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7   ONLINE MODULE CHANGE 
 
7 ONLINE MODULE CHANGE 
When changing a module online, carefully read the following manual. 
    • QCPU User’s Manual (Hardware Design, Maintenance and Inspection) 
This chapter describes the specifications of an online module change. 
(1)        Perform an online module change by operating GX Developer. 
 
(2)        To ensure ease of offset/gain re-setting, there is a user range save/restoration 
function that is performed by executing the dedicated instruction or read/write 
from/to buffer memory. 
 
POINT 
 
(1)    Perform an online module change after making sure that the system outside 
the programmable controller will not malfunction. 
(2)    To prevent an electric shock and malfunction of operating modules, provide 
means such as switches for powering off each of the external power supply and 
external devices connected to the module to be replaced online. 
(3)    After the module has failed, data may not be saved properly. Referring to 
Section 3.4.23, therefore, prerecord the data to be saved (offset/gain values of 
the industrial shipment settings and user range settings in the buffer memory). 
(4)    It is recommended to perform an online module change in the actual system in 
advance to ensure that it would not affect the other modules by checking the 
following: 
  • Means of cutting off the connection to external devices and its configuration 
are correct. 
  • Switching ON/OFF does not bring any undesirable effect. 
(5)    Do not install/remove the module to/from the base unit, or the terminal block 
to/from the module more than 50 times after the first use of the product. (IEC 
61131-2 compliant) 
Failure to do so may cause malfunction. 
(Note) 
The dedicated instruction cannot be executed during an online module change. When 
using the dedicated instruction to execute save/restoration, therefore, execute 
save/restoration in the other system
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. 
If the other system is unavailable, execute restoration by performing write to the buffer 
memory. 
1 : If the module is mounted on the remote I/O station, execute save/restoration in 
the other system mounted on the main base unit. (Save/restoration cannot be 
executed in the other system mounted on the remote I/O station.) 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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