We’ve spent a lot of time ensuring that our new Stride and Murrelektronik IO-Link masters integrate seamlessly with Productivity PLCs. Our Productivity Suite Task Library Integration makes this a snap! Simply download the file, unzip it, and import the included Task Library file (.adtkl) into your existing task library.

See Page 37 of the Stride IO-Link Master User Manual for detailed instructions.

Once you’ve imported the task library and brought it into your project, you’ll be able to select the IO-Link Master in your Data View window:

The integration code offers three massive benefits:

1. Complete labeling of T>O and O>T data for the IO-Link Master: Expand the IO-Link Master structure in data view, then expand the Cyclic_Input_Data and Cyclic_Output_Data arrays. You’ll see every element is commented for easier identification in your program. If you want to stop here, you’ll already have an easier time working with the Stride and Murrelektronik IO-Link Masters.
2. Automatic mapping of T>O and O>T data to the nested Port structure within the IO-Link Master structure: 32 bytes of input data and 32 bytes of output data are automatically put into a convenient structure that you can work with to more easily interface with IO-Link devices. Additional data like Vendor and Device ID, port status bits, and acyclic data commands are easy to interact with. All the heavy lifting is done for you, and you can focus on your program.
3. A framework for reusable code when working with multiple identical devices:  The Task Library Integration file available for download on both the SIOL-EI8B and 54631 pages includes drop-in code for every IO-Link capable device AutomationDirect offers. Working with an IO-Link device we don’t sell? Use our example code as a template to write your own, taking advantage of the data already mapped out to the IO-Link Master structure!