Create a Program

Once the project has been created and the EtherCAT devices have been defined, a program may be created.

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• The KAS-IDE programming environment provides language dedicated editors for:

  • Function Block Diagram (FBD) Editor
  • Free Form Ladder Diagram (FFLD) Editor
  • Sequential Function Chart (SFC) Editor
  • Structured Text (ST) / Instruction List (IL) Editor

1. Right-click the Programs item in the project tree and select the language to use.
   
2. Name the program.
   
3. Click Ok to create the program and open the language-specific editor.
   

The empty program is ready for you to add functions and function blocks.

Other information you may need to complete your program includes:

• Create Variables
• Create and/or Call Functions & Function Blocks
• Using Constants
• Map Input and Output to Variables

See IEC 61131-3 Editors in the Programs: Structure and Syntax section for more in-depth information on the programming languages.