1-4 Specifications
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1-4 Specifications
The specifications of the Ladder Monitor are given below.
Applicable PLC (host)
SYSMAC CS/CJ Series, NSJ Series
Applicable NS-series
PT ports
•
Serial port A or B (RS-232C ports)
•
Ethernet port (for PTs with an Ethernet port)
•
Controller Link (Using an NS-CLK21 Controller Link Interface Unit)
•
NSJ Controller Section ports
Communications
modes between PLC
and PT
•
Serial port A or B: 1:N NT Link
•
Ethernet port/Controller Link port: Settings to enable
communications are made in both the PLC and PT.
Port selection
method
Setting screen of the Ladder Monitor (Only ports registered in CX-Designer
can be selected.)
Destination PLC
selection method
Setting screen of the Ladder Monitor (Only hosts registered in CX-Designer
can be selected.)
Startup method
From the System Menu of the PT or from user screens
Number of rows
•
NS15: 22 max.
•
NS12: 17 max.
•
NS10/8: 13 max.
The number depends on whether comment displays and Multiple I/O
Monitor are used.
Note: You can scroll one row at time when there are more than the above
number of rows in one program section.
Number of columns
•
NS15: 21 max.
•
NS12: 16 max.
•
NS10/8: 13 max.
Note: Columns cannot be scrolled.
No. of TR bits: 8 max. (A program section using TR8 to TR15
cannot be displayed; a program section error will occur.
Limitations
per
program
section
No. of lines: 22 max. (A program section with more than 22
lines cannot be displayed and the error message “This
program section cannot be shown” will be displayed.)
I/O comments
•
In the ladder display area, I/O comments can displayed in one line, three
lines, or not at all.
•
Up to five characters per line can be displayed for an I/O comment for a
particular address.
•
Specified addresses can be displayed in the I/O comment area (up to 71
characters for the NS15, 43 characters for the NS12, or 23 characters for
the NS10/8).
Section breaks: Displayed as “- [SECTION].”
Rung comments, comment boxes, and rung annotation are not displayed.
Displaying ladder
program section
Block program: [BPRG] is displayed. (Mnemonics are not displayed in
block programs.)
Function blocks: -[FB] is displayed. (Function block contents are not
displayed.)
I/O comments
I/O comments can be read from a symbol table in the PLC and displayed.
This I/O comment data is saved in the PT, so it does not need to be read
from the tables the next time.
Note: If the symbol tables cannot be transferred to the PLC, the I/O
Comment Extracting Tool can be used to create an I/O comment file.
Ladder diagram status and word present values can be monitored.
Ladder Monitor
Word present values can be displayed in hexadecimal, decimal, or signed
decimal.