Checking Data Link Status

Section 5-4

Note The data link storage format setting is enabled with the data link startup node setting. Therefore, if multiple nodes are set as startup nodes, ensure that they all have the same settings. If there are different settings, the format setting will depend on the startup node.

5-4-3

Data Link Status Area

 

 

 

 

 

The numbers of words used to store the data link status information are

 

 

shown in the following table. These numbers apply to both manual and auto-

 

 

matic settings.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Model

DM Parameter Area

No. of words used

No. of status nodes

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Wired network

Data link status

 

 

 

 

62-node

storage format

 

 

 

 

specification

specification

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CS/CJ Series

62 nodes max.

8-bit format

31 (See note 1.)

For 62 nodes

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4-bit format

16

For 62 nodes

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

32 nodes max.

8-bit format

16

For 32 nodes

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4-bit format

8

For 32 nodes

 

 

 

 

 

C200HX/HG/HE

No setting

No setting

16

For 32 nodes

 

32 nodes max.

8-bit format fixed

 

 

CVM1/CV series

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CQM1H series

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Note 1. The default words area used when the CIO or IR Area is specified with 0 specified as the first word to store data link status. The default setting for the CS/CJ-series Controller Link Units is 16 words in the Special I/O Unit Area (1500 + (25 Controller Link Unit number) +7 to +22). For this rea- son, if using a 62-node wired network is specified in the DM Parameter Area and the data link status storage format is set to the 8-bit format, the resulting data link status will be limited to nodes 1 to 32.

If data link status information is required for more than 32 nodes, do not set the storage start word to its default setting, but set another area as the data link status storage area instead.

2.The setting for the data link status storage format specification in the DM Parameter Area is valid in the data link startup node. Only the CS/CJ-se- ries Controller Link Units support the 4-bit format for the data link status storage format specification. Even if a data link is initiated from a CS/CJ- series Controller Link Unit using the 4-bit data link status format, other Controller Link Unit models on the same network (i.e., the C200HX/HG/ HE, CVM1/CV, or CQM1H) will save the data link status in 8-bit format.

Use the 8-bit format if it is desirable to standardize the data link status for- mat of each node in a system containing other models.

5-4-4 Checking by Manipulating Bit/Word Status

After you have confirmed that the data link function is operating normally, check to see whether or not the data link is operating as intended, i.e., check to see if the desired bits/words data is being transferred to the intended words at other nodes.

Although the data link function itself may be operating correctly, the data link areas may have been input incorrectly.

Change the contents of a bit or word in a data link send area using a Program- ming Device or the user program and check whether the change is reflected in data link areas of other nodes as intended.

Note Do not restart the polling node of the Controller Link Network while data links are active. Otherwise, the data links may stop.

161

Page 184
Image 184
Omron CQM1H-CLK21, CVM1-CLK21, CS1W-RPT01 Checking by Manipulating Bit/Word Status, Matic settings, Specification