Easy Electronics xLogic Micro PLC - Chapter 5 Programming Via Panel Key; Connectors

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PressESCkeyandreturntoFUNCTIONPAGE.
Chapter5Programmingviapanelkey
Note:
OnlythestandardELC-12series,upgradedELC-18CPU,ELC-22andELC-26CPUsupportsthe
programmingviaHMIpanelkey,standardELC-18&economicELC-18withoutsuchfeature.
GettingstartedwithxLogic
ProgrammingreferstocreatingacircuitprogramfromthexLogicBasicmodule.
InthischapteryouwilllearnhowtousexLogictocreatethexLogiccircuitprogramsforyourapplication.
xLogicSoftisthexLogicprogrammingsoftwarethatyoucanuseonyourPCto
quicklyandeasilycreate,test,modify,saveandprintthecircuitprograms.Thetopicsinthismanual,
however,relateonlytothecreationofcircuitprogramsontheactualxLogicBasicmodule.The
programmingsoftwarexLogicSoftcontainsextensiveonlinehelp.
AsmallexampleinthefirstpartofthischapterintroducestheoperatingprinciplesofxLogic:
● Youwilllearnthemeaningoftwobasicterms,namelytheconnectorandtheblock.
● Asthenextstep,youwillcreateacircuitprogrambasedonasimpleconventionalcircuit.
● Lastly,youwillenterthisprogramdirectlyinxLogic.
Itwilltakeyouonlyafewpagesofthismanualtostoreyourfirstexecutablecircuitprogram
inthexLogicunit.Withsuitablehardware(switchesetc.),youwillthenbeabletocarryout
initialtests.
5.1Connectors
xLogicisequippedwithinputsandoutputs
Exampleofaconfigurationwithseveralmodules: