Device DriveSimple

DriveSimple in TwinCAT

This page is generated from the machine handoff and the TwinCAT solution. Published from _docs/context/devices/drivesimple.md — edit it there, not here. Changes made in the wiki are overwritten on the next sync.

4 instances. What this device type is - its authored description, its bit layout, the full instance list with twin paths - is in the main repo: DriveSimple. This page states only what TwinCAT makes of it.

Control function blocks

Control FB	Instances
FB_AbstractBinaryDrive	4

FB_AbstractBinaryDrive

Process-image member	Dir	Type	Channels
_Forward	OUT	BOOL	1
_Backward	OUT	BOOL	1
_DriveActive	IN	BOOL	1

Published to the HMI: HMI : ST_AbstractBinaryDrive_HMI

Instances

Symbol	Group	Control PLC path	Control FB
M_Conveyor	FG_Transport	MAIN.Machine.FG_Transport.Lift01.M_Conveyor	FB_AbstractBinaryDrive
M_Conveyor	FG_Transport	MAIN.Machine.FG_Transport.Lift02.M_Conveyor	FB_AbstractBinaryDrive
M_Conveyor	FG_Transport	MAIN.Machine.FG_Transport.Transport01 ¹	FB_AbstractBinaryDrive
M_Conveyor	FG_Transport	MAIN.Machine.FG_Transport.Transport02 ¹	FB_AbstractBinaryDrive

¹ folded — the PLC has no member of its own; the unit named is the device and owns the process image.