ADS services

Interface for ADS services

The CNC instances offer an interface for access to the internal elements by the following ADS services:

Data is addressed by the Index Group and the Index Offset.

ADS Read

The ADS Read function read data from an ADS unit.

In

IndexGroup, 4 bytes, index group of the data to be read.

IndexOffset, 4 bytes, index offset of the data to be read.

Length, 4 bytes, length in bytes of the data to be read.

Out

Result, 4 bytes, ADS error number

Length, 4 bytes, length in bytes of the data returned.

Data, n bytes, data returned

ADS Write

Data is written to an ADS unit with ADS Write.

In

IndexGroup, 4 bytes, index group of the data to be read.

IndexOffset, 4 bytes, index offset of the data to be read.

ReadLength, 4 bytes, length in bytes of the data to be read.

WriteLength, 4 bytes, length in bytes of the data to be written.

Data, n bytes, data to be written

Out

Result, 4 bytes, ADS error number

ADS Read & Write

The ADS ReadWrite function writes data to an ADS unit. Data can also be read out of the ADS unit.

In

IndexGroup, 4 bytes, index group of the data to be read.

IndexOffset, 4 bytes, index offset of the data to be read.

ReadLength, 4 bytes, length in bytes of the data to be read.

WriteLength, 4 bytes, length in bytes of the data to be written.

Data, n bytes, data to be written

Out

Result, 4 bytes, ADS error number

Length, 4 bytes, length in bytes of the data returned.

Data, n bytes, data returned

ADS – Automation Device Specification (source: Beckhoff Help)