INTRODUCTION TO FESTO PLC

WRITING YOUR FIRST PROGRAM

PROJECT SETTINGS
1. Start the Festo PLC program from your computer.
2. From, the menu bar, click on Project->New to bring up the project
dialog box


3. Give your project a unique name and click ok to bring up the project
settings dialog box
4. Within the project settings box, you can select the Festo Controller type,
from a dropdown list of various controllers Festo has manufactured.
Select FEC standard and click Ok.


IO CONFIGURATION
5. From the Option List on the Left, Double Click on IO Configuration to
bring up the IO configuration window. Here you can select the type of
PLC the program is for from the dropdown list.


ALLOCATION LIST
6.From the Option List on the Left, Double Click on Allocation List to bring
up the Allocation List window. Here you can insert input and output
operands


7. Right click anywhere in the Allocation list window to insert new operand.

Enter the respective details for each input and output operand, The Absolute
operand refers to the port address (we use O for output and I to represent
input in Festo unlike other PLCs).
8. Right click anywhere in the Allocation list window again to insert new
operand.

9. click Ok to complete allocation list settings.

PROGRAMS
10. From the Option List on the Left, Right Click on Programs->New
Program, Select between Ladder Diagram or Statement List.
Click ladder diagram, click ok to start writing your program.


11. Right click on the diagram window, Click on Shortcuts to bring
up the LDR shortcut window.


12. From the LDR shortcuts window, select the appropriate input and
output symbol from the shortcuts. Enter the appropriate Absolute
operand, like we did in the Allocation list settings, Click enter, and
the appropriate name is returned.






13. Click on compile to compile the program.