Omron WS02-SIMC1-E - V1.9 REV 02-2009 - CX-Simulator Functions vs. Actual PLC

What Is the CX-Simulator? Section 1-1
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1-1-4 Summary of CX-Simulator Functions (Comparisons with Actual PLC)
Item Actual PLC CX-Simulator
Hardware CPU Unit
(CS/CJ/CP-series)
Virtual CPU Unit (CS/CJ-series)
Basic I/O unit Virtual Basic
I/O Unit
Special I/O unit Virtual Special
I/O Unit
CPU Bus Unit Virtual CPU
Bus Unit
*1: Exclud-
ing Con-
troller Link
Unit,
Ethernet
Unit, and
Serial
Communi-
cations
Unit.
Inner Board Virtual Inner
Board
No opera-
tions (*1).
Registered
for calcu-
lating I/O
refresh time
and periph-
eral servic-
ing time.
*1: Exclud-
ing Serial
Communi-
cations
Board
System configuration
Power Supply Unit None
CX-Programmer CX-Programmer on the same computer
(communicate via FinsGateway Virtual
Communications Unit)
Peripheral device
Programming Console unusable
Single user program Application program
(UM1)
Program
None Debugging program
(UM2): For external I/O
data generation
Share I/O mem-
ory areas.
CPU Unit basic
functions
Task function Available Available (equivalent)