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PLUS+1 GUIDE / Re: A system with multiple controllers - GUIDE project architecture
« Last post by samuelhj on October 21, 2025, 06:40:02 AM »Yes, I see it exactly the same way.
Unfortunately, you have to program multiple projects, and you can't establish a connection between them in the Guide.
Only in the service tool can you access everything together.
Sometimes I work with two computers: On one computer, I program the display, and on the other, a controller.
Usually, the display is the master and sends commands to a controller to set outputs or even rewrite EEPROMs or query inputs, etc.
For fast processes, I like to offload the software to the controllers.
What I usually do is I have an excel file with commands listed over CAN and then have multiple guide files, each for each controller, there really isn't an easy solution to this AFAIK. It quickly turns into a logistical nightmare. Creating some flowcharts in draw.io helps with keeping my head sane when doing projects like this to memorize CAN nodes addresses and such. The only way to test this is as previous commenter made about using the service tool and hooking up a workbench to test the whole setup.

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