Communications Settings - Omron SYSMAC FH Series User Manual

2 Methods for Connecting and Communicating with External Devices
*4 : Use the Macro Customization Function to input and output to the User Area. For details of the Macro
Customization Function, refer to PROFINET communication of the IO Module List in the Vision System
FH/FHV Macro Customize Functions Programming Manual (Cat. No. Z367).
2-4-4

Communications Settings

The following settings are required to use PROFINET.
1. Communication Mod-
ule settings
(Startup settings)
↓
2. Communications
specifications settings
↓
3. IO data CR settings
↓
4. Output data settings
(processing item regis-
tration)
↓
5. Communications test
2 - 268
··· The communication method to be used is determined by select-
ing a communication module.
For details, refer to 2-4-5 Communications Module Settings
(Startup Settings) on page 2 - 269.
··· For the communications method of the Communication Module
selected in step 1, set the communication specifications and
whether or not to use the User Area.
For details, refer to 2-1-11 Communication Specifications Set-
tings on page 2 - 23.
··· The IO data CR settings are performed to exchange data with
the external device.
This section describes an example of how to set IO data CR with
an OMRON PLC using the CX Configurator FDT.
For details, refer to2-4-7 IO Data Communication Settings on
page 2 - 276.
··· The data to output to the Data Output Area is registered in the
Output Unit.The Output Unit is placed in the processing flow in
the same way as for other processing items.
For details, refer to 2-4-8 Output Data Settings (Processing Item
Registration) on page 2 - 278.
··· If communications are not working properly, check the communi-
cations setup from step 2 and perform a communications test to
determine whether the Sensor Controller can be detected on the
network.
If that does not solve the problem, refer to the troubleshooting
section for each communication protocol.
For details, refer to 2-4-10 Testing Communications on page
2 - 289.
FH/FHV Series Vision System User's manual for Communication Settings (Z342-E1)