Connecting a Laptop to a Mitsubishi PLC

[completestarter1]

Hi, I am very new to PLC's I am currently doing a project for college and wanted to be able to test my project at home, I am using an FX1S-20MR PLC to drive some solenoids, my problem is I have downloaded GX Developer 8.91 but cannot connect to the PLC, I am using an SC-09 cable attached to a usb (I have downloaded driver that came with the usb to serial converter cable), I have changed setting in developer transfer setup to USB but keep getting es:01808502 comms error.

 

[Ronnie Sullivan]

If you have a usb to serial converter, then you need to find the number of the com port it is using and set your connection to serial and the number of com port.

 

[srwalden]

If you have a usb to serial converter, then you need to find the number of the com port it is using and set your connection to serial and the number of com port.[/QUOT

 

[geniusintraining]

As Ronnie stated find the Com number... you will not use USB in GX Developer that is for the Mitsubishi USB only, your cable is a USB/COM port, see below if you need more help

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5dFtgX-vs5Q

 

[faisal rasool]

First you select the com 1,if connection do not estabilish then you use com 4.

 

[geniusintraining]

First you select the com 1,if connection do not estabilish then you use com 4.

And what happen to 2 and 3 ?

Why would you just not check your device manager and not guess what port is being used? you also would only use COM1 if you had a real serial port