DRIVE Connect App Interface with PLC

[nishimura]

Hi all.

I want to command the drive conect app with my plc application.

So far i couldn´t use the flatbuffer interface to command the Export and Import parameters functions, so i am asking if there is an example ready for this.

[Sgilk]

The Drive Connect app is controlled via datalayer nodes. See the documentation here.

You can use the CXA_Datalayer PLC library to read/write these nodes. Datalayer watchlists are another option. See this video from @bschmidt.

[nishimura]

Hi, thanks for the quick reply.

I will try to be more specific:  I need to generate a function to call a create method on this node: devices/drives/ethercatmaster_1001/subdevices/subdevice-0/import-parameter

The problem is that it uses a flatbuffer type: (why developers, why?) 😂

I could not find the definition for this flatbuffer on ctrlx plc engineering 2.6 libraries. 

[CodeShepherd]

In general for the access to the flatbuffer you a need a library that is including their definitions. When clicking on the schema you will see the flatbuffer used. Normally by simply search in the PLCs library manager for this flatbuffer and it should find the corresponding library. 

Please also tell us ther version of the system and the DriveConnect App you are using.