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3-4 DISPLAYING I/O COMMENTS....................................................................................................... 64
3-4-1 Displaying I/O Comments................................................................................................ 64
3-4-2 Switching the I/O Comment Display ................................................................................ 65
3-4-3 Displaying the Entire I/O Comment ................................................................................. 65
3-5 MONITORING I/O STATUS........................................................................................................... 67
3-5-1 Monitoring I/O Status ....................................................................................................... 67
3-5-2 Stopping I/O Status Monitoring........................................................................................ 67
3-5-3 Changing the Present Value Display Format .................................................................. 68
3-6 MULTIPLE I/O MONITORING ........................................................................................................ 69
3-6-1 Specifying the I/O to Monitor ........................................................................................... 69
3-7 CHANGING ADDRESS STATUS/CONTENTS ................................................................................... 71
3-7-1 Force-setting/Resetting or Setting/Resetting Specified Bits............................................ 71
3-7-2 Cancelling Forced Status for All Bits ............................................................................... 72
3-7-3 Changing Present Values of Specified Words................................................................. 74
3-8
CHANGING TIMER/COUNTER SET VALUES
................................................................................... 76
3-9 CHANGING THE PLC OPERATING MODE...................................................................................... 79
3-10 DISPLAYING CURRENT ERRORS IN THE PLC................................................................................ 80
3-10-1 Clearing Current Errors in the PLC.................................................................................. 81
3-11 CAPTURING SCREENS................................................................................................................ 82
3-12 STARTING THE PROGRAMMING CONSOLE.................................................................................... 84
3-12-1 Ports That Support the Programming Console Function................................................. 84
3-12-2 Starting the Programming Console Function................................................................... 85
3-12-3 Prohibiting Programming Console Startup ...................................................................... 87
3-13 CHANGING THE HOST (PLC) ...................................................................................................... 88
3-14 USING A PASSWORD .................................................................................................................. 89
SECTION 4 TROUBLESHOOTING........................................................................................................... 91
4-1
TROUBLESHOOTING ................................................................................................................... 92
4-1-1 Ladder Monitor Does Not Start........................................................................................ 92
4-1-2 FINS Command and System File Error Messages ......................................................... 92
4-1-3 Operation, Input, and Other Error Messages .................................................................. 95
4-1-4 Error Message When Using Programming Console Function ........................................ 97
APPENDICES ............................................................................................................................................ 99
A-1
COMPARISON BETWEEN NS-SERIES PTS AND CX-PROGRAMMER .............................................. 100
A-1-1 Ladder Program Display................................................................................................ 100
A-1-2 Monitoring I/O Status of Ladder Program...................................................................... 101
A-1-3 Search Program Section Function................................................................................. 101
A-1-4 Multiple I/O Monitor........................................................................................................ 102
A-2
STANDARD MODELS
................................................................................................................. 103