Carrying Out Modal Output - Mitsubishi Electric M80 Series Maintenance Manual

M800/M80/E80 Series Maintenance Manual
4 Failure Diagnosis

4.4.1.2 Carrying Out Modal Output

Modal type forced output of PLC interface signals is carried out. Once set, this data is held until cancelled, the power is
turned ON/OFF, or other data is overwritten. There are four sets of devices that modally output. If this number is exceeded,
the previously existing data is overwritten.
Menus used in modal output
Menus
This releases the modal output for the device at the cursor position in the modal output area.
Modal
The released data is erased from this area.
clear
Modally outputting data "1" to device "X0048"
(1) Press the menu [Modal output].
(2) Using the [↑] and [↓] keys, move the cursor to the set-
ting position.
(3) Set the device and data, and press the [INPUT] key.
X0048/1 [INPUT]
Note
(1) The data of the modally output device is displayed in order in the selected area. This modal output is held until the output
is canceled or the power is turned OFF.
(2) When no data is set (Example: "X0048/","X0048"), the operation message "Setting Data not found" is displayed.
(3) The X, Y, R, and ZR devices are modally output for all projects.
(4) The devices other than X, Y, R, and ZR are modally output for the currently displayed project.
Releasing the modal output
(1) Press the menu [Modal output].
(2) Using the [↑] and [↓] keys, move the cursor to the
data to be released.
(3) Press the menu [Modal clear].
CAUTION
Pay close attention to the sequence operation when carrying out forced data setting (forced output) in the I/F diag-
nosis screen during machine operation.
Details
The mode changes to the modal output mode, and the
cursor appears at the modal output area.
Modal output is executed, and the cursor disappears.
The data that was in the cursor position is overwritten by
the input data, and is invalidated.
The modal output mode is canceled by pressing
the key or the
The mode changes to the modal output mode, and the
cursor appears at the modal output area.
The data that was in the cursor position is released from
modal output. The "DEV" and "Data" columns become
blank.
The modal output mode is canceled by pressing
the key or the
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key.
key.
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