M580 Hot Standby System Configuration

Control Expert Configuration Tool

The exclusive configuration tool for an M580(S) Hot Standby system is:

Version 11.0 and later of Unity Pro L (for the BMEH582040 module).

NOTE: Unity Pro is the former name of Control Expert for version 13.1 or earlier.
Version 11.0 and later of Unity Pro XL (for the BMEH584040 and BMEH586040 modules).
Version 14.0 and later of Control Expert XL Safety (for the BMEH582040S, BMEH584040S, and BMEH586040S.

Programming Application Languages and Libraries

Control Expert supports the following application languages and libraries for the M580 Hot Standby CPUs:

Application language / library	Non-Safety CPUs		Safety CPUs
	CPU: BMEH58...		CPU: BMEH58...
	2040	4040, 6040	2040S		4040S, 6040S
	2040	4040, 6040	SAFE task	FAST, MAST tasks	SAFE task	FAST, MAST tasks
Function Block Diagram (FBD)	X	X	X	X	X	X
Ladder Diagram (LD)	X	X	X	X	X	X
Structured Text (ST)	X	X	–	X	–	X
Instruction List (IL)	X	X	–	X	–	X
Sequential Function Chart (SFC)	X	X	–	X	–	X
Derived Function Block (DFB)	X	X	X	X	X	X
Elementary Function (EF)	X	X	X1	X	X1	X
Elementary Function Block (EFB)	X	X	X1	X	X1	X
Ladder Logic 984 (LL984)	–	X	–	–	–	X
PL7 - Standard Function Block (SFB)	–	–	–	–	–	–
X: Supported –: Not supported 1: EF/EFB prefixed with “S_”