Beijer ELECTRONICS SUEN00414 HMI Terminal with Touch Screen User Guide

Beijer ELECTRONICS SUEN00414 HMI Terminal with Touch Screen

Product Information

X2 HMI and Nexto Xpress/modular PLC

The X2 HMI can be connected with the Nexto Xpress/modular PLC using Codesys ARTI or OPC UA. This document provides guidelines on how to connect any X2 HMI with Nexto Xpress/modular PLC. It is recommended to use the latest version of the image and firmware for both the X2 HMI and the Nexto CPU to obtain a stable application.
The Nexto CPU comes with default IP settings, which can be found in each Nexto CPU manual and can be downloaded from HelpOnline. If the IP address of the CPU is unknown, it can be found using the function Online -> Easy Connection in BCS Tools.

Product Usage Instructions

Connecting X2 HMI with Nexto PLC

1. Check that the X2 HMI has the latest version of the image installed, and also that the Nexto CPU has the latest version of firmware installed. The latest version of the image and firmware can be found in HelpOnline.
2. Assign an IP address to the Nexto PLC using the default IP settings mentioned in the manual.
3. If the IP address of the CPU is unknown, use the function Online -> Easy Connection in BCS Tools to find it.
4. Connect the X2 HMI with the Nexto PLC using Codesys ARTI or OPC UA.

Function and area of use

This document provides guidelines on how to connect any X2 HMI with Nexto Xpress/modular PLC using Codesys ARTI or OPC UA.

About this Startup document

This Startup document should not be considered as a complete manual. It is an aid to be able to Startup a normal application quickly and easily.

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• Use the following hardware, software, drivers and utilities in order to obtain a stable application:
• In this document we have used following software and hardware
• All X2 HMI models can be used
• All Nexto Xpress models can be used
• All Nexto modular models can be used
• BCS Tools 3.50 (for Nexto PLC)
• iX Developer 2.40 SP7 (for X2 HMI)

For further information refer to

• BCS Nexto Xpress – User Manual
• BCS Nexto Series – User Manual
• BCS Nexto 3010 – User Manual
• BCS Tools – User Manual
• X2/BoX2 image manual
• Beijer Electronics knowledge database, HelpOnline
• Note that each Nexto CPU has it’s own manual and can be downloaded from HelpOnline, see link above.
• This document and other Startup documents can be obtained from our homepage.
• Please use the address support.europe@beijerelectronics.com for feedback about our Quick Start documents.

Preparations

• It is always good to check that the X2 HMI has the latest version of image installed, and also that the Nexto CPU has the latest version of firmware installed. The latest version of image and firmware can be found in HelpOnline, for link see chapter “About this Startup document”.
• Current installed X2 image version is displayed in the lower left corner on the screen. If the latest version is not installed it is recommended install it, for installation instructions see the X2/Box2 image manual, see chapter “About this Startup document”.
• Current installed Nexto CPU firmware version is displayed when entering the Nexto CPU IP address in a web browser. If the latest version is not installed it is recommended to install it, login with admin/admin (see tab CPU Management in picture below) and follow the instructions.
• Web browser showing Firmware Version for a NX3010
• To be able to upgrade firmware the CPU has to be in STOP mode, this can be done as follows.
• Xpress, put a textfile named dontbootapp.txt on a USB stick, attach USB to the Xpress and reboot (power off/on)
• Nexto modular, reboot (power off/on) and hold down the button (at power on) on top of thr CPU until the CPU display is showing “APP. NOT LOADED”

Assigning an IP address

• The Nexo PLCs come with default IP setting as shown in tables below. Further information regarding IP settings can be found in each Nexto CPU manual and can be downloaded from HelpOnline, see chapter “About this Startup document”.
• If IP address of CPU is unknown it can be found using function Online -> Easy Connection in BCS Tools. This command performs a MAC level communication with the Nexto CPU, which also makes it possible to change the CPU IP address even if the programming computer and CPU is located on different subnets. By pressing button “Identify device” the chosen CPU can be identified either on the display (Nexto modular) or with the DG LED blinking (Nexto Xpress).
• In the BCS Tools project assign wanted IP address at NET1
• IP adress settings for NX3010 (looks similar in Xpress)
• Setting IP addresses for an X2 HMI needs to be done from the service menu, below is the description from the service menu in the X2/Box2 image manual, for further details see this manual in chapter “About this Startup document”.

Service menu in an empty panel

• Wh en no project is loaded in the panel memory, the panel will boot, displaying thc
• Press anywhere on the panel display to en ter the service menu.

Service menu in a panel containing a project

Perform the following steps to enter the service menu:

1. Apply power to the panel.
2. When thc hourglass appears, press a finger on the screen and hold for approximately 20 seconds.
3. If the service menu is password protected, you will be prompted for a pin code. Enter pin code.
4. ThE touch calibration screen will display the following message:
5. Tap anywhere on screen or touch calibrate willstarr in I O seconds.
6. Press the screen once again to enter the service menu.

Setup in BCS Tools

• It does not matter wether it is a Nexto Xpress or modular, settings in this chapter will be the same.
• In the BCS Tools project add a “Symbol Configuration” object.
• Choose the variables that should be exported. Only the variables that are marked can be reached from the X2 panel. In this case, a GVL (Global Variable List) has been created with three variables.
• If communication shall be done with OPC UA check “Support OPC UA features”. If the Codesys ARTI driver shall be used just leave settings as default.
• Finally, after command Build -> Generate Code or when a transfer is done (online change or download) to the PLC, the variables are ready to be reached from the X2 panel.
• To create a connection to the Nexto CPU, double click on the device and choose
• Communication Settings”. On the right hand side click on “Add Gateway.
• When adding the gateway choose driver TCP/IP and use “localhost” to have the gateway on the local PC.
• To find the Nexto CPU click “Scan Network” and then choose the CPU you would like to connect to. Finally click “Set Active Path”, then you are ready to download the configuration to the CPU. If the scan functionality can not find the CPU it is possible to add the device manually by clicking “Add Device” and enter the IP address of the CPU.
• To download the configuration to the CPU choose Online -> Login.

Setup in iX Developer

This chapter describes how to configure communication between X2 HMI and Nexto CPU with Codesys ARTI or OPC UA.

Codesys ARTI

In iX Developer choose “Tags” and then the tab “Controllers”, click “Add” and choose the CoDeSys ARTI driver.

To enter settings for the CoDeSys driver, click on “Settings” (“Controllers tab”). In the
“Stations” tab enter the IP address to the Nexto CPU. The “Hjälp” button will open a help file describing everything necessary for the connection to the CPU.

To add the variables created in the BCS Tools project enter the “Tags” tab and on the right hand side choose Import -> Import Tags To [Controller Name]. The variables are located in a .xml file in the BCS Tools project named according to “Project name”.”Device name”.”Application name”.xml (see below).

Choose “Import” to add variables to the iX Developer project, click “OK” in the next popup and finally choose the desired variables.

Variables imported to the taglist in iX Developer.

OPC UA

In iX Developer choose “Tags” and then the tab “Controllers”, click “Add” and choose OPC UA Server. In the URL field add the IP address to the Nexto CPU (OPC UA server).

To enter settings for OPC UA, click on “Settings” (“Controllers tab”). IP address to the Nexto CPU can be changed, and if needed user and password can be entered. For further help press F1 to open iX Developer help file, Chapter Controllers- > External OPC Server -> OPC UA Client describes settings further.

To add the variables created in the BCS Tools project enter the “Tags” tab and Choose “Add Tags from OPC Server[Servername]”.

Browse to the tags that should be imported to iX Developer. Note that the folder paths could look different depending on the OPC UA server.

Variables imported to the taglist in iX Developer. If shorter tag names is desired, the tags can be exported to Excel and modified, then imported to iX developer again.

Note that when the communication is established between the OPC UA Client and the OPC UA Server (Nexto CPU) there is some transactions done to optimize communication between these two. Depending of the number of tags it can take up to a few minutes to establish the connection.

Testing communication between X2 and Nexto

By adding one of the imported tags into an object (for example into an Analog Numeric), and adding the object to a screen, when pressing Run, the iX Developer project will be simulated. If no error messages appear and the values seems to be Ok, the communication is Ok. If an error appears, the first thing to read is the driver help file, that can be accessed from Tags -> Controllers -> Settings -> Hjälp.

To maximize X2 performance, as tag update time, screen changes etc., use poll groups in “Tags” and update tags only as fast as necessary. This will also have an impact on the Nexto CPU performance.

Restrictions

The maximum number of OPC UA clients simultaneously connected to the Nexto CPU (OPC UA server) is 8, and maximum number of communicating tags is 20000.
The maximum number of ARTI connections simultaneously connected to the Nexto CPU is 8 including BCS Tools connection.
There is also a restriction of number of communication tags that an X2 base/pro can handle, it is of course dependant of type of application; number of pages, dataloggers, trends, alarms, active controllers, scripting etc. But generally if more than 1000 communicating tags use X2 pro, if more than 2000 – 3000 communicating tags use iX runtime.

Troubleshooting

• The OPC UA server and OPC UA client has to be on the same subnet to be able to communicate with each other.
• OPC UA port nummer (Nexto Xpress/modular) is 4840. CoDeSys ARTI portnumber is 11740. Check that these ports are not blocked in any way, by firewall, antivirus program etc.
• To find out if there is something related to the iX Developer project/BCS Tools project, try with simple as possible projects with only one tag and see if there is still an error in communication.
• If OPC UA client in X2 can not connect to OPC UA server (Nexto CPU), try with a third party OPC UA client, to see if it is related to settings in X2 or Nexto. UaExpert from Unified Automation is an example of OPC UA client.
• Always read the driver help file, that can be accessed from Tags -> Controllers -> Settings -> Hjälp in iX Developer.

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