Omron NX701-1620, User Manual

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1 Introduction to NX-series Controllers
1 - 14 NX-series CPU Unit Hardware User’s Manual (W535)
1-3-2 Procedure Details
Step 1. Software Design
Step Description Reference
Step 1-1
Designing I/O and Pro-
cessing • External I/O devices and unit configuration
• Refresh periods for external devices
• Program contents Section 3 Configuration Units
Step 1-2
Designing Tasks • Task configuration
• Relationship between tasks and programs
• Task periods
• Slave and Unit refresh times
• Exclusive control methods for variables between tasks NJ/NX-series CPU Unit Soft-
ware User’s Manual
(Cat. No.
W501)
Step 1-3
Designing Programs
POU (Program Organi-
zation Unit) Design
• Programs
• Functions and function blocks
• Determining the algorithm languages NJ/NX-series CPU Unit Soft-
ware User’s Manual
(Cat. No.
W501)
Variable Design • Defining variables that you can use in more than one POU
and variables that you use in only specific POUs
• Defining the variables names for the device variables that you
use to access slaves and Units
• Defining the attributes of variables, such as the Name and
Retain attributes
• Designing the data types of variables
NJ/NX-series CPU Unit Soft-
ware User’s Manual
(Cat. No.
W501)
Step 2. Software Setups and Programming
Step Description Sysmac Studio
Operations Reference
Project Creation 1. Create a project in the Sysmac
Studio.
2. Insert a Controller.
New Project Button
Insert − Controller
Sysmac Studio Version 1
Operation Manual
(Cat. No.
W504)
The following Controller Configurations and Setup and the Programming and Task Settings can be performed in either
order.
Step 2-1
Slave and Unit configu-
rations
1) Creating the Slave
and Unit Configura-
tions
1. Creating the slave configuration and
Unit configuration either offline or
online. (For online configuration,
make the online connection that is
described in step 5.)
2. Setting up any Slave Terminals that
are used.
EtherCAT Slave
Setting Editor
Unit Editor NJ/NX-series CPU Unit Soft-
ware User’s Manual
(Cat. No.
W501)
NX-series EtherCAT Coupler
Unit User’s Manual
(Cat. No.
W519)