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Get off on the right foot with Unity Pro Click & Start
User guide1. 1. Tutorial presentation
This tutorial is dedicated to people who want to program with
Unity Pro workshop and who are notfamiliar with it. It gives a
progressive approach of the elementary features of the software
through anexample of machine.
This tutorial is organized in 4 parts:
1- Programming in ladder diagram with debug on the PLC
simulator2- Programming in literal structured language, including
the design of an operator screen to display
and operate with the project.
3- On-line modifications of the project to add new components on
the machine. In this part, youmay execute the program on a real
platform Modicon M340.
4- Two additional presentations to go one step further than
programming a PLC:- Management of a variable speed drive ATV31
through the PLC.- Display of information from the PLC on a terminal
Magelis XBT GT.
Adopting Unity Pro to design your automation applications means
finding the perfect solution!
Discover "Click & Start", an explanatory guide based on a
conveyor application controlled byModicon M340, to find out how to
create your first project with Unity Pro.
Follow the guide and get off on the right foot!
2. 2. Modes of use of the tutorial
There are different ways to use this tutorial:
1- The user wants to have a general overview without
programming.
In this case, you don't need any specific configuration. Please
follow the guide along the pages.Videos illustrate the operating
modes with Unity Pro.
2- The user wants to program with Unity Pro while viewing the
tutorial.
In this case, we need to install Unity Pro version V3.0 minimum
S, M, L or XL, or the trial version.
3- In complement of one of the choices above, the user would
like to run the program on the PLC.
In this case, you need to get the corresponding configuration
that is used inside the tutorial.
A folder called "Application" includes the project when all the
programming steps are done. Youcan use one of the two files while
double clicking on the file.
3. 3. Requirements for the PC configurationSystem: Pentium 1,2
GHz or higher, recommended: 2,4 GHz
RAM Memory: 512 Mb / recommended: 1 Gb
Operating System: Windows 2000 or Windows XP Professional
Editions
The animation of the machine described in the tutorial should
need the setup of a plug-in on thecomputer if it is not installed
already. When launching the presentation, you will be warned with
a
message that contain this kind of information: "some controls of
this presentation cannot beactivated". To install the plug-in,
please connect to Adobe Web site (www.adobe.com) and selectAdobe
Flash Player download.
http://www.adobe.com/http://www.adobe.com/
