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Good day everyone. I like to know if anyone has worked with GXWork3 yet and what their view is on it?

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Hello, I am working on a project on a FX5U PLC. First: this is a completely different programming environment. GX Works 2 and GX IEC Developer were similar, but this is way different. Cons: - if you work on FX5U PLC you don't have any support for libraries. You can only create your own FB's. The FB's can be used in another project by Copy/Paste. - I couldn't convert a FX3U project created in GX Works 2 (latest version) in FX5U project, even if the documentation states that this is possible. - some instructions have different syntax (eg: TO and FROM instructions) and you have to be careful when manually converting programs. - there are no Networks to divide the POU (like in GX Works 2 or GX IEC Developer). - no IL, MELSEC IL, SFC languages. Pro: - the new syntax of some instructions (eg: TO and FROM) is more intuitive. - the help documentation. Very easy to find the manual you need and to download it. Very easy to find a newer version of the manual. - the simple Ladder POU's and the structured Ladder/FBD POU's can be mixed in the same project. This was not possible in GX Works 2. These are just the first observations that come in my mind.

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Thanks for the response. The latest version however is abit more user friendly. (1.010L) However, something I did pick up and I have notified Mitsubishi, is that as soon as you want to download a program, Kaspersky picks it up as a virus and deletes the exe. I have to install the software again. Still trying to find out what else I need to exclude from Kaspersky exclussion list to prevent this from happening.

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