Overview Of Online Functions - Omron CX-PROCESS TOOL V5.2 - REV 10-2010 Operation Manual

Overview of Online Functions

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Overview of Online Functions

Function
Download/Upload Downloads, uploads, or compares function block files (.ist) to
RAM in the Loop Controller.
Note The comparison of two function block files including
Download Individual ITEM data can be downloaded from the ITEM's
Individual ITEM Settings Dialog Box.
Run/Stop command Runs or stops the Loop Controller.
Monitor run status Sets and monitors the System Common Block (block model
000) of a Loop Controller.
Validate action Debugs the function block data in RAM of a Loop Controller.
1) Monitors all ITEM
data in specified
function blocks.
2) Checks the operation
of function block
connections for a Loop
Controller. (Block
Diagram Validate Action
Mode)
3) Checks the operation
of the ladder diagram in
the Loop Controller.
(Ladder Diagram
Validate Action Mode)
4) Validates the
operation of a sequence
table (Sequence Table
Validate Action Mode)
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The CX-Process Tool has the following online functions.
Description
mnemonics is possible.
Reading and displaying all f the
ITEM data in function blocks
(except Step Ladder Program).
The following can be performed
for function blocks (excluding step
ladder programs):
Displaying analog output signal
values
Forcibly changing analog output
signals
Independently stopping block
operation or canceling the stop
block operation command for a
function block.
Pseudo-inputting present values
(Wireless Debug Setting –
Calibration Mode)
The following can be performed
for a step ladder program (block
model 301):
Displaying the status of contact
ITEMs.
Contact ITEM
force-setting/resetting
Independently stopping block
operation or canceling the stop
block operation command for a
function block incorporating
contact ITEMs.
Note It is possible to force-set or
force-reset
ITEMs of registered function
blocks.
The following can be checked in a
sequence table (block model 302):
Current step number
Rule conditions (met/not met)
Condition signal conditions
(met/not met)
Action signal conditions (met/not
met)
Menu commands
Execute/Download, Upload
New, Upload Previous, and
Compare
Click the Download Button after
setting a value in the function
block ITEM's Settings Dialog Box.
Alternatively, display the ITEM's
Settings Dialog Box from the ITEM
List, set the desired value, and
click the Download Button.
Execute/Operation, and
Run/Stop
Execute/Operation, and Monitor
Run Status
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Select Monitor/ITEM List from
the pop-up menu or Execution
menu.
Select Start from the Validate
Action Menu with the block
diagram displayed.
Double-click each function block
and operate in the Execute Dialog
Box.
Select Start from the Validate
Action Menu with the ladder
diagram displayed.
Double-click the command symbol
and operate in the Execute Dialog
Box.
the contact
Select Start from the Validate
Action Menu with the sequence
table displayed.
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