NX Mechatronics Concept Designer - Tutorial 3.6 - Signals and connections

In the first part of this video, we will show you the creation, export and import of signals for external communication, as well as the use of runtime expressions and expression blocks to connect those signals with parameters like the position of a position control.
In the second part, we will establish a connection between MCD and S7-PLCSIM Advanced V1, which is used to simulate a PLC.
In the last part, we will link the MCD and a real SIMATIC S7-1500 PLC using TCP/IP. The MCD will be configured as the server for the communication.
The PLC programming was done in TIA-Portal V14.
00:27 Creating Signals over Existing Operation
01:27 Creating Signals over Signal Definition
02:14 Runtime Expressions
02:45 Export and Import of Signals
04:08 Connecting Input Signals over Runtime Expressions
05:30 Expression Block Templates
08:43 Table: Parameters for Expression Blocks
08:52 Accessing Simulation Time
10:14 PLCSIM Advanced
11:03 Start of PLCSIM Advanced
11:48 Connecting virtual PLC and TIA
12:40 Connecting MCD and PLCSIM Advanced
13:14 Signal Mapping
14:17 Simulation Using PLCSIM Advanced
15:26 TCP/IP Connection
16:28 PLC Program Offsets and Listen Mode
18:42 PLC Program
19:51 Simulation Using TCP/IP
20:19 Data Blocks in PLC Program
This video was created as part of a student research project at the Zentrum für Robotik und Automation der Hochschule Darmstadt (Center for Robotics and Automation, University of Applied Sciences Darmstadt) during the winter term 2017/18.
Team:
Johannes Graf, Benjamin Rumbach
Project Supervisor:
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Stephan Simons