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SINAMICS S120 - ROS configuration

SIMATIC MANAGER configuration

In previous tutorial we have successfully configured PROFINET network including SINAMICS S120 drive and CP1616 to transfer following data between IO Controller (CP1616) and IO Device (SIMANICS S120):

The most important step on Linux side is to pass telegram configuration to ROS Wrapper. Yaml configuration files are utilized for such a purpose.

Yaml file

For telegram configuration as shown in the picture above, appropriate .yaml file will have following structure:

- label: CU_input
  type: input
  size: 4
  starting_address: 512
  topic: cu_input_topic

- label: CU_output
  type: output
  size: 4
  starting_address: 512
  topic: cu_output_topic

- label: Drive_1_input
  type: input
  size: 24
  starting_address: 516
  topic: drive_1_input_topic

- label: Drive_1_output
  type: output
  size: 24
  starting_address: 516
  topic: drive_1_output_topic

NOTE: 1 word = 2 bytes. STARTER uses Length notation in telegram configuration so PZD12/12 means data transfer area of size 24 bytes in both directions.

Launch file

.yaml filepath needs to be uploaded on ROS Parameter server. User node can also be added to the launch file here:

 <!--   Load yaml config filepath on rosparam server -->
  <param name="filepath" value="$(find siemens_cp1616_sinamics_s120_tutorial)/config/test_config.yaml"/>

  <!--   Wrapper node  -->
  <node
    name="siemens_cp1616_io_controller_wrapper"
    pkg="siemens_cp1616"
    type="io_controller_wrapper"
    output="screen" />

  <!--   User node -->
  <node
    name="siemens_cp1616_sinamics_s120_tutorial"
    pkg="siemens_cp1616_sinamics_s120_tutorial"
    type="siemens_cp1616_sinamics_s120_tutorial_node"
    output="screen" />

After completing configuration you can proceed to next tutorial and learn how to interface PROFINET from C++ code by creating creating simple ROS node.

Next tutorial: SINAMICS S120 - User Node.