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MELSEC-Q
4   SETUP AND PROCEDURE BEFORE OPERATION 
 
Switch No.  Setting items  Setting details/bit assignment  Default value 
Switch 3 
Input filter setting 
(CH1 to CH4) 
 
CH1 Input filter
0:30kpps
1:10kpps
2:1kpps
3:100pps
4:50pps
5:10pps
6:1pps
7:0.1pps
CH2 Input filter
CH3 Input filter
CH4 Input filter
H
Setting items
Meaning
 
0000H 
Switch 4 
Input filter setting 
(CH5 to CH8) 
 
CH5 Input filter
0:30kpps
1:10kpps
2:1kpps
3:100pps
4:50pps
5:10pps
6:1pps
7:0.1pps
CH6 Input filter
CH7 Input filter
CH8 Input filter
H
Setting items Meaning
 
0000H 
Switch 5  Vacant 
 
(1)  Input voltage selection (Switch 1: lower 8 bits) 
Set the level of the input signal on each channel. 
 
(2)  Pulse edge selection (Switch 2: lower 8 bits) 
Set the pulse edge (rise edge/fall edge) on each channel. 
For pulse edge selection, the differences between the rise edge and fall edge 
and the count timings are shown below. 
1) Rise edge 
Count number
Pulse input
1 2 3 4 5 6
 
2) Fall edge 
Pulse input
Count number
1 2 3 4 5 6
 
 
(3)  Linear counter or Ring counter selection (Switch 2: upper 8 bits) 
Set the count type (linear counter or ring counter) on each channel. (Refer to 
Section 5.2.) 
 
(4)  Input filter setting (Switch 3, Switch 4) 
Set the input pulse counting speed (maximum) on each channel. (Refer to 
Section 3.1.)