Transferring a Safety Project from Control Expert to the Safety PAC

You can use the PLC > Transfer Project to PLC command to transfer the project from Control Expert to the PAC when:

  • Control Expert is connected in programming mode to the M580 safety PAC, and

  • A project is open in Control Expert, and

  • All PAC tasks are in STOP state.

NOTE: You can transfer a safety application only to a safety PAC. A safety application cannot be transferred to a non-safety PAC.

Transferring a Safety Project from the Safety PAC to Control Expert

Similarly, you can use the PLC > Transfer Project from PLC command to transfer the project from the PAC to Control Expert when:

You can transfer content relating to any task (SAFE, MAST, FAST, AUX0, or AUX1) in either safety or maintenance operating mode.

Importing Projects and Code Sections in Control Expert

Control Expert Safety supports to import both entire projects (via File > Open ) and code sections (via Tasks > Import... or Sections > Import... ), subject to the following conditions:

  • Only functions or function block types, which exist in either the safety library (Data Scope Editor > <Libset> > Safety ) or the custom library (Data Scope Editor > <Libset> > Custom Lib, can be included in a code section handled by the SAFE task.

  • Only functions or function block types, which exist in libraries other than the safety library, can be included in a non-SAFE code section handled by a process task (MAST, FAST, AUX0, or AUX1) .