Mitsubishi FX Driver for JMobile This document contains the information needed to connect the panels to Mitsubishi FX Series controllers. Exor International S.p.A. Ptn0365 Ver. 1.01
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Contents Mitsubishi FX Ethernet Driver... 4 Protocol Editor Settings... 5 Tag Editor Settings... 6 Tag Import... 8 Mitsubishi Controller Settings with GX Developer... 11 Communication Status... 16 Mitsubishi FX Ethernet Driver for JMobile 3
Mitsubishi FX Ethernet Driver Mitsubishi FX Ethernet implements the MELSEC-F (or MC) communication protocol that can be used with FX CPUs as described in the Mitsubishi document FX3U-ENET USER S MANUAL, chapter 8 Communication using MC protocol. NOTE: Mitsubishi FX3U controller must be equipped with the appropriate Ethernet module: FX3U- ENET Document code ptn0365 Version 1.01 Mitsubishi FX Ethernet Driver for JMobile 4
Protocol Editor Settings Tech-note Add [+] a driver in the Protocol editor and select the protocol called Mitsubishi FX ETH from the list of available protocols. Figure 1 IP address Port PLC Model PLC Network Ethernet IP address of the controller Specifies the port number (decimal) used in the communication with the PLC. Defines the PLC model connected The protocol allows the connection of multiple controllers to one operator panel. To set-up multiple connections, check PLC network checkbox and enter IP Address for all controllers. Figure 2 Mitsubishi FX Ethernet Driver for JMobile 5
Tag Editor Settings Tech-note Into Tag editor select the protocol Mitsubishi FX ETH from the list of defined protocols and add a tag using [+] button. Tag settings can be defined using the following dialog: Figure 3 Resources Offset SubIndex Area of PLC where tag is located Offset address where tag is located. This allows resource offset selection within the register. Type Data Type Memory Space Limits boolean 1 bit data 0... 1 byte 8-bit data -128... 127 short 16-bit data -32768... 32767 int 32-bit data -2.1e9... 2.1e9 unsignedbyte 8-bit data 0... 255 unsignedshort 16-bit data 0... 65535 unsignedint 32-bit data 0... 4.2e9 float IEEE single-precision 32-bit floating point type 1.17e-38... 3.40e38 string Refer to String data type chapter NOTE: to define arrays, select one of Data Type format followed by square brackets like byte[], short[] Arraysize When configuring array or string tags, this option define the amount of array elements or characters of the string. Mitsubishi FX Ethernet Driver for JMobile 6
Conversion Conversion to be applied. Value Inv bits Negate AB -> BA ABCD -> CDAB ABCDEFGH -> GHEFCDAB BCD Invert a bit (boolean tag) Invert all bits Swap nibbles of a byte Swap bytes of a word Swap bytes of a double word BCD format conversion Mitsubishi FX Ethernet Driver for JMobile 7
Tag Import The Mitsubishi FX Ethernet tag import accepts symbol files with extension csv created by the Mitsubishi GX Works2 (Not from GX Developer). The.csv file can be exported from the Project tree, as shown in Figure 4. (1) Right-click on the Global variable list that need to be exported, (2) Select Write to CSV File Figure 4 Mitsubishi FX Ethernet Driver for JMobile 8
Into following dialog select the file name and location: Figure 5 Once exported, open JMobile tag editor as in shown in Figure 6, then: (1) Click on Import button (2) Confirm Controller and Import Type Figure 6 Mitsubishi FX Ethernet Driver for JMobile 9
Then a dictionary with tags included into csv file will be created. To import tags into tag editor click on Import button as below: Figure 7 Mitsubishi FX Ethernet Driver for JMobile 10
Controller Settings with GX Developer The Mitsubishi FX system must be properly configured for Ethernet communication using the Mitsubishi FX Configurator. Click on Operational settings as shown at point (1) in Figure 8: Figure 8 Into Operational Settings dialog, verify the Communication data code is set to Binary code, Then type-in the Controller IP Address and confirm with [End] button. Figure 9 Mitsubishi FX Ethernet Driver for JMobile 11
Click now on Initial settings as shown at point (2) of Figure below: Figure 10 For proper communication between HMI and controller it is required to change Destination existence confirmation starting interval from the default value of 1200 to 10ms. Figure 11 In case of communication error, this avoid controller keeps alive the connection for a too long time before to allow a new connection from the HMI. Mitsubishi FX Ethernet Driver for JMobile 12
Click now on Open settings as shown at point (3) of Figure below Figure 12 Figure 13 shows the Ethernet open settings configuration. The detailed explanation of the meaning of each setting is available in Chapter 5.5 of the Mitsubishi FX3U-ENET USER S MANUAL. Host station Port No. defined here is the same must be used into Protocol Editor Settings chapter. Figure 13 NOTE: the usage of more than one panel communicating with the same controller requires to define proper settings in the Open settings configuration dialog: one connection per each panel must be configured with proper properties. Mitsubishi FX Ethernet Driver for JMobile 13
Controller Settings with GX Works2 The Mitsubishi FX system must be properly configured for Ethernet communication inside GX Works2 programming suite. FX Parameter dialog can be recalled with double-click on PLC Parameter: Figure 14 Then select Ethernet Port tab where is possible to configure IP Address. Verify the Communication data code is set to Binary code as shown below: Figure 15 Mitsubishi FX Ethernet Driver for JMobile 14
Then click on Open Settings button to recall the Ethernet Port Open Setting dialog. Figure 16 Host station Port No. defined here is the same must be used into Protocol Editor Settings chapter. NOTE: For FX3GE Controller, the Open System must be set as Data Monitor and Port set to 1025. NOTE: the usage of more than one panel communicating with the same controller requires to define proper settings in the Open settings configuration dialog: one connection per each panel must be configured with proper properties. Mitsubishi FX Ethernet Driver for JMobile 15
Communication Status Tech-note The current communication status can be displayed using the dedicated system variables. Please refer to the User Manual for further information about available system variables and their use. The codes supported for this communication driver are: Error NAK Timeout Invalid response General Error Notes Returned in case the controller replies with a not acknowledge Returned when a request is not replied within the specified timeout period; ensure the controller is connected and properly configured to get network access The panel did receive from the controller a response, but its format or its contents is not as expected; ensure the data programmed in the project are consistent with the controller resources Error cannot be identified; should never be reported; contact technical support Mitsubishi FX Ethernet Driver for JMobile 16