Omron CS1W-SLK11-21 - 06-2004, Manual

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CX-Programmer Procedures Section 4-12
Starting and Stopping Data Links (with Status Display)
Connect online to a node to which the data link tables have been transferred
before performing the following operations. Data links can be started or
stopped from any node if the node has a data link table.
Starting Data Links
1,2,3... 1. Start CX-Net and select Data Link and then Status . If connected locally
(i.e., directly connected to a PLC), the Data Link Status (Local) Dialog Box
will be displayed. If connected remotely (i.e., through a network), the Data
Link Status Dialog Box will appear.
2. Select SYSMAC LINK and then click the OK button.
• The Data Link Status Dialog Box will be displayed.
• The status for each of the following will be displayed in the Data Link
Status Dialog Box. The communications cycle time and the refresh cy-
cle time can be updated only when this window is open or when the
data link has been started or stopped.
Edit Used to edit the data link table that has been read.
Update Transfers the contents of the file edited in the Data Link Editor to the
Data Link Setup Dialog Box.
Read Reads the data link table for a specified node.
Write Transfers data link tables to the nodes.
Verify Verifies data link tables between nodes and the Data Link Setup
(SYSMAC LINK) Dialog Box.
Delete Deletes data link tables from the nodes.
Button name Function
Select this button to display the
Communications Units mounted on
the PLC.
Set the data link start and
stop using this selection
button and then the
Set op-
tion button.