, every scan, and logic execution begins with the _MAIN block of the main
program.
• In the DSM324i or Motion Mate DSM314 module, the Motion program executes
independently of CPU scan times.
• You can schedule individual interrupt blocks of logic in the main program (except the
_MAIN block).
Series 90-70 CPUs firmware version 6.00 and later support scheduling programs. On
targets that contain such CPUs, you can schedule any program, even the main program.
That is, the logic execution of any scan does not have to begin with the _MAIN block of
the main program: you can schedule any C program to begin the logic execution part of
the scan. Within the main program, you can further schedule individual interrupt blocks of
logic (except the _MAIN block). If you have no main program, that is, if your logic has no
_MAIN block, you can still have stand-alone interrupt blocks that you can schedule
individually.

To Create a User-Defined Folder

In the Project tab of the Navigator, expand the target with the main program you want to
organize, and then expand the Logic folder.
1. Right-click the Program Blocks folder, point to New and choose Folder.
A new user-defined folder appears with a default name.

1
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2. Optionally enter a new folder name, which must be unique among the folders
directly under the parent folder.

Figure 24: Logic Folder

To Schedule the Execution of a Block of Logic

1. In the Project tab of the Navigator, right-click an existing LD, FBD, ST, C, or IL
block, and choose Properties.
The block’s properties appear in the Inspector.
2. In the Inspector, click the ellipsis button (…) in the Scheduling property (Figure
25).

Figure 25: Scheduling Property

3. Configure scheduling by entering values in each of the fields.

To Control Access to a Block

1. Right-click an LD, FBD, ST, or IL block and choose Properties
2. In the Inspector, expand the Lock Settings property.
3. In the Lock Type property, choose a setting from the list.
4. In the Password Property, enter a password.

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To Search/Replace in One Block

1. Double-click an LD, FBD, ST, or IL block to open it.
2. From the Search menu, choose to Find or Replace.
3. A dialog box appears.
4. In the Find what or the Text to find field, enter the text to find.
5. (Only if you want to replace text.) In the Replace with field or the New text field,
enter the text to replace the found text.
6. Select or clear each search/replace option, as required.
7. Click Find, Find Next, Replace, Replace All, Close, or Cancel, as required.
Note: With Logic Developer - PLC, you can search for some text in an entire target or
portions thereof, which you can specify. Various options are available to narrow a
search.

Indirect References
The LD, FBD, and ST editors support indirect references. An indirect reference treats the
value of a variable assigned to an instruction operand as a pointer to other data, rather
than as actual data. Indirect references are sometimes referred to as relative pointers.
Indirect references can be used only as follows:
1. With PACSystems CPUs and Series 90-70 CPUs.
2. In the LD, FBD, and ST editors.
3. With %R, %AI, %AQ, %P, %L, and %W memory areas.
4. On instructions that support indirect references.
Notes for PACSystems:
• The index for an indirect reference to %W is a 32-bit DWORD value.
• Indirect references cannot be used to address bits in 16-bit memory.

• Indirect references are not supported on symbolic variables or I/O variables.

Possible Uses
• To perform the same operation to many registers.
• To avoid repetitious logic within the application program.

• In loop situations where each register is incremented by a constant or by a value specified until
a maximum is reached.

To Assign an Indirect Reference

Where a variable operand is expected, type the @ symbol, followed by a valid reference
address or variable name. The LD, FBD, or ST editor converts a reference address to a
variable name.
The LD, FBD, or ST editor converts a reference address to a variable name or the editor
substitutes the name of a variable already mapped to the address.
Notes:

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• The actual variable name does not contain the @ symbol. The @ symbol, when used at the
start of a reference address or variable name, merely indicates that the address or variable
must be treated as an indirect reference.
• The @ symbol can be thought of as an operator with the lowest precedence. In other words,
MyArray[2,5] becomes a reference address that is used for the indirect reference. Another way
to think of this is @(MyArray[2,5]) as opposed to (@MyArray)[2,5].
The following are valid indirect references:

• @R0001 (a variable name automatically created from a reference address)

• @MyArray[2, 5] (an array reference)
• @$MainSwitch (a universal variable)
• @MyTimer.PV (a structure element)

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5.2 LD Editor
The Ladder Diagram (LD) editor is used to create programs with the Ladder Diagram
programming language. LD logic graphically represents the programmed actions
performed by a Controller as it executes.
The LD editor is cell-based with rungs constructed of horizontal sequences of instructions
that are wired together. A given instruction and its operands can occupy one or more cells.
You can work with the LD editor while offline to edit a disk copy of a project, or while
online to monitor the execution of the logic while you fine-tune the project.
You can customize the appearance and behavior of the LD editor by setting options.
An LD block is a named section of LD Logic that is compiled and downloaded to the
Controller represented by the associated target.

To Customize the LD Editor

1. In the Options tab of the Navigator, expand the Editors folder and then the Ladder
folder.
2. Right-click a page (Confirmations, Editing, Font and Colors, or View), and choose
Properties.
The configurable options appear as properties in the Inspector
3. In the Inspector, adjust settings as required.

To Create an LD Block
1. In the Project tab of the Navigator, right-click Program Blocks, point to New, and
then choose LD Block.
A new LD block with a default name is created.
2. Rename the block as desired.

To Open an LD Block for Editing

In the Project tab of the Navigator, double-click an LD block. The block opens in the LD
editor.
Note: You can have multiple blocks open for editing. To navigate to another open LD block,
click the tab that displays its name at the top of the editor window.

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Working with the LD Editor Offline

When you are offline, there is no live communication between the LD editor and the target.
Most logic development is done while offline. The following diagram illustrates the ladder
diagram interface in Machine Edition (Figure 26).

Figure 26: LD Editor Offline

To Insert an Instruction
1. In the LD Editor, right-click an empty cell and choose Place Instruction.
A smart list appears listing all available instruction mnemonics.
2. Choose an instruction mnemonic from the list and press enter.
Note: If you attempt to place an instruction that has inputs into the first column. It is pushed
to the second column and a horizontal wire is inserted in the first column.

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To Assign Instance Data to a Built-in Function Block Instance and

Assign a Length to an Instruction
There are two methods:
First Method
1. In the LD editor, insert a built-in function block or insert an instruction that requires
a Length.
In the following example, a built-in function block instance has a length. Most built-
in function blocks do not require their instances to have a length.
2. Right-click the function block instance or instruction and choose Properties. The
inspector displays the instance’s or instruction’s properties (Figure 27).

Figure 27: Properties

3. In the Address property, enter a variable name or a reference address to specify

the start of a memory block used for the instance data of the function block
instance.
Note: If you type a reference address, it is converted to a variable name automatically.
In the Length property, enter the number of bits or 16-bit registers on which the
function block instance or instruction is to operate.

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Second Method
1. In the LD editor, insert a built-in function block or insert an instruction that requires
a Length.
2. Double-click the function block instance or instruction or select it and press
ENTER.
When you double-click a function block instance, the Function Block Properties
dialog box appears (Figure 28). When you double-click an instruction, the
Function Properties dialog box appears, in which the Address property is
unavailable.

Figure 28: Function Block Properties

3. In the Address property, enter a variable name or a reference address to specify

the start of a memory block used for the instance data of the function block
instance.
Note: If you type a reference address, it is converted to a variable name automatically.
4. In the Length property, enter the number of bit or 16-bit registers on which the
function block instance or instruction is to operate.

To Assign Variables to Instruction Operands

1. In the LD editor double-click beside an operand of an instruction or click there and
press enter. A small list appears.
2. Type, or choose from the list, a variable name or reference address. If you enter a
reference address, a variable name is automatically substituted.

To Check (Validate) a Single LD Block

1. In the Project tab of the Navigator, expand the target that contains the block to
check, and then expand the Logic folder.
2. Expand the Program Blocks folder and then, if the block resides in a user-defined
folder, expand the user-defined folder.
3. Right-click the block and choose Check Block.
Machine Edition checks the block for errors. Any messages or errors are
displayed in the Build tab of the Feedback Zone.

Editing Logic as Text

You can enter LD logic into the LD editor by starting to type right into a cell. A smart list
appears and you can continue to type your instructions and operands.
When you press ENTER, the logic you typed appears in customary graphic form in the LD
editor. For example, in the first cell of a new rung, if you type “AD MyDint1 MyDint2

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Result12; AD MyDint3 MyDint4 Result34“, the following logic appears in the LD editor
(Figure 29):

Figure 29: LD Editor

A horizontal wire was inserted in the first cell to make room for the ADD_DINT instruction’s
operands and the operands were inserted in their proper places. In the keyboard entry,
“AD“ stood for “ADD_DINT“, because ADD_DINT is the first available instruction that
begins with “AD“ in the smart list. A semicolon separates the ADD_DINT instructions. The
required horizontal wires are supplied automatically.
A powerful extension of typing logic into the LD editor is the ability to write LD logic in any
text editor and copy and paste it into the LD editor, or to copy and paste logic from the LD
editor to a text editor. You can copy an entire block of LD logic from the Navigator to any
text editor, or copy sections of LD logic as text from the LD editor to any text editor. You
can then edit the logic in the text editor and copy the edited logic back into the LD editor.
When LD logic is copied as text, a verbose format is used to make it easier to read, but
when you edit the logic as the text you can use the same shorthand used in the keyboard
method of entering LD logic in the LD editor.

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To Copy an Entire LD Block as Text

1. In the Project tab of the Navigator, expand the target and expand the Logic folder.
2. Expand the Program Blocks folder and, if the LD block resides in a user-defined
folder, expand the user-defined folder.
3. Optionally right-click the LD block and choose Check Block. This validates the LD
block. If the logic contains errors, error messages appear in the Feedback Zone. If
the logic contains errors, fix them.
4. Right-click the LD block and choose Copy. The contents of the LD block are
copied to the Windows Clipboard.
5. Paste the content of the Windows Clipboard into a text editor. The LD logic is
pasted as text.

To Copy a Section of LD Logic as Text

1. Optionally right-click the LD block and choose Check Block. This validates the LD
block. If the logic contains errors, error messages appear in the Feedback Zone. If
the logic contains errors, fix them.
2. In the LD editor, select the cells that contain the logic you want to copy as text.
3. Right-click the selected logic and choose Copy. The LD logic is copied to the
Windows Clipboard.
4. Paste the content of the Windows Clipboard into a text editor. The LD logic is
pasted as text.

To Copy Text into the LD Editor

1. In the text editor, select and copy the text representing LD logic to the Windows
clipboard.
2. In the LD editor, do one of the following:
• Select the cells that you want to overwrite.
OR
• Click the cell that will be at the upper left corner of the LD logic you want to
paste.
3. Right-click and choose Paste. Existing cells in the LD editor are overwritten with
the content of the Windows clipboard.

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To Move or Duplicate LD Logic

In the LD Editor, select a range of logic.

To move it:
1. Click the selection and drag it to a new location.
2. To duplicate it:
a. Press CTRL while clicking the selection, and drag the selection to where
you want to place the duplicate.
b. When you release the mouse button, the selection is respectively moved
to the new location, or a duplicate copy of the selected logic is placed in
the new area.

Working with the LD Editor Online

When online in monitor mode, you can monitor the Controller but cannot change anything
in the Controller or edit your logic. The LD editor animates LD logic to reflect program
execution in the Controller. Data values change typically every 250 milliseconds while
coils and contacts indicate power flow. The number of milliseconds is set in the Update
Rate target property.
When you are online in programmer mode, you can edit your logic, make changes in the
Controller, and monitor the Controller. Many Emerson targets also support Run Mode
Store; that is, you can download logic to them when they are running.
Three methods are at your disposal to make changes in your LD logic and download the
changes to an online running Controller:

Test Edit (PACSystems Only)

With Test Edit, you can perform transacted online programming. That is, you can modify
an LD block in the LD editor while seeing both the original and modified logic, test the new
logic's execution on the PACSystems, and then either keep the modified logic or roll back
to the original logic

To Begin Editing in Test Edit

1. In the LD editor, start modifying the logic. The Logic Change Options dialog box
appears.
2. Select Enter Test Edit Mode and click OK. The LD editor is placed in Online Edit
mode, with some visual cues to remind you that a Test Edit session is in progress.
Because Test Edit is an extension of the Run Mode Store (RMS), only changes
supported for an RMS are supported in Test Edit mode. At any time, you can test
the modified logic.

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To Begin Testing the Modified Logic

1. Click anywhere inside the LD editor.
2. From the Debug menu, choose Begin Test. The modified logic is downloaded to
the PACSystems, which then executes the modified logic. The original block of
logic is retained in PACSystems memory as an inactive block.
You now have three possible courses of action:
a. Cancel the test and continue editing the logic while in Test Edit mode.
b. Cancel Test Edit mode and restore the original logic in the PACSystems.
c. Accept the changes you tested and commit them to the PACSystems.

To Cancel the Test and Continue Editing the Logic While in

Test Edit Mode
1. Click Anywhere Inside the LD Editor
2. From the Debug menu, choose Cancel Test.
The modified logic block is deactivated in the PACSystems. The original block is
activated and executed. The modified logic block retains its changes in the LD
editor and you can continue editing it and test it again later.

To Cancel Test Edit Mode and Restore the Original Logic in

the PACSystems Controller
1. Click anywhere inside the LD editor.
2. From the Debug menu, choose Cancel Edit. If you made no changes to logic, the
Test Edit session ends immediately. If you made any changes to logic, the Cancel
Test Edit dialog box appears.
3. In the Cancel Test Edit dialog box, select one of the following options and click
OK.
4. Restore original logic in the editor and maintain equality: The PACSystems
deactivates and deletes the modified block of logic, and it activates and executes
the original block. The LD editor discards the modified logic from the block,
retaining only the block's original logic. Your Test Edit session ends.
You are online in programmer mode and logic is equal.
5. Keep modified logic in the editor and lose equality: The PACSystems
deactivates and deletes the modified block of logic, and it activates and executes
the original block. The LD editor retains the modified block of logic and no longer
displays the original logic where it was different. Your Test Edit

To Accept the Changes you Tested and Commit Them to the

PACSystems Controller
1. Click anywhere inside the LD editor.
2. From the Debug menu, choose Accept Edit. The modified logic is committed to
the PACSystems. The original logic is completely deleted from the PACSystems; it
no longer exists as an inactive block. The Test Edit session is ended. You are
online in programmer mode and logic is equal.

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Word-for-Word Changes
A word-for-word is a small change in logic made while online that generally fits in the
same amount of memory as the original logic. For example, changing the type of contact
or coil or changing an operand is usually a word-for-word change.
Word-for-word changes can be completed online to PACSystems, Series 90- 70, Series
90-30, VersaMax, and Series 90 Micro Controllers. (VersaMax Nano / Micro Controllers do
not support word-for-word changes.)
To make word-for-word changes
1. While online to a target Controller, make a change to LD logic that does not
change the logic size.
2. Do one of the following:
a. If the Logic Change Options dialog box appears, select Word-for-word
change and click OK.
OR
b. If the Word for Word Change dialog box appears, click Yes. The change
is downloaded to the Controller.

Go Not Equal, Keep Working, and Download Changes

If you make changes in logic that do not qualify for Test Edit or a word-for-word change, or
if you choose not to enter Test Edit mode or make a word-for-word change, logic becomes
not equal.
To regain equality, you can download your changes to the Controller or upload the logic
from the Controller. You can generally download to the Controller whether the target is
running or not. All Controller families support this Run Mode Store capability, but not every
Controller in every family.

Affecting BOOL Variables

To Turn On/Off or Force a Variable
In the LD editor, right-click a BOOL variable anywhere in LD logic and choose Force ON,
Force OFF, Toggle Force, Turn ON, Turn OFF, or Toggle IO.
Note: Forcing a variable ON or OFF overrides any actions the application may take during
runtime. That is if a variable is forced OFF (0), but LD logic is trying to set it to ON
(1), it remains set to OFF.
LD Instructions
The following is a list of all LD instructions available in Logic Developer - PLC. Companion
help indicates which Controllers support the instructions.

ADVANCED MATH
ACOS ATAN_LREALP EXP LN REALP SIN TAN
ACOS_LREA ATAN_REALP EXP_LREALP LN_REAL P SIN_LREAL P TAN_LREAL
LP P

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ACOS_REAL COS EXP_REAL P LOG SIN_REAL P TAN_REALP

P

ASIN COS_LREAL P EXPT LOG_LREAL P SQRT_DINT

ASIN_LREAL COS_REALP EXPT_LREALP LOG-REALP SQRT_INT
P

ASIN_REALP DEG_TO_RAD_LREA EXPT_REALP RAD_TO_DEG_LREA SQRT_LREA

DP LP LP
ATAN DEG_TO_RAD_REALP LN RAD_TO_DEG_REAL SQRT_REAL
P

P Indicates instructions exclusive to PACSystems Controllers.

BIT OPERATIONS
AND_DWORD^ BIT_SET_DWORD^ NOT_WORD SHIFTL_DWORD^
AND_WORD BIT_SET_WORD OR_WORD^ SHIFTL_WORD
BIT_CLR_DWORD^ BIT_TEST_DWORD^ OR_WORD SHIFTR_DWORD^
BIT_CLR_WORD BIT_TEST_WORD ROL_DWORD^ SHIFTR_WORD
BIT_POS_DWORD^ MASK_COMP_DWORD ROL_WORD XOR_DWORD^
BIT_POS_WORD MASK_COMP_WORD ROR_DWORD^ XOR_WORD
BIT_SEQ NOT_DWORD ROR_WORD
^ Indicates instructions shared by PACSystems and Series 90-70 Controllers and exclusive to
them.

COILS
COIL NCCOIL NTCOIL PTCOIL SETCOIL
CONTCOIL NEGCOIL POSCOIL RESETCOIL
P Indicates instructions exclusive to PACSystems Controllers.

COMMUNICATION
MODBUS_TCP_RW PNIO_DEV_COMM

CONTACTS
CONTCO HIALR ^ NCCON NOCON NTCON P
N
PTCON P FAULT ^ LOALR ^ NEGCON ^ NOFLT ^
POSCON
^

P Indicates instructions exclusive to PACSystems Controllers.

^ Indicates instructions shared by PACSystems and Series 90-70 Controllers and exclusive to them.

CONTROL
DO_IO EXIT_FOR ^ MASK_IO_INTR R_TRIG SUS_IO ^
p

SWITCH_POS p DRUM F_TRIG p PID_IND SCAN_SET_IO p

SUSP_IO_INTR END_FOR ^ FOR_LOOP ^ PID_ISA SER
SVC_REQ
P
Indicates instructions exclusive to PACSystems Controllers.
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CONVERSIONS
BCD4_TO_INT DINT_TO_INT ^ INT_TO_UINT ^ REAL_TO_UINT ^ UNIT_TO_REAL ^
BCD4_TO_REAL DINT_TO_LREAL p LREAL_TO_DINT p REAL_TO_WORD WORD_TO_REAL
BCD4_TO_UINT ^ DINT_TO_REAL p LREAL_TO_REAL TRUNC_DINT
p

BCD8_TO_DINT ^ DINT_TO_UINT RAD_TO_DEG TRUNC_INT

BCD8_TO_REAL^ INT_TO_BCD4 REAL_TO_DINT UINT_TO_BCD4^
DEG_TO_RAD INT_TO_DINT^ REAL_TO_INT UINT_TO_DINT^
DINT_TO_BCD8^ INT_TO_REAL REAL_TO_LREALp UINT_TO_INT^

COUNTERS
DNCTR UPCTR

DATA MOVE
ARRAY_SIZE p BUS_RMW_WORD p DATA_INIT_REAL ^ SHFT_DWORD ^
ARRAY_SIZE_DIM1 p BUS_TS_BYTE DATA_INIT_WORD ^ SHFR_WORD
ARRAY_SIZE_DIM2 p BUS_TS_WORD MOVE_BOOL SIZE_OF p
BLK_CLR_WORD BUS_WRT_BYTE MOVE_DATA p SWAP_DWORD ^
BLKMOV_DINT ^ BUS_WRT_DWORD p MOVE_DATA_EX p SWAP_WORD ^
BLKMOV_DWORD BUS_WRT_WORD p MOVE_DINT VME_CFG_READ 70
BLKMOV_INT COMM_REQ MOVE_DWORD VME_CFG_WRITE 70
BLKMOVE_REAL DATA_INIT_ASCII ^ MOVE_FROM_FLAT VME_RD_BYTE 70
p

BLKMOVE_UINT ^ DATA_INIT_COMM ^ MOVE_INT VME_RD_WORD 70

BLKMOVE_WORD DATA_INIT_DINT ^ MOVE_LREAL p VME_RMW_BYTE 70
BUS_RD_BYTE DATA_INIT_DLAN ^ MOVE_REAL VMW_RMW_WORD 70
BUS_RD_DWORD p DATA_INIT_DWORD ^ MOVE_TO_FLAT p WME_TS_BYTE 70
BUS_RD_WORD p DATA_INIT_INT ^ MOVE_UINT ^ VME_TS_WORD 70
BUS_RMW_BYTE p DATA_INIT_LREAL P MOVE_WORD VMW_WRT_BYTE 70
BUS_RMW_DWORD P DATA_INIT_UINT ^ SHFR_BIT VME_WRT_WORD 70
P
Indicates instructions exclusive to PACSystems Controllers
70 Indicates instructions exclusive to Series 90-70 Controllers
^ Indicates instructions shared by PACSystems and Series 90-70 Controllers and exclusive to them.

DATA TABLE
ARRAY_MOVE_BOOL FIFO_WRT_WORD ^ SEARCH_GE_UINT ^ SEARCH_NE_DINT
ARRAY_MOVE_BYTE LIFO_RD_DINT ^ SEARCH_GE_WORD SEARCH_NE_DWORD ^
ARRAY_MOVE_DINT LIFO_RD_DWORD ^ SEARCH_GT_BYTE SEARCH_NE_INT
ARRAY_MOVE_DWOR LIFO_RD_INT ^ SEARCH_GT_BYTE SEARCH_NE_INT
D^
ARRAY_MOVE_INT LIFO_RD_UINT ^ SEARCH_GT_DWORD SEARCH_NE_WORD ^
ARRAY_MOVE_UINT ^ LIFO_RD_WORD ^ SEARCH_GT_INT ^ SORT_INT ^
ARRAY_MOVE_WORD LIFO_WRT_DINT ^ SEARCH_GT_UINT ^ SORT_UINT ^
ARRAY_RANGE_DINT ^ LIFO_WRT_DWORD ^ SEARCH_GT_WORD SORT_WORD ^
ARRAY_RANGE_DWOR LIFE_WRT_INT ^ SEARCH_LE_BYTE TBL_RD_DINT ^
D
ARRAY_RANGE_INT ^ LIFO_WRT_UINT ^ SEARCH_LE_DINT TBL_RD_DWORD ^
ARRAY_RANGE_UINT ^ LIFO_WRT_WORD ^ SEARCH_LE_DWORD TBL_RD_INT ^
^

ARRAY_RANGE_ SEARCH_EQ_BYTE SEARCH_LE_WORD TBL_RD_UINT ^

WORD ^
FIFO_RD_DINT ^ SEARCH_EQ_DINT SEARCH_LE_WORD TBL_RD_WORD ^

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FIFO_RD_DWORD ^ SEARCH_EQ_DWORD SEARCH_LE_DWORD TBL_WRT_DINT ^

^ ^

FIFO_RD_INT ^ SEARCH_EQ_INT SEARCH_LT_BYTE TBL-WRT_DWORD ^

FIFO_RD_UINT ^ SEARCH_EQ_UINT ^ SEARCH_LT_DINT TBL_WRT_INT ^
FIFO_RD_WORD ^ SEARCH_EQ_WORD SEARCH_LT_DWORD TBL_WRT_UINT ^
^

FIFO_WRT_DINT ^ SEARCH_GE_BYTE SEARCH_LT_INT TBL_WRT_WORD

FIFO_WRT_DWORD ^ SEARCH_GE_DINT SEARCH_LT_UINT ^
FIFO_WRT_INT ^ SEARCH_GE_DWORD SEARCH_LT_WORD
^

FIFO_WRT_UINT ^ SEARCH_GE_INT SEARCH-NE_BYTE

^ Indicates instructions shared by PACSystems and Series 90-70 Controllers and exclusive to them.

MATH
ABS_DINT ^ ADD_REAL DIV_UINT ^ MUL_MIXED ^ SUB_DINT
ABS_INT ^ ADD_UINT ^ MOD_DINT MUL_REAL SUB_INT
ABS_LREAL ^ DIV_DINT MOD_INT MUL_UINT ^ SUB_LREAL
P

ABS_REAL ^ DIV_INT MOD_UINT ^ SCALE_DINT P SUB_REAL

ADD_DINT DIV_LREAL P MUL_DINT SCALE_INT DUB_UINT ^
ADD_INT DIV_MIXED ^ MUL_INT SCALE_UINT P
ADD_LREAL P DIV_REAL MUL_LREAL P SCALE_WORD
P

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5.3 FBD Editor

The Function Block Diagram (FBD) editor is used to create logic with the Function Block
Diagram programming language. FBD is a process language logic that graphically
represents the programmed actions performed by a Controller as it executes.
The FBD editor is free form; that is, instructions and text boxes can be placed anywhere
on the FBD editor where there is space. Sequences of instructions can be wired together
horizontally and vertically.
You can work with the FBD editor while offline to edit a disk copy of a project, or you can
edit an FBD block of logic online, but this causes the logic to become not equal until you
download the FBD block.
You can customize the appearance and behavior of the FBD editor by setting options. An
FBD block is a named section of FBD Logic that is compiled and downloaded to the
Controller represented by the associated target.

Figure 30: FBD Editor

To Customize the FBD Editor

1. In the Options tab of the Navigator, expand the Editors folder, then expand the
Function Block Diagram folder (Figure 30).
2. Right-click the Colors and Preferences page and choose Properties. The
configurable settings appear as properties in the Inspector.
3. In the Inspector, adjust settings as required.

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To Create an FBD Block

1. In the Project tab of the Navigator, right-click the Program Blocks folder, point to
New, and then choose FBD Block. A new FBD block with a default name is
created.
2. Rename the block as desired.

To Open an FBD Block for Editing

In the Project tab of the Navigator, double-click an FBD block. The block opens in the FBD
editor (Figure 31).

Note: You can have multiple blocks open for editing. To navigate to another open FBD
block, click the tab that displays its name at the top of the editor window.
Working with the FBD Editor Offline
While in offline mode, there is no live communication between the FBD editor and the
target. Most logic development is done while offline. The following diagram illustrates
some of the more common operations you can perform using the FBD editor offline.

Figure 31: FBD Editor Offline

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To Insert an Instruction
1. In the FBD editor, right-click an empty cell and choose Insert Instruction.
A smart list appears listing all available instruction mnemonics.
2. Choose an instruction mnemonic from the list and press ENTER.

To Assign a Parameter Beside an Instruction

There are two methods to assign a parameter to an instruction.
The first method (from the FBD editor)
1. In the FBD editor, hover the mouse pointer immediately before an input
connection point or immediately beyond an output connection point of an FBD
instruction, so that the mouse pointer changes as seen in
2. In the smart list that appears, enter or choose an existing variable, constant, or
expression to assign to the instruction parameter. In the FBD editor, the instruction
may display as seen in Figure 33:

Figure 32: Double Click the Connection Point

Figure 33: Assigning a Value to the Instruction Parameter

Note: Inside the rectangle of the ADD instruction, the “1“ indicates the solve order of the
instruction. Under the variable myCounter, the “1“ is the initial value of myCounter.

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Second Method (outside the FBD editor)

1. In the Variables tab of the Navigator or the Data Watch tool, select a variable.
2. Drag the selected variable to the connection point of an FBD instruction.
3. When the mouse pointer appears, release the left mouse button to assign the
variable to a parameter of the FBD instruction.
4. For example, the following diagram shows that you can assign a parameter to the
FBD SUBTRACT instruction at the output connection point named Q.

Figure 34: Double Click the Connection Point Q

After you have assigned the parameter, the instruction will appear in Figure 35:

Figure 35: Assigned FBD Subtract to Connection Point Q

Note: In the above diagram, “61“ is the initial value of myResult “4“ inside the rectangle of
the FBD instruction.

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To Assign a Parameter Above an FBD Instruction or Function

Block Instance
The FBD Call instruction and every function block instance (an instance of a counter, PID,
timer, HART utility, or user-defined function block) require a parameter to be assigned
immediately above the instruction or instance.
1. In the FBD editor, hover with the mouse pointer immediately above an FBD Call or
function block instance so that the mouse pointer appears.
When the mouse pointer appears, click the left mouse button. The instruction or
function block instance appears in the FBD editor with the parameter selected, as
shown in Figure 36.

Figure 36: Assigned Parameter Above an FBD Instruction

2. Without moving the mouse pointer, click again.

A smart list appears. If this is an FBD Call instruction, the smart list contains a list
of all callable blocks of logic in your target. If this is an FBD function block
instance, the smart list contains a list of variables that you can choose from to
assign instance data to the function block instance. Normally you would choose or
create instance data that is not used by any other function block instance, but you
can assign the same instance data to multiple function block instances if you want.
3. In the smart list, enter or choose an existing block of logic, enter a new variable, or
enter or choose an existing variable. The block appears as the destination of the
FBD Call or the variable is assigned as instance data to the function block
instance.

To Check (Validate) a Single FBD Block

1. In the Project tab of the Navigator, expand the target that contains the block to
check, and then expand the Logic folder.
2. Expand the Program Blocks folder and then, if the block resides in a user-defined
folder, expand the user-defined folder.
3. Right-click the block and choose Check Block. Machine Edition checks the block
for errors. Any messages or errors are displayed in the Build tab of the Feedback
Zone.

To Change the Number of Inputs for FBD instructions (ADD,

AND, MUL, OR, SUB, XOR)
1. In the FBD editor, select an ADD, AND, MUL, OR, SUB, or XOR instruction.
2. In the Inspector, select the Number of Inputs property, and then enter or choose
from the list the number of inputs you need.

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3. If required, draw a wire or assign a variable or constant to the input and output
parameters.
4. Hold down the left mouse button, and then drag the mouse pointer to a connection
point of another FBD instruction (Figure 37).
5. Continue to hold down the left mouse button and drag the mouse pointer to a
connection point of another FBD instruction (Figure 38).
6. Release the left mouse button. The newly drawn wire appears as a solid (analog)
or a dashed (discrete) line in the FBD editor (Figure 39).

Figure 37: Selecting the function block instance

Figure 38: Changing the Number of Inputs

Figure 39: Newly Drawn Wire Appears

Notes:
• The numbers “1“ and “2“ inside the rectangles have been reversed, indicating a
change in the solve order.
• The zeroes under the wire are the value that is traveling over the wire. It’s the same
value at both ends.
• At least two instructions must exist in the FBD editor.
• You cannot draw a wire to or from a Text box.
• In the FBD editor, hover the mouse pointer above a connection point of an FBD
instruction or function block instance.

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• When the mouse pointer appears, you can start a wire.

To Negate an FBD Parameter (For discrete parameters only)

1. In the FBD editor, assign a BOOL parameter to a connection point of an FBD
instruction that requires a BOOL variable.
2. Right-click a BOOL variable assigned to a connection point, for example, in the
diagram above, BOOL1.
3. In the list box that appears, choose Negate. The diagram now appears as shown
in Figure 40.

Figure 40: Assign a BOOL Parameter to a Connection Point

Note: Negating a BOOL parameter while online causes logic to be not equal; turning a
BOOL parameter ON/OFF while online does not affect logic equality.

To Negate an FBD Wire (For discrete FBD wires only)

1. If required, draw the FBD wire from a connection point that requires a BOOL
variable, to a connection point that also requires a BOOL variable. If the wire is
discrete, it appears as a dotted line.
2. Right-click the wire and then choose Negate.

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To Move or Duplicate FBD Logic

In the FBD editor, select an FBD instruction or Text box.

To Move It
Click the selection and drag it to a new valid location. When you move instruction, the
parameters, and wires assigned to it move along with it.

To Duplicate It
Press CTRL while clicking the selection and drag the selection to where you want to place
the duplicate. When you release the mouse button, a duplicate copy of the selected
instruction is placed in the new area. When you duplicate an instruction, its parameters
are also duplicated; wires are not duplicated.

To Zoom in or Zoom Out an FBD Block

1. Click anywhere in the FBD editor.
2. Do one of the following:
a. In the Inspector, expand the Diagram Settings group of properties, and
then set the zoom property.

OR
b. To zoom out, press the “-“ key. To zoom in, press the “+“ key.
Note: To zoom in an FBD block display in the FBD editor makes the FBD appear larger; to
zoom out an FBD block display makes the FBD appear smaller.

Working with the FBD Editor Online

When you are online in monitor mode you can edit your logic, make changes in the
controller, and monitor the controller. PACSystems targets also support Run Mode Store;
that is, you can download logic to a running PACSystems.

To Turn On/Off or Force a Variable

In the FBD editor, right-click a BOOL variable anywhere in FBD logic and choose Force
On, Force Off, Toggle Force, Turn On, Turn Off, or Toggle IO.
Note: Forcing a variable ON or OFF overrides any actions the logic may take during
runtime. That is if a variable is forced OFF (0), but FBD logic is trying to turn it ON
(1), it stays OFF.

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FBD Instructions, Functions, and Function Blocks

(PACSystems only.) The following is a list of all FBD instructions, functions, and function
blocks available in Logic Developer – PLC:
ADVANCED MATH
ABS ASIN COS EXPT LOG SQRT
ACOS ATAN EXP LN SIN TAN

BIT OPERATIONS
AND OR ROR SHIFTR
NOT ROL SHIFTL XOR

COMPARISON
CMO GE LE NE
EQ GT LT RANGE

COMMUNICATION
PINO DEV COMM

CONTROL
DO_IO MASK)IO_INTR PID_ISA SCAN_SET_IO SUSP_IO_INTR
F_TRIG PID_IND R_TRIG SUS_IO SVC_REQ

COUNTERS
DNCTR UPCTR

DATA MOVE
ARRAY_SIZE BUS_RMW_BYTE BUS_TS_WORD MOVE
ARRAY_SIZE_DIM1 BUS_RMW_DWORD BUS_WRT MOVE_DATA_EX
ARRAY_SIZE_DIM2 BUS_RMW_WORD COMM_REQ MOVE_TO_FLAT
BUS_RD BUS_TS_BYTE FANOUT SIZE_OF

MATH
ADD MOD NEG SUB
DIV MUL SCALE

PROGRAM FLOW
ARG_PRES CALL

TIMER FUNCTION BLOCKS

OFDT_HUNDS ONDTR_HUNDS TMR_HUNDS TOF
OFDT_SEC ONDTR_SEC TMR_SEC TON
OFDT_TENTHS ONDTR_TENTHS TMR_TENTHS TP
ODFT_THOUS ONDTR_THOUS TMR_THOUS

TYPE CONVERSION
BCD4_TO_INT DINT_TO_DWORD INT_TO_DINT REAL_TO_DINT UINT_TO_DINT
BCD4_TO_REAL DINT_TO_INT INT_TO_REAL REAL_TO_INT UINT_TO_INT

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BCD4_TO_UINT DINT_TO_LREAL INT_TO_UINT REAL_TO_LREAL UINT_TO_REAL

BCD8_TO_DINT DINT_TO_REAL INT_TO_WORD REAL_TO_UINT UINT_TO_WORD
BCD8_TO_REAL DINT_TO_UINT LREAL_TO_DINT TRUNC_DINT WORD_TO_INT
DEG_TO_RAD DWORD_TO_DINT LREAL_TO_REAL TRUNC_INT WORD_TO_UINT
DINT_TO_BCD8 INT_TO_BCD4 RAD_TO_DEG UINT_TO_BCD4

5.4 IL Editor
Instruction List (IL) is a programming language specified by the IEC 61131-3 standard.
This text language is accumulator-based and much like the assembly languages used for
programming microprocessors. The instructions executed by an IL block modify or use an
accumulator that is located in Controller memory. Two types of accumulators are defined:
one analog accumulator for numeric and bitwise operations and eight Boolean
accumulators for discrete logic to support eight levels of nested Boolean expressions. The
IL editor is free form with an option to apply a standard formatting rule. The appearance
and behavior of the IL editor are user configurable.

Note: Only Series 90-30, VersaMax Controllers, and VersaMax Nano/Micro support IL logic.

To Configure Accumulators
1. In the Project tab of the Navigator, right-click the Program Blocks folder and
choose Properties.
The Inspector displays the Accumulator Address properties.
2. In the Boolean Start property, enter the reference address of the first of eight
controller memory locations to use for Boolean accumulators.
The ending address is calculated automatically. The memory area must be
%T,%M, or %Q.
3. In the Analog Start property, enter the Controller memory locations to use for the
analog accumulator.
The ending address is calculated automatically. The memory area must be %R,
%AI or %AQ.

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To Create an IL Block
1. In the Project tab of the Navigator, right-click the Logicnode, point to New and
choose IL Block.
An empty IL block with the default name ”ILBkn” is added to the folder, where n
represents a unique number.
2. Rename the block as desired.

To Open an IL Block Editing

In the Project tab of the Navigator, right-click an IL Block and choose Open. The block
opens in the IL editor.
Note: You can have multiple blocks open for editing. To navigate to another open IL block,
click the tab displaying its name at the top of the editor window.

Working with the IL Editor Offline

Most project development is carried out while offline from the target Controller. Editing
while offline provides maximum flexibility and enables you to interact with the Machine
Edition tools as shown in (Figure 41).

Figure 41: IL Editor Offline

To Insert an Instruction
In the IL editor, right-click and choose Insert Keyword. A smart list appears listing all
available instruction mnemonics.
From the list, select an instruction and press ENTER. The instruction is inserted in your
logic.

To Assign Operands to an Instruction

1. In the IL editor, right-click and choose Insert Variable. A smart list appears
showing all your defined variables.
2. Type, or choose from the list, a variable name or reference address and then
press ENTER. The name appears in your logic.

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Note: If you entered a reference address or a new variable name, you must create a
variable from it.

To Create a Variable from a Reference Address

In the IL editor, right-click a reference address, point to Create “name”, and then choose a
data type.
A variable is created and a default name is applied. For example, if the reference address
is %R0032, the auto-created variable is named R00032.

To Create a Variable from a Name

1. In the IL editor, right-click a name, point to Create “name” as, and then choose a
data type.
2. A variable is created with the name you right-clicked.
3. Map the variable to Controller memory.

To Move or Duplicate IL Logic

1. In the IL editor, select a range of logic.
2. To move it, click the selection and drag it to a new location. To duplicate it, press
CTRL while clicking the selection, and drag the selection to where you want to place

the duplicate.
3. When you release the mouse button, the selection is respectively moved to the
new location, or a duplicate copy of the selected logic is placed in the new area.

To Insert an Inline Comment

1. In the IL editor, click where you want to insert an inline comment.
2. Type an apostrophe (‘) followed by comment text.
3. Press ENTER to complete the comment.

To Insert a Block Comment

1. In the IL editor, click where you want to insert a block comment.
2. Type (* followed by comment text. A block comment can contain any number of
characters and can span multiple lines.
3. Type *) to complete the block comment.

To Reformat IL Logic
In the IL editor, right-click and choose Beautify Source.
The entire content of the IL editor is reformatted according to the default formatting
(indentation) rules.

Working with the IL Editor Online

When online in monitor mode, you can monitor the Controller but cannot change anything
in the Controller or edit your logic.
When you are online in programmer mode, you can edit your logic, make changes in the
Controller, and monitor the Controller. Many Emerson targets support Run Mode Store;
that is, you can download logic to them when they are running.

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To Monitor a Data Value

Click anywhere in the IL editor and hover the mouse pointer over a variable. A tooltip
appears, showing the variable’s current value. This value, however, does not update
automatically: you must move the mouse pointer away and back over the variable to
update the value.

To Change a BOOL Variable’s State

In the IL editor, right-click the BOOL variable whose value you want to change and choose
Turn On, Turn Off, or Toggle IO. The state of the variable in the target Controller changes
when the command is received. It remains in that state until acted on by the Controller’s
logic. To Force a BOOL variable’s state
In the IL editor, right-click a BOOL variable and choose Force On, Force Off, or Toggle
Force.
The state of a forced variable remains unchanged, regardless of any actions by Controller
logic.

To Remove the Force from a BOOL Variable

In the IL editor, right-click a BOOL variable and choose Remove Forces. The state of the forced
variable is controlled by Controller logic from now on.

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To Make Changes to IL logic and Download them to a Running

Target Controller (if the Target Controller Supports it)
1. While online to a target Controller, make a change to IL logic.
2. In the Project tab of the Navigator, right-click the target and choose Download to
Controller.
3. You are prompted to confirm a Run Mode Store. That is, the altered IL block will
be downloaded to the running Controller without stopping it.

IL Instructions
The following is a list of all IL instructions available in Logic Developer - PLC.
Companion help indicates which Controllers support the instructions.

BASIC INSTRUCTIONS
ADD GT LT OR ST_DINT XOR
AND LD_BOOL MOD ORN ST_INT XORN
ANDN LD_ENO MUL PT ST_REAL
DIV LD_INT NE R ST_WORD
EQ LDN_BOOL NOT S STN_NOOL
GE LE NT ST_BOOL SUB

ADVANCED MATH
ACOS COS LN SQRT_DINT TAN
ASIN EXP LOG SQRT_INT
ATAN EXPT SIN SQRT_REAL

BIT OPERATIONS
AND-WORD BIT-SEQ MASK_COMP_DWOR OR_WORD SHIFTL_WORD
D
BIT_CLR_WORD BIT_SET_WORD MASK_COMP_WORD ROL_WORD SHIFTR_WORD
BIT_POS_WORD BIT_TEST_WOR NOT_WORD ROR_WORD XOR_WORD
D

COMMUNICATION
MODBUS_TCP_RW (VersaMax Micro CPUs with firmware version 4.00 or later)

CONTROL
DO_IO DRUM PID_IND PID_ISA SER SVC_REQ

CONVERSIONS
BCD4_TO_INT DIN_TO_REAL _RAD_TO_DEG REAL_TO_WOR WORD_TO_REA
D L
BCD4_TO_REA INT_TO_BCD4 REAL_TO_DIN TRUNC_DINT
L T
DEG_TO_RAD INT_TO_REAL REAL_TO_INT TRUNC_INT

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COUNTERS
DNCTR UPCTR

DATA MOVE
BLK_CLR_WORD BLKMOV_REAL COMM_REQ MOVE_BOOL MOVE_REAL
BLKMOVE_INT BLKMOV_WORD MOV_INT MOVE_WORD SHFT_WORD

DATA TABLE
ARRAY_MOVE_BOOL SEARCH_EQ_INT SEARCH_GR_DINT SEARCH_LT_BYTE
ARRAY_MOVE_BYTE SEARCH_EQ_WORD SEARCH_GT_INT SEARCH_LT_DINT
ARRAY_MOVE_DINT SEARCH_GE_BYTE SEARCH_GT_WORD SEARCH_LT_INT
ARRAY_MOVE_INT SEARCH_GE_DINT SEARCH_LE_BYTE SEARCH_LT_WORD
ARRAY_MOVE_WORD SEARCH_GE_INT SEARCH_LE_DINT SEARCH_NE_BYTE
SEARCH_EQ_BYTE SEARCH _GE_WORD SEARCH_LE_INT SEARCH_NE_DINT
SEARCH_EQ_DINT SEARCH_GT SEARCH_LE_WORD SEARCH_NEW_INT
SEARCH_NE_WORD
MATH
ADD_DINT DIV_DINT MOD_DINT MUL_DINT SCALE_WORD
ADD-INT DIV_INT MOD_INT MUL_REAL SUB_DINT
ADD_REAL DIV_REAL MUL_IN SCALE_INT SUB_INT
SUB_REAL

PROGRAM FLOW
CAL CALCN END_MCRN JMPC MCRN
RETC

RELATIONAL
EQ-DINT GE_DINT GT_DINT LE_Dint LT_DINT
NE_DINT RANGE_DINT EQ_INT GE_INT GT_INT
LE_INT LT_INT NE_INT RANGE_INT EQ_REAL
GE_REAL GT_REAL LE_REAL LT_REAL NE_REAL
RANGE_WORD

TIMER FUNCTION BLOCKS

OFDT_HUNDS ONDTR_HUNDS TMR_HUNDS OFDT_TENTHS ONDTR_TENTHS
TMR_TENTHS OFDT_THOUS ONDTR_THOUS TMR_THOUS

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5.5 ST Editor
Structured Text logic is a programming language specified by the IEC 61131-3 standard.
The Structured Text (ST) Editor is a free-form text editor for editing Structured Text logic in
the Machine Edition environment. With the ST editor, you can work on a disk copy of a
structured text block (offline) or monitor the execution of an ST block running in the
Controller (online). You can edit an ST block online, but this causes the logic to become
not equal until you download the ST block. ST is a high-level language that uses various
operators and functions. ST logic is supported by PACSystems controllers.

NOTE: As of version 9.70, the ST Editor options have been added to customize the editor.
The Options are located under Editors > Structured Text.

Figure 42: ST Editor

To Customize the ST Editor

1. In the Options tab of the Navigator, expand the Editors folder and then the Text
folder (Figure 43).
2. Right-click a page (Colors or Preferences), and choose Properties. The
configurable settings appear as properties in the Inspector.
3. In the Inspector, adjust the settings as required.

Figure 43: Customizing the ST Editor

To Create an ST Block
1. In the Project tab of the Navigator, expand the Logic folder, right-click the Program
Blocks folder or a user-defined folder, point to New, and then choose ST block.
A new ST block with a default name is created under the Program Blocks folder or
a user-defined folder.
2. (Optional.) Rename the block.

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To Create a Parameterized ST Block

1. Create an ST block
2. Do one of the following:
a. In the Inspector, set parameters for the block.
OR
b. Set the block’s Block Type property to Parameterized Block, and then
optionally schedule the parameterized block.
Notes:
• By assigning parameters to the block, its Block Type property is automatically
changed to Parameterized Block.
• A parameterized block cannot have both interrupt scheduling and parameters.

To Open an ST Block for Editing

In the Project tab of the Navigator, under the Logic folder, under the Program Blocks
folder, or under a user-defined folder, double-click an ST block.
The ST block opens in the ST editor.

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Working with the ST Editor Offline

The ST editor interacts with the Machine Edition tools to provide maximum flexibility when
editing a program. The following diagram illustrates some of the operations you can
perform.

Figure 44: ST Editor Offline

To Insert an ST Variable or Keyword

1. In the ST editor, right-click and choose Insert Variable/Keyword. A smart list
appears, prompting you to enter the name of an existing variable or keyword.
Tip: Keyboard shortcut Ctrl+Space also inserts an ST Variable or Keyword.
2. Type, or choose from the list, the item you want, and then press ENTER. The
variable or keyword appears in the ST Editor.
Note:
• Constants must be manually entered.
• When entering an indirect reference as an operand, prefix the variable name with @
after selecting it from the smart list, for example, @IntVar. Indirect referencing is
available for all registered references (%R, %P, %L, %W, %AI, and %AQ).

To Create a Variable from a Name

In the ST editor, right-click a name that was entered as an operand, point to Create
"[name]" as, and then choose a data type from the list that appears. A new variable of the
specified data type is created and substituted for the name at every occurrence in the ST
block. The name of the new variable is identical to the original name.

To Insert a Line Comment

1. In the ST editor, click where you want a line comment to begin.
2. Type an apostrophe (‘) or // followed by comment text.

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3. Press Enter to complete the line comment. The line comment ends when a new
line starts.

To Insert a Block Comment

1. In the ST editor, click where you want a block comment to begin.
2. Type (*followed by comment text). A block comment can contain any number of
characters and can span multiple lines.
3. Type *) to complete the block comment.

To Select a Range of ST Logic

1. In the ST editor, click at the beginning of the range.
2. Press and hold shift and then click at the end of the range. All logic within the
range is selected.

Tips:
• You can also click and drag from the beginning of the range to the end.
• After selecting a range of logic, you can click anywhere in it and drag it to another area in
the ST editor.

To Move or Duplicate ST Logic

1. In the ST editor, select a range of logic.
2. To move it, click the selection and drag it to the new location. To duplicate it, press
CTRL while clicking the selection, and then drag the selection to where you want
to place the duplicate. When you release the mouse button, the selection is
respectively moved to the new location, or a duplicate copy of the selected logic is
placed in the new area.

To Locate all Occurrences of a Variable

1. In the Feedback Zone, click the References tab.
2. Click a variable anywhere it appears in ST logic, in the Variables tab of the
Navigator, or the Data Watch tool.
Each occurrence of the variable in your project (for a given target) is listed in the
References tab of the Feedback Zone.

Working with the ST Editor Online

When online in monitor mode, you can monitor the Controller but cannot change anything
in the Controller or edit your logic.
When you are online in programmer mode, you can edit your logic, make changes in the
Controller, and monitor the Controller. PACSystems targets also support Run Mode Store;
that is, you can download logic to a running PACSystems.

Online Values
On-line values are displayed on the ST editor as shown below.

Figure 45: ST Editor Online Values

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To view the Value of an ST Parameterized Block Parameter

1. In the Project tab of the Navigator, expand the Program Blocks folder.
2. If the block that contains the call to the ST parameterized block whose parameter
you want to monitor resides in a user-defined folder, expand the user-defined
folder.
3. Right-click the block that contains the call and chooses Open. The block appears
in the appropriate editor.
4. In the editor, right-click the block call to the ST parameterized block and choose
Open Block. The called ST parameterized block appears in the ST editor.
5. In the ST editor, hover the mouse pointer over the parameterized block parameter
(variable) to see its value.
Depending on the context of the parameter, the tooltip displays the following
items:
a. If the text refers to a parameter instead of a variable, and the block was
opened from a CALL instruction (in an LD, ST, or FBD block), then if
possible, the parameter is associated with the variable used in the call the
block was opened from. In this case, the tooltip displays the parameter
name, address of the variable, description of the parameter, data type,
and value of the variable.
b. If the text refers to a parameter instead of a variable, and the block was
not opened from a CALL instruction (in an LD, ST, or FBD block), then the
tooltip displays the parameter name, description of the parameter, and
data type only.
In either case, if this is a forced BOOL variable, the tooltip also displays if the
variable has been forced On (1) or Off (0).
Note: The tooltip displays a variable’s current value only if logic is equal; the tooltip does not
display the current value if logic is not equal.

To Change a BOOL Variable’s State

In the ST editor, right-click the BOOL variable whose value you want to change and
choose Turn On, Turn Off, or Toggle IO.
The state of the variable in the target Controller changes when the Controller receives the
command.

To Force a BOOL Variable’s State

In the ST editor, right-click a BOOL variable and choose Force On, Force Off, or Toggle
Force.
The state of a forced variable remains unchanged, regardless of any actions by Controller
logic.

To Remove the Force from a BOOL Variable

In the ST editor, right-click a BOOL variable and choose Remove Forces.
The state of the unforced variable is controlled by Controller logic from now on.

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ST Statements, Functions, and Function Blocks

The following is a list of all ST statements, functions, and function blocks available in Logic
Developer - PLC. InfoViewer Help indicates which firmware version of PACSystems
supports the statements, functions, or function blocks.

STATEMENTS
:= (ASSIGNMENT COMMENT FUNCTION BLOCK INVOATION REPEAT...UNTIL BLOCK CALL
EXIT FUNCTION CALL RETURN CASE FOR...DO
IF WHILE...DO VAR CONSTANT …. END_VAR

ADVANCED MATH
ACOS ATAN EXP LN SIN
SQRT_REAL ACOS_LREAL ATAN_LREAL EXP_LREAL SIN_LREAL
TANACOS_REAL ATAN_REAL EXP_REAL LN_REAL SIN_REAL
TAN_LREAL ASIN COS EXPT, “”, OR ^ LOG
SQRT_DINT TAN_REAL ASIN_LREAL COS_LREAL EXPT_REAL
LOG_LREAL SQRT_INT ASIN_REAL COS_REAL EXPT_LREAL
LOG_REAL SQRT_LREAL

BITWISE OPERATORS
AND NOTE OR XOR

COMMUNICATIONS
PNIO_DEV_COMM

CONTROL
DO_IO MASK_IO SCAN_SET SUSP_IO_INTR SWITCH_POS
F_TRIG R_TRIG SUS_IO SVC_REQ

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CONVERSIONS
ANGLES BCD4 to REAL to BCD8 to TRUNC_DINT,
INT, REAL, DINT, INT, DINT or TRUNC_INT
or UINT LREAL, or REAL
UINT
DINT to UINT to DWORD to WORD to INT to BCD4,
BCD8, BCD4, DINT, DINT INT or UINT DINT, REAL,
DWORD, INT, REAL, UINT, or
INT, LREAL, or WORD WORD
REAL, or
UINT

DATA MOVE
ARRAY_SIZE ARRAY_SIZE_DIM2 MOVE_DATA_EX SIZE_OF ARRAY_SIZE_DIM1
COMM_REQ MOVE_TO_FLAT

PROGRAM FLOW
ARG_PRES

MATH FUNCTIONS
ABS_DINT ABS_LREAL SCALE_DINT SCALE_UINT ABS_INT
ABS_REAL SCALE_INT

MATH OPERATORS
+ (addition) - (subtraction) - (negation) * (multiplication) / (division)
Mod (modulo)

RELATIONAL OPERATORS
= (equal) >= (greater than or equal) > (greater than) <= (less than or equal) < (less than)
<>, != (not equal)

TIMER FUNCTION
BLOCKS
TOF TON TP

C Blocks
A C block is an independent section of executable code written in the C programming
language that is downloaded to and executed on the target Controller. C blocks are
created externally using Emerson’s C Programming Toolkit and then imported into a
project. A C block compiled for PACSystems has a .gefelf extension. A C block compiled
for Series 90-70 or Series 90-30 has a .exe extension. C Blocks can be called as a
subroutine from another block (LD, ST, FBD, or IL) but cannot call another block.

Note: There are four different extensions for the C block depending on the target controller.
For more information on developing C Blocks, refer to C Programmer’s Toolkit for
Series 90 Controllers (GFK-0646) and PACSystems C Toolkit User’s Guide
(GFK-2259). More information on C Block extensions is also available in PME Help.
Working with C Blocks
To Import C Blocks
1. In the Project tab of the Navigator, right-click the Program Blocks folder and
choose Add C block.

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The Open dialog box appears.

2. Browse to the .exe or .gefelf file you want to import and click Open.
The selected file is added to the Program Blocks folder with the same name as the
.exe or .gefelf file.
Note: You can then move the C Block to a user-defined folder
To Set a C Block’s Parameters
Note: This procedure applies only to C blocks that were written to require parameters for
use of PACSystems or Series 90-70 targets.
In the Project tab of the Navigator, right-click the C block anchoose Properties.
1. The Inspector displays the block’s properties.
2. In the Inspector, select the Parameters property and click. The Parameters dialog
box appears.
3. Type a name and description for each required input and output parameter. For
information on the required parameters, refer to the written documentation for the
C block. The names you enter will display in the CALL instruction that calls the C
block. The names and descriptions will display in a tooltip when you hover the
mouse pointer over the CALL instruction.

C Programs
Note: C programs are supported only on Series 90-70 CPUs, firmware release 6.00 and
later.
A C program is an independent section of executable code, written in C language, that is
downloaded to and executed on the associated target Controller. To develop a C program,
use Emerson’s C Programmer's Toolkit for Series 90 Controllers User's Manual
(GFK-0646). You then import it into a project.
A C program has access to all the % reference tables of the Controller except for the
_MAIN LD block’s %P memory and the %L memory of any other LD block. A C program
can also call any of the numerous Controller-embedded functions that are included in the
C Programmer’s Toolkit. A C program cannot be called a subroutine. Execution is
controlled only through scheduling. A C program cannot call a block a subroutine. By
setting the parameters of a C program, you enable it to access memory directly. When a C
program begins to execute, it reads the data for all the parameters and makes a copy of
the data. If the C program’s execution is interrupted or time-sliced over multiple scans, the
C program, when it resumes execution, uses the copy of the data that it made when it
began to execute. C programs can coexist with the main program on a Series 90-70
Controller.

Working with C Programs

Setting a C Program’s Parameters
Note: You must provide a list of all the input and output parameters that the C program
requires. The main program does not use parameters. In the Project tab of the
Navigator, right-click a C program and choose Properties.
The Inspector displays the C program’s properties.

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1. In the Inspector, select the Parameters property and click the ellipsis button. The
Parameters dialog box appears.
2. On the Input and Output tabs, enter up to 8 input and up to 8 output parameters.
Each parameter has its row on the tab. For each parameter, double-click the
following cells and enter the required data:
• Name The parameter’s name.
• Type: The parameter’s data type.
• Length: The length of the input or output reference.
• Variable: The first data item associated with the parameter.
• Description: (Optional.) The parameter’s description.

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LD Diagnostic Logic Blocks

(PACSystems RX3i firmware version 5.60 and later.) A PACSystems RX3i target contains
the Diagnostic Logic Blocks folder, which contains two empty subfolders: the Active Blocks
folder and the Inactive Blocks folder.
Active Blocks folder
The Active Blocks Folder can contain the following:

• One or more active LD DLBs.

• Zero through three Cam profiles associated with an LD DLB.
• One or more user-defined folders.
Inactive Blocks Folder
The Inactive Blocks Folder can contain the following:

• One or more inactive LD DLBs.

• One or more user-defined folders.
Active LD Diagnostic Logic Blocks
An active LD Diagnostic Logic Block (DLB) is a named section of ladder logic that is
compiled and downloaded to the Controller.
Cam profiles associated with an active LD DLB are stored in the Cam profiles folder and
are also downloaded to the Controller.
The contents of an active LD DLB are edited with the LD editor. Immediately before an
upload from the Controller is performed, all active LD DLBs and their associated Cam
profiles are moved to the Inactive Blocks folder. This causes all active LD DLBs to become
inactive LD DLBs before the upload, because the variables being used by the active LD
DLBs may not exist in your project after the upload completes.
After an upload from the Controller, you can activate an LD DLB. Do this in the Navigator
by right-clicking an inactive LD DLB and choosing Activate.
Every LD DLB, whether active or inactive, has an associated Published Variable Table
(PVT) that contains the local published variables of the LD DLB. If an LD DLB has no local
variables, then its PVT is empty.

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6.1 To Create an Active LD Diagnostic Logic Block

1. In the Project tab of the Navigator, expand the PACSystems RX3i target where
you want to create the active LD Diagnostic Logic Block (DLB), expand the
Diagnostic Logic Blocks folder, and then expand the Active Blocks folder.
2. If the active LD DLB is to reside in a user-defined folder, then, if required, add the
user-defined folder.
3. Right-click the folder where you want to create the active LD DLB, point to New
and then choose Block. The active LD DLB is created and its unique default
name is highlighted. Each active LD DLB contains a Cam Profiles folder, where
you can add, edit, or import from one through three Cam profiles.
4. (Optional) Rename the new active LD DLB. All LD DLBs in the parent folder
appear in alphabetical order.

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PROFINET Support
(PACSystems RXi; PACSystems RX3i with firmware version 7.00 and later.)
Hardware
PACSystems PROFINET Controllers (PNCs) support the following PROFINET devices:
A PNC is connected by Ethernet to PROFINET devices, each of which has its modules
and possibly submodules.

Table 5: PROFINET-Enabled Devices

PROFINET-Enabled Devices
VersaMax VersaMax IP VersaPoint
RESTi PAC8000 General Electric AF6
Third-Party
Software
In Machine Edition, the PROFINET devices connected to a PNC are shown as nodes
under the PNC in the Hardware Configuration of a PACSystems RXi or PACSystems RX3i
target in a Machine Edition project. The illustration on the next page highlights the target
names and the PNCs.
Configuration Data
The data required to configure the PROFINET devices connected to the PROFINET
Controller is contained in GSDML files provided by the vendors by PROFINET standards.

Redundancy
PACSystems RX3i Controllers support Hot Standby CPU redundancy with PROFINET I/O.
In that setup, two RX3i Controllers are capable of controlling the same set of PROFINET
devices. (For the minimum PACSystems RX3i firmware version requirement, refer to
online help.)

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Figure 46: Redundant Configuration

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7.1 Ethernet Global Data (EGD)

Ethernet Global Data is a mechanism that enables one CPU, referred to as a producer, to
share a portion of its internal memory with one or more other CPUs, referred to as
consumers, at a scheduled periodic rate. Such a snapshot of internal memory, mediated
by an Ethernet interface, is referred to as an exchange. An exchange is identified by a
unique combination of three identifiers

• The Producer ID (the producer’s IP address)

• The Exchange ID (the exchange’s identifier)
• The Adapter Name (the Ethernet interface identifier)

Exchanges vs. Pages

Some EGD tools group multiple produced exchanges into a page, and some EGD tools
can consume such pages. Logic Developer – PLC; however, does not consume or
produce pages. It consumes and produces exchanges.
1. When you add a consumed exchange in Logic Developer - PLC, if an EGD tool
has published produced pages that contain multiple exchanges to the EGD
Configuration Server, the produced exchanges are extracted from the pages and
presented for your selection as exchanges.
2. Logic Developer - PLC does not group multiple produced exchanges into a
produced page. EGD tools that consume pages see Logic Developer - PLC
produced exchanges as pages with only one exchange each.

Integration with the EGD Configuration Server

Logic Developer - PLC is integrated with the EGD Configuration Server. The EGD
Configuration Server is a central repository of EGD configuration information used to
facilitate the sharing of information between EGD tools to assist with the configuration of
EGD.
After configuring a produced exchange on any EGD tool (such as the EGD component in
Logic Developer - PLC), you can publish the configuration of the produced exchanges to
the EGD Configuration Server. After this, Logic Developer - PLC, when connected to the
server, can obtain the produced exchange configuration from the server and automatically
create a consumed exchange that matches the produced exchange exactly. At this point,
the only thing left to do is to map the variables of the exchange to memory on the EGD
consumer or to replace some or all of the unmapped variables with mapped variables that
already exist on the EGD consumer. The EGD Configuration Server provides extra EGD
validation that is unavailable without the server.
The EGD Configuration Server supports EGD Signatures. When a PACSystems RX7i or
PACSystems RX3i is configured to use signatures, then every scan, compare the
signature of every consumed exchange with the signature of its corresponding produced
exchange to determine whether the configuration of the consumed exchange matches the
configuration of the produced exchange; if not, the exchange is not consumed. The EGD
Configuration Server tracks which produced exchanges published on the server are
consumed by EGD devices connected to the server. You can obtain an Unconsumed Data

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report. Other reports compare the produced or consumed exchange information on your
computer with that on the server. The EGD Configuration Server is not the authoritative
source of the EGD configuration. It does not store past versions of EGD configurations. It
contains only the latest snapshots of the EGD configurations published to it. The EGD
tools are the authoritative source, while the server enables the tools to share information.
It is possible to delete the server contents completely and restore them by using the tools
in a two-step process: publish the authoritative information from all tools to the server, and
have each tool read the information it needs from the server and confirm to the server that
it has received it.

Integration with the EGD Management Tool

Logic Developer - PLC is integrated with the EGD Management Tool (EMT). You can
open the EMT from within Logic Developer - PLC and vice-versa. The EMT provides a
high-level view of the EGD system published on the EGD Configuration Server, including
a graphical display of individual EGD systems.
The EMT provides validation of the EGD configuration. The EMT enables the EGD
configuration of devices by launching the appropriate EGD Configuration Tool from the
graphical display.

Logic Developer – PLC implementation of EGD: the EGD

Component
The first step in using Ethernet Global Data (EGD) in a PACSystems Controller or ENIU
target consists in adding the EGD component. In a Controller target, you can do so even if
the CPU presently configured in the target does not support EGD, as long as the target
belongs to one of the Controller families that support EGD. This flexibility enables you to
start configuring EGD even if the hardware specifications of your system have not been
determined.

To Add the EGD Component

In the Project tab of the Navigator, right-click a PACSystems Controller target that belongs
to one of the Controllers or ENIU family types that support Ethernet Global Data (EGD),
point to Add Component, and choose Ethernet Global Data.
The Ethernet Global Data folder is added to the target. The folder contains two empty
folders: Consumed Exchanges and Produced Exchanges.

Note: For Ethernet modules that support EGD uploads, the EGD component is
automatically added when you upload the Hardware Configuration and EGD
configuration. The EGD component is also automatically added to a target when
you import a folder that contains an Ethernet Global Data (EGD) configuration or
imports a Hardware Configuration that contains an EGD configuration. In such
cases, the Consumed Exchanges and Produced Exchanges folders are
automatically populated.
To Install the EGD Configuration Server
1. Insert the Machine Edition 8.50 install disk into the computer on which you want to
install the EGD Configuration Server. The computer must be connected to an
Ethernet network. It may be local or remote.

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2. On the Machine Edition 8.50 install disk, navigate to the Install folder.
3. Double-click the EgdCfgServer Setup.msi file.
The EGD Configuration Server is installed on the computer.
Note: The client library required for your copy of Logic Developer - PLC to communicate
with the EGD Configuration Server is automatically installed as part of the
installation of Logic Developer - PLC.
To Install the EGD Management Tool (EMT) on your Computer
1. Insert the Machine Edition 8.50 install disk into your computer.
2. On the Machine Edition 8.50 install disk, navigate to the Install folder.
3. Double-click the EgdManagementTool Setup.msi file. The EGD Management Tool
is installed on your computer.

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To Configure Communications with the EGD Configuration Server

1. In the Options tab of the Navigator, expand the Machine Edition folder.
2. Right-click the EGD page and choose Properties. The Inspector displays the
EGD options.
3. In the Inspector, configure the Host Name option. For help on this or any option,
select the option and look up the help that automatically appears in the
Companion. To open the Companion, press SHIFT+F11.
4. (Optional) Configure the Local Server Cache Path and Timeout options.

To Configure a Logic Developer – PLC Target to use the EGD

Configuration Server
1. In the Project tab of the Navigator, expand the target.
2. Right-click the Ethernet Global Data folder and choose Properties. The Inspector
displays the folder's properties.
3. Ensure that the Use Configuration Server property is set to True and configure the
properties below it.

To Add a New Produced Exchange and Configure it

1. In the Project tab of the Navigator, expand the target’s Ethernet Global Data
folder.
2. Right-click the Produced Exchanges folder and choose New. A newly produced
exchange appears with a default name. The newly produced exchange is invalid.
3. (Optional.) Enter a name that is more meaningful than the default name.
4. Right-click the produced exchange and choose Properties.
5. The Inspector displays the exchange's properties).
6. In the Inspector, configure the Destination property and other properties. The
newly produced exchange is now valid.
7. In the Project tab of the Navigator, right-click the produced exchange and choose
Configure.

Figure 47: EGD Variable Editor

8. In the editor, use the buttons to add, insert, or delete rows.

9. For each row, define the Variable, Ref Address, Length, and/or Description
parameters. When you have configured the target to use the EGD Configuration
Server, you must specify a Variable for each row; you cannot use memory ranges
that have no variables mapped to them. The Ignore parameter is available only for
the Status. The Type parameter is read-only. For help on the editor, click inside
the grey space at the top and press F1.

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To Publish a Target’s Produced Exchanges to the EGD

Configuration Server by using the Validate Method
1. In the Project tab of the Navigator, right-click the target and choose Set as an
active target.
If the option is unavailable, the target has already been set as the active target.
2. Right-click the target and choose Validate.
Any errors found in the target's EGD configuration, Hardware Configuration, or
logic are listed in the Build tab of the Feedback Zone.
3. Correct any errors found and repeat step 2 of this procedure.
4. When the Build tab of the Feedback Zone displays no errors, click the Messages
tab of the Feedback Zone. If the message "EGD Produced Data published"
appears, the target's produced exchanges have been updated (published) from
your computer to the EGD Configuration Server.

To Publish a Target’s Produced Exchanges to the EGD

Configuration Server by using the Bind and Build Method
1. In the Project tab of the Navigator, right-click the target and choose Set as an
active target.
If the option is unavailable, the target has already been set as the active target.
2. Expand the target.
3. Right-click the Ethernet Global Data folder and choose Bind and Build. Any
errors found in the target's EGD configuration are listed in the Messages tab of the
Feedback Zone. Some of these errors may pertain to consumed exchanges. If you
want context-sensitive help on the errors, we recommend that you use the
Validation method instead of the Bind and Build method.

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4. If errors are found pertaining to produced exchanges, correct them and repeat
step 3 of this procedure. The message "EGD Produced Data published" appears
when the target's produced exchanges have been updated (published) from your
computer to the EGD Configuration Server.
If an error is found pertaining to a consumed exchange, you typically need to
synchronize the consumed exchange.

To Synchronize a Consumed Exchange on your Computer with

the Corresponding Produced Exchange Published on the EGD
Configuration Server
If any of the following conditions is true, validate the target that contains the producer.
(See Section 3.4.1, Validating a Target.)

• You have uploaded the Hardware Configuration and EGD configuration from the
producer Controller to your computer;
• You have converted the target that contains the producer;
• You have deleted the Ethernet Global Folder from the target that contains the
producer and added it again.
Validating the target that contains the producer updates the EGD Configuration Server
with the produced exchange that this consumed exchange consumes.
1. In the Project tab of the Navigator, expand the target.
2. Expand the Ethernet Global Data folder and then expand the Consumed
Exchanges folder.
3. If you have changed the Local Producer ID property of the producer that the
consumed exchange consumes from, right-click the consumed exchange and
choose Properties. Then, in the Inspector, set the Producer ID property on the
consumed exchange to the same value as the new Local Producer ID.
4. In the Project tab of the Navigator, right-click the consumed exchange and choose
Synchronize to Server.

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PACMotion
(PACSystems RX3i with firmware version 5.60 or later.) The PACMotion Multi-axis Motion
controller (PMM) is a high-performance, easy-to-use servo motion control module that is
closely integrated with the PACSystems RX3i CPU logic solving and communications
functions. This versatile motion controller combines the benefits of highly integrated
motion and machine logic with the performance, flexibility, and scalability required for
advanced machine automation. The open programming environment simplifies motion and
machine logic synchronization and enables the real-time performance required for high-
speed motion applications.
Expanding the PACMotion node reveals the following PACMotion components used with a
PACMotion Digital Motion Control Module (IC695PMM335):

• Cam Profile Library: This contains all of the PACMotion Cam profiles for this target,
which cannot be downloaded to a PACMotion module.
• Active Profiles: Contains all of the PACMotion Cam profile aliases for this target, which
can be downloaded to a PACMotion module.
• Data Logging Windows: This contains all of the Data Logging Windows for this target.
Each window is used to view and print graphs of the values of various IC695PMM335
parameters over time.
PACMotion function blocks and instructions controlling or interacting with a PMM module
are supported in LD, FBD, and ST logic. You can drag them into logic from the Toolchest
LD Instructions drawer (or FBD Instructions drawer)PACMotion folder.
The following can be used with PACMotion function blocks only:

• Enumerated data types: An enumerated variable stores a value belonging to an

enumeration, list, or set of possible values. The value of an enumerated variable can
be selected from a drop-down list in the Inspector.
• Reference ID variables (RIVs): A variable of a reference ID data type is used to
identify something on which a PACMotion function block instance is used to operate.
This chapter outlines basic procedures that will get the user started in Logic Developer –
PLC to work with PACMotion.

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8.1 To Locate a Target’s PACMotion Node

1. Expand the target.
By default, the PACMotion node does not appear in the Navigator. You must add
the PACMotion component.

8.2 To Add the PACMotion component to a

PACSystems Rx3i Target
In the Project tab of the Navigator, right-click the target, point to Add Component, and
choose PACMotion. The PACMotion node is added to the target.

8.3 CAM Editor

The CAM editor is an accessory for PACSystems RX3i PACMotion programming that
enables you to create, edit, and manage CAM profiles. Each CAM profile is a user-defined
curve that specifies the response of a slave servo to a master position index. Cam profiles
are referenced by name and grouped into the CAM Profile Library and the Active Profiles
folder. Each active profile is intended for use on a specific PACMotion module. The
hardware components are specified in the Hardware Configuration (HWC) of the parent
target. You can reuse a CAM profile by right-clicking it and choosing Copy Profile.

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8.4 Working with the CAM Editor

You can adjust the curves of your CAM profile to suit the specific needs of your project.
With the CAM editor, you create profiles by defining points on a master/slave position
curve. Groups of adjoining points are allocated to sectors. Each sector is assigned a
polynomial curve fit order (1,2,3,5) that specifies how the curve will be interpolated
between points.

Figure 48: CAM Editor

8.5 To Create a CAM Profile

1. In the Project tab of the Navigator expand the PACMotion node.
2. Right-click CAM Profile Library and choose New Profile.
A new CAM profile with a default name is added to your project.

8.6 Data Logging

To Generate .dlog Files
1. In logic, create an instance of the MC_DL_CONFGURE PACMotion function
block. To specify which parameters you want to log in to the .dlog file, edit the
properties of the variable (of the DATA_LOG_PARAM_CONFIG data type) that is
assigned to the ParameterConfig input. When the instance executes, data logging
is configured.
2. In logic, create an instance of the MC_DL_ACTIVATE PACMotion function block.
When the Enable input to the instance is set to On, data logging occurs.
3. In logic, create an instance of the MC_DL_GET PACMotion function block.

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When the instance executes, it writes the data logged to the *.dlog file specified by
the DataLogFile

8.7 To Add a Data Logging Window (DLW)

1. In the Project tab of the Navigator, locate the Data Logging Windows node, right-
click it, and choose to Create New.
2. If you are online to the PACSystems RX3i, the Create dialog box appears.
Select one of the following:

• Controller: The DLW is a .dlog file stored on the PACSystems RX3i; or

• PC: The DLW is a .dlw or .csv file stored on your computer.

Table 6: Data Logging Choice Tree 1

If you Selected Controller If You Selected PC or are Offline
The Controller File Explorer window appears and
displays the .dlog files found on the The Select DLW to Load dialog box appears.
PACSystems RX3i.

3. Do as follows, depending on which window appeared.

Table 7: Data Logging Choice Tree 2

In the Controller File Explorer window In the Select DLW to Load dialog box
Navigate to a folder on your computer, select a .dlw or
Select a .dlog and click Open
.csv file, and click Open
A Data Logging Window (DLW) appears, in alphabetical order, under the Data
Logging Windows node with a default name that begins with “Sessions.” It
contains the following nodes.

Views:
• If you selected a .dlw file, this contains one or more views.

• If you selected a .dlog or .csv file, there are no views. You need to add one.
Data Sources, whose child node contains the data snapshot contained in the .dlog, .dlw, or
.csv file. If the .csv file was exported from a data source, it is a complete snapshot. If it was
exported from a view, itcontains only the data required for the traces configured to appear in
that view.

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Motion Programming
Logic Developer - PLC supports motion programming for the DSM324i and Motion Mate
DSM314 motion control modules. High-performance, easy-to-use, these multi-axis motion
control modules are highly integrated with the PACSystems RX3i and the Series 90-30
Controller logic solving and communication functions.
Both the DSM324i and the DSM314 support 10 motion blocks, 40 subroutines, and a
maximum total of 1000 motion program statements. Logic Developer - PLC, making
motion programming possible, supports the following motion editors:

• Motion editor
• Local Logic editor
• Cam editor
This chapter outlines basic procedures that will get you started with Logic Developer –
PLC to create motion programs with these motion editors.

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9.1 To Add a Motion Component to a Target

In the Project tab of the Navigator, right-click the target, point to Add Component, and
then choose Motion (Figure 49). A Motion Program node is added to your project.
Included are empty Motion Blocks, Local Logic, CAM Profiles, and CAM Blocks folders.

Figure 49: Motion Component

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9.2 Motion Editor

Logic Developer - PLC includes a Motion editor, which enables you to create Motion
blocks for the DSM324i and the DSM314. This text-based editor is configurable as to its
appearance and behavior. Comments and white space are not considered to be Motion
block statements. The Motion block programming syntax is different from the Local Logic
syntax.

To Add a Motion Block

1. In the Project tab of the Navigator, expand the Motion Program.
2. Right-click Motion Blocks and choose New.
An empty Motion block with a default name is added to your project (Figure 50).
3. Rename the block as desired.

Figure 50: To Add a Motion Block

To Open a Motion Block for Editing

1. In the Project tab of the Navigator, expand the Motion Program.
2. Expand Motion Blocks and double-click the Motion block you want to open.
The block opens for editing in the Motion editor.

Working with the Motion Editor

To Insert a Command
1. In the Motion Editor, right-click and choose Insert Keyword. A smart list appears
showing all available motion commands.
2. Select the appropriate command from the smart list and press enter. The
command is placed in the motion editor.

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Figure 51: Motion Editor

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Table 8: Motion Commands

Command Description

The ACCEL statement sets the axis acceleration for subsequent moves and remains in
ACCEL effect in a given block unless changed. Note: If a move instruction is executed before
ACCEL, the tag Acceleration is used.

BLOCK NUMBER Block numbers can be used as the destination of JUMP commands. Block numbers must be
unique and can be between 1 and 65535.

CAM The CAM statement starts the CAM motion and specifies exit conditions.

CAM-LOAD CAM-LOAD loads a parameter register with the starting location for a CAM slave axis.

CAM-PHASE CAM-PHASE sets the phase for CAM comm

CALL The CALL command executes another block as a subroutine.

CMOVE The CMOVE command programs a continuous move using the specified position and
acceleration mode.

DWELL DWELL causes a motion to cease for a specified time period before processing the next
command.

ENDPROG The ENDPROG statement terminates a Motion program definition.

ENDSUB The ENDSUB statement terminates a Motion subroutine definition

JUMP Jump to a block number or a sync block within the current program or subroutine. The jump
may be unconditional or conditional based on the status of a CTL bit.

LOAD Initializes or changes a parameter data register with a 32-bit twos-complement integer
value.

PMOVE The PMOVE Command programs a positioning move using the specified position and
accelerator mode.

The PROGRAM statement is the first statement in a motion program. The program
PROGRAM statement identifies the program number (valid range: 1 through 10) and the axis
configuration. Program definitions cannot nest.

SUBROUTINE The SUBROUTINE statement is the first statement in a motion subroutine. The subroutine
statement identifies the subroutine number.

SYNC BLOCK A sync block is a special case of a block number. A sync block can be used only in multi-
axis programs.

VELOC Set the process VELOCITY used by subsequent motion program move commands and
remains in effect until changed by another VELOC statement.

9.3 Local Logic

A Local Logic block runs synchronously with the Motion block, but is independent of the
Controller’s CPU scan. This enables the DSM324i or DSM314 to interact much more
quickly with motion I/O signals on its faceplate connectors than would be possible if the
logic for the signals were handled in the _MAIN program running on the Controller.

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The local Logic language uses free-form, text-based circuits and contains basic
mathematical and logical constructs. The Local Logic syntax enables you to assign a
variety of logic tasks to your motion programs while working in conjunction with Controller
Logic programs and motion blocks to yield a flexible programming environment. Because
it uses straightforward, understandable syntax, it is easy to gain proficiency with this
editor.
The Local Logic programming language supports assignments, conditional statements,
arithmetic, logical, and relational statements. Local Logic provides you with access to
motion Controller data, parameters using a fixed set of variables, control bits, and status
bits:

• Parameter data - accessible from Local Logic host Controller and motion blocks. The
parameter data are similar to variables in a program.
• CTL bits - enable the Local Logic block or host Controller to signal the motion block to
start an event.
• Motion block numbers - the current block number can be used within the Local Logic
block or host Controller to make an action occur only during a specific motion
programming section.

To Create a Local Logic Block

1. In the Project tab of the Navigator, expand the Motion Program.
2. Right-click Local Logic and choose New.
A new Local Logic block with a default name is created.
3. Rename the block as required.

To Open a Local Logic Block for Editing

1. In the Project tab of the Navigator, expand the Motion Program and double-click
the Local Logic block. The Local Logic block opens for editing in the Local Logic
editor.

Working with the Local Logic Editor

Figure 52: Local Logic Editor

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To Insert a Local Logic Command

1. In the Local Logic editor, right-click and choose Insert Keyword. A smart list
displays all available Local Logic commands.
2. Select the desired command in the smart list and press ENTER

The command is inserted.

Note: You can drag variables from the Local Logic Variable Table (LLVT) to the Local Logic
editor.

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Local Logic Variables

Local Logic is designed to complement a Controller’s logic and mathematical capabilities.
Solving small Local Logic and mathematical sets requires a tight synchronization with the
controlled motion.
Logic Developer - PLC includes a table containing Local Logic variables, the Local Logic
Variable Table (LLVT), that you can drag into your Local Logic blocks. The LLVT has
several tabs that organize the variables by category.

To View the LLVT

1. In the Project tab of the Navigator, expand the Motion Program.
2. Right-click Local Logic and choose Local Logic Variable Table.
The “Which LLVT do you want?” help topic appears.
3. Select Motion Mate DSM314 or DSM324i.
The LLVT appears in the InfoViewer, displaying variables or data on each tab:

Table 9: LLVT Variables

Variable Description
AXIS 1 Variables specific to axis 1
AXIS 2 Variables specific to axis 2
AXIS 3 Variables specific to axis 3
AXIS 4 Variables specific to axis 4
GLOBAL Global data such as module status code
CTL BITS DSM general Control/Status bits
PARAMETER DSM parameter data
REGISTERS

The table has six columns:

Table 10: LLVT Table Columns

Variable Description
NAME Contains the variable name that is to be used within a Local Logic block
TYPE The data type for this variable. For example, 32-bit means that this variable is a
32-bit variable.
GROUP The group this variable is placed in. For example, Faceplate I/O means that this
variable refers to a point on the module faceplate.
DESCRIPTION This column contains a textual description of the variable. When you hover the
mouse pointer over the description, a tooltip displays the description.
R This column indicates if the variable can be read by a Local Logic block.
W This column indicates if the variable can be written by a Local Logic block.

To Insert a Local Logic Variable

With Local Logic, you can execute basic logic and mathematical functions on the DSM324i
or Motion Mate DSM314 module. Commands use upper case characters only and are
case sensitive.
1. In the Local Logic, the editor right-clicks and choose Insert Variable.
A smart list appears prompting you to choose a Local logic variable name.

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2. Select a variable in the list and press enter.

The variable is inserted in your Local Logic.

Local Logic Commands and Operators

With Local Logic, you can execute basic logic and mathematical functions on the DSM324i
or Motion Mate DSM314 module. Commands use upper case characters only and are
case sensitive.

Table 11: Local Logic Commands and Operators

Commands and Operators
ABS TRUE - (minus) <= (less than or equal to)
BWAND FALSE / (divide) <> (not equal)
BWOR IF *(multiply)
BWXOR THEN :=(assign)
BWNOT END_IF >(greater than)
ON MOD < (less than)
OFF + (plus) >= (greater than or equal to)

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CAM Editor
The Cam editor is an accessory for Logic Developer – PLC motion programming that
provides a means to create, edit, and manage electronic Cam profiles. Each Cam profile is
a user-defined curve that specifies the response of a slave servo to a master position
index. Cam profiles are referenced by name in the parent motion program and grouped
into Cam blocks. Each block is intended for download to a specific motion module via its
Controller. The hardware components are specified in the Hardware Configuration (HWC)
of the parent target. You can reuse a Cam profile by including it in multiple Cam blocks.

Figure 53: CAM Profiles and CAM Blocks

To Create a CAM Block

1. In the Project tab of the Navigator, expand the Motion Program.
2. Right-click Cam blocks and chooses New.
A new Cam block with a default name is created.
3. Rename the block as desired.

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To Import CAM Blocks

1. In the Project tab of the Navigator, expand the Motion Program.
2. Right-click Cam blocks and choose Import from File.
The Open dialog box appears.
3. Browse to the Cam block you want to import (.csv or .txt file). Click Open. The
imported block appears in your project.

To Open a Block for Editing

1. In the Project tab of the Navigator, expand the Motion Program.
2. Expand Cam Blocks and double-click the Cam block you want to open.
The block opens for editing in the Motion editor.

Working with the CAM Editor

You can adjust the curves of your Cam profile to suit the specific needs of your project.
With the Cam editor, you create profiles by defining points on a master/slave position
curve. Groups of adjoining points are allocated to sectors. Each sector is assigned a
polynomial curve fit order (1,2,3) that specifies how the curve will be interpolated between
points.

Figure 54: Adjusting Curves of the CAM Profiles

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To Configure a CAM Profile

1. In the Project tab of the Navigator, expand the Motion Program.
2. Right-click Cam Profiles and choose New. A new Cam profile with a default name
is added to your project
3. Adjust the properties of the CAM profile in the Inspector

To Edit a CAM Profile

1. In the Project tab of the Navigator, expand the Motion Program
2. Right-click Cam Profiles and double-click a Cam profile.
A graphical representation of your profile appears in the profile editor and a
numeric representation appears in the profile table.
3. Insert and move points in the profile editor or table.
4. Group points into sectors in the profile table and assigns curve fit order to each
sector.

To Add a CAM Block

Right-click method
1. In the Project tab of the Navigator, expand the Motion Program and expand Cam
blocks.
2. Right-click a Cam block, point to Add Alias, and then choose a profile.
Note: Aliases correspond to Cam profiles within Cam blocks. To create aliases for Cam
blocks, you must have previously created Cam profiles.
Drag and Drop Method
1. In the Project tab of the Navigator, expand the Motion Program.
2. Expand Cam Profiles and expand Cam blocks.
3. Drag a Cam profile and drop it onto a Cam block. The Cam profile is added to the
Cam block.

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Appendix A Secure Deployment Guide

This section introduces the fundamentals of security and secure configuration and deployment.

A.1 What is Security?

Security is the process of maintaining the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of a system:

• Confidentiality: Ensure only the people you want to see the information can see it.
• Integrity: Ensure the data is what it is supposed to be.
• Availability: Ensure the system or data is available for use.
Emerson recognizes the importance of building and deploying products with these concepts in mind
and encourages customers to take the appropriate care in securing their Emerson products and
solutions.

A.2 General Security Recommendations

Emerson product users are recommended to follow the following general security
recommendations:

• Harden system configurations by enabling/using the available security features, and by

disabling unnecessary ports, services, functionality, and network file shares.

• Apply all of the latest Emerson product security updates, Software Improvement Modules
(SIMs), and other recommendations.

• Apply all of the latest operating system security patches to control systems PCs.
• Use anti-virus software on control systems PCs and keep the associated anti-virus
signatures up-to-date.

• Use whitelisting software on control systems PCs and keep the whitelist up-to-date.
• Limit the installation and usage of software to necessary user groups.

A.3 Related Documentation

Document Number
PACSystems RXi, RX3i and RSTi-EP Controller Secure Deployment Guide GFK-2830
PROFINET I/O Devices Secure Deployment Guide GFK-2904
PACSystems Controllers with Linux Secure Deployment Guide GFK-3055

A.4 Secure Deployment and Hardening

PME does not normally need to be run with administrator privileges, however, when not
running as an administrator, PME may be limited in its capabilities
The following tools do require administrator privileges. If your environment does not need
them on a regular basis, you do not need to grant users administrative privileges.

• EGD Management Tool

• PAC 8000 I/O
• PROFINET DCP Utility
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• PACS Analyzer
• IEC61850
• Workstations connected to the PLC via a serial connection

A.4.1 PME Project and Toolchest Locations

The location of PME Projects has changed so unauthorized users cannot access the
projects. The change involves storing projects under C:\Users\<user>\ instead of
C:\Users\Public\. Updated installs of PME from an older version that already had
projects in C:\Users\Public\Documents can still use this location. However, clean
installs of PME no longer uses C:\Users\Public as a shared workspace. The default
location is now C:\Users\<user>\Documents\Emerson\Pme\Securworx.
If a user wants to share a project folder on a clean installation, they can do one of the
following:
1. Navigate to Project Files Location under Options then Machine Edition then
Preferences.
2. Change the location of the project folder.
OR
1. Use the Shared Projects folder feature to specify a folder for shared projects. See
PME Help within PME to find out more.
The new location of the toolchest is
C:\Users\<user>\Appdata\Local\Emerson\PME\Toolchest. This means that
new items placed into the toolchest will not be seen by other Windows users on the same
PC as they now have different locations. To share the local toolchest with other Windows
users on the same PC you will need an administrator/administrator rights. To create the
shared folder, follow these steps:
1. Create a folder for all users who should have write access to the toolchest.
2. Add a string entry into the registry under
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Taylor\Workbench\Configuration
called ToolchestDIR with the path to the shared folder created in Step 1 for
each user.
This should be done after installing but before running PME. However, if a user has run
PME beforehand, the admin will want to copy the user’s local toolchest under
C:\Users\<user>\Appdata\Local\Emerson\PME\Toolchest to the location
identified in the ToolchestDir registry entry from Step 2.

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A.6 Windows Services (Non-TCP)

The following Non-TCP Windows Services are installed with PME.

Service Name Display Name Startup Service Required By

Type Type
FxControlRuntime FxControl Automatic Interactive Logic Developer –
Runtime PC
LoggingService PAC Log Server Automatic Non-interactive Machine Edition
PACViewIntegratedOPCDriverLoggerV5 PAC View Automatic Non-interactive PAC View
Integrated OPC
Driver 5.21 Event
Logger
hasplms Sentinel LDK Automatic Non-interactive Machine Edition
License Manager
Sentinel RMS License Manager Sentinel RMS Automatic Non-interactive Machine Edition
License Manager
TrapiServer Trapi File Server Automatic Interactive PAC View / Logic
Developer – PC
fxServer Change Automatic Non-interactive PAC Change
Management Management
Server

A.7 TCP/IP Services

Process Name Address Family IP Protocol Port Number Required By
FrameworX.exe IPv4 UDP 137 Machine Edition
IPv4 TCP 12396
FxControl.exe IPv4 TCP 57176 Logic Developer – PC
IPv4 UDP 60400
trapiserver.exe IPv6 TCP 135 PAC View / Logic Developer – PC

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