FREE Studio Software

FREE Studio Software 02/2015 QUICK START 9MA10255.00 www.eliwell.com The information provided in this documentation contains general descriptions and/or technical characte- ristics of the performance of the products contained herein. This documentation is not intended as a substitute for and is not to be used for determining suitability or reliability of these products for specific user applications. It is the duty of any such user or integrator to perform the appropriate and complete risk analysis, evaluation and testing of the products with respect to the relevant specific application or use thereof. Neither Eliwell nor any of its affiliates or subsidiaries shall be responsible or liable for misuse of the information contained herein. If you have any suggestions for improvements or amendments or have found errors in this publication, please notify us. No part of this document may be reproduced in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, without express written permission of Eliwell. All pertinent state, regional, and local safety regulations must be observed when installing and using this product. For reasons of safety and to help ensure compliance with documented system data, only the manufacturer should perform repairs to components. When devices are used for applications with technical safety requirements, the relevant instructions must be followed. Failure to use Eliwell software or approved software with our hardware products may result in injury, harm, or improper operating results. Failure to observe this information can result in injury or equipment damage. © 2015 Eliwell. All rights reserved. 2 9MA10255 02/2015 TABLE OF CONTENTS CHAPTER 1. INTRODUCTION ...............................................9 1.1. General description .......................................................9 1.2. Components ..............................................................9 1.3. system resources ........................................................10 CHAPTER 2. MINIMUM SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS .....................11 2.1. Operating Systems ......................................................11 2.2. Minimum Hardware ......................................................11 2.2.1. FREE SMART HARDWARE AND ACCESSORIES ............................... 11 2.2.2. FREE EVOLUTION HARDWARE AND ACCESSORIES ........................ 11 CHAPTER 3. Installation ....................................................12 3.1. INSTALLING FREE Studio ............................................................ 12 3.1.1. APPLICATION ICONS .................................................................... 12 CHAPTER 4. TARGET .......................................................13 4.1. FREE Smart ..............................................................13 4.2. FREE Evolution / Panel ................................................13 4.3. Installing Programmable cablE .........................................14 4.3.1. PROGRAMMABLE CABLE - PC CONNECTION .................................. 14 4.3.2. PROGRAMMABLE CABLE SETUP WIN 7.......................................... 14 CHAPTER 5. Defining hardware requirements ..........................17 5.1. Small Applications .......................................................17 5.2. FREE Smart selection criteria ..........................................17 5.3. Selecting an interface ...................................................18 5.4. Selecting optional FREE Smart modules .............................19 5.5. Complex applications ....................................................20 5.6. FREE Evolution / Panel selection criteria .............................20 5.7. Selecting optional modules .............................................20 5.8. FREE Panel selection criteria ..........................................21 5.9. Connectivity ...............................................................22 CHAPTER 6. Application PANEL definitions .............................23 6.1. Start-up and test .........................................................23 6.2. First Start-up ..............................................................23 9MA10255 02/2015 3 6.2.1. ICONS ...........................................................................................................25 6.2.2. PROJECT PANEL .........................................................................................25 CHAPTER 7. Getting started ...............................................26 7.1. First Start-up ..............................................................26 7.1.1. CREATING A NEW PROJECT ......................................................... 27 7.2. Creating a New Program ................................................28 7.3. Selecting the IEC language .............................................28 7.4. Opening an existing program ...........................................28 7.5. Writing a program ........................................................29 7.5.1. PROJECT PANEL / PROJECT TAB ................................................... 29 7.5.2. ASSOCIATING A PROGRAM TO A TASK ........................................... 31 7.5.3. PROJECT PANEL / RESOURCES TAB .............................................. 31 7.5.4. MODBUS OBJECTS ...................................................................... 31 7.5.5. TARGET MENU FREE Smart ........................................................... 33 7.5.6. TARGET MENU FREE Evolution ...................................................... 35 CHAPTER 8. Managing projects ...........................................36 8.1. Saving projects ...........................................................36 8.2. Transferring projects and files ..........................................37 8.3. Connection ................................................................38 8.4. DOWNLOAD IEC application onto TARGET .........................40 8.4.1. PRELIMINARY OPERATIONS ......................................................... 40 8.5. FREE Smart TARGET ...................................................41 CHAPTER 9. Device PANEL definitions ..................................47 CHAPTER 10. field operation ..............................................49 10.1. First Start-up ............................................................49 10.2. Opening the IEC application ..........................................50 10.3. connecting to the target device .......................................51 10.3.1. READING PARAMETERS ............................................................ 51 CHAPTER 11. USER INTERFACE PANEL DEFINITIONS ................54 CHAPTER 12. To start User interface .....................................56 12.1. First Start-up ............................................................56 12.1.1. CREATING A NEW PROJECT ........................................................ 57 12.2. Creating pages .........................................................58 12.2.1. PAGES ...................................................................................... 58 12.2.2. PROPERTIES PANEL .................................................................. 60 12.2.3. PROPERTIES TAB ......................................................................................60 4 9MA10255 02/2015 12.2.4. ACTIONS PANEL ........................................................................ 61 12.2.5. APPLICATION PARAMETERS ....................................................... 62 12.2.6. PROPERTIES TAB/VARIABLE ...................................................................62 12.2.7. PROJECT PANEL / RESOURCES TAB ............................................ 64 CHAPTER 13. CONNECTION PANEL definitions ........................68 CHAPTER 14. To start connection ........................................70 14.1. First Start-up ............................................................70 14.1.1. CREATING A NEW PROJECT (WORKSPACE) .................................. 70 14.1.2. PROJECT PANEL ........................................................................ 73 CHAPTER 15. SIMULATION PANEL definitions ..........................76 CHAPTER 16. SIMULATION ................................................78 16.1. First Start-up ............................................................78 16.2. opening simulation from application .................................79 16.3. opening simulation from user interface ..............................81 CHAPTER 17. Support ......................................................82 17.1. Technical Support ......................................................82 17.2. Online Help ..............................................................82 17.2.1. ONLINE HELP - LED .................................................................... 83 17.3. LICENSE AGREEMENT (EULA) .....................................83 CHAPTER 18. TROUBLESHOOTING ......................................84 18.1. Application ...............................................................84 18.2. Device ....................................................................84 18.3. simulation ................................................................84 CHAPTER 19. shortcuts ....................................................85 19.1. ApplicatioN Shortcuts .................................................85 19.2. DEVICE Shortcuts ......................................................87 19.3. USER INTERFACE Shortcuts ........................................88 19.4. CONNECTION Shortcuts..............................................88

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