Omron CX-PROCESS MONITOR PLUS V2 - 01-2007, WS02-LCMC1-EV2 - 01-2007, CX-Process Monitor Plus 2, SYSMAC WS02-LCMC1-EV2 Operation Manual

CX-Process Monitor Plus

(Ver. 2)

Cat. No. W428-E1-02

SYSMAC
WS02-LCMC1-EV2

OPERATION MANUAL

WS02-LCMC1-EV2
CX-Process Monitor Plus (Ver. 2)

Operation Manual

Revised January 2007

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Notice:

OMRON products are manufactured for use according to proper procedures by a qualified operator
and only for the purposes described in this manual.

The following conventions are used to indicate and classify precautions in this manual. Always heed
the information provided with them. Failure to heed precautions can result in injury to people or dam­age to property.

!DANGER Indicates an imminently hazardous situation which, if not avoided, will result in death or

serious injury.

!WARNING Indicates a potentially hazardous situation which, if not avoided, could result in death or

serious injury.

!Caution Indicates a potentially hazardous situation which, if not avoided, may result in minor or

moderate injury, or property damage.

OMRON Product References

All OMRON products are capitalized in this manual. The word “Unit” is also capitalized when it refers to
an OMRON product, regardless of whether or not it appears in the proper name of the product.

The abbreviation “Ch,” which appears in some displays and on some OMRON products, often means
“word” and is abbreviated “Wd” in documentation in this sense.

The abbreviation “PLC” means Programmable Controller. “PC” is used, however, in some Program­ming Device displays to mean Programmable Controller.

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The following headings appear in the left column of the manual to help you locate different types of
information.

Note Indicates information of particular interest for efficient and convenient opera-

tion of the product.

1,2,3... 1. Indicates lists of one sort or another, such as procedures, checklists, etc.

Before Installing the CX-Process Monitor Plus

Installing the CX-Process Monitor Plus signifies that you accept the software user’s license agreement
displayed during the installation process. Do not install this software if you do not accept the user’s
license agreement. Warranty and after-sales services are available only to users that register with the
enclosed registration form. Please fill in the registration form and return it to OMRON.

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notice. Every precaution has been taken in the preparation of this manual. Nevertheless, OMRON assumes no responsibility
for errors or omissions. Neither is any liability assumed for damages resulting from the use of the information contained in
this publication.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

PRECAUTIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xi

1 Intended Audience. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xii

2 General Precautions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xii

3 Safety Precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xii

4 Application Precautions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .xiv

SECTION 1

Introduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

1-1 CX-Process Monitor Plus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2

1-2 Basic Operating Procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23

SECTION 2

Setup. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

2-1 Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

2-2 Connecting the PLC. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

SECTION 3

Exchanging Data with Monitor Plus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

3-1 Data Exchange Method . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .52

3-2 Example Function Blocks for Data Exchange. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

3-3 Loop Control Unit Precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72

SECTION 4

Monitor Screen Functions and Operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73

4-1 Outline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74

4-2 Using the CX-Process Monitor Plus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74

4-3 CX-Process Tool Procedures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75

4-4 Starting and Stopping the CX-Process Monitor Plus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78

4-5 Overview Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80

4-6 Screen Configurations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81

4-7 Control Screens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82

4-8 Tuning Screens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90

4-9 Trend Screens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95

4-10 Batch Trend Screens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102

4-11 Segment Program 2 Screens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111

4-12 Graphic Screens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123

4-13 Annunciator Screens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124

4-14 Operation Guide Screens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125

4-15 Alarm Log Screens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127

4-16 Operation Log Screens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128

4-17 System Monitor Screens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129

4-18 System Monitor Log Screens. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138

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SECTION 5

Configuration Screens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139

5-1 Basic Configuration Procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140

5-2 Basic Configuration Operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141

5-3 System Monitor Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .144

5-4 Creating Graphic Screens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .147

5-5 Screen Configuration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177

5-6 System Information Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206

5-7 Checking Configurations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .226

SECTION 6

Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229

Appendices

A Reading/Writing Function Block ITEMs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233

B Differences between Trend Screens and Batch Trend Screens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253

Revision History . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255

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About this Manual:

This manual describes the installation and operation of the WS02-LCMC1-EV2 CX-Process Monitor
Plus software package and includes the sections described below. The CX-Process Monitor Plus is
used to control and monitor the operation of the CS1W-LC001 Loop Control Unit, the CS1W-LCB01
Loop Control Board, the CS1W-LCB05 Loop Control Board, the CS1D-CPU@@P Process-control CPU
Units, and the CJ1G-CPU@@P Loop-control CPU Units.

Please read this manual carefully and be sure you understand the information provided before
attempting to install and operate the CX-Process Monitor Plus. Please read the following manuals
carefully and be sure you understand the information provided before setting up or using an application
for a Loop Control Unit or Loop Control Board.

Section 1 introduces the CX-Process Monitor Plus.

Section 2 describes installing the CX-Process Monitor Plus and connections to the PLC.

Section 3 described data exchange for the CX-Process Monitor Plus

Section 4 describes the monitor screens used with the CX-Process Monitor Plus.

Section 5 describes the procedures to create screens and monitor using the CX-Process Monitor

Plus.

Section 6 describes errors that can occur while using the CX-Process Monitor Plus.

The Appendix provides a list of ITEM settings for function blocks.

Product Manual name Cat. No. Contents

WS02-LCMC1-EV2 CX-Process Monitor

Plus Operation Manual

W428
(this manual)

Installation and operation procedures for the
CX-Process Monitor Plus.

WS02-LCTC1-EV5
CX-Process Tool

CX-Process Tool
Operation Manual

W372 Installation and operation procedures for the

CX-Process Tool.

CS1W-LC001
Loop Control Unit

Loop Control Unit
Operation Manual

W374 Installation and operation procedures for the

Loop Control Unit (except for function blocks).

CS1W-LCB01/05
Loop Control Boards,
CS1D-CPU@@P
Process-control CPU
Units, and
CJ1G-CPU@@P
Loop-control CPU
Units

Loop Control Boards
Operation Manual

W406 Installation and operation procedures for the

Loop Control Boards (except for function
blocks).

CS1W-LC001
Loop Control Unit

Loop Control Unit
Function Block Refer­ence Manual

W375 Detailed information on function blocks for

Loop Control Units.

CS1W-LCB01/05
Loop Control Boards,
CS1D-CPU@@P
Process-control CPU
Units, and
CJ1G-CPU@@P
Loop-control CPU
Units

Loop Control Boards
Function Block Refer­ence Manual

W407 Detailed information on function blocks for

Loop Control Boards.

!WARNING Failure to read and understand the information provided in this manual may result in per-

sonal injury or death, damage to the product, or product failure. Please read each section
in its entirety and be sure you understand the information provided in the section and
related sections before attempting any of the procedures or operations given.

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PRECAUTIONS

This section provides general precautions for using the CX-Process Monitor Plus.

The information contained in this section is important for the safe and reliable application of the CX-Process
Monitor Plus. You must read this section and understand the information contained before attempting to set up or
operate the CX-Process Monitor Plus.

1 Intended Audience . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xii

2 General Precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xii

3 Safety Precautions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xii

4 Application Precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xiv

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Intended Audience 1

1 Intended Audience

This manual is intended for the following personnel, who must also have
knowledge of electrical systems (an electrical engineer or the equivalent) and
knowledge about instrumentation system.

• Personnel in charge of installing FA systems.

• Personnel in charge of designing FA systems.

• Personnel in charge of managing FA systems and facilities.

2 General Precautions

The user must operate the product according to the performance specifica­tions described in the operation manuals.

Before using the product under conditions which are not described in the
manual or applying the product to nuclear control systems, railroad systems,
aviation systems, vehicles, combustion systems, medical equipment, amuse­ment machines, safety equipment, petrochemical plants, and other systems,
machines, and equipment that may have a serious influence on lives and
property if used improperly, consult your OMRON representative.

Make sure that the ratings and performance characteristics of the product are
sufficient for the systems, machines, and equipment, and be sure to provide
the systems, machines, and equipment with double safety mechanisms.

This manual provides information for programming and operating the Unit. Be
sure to read this manual before attempting to use the Unit and keep this man­ual close at hand for reference during operation.

!WARNING It is extremely important that a PC and all PC Units be used for the specified

purpose and under the specified conditions, especially in applications that can
directly or indirectly affect human life. You must consult with your OMRON
representative before applying a PC System to the above-mentioned applica­tions.

3 Safety Precautions

!WARNING Check the following items before starting Loop Control Unit operation:

Analog I/O Units used in combination with the Loop Control Unit must be
mounted correctly, and the unit number set on the front panel of the Analog I/
O Unit must be the same as the unit number set on the Field Terminal Func­tion Block. If the unit numbers are not the same, I/O (read/write) will be per­formed on the data for another Special I/O Unit (i.e., the one whose unit
number is set in the Field Terminal Function Block).

The initial settings of the System Common Block on the Loop Control Unit
must be set correctly. In particular, make sure that the Data Memory for the
Node Terminals in the CPU Unit controlling the Loop Control Unit is not used
for other applications on the PC. If the same words in Data Memory are used
for more than one application, the PC system may act unexpectedly and
cause injury.

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Safety Precautions 3

When writing data to the I/O memory in the CPU Unit with function blocks
(e.g., using Send All Blocks, Expanded DO/AO Terminal to CPU Unit, or DO/
AO Terminal to CPU Unit), be sure that the words written to in the I/O memory
are not being used for any other purpose. If I/O memory words are allocated
to more than one purpose, the PC system may act unexpectedly and cause
injury.

!WARNING Check the following items before starting to run the Loop Control Board:

• Do not allow the bank of the EM Area with the number specified for alloca­tion to the HMI (human-machine interface) data to be used by the CPU
Unit or other Units for any other purpose. The bank allocated for the HMI
is specified in ITEM 050 (EM Area Bank Allocated for HMI Memory = 0 to

12) of the System Common block. If the same memory area is used for
more than one purpose, the system may operate in an unexpected fash­ion, which may result in injury.

• Do not allow the area to which user link table data is written to be used by
the CPU Unit or other Units for any other purpose. If the same memory
area is used for more than one purpose, the system may operate in an
unexpected fashion, which may result in injury.

• Analog Input/Output Units used in combination with the Loop Control
Board must be mounted correctly, and the unit number set on the front
panel of the Analog Input/Output Unit must match the unit number set on
the Field Terminal block. If the unit numbers do not match, input/output
(read/write) will be performed on the data of another Special I/O Unit (i.e.,
the one whose unit number is set on the Field Terminal block).

• The defaults of the System Common block on the Loop Control Board
must be set correctly.

!WARNING Always stop the operation of the Loop Control Board before converting any of

the EM Area to file memory. If any part of the EM Area that is being used by
the Loop Control Board for the HMI is converted to file memory during Board
operation, the system may operate in an unexpected fashion, which may
result in injury.

!WARNING Do not perform processing in such a way that the Loop Control Unit/Board

and CPU Unit write to identical I/O memory words allocated to a contact out­put or analog output of an external Unit. If the same words are written to, the
externally connected loads may act unexpectedly and cause injury.

!WARNING Fail-safe measures must be taken by the customer to ensure safety in the

event of incorrect, missing, or abnormal signals caused by broken signal lines,
momentary power interruptions, or other causes.

!Caution Before transferring function block data (initial setting data or operation data) to

the Loop Control Unit/Board, confirm that the destination for the data is cor­rect and also confirm the overall safety of the system (including the Loop Con­trol Unit/Board). Not doing so may result in unexpected operation.

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Application Precautions 4

!Caution After updating the tag settings or network configuration for CX-Process Moni-

tor Plus, always confirm that the Monitor Plus screens will operate properly
with the new settings or configuration before attempting actual operation. If
the settings or configuration is not appropriate, unexpected operation may
result.

4 Application Precautions

Observe the following precautions when using CX-Process Monitor Plus.

!Caution Loop Control Unit/Board data is monitored and operated using CX-Process

Monitor Plus based on the tag files for Monitor Plus created using CX-Process
Tool. CX-Process Tool can be used on Microsoft Windows 95, 98, Me, 2000,
or NT (Service Pack 4 or later). CX-Process Tool Ver. 3.2 or higher must be
used to output tag files for the CX-Process Monitor Plus.

!Caution Before using function block data in actual operation, confirm operation by

monitoring run status (to check the load rate; select Execute/Operation/Mon-
itor Run Status) and validating actions (select Validate Action/Start) with
CX-Process Tool. In particular, be sure to confirm that the load rate will be
less than 60%. (For details on the load rate, refer to the Loop Control Unit/
Board Operation Manual.)

!Caution The Loop Control Unit/Board can read and write I/O memory in the CPU Unit

using the Field Terminal Function Blocks or CPU Terminal Blocks indepen­dent of the user program (Step Ladder Program) in the CPU Unit. Do not write
to the same I/O memory words from both the Loop Control Unit/Board and the
CPU Unit.

!Caution To hold an analog output or contact output at a specific value (for example, the

maximum value or minimum value) when the Loop Control Unit/Board stops
running, create a Step Ladder Program in the CPU Unit so that the corre­sponding output bit allocated to Analog Output Unit or Contact Output Unit is
set to the desired value using an NC condition of the Loop Control Unit/Board
Running Flag (bit 00 in allocated CIO word “n”) as an input condition.

!Caution If a fatal error occurs in the CPU Unit (including fatal errors created by execu-

tion of an FALS instruction), the Loop Control Unit/Board will also stop run­ning. To hold analog outputs to the previous values before the stop occurred,
and to set analog outputs to either the minimum value or maximum value, use
the output hold function of the Analog Output Unit or Analog I/O Unit.

!Caution Before turning ON the power to the PC, make sure that the facilities are safe.

The analog output values and contact outputs from the Loop Control Unit/
Board are updated when the power to the PC is turned ON regardless of the
operating mode of the CPU Unit (including in the PROGRAM mode). (Inter­nally, the analog output values and contact outputs are sent from the CPU
Unit to Basic I/O Units and Analog Output Units.)

!Caution Fail-safe measures must be taken by the customer to ensure safety in the

event of incorrect, missing, or abnormal signals caused by broken signal lines,
momentary power interruptions, or other causes.

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Application Precautions 4

!Caution Confirm that no adverse effect will occur in the system before attempting any

of the following:

• Changing the operating mode of the PC (including the setting of the Star­tup Mode)

• Force-setting/force-resetting any bit in memory

• Changing the present value or any set value in memory

!Caution Be sure that all mounting screws, terminal screws, and cable connector

screws are tightened to the torque specified in the user manuals. Incorrect
tightening torque may result in malfunction.

!Caution In the event of system or power failure, CX-Process function files (extension

“.ist”) may not be saved. It is recommended that function files are saved regu­larly.

!Caution If the power supply is turned OFF while function block data is being backed up

from RAM to flash memory, the backup will not be completed normally. If the
power supply is turned back ON within 24 hours, however, the super capacitor
will have held the RAM data. The backup operation will restart when power is
turned ON and operation will start when the backup has been completed. If
the power supply is turned OFF for more than 24 hours, however, RAM data
will be lost and operation will be started with the data that was previously
saved to flash memory. If this happens, the Cold Start Auto-execution Flag
(A35807) will turn ON to show that the previous data has been used. Use this
bit in programming to take whatever steps are necessary, such as download­ing the most recent function block data.

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Application Precautions 4

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SECTION 1

Introduction

This section introduces the CX-Process Monitor Plus.

1-1 CX-Process Monitor Plus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

1-1-1 Outline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

1-1-2 Screen Outlines. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

1-1-3 CX-Process Monitor Plus System Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

1-1-4 Relationship to CX-Process Tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

1-1-5 Relation between Screens and Function Blocks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

1-1-6 CX-Process Monitor Plus Software Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

1-1-7 CX-Process Monitor Plus Setting and Monitoring Capabilities. . . . 20

1-1-8 Files Created Using CX-Process Monitor Plus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

1-1-9 Version Upgrade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

1-2 Basic Operating Procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

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CX-Process Monitor Plus Section 1-1

1-1 CX-Process Monitor Plus

1-1-1 Outline

The CX-Process Monitor Plus is a Windows NT-based application that moni­tors the Function Block data within a Loop Control Unit/Board using Control
screens (on-site instrument images), Trend screens, Graphic screens, and
Annunciator screens, etc., via the Controller Link, serial communications, or
Ethernet. The CX-Process Monitor Plus is used together with the CX-Process
Tool to create function blocks for Loop Control Units/Boards.

You can also perform the following four functions.

Monitoring Function
Blocks in a Loop Control
Unit/Board

Monitor PV, SP, and MV, etc., within the Control Block, monitor analog signals,
and monitor contact signals.

Perform Run/Stop instructions in the Loop Control Unit/Board.

Display the status of the CPU Unit, such as the current operating mode.

Controlling Function
Blocks in a Loop Control
Unit/Board

Change settings, switch between auto and manual, and perform manual oper­ations, tune PID constants, etc., in the Control Block.

You can perform stop block operation commands for each Control Block
(when using the Tuning screen).

Monitoring Function Block
Alarm Status in a Loop
Control Unit/Board

Display Control Block and Alarm Block alarms if they occur, and store the
alarms in the alarm history.

Configuring CX-Process
Monitor Plus Screens

You can configure the screen to suit your needs.

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CX-Process Monitor Plus Section 1-1

CX-Process Monitor Plus Functions

Note Only the following data can be monitored and set with the CX-Process Moni-

tor Plus and tag names must be set to enable monitoring and setting. Use CX­Process Tool Ver. 3.2 or higher to set the tag names.

--- Screen Monitoring operating
status

Controlling operation Monitoring alarm status

User-defined
screens

Overview --- --- OK

Control OK (Display PV bar) OK (Change SP, switch

between auto/manual,
and perform manual oper­ations)

OK

Tuning OK (Display PV, SP, and

MV trends for 1 loop)

OK (Change SP, and
change P, I, D, etc.)

OK (Change bar graph
colors)

Trend OK (Display Control Block

or analog signal trends)

--- OK

Batch Trend OK (Display Control Block

or analog signal trends)

--- ---

Segment
Program 2

OK (Display Segment
Program 2 trends)

OK (Run/stop operation
at the relevant Segment
Program 2 Block)

OK (Errors related to the
relevant Segment Pro­gram 2 Block)

Graphic OK (Display status for

contact or analog signal
graphics)

OK (Turn ON/OFF the
contact, and set the ana­log value)

OK

Annunciator --- --- OK (Use colors or sound

to notify of an alarm)

Operation Guide OK (Display message

when Internal Switch is
turned ON)

--- OK

System Monitor OK (Display the run/stop

status for the Loop Con­trol Unit/Board, display
Execution errors, RAM
checksum errors, and
battery errors, and moni­tor the status of the CPU
Unit control mode, etc.)

OK (Run/stop command
for the Loop Control Unit/
Board)

OK

System screens Alarm Log --- --- OK (Stored when an

alarm occurs)

Operation Log --- OK (Stores run operation

history, e.g., SP change,
etc.)

OK

System Monitor
Log

OK (Displays run/stop
command history and
Execution error history
when an error occurs)

--- OK

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1-1-2 Screen Outlines

Overview Screen Possesses the functions of all menu screens and alarm display screens.

Data set/monitored

by CX-Process

Monitor Plus

Loop Control Unit Loop Control Board

Function block data Control Blocks:

Basic PID (Block Model 011), Advanced PID (Block Model

012), Blended PID (Block Model 013), Batch Flowrate Cap­ture (Block Model 014), Indication and Setting (Block Model

031), Indication and Operation (Block Model 032), Ratio
Setting (Block Model 033), Indicator (Block Model 034), 2­position ON/OFF (Block Model 001), and 3-position ON/
OFF (Block Model 002)

Operation Blocks:
High/Low Alarm (Block Model 111), Segment Program 2
(Block Model 157), ON/OFF Valve Manipulator (Block
Model 221), Motor Manipulator (Block Model 222), Revers­ible Motor Manipulator (Block Model 223), Motor Opening
Manipulator (Block Model 224), Timer (Block Model 205)
and Counter (Block Model 208)

Contact signals Contact signals through Contact Distributor (Block Model

201) + Internal Switch (Block Model 209)

Analog
signals

Sent to
Monitor Plus

Analog signals through Input Selector (Block Model 162)

Set from
Monitor Plus

Analog signals through Constant Generator (Block Model

166)

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Control Screens Monitor and set the Control Block and part of the Operation Block, monitor

analog signals, and monitor and set contact signals.

Tuning Screens Use this screen to change Control Block P, I, D constants.

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Trend Screens Display as an image changes due to the passage to time of the Control Block

PV, SP, MV, or other analog signals.

Batch Trend Screens Display a recorder image of the changes over time of the Control Block PV,

SP, MV, or other analog signals. Trend sampling is started and ended with tag
data (digital or analog) as the trigger.

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Segment Program 2
Screens

Display a recorder image of PV trends for Segment Program 2 (Block Model

157) set values. Segments can be set in table format while observing a time
axis graph.

Graphic Screens Use the screen to display the device status as a schematic.

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Annunciator Screens Use this screen to display comprehensively the status (mainly the alarm sta-

tus) of the contacts.

Operation Guide Screens Use this screen to display registered messages when the contact signal is

ON.

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Alarm Log Screens Use this screen to display the alarm history.

Operation Log Screens Use this screen to display the operation history.

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System Monitor Screens Use this screen to display the system status, and run/stop the Loop Control

Unit/Board.

System Monitor Log
Screens

Use this screen to display the run/stop history and Execution error history, and
to record the time at which they occurred.

1-1-3 CX-Process Monitor Plus System Requirements

FinsGateway As shown below, the CX-Process Monitor Plus uses the communications

driver FinsGateway (Embedded version) to communicate with the PLC (Pro­grammable Controller) mounted to the Loop Control Unit/Board.

Software

Hardware

CX-Process Tool CX-Process Monitor Plus

FinsGateway (Embedded version)

RS-232C port

Controller Link
Support Board

Ethernet board

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You can use any one of the FinsGateway (Embedded version) given below.

• Serial Unit driver

• Controller Link driver

• CLK (PCI) driver

• ETN_UNIT driver

Note 1. You cannot start CX-Process Monitor Plus if FinsGateway (Embedded ver-

sion) is not installed.

2. CX-Process (Monitor Plus and Tool) cannot use FinsGateway Version 1 as
a communications driver. Be sure to use Version 3 or later.

3. If CX-Programmer, CX-Protocol, CX-Motion, or other Support Software
(i.e., CX-Server communications software), or applications that use spe­cial serial drivers, are connected online, they use the same COM port, so
CX-Process (Monitor Plus and Tool) cannot connect online (i.e., initialize
serial communications) using the Host link (SYSWAY). First disconnect of­fline other Support Software or applications that use special serial drivers,
before reconnecting online (i.e., initializing serial communications) CX­Process. Conversely, while CX-Process is connected online (i.e., initializ­ing serial communications), other Support Software that communicate us­ing CX-Server cannot connect online.

4. You cannot install CX-Process and FinsGateway Version 1 on the same
IBM PC/AT or compatible.

5. If using Windows NT 4.0 as your OS, you must use Service Pack 6a or lat­er.

6. Both FinsGateway Version 3 and Version 2003 (Embedded version) are
bundled with the CX-Process Monitor Plus software.
When using FinsGateway for the communications driver, install one of
these versions. The FinsGateway Runtime Version can also be used. If the
runtime version is already installed, it is not necessary to install the embed­ded version.

Set Network Address,
Node Address, and Unit
Address.

The network address, node address, and unit address for communications
between the CX-Process Monitor Plus and PLC are set using the CX-Process
Tool address settings (Settings/Network Settings).

Note The CX-Process Monitor and CX-Process Monitor Plus use FinsGateway as

the communications driver for connections with the PLC. When using the CX­Process Monitor or CX-Process Monitor Plus, always set FinsGateway as the
communications driver for the CX-Process Tool. If the CX-Server is set, the
CX-Process Monitor or CX-Process Monitor Plus will not be able to go online
with the PLC.

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Register the Function
Blocks to Exchange Data
with the CX-Process
Monitor Plus.

Register and connect the function blocks to exchange data with the CX-Pro­cess Monitor Plus. The following function blocks can be used depending on
the items to be monitored.

Set CSV Tags and Tags for
CX-Process Monitor Plus.

The CX-Process Monitor Plus uses tags set from the CX-Process Tool (Ver.

3.2 or higher) to read and write data in Loop Control Units/Boards. To use the

CX-Process Monitor Plus, therefore, CSV tags and tags for the CX-Process
Monitor Plus must be set.

Loop Control Units

1,2,3... 1. Register the Send All Blocks block (Block Model 642) and Receive All

Blocks block (Block Model 641).

2. Set tags as follows:

• Function block data: Set CSV tags.

• Individual contact signals: Set tags for Monitor Plus for the contacts in the
Internal Switch block (Block Model 209).

• Individual analog signals from LCU to computer: Set tags for Monitor Plus
for the analog signals in the Input Selection block (Block Model 162).

• Individual analog signals from computer to LCU: Set tags for Monitor Plus
for the analog signals in the Constant Generator block (Block Model 166).

Items to
monitor

Registrations and

connections

Loop Control Unit Loop Control Board

Function
block data

Only register the func­tion blocks.

Send All Blocks block (Block Model 462)
and Receive All Blocks block (Block
Model 461)

HMI settings in the System Common
block (Block Mode 000)

Contact
signals

Register and connect
the function blocks.

Contact Distributor (Block Model 201) or Internal Switch (Block Model 209)

Analog
signals

Register and connect
the function blocks.

Input Selector block (Block Model 162) and Constant Generator block (Block Model

166)

Block to input analog signals from
the CX-Process Monitor Plus.

Main function blocks Block to output analog signals to

the CX-Process Monitor Plus.

Blocks to monitor function
block ITEM tags from the
CX-Process Monitor Plus.

Blocks to manipulate or display contacts
from the CX-Process Monitor Plus.

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Loop Control Boards

1,2,3... 1. Make the settings for the HMI in the System Common block (Block Model

000).

2. Set tags as follows:

• Function block data: Set CSV tags.

• Individual contact signals: Set tags for Monitor Plus for the contacts in the
Internal Switch block (Block Model 209).

• Individual analog signals from LCU to computer: Set tags for Monitor Plus
for the analog signals in the Input Selection block (Block Model 162).

• Individual analog signals from computer to LCU: Set tags for Monitor Plus
for the analog signals in the Constant Generator block (Block Model 166).

Note For both the Loop Control Unit and Loop Control Board, the follow-

ing function blocks must be created and connected separately to
enable monitoring and setting individual contact signals and indi­vidual analog signals (i.e., other than function block data).

• To monitor and set individual contact signals, contact signals must be
input/output using the Contact Distributor block (Block Model 201) and
Internal Switch block (Block Model 209).

• To monitor individual analog signals, analog signals must be output
from the Input Selection block (Block Model 162).

• To set individual analog signals, analog signals must be input to the
Constant Generator block (Block Model 166).

Compile the Tag File for
the CX-Process Monitor
Plus.

The tag file for Monitor Plus must be compiled (Execute – Create Tag File –
Monitor Plus Tag).

Note The following dialog box will be displayed if a tag file for Monitor Plus is output

while the CX-Process Monitor Plus is running.

Tag information will not be updated if a tag file for Monitor Plus is output dur­ing CX-Process Monitor Plus operation. To update the tag file, restart the CX­Process Monitor Plus.

Download Function Block
Data to the Loop Control
Unit/Board.

Download the function blocks.

Compile the Monitor Tag
Files.

Start the CX-Process Monitor Plus. In the Main Window, click the Run Button
or the Setup Button. The monitor tag files (mtagmst and mtagsubmst) will be
automatically generated based on the tag file for Monitor Plus (monitor.csv).

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1-1-4 Relationship to CX-Process Tool

Tag Names As shown earlier in CX-Process Monitor Plus Conditions of Use, if monitoring

or operating Function Blocks using CX-Process Monitor Plus, you must first
perform the following steps using CX-Process Tool.

1,2,3... 1. Set the network address, node address, and unit address.

2. Register the blocks for which data is to be exchanged with the CX-Process
Monitor Plus.

3. Set the CSV tags and tags for Monitor Plus.

4. Generate the tag file for Monitor Plus.

5. Download the function block data to the Loop Control Unit/Board.

6. Compile the monitor tag file.

CX-Process Monitor Plus handles all items allocated tag names as one string.
CX-Process Monitor Plus does not differentiate which Function Block was
used to specify the tag names.

ITEM Settings Function block ITEMs are set as shown in the following table. The CX-Process

Tool is normally used to set initial data S and the CX-Process Monitor Plus is
normally used to set operation data O.

Note Initial settings O and operation data S classifications are displayed on ITEM

Setting Screens of the CX-Process Tool. For details on the ITEMs set each
function block, refer to the Function Block Reference Manual.

Example

Note Analog values are normally set with the CX-Process Monitor Plus. They can

be set with the CX-Process Tool provided that they are in percentage incre­ments between 0% and 100%. Scaling engineering units cannot be set with
the CX-Process Tool.

CX-Process Tool

data classification

Type ITEM Example: PID Block CX-Process

Tool

CX-Process

Monitor Plus

Initial settings S Initial setting parameter

for each function block

Forward/Reverse direction,
SP setting method, compen­sation method, etc.

Set Cannot be set

Operation data O Operation parameters

for each function block

Example: PID Block SP,
alarm settings, PID con­stants, etc.

Set in special
cases

Set

ITEM type ITEM Contents R: Read, W: Write,

R/W: Read/write,

---: R/W disabled

r, t/w: CX-Process Tool

operation monitor/Operation

monitor read and write

(S): Initial setting,

(O): Operation data

CX-Process

Tool

CX-Process

Monitor Plus

Parameter 004 Operation cycle (s) R/W (S) ---

Parameter 008 High/Low alarm R/W (O) R/W

012 Hysteresis set value R/W (S) ---

Parameter 023 Local SP set value R/W (O) R/W

024 SP set method (Initial setting)

0: Local, 1: Remote/Local

R/W (S) R

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1-1-5 Relation between Screens and Function Blocks

The relation between screens and function blocks is shown below.

Screen Loop Control Unit: Register Send All

Blocks and Receive All Blocks blocks

Loop Control Boards: Make HMI settings

in the System Common block

Input Selector

block (Block

Model 162)

Internal Switch

block (Block

Model 209)

Constant

Generator

block (Block

Model 166)

User­defined
screens

Overview
Screen

--- --- --- ---

Control
Screens

Basic PID, Advanced PID, Blended PID
(Block Model 013), Batch Flowrate Capture
(Block Model 014), Indication and Setting,
Indication and Operation, Ratio Setting,
Indicator, 2-Position ON/OFF, 3-Position
ON/OFF, High/Low Alarm, Segment Pro­gram 2, ON/OFF Valve Manipulator, Motor
Manipulator, Reversible Motor Manipulator,
Motor Opening Manipulator, Timer, Counter

Analog signal
or analog value
parameters

Contact signal
or contact
parameters

Analog output

Tuning
Screens

Segment Program 2 --- --- ---

Trend
Screens

Basic PID, Advanced PID, Blended PID
(Block Model 013), Batch Flowrate Capture
(Block Model 014), Indication and Setting,
Indication and Operation, Ratio Setting,
Indicator, 2-Position ON/OFF, 3-Position
ON/OFF (PV, SP, MV only), Segment Pro­gram 2, ON/OFF Valve Manipulator, Motor
Manipulator, Reversible Motor Manipulator,
Motor Opening Manipulator

Analog signal
or analog value
parameters

Contact signal
or contact
parameters

Analog output

Batch Trend
Screen

Segment
Program 2
Screen

Segment Program 2 Can be desig-

nated as
expansion mea­surement tags

Can be desig­nated as
expansion mea­surement tags

Can be desig­nated as
expansion mea­surement tags

Graphic
Screens

Same tag ITEMs as for Control screens. Analog signal

or analog value
parameters

Contact signal
or contact
parameters

Analog output

Annunciator
Screens

Same tag ITEMs as for Control screens. --- Contact signal

or contact
parameters

---

Operation
Guide
Screens

--- --- Contact signal
or contact
parameters

---

System
Monitor
Screens

--- --- --- ---

System
screens

Alarm Log
Screens

Contacts for which alarms were automati­cally allocated when registering tags

--- Contacts for
which alarms
were automati­cally allocated
when register­ing tags

---

Operation
History
Screens

--- --- --- ---

System
Monitor Log
Screens

--- --- --- ---