Methodology

A TeSys™ island device can be integrated into the Rockwell Software^® Studio 5000^® environment using the L5X import feature. Based on the TeSys island configuration, SoMove™ software provides L5X files that can be imported into the Studio 5000 environment, exposing the device data via add-on instructions.

NOTE: Due to data referencing, the L5X files must be imported in the order listed below. Follow the instructions provided in this manual.

The following files are generated by SoMove software:

Generic Ethernet Module: This file contains a Generic Ethernet AOP representing the TeSys island configuration. It includes comments in the Controller Tag section indicating what each piece of data is referencing. It uses the following naming convention: {DeviceName}Module.L5X.
Explicit Messages (if acyclic data exists): This file contains the following:
- subroutines containing explicit messages for calling acyclic data
- a data buffer used to hold the acyclic data before and after transmission
It uses the following naming convention: {DeviceName}_Acyclic.L5X.

NOTE: If a TeSys island configuration does not have acyclic data, this file is not generated.
Add-on Instructions (AOI): This file contains the AOIs used for generating function blocks. It must be imported last because the AOIs’ reference tags are contained in the other two files. It uses the following naming convention: {DeviceName}_Aoi.L5X.

NOTE: If you alter the naming convention for a TeSys island or for pre-existing avatars, then when you integrate configuration changes into a project, all the imported Studio 5000 software entities (tags, AOIs, and generic Ethernet module) must be deleted and the import process repeated for the new configuration. See Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs).