Lenze Cam Designer Basic - Manual (Page 36)

Cam Designer Basic
Operation
Connection with the OPC server
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6.3 Connection with the OPC server
The internal Lenze DriveServer is used for communication between »Cam Designer Basic«
and target system and LCx-file transfer.
 The DriveServer provides easy integration of drives into open automation structures
based on OPC (OLE for Process Control).
 A specially adapted variant of the DriveServer and the bus server for the system bus
(CAN) is part of the »Cam Designer Basic« installation package.
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Select FileConnect to OPC server to connect the Cam Loader to the OPC server or
cancel the connection.
A hook in front of the menu command indicates the connection with the
OPC server.
6.4 Downloading the drive data
If connection with the OPC server has been established it is possible to transfer the drive
data for several slaves in one step. Connection with the OPC server
 The configuration files (LCx files) for the selected axes are created first.
 If you have an online connection with the corresponding target system the LCx file will
be directly transferred to the target system.
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How to download the drive data...
1. Select FileDownload of several axes... .
• This command can only be executed if the Cam Loader is connected to the OPC
server.
2. Go to the Download to controllers and select the slaves to be downloaded:
• If the option If necessary, download all data without queries is activated the
data will be downloaded without further queries.
• If the option Do not show this dialog again until next program start is activated
this dialog will not be indicated again until the next program start. This can be
useful for the commissioning of standard systems or in case of frequent down-
loads.
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Note!
With the 9300 servo PLC, the LC9 file can only be downloaded if the target sys-
tem includes a DDS project based on Template Cam.