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1. OVERVIEW .......................................................................................................... 3

2. REQUIREMENT AND SETUP ............................................................................. 3

3. CREATE AND CONFIGURE AN APPLICATION ................................................. 3

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1. Overview

This document is created in order to allow a user without any knowledge in straton to create a new
project from scratch, to test it and download it in a straton runtime.

2. Requirement and setup

A straton workbench needs to be installed on a PC. If the project needs to be downloaded in a

runtime, a runtime needs to be running. The PC and the runtime need to be on the same network.

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3. Create and configure an application

When opening straton, the workspace is empty.

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To start and create a new project, Click on File / Add new project…

Write a name for the project and click on Next.

Note: no space - max 15 chr

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Choose the programming language (SFC, FBD, LD, ST, IL), click on Next in order to select I/Os and
fieldbus. If none is required, then click on finish.

Your project appears now in the straton workspace.

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Double click on Programs/Main to open the main program.

Note: double click on the name “Main” and not on the icon.

The program can now be edited, here in FBD language.

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It’s now possible to choose functional blocks for the program:

For example: in Blocks / all - select & (*Boolean AND*)

Now, to add this block to the project, the line needs to be dragged and dropped to the center of the
screen.

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Now the Functional block is in the program. As in the screen below, the (&) needs 3 variables (2
Boolean inputs and 1 Boolean output).

To add variables, double click on the grey field « ??? ».

Enter a name for the variable. Here, « Input1 ».

As the variable does not exist in the project, when click on “OK” a popup window appears. In this
window it is possible to choose the type of the variable, where to declare the variable and an
optional description. Click on Yes to finish.

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Enter the second variable. Here, « Input2 », BOOL, Main.

Enter the output variable. Here « output », BOOL, Main.

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Variables are visible in the variables view, on the right of the screen.

Now it’s time to test the project. First, click on this icon to build the project:

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Then, to test the project, click on simulation.

Click on start

The project is now in simulation mode.

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To manage the variables, select the variable with the mouse and press on spacebar. Here, the
variable go from blue to red if the variable go from FALSE to TRUE.

It’s possible to manage the variable by double click on it too (the variable in the central windows or
in the variables windows).

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The project is now ok. It can be sent to a runtime. First, exit the simulation mode, click on
« simulation ».

To set the communication parameters, double click on the bar at the bottom of the window.

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Here it’s possible to edit the communication setting. The kind of runtime can be choose in the drop
down list. For the address parameters, click on the […] button.

Enter here the communication settings. Then press OK.

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It’s now possible to connect the project to the runtime. Click on the « online » button.

If the runtime have never been used, straton ask « do you want to download the application now? »,
click on “Yes”.

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The project is now in the runtime. The values of the variables can be modified as in simulation mode.

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