Tutorial

This tutorial guides the user through the complete implementation of a serial communication. The following tasks are explained step by step:

Adding the required PLC library
Implementation of a small PLC application that sends and receives data
Configuring the PLC background communication to ensure the data exchange with the process image
Task configuration
Adding the hardware component and linking with the PLC process image

The tutorial is suitable for all hardware interfaces: PC COM port, EL6xxx or KL6xxx Terminal.

Further examples and a download of the TwinCAT project described here can be found in the chapter Examples.

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