Omron SYSMAC C200HW-PCS01-EV1, Operation Manual

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1-1 Features
The PC Card Unit provides various functions for using PC cards with SYSMAC
C200HX/HG/HE Programmable Controllers. CIO, DM, and EM data (but not the
user program) can be loaded and saved between C200HX/HG/HE Program-
mable Controllers and memory cards inserted in the PC Card Unit. These opera-
tions can be executed from ladder programs.
Inserting a commercially available Ethernet card into the PC Card Unit allows
reading from and writing to C200HX/HG/HE memory from a personal computer
or workstation, including reading programs. (The program data that is read,
however, cannot be edited with the Ladder Support Software.)
The PC Card Unit provides the following features.
Standard Memory Cards The PC Card Unit provides two PCMCIA 2.1-conforming PC card interface slots
(but 3.3V cards are not supported). Either two type-I or -II or one type-III PC card
can be installed. SRAM cards, FLASH cards, and ATA interface cards can all be
used.
PC card data written by the PC Card Unit can be read and edited by commer-
cially available personal computers, which can also be used to write data to the
PC card.
File Operations C200HX/HG/HE memory contents can be written to memory cards as files,
using ladder-diagram instructions. File contents can be compared with
C200HX/HG/HE memory and files can be searched. Word data can be sepa-
rated by commas in the file format, so commercially available spreadsheets can
be used.
Ethernet Expansion With the C200HW-PCS01-EV1 PC Card Unit Ethernet Set, commercially avail-
able Ethernet cards can be used to exchange data with CV Ethernet Units, per-
sonal computers, workstations, etc., by using the FINS protocol via UDP/IP.
FINS protocol is a communications protocol developed by OMRON for FA. For
details, refer to Section 11 Using FINS Commands and Responses.
Note The PC Card Unit cannot be used with the C200HE-CPU11-E.
Personal Computer
Compatibility
Features
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