by Regardt Voigt | Jan 23, 2018 | FX3U, FX5, PLC
FX5U PLC – Built-in Analog Output interfacing A control valve positioning can be control via the FX5U PLC – via its built-in Analog Output option. The control signal will be in the range of 0-10Vdc, which would normally represent the valve position from 0...
by Regardt Voigt | Jan 23, 2018 | FX3U, FX5, PLC
FX5U – Built-in Analog Input to Load-Cell Device The FX5U PLC has two built-in analog input channels. Each channel accommodates a 0-10Vdc range signal representing the instantaneous engineering value. In this case the engineering value is load-cell application...
by Regardt Voigt | Jan 23, 2018 | FR-F8xx, Uncategorized, VSD
Control System Application Scenario Requirements… In order to start – one has first to decide what the scenario of the control system is. Various factors are to be considered prior to parameterization in order to avoid ad-hoc applications. These include...
by Regardt Voigt | Jan 23, 2018 | Communication, FR-F7xx, FR-F8xx, GT Works 3, VSD
VSD Hardware and Connections When a VSD is to be configured and test – only from a communication aspect – it is required that the control board (CPU board) is to be powered up. It is not required that the entire VSD is to be powered for comms testing. To...
by Regardt Voigt | Jan 23, 2018 | FR-A8xx, FR-F8xx, Uncategorized, VSD
VSD Drive User Operation Mode selection Configuration Settings Parameterization – After VSD startup For the purpose of this scope – the operation mode at VSD Power – ON settings mainly consists out of two parameters that is being used on conjunction...
by Regardt Voigt | Jan 23, 2018 | FX5, GX Works 3, PLC
Built-In Analog Input Specifications – required to know for getting started and signal utilization. Some key basic points is required to be known prior to the successful utilization for Analog signal (continuous, real-time) inputs. In this specific article we...
by Regardt Voigt | Jan 22, 2018 | FX3U, FX5, GX Works 3, PLC, Software
Mitsubishi PLC – Dtype Device register Type Specifications D- Type Device registers consists out of 2 types – namely the Normal Registers and the Latched Registers. Under normal conditions, the normal registers will be used for programming variable storage...
by Regardt Voigt | Jan 22, 2018 | FX3U, FX5, GX Works 2, GX Works 3, PLC, Software
Mitsubishi PLC Data Types & Utilization Specifications 8 Simple PLC data types are available – indicating the format at which PLC data is being stored. Bits are bi-state information (Binary information. Words are 16Bits. Double-Words are 32Bits. These are...
by Regardt Voigt | Jan 22, 2018 | Communication, FR-E7xx, VSD
Step 1: User Group Read Selection Prior to the configuration settings setup for RS-485 communication, it is important to first set the User Group Read selection (Pr.160) . This value needs to be set as “Display simple mode + extended parameters. Pr.160 = 0. Step...
