The Melsec Fx Family - Mitsubishi Electric FX2N Beginners Manual

The MELSEC FX Family

2.3 The MELSEC FX Family
The compact micro-controllers of the MELSEC FX series provide the foundation for building
economical solutions for small to medium-sized control and positioning tasks requiring 10 to
256 integrated inputs and outputs in applications in industry and building services.
With the exception of the FX
pace with the changes in the application and the user's growing requirements.
Network connections are also supported. This makes it possible for the controllers of the FX
family to communicate with other PLCs and controller systems and HMIs (Human-Machine
Interfaces and control panels). The PLC systems can be integrated both in MITSUBISHI net-
works as local stations and as master or slave stations in open networks like PROFIBUS DP.
In addition to this you can also build multi-drop and peer-to-peer networks with the controllers
of the MELSEC FX family.
The FX
1N
ities, making them the right choice for complex applications and tasks requiring special func-
tions like analog-digital and digital-analog conversion and network capabilities.
All the controllers in the series are part of the larger MELSEC FX family and are fully compati-
ble with one another.
Specifications
Max integrated
I/O points
Expansion capability
(max. possible I/Os)
Program memory
(steps)
Cycle time per
log. instruction (ms)
No. of instructions
(standard / step ladder /
special function)
Max. special function
modules connectable
*
Not expandable
2 – 4
1S
, FX , FX , FX , FX
2N 3G 3GC
FX FX FX
1S 1N 2N
30 60 128
34 132 256
2000 8000 16000
0.55 – 0.55 –
0.08
0.7 0.7
27 / 2 / 27 / 2 / 27 / 2 /
85 89 107
— 2 8
all the controllers of the FX series can be expanded to keep
, FX , FX or FX
3GE 3S 3U
FX FX FX
2NC 3G 3GC
96 60 32
256 256 256
16000 32000 32000
0.08 0.21/0.42 0.21/0.42 0.21/0.42
27 / 2 / 29 / 2 / 29 / 2 /
107 124 122
8 right 8 right
4
4 left 4 left
Programmable Logic Controllers
have modular expansion capabil-
3UC
FX FX FX
3GE 3S
40 30 128
256 —* 384
32000 4000 64000
0.21 0.065
29 / 2 / 29 / 2 / 27 / 2 /
122 116 218
8 right 8 right
2 left
2 left 10 left
MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC
FX
3U 3UC
96
384
64000
0.065
29 / 2 /
218
8 right
6 left