MITSUBISHI PLC AND DISPLAY PROGRAMMING DETAILS:
PROCEDURE FOR SOFTWARE UPDATION USING LAPTOP OR COMPUTER:
1. PLEASE ENSURE THAT FOLLOWING TOOLS ARE AVAILABLE READLY
2. LAPTOP,
3. POWER SUPPLY UNIT FOR LAPTOP
4. COMMUNICATION CABLES 2NOS(RS232C TO RS422 CONVERTER CABLE & CABLE WITH RS232C FEMALE CONNECTOR AT BOTH THE ENDS)
STEPS TO BE FOLLOWED FOR LOADING SOTFWARE IN PLC SYSTEM:
10. CONNECT THE POWER SUPPLY UNIT TO LAPTOP AND SWITCH ON THE SINGLE PHASE SUPPLY.TURN ON THE LAPTOP AND WAIT UNTIL MOUSE POINTERCONTAINS ONLY SINGLE ARROW HEAD.CLICK ON THE MITSUBIHSI PLC SOFTWARE ICON (FX-GP-WIN-E) AND OPEN THE REQUIRED PLC SOFTWARE FILE.
11. TOTAL NUMBER OF LINES (INDICATED IN THE BOTTOM TOOL BAR) IN DISPLAYED LADDER LOGIC FORMAT HAS TO BE VERIFIED.
12. SWITCH OFF THE MAIN SUPPLY AND WAIT UNTIL ALL LEDs ARE SWITCHED OFF IN PLC UNIT.
13. DISCONNECT THE COMMUNICATION CABLE CONNECTING THE DISPLAY AND PLC (RS422 END). SET THE RUN/STOP DIP SWITCH IN PLC TO STOP MODE
14. CONNECT THE COMMUNICATION CABLE (RS232C TO RS422 CONVERTER CABLE (RED COLOUR)) FROM PC COM PORT 1 TO PLC UNIT AND SWITCH ON THE MAIN ISOLATER OF THE CONTROL PANEL.
15. PLEASE NOTE THAT THE PROGRAM WILL COPIED TO “EEPROM “ WHEN PROGRAM IS DOWNLOADED WITH EEPROM IN PLC INCASE THER IS NO EEPROM PROGRAM GETS COPIED TO RAM [WHICH IS INBUILT INSIDE THE PLC].PLEASE NOTE THAT THE PROGRAM IN EEPROM WILL NOT GET COPIED TO RAM OR VICEVERSA. HOWEVER FIRST PRERENCE WILL BE GIVEN TO EEPROM.
VERY IMPORTAT >>>>>>> 16. EEPROM SELECTER DIP SWITCH SETTING. OFF - PROGRAM EDITING MODE (DURING LOADING THE NEW PROGRAM)
a. ON - DURING NORMAL RUNING MODE.
b. FOR LOADING NEW PROGRAM EEPROM DIP SWITCH SHOULD IN OFF CONDTION.
17. FROM THE MENU SCREEN OF PLC SOFTWARE CLICK ‘PLC’ & SELECT “REMOTE RUN/STOP”.
18. A DIALOG OPENS TO CONFIRM PLC TO STOP MODE.CLICK OK TO SET PLC TO STOP MODE.
19. FROM THE MENU SCREEN OF PLC SOFTWARE CLICK “PLC”, SELECT “TRANSFER” & SELECT “WRITE”.
20. THE WORD “ WRITING ” WILL BE DISPLAYED IN THE LAPTOP. WHEN LOADING HAS BEEN COMPLETED THE INDICATION “WRITING “ WILL DISAPPEAR.
21. AFTER LOADING THE PROGRAM IN EEPROM AND RAM, SWITCH OFF THE MAIN SUPPLY AND REMOVE THE COMMUNICATION CABLE CONNECTED BETWEEN LAPTOP AND PLC.
EXTRA FOR YOUR REFERENCE.
STEPS TO BE FOLLOWED FOR LOADING SOTFWARE IN DISPLAY SYSTEM
1. SWITCH OFF THE MAIN ISOLATER AND WAIT UNTIL ALL LEDs ARE SWITCHED OFF IN PLC UNIT.
2. CLOSE THE MITSUBIHSI PLC SOFTWARE (FX-GP-WIN-E) IN LAPTOP. CLICK ON THE DISPLAY SOFTWARE (GT DESIGNER) AND OPEN THE REQUIRED FILE TO BE DOWN LOADED.
3. FROM THE TOP MENU BAR CLICK ON “COMMUNICATION” AND SELECT “MONITOR DOWN LOAD DATA”. A DIALOG BOX WILL BE OPENED IN THAT CLICK “ DOWNLOAD “. ALERT NOTE WILL BE DISPLAYED STATING THAT OPERATION OF ANY BUTTION/MOUSE WILL CANCEL THE DOWN LOADING PROCESS.
4. DURING DATA TRANSFER TOTAL NUMBER OF BYTES & NUMBER OF BYTES TRANSFERRED WILL BE DISPLAYED IN LATOP, “LOADING THE BASE PROGRAM” WILL BE DISPLAYED IN THE DISPLAY SYSTEM.
5. AFTER LOADING THE PROGRAM IN DISPLAY SYSTEM SWITCH OFF THE MAIN ISOLATOR AND REMOVE THE COMMUNICATION CABLE CONNECTED BETWEEN LAPTOP AND DISPLAY SYSTEM.
6. SHUTDOWN THE LAPTOP AND SWITCH OF THE SINGLE PHASE SUPPLY TO THE POWER SUPPLY UNIT.
7. CONNECT THE COMMUNICATION CABLE CONNECTED BETWEEN PLC & DISPLAY SYSTEM AND SWITCH ON THE MAIN ISOLATER.
8. TURN THE PLC DIP SWITCH TO RUN MODE FOR NORMAL OPERATION.
HOPE YOU ARE SATISFIED WITH MY REPLY ,PLEASE INFORM THROUGH MAIL WHETHER YOU HAVE SOLVED THE PROBLEM OR NOT.
LET US DISCUSS ABOUT THE TECHINOLOGYIES INVOLVED IN THIS PROBLEM AND GENRAL PLC PROGRAMMING.
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YOUR FAITHFULLY,
Er.R.ANANDARAJ.
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