Yaskawa AOI User Manual

MANUAL NO. TOEP YAICOM 21A

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receives this manual.

User Guide

for Logix Designer/RSLogix 5000

Add-On Instruction (AOI)

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Table of Contents

1 PREFACE AND SAFETY.........................................................................................4

2 PRODUCT OVERVIEW............................................................................................5

3 IMPORTING AOI......................................................................................................6

4 SETTING UP THE AOI.............................................................................................9

5 USING THE AOI.....................................................................................................15

6 AOI SELECTION....................................................................................................17

7 AOI DATA TAG DESCRIPTION.............................................................................18

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1 Preface and Safety

Yaskawa manufactures products used as components in a wide variety of industrial systems and equipment. The selection and

application of Yaskawa products remain the responsibility of the equipment manufacturer or end user. Yaskawa accepts no

responsibility for the way its products are incorporated into the final system design. Under no circumstances should any

Yaskawa product be incorporated into any product or design as the exclusive or sole safety control. Without exception, all

controls should be designed to detect faults dynamically and fail safely under all circumstances. All systems or equipment

designed to incorporate a product manufactured by Yaskawa must be supplied to the end user with appropriate warnings and

instructions as to the safe use and operation of that part. Any warnings provided by Yaskawa must be promptly provided to

the end user. Yaskawa offers an express warranty only as to the quality of its products in conforming to standards and

specifications published in the Yaskawa manual. NO OTHER WARRANTY, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, IS OFFERED.

Yaskawa assumes no liability for any personal injury, property damage, losses, or claims arising from misapplication of its

products.

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2 Product Overview

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About this Product

This document is designed to assist the user in configuration and application of Yaskawa Logix Add-On Instruction (AOI).

This document is intended for use by those familiar with the configuration of communication networks for industrial and

commercial applications. The user should be familiar with Logix Designer/RSLogix software and Yaskawa AC drives.

The Yaskawa Logix AOI facilitates the integration of Yaskawa drives into a Rockwell Automation Logix environment by

providing automatic tag generation for data being received from the drive and a single location to view the information sent

between the controller and the drive.

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Terms

Note: Indicates supplemental information that is not related to safety messages.

Drive: Yaskawa Drive

AOI: Add-On Instruction

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Registered Trademarks

All trademarks are the property of their respective owners.

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3 Importing AOI

NOTICE: Yaskawa AOI requires Logix Designer or RSLogix 5000 version 16 or later.

1.

Download and unzip the Yaskawa AOI zip file from the Yaskawa website at http://www.yaskawa.com.

Note: Please note the directory of the unzipped file. The location is important to the AOI import process in Logix.

Open RSLogix 5000/Logix Designer and right-click on “Add-On Instructions” in the Controller Organizer tree then

select “Import Add-On Instruction…”

Figure 1 Import Add-On Instruction in the Controller Organizer Tree

2.

Refer to AOI Selection on page 17 to select the correct AOI based on the application.

NOTICE: Use the correct AOI. Using incorrect AOI could result in incorrectly mapped data or AOI set-up problems.

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Navigate to the unzipped file directory from Step 1, select the AOI file and click the “Import…” button as shown in

Figure 2.

Figure 2 Import the AOI File

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