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2. DETAILS OF MIGRATION FROM Q17nCPUN(-T) TO RnMTCPU
[Comparison of servo system network]
Item
Communications medium Metal cable Optical fiber cable
Communications speed 5.6 Mbps 150 Mbps
Communications
cycle
Send 0.88 ms/1.77 ms/3.55 ms 0.222 ms/0.444 ms/0.888 ms
Receive 3.55ms 0.222 ms/0.444 ms/0.888 ms
Number of control axes Up to 8 axes/line Up to 16 axes/line
Transmission distance Maximum overall distance:
30 m
[Standard code for inside panel and standard cable for
outside panel]
Up to 20 m between stations
Maximum overall distance: 320 m (20 m × 16 axes)
[Long distance cable]
Up to 100 m between stations
Maximum overall distance: 1600 m (100 m × 16 axes)
2.1.2 Operating system software
Use the operating system software for RnMTCPU.
Before migration
After migration
CPU model OS Type OS model CPU model
OS model
Q173CPUN(-T)
SV13
SW6RN-SV13QB
R32MTCPU
R16MTCPU
SW10DNC-RMTFW
(installed before shipment)
Q172CPUN(-T) SW6RN-SV13QD
Q173CPUN(-T)
SV22
SW6RN-SV22QA
Q172CPUN(-T) SW6RN-SV22QC
2.1.3 Engineering environment (required)
The engineering environment that supports RnMTCPU is as follows.
Product name Model Version
MELSOFT MT Works2 SW1DND-MTW2-E Ver.1.100E or later
MELSOFT GX Works3 SW1DND-GXW3-E Ver.1.000A or later
MELSOFT MR Configurator2
(Note-1)
SW1DNC-MRC2-E Ver.1.27D or later
(Note-1): The Servo Setup Software MRZJW3-SETUP161E is required when a combination of MR-J4-B-RJ020 and
MR-J4-T20 is used as MR-J2S-B.