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Hello, I have a controller with TwinCAT connected via EtherCAT to a XCS drive. I'm writing in CtrlX PLC Engineering a program with the CtrlX Drive Technology function template which will be downloaded to the drive. I need that this program reads variables from the controller, is there a library with function blocks for ADS read/write operations? Thanks. ... View more

Hello, I am new to the CtrlX Automation platform, I need to read/write parameters of a XCS drive in a PLC program developed in CtrlX PLC Engineering. Such program will be downloaded and executed on the drive itself, so when I create the  program I select the template ctrlX Drive Technology Function. What is the most simple and efficient way to read/write parameters of the drive from this program? I found the function blocks IL_DriveReadParameter and IL_DriveWriteParameter in the library CXAD_DriveParameter. They require a variable of type DEVICE_REF as input, but I do not understand how to associate such variable to the drive, is there a link to do? Do I need to use CtrlX IO Engineering? Thanks. Best regards. ... View more