WL-MIO CODESYS Application Tutorial

Overview

Since CODESYS does not have native support for the WL-MIO hardware a Modbus TCP Gateway will be used. CODESYS applications will interact with this gateway via Modbus to read and write I/O points. To install the gateway see the Application Note WL-MIO-AN-30200

Requirements

1. CODESYS IDE with Raspberry Pi package installed on a system with network access to the Raspberry Pi.

2. WL-MIO system with a VPE-6040 Analog Input Module with ID 2 and a VPE-6030 Relay Output Module with ID 3.

3. Modbus TCP gateway installed and running.

Step 1

Steps 2-5 can be skipped if your Raspberry Pi has the CODESYS runtime already installed and running.

Step 2

Start the CODESYS IDE.

Step 3

Open “Tools” menu and click “Update Raspberry Pi”.

Step 4

Configure the window on the left as shown below and then click “Install” under “CODESYS Runtime Package”.

Step 5

Click “Start” under “Runtime”.

Step 6

Download the project rpitest.projectarchive somewhere.

This is a simple project that reads an analog input value and turns on a relay if the input threshold value is crossed.

Step 7

Select “File” → “Project Archive” → “Extract Archive”.

Step 8

Extract the project.

Step 9

When the project is opened, double-click the “Device” entry in the tree on the left. Then select “Communication Settings” from the center window. Then enter the IP address of your Raspberry Pi in the right-most dropdown and press enter. (Highlighted in the screenshot)

Step 10

You should see something like the below screenshot.

Step 11

Now go to “Online” → “Login” to connect the IDE to the Raspberry Pi. If CODESYS asks you to update the application, click yes.

Step 12

If the application is stopped it can be started by right-clicking on “Application” and clicking “Start”.

Step 13

Once the application is running you can apply more than 2.5V to the first channel of the VPE-6040 module with ID 2 to cause a relay to turn on. The code for this can be seen in the PLC_PRG file.