Copying The Program For Another Drive; Information On Linecom1 As A Global Variable - ABB ACS355 Application Manual

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Copying the program for another drive

The instructions below outline how to copy the program
of a drive in CoDeSys for a second drive.
1. In the left pane, in the POUs tab, right-click
PRG_Drive1 (PRG) and click Copy Object.
A Copy Object dialog opens.
2. Change the name if necessary and click OK.
The new drive program appears in the POUs tab.
3. Double-click the new drive in the POUs tab.
4. In the modbus RTU communication function block, change the SLAVE number to
match that of the new drive.
5. In the POUs tab, double-click PLC_PRG
(PRG).
6. Right-click the gray bar with 0001 on it (see the
picture) and click Copy.
7. Right-click again and click Paste.
The copied instance of the program appears below
the first one.
8. Double-click the name of the new block and
change it to PRG_Drive2.
9. Click Project > Rebuild all.
10. Click Online > Login.
11. Click Online > Create boot project.

Information on LineCom1 as a global variable

The LineCom1 variable, which must be connected to all LINE_TOKEN inputs of all
ACS3XX_COM_MOD_RTU function blocks in all programs, must be declared as a global
variable. This is already done in the example program and can be seen below:
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