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FINS/CIP Communications Middleware

SYSMAC Gateway

CX-Compolet

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SYSMAC Gateway

CX-Compolet

Operating system

Windows Vista 

Network

EtherNet/IP

Yes (Tag access and data links enabled.)

USB

Yes (CJ2, CP1)

PLCs

CJ2 (with EtherNet/IP functionality)

Other functions

Checking operation on EtherNet/IP

Visual Studio.NET 2008

 Array variables are supported.

Upgraded Functions for FA Communications Software

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 EtherNet/IP is required for data links on Ethernet networks.

Direct Data Link Access

High Speed

Flexibility

Tag Access

Two Types of Access

FA Communications Software

System Applications

Device-embedded Applications

CX-Compolet

(formerly SYSMAC Compolet)

SYSMAC Gateway

(formerly FinsGateway)

SYSMAC PLC

SYSMAC PLC

SYSMAC PLC

SYSMAC PLC

SYSMAC PLC

RS-232C

USB

EtherNet/IP

Ethernet

Controller Link

Simultaneous Upgrade for All OMRON FA Communications Software

Two New Features

Tag Access

Data Links

Name server

Data

Tag 
name

CJ2
With EtherNet/IP functionality

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Flexible, High-speed Software for Direct PLC Access

CX-Compolet, etc.

SYSMAC CJ2

SYSMAC CJ2

Personal computer

Personal computers become nodes on EtherNet/IP data links just like PLCs.

Application

EtherNet/IP

Data links

 

NEW

Flexibility

Tag access

Tag access

High-speed, large-capacity data links are possible.

Easy

Reduced costs and greater communications capacity.

 

NEW

NEW

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OMRON’s Upgraded FA Communications       Software Lets You Create Applications with 
Flexible, High-speed, and Direct Data Link      Access to SYSMAC PLCs from Personal 
Computers. 

The need for faster transmission of more and more information between personal computers and 
PLCs is coupled with the need for frequent changes to specifications, such as address allocations 
in PLCs, a demand for software standardization to eliminate dependence on specific applications 
and networks, and a demand for cost reductions.

In response to this demand, OMRON has completely renovated its FA Commu-
nications Software under new names. Data links are now possible using Ether-
net. Data links can even be accessed via a LAN port on a notebook computer. 
And FA Communications Software can be used to access PLC data by using 
only tag names to enable more flexible and higher-speed access of PLC data 
from personal computers, and that lowers costs by eliminating the need for a 
special board for data links.

Easy PLC Data Reading 
and Writing with VB.NET 
and VC#.NET Control 
Objects 

SYSMAC Gateway can be 
used as the communications 
driver on most networks. It is 
the successor to FinsGate-
way and has inherited all 
FinsGateway functionality.

CX-Compolet software 
enables easily reading and 
writing PLC data using Visual 
Basic.NET and Visual 
C#.NET. It is the successor to 
SYSMAC Compolet.

Access to personal computers 

via data links.

Communicate using software 

processing.

Special Boards, such as 

Controller Link and SYSMAC 
LINK Support Boards, are not 
required.

Two types of 
access are 
supported.

Access to 
collected data 
in personal 
computers 

High-speed 
access

As-needed 
access to 
PLCs on 
networks

You can easily handle 
changes to specifications.

Virtual PLC 
memory

No special 
Board required.

Application data can be accessed using tag names 
rather than addresses. 

The addresses in PLC assigned to tag 
names can be changed without creating 
additional work.

No changes are required at the application.

You can easily handle changes to 
specifications.

PLC data was accessed 
using addresses, so if an 
address was changed in the 
PLC it also had to be 
changed in the application.

PLC data is accessed using 
tag names, so there is no 
need to change addresses in 
the application even if 
addresses are changed in the 
PLC. This enables application 
standardization.

Data links are possible between personal computers 
and PLCs on Ethernet networks.

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PLC data can be read and written across 
EtherNet/IP networks by simply reading and 
writing values in personal computer memory.

Same name 
server as for CJ2

A PCI Controller Link Support 
Board was required to 
establish data links.

There were strict limitations on 
the capacity and speed of 
Controller Link data links.

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The LAN port at the personal 

computer is used, so no special 
board is required. Data links are 
possible even for a notebook 
computer.

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Software operations are used, 

improving personal computer and 
communications performance.

EtherNet/IP provides greater capacity 
and higher speed, and because data 
link areas in personal computer 
memory are accessed, data access is 
faster than having to constantly 
access EtherNet/IP nodes. 

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