Omron CX-PROGRAMMER 5.0-FUNCTION BLOCK OPERATION User Manual

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SECTION 1
Introduction
This section introduces the function block functionality of the CX-Programmer and explains the features that are not
contained in the non-function block version of CX-Programmer.
1-1 Introducing the Function Blocks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
1-1-1 Overview and Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
1-1-2 Function Block Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
1-1-3 Files Created with CX-Programmer Ver. 5.0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
1-1-4 CX-Programmer Ver. 5.0 Function Block Menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
1-2 Function Blocks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
1-2-1 Outline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
1-2-2 Advantages of Function Blocks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
1-2-3 Function Block Structure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
1-3 Variables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
1-3-1 Introduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
1-3-2 Variable Usage and Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
1-3-3 Variable Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
1-3-4 Variable Properties and Variable Usage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
1-3-5 Internal Allocation of Variable Addresses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
1-4 Converting Function Block Definitions to Library Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
1-5 Usage Procedures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
1-5-1 Creating Function Blocks and Executing Instances . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
1-5-2 Reusing Function Blocks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Omron CX-PROGRAMMER 5.0-FUNCTION BLOCK OPERATION Specifications

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Brand	Omron
Model	CX-PROGRAMMER 5.0-FUNCTION BLOCK OPERATION
Category	Software
Language	English