# How to start a project using IO?  \[PickMaster 5\]

**URL:** <https://tech-community.robotics.abb.com/t/how-to-start-a-project-using-io-pickmaster-5/3173>\
**Category:** PickMaster\
**Created:** [November 9, 2009, 11:21am UTC](https://tech-community.robotics.abb.com/t/how-to-start-a-project-using-io-pickmaster-5/3173 "2009-11-09T11:21:12Z")\
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**Author:** ![philhoward](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f04885/32.png) [@philhoward](https://tech-community.robotics.abb.com/u/philhoward)\
**Post date:** [November 9, 2009, 11:21am UTC](https://tech-community.robotics.abb.com/t/how-to-start-a-project-using-io-pickmaster-5/3173/1 "2009-11-09T11:21:12Z")

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There are 2 signals (pmProject\_diStart and pmProject\_diStop) which i’d expect to do as they say - start and stop the project. pmProject\_diStop will stop the active project, but pmProject\_diStart doesn’t start/restart the project. Am i missing something?

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**Author:** ![Mats\_W](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/df705f/32.png) [@Mats\_W](https://tech-community.robotics.abb.com/u/Mats_W)\
**Post date:** [November 9, 2009, 11:37am UTC](https://tech-community.robotics.abb.com/t/how-to-start-a-project-using-io-pickmaster-5/3173/2 "2009-11-09T11:37:54Z")

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Hi Phil,

You need to load the program module PmProjMgr.mod to be able to use them.  
That is easiest made by just pulsing the signal pmSystem\_diLoadStart1, which is configured as LoadStart for that module.

This is described in the Users Guide, chapter ‘7.3.4. Extended I/O interface’, section ‘Project handling’, part ‘Starting a project’.

/Mats

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**Author:** ![philhoward](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f04885/32.png) [@philhoward](https://tech-community.robotics.abb.com/u/philhoward)\
**Post date:** [November 9, 2009, 3:34pm UTC](https://tech-community.robotics.abb.com/t/how-to-start-a-project-using-io-pickmaster-5/3173/3 "2009-11-09T15:34:20Z")

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Found it Mats - thankyou.

Have found another little issue with PickMaster though - it seems i can’t add another Task (I want one to do some handshaking with the PLC outside of the main module). Is this disabled with the PickMaster option?

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**Author:** ![Mats\_W](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/df705f/32.png) [@Mats\_W](https://tech-community.robotics.abb.com/u/Mats_W)\
**Post date:** [November 9, 2009, 4:53pm UTC](https://tech-community.robotics.abb.com/t/how-to-start-a-project-using-io-pickmaster-5/3173/4 "2009-11-09T16:53:21Z")

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You must have Multitasking option on the controller to do that, do you?

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**Author:** ![philhoward](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f04885/32.png) [@philhoward](https://tech-community.robotics.abb.com/u/philhoward)\
**Post date:** [November 9, 2009, 4:59pm UTC](https://tech-community.robotics.abb.com/t/how-to-start-a-project-using-io-pickmaster-5/3173/5 "2009-11-09T16:59:56Z")

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There wasn’t the Multitasking option (623-1) specificied on the controller according to the information I have: is this normal when the controller has the “prepared for PickMaster” option (642-2)?

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**Author:** ![Mats\_W](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/df705f/32.png) [@Mats\_W](https://tech-community.robotics.abb.com/u/Mats_W)\
**Post date:** [November 9, 2009, 5:34pm UTC](https://tech-community.robotics.abb.com/t/how-to-start-a-project-using-io-pickmaster-5/3173/6 "2009-11-09T17:34:44Z")

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No, it’s an option.