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Lost my train of thought, was thinking FX... Yeah in a Q that should be D55Z0 or something like that.

In this case the V is an index register. Somewhere in the program you are writing a number to V. It operates similar to the Z0 mentioned before. So D550V points to D550+whatever number is in V. A 5 would be D555.

Yes. If you set your routing parameters right, you should be able to brindge Modbus Plus networks up to 3 deep... And it's NOM (Network Option Modbus) not MON.

Actually I've been told that MEDOC is still available for purchase from Mitsubishi. At least here in the US. But they don't sell many, and I'm sure the price has been inflated to make it less appealing than GX-Developer.

Best bet for you is as was mentioned to use a temperature input and an analog output module and let the PLC do the PID.

That's not the answer I got from Beijers. They said MAC and E are not compatible, and that the MAC software didn't support E units. Perhaps they gave me bad information? I had to convert (by hand by rewriting) 2 screens from an old MTA10 or MTA12.

The cable had a 4-20mA to RS232 converter in it. Not an easy cable to build. Your best bet is to find a wholesaler or surplus dealer who might have one in stock. I believe the part number was TSX17ACC8 or something like that.

There is no method for translating an MTA/MAC program into an E-terminal. Keep in mind many of the E-terminals are going away in leiu of the new E1000 series. And while the E200 is not one as of yet, it should be next year or so. As for E-Designer programming E50, 100, 150, and 200, that's E-Designer Lite. The full E-Designer programs the entire line from E50 up through the new E1000 family. And it's not real expensive as software goes.

You enable a time (cause it to start timing) by turning it on as an output coil. The done bit is the same address used as a contact. As for a timer timing bit, you'd need to make one yourself. I just put an M bit in as a second output parallel to my timer output. See attached file. Timer_Example.doc

That message does in fact pertain to the space reserved for online edits. The default is typically 500 steps. If you intend to use online edits, you must make room for them in the memory. If that area fills up, you will need to stop the PLC and do a complete download to rewrite the program and release that area. On one of the tabs when you download to the PLC has a Program tab which you can use to change this allocation and it's location. make sure it's set for Program Memory and not for one of the Memory Card options. This should resolve it.

While I understand that the software is available elsewhere on the Internet, it is illegal to share it, and as indicated above in the terms of service, the discussion of the topic is limited so as not to bring a legal liability to the owners of the website. This site is a great resource, and I'm sure if legal troubles were to hit the owners over something that was said in its pages, it would simply be shut down to prevent personal loss. I don't want to see that.

The FX-Configurator-EN software comes with GX-Developer-FX, as long as it's 8.25 or newer. It may not have installed in the main install package, but it does come on the CD. As for the Profibus, it's much easier to configure with the configurator software.

MEDOC is not freeware, but it is an obsolete product. So I don't think it can be purchased anymore. But that doesn't mean it is freely distributed.

If you had a legal copy of the software, you should contact Mitsubishi and ask them to email you a new copy of the software. Asking people to share software (whether you own it or not) is not a good practice in these public forums. As another note, you should consider upgrading to GX-Developer as MEDOC is obsolete.

Not sure what you asre asking here. R is a prefix for a file register, and Z is an indirect pointer number. No such thing as ZR that I've ever seen. Z is typically placed on the end of the address, such as D0Z0. If Z0 is equal to 4, then D0Z0 points to D4, not D0.

You certainly can transfer the license. When the software starts, there is a splash screen which says across the bottom 'Press Enter to configure license' or something along those lines. Once in that screen, you can move the license to an Internet server or to a floppy. You need to make the floppy on the computer to receive the license and follow the prompts to move the license from the one with the license to the floppy. When it's working Internet check-out/check-in is better in my opinion, but I've had issues before where it was unable to contact the server.

I used to work for a distributor that had ABB drives, and had the PLCs as a available line as well. I had no luck in even finding catalogs with valid part numbers, or software, cables, or anything else, just a bunch of brochures of marketing fluff. Nobody at ABB we spoke with had a clue about them. Probably had the wrong group or something. I had one customer ask for one, and I told him to buy a Mitsubishi instead.

Check the switch settings on your cable. If you're using the new cable (part number ends in 30) you might need to change a switch setting, as this cable supports multi-master. If it's the older cable you might want to check the switches as well.

The one and two hour primers are for the S7-200 bricks, not the S7-300 PLCs. If you're going to work with those, Step 7 Micro/Win is the package. A demo package is available for download at www.siemens.com/s7200 if you want to download it. If you're looking at S7-300, you can get that free copy of Step 7 Lite as mentioned above.

I have worked with both. I used to work for a Modicon distributor, so I had access to both ProWORX NxT and ProWORX 32. ProWORX 32 was buggy poorly written garbage, at least as far ahead as 1.11, not sure about 2.0. ProWORX NxT was decent but 16-bit. Some preferred the old DOS MODSOFT over the ProWORX packages. I also had a chance last year to work with Fastrak for a customer who had bought theirs. To be perfectly honest, it was a far better package. It had better screen update times when online monitoring, didn't crash all the time, and worked nicely. Of course it has a hardware key (USB or parallel) to prevent illegal copies. Careful not to bang the key while working, don't want to break it or your USB port. (I do not work for Fastrak or Modicon, and don't really work much with Modicon PLCs anymore, not for a couple of years now). I think Jim from Fast-Soft also reads these groups and would agree.

You'll need to buy a copy of PL7 from a distributor. For the TSX Micro, you can get away with buying PL7 Micro, which is a stripped down copy only good for the Micro, not the Premium.

Not sure what you mean by above the cards. Where is this switch? On which card? Some AnSH modules have DIP switches to set some configuration data. You'll need to look those settings up in the manual for that particular module. If it's on the 64 pt discrete modules, that switch would be L And R, for the left half and right half. The module only has 32 LEDs, and it has 64 points of I/O. So in the L position it shows the first 32 (the left connector on the card) and in the R position the second 32 points (right connector on card).

For the reading and writing of analog values for that module, look at the RD3A and WR3A commands. Be sure to download JY992D88101-D programming manual from here or www.meau.com, and get the manual for the FX0N-3A as well. You will need to write some code (a TO instruction) in the PLC to initialize the module, and then you can use the RD3A ot read the analog inputs.

Easiest to find would be the F1-20P or F2-20P handheld programmers. You'll have to write the program out step by step in instruction list. The serial adapter F2-20GF1 are like gold, very hard to find one. Some Mitsubishi offices have one they can rent out.

As was stated, the GX-Developer software will talk to the sequence CPUs, not the motion CPU. You will need GX-Developer for the first CPU and then MT-Developer can be purchased for the second one. That CPU will control up to 32 axes of servo motion over SSCNET, and it programs in a special motion SFC language.