Omron CX-PROGRAMMER V8.1, Operation Manual

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SECTION 3
Creating Function Blocks
This section describes the procedures for creating function blocks on the CX-Programmer.
3-1 Procedural Flow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
3-2 Procedures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
3-2-1 Creating a Project . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
3-2-2 Creating a New Function Block Definition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
3-2-3 Defining Function Blocks Created by User . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
3-2-4 Creating Instances from Function Block Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
3-2-5 Setting Function Block Parameters Using the Enter Key . . . . . . . . . 99
3-2-6 Setting the FB Instance Areas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
3-2-7 Checking Internal Address Allocations for Variables . . . . . . . . . . . 104
3-2-8 Copying and Editing Function Block Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
3-2-9 Checking the Source Function Block Definition from an Instance . 106
3-2-10 Checking Instance Information such as Nesting Levels . . . . . . . . . . 106
3-2-11 Checking the Size of the Function Block Definition . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
3-2-12 Compiling Function Block Definitions (Checking Program). . . . . . 107
3-2-13 Printing Function Block Definition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
3-2-14 Password Protection of Function Block Definitions. . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
3-2-15 Comparing Function Blocks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
3-2-16 Saving and Reusing Function Block Definition Files . . . . . . . . . . . 112
3-2-17 Downloading/Uploading Programs to the Actual CPU Unit . . . . . . 113
3-2-18 Monitoring and Debugging Function Blocks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
3-2-19 Online Editing Function Block Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121