IDEC MICROSmart FC6A Series, User Manual

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Communication Functions
This section describes the communication functions that can be used with the HMI module connected to the CPU module.
Connection Settings
The HMI module can relay (pass through) CPU module Ethernet communication using a maximum of eight connections.
The usable communication mode is maintenance communication server.
Notes:
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For details on the HMI module's network settings and connection settings, see Chapter 3 "Network Settings" in the "FC6A Series MICROSmart
Communication Manual".
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For details on the maintenance communication server function, see Chapter 4 "Maintenance Communication via Ethernet Port 1" in the "FC6A
Series MICROSmart Communication Manual".
Send e-mail function
Up to 255 types of e-mails can be sent by using the HMI module and executing the EMAIL instruction in the user program.
The character sets that can be used are ASCII, Japanese (ISO-2022-JP), Chinese (GB2312), Western European languages (ISO-
8859-1), and Unicode (UFT-8).
For Japanese, the title can be set to 100 double-byte characters and the body can be set to around 1,600 characters. The values
of data registers can also be embedded in the body of an e-mail.
Note: For details on the send e-mail function, see Chapter 12 "Send E-mail Function" in the "FC6A Series MICROSmart Communication Manual".
Web server function
Using the HMI module, the status of the CPU module can be checked and device values can be checked and modified with a web
browser on a computer.
Web page data created by the user can also be downloaded to the HMI module. The HMI module can store a maximum of 5 MB of
data.
Access controls can also be applied by using password authentication.
Note: For details on the web server function, see Chapter 13 "Web Server" in the "FC6A Series MICROSmart Communication Manual".
Ethernet
Maintenance Communication Server
Computer
WindLDR WindLDR
Computer Operator Interface
Connection 1
Connection 2
Connection 3
CPU Module HMI Module
Pass-through Pass-through Pass-through