It is possible to load wrong or corrupted application binary to target unit. This library does not validate the binary.

Output o_State should change to Processing when i_Enable is set TRUE. When process is finished (i.e. o_Progress reaches 100%), the o_State output changes back to Idle.

If calling of function block is stopped before o_State changes to Idle, it may lead to missing or faulty target application.

SW protection needs to be unlocked before loading binaries by using UnlockProtectionSSeries (FB)

Control unit reboot is required after SW update.

Input variable name

Data type

Range

Description

i_Enable

BOOL

Action trigger.

i_pDevice

POINTER TO EPEC_CANopen.Device

Used CANopen device

(e.g. ADR(G_CANopen_CAN1.Device)).

i_NodeID

BYTE

1..127

CODESYS (Runtime) Node ID of target unit.

i_File

STRING(255)

File name and path.

i_UseBlockTransfer

BOOL

Use SDO block transfer which is faster than normal SDO download.

Output variable name

Data type

Range

Description

o_State

ApplicationState

Process state

o_AbortCode

DWORD

CANopen abort code

o_Progress

BYTE

0..100

Progress indication value

Definitions:

VAR

loaderSL8XApp: EPEC_SWD.LoadApplicationSL8XSeries;

applicationLoadTrigger: BOOL;

codesysNodeID: BYTE := BYTE#2;

app_file: STRING(80) := '/opt/user/userapp/example.app';

useBlockTransfer: BOOL := TRUE;

loadingstate: EPEC_SWD.ApplicationState;

abortCode: DWORD;

progress:BYTE;

END_VAR

Code:

loaderSL8XApp(

i_Enable := applicationLoadTrigger,

i_pDevice := ADR(G_CANopen_CAN1.Device), // From code template

i_NodeID := codesysNodeID,

i_File := app_file,

i_UseBlockTransfer := useBlockTransfer,

o_State => loadingstate,

o_AbortCode => abortCode,

o_Progress => progress

);