Starting up INTERBUS with logical addressing

Available on AXC F 2152 and AXC F 3152 from firmware 2019.3, and PLCnext Engineer from 2022.0 LTS

The AXC F XT IB is installed and the supply voltage is connected (see AXC F XT IB data sheet).

Adding the AXC F XT IB to your bus configuration

Double-click the controller node in the PLANT area.
↪ The controller editor group opens.
Select the Settings editor.
Select the Hardware extensions view.
From the Interbus drop-down list, select AXC F XT IB logical addressing (2403018).

↪ The AXC F XT IB node is now displayed in the PLANT area.

In the COMPONENTS area, open the Libraries (x) section.
Right-click Libraries (x).
From the context menu, select Add Library....
In the file explorer that opens, select the Inline library and the PLCnext Controller library (by pressing Ctrl).
Note: If you have created the project with a project template, the PLCnext Controller library is already added by default.
Click the Open button.
↪ The two libraries are now displayed in the Libraries (x) section in the COMPONENTS area.

In the PLANT area, double-click the AXC F XT IB node.
↪ The AXC F XT IB editor group opens.
Select the Device List editor.
Click Select type here in the first row of the Device List editor.
↪ The Role Picker opens.

Note: Only those elements from the COMPONENTS area that you can actually use are displayed in the Role Picker.
Select the relevant bus coupler in the Role Picker.
↪ The bus coupler is added and mapped under the AXC F XT IB (X) node in the PLANT area.
To add more bus couplers, proceed as described above.

Once you have added all the bus couplers from your bus configuration to the project, you can add the I/O modules connected to each bus coupler.

In the PLANT area, double-click the bus coupler to which you want to add I/O modules.
↪ The editor group for the selected bus coupler opens (in the example: il‑bk‑1).
Select the Module List editor.
Click Select type here in the first row of the Module List editor.
↪ The Role Picker opens. Only those elements from the COMPONENTS area that you can actually use are displayed in the Role Picker.
Select the relevant I/O module in the Role Picker.
↪ The I/O module is added and shown in the PLANT area under the AXC F XT IB (X) node for the respective bus coupler.
To add more I/O modules, proceed as described above.

To complete the setup of the AXC F XT IB, proceed with the instructions in the following topics: