FINS/CIP Communications Middleware
SYSMAC Gateway
CX-Compolet
Product Positioning
Item
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
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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
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Tag Access
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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
FROM
TO
FROM
TO
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.
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Access to personal computers
via data links.
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Communicate using software
processing.
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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.
