Omron CX-INTEGRATOR - V1.1 Operation Manual page 79

2-2 Connecting Online to the Relay PLC
2-2-2 Procedures
When Serial Connection Is Selected
1. Detection of the serial connection method will start and the Auto-Connecting Dialog
Box will be displayed.
2. If automatic connection with the PLC is successful, the online status and
information on the target PLC will be displayed in the Online Connection
Information Window.
Online displayed.
Online Connection
Information
Window
Note 1:
Note 2:
Note 3:
When USB Connection Is Selected
(USB connection can be selected when connecting to an NSJ-series or CP-series.)
1. Detection of the selected connection method will start and the Auto-Connecting
Dialog Box will be displayed.
2. If automatic connection with the Controller is successful, just as with serial
connection, the online status and information on the target Controller will be
displayed in the Online Connection Information Window.
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The device type information that was uploaded can be checked offline by clicking
the icon or selecting Network - Communications Settings from the menu
bar.
Once an automatic connection has been made, switching between offline and
online is possible by clicking the
from the menu bar. If the network and node address settings for the relay PLC and
the target PLC are the same, the Unit that was connected immediately before will
be automatically connected again the next time online.
When connecting online for the first time after opening a project, the target Unit will
be determined in the following order.
1. The Unit with the same network and node addresses.
2. When a routing table is set for the target PLC, the communicating Unit or port
with the lowest network address in the target networks.
Relay PLC's model settings
in the computer
Target PLC information
Information on accessible
Communications Units and ports
in the target PLC
icon or selecting Network − Work Online