▶ C'mon over to https://bit.ly/44Vf06I where you can order this PLCnext Technology Starterkit directly from https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0w4cHMm7dy6UTjduwA1H6w. ============================= ▶ Check out the full blog post over at https://realpars.com/phoenix-contact-plcnext ============================= ⌚Timestamps: 00:00 - Intro 00:37 - 1) Ethernet communication 01:01 - IP range 01:23 - Online devices 01:58 - Controller IP address 03:23 - 2) Configuring the I/O modules 04:06 - Slot 1) AXL SE DO16/1 04:32 - Slot 2) AXL SE DI16/1 04:47 - Slot 3) AXL SE SC-A 04:57 - Slot 4) AXL SE AI4 U 0-10 ============================= This is the third of a series of videos about the PLCnext Starterkit. In this video, we’re going to accomplish two things: 1) We’re going to take you through the steps to ensure that Ethernet communication can be established between the PLCnext Starterkit and a computer. 2) We will show you how to configure the PLCnext Starterkit I/O modules. In the previous video of this series, the computer Ethernet port was configured and set to a fixed IP address of 192.168.1.1. Now we’re going to find the IP address of the PLCnext Starterkit Ethernet port. Let’s go back to the PLCnext Engineer program where you have the New Project open. Double-click on Project. Make sure that the Settings item is selected. Change the Start IP address to 192.168.1.1 and the End IP address to 192.168.1.253. Click on Online Devices. Choose your Ethernet Controller from the dropdown menu. Click on the disk symbol and a scan will begin. After the scan completes, online devices will be displayed. As a tip here, if no online device is displayed, you may have some software installation issues. You can fix the issues by uninstalling PLCnext Engineer and NPCAP, followed by a reinstall of PLCnext Engineer. Be sure to reboot after uninstall and reinstall procedures. The Project Controller IP address is 192.168.1.1 and the Online Controller IP address is 192.168.1.10. The obvious questions are what is the Project Controller? and what is the Online Controller? Think of the Project to be the Program Controller; And the Online to be the Actual Controller on the Starterkit. The Project Controller IP address is the Start IP address that was set when you created the IP range. The Online Controller address is the actual address given to the Starterkit controller. The Project address must match the Online address. Your Online Devices scan results may differ. In any case, you must end up with matching names and addresses for the Project and Online controllers. We need to apply the Online Device settings to the Project device. Let’s move on to our second task: Configuring the I/O modules. If you recall from the first video, the PLCnext Starterkit has four I/O modules or Smart Elements. It is important to know what the device part numbers are, and where they are located in the AXL F BP SE4 Module Carrier. https://bit.ly/3sUR4mS Double-click on Axioline F (0) and an unpopulated Device list will open. This is where we’ll add our I/O modules. 1) We know that Slot 1 in the Module Carrier has a digital output module with sixteen outputs. The Part Number is AXL SE DO16/1. https://bit.ly/3PpeeJC Drill down through the folders under the Axiocontrol (88). Drag the module to the Type column of the Device List and release it in Slot 1. Let’s repeat the process for all the remaining I/O modules on the Starterkit. 2) Slot 2 has a digital input module with sixteen inputs. The Part Number is AXL SE DI16/1. https://bit.ly/451uGVX 3) Slot 3 has a blank or a Smart Element Cover. The Part Number is Cover - AXL SE SC-A. https://bit.ly/44ToJdW 4) Slot 4 has an analog input module with four voltage channels. The Part Number is AXL SE AI4 U 0-10. https://bit.ly/3sOjGxR ============================= PLCnext Tutorial for Beginners - Part 1 | What’s in the Starterkit Box? https://realpars.com/plcnext-starterkit PLCnext Tutorial for Beginners - Part 2 | Create a New Project and Configure Ethernet Port https://realpars.com/plcnext-engineer PLCnext Tutorial for Beginners - Part 4 | How to Easily Create Ladder Logic Programs https://realpars.com/plcnext-ladder-logic ============================= Missed our most recent videos? Watch them here: https://realpars.com/boolean-logic https://realpars.com/sinking-and-sourcing ============================= TWEET THIS VIDEO https://ctt.ac/atY25 ============================= Follow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/therealpars Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/realpars Follow us on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/company/realpars Follow us on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/realparsdotcom #RealPars #PLCprogramming #automationengineer