Workstation configuration and startup
Download
- download WinProLadder - a utility program for FATEK PLC controllers (link)
- download Simultus - the EDU or EDU Plus version (link)
Program configuration
- open the project in Simultus (top menu -> File -> Open)
- using the simulation settings menu (tab manu -> settings -> simulation):
- change your program settings to the following:
- go to WinProLadder
- run the simulation (top menu -> PLC -> Simulation)
- in WinProLadder, change the simulator settings (top menu -> PLC -> Simulator settings)
to the following:
Running the simulation
Switch the PLC to the RUN mode (top menu -> PLC -> start PLC)
- in Simultus, run the simulation of 3D visualization using the 'SIM' button:
- in Simultus, run the diagram simulation using the button below:
Description of creating a sample program for a PLC controller:
Task: to extend (Y0) the actuator piston rod after releasing the Start button (X2) and its automatic return (Y1) after reaching the end position (X0).- create a new project (top menu -> File -> New project)
- then we set the name of the project and choose the controller for which the program will be written (when using a controller simulator, it is important to choose the FBs series because only a controller from this series will give us the ability to run the simulator)
- after creating a new project, a window will appear:
- one of the possibilities of creating a program is selecting the appropriate tool (such as a contactor or a coil) from the bar marked in the above drawing and then clicking in the program space where we want the element to be found
- we start writing the program from entering the contact space with the falling state from the input X2 (the work cycle is to be triggered after releasing the button)
- after clicking on the chosen space, a window will appear in which you must enter the input to which the element is to be related (or the appropriate output if the element relates to outputs)
- after confirmation, the contact with the trailing edge from input X2 appears on the screen
- the appearance of the tool icons corresponds directly to the elements of the ladder language and what will appear in the programming space
- further steps should lead us to:
- the program uses Set / Reset coils; its operation is to set the high state on the appropriate output when the Set coil appears high state until a high state appears on the corresponding Reset coil
- additional tools helpful in creating the above program were the tools for creating connections and their removal, which are shown below
