Connecting To Omron Industrial Components; Adding A Point Linked To A Parameter - Omron CX-Supervisor User Manual

Adding a Point Linked to a Parameter

19-1 Adding a Point Linked to a Parameter
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SECTION 19 Connecting to Omron Industrial

Connecting to Omron Industrial Components

This chapter details connecting CX-Supervisor to Omron's Industrial
Components, like Temperature Controllers, Digital Panel Meters and Timer/
Counters. Any process value or parameter from these devices can be
monitored or written. See the device documentation for available parameters
and their description. This is achieved in CX-Supervisor by creating a point
and linking it to the required parameter. Device ranges supported are following
models that support communication (where '*' indicated a wildcard):
• K3GN
• E5*N
• E5*J
• E5ZE
• E5*K
• H8GN
• K3N*
• E5ZN
1. Start CX-Supervisor Development and open your project.
2. Open the Point Editor by selecting the Point Editor option from the Utilities
menu or by clicking the button.
3. In the Point Editor dialog box click the Add Point button in the toolbar to
open the Add Point dialog box.
4. In the Add Point dialog box move to the I/O Type: options and select the
Input, Output or Input / Output option as appropriate. Note that the I/O
Update Rate: and I/O Attributes: options and displayed.
5. In the I/O Attributes: options select OPC/Other and click the Setup button.
This will open the Communications Control Attributes dialog box.
6. In the Communications Control Attributes dialog box enter the appropriate
parameters as follows:
Server: This shows the name of the communications object to connect to
the server i.e. OMRONCXICCommunicationsControl. If you wish to use a
different object make your selection from the drop down list. To Add,
Modify or Delete an object click the Info button.
Communications Control Attributes
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