BECKHOFF FC5101 - Manual (Page 20)

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4. Parameterisation and Commissioning
TwinCAT System Manager
The TwinCAT System Manager Tool is used to configure the FC510x CANopen PCI card. The System Man-
ager provides a representation of the number of programs of the TwinCat PLC systems, the configuration of the
axis control and of the connected I/O channels as a structure, and organises the mapping of the data traffic.
For applications without TwinCAT PLC or NC, the TwinCAT System Manager Tool configures the programming
interfaces for a wide range of application programs:
· ActiveX control (ADS-OCX) for e.g. Visual Basic, Visual C++, Delphi, etc.
· DLL interface (ADS-DLL) for e.g. Visual C++ projects
· Script interface (ADS script DLL) for e.g. VBScript, JScript, etc.
System Manager – Features
- Bit-wise association of server process images and I/O channels
- Standard data formats such as arrays and structures
- User defined data formats
- Continuous variable linking
- Drag and Drop
- Import and export at all levels
Configuration by means of the TwinCAT System Manager
The procedure, and the configuration facilities in the System Manager are described below.