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10 DriveProgramming
High-function General-purpose Inverter RX2 Series User’s Manual
10-1 Overview of DriveProgram-
ming
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The details of the main DrvieProgramming function are as follows.
The main functions of the DriveProgramming Editor available in CX-Drive are as shown below.
For details, refer to the DriveProgramming User’s Manual (Cat. No. I622).
DriveProgramming Function
Item Specifications
Program specifica-
tions
Programming lan-
guage
Flowchart and text language method
Input device
Windows Personnel Computer
(As for supported operation system, refer to the CX-One User’s Man-
ual (Cat. No. W463).
Program capacity
1024 steps max.: 6 KB
(1024 steps max. for a total of 5 tasks)
Programming sup-
port function
Functions supported in Inverter/Servo support tool CX-Drive
• Program editing and display
• Program compilation (Program syntax check)
• Program downloading, uploading, and all clear
Execution format
• Execution by interpreter
• Execution cycle: 2 ms/step (5 commands executable through
5-task parallel processing)
• Subroutine call supported (Nesting in 8 levels max.)
Function Description
Programming Supports the creation, editing, saving, reading, and printing of user programs.
Compilation
Compiles a user programs.
*1
*1. Compilation is the process to generate an intermediate code after a program check.
Transfer
Downloads a user program to the inverter, or
uploads a user program from the inverter.
Debugging support
Starts and stops the execution of a program.
This allows the user to check the inverter status monitor etc.