Tutorial

This tutorial shows how you can commission an RFID reader using the TwinCAT PLC. The tutorial is conducted with the RFID reader model Balluff BIS M 401. In principle, however, the same procedure can be adopted for other models.

The following steps are thereby performed:

1. Glossary
2. Installation/libraries
3. Serial connection
4. Function block declaration
5. Function block usage
6. Test

Assumptions:

• You have planned your RFID application in detail and already modeled your application.
• You have determined that a reader supported by the Tc2_RFID library basically meets your requirements and you can implement your application with the commands offered.
• You decide to use the TwinCAT RFID library to facilitate communication with your RFID reader.

Download: RFID_InfoSys_Tutorial.zip