Driver objects

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The following object types are available in this driver:

Driver object type

Channel type

Read / Write

Supported data types

Comment

Ext. data block

34

L / S

REAL, BOOL, DINT, UDINT, USINT, INT, UINT, SINT, STRING

Driver variable

35

L / S

BOOL, SINT, USINT, INT, UINT, DINT, UDINT, REAL, STRING

Variables for the statistical analysis of communication.

Find out more in the chapter about the Driver variables

Objects for process variables in zenon

The variables in zenon are defined according to the following aspects:

Net Address: not required

Data block: The specified data block corresponds to the list number in the PLC

(Lists 0-8 are standard lists that are preprogrammed into the PLC.

The user-defined lists start with number 9).

Offset: The offset corresponds to the address in the variable list on the PLC.

Bit: Corresponds to the bit address in a bit list of the PLC.

Channel name

Data type

Channel type

Object

Read

Write

n.V.

o

o

o

o

o

In the variable definition the data file number has to be entered under "Datenbaustein".

E.g. if a data word with the address 10 should be defined and stored in the data file Integer 7, a word variable with the following settings has to be created: Data block=7 and Offset=10;