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FINS Commands Section 5-3
5-3-6 MEMORY AREA TRANSFER: 01 05
Copies and transfers the contents of the specified number of consecutive I/O
memory area words to the specified I/O memory area.
Execution Conditions
Command Format
Response Format
Parameters I/O memory area code and Beginning address (command)
Specify the data area to transfer from and the data area to transfer to and
specify the positions for beginning the data transfer.
The memory areas that can be transferred are given in the following table (I/O
Memory Area Codes). Refer to 5-2-2 I/O Memory Address Designations for
the specific addresses that can be used.
Number of items (command)
Specify the number of words of data to transfer. (Each word consists of two
bytes.) The specified number of words will be transferred in sequence from
the source beginning address onwards to the destination beginning address
onwards.
End code (response)
Refer to 5-1-3 End Codes for information on end codes.
Comments If the number of items is designated as 0000 (hex), a normal completion end
code will be returned without the copy operation being executed.
It is the user’s responsibility to program steps to prohibit this command from
being executed when the CPU Unit is in RUN mode if such protection is nec-
essary. Execute CPU UNIT STATUS READ (command code 0601) to read the
CPU Unit’s mode. (Refer to 5-3-17 CPU UNIT STATUS READ: 06 01.)
Even if data is written to the Timer/Counter PV Area, the Completion Flags
will not be turned OFF (0).
Access right at
other device
UM read
protection
DIP switch UM write
protection
Network write
protection
OK OK OK No
RUN mode MONITOR mode PROGRAM mode
OK OK OK
Command
code
01
05
Beginning address
I/O memory area code
Beginning address
No. of items
DestinationSource
I/O memory area code
End codeCommand
code
01 05