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Environment Setting Section > Methods for Connecting and Communicating with External Devices > About Connecting with External DevicesAbout Connecting with External Devices
With the FZ3, serial interfaces and parallel interfaces can be used to communicate with external devices.
With serial interfaces, RS-232C/RS-422 and Ethernet can be selected as communication ports. Non-procedure and PLC link can be used with either communication port.
Additionally, data transfer through FTP is also possible with Ethernet.
Protocols usable with serial interface
The protocols that can be used with a serial interface are listed below.
Controls the FZ3 through commands from a PC or specialized device. Also possible to control from the PLC. | |
The FZ3 is controlled and measurement results are acquired only through data memory operations in the PLC. The FZ3 reads commands in the data memory (DM) and channel I/O (CIO) in the PLC, executes measurement, and writes execution results to the data memory. This is appropriate when the PLC is used as an external device. The PLC supported by the FZ3 PLC link protocol is the SYSMAC CS/CJ/CP/One series PLC from OMRON (models supporting FINS command) and PLC MELSEC Q series from Mitsubishi Electric Corporation. |
With a parallel interface, control such as measurement control, scene group switching, scene switching, clearing errors, clearing measurement values, clearing parallel terminals is possible.
Important
- PLC link function refers to a function that communicates using 3 link areas indicated below: the command area, response area and data output area.
It is different from the serial PLC link protocol used to inter-connect PLCs serially.
Connectable Models
Ethernet
| Series name | CPU | Interface | |
|---|---|---|---|
| CPU built-in port | Ethernet/IP unit | ||
SYSMAC_CJ2 | CJ2H | ○ | CJ1W-EIP21,CJ1W-ETN21 |
SYSMAC_CJ1 | CJ1H, CJ1G | - | CJ1W-EIP21,CJ1W-ETN21 |
CJ1M | *Built-in type only | CJ1W-EIP21,CJ1W-ETN21 | |
SYSMAC_CS1 | CS1H,CS1D,CS1G | - | CS1W-EIP21,CS1W-ETN21 |
SYSMAC_CP1 | CP1L | - | CP1W-CIF41 |
CP1H | - | CP1W-CIF41 | |
SYSMAC_One | NSJ | *Built-in type only | NSJW-ETN21 |
Serial
| Series name | CPU | Interface | |
|---|---|---|---|
| CPU built-in port | Serial communication unit | ||
SYSMAC_CJ2 | CJ2H | ○ | CJ1W-SCU21-V1, CJ1W-SCU31-V1, CJ1W-SCU41-V1 |
SYSMAC_CJ1 | CJ1H, CJ1G, CJ1M | ○ | CJ1W-SCU21-V1, CJ1W-SCU31-V1, CJ1W-SCU41-V1 |
SYSMAC_CS1 | CS1H,CS1D,CS1G | ○ | CS1W-SCBxx-V1, CS1W-SCU21-V1, CS1W-SCU31-V1 |
SYSMAC_CP1 | CP1E,CP1L, CP1H | - | CP1W-CIF01 |
SYSMAC_One | NSJ | ○ | - |
Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
Ethernet
| Series name | Model name | CPU name | CPU | Interface | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPU built-in port | Ethernet/IP unit | ||||
MELSEC-QnU | Universal model | QnUDECPU | Q03UDECPU,Q04UDECPU Q06UDECPU,Q10UDECPU Q13UDECPU,Q20UDECPU Q26UDECPU | ○ | QJ71E71-100,Q71E71-B2 QJ71E71-B5 |
QnUDCPU | Q03UDCPU,Q04UDCPU Q06UDCPU,Q10UDCPU Q13UDCPU,Q20UDCPU Q26UDCPU | - | |||
QnUCPU | Q00UJCPU,Q00UCPU Q01UCPU,Q02UCPU | - | |||
Basic model | QnCPU | Q00JCPU,Q00CPU Q01CPU | - | ||
MELSEC-Q series | High performance model | QCPU | Q02CPU,Q02HCPU Q06HCPU,Q12HCPU Q25HCPU | - | |
MELSEC-QnAS series | - | - | Q2ASCPU,Q2ASCPU-S1 Q2ASHCPU,Q2ASHCPU-S1 | - | |
Serial
| Series name | Model name | CPU name | CPU | Interface | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPU built-in port | Serial communication unit | ||||
MELSEC-QnU | Universal model | QnUDECPU | Q03UDECPU,Q04UDECPU Q06UDECPU,Q10UDECPU Q13UDECPU,Q20UDECPU Q26UDECPU | - | QJ71C24N,QJ71C24-R2 |
QnUDCPU | Q03UDCPU,Q04UDCPU Q06UDCPU,Q10UDCPU Q13UDCPU,Q20UDCPU Q26UDCPU | ○ | |||
QnUCPU | Q00UJCPU,Q00UCPU Q01UCPU,Q02UCPU | ○ | |||
Basic model | QnCPU | Q00JCPU,Q00CPU Q01CPU | ○ | ||
MELSEC-Q series | High performance model | QCPU | Q02CPU,Q02HCPU Q06HCPU,Q12HCPU Q25HCPU | - | |
MELSEC-QnAS series | - | - | Q2ASCPU,Q2ASCPU-S1 Q2ASHCPU,Q2ASHCPU-S1 | - | A1SJ71QC24N1, A1SJ71QC24-R2 |
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