Serial Communications Connection Procedure; Work Flow - Omron CJ Series Connection Manual

7. Serial Communications Connection Procedure

This section describes the procedures for connecting PLC to Driver using serial
communications.
The explanations of procedures for setting up PLC and Driver given in this document are
based on the factory default settings.
For the initialization, refer to Section 8. Initialization Method.

7.1. Work Flow

Take the following steps to connect PLC to Driver using serial communications and to send /
receive messages.
7.2. Oriental Motor Driver Setup
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7.2.1. Hardware Settings
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7.2.2. Parameter Settings
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7.3. PLC Setup
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7.3.1. Hardware Settings
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7.3.2. Opening the Project File and
Connecting Online with PLC
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7.3.3. Creating the I/O Table
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7.3.4. Parameter Settings
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7.3.5. Transferring the Project Data
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7.4. Serial Communication Status
Check
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7.4.1. Checking the Receive Data
7．Serial Communications Connection Procedure
Set up Oriental Motor Driver.
Set the hardware switches on Driver and connect
the cables.
Set the parameters for Driver.
Set up PLC.
Set the hardware switches on Serial
Communications Unit and connect the cables.
Start CX-Programmer, open the project file, and
connect online with PLC.
Create the I/O table for PLC.
Set the parameters for Serial Communications
Unit.
Transfer the project data to PLC.
Start the send/receive processing and confirm that
serial communications is performed normally.
Check that the correct data is written to the I/O
memory of PLC using CX-Programmer.
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