LON - Overview

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LON - Overview

Each LON device provides network variables (SNVTs) for communication with other devices. The required variables are selected based on the device documentation or the Xif file (machine-readable representation of all SNVTs used) and entered in the KL6401 via the KS2000 configuration software. The KS2000 can now be used to create another Xif file. In this case, import both Xif files with a LON configuration tool (not offered by Beckhoff) and link them. For more information, see the documentation for the LON configuration tool.

For each SNVT entered in the KL6401, a suitable function block has to be programmed on the PLC side. These function blocks can then be used to access the SNVTs of the devices.