TwinCAT3 - Ladder Logic Diagram questions

Hello,

For context, I am a beginner doing a robotics project, which involves a packaging operation. I have finished my programming using the robot's programming software and now i want to use a PLC to communicate with the modbus to execute the project.

Is it a good idea to use Ladder Logic to do my PLC programming? My robot uses integers (1,2,3,4) to identify which step it has to do, so am i able to somehow use integers in Ladder Logic? If yes, how may i do it? If no, other than using structured text, are there any other graphical methods i can use?

Thanks in advance!
 
Simple answer is yes, you can use integers in ladder logic. You can also read / write to you robot using modbus with those integers as long as you know the modbus mapping for your robot and which registers to write to.
 
Simple answer is yes, you can use integers in ladder logic. You can also read / write to you robot using modbus with those integers as long as you know the modbus mapping for your robot and which registers to write to.
Hey Gabe, thank you so much for the reply!
 
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