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Marco8037

Beckhoff BX5100 SSB

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Hello everyone. I have been making a programme on trial version of Twincat and now it is almost ready. (It is a translation of an old programme of mine running well on some machines with an Omron CJ1m PLC). Now I have to chose what CPU system will I go to use. I make "Rebuild all" on Twincat with the following configurations: - Target system type: BCxx50 or BX; - Work space: Controler settings: BX5100. When I make "rebuild all" it says: - POU indices: 187 (73 %); - Size of used data: 3449 bytes (21,05 %); - Size of used retain data: 886 bytes(43,26 %); - Code size: 91 624 bytes; - 0 errors / 65 warnings; (warnings are not a problem in my application). It seems the BX 5100 is enough to run my programme. In my application, I need to use a CANopen slave connection and an HMI connection. My question is: How can I connect an HMI to the BX 5100? On beckhoff web page, it is written on BX 5100 section the following lines: "Further peripheral devices, e.g. displays, can be connected via the integrated Beckhoff Smart System Bus (SSB)." Can I use the SSB port to connect an HMI? What Kind of HMI? When I run this programme on Omron PLC, I use the Omron NS HMI with the exclusive NT-link protocol of Omron. Using the same mark in PLC and HMI, I can easily make the HMI programme, since The HMI programme uses the same adresses used on the PLC. On twincat, I have my programme developed not with addresses, but with declared variables. What I would like to find was a touch panel display, where I could make my HMI programme using the same variables used on my twincat Programme. Is the SSB port the solution? And what kind on HMI shall I use? Or is there a better solution than this one? Thank you very much. Marco Nunes

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I think the CX9001 would be a more elegant solution, but by way of "full disclosure" I do work for Beckhoff.

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