Connecting to CX-Process Tool and CX-Process Monitor
Section
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2-3 Connecting to CX-Process Tool and CX-Process Monitor
There are two ways of connecting CX-Process Tool and CX-Process Monitor
to the PC (Programmable Controller): connecting by Host Link and
connecting by the Controller Link Support Board.
Note
CX-Process Tool and CX-Process Monitor cannot be connected directly to
the Loop Control Unit.
In either connection, use FinsGateway as the communications driver.
Communications
network
Fins Gateway to be used
Description
Host Link
SerialUnit version
Connection to PC peripheral or
RS-232C port (only Host Link
connection supported)
Controller Link
network
Controller Link version
Connection via Controller Link
Support Board to a PC to which
a Controller Link Unit is mounted
Ethernet network
Ethernet version
Connection via an Ethernet port
to a PC to which an Ethernet Unit
is mounted
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Connecting by Host Link
Use the Fins Gateway Serial Unit version to connect to the peripheral port of
the PC or RS-232C port over the Host Link.
Connect the computer to the RS-232C port of the CPU Unit’s peripheral port
or to the RS-232C port of the Serial Communications Board/Unit. Note that
the computer cannot be connected to the RS-232C port of the Loop Control
Unit.
Connecting to the peripheral port
of the CPU Unit
Connecting to the RS-232C port of the CPU
Unit or Serial Communications Board/Unit
Computer
(9-pin male)
CS1 CPU Unit
Connector cable
CS1W-CN226/626
Peripheral port
RS-232C port
Computer
(9-pin male)
CS1 CPU Unit
Recommended cable XW2Z-200S-V
Loop Control Unit
Note 1
In either of the above connections, the serial communications mode is
possible only on the Host Link (SYSMAC WAY), and cannot be connected
by the peripheral bus.
If the Fins Gateway Serial Unit version is not installed, connection by the
Host Link (SYSMAC WAY) is not supported. (The Fins Gateway Serial
Unit version is packed together with CX-Process Tool.)
Even if the CX-Programmer is installed on the computer, connection by
the Host Link (SYSMAC WAY) is not supported.