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88  Mentor MP User Guide
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When an Onboard PLC program is installed and running, the lower 
display of the drive flashes ‘PLC’ once every 10s.
The drive Onboard PLC programming events parameter holds the 
number of times an Onboard PLC program download has taken place 
and is 0 on dispatch from the factory. The drive is rated for one hundred 
ladder program downloads. This parameter is not altered when defaults 
are loaded.
This parameter is updated once per second or once per Onboard PLC 
program scan whichever is the longest. If more than one program scan 
occurs within the one second update period the parameter shows the 
average scan time. If the program scan time is longer than one second 
the parameter shows the time for the last program scan. 
The Drive Onboard PLC program first run parameter is set for the 
duration of program scan from the stopped state. This enables the user 
to perform any required initialisation every time the program is run. This 
parameter is set every time the program is stopped.
10.6      Onboard PLC trips
The following trips are associated with the Onboard PLC program.
10.7      Onboard PLC and the SMARTCARD
The Onboard PLC program in a drive may be transferred from the drive 
to a SMARTCARD and vice versa.
• To transfer an Onboard PLC program from the drive to a 
SMARTCARD, set Pr xx.00 to 5yyy and reset the drive
• To transfer an Onboard PLC program from the SMARTCARD to a 
drive, set Pr xx.00 to 6yyy and reset the drive.
(Where yyy is the data block location, see Table 9-1 SMARTCARD data 
blocks on page 81 for restrictions on block numbers).
If an attempt is made to transfer an Onboard PLC program from a drive 
to the SMARTCARD when the drive contains no program, the block is 
still created on the SMARTCARD but it will contain no data. If this data 
block is then transferred to a drive, the destination drive will then have 
no Onboard PLC program. 
The smallest SMARTCARD compatible with Mentor MP has a capacity 
of 4064 bytes and each block can be up to 4064 bytes in size. The 
maximum size of a user program is 4032 bytes so it is guaranteed that 
any Onboard PLC program downloaded to a Mentor MP will fit on to an 
empty SMARTCARD. A SMARTCARD can contain a number of 
Onboard PLC programs until the capacity of the card is used.
Value Description
-n
Onboard PLC program caused a drive trip due to an error 
condition while running rung n. Note that the rung number is 
shown on the display as a negative number.
0 Onboard PLC program is not installed.
1 Onboard PLC program is installed but stopped.
2 Onboard PLC program is installed and running.
11.49 Drive Onboard PLC programming events
RO Uni NC PT PS
Ú
0 to 65,535
Ö
11.50 Drive Onboard PLC program average scan time
RO Uni NC PT
Ú
0 to 65,535 ms
Ö
11.51 Drive Onboard PLC program first run
RO Bit NC PT
Ú
OFF (0) or On (1)
Ö
Trip Diagnosis
UP ACC
Onboard PLC program: Cannot access Onboard 
PLC program file on drive
98
Disable drive - write access is not allowed when the 
drive is enabled.
Another source is already accessing Onboard PLC 
program - retry once the other action is complete.
UP div0 Onboard PLC program attempted divide by zero
90 Check program
UP OFL
Onboard PLC program variables and function 
block calls using more than the allowed RAM 
space (stack overflow)
95 Check program
UP ovr
Onboard PLC program attempted out of range 
parameter write
94 Check program
UP PAr
Onboard PLC program attempted access to a non-
existent parameter
91 Check program
UP ro
Onboard PLC program attempted write to a read-
only parameter
92 Check program
UP So
Onboard PLC program attempted read of a write-
only parameter
93 Check program
UP udF Onboard PLC program undefined trip
97 Check program
UP uSEr Onboard PLC program requested a trip
96 Check program