LOADING AND STORING PROGRAMS TO A WAGO PLC

LOADING AND STORING PROGRAMS TO A WAGO PLC

 

Objectives:

Load and store programs to a Wago PLC for operation and retrieval.

 

Tools:

Ethernet cable

Laptop with CoDeSys software installed

Application program

System Ethernet address list  

 

Overview:

The proper loading and storing of a PLC program into a Wago processor for operation and retrieval.

 

Note:

Depending on the purpose of the specific PLC, there is various level of care and planning that must be observed to ensure safety of personnel and equipment. Loading, storing and modifying a program will temporarily halt the operation of the PLC.

 

Procedure:

1. Ensure that the temporary loss of functionality of the PLC will not affect personnel safety or cause equipment damage.
1. Suspend operation of the device that you will be affecting.

2. Connect your laptop to the system.
1. Configure the Ethernet port of your laptop to a system compatible IP address; typically you can use 192.168.31.99 and a subnet mask of 255.255.255.0.
2. Connect the Ethernet cable between your laptop and an open port of one of the system’s Ethernet switches.

3. Verify that the IP address of the PLC has been set.
1. Open Internet Explorer on your laptop.

 

2. Type the IP address of the PLC that you wish to connect to in the Address Bar and click on the “Go” button. See Figure 1 below.

 Figure 1

 

3. If the Target PLC’s homepage is not displayed, refer to M&I Procedure “Setting Wago PLC Addresses using BootP.doc”.

4. Open the application program that you will be working with.
1. Locate the folder and program on your laptop that you will be working with.
2. Double click on the program file. The program file will have an extension of .pro. An example is Gen1.pro.
3. Type the appropriate password if prompted. 

5. Verify that the communication settings are correct.
1. On the Menu bar, go to “Online>>Communication Parameters”.
2. Ensure that the active communication driver contains the correct IP address of the PLC that you wish to connect to. If the correct address is not present, modify the address to the correct the address and then click the “OK” button. See Figure 2 below. If you have made a modification to the address, re-open the Communication Parameters window and verify that the changes were saved and then save the file by going to “File>>Save”.

 

Figure 2

6. Login to the PLC and download program. After the download is complete, you can move the program to the “flash” memory if you want to store the program into the non-volatile memory.
1. On the Menu bar, go to “Online>>Login”. See Figure 3 below.

 

Figure 3

 

2. Choose “Download” or “No” when prompted.
3. After the download is complete, start the PLC program execution by going to “Online>>Run”. The program is now stored in RAM.
4. If you wish to move the program to the flash memory, go to “Online>>Create Boot Project”.
5. In order to retrieve the program without the original program stored on a disk, you will need to download the source code, go to “Online>>Sourcecode download”.

 

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