TAKEBISHI MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC MELSEC iQ-R Series, User Manual

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1 OPTION DRIVER
1.1 Software Configuration
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OPTION DRIVER
An option driver is software to add a function for connecting to a device that is not supported as standard to an MES interface
module.
The following types of option drivers are available. By installing each option driver, an MES interface module can be
connected to each corresponding option driver-supported device.
Precautions
When an option driver is installed, the following processing times of an MES interface module is slower than when it is not
installed.
• Time from when an MES interface module is started to when the information linkage function starts running
• Time from when the settings of an MES interface module are updated to when the information linkage function starts
running
1.1
Software Configuration
An option driver consists of the following pieces of software:
• Option driver body
• Tool add-in
By installing an option driver body on an MES interface module, the MES interface module can be connected to an option
driver-supported device.
In addition, by adding a tool add-in to MES Interface Function Configuration Tool, an option driver-supported device (product)
can be set in an access target device setting and its device can be set in a device tag setting in MES Interface Function
Configuration Tool.
Precautions
• An option driver body can be installed on an RD81MES96N only.
• A tool add-in can be added only when using MES Interface Function Configuration Tool stored in MX MESInterface-R the
software version of which is '1.10L' or later.
Type Description
Rockwell Connection To connect to Rockwell PLCs.
Siemens Connection To connect to Siemens PLCs.
Omron Connection To connect to Omron PLCs.