Communication Between two E1000 HMI and mitsubishi Fx2n PLC

Connection between 2 E-Terminals and FX2N PLC.

 The required material for the setup is as follows

Sr. no.	Material
1	PLC           :FX Series
2	CPU           :FX2N
3	HMI          : E1101 ,E1071
4	HMI S/W    :E-Designer Ver: 7.31

  Two E-Terminals are connected to FX-2N PLC using MISTU- CAB14A       

 and MISTU-CAB 6Aa

 

 The required cables are as follows

    

Sr. no.	Item	Description
1	MISTU-CAB 6Aa	Prog.Cable For E-Terminal And Comm. Cable between E1071 and E-1101
2	MISTU-CAB 14A	Comm. Cable for E-Terminal to FX2N PLC

 

E1101 Program Setting

STEP 1: Select Controller FX and FX Series Serial driver for Controller.

 Snapshot of Controller 1 Setting in E1101

 Put Controller 1 in COM 1 (RS422) Port in Peripheral Configuration as shown below.

 

E1071 Program Setting

STEP 1: Select FX-Series serial Controller in COM 2 (RS232) Port as                shown below.

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Industrial Automation What it is

Hi Greetings, here today we will try to find out answers of some basic questions asked about Automation those are 

What is Industrial Automation?

What are the Components of Automation?

What is a PLC ? What is DCS? 

Why We Need Automation?

What are the Advantages of PLC System?

What are the applications of PLCs?

Difference between  PLC & DCS?

Why do we need automation?

•       To improve productivity
•        Reduce costs. 
•        Increase flexibility to meet varying demand

What does automation include?

•   Automation is used to describe a broad array of processes, products and systems working together to automate manufacturing. What is important is appropriate automation.
•   In the broader sense, it includes elements like robotics, drives, programmable logic controllers (PLC) and computerized numerical control (CNC), production planning, process optimisation, open control systems, human machine interfaces (HMI), vision systems and industrial networks.
•   The trend towards programmable automation started over 30 years ago in the USA, only in the last few years that Indian companies have started incorporating software systems at all levels of production.Components of an automation system

•  Instrumentation
•   Main Controller (PLC, CNC, PC Based, DCS)
•   HMI/MMI,
•   Software (Soft Logic, Soft CNC, In Touch, I-Fix),
•   Communications (Ethernet, Fieldbus, DeviceNet),
•   Panel Components (starters, fusing etc.),
•   Drives/Motors,
•   Enterprise Software (SCADA, MES, MRP etc.),
•   Sensors (flow meters, feedback, limit switches), and
•   Actuators (valves, pumps, solenoids, heaters etc.).

Components of an automation system: DCS

•   DCS solutions grew out of the requirements of the heavy process industries, and still dominate the large-scale applications prevalent in continuous process applications. In such large applications, utilizing thousands of I/O points, DCSs will likely remain the preferred alternative, but not without continuing to respond directly to challenges from both PLC and PC-based control systems.

 PLCs challenge DCS

•   PLC suppliers are invading the process control markets with units that perform batch processing as well as the more traditional discrete functions. A PLC can do nearly everything today that a DCS can do, though DCS might still have advantages in terms of redundancy (because the large-scale continuous processes involved are so complex and difficult to restart if anything goes wrong).
•   Also significant is the trend to use hybrid controls that incorporate PLCs into DCSs.

Is industrial PC a threat?

   The industrial PC is not yet a threat. Suppliers view it as an ally, providing the hardware and software components to upgrade “traditional” PLCs out of the “outdated” label

 Why PLCs dominate PCs on the shop floor?

PLCs were originally designed as fast, robust controllers for discrete logic applications. Historically, PLC advantages relative to PCs have included:

•   A large base of maintenance personnel experienced in troubleshooting and servicing systems with relay ladder logic programming, rather than PC software languages
•    Better power failure response
•   Cost advantages for simple machine control applications
•   Higher reliability that minimizes the expense of shutdown, troubleshooting, repair, & startup
•  Industrially hardened packaging
•   Long availability and support for product models without the rapid obsolescence

Industry User Segments (Applications of PLCs)

•   Automotive, Building Automation, Cement & Glass, Chemical
•   Electrical, Electronic, Elec Power, Fabricated Metals
•   Food & Beverage, Machinery, Metals & Mining
• Oil & Gas, Pharmaceuticals, Pulp & Paper
•   Refining, Water & Waste

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Nexgenie PLC Features Specifications

Nexgenie PLC is a compact and genius PLC suitable for small size machine control.

Highlighting Features Nexgenie PLC

1. Variety of base units and expansion units to choose from onboard digital inputs,analog  inputs and digital outputs (transistor and relay) 

2.     Up to 4 expansion units to expand up to 80 digital I/Os maximum 

3.     Configurable digital inputs in the base unit

·          Up to 6 single phase counters with software direction and start/stop control.4 counters (I00, I01, I03, I04) up to 20 KHz and 2 counters (I02, I05) up to 5KHz 

·         Up to 2 Quadrature ABZ encoders 

·         Encoder interface supports up to 10 KHz input frequency on individual phase. 

·         Additionally all high speed inputs can be individually configured for Hardware input interrupt .

·         Frequency measurement function (time period measurement with 1μs resolution) up to 5 KHz input frequency.

      4. Provides 1 Pulse Train Output channel (pulse and direction)

• 24 VDC source type

• Output frequency from 1 Hz to 2000 Hz

5. Supports interrupt events to provide fast and predictable response to external events from the field such as. digital input interrupt, counter count match, etc

·          One periodic interrupt event with 0.5/ 1 ms resolution. Periodic interrupt can be set from   0.5/ 1ms to 1250/2500 ms.

·          Up to 4 high speed counter compare interrupts

·          Up to 6 hardware input rising edge and falling edge interrupts

·          Pulse Train Output compare interrupt and Pulse Train Output done interrupt.

6. Two serial ports

• Port 1 / PG Port (RS232/485)with modem interface

• Port 2 (RS232/422/485)with modem interface

7. Transistor outputs with short circuit protection

8. Built-in Real Time Clock

9. Optional Visual Access Window (VAW) for monitoring and setting PLC data, display machine status and fault status

• 128 x 64 pixel graphics LCD with white backlit

• 4 system keys

• Supports text and graphical symbols

10. PLC input power is 24 VDC

11. Common programming platform i.e. Windows based IEC 61131-3 compatible    programming software CoDeSys

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