Specifications
Section
1-3
40
Item
Description
External
I/O
I/O via CPU Unit By data exchange with computer or
networked Loop Control Unit via the
Node Terminal block
Note: The Controller Link Data Link
must be used.
Send to computer: 128 contacts, 16 words
Send to computer: 1 block, 4 blocks
Receive from computer: 32 contacts, 2 words
Send to other node PC: 32 contacts, 2 words
Receive from other node PC: 32 contacts, 2 words
FINS command
to Loop Control
Unit
Read/write of ITEMs in Loop Control Unit function blocks and execution of run/stop
commands are possible from the CPU Unit (including other networked nodes) or host
computer by issuing the following FINS commands to the Loop Control Unit.
- READ MULTIPLE ITEMS IN FUNCTION BLOCK (0240 HEX)
- WRITE MULTIPLE ITEMS IN FUNCTION BLOCK (0241 HEX)
- READ ITEM IN MULTIPLE FUNCTION BLOCKS (0242 HEX)
- WRITE ITEM IN MULTIPLE FUNCTION BLOCKS (0243 HEX)
- READ UNIT INFORMATION (0501 HEX)
- ECHOBACK TEST (0801 HEX)
- READ ERROR LOG (2102 HEX)
- CLEAR ERROR LOG (2103 HEX)
Allocated
area
A Data Memory area comprising continuous 3836 words is used as communications I/O
area common to the Loop Control Units (3 units) on the PC.
Data memory for
communications
I/O
System error
information
8 words x 3 units =
24 words
Unit address, Loop Control Unit run status,
CPU Unit run status, data update check code
Area to send to
computer
16 words x 32
blocks = 512 words
Data send area to the host computer on
which the CX-Process Monitor is running
Area to send to all
nodes
2 words x 50 blocks
= 100 words
Data send area to all nodes (PCs or
computers) on Controller Link
Area to receive from
all nodes
2 words x 50 blocks
x 32 nodes = 3200
words
Data receive area from all nodes (PCs or
computers) on Controller Link
System
common
status
signals
Status output
signal for
sequence control
Constantly ON flags, constantly OFF flags, clock pulse (ON/OFF every 0.5 and 1 seconds)
Clock timing
output signal
Differential output at 00:00 every day, noon every day, every 10 minutes, every minute and
every 10 seconds
Note: The CPU Unit’s clock data are read as these clock data.
Calendar/clock
output signal
Year, year/month, month/hour, day/time, hour/minute and minute/second
Note:
The CPU Unit’s clock data is read as these clock data.
Error display
By front panel LED: unit number setting error, hardware test error, function block database
error, battery error
Storage of function block execution-related error codes to ITEM 003 of each function
block: source/destination designation error, illegal function block combination, illegal
parameter, etc.