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i have to service a machine in which is installed an Mitsubishi F940GOT-LWD-C terminal, and would like to know which software can be used to program/setup it, and which connection cable is necessary between software and terminal. Thanks!

I am writing an FB using ST and need to output a value in BCD. Sure it can be done using BCD() in ladder, but is possible to output directly the value? Using CX-One 1.1

it worked for me. I did change the "drive regional default" to "All" in the Options menu and automatically all types of inverters appeared. Thanks very much for your suggestion

i had to reinstall Windows and all programs in my notebook while out of office due to a virus infection (big annoyance but I always keep with me copies of the installers for such an emergency). However, after reinstalling CX-One I found that in common files\Omron\drivers are missing all the files for the 4.0 versions of the CPUs. Until the reinstallation I choose to install directly the updates via Auto-Update, while this time I choose instead to download all the patches/updates as a precaution. Following launches of Auto Updates after completing installation and application of patches gives no results. Perhaps I have missed some steps during installation? Also on CX-Drive I do not have more drivers than the 3G3MV and JV. Trying to download database updates from personal download area at Omron site always gives messages of "database already updated". Any suggestions why this happens?

having successfully registered a copy of CX-ONE I am allocated a personalized area for downloading freebies, demos and/or patches. Last week I downloaded the reduced installer for CX-Drive 1.4, upon installing it asks for a password. I supposed to use the common one in CX-One, but it is rejected. Is this version an upgrade from former versions (and as such it should not ask passwords) or a fully fledged one that requires a separate key?

I am writing an ladder function block in which I use MLPX instruction to convert a value to bits for proper use. However I don't know how to name these bits...As an example, if the result word for MLPX is, say "output_channel", the bits I want to access in this channel how must be named? Is there any kind of automatic naming of bit symbols from channels present in CX-P (in SYSWIN there was something of that sort)? Thanks for any help

wrong solution, as it turns I defined the output as a WORD array, so of course when specifying the bit an error would be generated. I think will follow Beegee advice regarding the use of TST instruction.

I am still convinced that there must be a way to define bits related to a word without resorting to absolute addressing, however from my current experience I found that FB implementation in CX-P has some rough spots that need to be addressed Thanks all of you for your suggestion, I'll try again to sort out this matter

having worked with both Siemens and Omron equipments I must say the former always scares the bejezus out of me...unholy configuration messes, networking pigheaded on profibus (their homemade standard of course), documentation long on formalism and short on contains and so on. Moving to Omron has been the most significant decision I've ever taken, and mind that in Europe at least siemens has kind of a stranglehold on automation systems. People often choose them just because they think being german they should be top quality I had setup many ethernet networks with Omron devices and so far I haven't had a slight problem. Our company has developed its FINS libraries from Omron documentation, and although there are still rough spots to clean, we can rely on them with confidence. Nevertheless I also agree on what just said by Beegee.

it is inside the area usually indicated when upgrading CX-One, or another one in ftp? if the first case I would be interested also to download and test it. I use frequently GRAFCET (the methodology upon which SFC is based) to describe the projects i'm involved. I wish sometimes Omron being more liberal in making test or demo versions available to registered users...

i've found many references of this module, but haven't been able to determine whether is a new product or something just introduced, and cannot find information or tech specs. Someone has more info about? thanks

many thanks for your reply. Found the manufacturer website and got additional informations. Also interesting to note that Omron is marketing the card as it is their own at least in Europe, and this bodes well for the future. More indipendently make cards such as F159 and more improvements for CX-One will undoubtely help Omron to be more effectively competing against incumbents as A-B and Siemens.

it is an HMI panel produced by ESA Elettronica of Italy. Detailed specifications can be found here. I used an older version of this panel years ago in conjunction with an C200H-ASC02 card, whose program wote the display and detected keys pressing, because there were no drivers specific to HostLink. IIRC CPM1 cannot access the serial in free mode (TXD-RXD) so you're likely out of luck regarding the connection.

I am working overhauling a system that is using a significant number of Sysmac Bus remote I/O cards to Compobus-D. In future the same overhaul will be extended to two other identical systems, so I need to know which is the current support and spare availability for Sysmac-Bus parts to schedule in advance the next round of works. Can someone point me to documents or informations detailing this type of support from Omron?

that was my original idea, but unfortunately it was rejected for a host of reasons (big order coming, budget not enough at the moment, retraining time for maintenance people...) so I'm putting up with the situation.

PLCs are C200HS-CPU21, with C200H-RM201 and G72C-ID16-1/OD16-1. Customer wants to keep the system going for another few years, and I was able to convince him to upgrade at least one system with Compobus-D. At the end, the plan is to migrate all systems to CJ CPU and integrate them with their production management system, something that for now is only partially done.

i'm currently studying the applications of FBs in my programs, and I am using Simulator in CX-One 1.1 to test them because at the moment I do not have a suitable CPU (I normally use CJ1M-CPU23). However after transferring the program to the Simulator and starting execution, I end with a communication error and cannot restart the system anymore, furthermore the few moments program appears to run, it does not displays correctly the values of both bits and DM used in the FB. The program is composed by a single FB written in SCL and recalled one time only, so it's a few words wide, the simulated CPU is a CJ1M-CPU23 connected via Toolbus. Perusing the documentation hasn't yielded any clue, so anyone had already faced such a problem and can offer advice?

the print format positively stinks, SYSWIN in my opinion had a far superior layout. I personally dislike the fact that I cannot change the font for symbols name, and it remains the ugly Arial. Oh, and a really OT question: shall we have a chance to see a C compiler for CJ/CS? I do understand this will clash with the IEC standardization that Omron is correctly following, but it would be a terrific boost for an already excellent package

i have seen so far only libraries to interface with Visual Basic, but from your question it seems you have to connect directly from CJ. Can't you simply have a PC with software communicating with both AS400 and CJ? AS400 is an IBM system, have you tried to contact them explaining your needs?

I understood your background, you're trying to apply the concepts of micro and PIC programming (i should have inferred this from your nick) to something that is up in the scale of complication, but I think it is a wrong approach. Speaking about efficiency, one can optimise the ladder program for speed or for memory occupation, in every PLC not only Omron, but at the end there are many other considerations that you may have to take, for instance easy maintainability for service or for subsequent modifications or additions.

seems you're coming from Siemens, isn't it?

thanks Yair and Jay, everything is clear now

i need a clarification, because i could not get it from reading operation manuals of both plc and CX-One: is there a web server integrated on the ETN21? Another related question: how to set the type of plc in CX-One when are used the CPUs with integrated ethernet (CJ1M-ETN13 for example)

i just used afternoon to download and the speed was always around 120kB/sec, so I don't think the upstream is so bad (it took however between 4 to 6 hours to terminate the full download)

when i registered my copy of CX1 and went to the download area, i was notified that due to its size the update would have been available only by requesting it to local reps, and this was about mid to late last november. Also i registered first the software in Omron Asia Pacific, because i bought it in Malaysia, but after entering the downloading area here was advised that they did not offered the upgrade. Since some of the posters here appears to be located out of Europe and still can get the upgrade, I guess that now Omron Europe is handling program upgrading for all the, so this means the registration is not linked to the geographic area of origin, and in theory an user registered let's say in USA can login in Europe or in Asia?