Appendix 7 Communication Support Tool (Mx Component); Appendix 7.1 Overview Of Mx Component - Mitsubishi QJ71C24N User Manual

APPENDIXES

Appendix 7 Communication Support Tool (MX Component)

Appendix 7.1 Overview of MX Component

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MX Component is an ActiveX control library that supports any types of communication
paths between IBM PC/AT compatible personal computers and programmable
controllers. It allows the users to establish using simple processing only, without having
to know about the different communication protocols used in the individual
communication.
It also supports various programming languages, allowing for a wide range of
application development.
This section provides the overview of the functions provided by MX Component and
explains the procedure up to creation of applications.
See Operating Manual and Programming Manual of MX Component for the details.
This section provides the overview of MX Component.
Different communication paths, operating systems, programming languages, and
functions are supported depending on the version of MX Component used.
(1) Support for a wide range of communication paths to programmable
controllers
MX Component supports a wide range of communication paths to programmable
controllers. It is possible to construct systems according to the needs of the users.
<Example of communication using MX Component>
Ethernet communication
Modem communication
(2) Dramatic improvement of application development efficiency
MX Component provides wizard-style communication setting utilities.
The user only needs to select settings from menus displayed on the screen in an
interactive manner to achieve the communication settings required to access the
target programmable controller CPU.
Moreover, once the communication setting has been performed, it is possible to
access the programmable controller CPU simply by specifying the logical station
number that is stored via the communication setting utilities.
MELSECNET/H communication
GOT
Gateway function communication
MELSEC-Q
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