General
Specications
GX10/GX20
Paperless Recorder
(Panel mount type)
Yokogawa Electric Corporation
2-9-32, Nakacho, Musashino-shi, Tokyo, 180-8750 Japan
GS 04L51B01-01EN
GS 04L51B01-01EN
©Copyright November 2012
16th Edition Jun.14, 2017
OVERVIEW
The GX10/GX20 are paperless recorders that display
real-time measured data on a touch screen and save
data on an external storage medium (SD card).
For the input/output module specication, please
see GX90XA/GX90XD/GX90YD/GX90WD/GX90XP/
GX90YA Input/Output Module and GX90UT PID
Control Module General Specication (GS 04L53B01-
01EN, GS 04L53B01-31EN.)
● Thenumberofanaloginputisamaximumof
100channelsinGX10withexpandableI/O
*1
, GM
sub unit
*1
,amaximumof100channelsinGX20
standardtype(hereafterreferredtoas“GX20-
1”)withexpandableI/O,andamaximumof450
channels
*2
inGX20largememorytype(hereafter
referredtoas“GX20-2”)withexpandableI/O,GM
sub unit.
*1Aunitforexpandingthenumberofchannels.
*2Max.numberofinput/outputchannelsis500
channels.
● TheGX10/GX20havethelargeinternalmemory
(GX10/GX20-1: 500MB, GX20-2: 1.2 GB), and
prolonged record and preservation are possible.
● Astheinputsignal,aDCvoltage,thermocouple,
resistancetemperaturedetector,DI(DCVinput
(TTL),contactsignal),mA(DCcurrent),orPulse
input can be set to each channel.
● Analogoutputiscapableofretransmissionoutputof
varioustypesofchannelsandalsomanualoutput.
Itprovidescurrentoutputwithchannelsthatare
isolated. (Analog output module)
● Inputandoutputhavemodulestructureanditcan
extendthemeasily.(GX10:max.3*,GX20:max.10*)
* IncaseofusingexpandableI/O,GMsubunit,
GX10canextendtwounits,GX20canextend9
units.
● Amoduletypeisseventypes,ananaloginput,a
analog output, a digital input, a digital output, a
digitalinput/output,apulseinput,andaPIDcontrol.
● Upto6unitsofexpandableI/OunitsandGMsub
units can be connected to the GX10/GX20. Each
expandableI/OandGMsubunitcanincorporatea
maximumofsixmodules.WithexpandableI/O,GM
sub unit connected, GX10 and the large memory
type GX20 can use multiple channels. Furthermore,
theI/Oportscanbeinstalledinseparatelocations
fromwhereGX10/GX20islocated,helping
you reduce wiring requirements and build a
decentralizedconguration.
● Theintuitiveoperationbyick,pinchin,andpinch
out are possible.
● Thepasttrendunderrecordingcanbeseamlessly
displayed on a trend screen.
● Moreover,themeasurementdataofthetime
speciedonthecalendarscreencanbesearched
and displayed.
● Variousfunctions,suchasafreehandmessage,
aPDF/Exceloutputofareportle,adirectoutput
toanetworkprinter,ascalemovementofatrend
display, and a buzzer, are equipped.
● ItcanbehookeduptonetworkviaEthernet,which
enablestoinformbyEmailandtomonitoronWeb
siteaswellastotransferlesbyusingFTP.Also,
itcancommunicatewithModbus/RTUorModbus/
TCP.
● Inhigh-speedmeasurement,measurementatthe
shortestintervalof1msispossiblebyusingahigh-
speedanaloginputmodule(high-speedAI).
● Indualintervalmeasurement,measurementcanbe
performedbysettingtwodifferentscanintervals.
● ThePIDcontrolfunctionenablesPIDcontrolon
upto20loops(6loopsfortheGX10/GX20-1)by
installingaPIDcontrolmodule.
● Theprogramcontrolfunctionenablesprogram
controlofupto99patternsbyusingaPIDcontrol
moduleandprogramcontrolfunction(/PGoption).
Upto32timeeventsand32PVeventscanbeset
foreachsegment.
* ForPIDcontrolmodule,PIDcontrolfunction,and
programcontrolfunction(/PG),seetheGX90UT
PIDControlModuleGeneralSpecications(GS
04L53B01-31EN)
*Thecontentsofthisgeneralspecications
correspond to the GX10/GX20 with release number 4
and style number 2.
Releasenumber:rmwareIDnumber
Stylenumber:hardwareIDnumber
GX10 GX20
Release R4