Overview
Foundation Application Templates
Description
Foundation Application Templates
The Foundation library provides resources that have been pre-configured and tested by Schneider Electric. Foundation application templates provide standardized elementary resources that are used in control module templates of the General Purpose library. It also provides additional services that are required to manage data transmission within a system.
The resources provided by Foundation application templates are encapsulated in facet or composite templates. You can customize the services provided by these templates at the instance level.
You can link Foundation application templates to compatible process and device templates.
For details on the naming convention (see EcoStruxure ™ Process Expert, User
Guide), refer to the topic describing the Global Templates Explorer .
Foundation Application Template Services
Foundation application templates provide Control services.
These include core services plus additional, optional services, which you can activate if needed. Function blocks and variables are the resources that are encapsulated in these templates to provide such services.
Exposed Interfaces
Foundation application templates expose interfaces that allow you to make the following types of connections:
• To topological instances (mapping interfaces)
• To other application instances (application interfaces)
Exposed interface can have the following roles:
Role
Ref
Def
CO
DO
HO
SO
Description
Role receiving data from the linked object. This role is represented graphically as plug.
Role providing data to the linked object. This role is represented graphically as socket.
Is used from the application templates representing communications objects (CO) that receive the data provided from the system configuration. This role is represented graphically as plug.
Is used from the application templates representing device objects (DO) that receive the data provided from the system configuration. This role is represented graphically as plug.
Is used from the topological template (also called hardware objects (HO)) to expose the information provided by the hardware (for example, topological addresses, slave number, and so on) to the project facets. This role is represented graphically as socket.
Is used from the application templates representing the signal objects (SO) or I/O module objects that receive the data provided from the system configuration. This role is represented graphically as plug.
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