SOFTWARE MANUAL
FX-PCS-VPS/WIN-E
SOFTWARE MANUAL
Table of Contents
1. Introduction 1-1
2. Installation 2-1
3. Using the Help Files 3-1
4. What You Should Know Before Starting to Program 4-1
5. Menu Bar Functions 5-1
6. Flow Chart Programming 6-1
7. Parameter Setting 7-1
8. The Monitoring Window 8-1
1. Introduction
1.1 Outline
1.1.1 List of Models Compatible with the VPS software
1.1.2 Product Configuration
1.1.3 Major Features of the FX-PCS-VPS/WIN-E Software
1.2 Definitions
1.3 Abbreviations
2. Installation
2.1 Operating System Requirements
2.2 Installation
2.3 Uninstallation
2.4 System Configuration
3. Using the Help Files
3.1 The F1 Key
3.2 The Context Help
3.3 The Help Pull Down Menu
3.3.1 The Contents Command or Tab
3.3.2 The Index Tab
3.3.3 The Find Tab
3.3.4 Search for Help On ...
3.3.5 How to Use Help
3.3.6 About VPS
4. What You Should Know Before Starting to Program
4.1 Screen Identification
4.2 The Flow Chart Window
4.3 The Monitoring Window
4.4 The Programming Mode
4.4.1 The Flow Chart window in Programming Mode
4.4.2 The Monitoring window in Programming Mode
4.5 The Monitoring Mode
4.6 Cable Connection
5. Menu Bar Functions
5.1 File
5.2 Edit
5.3 View
5.4 Insert
5.5 Tools
5.6 FX-GM
5.7 Parameters
5.8 Window
5.9 Help
6. Flow Chart Programming
6.1 Starting the Software & Opening a File
6.1.1 Flow Window Resize
6.1.2 Wiring area base Colour
6.2 Programming Mode - Beginning to Program
6.2.1 Flow Symbols
6.2.2 Code Symbols
6.2.3 Func Symbols
6.2.4 Placing the Flow component symbols in the Flow window
6.2.5 Moving Flow component symbols
6.3 Setting Flow components
6.3.1 Comments
6.3.2 Parameters
6.3.3 M Code FXPLC instruction dialog
6.4 The Wiring Tool
6.4.1 Input and Output Pins
6.4.2 Connecting Flow component symbols
7. Parameter Setting
7.1 Positioning Parameters
7.1.1 Units
7.1.2 Speed
7.1.3 Machine Zero
7.1.4 Settings
7.2 I/O Control
7.2.1 Program Number
7.2.2 M code
7.2.3 Manual Pulse Generator
7.2.4 Absolute Position
7.2.5 Others
7.3 System Parameters
7.3.1 System
7.3.2 Sub-Task
8. The Monitoring Window
8.1 Components of the Monitoring window
8.1.1 Monitoring window Base Resize
8.1.2 Changing the Base Color
8.1.3 Drawing Lines, Ovals, and Rectangles
8.1.4 Moving and Resizing Lines, Ovals, and Rectangles
8.1.5 Changing Colors
8.1.6 Changing the Line Width
8.2 Inserting a Monitor object
8.3 Adding an OLE File
8.4 Adding Manual operation objects
8.5 The Monitor Mode
SOFTWARE MANUAL
FX-PCS-VPS/WIN-E