Panasonic FP-X Series manual High capacity, ultra high-speed processing, Max channels

FP-X series

High capacity, ultra high-speed processing

The high-level basic performance provides sufficient room for future equipment expansion.

 Abundant program capacity—32k steps					Program capacity
(16k steps for C14)
							FP-XC30/C60			32k
The program capacity of 32k steps, exceeding the capacity of most compact PLCs,	C30, C60
can flexibly handle a wide variety of applications requiring future equipment expan-		FP-X C14				16k
sion. An adequate comment area has of course been reserved. Free comment entry	C14
makes the program easy to understand during verification.		FP0
				10k
			10k					20k	30k	steps

Equipped with an independent comment memory

Equipped with an independent comment memory separate from the program memory. All of the 100,000 I/O comments, 5000 lines of line-space comments and 5000 lines of remark comments are saved in the FP-X together with the programs.

Input comments do not decrease the program capacity.

High-speed scan at 0.32µsec for instruction processing

High-speed processing is often required for small-scale equipment control such as serial data communication, network construction or PID temperature control. High- speed scanning at 0.32µsec/step (basic instruction) easily meets such require- ments.

E.g. With a 5k step program consisting of 40% basic instructions and 60% applied instructions (data transfer and operation instructions)

Processing speed of the basic instructions

(ST, OR, AND, OT etc)

FP-X 0.32∝sec

0.9∝sec

FP0

0.5	1.0 ∝sec
→ Scan time: 1.9ms (measured time)

Abundant number of I/O points—Maximum 300

(up to 382 points possible by using FP0 expansion units and add-on cassettes)

When the user is unable to predict the number of I/O points required in the future for his machine or equipment, he may be unsure when selecting a PLC model. FP-X solves user concerns by providing a maximum of 300 I/O channels. This number can even be increased up to 382 points by using the add-on cassettes and FP0 expansion units.

Up to 8 expansion units (E16R, E30R, EFP0) can be connected.

C60 E30 E30 E30

Max. 300 channels

Max. 8 units

01/2008