Omron NT30C-ST141-E Operation Manual page 229

Lamps and Touch Switches
Application Example to Make the Lamp Light or Flash
3. Program the PC to turn ON/OFF the lamp control bit.
Use the NT-series Support Tool to set the lamp display attributes whether
the lamp is lit or flashing when the lamp control bit is turned ON.
S Image/Library Lamp Data
With the NT30/30C, it is possible to set lamps that display any required image
or library data in their lit status and in their unlit status. For details, see Image
Library Lamp Function (page 153).
This example gives a procedure to control the bits to move a robot arm and turn-
ing the lamps ON and OFF.
S NT-series Support Tool Settings
Allocate the memory as shown below by using the NT-series Support Tool.
Lamp No. 0: IR/CIO 000200 (output bit to raise robot arm), guide display
message "UP"
Lamp No. 1: IR/CIO 000201 (output bit to lower robot arm), guide display
message "DOWN"
Lamp No. 2: IR/CIO 000202 (output bit to rotate robot arm counterclock-
wise), guide display message "C/CLOCK"
Lamp No. 3: IR/CIO 000203 (output bit to rotate robot arm clockwise), guide
display message "CLOCK"
Lamp No. 4: IR/CIO 000204 (output bit to clamp rotate robot arm), guide dis-
play message "CLAMP"
Lamp No. 5: IR/CIO 000205 (output bit to unclamp rotate robot arm), guide
display message "UNCLAMP"
Contents registered to the screen: Lamp No. 0 to No. 5
Line 1
Conveyor Loading Robot Arm
UP
C/
CLOCK
CLOCK
DOW
N
S PC Ladder Program
No PC ladder programming is required to control the NT30/30C. Only a pro-
gram to control the robot arm movements is required.
S Program Operation
When the ladder program section to control the robot arm is executed, the
lamps on the NT30/30C screen turn ON and OFF in synchronization with the
robot arm movement.
For example, lamp No. 0 lights when the robot arm moves up and goes out
when it stops moving up.
UP:
Process 3
DOWN:
C/CLOCK: Lamp No. 2
CLOCK:
CLAMP:
UNCLAMP: Lamp No. 5
CLAMP
UNCLAMP
Section 5-3
Lamp No. 0
Lamp No. 1
Lamp No. 3
Lamp No. 4
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