Example - Siemens TIA Portal

This section gives an example of a simple integration of EYE+ with the PROFINET module in Siemens TIA Portal.

Prerequisites

Before you start, please make sure you have downloaded the following files:

EYE+ PROFINET GSDML file (Electronic datasheet)
TIA Portal sample code

These files can be downloaded from PROFINET Downloads.

Once you have downloaded the necessary files, please follow the steps described in Before you start.

Basic integration

First, import the TIA sample code.

../../../_images/tia_import_sample_1.png — Fig. 277 Import TIA sample code library

../../../_images/tia_import_sample_2.png — Fig. 278 Select .al16 file

Import all of the following prerequisites in your TIA project:

../../../_images/tia_install_sample.png — Fig. 279 Drag the library files to your project

Finally, map the imported variables to your EYE+ I/O by assigning them the correct address, as displayed in TIA, in the EYE+ Device Overview.

In this example the inputs start at %I124.0 and the output at %Q126.0. These addresses vary depending on the EYE+ position in your PROFINET network.

../../../_images/tia_eyeplus_io.png — Fig. 280 Note the I/O addresses of your EYE+ device

../../../_images/tia_structure_mapping.png — Fig. 281 Map the correct address to the imported structures

You can now use the library’s function blocks. The function blocks are only a sample, allowing basic control of the EYE+ Controller, namely starting a production and getting your first parts for a recipe that was previously created on your EYE+ Controller. To do that, in the FB sample, set udRecipeID to the ID of that recipe, then set boStart to True. The coordinates of the part found are stored under reRobotTargetX, reRobotTargetY and reRobotTargetRz.