Features Of Npst-Gr Software Ver. 3 - Panasonic FP-M Hardware Manual

2. Features of NPST-GR Software Ver. 3

NPST-GR Software is a programming support tool for the FP-M. The things you can do with the NPST-GR are
briefly introduced in the following:
• Programming
NPST-GR provides three programming modes.
- Programming by entering ladder symbols: the program will be displayed in ladder diagrams
- Programming by entering Boolean: the program will be displayed in ladder diagrams
- Programming by entering Boolean: the program will be displayed in Boolean
You can create a program using any of these methods and you can change the method any time. The display will
change automatically according to the method you select. With any method, you can create a program by selecting
instructions from the function keys.
NPST-GR Software also provides various features which enable effective programming such as the ability to
customize it to make program creation easier.
While creating a program, you can copy, delete, move, and search for a part of the program.
• Comment function
You can enter comments for relays and output instructions.
These comments show you which device the relay corresponds to, or for what application the relay is used.
• Program check
With the program checking function, you can check the created program for grammatical errors.
• Monitoring
To support programming capability, NPST-GR Software can monitor the program you created and perform a test
run for verifications. You can check the status of relays and registers, and the programmable controller operating
status. This makes it easy to perform debugging and field adjustments.
• System register setting
You can set the system registers using NPST-GR Software. Using the screen messages makes option selection and
value entry much easier.
• Documentation
You can print-out all the settings you made, such as program and system register settings.
• Data transfer
You can transfer the program created with NPST-GR Software to the programmable controller easily by key
operation. You can also transfer the data to ROM.
• Data management
You can save the data to a disk, which is useful for back-ups and temporary storage before transferring the data to
the programmable controller.
(Ladder symbol mode)
(Boolean ladder mode)
(Boolean non-ladder mode)
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