Code Generation for FX3

[GJA 0]

I have several blocks of code that I use many times in a project. Instead of copying a block, pasting it, and then editing each contact, I would like to generate the code with the correct contact references. In Allen-Bradley, one can import a block of code, and specify an offset for the contact adresses. I called Mitsubishi. I was told that they do not support this kind of thing in any of their software. I was thinking it might not be hard to overwrite the device address in the WPG file--if I knew the file format. In this case, I could create a source project which has just one block of code in it. To create a new instance of the code in my applicaiton, I could run the overwrite utility on the source project, then merge the source project into the new application. Does anyone have any experience with this?

[JRoss 84]

Copy the code in and do a Find/Replace (Edit Menu). You can replace a range of devices all at once.

[funfrok 0]

This is suitable when working with small number of big blocks, but not with large number of small blocks.

[GJA 0]

In my first reply, I missed your comment about macros. I'll check that out first. Thanks.

[funfrok 0]

Once upon a time,i tried to do something like that. I found values corresponding to basic operations and devices. I even transferred them to PLC without Gx Developer through serial port. My program had user input like: (X0 + X2 * (X3 + Y2)) +X0 Program converted it to IL then to byte codes and transferred to PLC. And it worked, but it isn't a suitable method i think, it requires a lot of work.