5DATA COMMUNICATION USING THE MELSEC COMMUNICATION PROTOCOL

MELSEC-Q

(b) Modem function monitor/test by GX Configurator-SC

It is possible to monitor the setting values for the remote password and the number of occurrences up to the present, such as the designation of the number of times before notifying an unmatched remote password and the current number of occurrences.

It is possible to set each monitor value to "0."

Monitored items in the “modem function monitor/test” screen

Buffer memory address

Remote password mismatch notification count designation

8204 (200CH)

Remote password mismatch notification accumulated count designation

8205 (200DH)

Accumulated count of unlock process normal completion

8955 (22FBH)

Accumulated count of unlock process abnormal completion

8956 (22FCH)

Accumulated count of lock process based on circuit disconnection

8959 (22FFH)

5.2 Utilizing the MX Component

If the external device is a PC running one of the basic operation systems below, it is possible to create a communication program for the external device without considering the detailed MC protocol (transmission/reception procedures) using one of the following separately sold communication support tools.

See Appendix 7 for the overview of MX Component.

(Supported basic operation systems)

Microsoft® Windows® 95 Operating System

Microsoft® Windows® 98 Operating System

Microsoft® Windows NT® Workstation Operating System Version 4.0

Microsoft® Windows® Millennium Edition Operating System

Microsoft® Windows® 2000 Professional Operating System

Microsoft® Windows® XP Professional Operating System

Microsoft® Windows® XP Home Edition Operating System

Depending on the version of MX Component used, different operating systems are supported.

See the manual of MX Component for details.

(Communication support tools)

• MX Component (SW0D5C-ACT-E or later.)

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