New Modicon M580 Project
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Introduction
Use these steps to create a new Modicon M580 Control Expert project and add these components to the PLC bus:
NOTE: If you already have a Control Expert project with an installed a power supply and a CPU, skip to the procedure for adding a BMENOC0301/11 module (below).
Create a Project
Create and save a new Control Expert project:
Step
Action
1
Open Control Expert.
2
Open the New Project window in the menu (File → New...).
3
Expand (+) the Modicon M580 menu.
4
In the PLC list, select the Modicon M580 PAC (PLC) for your project.
5
In the Rack list, select the Modicon M580 rack for your project.
6
Press OK.
NOTE: Control Expert processes your request and opens the Project Browser.
Schneider Electric recommends that you periodically save changes to the project:
Step
Action
1
Open the Save As dialog (File → Save).
2
Enter a File name for the new Control Expert project.
3
Click Save to save your project to the path indicated in the Save in field.
You can change the location to which you save your project file:
Step
Action
1
Open the Options Management window (Tools → Options...).
2
In the left pane, navigate to Options → General → Paths.
3
In the right pane, type in a new path location for the Project path. You can also edit these other paths:
  • Import/Export file path
  • XVM path
  • Project settings templates path
4
Click OK to confirm your path selections and close the window.
View the Hardware Rack
Use these steps to see a graphical view of the Modicon M580 rack:
Step
Action
1
Expand (+) the Project Browser to see the PLC bus (Project → Configuration → PLC bus).
2
Double-click the PLC bus to see the M580 rack and open the Hardware Catalog.
NOTE: The rack contains a power supply module and the CPU that you selected previously.
3
Save the project (File → Save).
Add the BMENOC0301/11 Module
Add a BMENOC0301/11 Ethernet communications module to the Control Expert project:
Step
Action
1
View the available communication modules (Hardware Catalog → Modicon M580 local drop → Communication).
2
Drag the BMENOC0301/11 Ethernet communications module to an open slot in the rack to see the New Device window.
3
Note the topological address for the module in the New Device window and press OK to see the General tab of the Properties of device window.
NOTE: The General tab in the Properties of device is the only tab that contains configurable information. The other tabs contain read-only information.
4
Note the provided Alias name for the module and press OK. You can use this field to configure a different Alias name:
  • When you change the Alias name, Control Expert changes the base input and output type and variable names to match the new Alias name.
  • Assign a unique Alias name to each communication module to distinguish between modules of the same type.
  • The Alias name is used elsewhere in Control Expert:
    • It is the Network name when you view the module properties.
    • It is the module name in the DTM Browser under the Host PC.
5
Confirm that the PLC bus displays the BMENOC0301/11 and save the project (File → Save).
Communication Module and Remote Device Node Commands
In the Control Expert PLC bus, right-click on the BMENOC0301/11 module to access these commands:
Name
Description
Cut1
Cut the selected module to the clipboard.
NOTE: These commands do not apply to the BMENOC0301/11 module.
Copy1
Copy the selected module to the clipboard.
Paste1
Paste the module on the clipboard to a selected rack slot.
Export
This allows to export the module configuration and all devices configured behind the NOC master DTM.
NOTE: This function is disabled if the PLC is connected to Control Expert.
Delete Module1
  • Delete the selected module from the rack.
  • Delete the selected module from the DTM Browser.
  • Delete the corresponding DTM and its sub-node DTMs from the DTM connectivity tree.
Open Module1
See a description of the selected communications module.
Move Module1
Move the selected module to the rack slot that you designate.
Power Supply and IO Budget2
View these tabs:
  • Power supply: power consumption for the module
  • I/O: number of networks used by module
1. This command also appears in the Edit menu.
2. This command also appears in the Services menu.
Power Supply and IO Budget
Open the Power Supply and IO Budget window to monitor the budget for the application-specific channels for each module on the local rack. A bar chart indicates the state of the budget according to this color scheme:
Color
Description
green
This is the number of configured channels.
white
This is the number of available channels.
red
This is the number of channels that are not managed by the BMENOC0301/11 module. (In this case, a message reports the excess of unmanaged channels.)
Open the Power Supply and IO Budget window to update the budget for modules that are added or removed.
NOTE: Close the Power Supply and IO Budget window to delete or add a module.
Use the Power Supply and IO Budget tabs to monitor the module: