Yaskawa
eLearning
Welcome to this Yaskawa eLearning video.
I'm Paul Avery
This presentation is part of a series of videos demonstrating the ease of
integrating Yaskawa variable frequency drives, or VFDs, onto a Rockwell
Automation PLC using Rockwell software.
This presentation will cover where to get the Yaskawa Tag Generator program,
how to use it
and how to import the tags that generates into Logix designer
formerly known as RSLogix 5000.
What are tags in the world of PLC's?
In the simplest form, tags are used to convert a cryptic variable
into something that makes sense to you.
To get started let's download the Yaskawa Tag Generator install file.
Go to www.yaskawa.com and hover over the products menu.
Then go down to industrial AC drives and select network communication products
from the expanded menu.
On the network communications protocol page
select the ethernet IP protocol.
Once on the Ethernet/IP page we can find the Tag Generator download link under
the software tab.
We will click the link download the file and install it.
Now that we have acquired the software we will open the program and start a new project.
When we start a new project
a pop-up will ask us which protocol we would like to create tags for.
As shown on the pop-up
Yaskawa's Tag Generator can be used to create tags for
DeviceNet
Ethernet/IP
Profibus
or Profinet
For our demonstration we want to create tags for an Ethernet/IP node
and we'll call our project
eLV_Demo.
For this demonstration we will create tags for an A1000
that we had connected to a CompactLogix PLC in a different eLV about
connecting a Yaskawa VFD to an Ethernet/IP network
using Rockwell software.
To start click add new node and the add new node window pops up and asks you
which network you will be creating a node for DeviceNet or Ethernet/IP.
Select the appropriate protocol and option card for your configuration.
In our demonstration we will select Ethernet/IP and the SI-EN3D
In order for the tag generator to create the correct associations
you'll need your module properties information from Logix.
Select the assemblies that you had chosen.
In the other eLV we use the assembly pair of 21/ 71.
Depending on the scope in which you plan on using these tags
you'll need to enter that into the scope field.
If your plan and using the tags globally,
delete main program from the field and leave it blank
You'll also need to enter in the node name as was entered in Logix,
which for us is A1000 based on the other eLV.
Getting the name exactly the same is very important.
There! Now our node is created with the proper name and proper tag.
If you discover that there was a change to the node name or assemblies being used,
you could go back to that specific node and make changes using the edit selected
node button.
The Tag Generator also allows you to clone the note you created
This will make it easier for you to replicate nodes if you are using the
same configuration for multiple nodes on your PLC.
When you choose to clone a node, a new node is created with the same settings
but with "New" appended to the end of the node name.
Enter in the name that you wish to associate this with in Logix.
The Tag Generator also allows the modifying of tag names.
On the node setting window click on the Tags tab.
For our demonstration we will select the RunFwd tag
and change it to Conveyor_Run.
Before creating the file that is used to import the tags you can specify a new
location and name to give the import file.
In this demonstration we will change our output file name to eLV_Demo.csv
and build our tag list,
noting where it will be saved.
Click the Build Tag List button and your import file will be created.
If you wish to save this configuration file so you can revisit this later,
click on the Save project button.
it will prompt you just in case you exit without saving
but that will be your only warning
To finish our discussion of the Tag Generator,
we will demonstrate how to import the tags we just created
into our target software Logix designer.
In Logix designer click on the Tools menu and select Import
and then Tag and Logic Comments.
If Tags and Logic Comments is grayed out and may be because the software is on
line with the PLC and will allow tags to be imported.
Fix this by using the Communications menu to go offline
then attempt to import the tags again.
If the important successful you'll see the newly imported tags
under the controller tags window.
Notice how our Conveyor_Run tag is included in the list in place of the RunFwd tag.
Once the tags are imported properly we can test them by going online and
downloading the changes.
Once we are online we can test tags by using them to run the VFD.
We'll demonstrate that here by setting the Conveyor_Run to 1
and entering a 45 Hertz frequency reference.
Then we can verify that our motor indeed responds.
I hope you enjoyed this e-learning video.
If you found this useful, please checkout the other videos in this series,
Connecting to Rockwell,
Importing and Using the Yaskawa Add-on Instructions, or AOIs,
and Importing and Using the Yaskawa Faceplates.
Thank you