6 DATA COMMUNICATION USING THE NON PROCEDURE PROTOCOL MELSEC-Q

6.3 Data Communications Precautions

The following describes the precautions to be taken during non procedure protocol data communications.

(1) The Q series C24 transmission sequence initialization conditions

The initial status indicates the status where transmission has stopped and reception data has been discarded.

The Q series C24 transmission sequence initialization conditions are as follows.

1)When the power is turned on, the Reset switch on the CPU panel is operated, or the Q series C24 mode is switched

2)When the receive data was cleared.

3)When the CD signal was turned off when data communications were performed by setting CD terminal check enable during full-duplex communications through the RS-232 interface.

(2)Generation of framing error in external device

When nothing is transmitted from the Q series C24 to the external device through the RS-422 or RS-422/485 interface, a framing error may be generated by the noise etc, in the external device.

Send an arbitrary code to identify the head of the send data from the Q series C24 to the external device.

Before data communication check the Q series C24 interface specifications.

(3)Data communications with external device (computer, etc.) over a multidrop link

When the external device PLC CPU are connected by a 1:n multidrop link, each the Q series C24 receives the data transmitted by the external device.

With a multidrop link, receive data by user frame (1).

If data is not received by user frame, a sequence program that ignores the receive data other than the receive data addressed to the local station by sequence program, including the data indicating the objective PLC CPU in the message, must be written.

(Sample message)

(Example)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

STX

 

Space

 

Station

 

Station

 

Data length

 

CR

 

LF

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

No. 0

 

No. 2

 

Data

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(BIN data)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(02H)

 

(20H)

 

(32H)

 

(32H)

 

 

 

(0DH)

 

(0AH)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1 See chapter 11 of User's Manual (Application)

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