Mitsubishi Electric PX Developer Version 1 Owner's manual

PX Developer Version 1

Operating Manual

(Programming Tool)

-SW1D5C-FBDQ-E

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SAFETY PRECAUTIONS

(Always read these instructions before using this product.)

Before using this product, thoroughly read this manual and the relevant manuals introduced in this manual

and pay careful attention to safety and handle the products properly.

The precautions given in this manual are concerned with this product only. For the safety precautions for the

programmable controller system, refer to the user's manual for the module used and MELSEC iQ-R Module

Configuration Manual.

The precautions given in this manual are concerned with this product. For the safety precautions of the

programmable controller system, refer to the User’s Manual for the CPU module.

In this manual, the safety precautions are ranked as " !WARNING" and " !CAUTION".

! WARNING

CAUTION

!

Indicates that incorrect handling may cause hazardous conditions,

resultin

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in death or severe in

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.

Indicates that incorrect handling may cause hazardous conditions,

resulting in minor or moderate injury or property damage.

Note that the ! CAUTION level may lead to serious consequences according to the circumstances. Always

follow the precautions of both levels because they are important for personal safety.

Please save this manual to make it accessible when required and always forward it to the end user.

[Security Precautions]

WARNING

 To maintain the security (confidentiality, integrity, and availability) of the programmable controller and the

system against unauthorized access, denial-of-service (DoS) attacks, computer viruses, and other

cyberattacks from external devices via the network, take appropriate measures such as firewalls, virtual

private networks (VPNs), and antivirus solutions.

[Startup/Maintenance Precautions]

CAUTION

 The online operations have to be executed after the manual has been carefully read and the safety has

been ensured.

Failure to do so may cause a miss operation which results in machine damage or an accident.

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CONDITIONS OF USE FOR THE PRODUCT

(1) MELSEC programmable controller ("the PRODUCT") shall be used in conditions;

i) where any problem, fault or failure occurring in the PRODUCT, if any, shall not lead to any major or

serious accident; and

ii) where the backup and fail-safe function are systematically or automatically provided outside of the

PRODUCT for the case of any problem, fault or failure occurring in the PRODUCT.

(2) The PRODUCT has been designed and manufactured for the purpose of being used in general

industries.

MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC SHALL HAVE NO RESPONSIBILITY OR LIABILITY (INCLUDING, BUT

NOT LIMITED TO ANY AND ALL RESPONSIBILITY OR LIABILITY BASED ON CONTRACT,

WARRANTY, TORT, PRODUCT LIABILITY) FOR ANY INJURY OR DEATH TO PERSONS OR

LOSS OR DAMAGE TO PROPERTY CAUSED BY the PRODUCT THAT ARE OPERATED OR

USED IN APPLICATION NOT INTENDED OR EXCLUDED BY INSTRUCTIONS, PRECAUTIONS,

OR WARNING CONTAINED IN MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC USER'S, INSTRUCTION AND/OR

SAFETY MANUALS, TECHNICAL BULLETINS AND GUIDELINES FOR the PRODUCT.

("Prohibited Application")

Prohibited Applications include, but not limited to, the use of the PRODUCT in;

 Nuclear Power Plants and any other power plants operated by Power companies, and/or any other

cases in which the public could be affected if any problem or fault occurs in the PRODUCT.

 Railway companies or Public service purposes, and/or any other cases in which establishment of a

special quality assurance system is required by the Purchaser or End User.

 Aircraft or Aerospace, Medical applications, Train equipment, transport equipment such as Elevator

and Escalator, Incineration and Fuel devices, Vehicles, Manned transportation, Equipment for

Recreation and Amusement, and Safety devices, handling of Nuclear or Hazardous Materials or

Chemicals, Mining and Drilling, and/or other applications where there is a significant risk of injury to

the public or property.

Notwithstanding the above, restrictions Mitsubishi Electric may in its sole discretion, authorize use of

the PRODUCT in one or more of the Prohibited Applications, provided that the usage of the

PRODUCT is limited only for the specific applications agreed to by Mitsubishi Electric and provided

further that no special quality assurance or fail-safe, redundant or other safety features which exceed

the general specifications of the PRODUCTs are required. For details, please contact the Mitsubishi

Electric representative in your region.

(3) Mitsubishi Electric shall have no responsibility or liability for any problems involving programmable

controller trouble and system trouble caused by DoS attacks, unauthorized access, computer viruses,

and other cyberattacks.

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REVISIONS

*The manual number is given on the bottom left of the back cover.

Print date *Manual number Revision

Dec., 2002 SH (NA)-080369E-A First edition

Apr., 2003 SH (NA)-080369E-B Correction

Section 6.14, Section 7.12.1

Oct., 2003 SH (NA)-080369E-C Addition

Section 5.6.8, Section 5.7.7, Section 6.9.2, Section 7.7.3, Section 7.14.3,

Chapter 10, Section 13.2.3, Section 15.5.7, Appendix 3.2

Correction

Section 1.2, Section 2.1.3, Section 2.1.4, Section 2.2, Section 3.1, Section 3.2,

Section 3.3, Section 5.1, Section 5.5, Section 5.6.3, Section 5.7.1, Section 6.9,

Section 6.14, Section 7.2.4, Section 7.3.1, Section 7.5.1, Section 7.7,

Section 7.7.2, Section 7.10.1, Section 7.10.2, Section 7.12.1, Section 7.14.1,

Section 7.14.2, Section 8.2.2, Section 8.3, Chapter 13, Section 15.3, Appendix 3

Section 6.9 changed to Section 6.9.1

Section 7.7.2 and Section 7.7.3 integrated

Chapter 10 to 14 changed to Chapter 11 to 15

Jun., 2004 SH (NA)-080369E-D Model Addition

Q12PRHCPU, Q25PRHCPU

Addition

Section 11.5

Correction

GENERIC TERMS, ABBREVIATIONS, AND TERMS, Section 1.1 to 1.2,

Section 2.1 to 2.2, Section 4.1, Section 5.3, Section 5.5, Section 5.7.4 to 5.7.5,

Section 5.8.1, Section 5.10, Section 6.2 to 6.3, Section 6.12, Section 6.14,

Section 7.4.3, Section 7.5.4, Section 7.6.1, Section 7.6.3,

Section 7.14.1 to 7.14.2, Section 8.2.2, Section 8.3, Section 10.1.4 to 10.1.5,

Section 11.2 to 11.4, Section 11.6 to 11.7, Section 12.1 to 12.3, Section 13.3,

Section 13.8, Section 14.1, Section 15.5, Appendix 2 to 3

Feb., 2005 SH (NA)-080369E-E

Addition

Section 10.2, Section 12.1, Section 12.2, Section 12.4.1, Section 12.4.2,

Section 12.4.3, Section 12.5, Section 12.6, Section 13.6.1, Appendix 4

Correction

Section 2.2, Section 3.2, Section 3.3, Section 5.3, Section 5.5, Section 5.6,

Section 5.7.4, Section 7.5.1, Section 7.5.4, Section 7.5.5, Section 10.2.1,

Section 10.2.2, Section 11.4, Section 11.7, Section 13.1, Section 13.2.1,

Section 13.3, Section 13.6, Appendix 3,

Section 12.1 changed to Section 12.3

Section 12.2 changed to Section 12.4

Section 12.3 changed to Section 12.7

Section 13.6 changed to Section 13.6.2

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*The manual number is given on the bottom left of the back cover.

Print date *Manual number Revision

Feb., 2006 SH (NA)-080369E-F

Addition

Section 6.15, Section 10.2.3

Correction

Section 1.1, Section 2.1.2, Section 2.1.3, Section 2.1.4, Section 2.2, Section 3.2,

Section 3.3, Section 5.5, Section 5.7.2, Section 6.3, Section 6.8, Section 6.15.1,

Section 7.1, Section 7.5.1, Section 7.6.1, Section 8.4.3, Section 9.1,

Section 10.1.6, Section 10.2.1, Section 10.2.2, Section 12.3, Section 13.5,

Section 13.6, Section 13.8, Appendix 2, Appendix 3, Appendix 4

Mar., 2007 SH(NA)-080369E-G Addition

Section 8.2.3

Correction

GENERIC TERMS, ABBREVIATIONS, AND TERMS, Section 2.1.2,

Section 2.1.3, Section 2.1.4, Section 2.2, Section 3.2, Section 3.3, Section 5.1,

Section 5.5, Section 5.6.2, Section 5.7.4, Section 5.8.1, Section 6.14,

Section 6.15.7, Section 7.3.1, Section 7.4.1, Section 7.5.1, Section 7.6.1,

Section 7.7.1, Section 7.8.1, Section 7.12.3, Section 8.3, Section 11.4,

Section 12.3, Section 12.4.2, Section 12.4.3, Section 13.8.1, Chapter 15,

Section 15.5.3, Appendix 2, Appendix 3, Appendix 4.1, Appendix 4.2, INDEX

Section 10.2.1 to 10.2.3 are summarized in Section 10.2.

Jun., 2008 SH(NA)-080369E-H Model Addition

Q02PHCPU, Q06PHCPU

Correction

MANUALS, GENERIC TERMS, ABBREVIATIONS, AND TERMS, Section 1.1,

Section 2.1.1, Section 2.1.2, Section 2.1.4, Section 2.2, Section 5.1, Section 5.3,

Section 5.10, Section 6.2, Section 6.14, Section 6.16, Section 7.12.2, Section 8.3,

Section 8.4.2, Section 11.7, Section 12.1, Section 12.3, Section 12.4.3,

Section 12.5.2, Section 13.5, Section 13.8.1, Section 15.5.2, Appendix 3,

Appendix 4.1

Jan., 2009 SH(NA)-080369E-I Addition

Appendix 5

Correction

Section 1.1, Section 2.2, Section 5.1, Section 5.7.2, Section 6.2, Section 6.14,

Section 8.3, Section 8.4.2, Section 8.4.3, Section 11.4, Section 11.6.2,

Section 12.1, Section 12.2, Section 12.4, Section 12.4.2, Section 12.4.3,

Section 12.5.1, Section 12.5.2, Section 13.6.1, Section 15.5.1 to 15.5.3,

Appendix 2, Appendix 3, Appendix 4.1, Appendix 4.2

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*The manual number is given on the bottom left of the back cover.

Print date *Manual number Revision

Dec., 2009 SH (NA)-080369E-J Addition

CONDITIONS OF USE FOR THE PRODUCT, Section 7.5.6, Section 8.3.3,

Appendix 4.3, Appendix 4.7

Correction

SAFETY PRECAUTIONS, Section 3.3, Section 5.1, Section 5.5, Section 5.7.3,

Section 5.7.4, Section 5.11, Section 6.14, Section 7.2.1, Section 7.5.1,

Section 7.10.1 to 7.10.3, Section 8.3, Section 8.4.3, Section 10.1.3,

Section 10.1.4, Section 13.5, Section 15.5.2, Section 15.5.5, Appendix 2,

Appendix 3, Appendix 4.1, Appendix 4.2

Section 5.11 to 5.11.1 are summarized in Section 5.11

Appendix 4.3 to 4.5 changed to Appendix 4.4 to 4.6

Dec., 2010 SH (NA)-080369E-K Addition

Section 5.6.9, Section 5.7.8, Section 7.7 to 7.7.5, Chapter 15

Correction

MANUALS, MANUAL ORGANIZATION, GENERIC TERMS, ABBREVIATIONS,

AND TERMS, Section 1.2, Section 2.1.4, Section 2.2, Section 3.1 to 3.3,

Section 5.1, Section 5.3, Section 5.5, Section 5.6.1, Section 5.6.6, Section 5.6.8,

Section 5.7, Section 5.7.1, Section 5.7.3, Section 5.7.4, Section 5.10, Chapter 7,

Section 7.2.1, Section 7.3.1, Section 7.3.3 to 7.3.5, Section 7.5.1, Section 7.5.3,

Section 7.6, Section 7.6.1, Section 7.6.3, Section 7.11.1, Section 7.11.2,

Section 7.12.2, Section 7.15.2, Section 8.2.2, Section 8.4.3, Section 8.4.4,

Section 10.1.3 to 10.1.5, Section 11.4, Section 11.7, Section 12.4.1,

Section 12.4.2, Section 12.5.2, Section 13.2.1, Section 13.6.2, Section 16.5.5,

Appendix 1, Appendix 2, Appendix 3, Appendix 4.1 to 4.3

Section 7.7 to 7.14.3 changed to Section 7.8 to 7.15.3

Chapter 15 changed to Chapter 16

Oct., 2011 SH (NA)-080369E-L Addition

Section 7.2.1, Section 7.2.3, Section 7.3.6, Section 15.2 to 15.2.5

Correction

HOW TO USE THIS MANUAL, Section 1.2, Section 2.2, Section 3.2, Section 3.3,

Section 5.1, Section 5.3, Section 5.5, Section 5.6.9, Section 5.7.3, Section 5.7.4,

Section 6.14, Section 6.15.7, Section 6.15.8, Section 7.2.2, Section 7.2.6,

Section 7.3.1 to Section 7.3.3, Section 7.4.1, Section 7.4.3, Section 7.5.1,

Section 7.5.3, Section 7.6.1, Section 7.7.1, Section 7.7.3, Section 7.8.1,

Section 7.9.1, Section 7.9.3, Section 7.11.3, Section 7.11.4, Section 8.4.3,

Section 13.1.3, Section 13.6, Section 15.1.1, Section 15.1.2, Appendix 2,

Appendix 3, Appendix 4.1, Appendix 4.2

Section 7.2.1 changed to Section 7.2.2

Section 7.2.2 to 7.2.5 changed to Section 7.2.4 to 7.2.7

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*The manual number is given on the bottom left of the back cover.

Print date *Manual number Revision

Feb., 2014 SH (NA)-080369E-M

Addition

Section 6.3.1, Section 6.17, Appendix 4.8

Correction

MANUAL ORGANIZATION, GENERIC TERMS, ABBREVIATIONS, AND

TERMS, Section 1.1, Section 1.2, Section 2.1.2 to 2.2, Section 3.2, Section 3.3,

Section 4.1, Section 5.3, Section 5.5, Section 5.6.5, Section 5.6.9, Section 5.7.2,

Section 5.7.4, Section 5.10, Section 5.11, Section 6.1 to 6.3, Section 6.13,

Section 6.14, Section 6.15.4, Section 6.15.8, Section 6.16, Section 7.10.6,

Section 7.11.3, Section 7.13.2, Section 7.13.3, Section 7.15.1 to 7.15.3,

Section 8.2.2, Section 8.3, Section 8.4.2, Section 8.4.3, Section 8.5 to 8.5.2,

Section 10.1.4, Section 10.1.5, Section 11.2 to 11.5, Section 11.6.2 to 11.7,

Section 12.1 to 12.4.3, Section 12.5.1 to 12.6, Section 12.7.1 to 12.7.3,

Section 13.2.1, Section 13.7, Section 13.8.1, Section 13.8.2, Section 14.1

Section 15.1 to 15.2.1, Section 15.2.3, Section 15.2.4, Section 16.2, Section 16.3,

Section 16.5.1, Section 16.5.3, Section 16.5.5, Appendix 3 to 4.2,

Appendix 4.4 to 4.6, Appendix 5

Jul., 2015 SH (NA)-080369E-N Correction

GENERIC TERMS, ABBREVIATIONS, AND TERMS, Section 2.1.4, Section 2.2,

Section 4.1, Section 7.4.3, Appendix 3, Appendix 5

Jan., 2017 SH (NA)-080369E-O Correction

GENERIC TERMS, ABBREVIATIONS, AND TERMS, Section 2.1.4,

Section 2.2, Section 4.1, Appendix 3

Apr., 2018 SH (NA)-080369E-P Correction

GENERIC TERMS, ABBREVIATIONS, AND TERMS, Section 1.2, Section 2.1.1,

Section 2.1.2, Section 2.1.4, Section 2.2, Section 2.2.1, Section 2.2.2, Appendix 3

Oct., 2018 SH (NA)-080369E-Q

Correction

Section 2.2.2

Apr., 2019 SH (NA)-080369E-R Model Addition

Q04UDPVCPU, Q06UDPVCPU, Q13UDPVCPU, Q26UDPVCPU

Addition

Appendix 4.9

Correction

GENERIC TERMS, ABBREVIATIONS, AND TERMS, Section 1.1,

Section 2.1.1, Section 2.1.2, Section 2.1.4, Section 2.2.2, Section 5.10,

Section 6.2, Section 6.3, Section 6.14, Section 6.16, Section 7.3.3,

Section 7.13.2, Section 7.15.1, Section 7.15.2, Section 8.2.2, Section 11.2,

Section 11.4, Section 11.7, Section 12.3, Section 12.4.1 to Section 12.4.3,

Section 15.1.1, Appendix 3

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*The manual number is given on the bottom left of the back cover.

Print date *Manual number Revision

Apr., 2020 SH (NA)-080369E-S

Correction

Section 2.2, Section 2.2.1, Section 2.2.2

Apr., 2021 SH (NA)-080369E-T

Correction

SAFETY PRECAUTIONS, CONDITIONS OF USE FOR THE PRODUCT,

Section 2.2

Oct., 2021 SH (NA)-080369E-U Correction

Section 2.2.1, Section 4.1

Japanese manual version SH-080259-AN

This manual confers no industrial property rights or any rights of any other kind, nor does it confer any patent

licenses. Mitsubishi Electric Corporation cannot be held responsible for any problems involving industrial

property rights that may occur as a result of using the contents noted in this manual.

 2002 MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION

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INTRODUCTION

Thank you for purchasing the engineering software, MELSOFT series.

Read this manual and make sure you understand the functions and performance of MELSOFT series

thoroughly in advance to ensure correct use.

CONTENTS

SAFETY PRECAUTIONS ................................................................................................................................ A-1

CONDITIONS OF USE FOR THE PRODUCT ............................................................................................... A-2

REVISIONS ...................................................................................................................................................... A-3

INTRODUCTION .............................................................................................................................................. A-8

CONTENTS ...................................................................................................................................................... A-8

MANUALS ...................................................................................................................................................... A-15

HOW TO USE THIS MANUAL ...................................................................................................................... A-16

MANUAL ORGANIZATION ........................................................................................................................... A-18

GENERIC TERMS, ABBREVIATIONS, AND TERMS ................................................................................. A-21

1 OVERVIEW .............................................................................................................................................. 1-1

1.1 Overview ............................................................................................................................................... 1-1

1.2 Features ............................................................................................................................................... 1-2

2 SYSTEM CONFIGURATION ................................................................................................................... 2-1

2.1 System Configuration ........................................................................................................................... 2-1

2.1.1 Supported CPU ............................................................................................................................ 2-1

2.1.2 Communication route ................................................................................................................... 2-2

2.1.3 Serial/USB connection ............................................................................................................... 2-12

2.1.4 Network board ............................................................................................................................ 2-13

2.2 Operating Environment ...................................................................................................................... 2-15

2.2.1 Instructions for operating system ............................................................................................... 2-16

2.2.2 Required software package ....................................................................................................... 2-18

3 FUNCTION OVERVIEW .......................................................................................................................... 3-1

3.1 Function Overview ............................................................................................................................... 3-1

3.2 Function List ......................................................................................................................................... 3-2

3.3 Menu List .............................................................................................................................................. 3-4

4 START AND EXIT .................................................................................................................................... 4-1

4.1 Starting Programming Tool .................................................................................................................. 4-1

4.2 Exiting Programming Tool ................................................................................................................... 4-4

5 SCREEN CONFIGURATION AND BASIC OPERATIONS .................................................................... 5-1

5.1 Overview of Screen Configuration ....................................................................................................... 5-1

5.2 Title Bar ................................................................................................................................................ 5-4

5.3 Status Bar ............................................................................................................................................. 5-5

5.4 Menu ..................................................................................................................................................... 5-7

5.5 Pop-up Menu ........................................................................................................................................ 5-7

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5.6 Toolbar ............................................................................................................................................... 5-13

5.6.1 Common operation of toolbar .................................................................................................... 5-13

5.6.2 Standard too lbar ......................................................................................................................... 5-16

5.6.3 Online toolbar ............................................................................................................................. 5-16

5.6.4 Project toolbar ............................................................................................................................ 5-17

5.6.5 Zoom toolbar .............................................................................................................................. 5-17

5.6.6 Format toolbar ............................................................................................................................ 5-17

5.6.7 Convert toolbar ........................................................................................................................... 5-18

5.6.8 Window toolbar ........................................................................................................................... 5-18

5.6.9 Debug toolbar ............................................................................................................................. 5-18

5.7 Helper Windows ................................................................................................................................. 5-19

5.7.1 Common operations for helper window ..................................................................................... 5-19

5.7.2 Project window ........................................................................................................................... 5-22

5.7.3 Parts window .............................................................................................................................. 5-25

5.7.4 FB property window ................................................................................................................... 5-28

5.7.5 Output window ............................................................................................................................ 5-33

5.7.6 Bird’s-eye view window .............................................................................................................. 5-34

5.7.7 Cross reference window ............................................................................................................ 5-35

5.7.8 Inline ST editor window .............................................................................................................. 5-36

5.8 Table ................................................................................................................................................... 5-38

5.8.1 General operations of table ....................................................................................................... 5-38

5.9 General Operations of Child Windows .............................................................................................. 5-46

5.10 Help .................................................................................................................................................... 5-48

5.11 Option Setting ..................................................................................................................................... 5-49

6 CREATING A PROJECT ......................................................................................................................... 6-1

6.1 Relation Between PX Developer Project and GX Project .................................................................. 6-1

6.2 Creating a New Project ........................................................................................................................ 6-3

6.3 Opening a Project ................................................................................................................................ 6-6

6.3.1 Changing contained GX Developer project to GX Works2 project and opening it .................... 6-8

6.4 Closing a Project ................................................................................................................................ 6-10

6.5 Saving a Project ................................................................................................................................. 6-11

6.6 Saving a Project with a New Name ................................................................................................... 6-11

6.7 Editing Project Comments ................................................................................................................. 6-12

6.8 Adding New Data to Project ............................................................................................................... 6-13

6.9 Copying Data in Project ..................................................................................................................... 6-16

6.9.1 Copying data in the same project .............................................................................................. 6-16

6.9.2 Copying data to other project ..................................................................................................... 6-19

6.10 Deleting Data in Project ..................................................................................................................... 6-25

6.11 Changing Data Name in Project ........................................................................................................ 6-26

6.12 Editing Data Comments in Project .................................................................................................... 6-27

6.13 Displaying the Data Editing Screen in Project .................................................................................. 6-27

6.14 Setting Project Parameters ................................................................................................................ 6-28

6.15 Data protection in the project ............................................................................................................. 6-37

6.15.1 Setting access level and permissions ....................................................................................... 6-37

6.15.2 Enabling/disabling protection data ............................................................................................. 6-39

6.15.3 Login to the project ..................................................................................................................... 6-40

6.15.4 Set login password ..................................................................................................................... 6-41

6.15.5 Set permissio ns .......................................................................................................................... 6-43

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6.15.6 Password handling among different versions ........................................................................... 6-45

6.15.7 Function performing data protection .......................................................................................... 6-46

6.15.8 Restrictions on data protection .................................................................................................. 6-48

6.16 Changing the PLC Type .................................................................................................................... 6-49

6.17 Changing GX Works2 Project Type .................................................................................................. 6-51

7 EDITING A PROGRAM/FB DEFINITION ................................................................................................ 7-1

7.1 Program/FB Definition Windows ......................................................................................................... 7-2

7.1.1 Relation between local variable sheet and FBD sheet ............................................................... 7-4

7.2 General Operations of FBD Parts ....................................................................................................... 7-5

7.2.1 Inserting FBD parts ...................................................................................................................... 7-5

7.2.2 Selecting FBD parts ..................................................................................................................... 7-7

7.2.3 Changing name of FBD parts ...................................................................................................... 7-9

7.2.4 Moving FBD parts ...................................................................................................................... 7-10

7.2.5 Changing size of FBD parts ....................................................................................................... 7-11

7.2.6 Cutting/Copying/Pasting/Deleting FBD parts ............................................................................ 7-12

7.2.7 Pasting FBD parts to other applications .................................................................................... 7-16

7.3 Variable Parts ..................................................................................................................................... 7-17

7.3.1 Displaying contents of variable parts ......................................................................................... 7-17

7.3.2 Inserting variable parts ............................................................................................................... 7-19

7.3.3 Definition of new variable ........................................................................................................... 7-20

7.3.4 Definition of variable using reference operator ......................................................................... 7-22

7.3.5 Referring to the existing variables ............................................................................................. 7-23

7.3.6 Changing data type of variable parts ......................................................................................... 7-24

7.4 Constant Parts .................................................................................................................................... 7-25

7.4.1 Displaying contents of constant parts ........................................................................................ 7-25

7.4.2 Inserting constant parts .............................................................................................................. 7-26

7.4.3 Editing value of constant parts ................................................................................................... 7-27

7.5 FB Parts .............................................................................................................................................. 7-28

7.5.1 Displaying contents of FB parts ................................................................................................. 7-28

7.5.2 Inserting FB parts ....................................................................................................................... 7-30

7.5.3 Definition of new FB parts .......................................................................................................... 7-32

7.5.4 Setting FB property .................................................................................................................... 7-33

7.5.5 Referring to definition of FB parts .............................................................................................. 7-34

7.5.6 Updating FBs .............................................................................................................................. 7-35

7.6 Function Parts .................................................................................................................................... 7-36

7.6.1 Displaying contents of function parts ......................................................................................... 7-36

7.6.2 Inserting function parts ............................................................................................................... 7-39

7.6.3 Adding and deleting pins ............................................................................................................ 7-40

7.7 Inline ST Parts .................................................................................................................................... 7-41

7.7.1 Displaying contents of inline ST parts ....................................................................................... 7-42

7.7.2 Inserting inline ST parts ............................................................................................................. 7-43

7.7.3 Definition of inline ST parts ........................................................................................................ 7-44

7.7.4 Setting number of pins of inline ST parts .................................................................................. 7-45

7.7.5 Editing inline ST parts ................................................................................................................ 7-46

7.8 Connector ........................................................................................................................................... 7-47

7.8.1 Displaying contents of connectors ............................................................................................. 7-47

7.8.2 Using "Connector" button to insert a connector ........................................................................ 7-48

7.8.3 Extending from output pin .......................................................................................................... 7-51

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7.8.4 Adjusting the bending position of connector ............................................................................. 7-54

7.8.5 Changing the connection position ............................................................................................. 7-57

7.9 Comment Parts .................................................................................................................................. 7-58

7.9.1 Displaying contents of comment parts ...................................................................................... 7-58

7.9.2 Inserting comment parts ............................................................................................................ 7-59

7.9.3 Editing text of comment parts .................................................................................................... 7-60

7.10 FBD Sheet .......................................................................................................................................... 7-61

7.10.1 Switching between FBD sheets ................................................................................................. 7-61

7.10.2 Adding an FBD sheet ................................................................................................................. 7-62

7.10.3 Deleting an FBD sheet ............................................................................................................... 7-63

7.10.4 Moving/Copying an FBD sheet .................................................................................................. 7-64

7.10.5 Changing an FBD sheet name .................................................................................................. 7-66

7.10.6 Changing the displaying magnification of FBD sheet ............................................................... 7-67

7.11 Local Variable Sheet .......................................................................................................................... 7-68

7.11.1 Displaying contents of local variable sheet ............................................................................... 7-68

7.11.2 Editing declaration information of local variable sheet .............................................................. 7-70

7.11.3 "Variable Reference" dialog box .................................................................................................. 7-78

7.11.4 "Select Data Type" dialog box ................................................................................................... 7-80

7.12 FBD Sheet Execution Condition Setting ........................................................................................... 7-81

7.12.1 Execution state ........................................................................................................................... 7-81

7.12.2 "FBD Sheet Execution Condition Setting" dialog box ............................................................... 7-82

7.13 Program Execution Setting ................................................................................................................ 7-85

7.13.1 Execution type ............................................................................................................................ 7-85

7.13.2 Program execution timing window ............................................................................................. 7-86

7.13.3 "Program Execution Setting" dialog box ................................................................................... 7-88

7.14 User-defined FB type ......................................................................................................................... 7-91

7.15 Cooperation with Ladder Program .................................................................................................... 7-94

7.15.1 Opening a GX project in the PX Developer project .................................................................. 7-94

7.15.2 Creating a ladder program ......................................................................................................... 7-98

7.15.3 Precautions for ladder programming ....................................................................................... 7-103

8 GLOBAL PARTS ...................................................................................................................................... 8-1

8.1 Relation between Global Parts and Program/FB Type ...................................................................... 8-1

8.2 Global Variable ..................................................................................................................................... 8-3

8.2.1 Global variable declaration window ............................................................................................. 8-3

8.2.2 Declaring/Editing a global variable .............................................................................................. 8-4

8.2.3 Sorting global variable declaration ............................................................................................ 8-11

8.3 Module FB .......................................................................................................................................... 8-12

8.3.1 Module FB declaration window .................................................................................................. 8-14

8.3.2 Declaring/Editing a module FB .................................................................................................. 8-15

8.3.3 Operation constant setting ......................................................................................................... 8-19

8.4 Tag FB ................................................................................................................................................ 8-21

8.4.1 Tag FB declaration window ....................................................................................................... 8-22

8.4.2 Declaring/Editing a tag FB ......................................................................................................... 8-23

8.4.3 Tag data/operation constant setting .......................................................................................... 8-27

8.4.4 User-defined tag FB type ........................................................................................................... 8-30

8.5 Exporting Data to GX Application Global Label ................................................................................ 8-34

8.5.1 GX label assignment window .................................................................................................... 8-35

8.5.2 Assigning/Editing a GX label ..................................................................................................... 8-36

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9 STRUCTURE ............................................................................................................................................ 9-1

9.1 Structure Type Definition Window ....................................................................................................... 9-1

9.2 Defining/Editing a Structure Type Definition Window ......................................................................... 9-2

9.3 Reference of Structure Type ............................................................................................................... 9-5

10 CONVENIENT FUNCTIONS ................................................................................................................. 10-1

10.1 Cross Reference Function ................................................................................................................. 10-1

10.1.1 Procedure for using the cross reference function ..................................................................... 10-1

10.1.2 Building cross reference information ......................................................................................... 10-2

10.1.3 Cross reference window displaying method ............................................................................. 10-4

10.1.4 Data displayed in cross reference window ................................................................................ 10-5

10.1.5 Operations performed in cross reference window .................................................................. 10-12

10.1.6 Filter display function ............................................................................................................... 10-19

10.2 FB Property Page ............................................................................................................................. 10-22

11 COMPILING FBD PROGRAM ............................................................................................................... 11-1

11.1 Error Check ........................................................................................................................................ 11-1

11.2 Cold-start Compile ............................................................................................................................. 11-2

11.3 Hot-start Compile ............................................................................................................................... 11-6

11.4 Online Change Compile ..................................................................................................................... 11-8

11.5 Data Generated by Compilation ...................................................................................................... 11-13

11.6 Restrictions for Hot-start compile/Online Change Compile ............................................................ 11-15

11.6.1 Restrictions about substitution of variable initial value and variable initialization .................. 11-16

11.6.2 Restrictions for project setting change .................................................................................... 11-19

11.6.3 Other restriction ........................................................................................................................ 11-22

11.7 Error Example in Compile ................................................................................................................ 11-23

12 PLC CONNECTION ............................................................................................................................... 12-1

12.1 Download/Upload ............................................................................................................................... 12-1

12.2 Procedure for restoration and maintenance of Project Data ............................................................ 12-5

12.3 Specifying PLC Transfer Setup ......................................................................................................... 12-7

12.4 Downloading to PLC ........................................................................................................................ 12-11

12.4.1 Downloading the Executable Data .......................................................................................... 12-13

12.4.2 Downloading the Symbolic Data.............................................................................................. 12-15

12.4.3 Download Setting ..................................................................................................................... 12-19

12.5 Uploading form PLC ......................................................................................................................... 12-21

12.5.1 Uploading procedure ................................................................................................................ 12-21

12.5.2 Uploading the Symbolic Data .................................................................................................. 12-22

12.6 Deleting the PLC Data ..................................................................................................................... 12-29

12.7 Checking Project Consistency ......................................................................................................... 12-31

12.7.1 Range of project consistency check ........................................................................................ 12-31

12.7.2 Method of project consistency check ...................................................................................... 12-32

12.7.3 Operations for check failure and unmatched check ............................................................... 12-34

13 ONLINE MONITOR ................................................................................................................................ 13-1

13.1 Starting/Stopping Online Monitor ....................................................................................................... 13-1

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13.1.1 Starting online monitor ............................................................................................................... 13-2

13.1.2 Stopping online monitor ............................................................................................................. 13-4

13.1.3 Switching from monitor mode to edit mode ............................................................................... 13-5

13.2 Program/FB Monitor ........................................................................................................................... 13-6

13.2.1 FBD sheet monitor ..................................................................................................................... 13-6

13.2.2 Specifying the monitor target FB ............................................................................................. 13-12

13.2.3 Specifying the number of decimal points in monitor value ..................................................... 13-14

13.3 Changing a Current Value ............................................................................................................... 13-16

13.4 Pause/Restart of FB Execution ....................................................................................................... 13-19

13.4.1 Pausing an FB .......................................................................................................................... 13-19

13.4.2 Restarting an FB ...................................................................................................................... 13-21

13.4.3 Displaying a paused FB list ..................................................................................................... 13-22

13.5 Monitoring a Tag FB with Faceplate ................................................................................................ 13-23

13.6 Reading Current Value of FB Property ........................................................................................... 13-25

13.6.1 Reading current value of FB property in a batch .................................................................... 13-27

13.6.2 Reading current value of FB property from specified FB parts .............................................. 13-32

13.7 Monitoring with Entry Variable Monitor Window ............................................................................. 13-33

13.8 Online Operation to Redundant CPU .............................................................................................. 13-36

13.8.1 Route switching in the Redundant CPU system ..................................................................... 13-36

13.8.2 Automatic change of project identification codes in Redundant CPUs .................................. 13-38

14 FBD PROGRAM DIAGNOSTICS .......................................................................................................... 14-1

14.1 FBD Program Diagnostics ................................................................................................................. 14-1

15 SIMULATION FUNCTION ...................................................................................................................... 15-1

15.1 Offline Debugging with Simulator ...................................................................................................... 15-1

15.1.1 Starting Simulator ....................................................................................................................... 15-3

15.1.2 Stopping Simulator ..................................................................................................................... 15-5

15.1.3 Function restricted during the simulation................................................................................... 15-7

15.1.4 Restrictions when debugging programs using Simulator ......................................................... 15-8

15.2 I/O Simulation Function .................................................................................................................... 15-11

15.2.1 Displaying I/O simulation setting window ................................................................................ 15-12

15.2.2 Setting I/O simulation ............................................................................................................... 15-13

15.2.3 Executing I/O simulation .......................................................................................................... 15-22

15.2.4 Stopping I/O simulation ............................................................................................................ 15-23

15.2.5 Restrictions when debugging programs using I/O simulation function .................................. 15-24

16 PRINT ..................................................................................................................................................... 16-1

16.1 Print Setting of Table/FBD Sheet ...................................................................................................... 16-1

16.2 "Print" Dialog Box ............................................................................................................................... 16-4

16.3 Header and Footer Setting ................................................................................................................ 16-6

16.4 Print Preview ...................................................................................................................................... 16-9

16.5 Print Start .......................................................................................................................................... 16-11

16.5.1 Printing project contents list ..................................................................................................... 16-11

16.5.2 Printing project parameters ...................................................................................................... 16-13

16.5.3 Printing global parts/GX label assignment/Tag FB property setting ...................................... 16-15

16.5.4 Printing program execution settings ........................................................................................ 16-19

16.5.5 Printing programs/User-defined FBs ....................................................................................... 16-21

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16.5.6 Printing structure type .............................................................................................................. 16-24

16.5.7 Printing cross reference ........................................................................................................... 16-25

APPENDIX.......................................................................................................................................................... B-1

Appendix 1 Invalid Character Strings in Variable Name ............................................................................ B-1

Appendix 2 List of Corresponding Tag Type/Tag Access FB .................................................................... B-2

Appendix 3 Functions Added to and Change from Old Version ................................................................ B-3

Appendix 4 Precautions for Differences in Programming Tool Versions ................................................... B-7

Appendix 4.1 Precautions for opening a project ....................................................................................... B-7

Appendix 4.2 Precautions for the assignment information database ....................................................... B-9

Appendix 4.3 Precautions for cross reference ........................................................................................ B-10

Appendix 4.4 Precautions on the addition of compile status (Invalid initial value) ................................. B-11

Appendix 4.5 Precautions on the addition of the consistency check before downloading to PLC or

online change ..................................................................................................................... B-11

Appendix 4.6 Precautions on the compile function improvement ........................................................... B-12

Appendix 4.7 Precautions on the addition of the function to select the view format of the parts

window ............................................................................................................................... B-12

Appendix 4.8 Precautions for Function Parts with EN/ENO Pins ......................................................... B-13

Appendix 4.9 Compatibility of the option setting for a Universal model process CPU project ............. B-14

INDEX ................................................................................................................................................................ C-1

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operating this product (including this manual).

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HOW TO USE THIS MANUAL

DISPLAY/SETTING SCREEN

Describes the screen display procedure.

DISPLAY/SETTING DATA

Describes the display contents on the screen.

Reference location

leads to the reference

location.

Describes the operations to set the

intended settings.

Describes the purpose of operations for

each chapter or section.

PURPOSE BASIC OPERATION

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There are also the following types of explanations.

HELPFUL OPERATIO

N

Explains the practical operation under the condition that the BASIC OPERATION

or DISPLAY/SETTING DATA is not applicable although the purpose is in

conformity.

HELPFUL CORRECTIVE ACTION

S

Explains the processing methods for executing operations abnormally according to

"BASIC OPERATION" or "DISPLAY/SETTING DATA".

POINT

Informs items to be noted and useful functions relevant to the contents in the chapter or section.

The following table explains symbols in this manual and their description.

Symbol Description

[ ]

Expresses the menu names in the menu.

[ ] [ ] expresses the drop-down menu.

Example: [Project] [New Project] menu

[Online] [Monitor] [Start Monitor] menu

( )

Expresses the tool buttons of the toolbar corresponding to the drop-down menu.

Examples: [Project] [Save] menu ( )

[Online] [Monitor] [Start Monitor] menu ( )

" " Expresses a command button.

Example: "OK" button

<< >> Expresses dialog box tab.

Example: <<Change Password>> tab

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MANUAL ORGANIZATION

This manual consists of 16 chapters and appendices.

This manual is organized assuming that PX Developer is used and executed according

to following sequence from DDC processing of CPU module system programming to

running.

Operating procedure 1: Setting and wiring of the process control system Reference

Setting and wiring between PLC (CPU module, network module and I/O module,

etc.) and process-control device as well as other external device setting.*1

QCPU User's Manual (Hardware

Design, Maintenance and

Inspection)

Qn(H)/QnPH/QnPRHCPU User's

Manual (Function Explanation,

Program Fundamentals)

QnUCPU User's Manual

(Function Explanation, Program

Fundamentals)

*1: The parameter settings necessary to use the network module and intelligent function module should be made in

advance using GX application, GX Configurator, etc.

Operating procedure 2: Confirm the basis of programming by FBD language in PX

Developer programming tool. Reference

Confirm the usable FBD parts and their functions in programming tool. PX Developer Version 1

Programming Manual

Operating procedure 3: Install PX Developer. Reference

Confirm the usable system for PX Developer. Chapter 2

Install PX Developer on a personal computer.

Method of installing the PX

Developer

(Included with the product)

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