Introduction 1.4 Functions KUBES provides various tools for working on projects: Symbol table editor Here you assign symbols to the operands used in your program and describe them by comments. Module editor The Module Editor is a KUBES utility program that allows you to create and edit program modules. The editor pro- vides word processing functions as well as module checking and testing functions. Test and debug functions These are used for testing programs on-line in the con- nected controller. The overall design of KUBES follows certain project plan- ning steps which always have to be executed in a specific sequence when editing a project.
Refer to chapter 4 First Steps to find a description of the appropriate procedure. 1.5 KUBES IEC 1131-3 European standard EN IEC 61131-2 defines what is re- quired of PLC systems. Part 3 of the standard, i.e., IEC 61131-3 is the guideline for PLC programming which went under the name of IEC1131-3 before. The objective of standardisation is to ensure the conformity of PLC pro- grams (at various levels). KUBES version 5.51 and higher can integrate the add-on package called KUBES IEC1131. KUBES IEC1131 consists of: ѕ POU editor with support for the following program- ming languages:
instruction list, function diagram, ladder diagram and structured text, ѕ Configuration, resource and task manager, 10 E 327 GB 10.06.2003