User manual | ELCSoftGP User Manual

ELCSoftGP
User Manual
January 2005
Pub. No. MN05003002E
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Table of Contents
Chapter 1 ELCSoftGP Operation .................................................................... 1-1
1-1 Hardware requirement ........................................................................ 1-1
1-2 Installation........................................................................................... 1-1
1-3 Basic Introduction ............................................................................... 1-5
1-4 Skills for mouse operation................................................................... 1-6
1-5 ELCSoftGP Software Window............................................................. 1-6
1-5-1 Explanation.................................................................................................... 1-6
1-5-2 Menu Bar Overview....................................................................................... 1-9
1-6 ELCSoftGP Software Explanation in Detail....................................... 1-16
1-6-1 File .............................................................................................................. 1-16
1-6-2 Edit .............................................................................................................. 1-26
1-6-3 Compile ....................................................................................................... 1-28
1-6-4 Objects Function Explanation...................................................................... 1-29
1-6-5 View............................................................................................................. 1-52
1-6-6 Communication ........................................................................................... 1-54
1-6-7 Local Page Settings .................................................................................... 1-55
1-6-8 Global Settings ............................................................................................ 1-61
1-6-9 Tools............................................................................................................ 1-63
1-6-10 Windows.................................................................................................... 1-66
1-6-11 Help ........................................................................................................... 1-67
Chapter 2 Communication Connection Mode ................................................. 2-1
Chapter 3 Examples ....................................................................................... 3-1
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Hardware requirement
Operation system requirement for installing ELCSoftGP should be:
Items
Operation system
CPU
Memory
Hard disk capacity
Display resolution
Mouse
Printer
RS-232
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System requirement
Windows 95/98/2000/NT/XP
Pentium 90 or above
16MB or above (32MB and above is recommended)
20MB or above
640x480, 16 colors and above
Compatible with Windows
Compatible with Windows
At least one Com Port to connect to GP02/GP04
Installation
■ Start-up Windows
■ Put the ELCSoftGP software CD into disk
■ Press【Start】to select Run
■ Select the installation disk and directory to save.
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■ Press Next> for following steps to go to next step
■ Press Next> for following steps to go to next step
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■ Enter user name and organization.
■ Press Next> for following steps to go to next step
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■ Press Install for following steps to go to next step
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■ Press Finish to end the window for installing.
After finishing installing, user can execute ELCSoftGP from windows by navigating to
Start>Programs>ELCGP>ELCSoftGP or by selecting the icon on the desktop.
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Basic Introduction
ELCSoftGP is the configuration software for the ELC GP (Graphic Panels) series of
products. You can see the design results immediately on the screen so what you see in the
ELCSoftGP program is what will be displayed on GP.
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Skills for Mouse Operation
You can operate with either a keyboard or a mouse but it will be easier to operate with a
mouse.
There are four main operation functions in Windows:
■ One click left-button: to select function or component item.
■ Double-click left-button: to enter or execute the item.
■ Drag: press and hold on the left button to drag the mouse to move or adjust size. Once
you release the button, the operation is finished. It is used to move or adjust size.
■ One click right button: it will display a pop-up menu of editing operation for you to
select.
The software will usually display a mouse pointer on the screen to let you know your position.
The shape of the mouse pointer helps determine the current function available.
Mouse Pointer
Name
Functions
Arrow pointer
The position where the mouse is.
、
Resize pointer
It will display on the border of windows or object
when adjusting size.
¨
Cross pointer
It will display when opening object or drawing.
I
I pointer
It will display when editing text.
1.5 ELCSoftGP Software Window
1-5-1 Explanation
Display name bar
Menu bar
Standard Toolbar
Object Toolbar
Geometric Toolbar
Text/Bmp Toolbar
Location Toolbar
Working area
Status Bar
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■ Display Name Bar: display the present file name and file directory.
■ Menu Bar: There are 9 functions (File, Edit, Compile, Object, View, Transfer, Setting,
Windows and Help) in the menu bar.
■ Standard Toolbar: you can click the button what you want to execute directly with
mouse. It is very easy for those users that are not familiar with computer to operate.
■ Object Toolbar: you can click the button what you want to execute directly with mouse.
■ Geometric Toolbar: it provides an easy drawing system in display plan for user to edit
GP display directly.
■ Text/Bmp Toolbar: it lets you precisely align the text and figures in the object to left
the object center horizontally
, right
, top
, the object center vertically
or bottom. (you can move the text in the object by pushing button
figure in the object by pushing button
,
and move the
)
■ Location Toolbar
1. Tools at the left set (
,
,
2. Tools at the right set (
,
and
): they are used to adjust the
location
of the object.
,
and
): they are used to align multiple
objects to top, bottom, left and right. (these tools are enabled only when two or
more objects are selected)
■ Working Area: it is the area for editing. That is also the display that will show on GP
screen.
■ Status Bar: it is used to display the desired object name and geometric coordinate.
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The start-up display of ELCSoftGP will be shown as follows. There are four functions in
menu bar for you to select.
After opening file, you should set Device Type setting, including ELC or MVX Drives
type…, GP Type and File Name. At the moment, you can select other functions in menu
bar. We will introduce them later.
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1-5-2 Menu Bar Overview
File (F)
■ New: Create a new file.
■ Open File: Open an old file.
■ User Menu Setting: users can set the languages or menu depends on requirement.
■ Page property Outward to File: export all page to TXT or EXCEL file.
■ Save: save the file into disk.
■ Save as: save the present file to other file name.
■ Print: print present file and set printer settings.
■ Close: close present project.
■ Exit: exit ELCSoftGP.
Edit (E)
■ Add a new page: Add a new page
■ Save page Bitmap: save the present page to clip board or file.
■ Undo: back to the previous condition.
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■ Redo: do the condition before redo. (this item is for future edition)
■ Delete: delete the component in editing page.
■ Cut: delete and cut the component in editing page.
■ Copy: copy the component in editing page.
■ Paste: paste the component to editing page.
■ Multi-Copy: duplicate an object to multiple objects.
■ Copy Page: duplicate all objects in whole page.
■ Paste Page: paste all objects that are duplicated to other blank page.
■ Move Up: move up selected object when two or more objects are overlapped.
■ Move Down: move down selected object when two or more objects are overlapped.
■ Move Top: move selected object to the top layer when two or more objects are
overlapped.
■ Move Bottom: move selected object to the bottom layer when two or more objects are
overlapped.
■ Select all: select all components in editing page.
User could one-click right button of mouse to get pop-up menu to edit every component
quickly, such as copy, paste, move and etc.
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Compile (C)
■ Compile: to compile the finished page to download to GP.
Objects (O):
■ Static Text: edit text to shown on GP screen.
■ Read Out: GP reads ELC corresponding value of register to show on GP screen.
■ Indicator (16x16): There are two types 1.Indicator: read the corresponding contacts
(ON or OFF). 2. Multi-state Indicator: reads the register data to show the
corresponding indicator on GP screen.
■ Bitmap: it is used to edit static bitmap to be the background. Or it also could be used
for GP to read the corresponding contacts (ON or OFF) or register data to show the
corresponding dynamic bitmap on GP screen.
■ Scale: edit the scale that user needs to GP screen.
■ Progress Bar: GP reads the ELC corresponding data of register to convert to progress
bar to show on GP screen.
■ Meter: GP reads ELC corresponding data of register to convert to circle meter to show
on GP screen.
■ Message Display: GP reads ELC corresponding contacts (ON or OFF) or register data
to display the corresponding message on GP screen.
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■ Button: it will have a series of button type for you to choose. It will be easier to design
ELC program.
■ Clock Display: GP reads time/week/date from internal RTC or ELC series to display on
GP screen.
■ Multi-state Bitmap: GP reads the corresponding contacts (ON or OFF) or register data
to show the corresponding user-defined figure or characters on GP screen.
■ Units: edit the unit that user needs on GP screen.
■ Numeric Input: you can use function key or instruction key to input figures. GP will
transmit figures to the corresponding registers of ELC when pressing Enter.
■ Curve: GP reads a serial figure from ELC corresponding registers to convert to curve
and display on GP screen.
■ X-Y Curve: GP reads a serial figure from ELC corresponding registers to convert to XY
chart and display on GP screen.
■ Geometric Graphic: it is used to edit GP display.
View (V):
■ Page Manager: manage the edited page.
■ Gp Page: display edited GP page and switch between GP page and start-up display.
■ Start Figure: edit start-up display and switch between GP page and start-up display.
■ Full Screen and Refer Device: display full-screen and relative device name.
■ Page Workspace: display current edition pages and start-up screen.
■ Object Inspector: display all properties of objects and it also can be edited and set
directly.
■ Standard Toolbar: show/hide Standard Toolbar.
■ Object Toolbar: show/hide Object Toolbar.
■ Geometric Toolbar: show/hide Geometric Toolbar.
■ Text/Bmp Toolbar: show/hide Text/Bmp Toolbar.
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■ Location Toolbar: show/hide Location Toolbar.
Communication (M)
■ Read from GP: Read application program from GP to ELCSoftGP.
■ Write to GP: Write application program from ELCSoftGP to GP.
■ Write Start figure to GP: Write start-up display that edited by ELCSoftGP into GP.
■ Write Menu to GP: Write user-defined user menu that edited by ELCSoftGP into GP.
Local Page Settings (L):
■ Page Jump Condition Settings: input the jump page condition. If the condition is held,
it will jump to the designated page.
■ Function Key Setting: it is used to define the functions and button types of function
keys F0~F9, Up, Down, Left, Right.
■ Alarm Buzzer Setting: input alarm condition. When the condition is held, buzzer
sounds.
■ Alarm LED Setting: input alarm condition. When the condition is held, alarm LED will
light.
■ Hide Page Setting: users cannot see these hidden pages when browsing pages by
pressing UP/DOWN key.
■ Write Page No. Setting: write page number of current page to the connected device.
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User could one-click right button of mouse to get pop-up menu to edit every component
quickly, such as Page Jump Condition Settings, Function Key Setting, Alarm Buzzer
Setting and etc.
Global Settings (G):
■ System Page Jump Setting: when the conditions are held, it will jump to the
designated page. This is used for system to change page. It is not necessary to set
change condition for each page. Once the condition in each page is held, it will jump to
the designated page. (if the conditions of system change page conflicts with the
conditions of each page, the conditions of each page has high priority.)
■ System Function Key Setting: it is used to define the button type and functions of
function keys F0~F9, Up, Down, Left, Right. It doesn’t need to set in each page. Once
the function keys F0~F9 are used, they will be executed according to the definition of
button type and functions. (if the function settings of system conflicts with the function
settings of each page, the function setting of each page has high priority.)
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■ System Alarm Buzzer Setting: to set system alarm condition. When the conditions are
held, buzzer will sound. It doesn’t need to set condition in each page. Once the
condition is held, buzzer will sound in any page. (if the system alarm condition
conflicts with the alarm condition of each page, the alarm condition of each page has
high priority.
■ System Alarm LED Setting: to input alarm condition. When the condition is held, GP
alarm LED will light. It doesn’t need to input alarm condition in each page. (if the alarm
condition conflicts with alarm condition of each page, the alarm condition of each page
has high priority.)
■ System Clock Setting: write GP time/week/date to the connected device.
■ System Power ON Marco Setting: it is used to set the interval time (when it is to
transmit instruction) and the connected device (the device that instruction needed to
be transmitted) after power up.
Tools (T):
■ Default Text Font: it is used to set the font attributes that used in ELCSoftGP.
■ Communication Setting: it is used to set the communication format between PC and
GP.
■ GP Protocol Setting: set the communication format of GP and monitor devices,
including RS-232 COM1 and RS-485(RS-422) COM2.
■ GP Object Communication Default Setting: set the communication port and station
number for all objects in GP to communicate.
■ Change Device Type: switch the device type that GP connects.
■ User-Level/Password Setting: set user level and password.
■ AutoSave setup: set time to auto save file, such as before compiler or when.
■ Function Key Setting: it is used to enable Up, Down key.
■ Page Size: it is used to set windows’ size.
■ Grid Settings: it is used to set using grid or not.
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Windows (W):
■ Tile Vertically: display edit page in vertical.
■ Tile Horizontally: display edit page in horizontal.
■ Cascade: display edit page in overlay.
Help(H):
■ Version: display software version of ELCSoftGP and relative information.
■ Help: provide electronic file of ELCSoftGP user manual.
Above is the basic introduction of ELCSoftGP. We will explain the functions that used
frequently for detail in the following.
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ELCSoftGP Software Explanation in Detail
1-6-1 File
■ Create a New File
It is used to create a new file. Do one of the following:
Method 1:
Step 1. File (F) > New
5 last used files
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Step 2. Set Device type.
Step 3. User can set ELC or Inverter Type, GP type and File Name in this dialog box.
Step 4. You can use file name to record the function of program. For example, you
can name ”Monitor Production Line” for the program that monitors the
production line.
Step 5. ELCSoftGP document usually have extension .gpf. ELCSoftGP will name
your new file to be Doc0. (the default name will be Doc0.gdf, Doc1.gdf……in
order.
The following is the window for creating new project.
Method 2: Click the button
to create a new file.
Method 3: Pressing〔Ctrl〕+〔N〕to create a new file.
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■ Open an Old file
Method 1:
Step 1. choose File (F) > Open File
Step 2. Open an old file dialog box.
File name
key in or select the file name that you want to open. It will show all
the file type that selected in “file of type” in this dialog box.
File of type
Look in
select the file type you want to open: Gdf File (i.e. *.gdf)
select the disk or file that you want open.
Method 2: Click the button
to open the existed file.
Method 3: Pressing〔Ctrl〕+〔O〕.
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■ User Menu Setting
You can set the language, menu content or GP information according to your request. In
addition to the default three languages, user can select the suitable language for
themselves. The following is for detail:
Step 1.
Choose File (F) > User Menu Setting > ELC-GP04 and it will show 21 pages
(User &Menu Setting-0 ~ User &Menu Setting-20) about user menu setting
for you to set.
Step 2.
Choose File (F) > User Menu Setting > ELC-GP02 and it will show 41 pages
(User &Menu Setting-0 ~ User &Menu Setting-40) about user menu setting
for you to set.
Step 3. You can set the language you need here. But you can’t modify the function
definition and button size.
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Step 4. You just need to double-click the item you want to modify and it will show the
dialog box for you to edit.
Step 5. After editing, press 1. D/L AP GP04
PC in GP04 hardware main menu.
The words “WAIT COMM…” will be shown on GP screen.
Step 6. Choose Communication (M) > Write Menu to GP. This function just can be
used under the mode of User Menu Setting. It is used to download the menu
to GP.
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Step 7. To set language you should select 6. language setting in GP04 main menu
and then press Enter to set.
LANGUAGE
5. BUZZER
6 . LANGUAGE
7. PASSWORD
8. START-UP DISPLAY
ENTER
1. ENGLISH
2. USER DEFINE
■ Page property Outward to File
Export all page to TXT or Excel file.
Step 1. Choose File (F) > Page property Outward to File.
Step 2. Choose the page that needed to
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export.
Step 3. choose the file type you want to export (text file or Excel file)
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■ Save
It is used to save the present file into disk.
Method 1: choose File(F) > Save to save with the original file name.
Method 2: Click the button
Method 3: Press〔Ctrl〕+〔S〕.
■ Save as
Save the present file in another name into disk. ELCSoftGP will save new file to be the
default name, if you want to save it to another name, please choose “Save as”.
Step 1. Choose File (F) > Save as.
Step 2. input file name and then save.
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■ Print
Step 1. Choose File (F) >Print.
>print GP Page
or
>print Start Figure.
Step 2. You can check the print attribute you need in the following dialog box.
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Step 3. You can preview the print result.
■ Close
Choose File (F) > Close. to close the present file.
■ Exit
Choose File (F) > Exit or click
at the right upper-corner. Please confirm to save or not
before exit ELCSoftGP.
1-6-2 Edit
In addition to undo, cute and paste functions of ELCSoftGP
Method 1: Choose Edit (E) >
■ Add a New Page
Choose Edit (E) > Add a New Page or click the button
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■ Save page Bitmap: Choose Edit (E) > Save page Bitmap to save the present page
Bitmap to clipboard or file.
■ Undo, Redo: to back to the previous action or redo the action before execute “undo”.
■ The functions of delete, Cut, Copy, Paste, Multi-Copy, Copy Page, Paste Page, Move
Up, Move Down, Move Top, Move Button and Select all:
Delete: delete the component from editing page.
Cut: delete and cut the component from editing page.
Copy: copy the component from editing page.
Paste: paste the component from editing page.
Multi-Copy: duplicate an object to multiple objects.
Copy Page: duplicate all objects in whole page.
Paste Page: paste all objects that are duplicated to other blank page.
Move Up: move up selected object when two or more objects are overlapped.
Move Down: move down selected object when two or more objects are overlapped.
Move Top: move selected object to the top layer when two or more objects are
overlapped.
Move Bottom: move selected object to the bottom layer when two or more objects are
overlapped.
Select all: select all components from editing page.
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Method 2: User could one-click right button of mouse to get pop-up menu to edit every
component quickly, such as copy, paste, move and etc.
1-6-3 Compile
Choose Compile (C) > Compile or click the button
to compile application program to
transmit to GP04. After compiling successfully, you will get the following dialog box.
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1-6-4 Objects Function Explanation
You could choose Object (O) or press﹝ALT﹞+﹝O﹞to set object. It is the management system
for all objects. You need to open a page before using this function.
■ Static Text
Step 1. Choose Object (O) > Static Text or click the button
. At the moment, the mouse
pointer will be cross pointer. You can press the left button of mouse, drag to the
position you need and then release to get the text square.
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Step 2. Move the mouse to static text square and then double-click left button of mouse to
get the following window.
Step 3. You can input text and setting the font attributes (including frame setting, Align
Text, Location setting and font type). Frame setting could be no frame single frame,
double frames, bold frames, dotted line frames or spotted line frames. Align Text
could be from left towards to right, from right towards to left, from up towards to
down and from down towards to up. Location setting could be left side, right side
or middle side. You could select the font you need by pressing the button “Font”
and you will get the following dialog box.
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Step 4. After setting, you will get the static text. If it can’t show completely, you should
enlarge the size of text square.
Step 5. Choose View (V) > Object Inspector: display all properties of objects and it also
can be edited and set directly.
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■ Read Out
Step 1. Choose Object (O) > Read Out or click the button
At the moment, the mouse
pointer will be cross pointer. You can press the left button of mouse, drag to the
position you need and then release to get the Read Out Object.
Step 2. Move the mouse to the Read Out Object and then double-click left button of
mouse to get the following window.
Step 3. Click reference device and you will get the following window.
Step 4. In this dialog box, you could set device name to be T, C and D and device number
to be 0~F. If your device name is AC driver, it doesn’t need to check device name.
It will show symbol $ to mean AC driver absolute address. What you need is to
input absolute address in device number.
Step 5. You could set device name, value type, value length, position, integer number,
decimal number, frame setting, font, blink and fill 0 into upper bit.
Step 6. Value type could be unsigned, signed, hexadecimal, BCD code, ASCII code,
Binary or Floating. Value length could be 16 bits or 32 bits. The position could be
right side, left side and middle.
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Step 7. The digital numbers of integer and decimal according to the setting of display
value number. For example, if the real value of timer T0 is 50 seconds, if you set
integer number is 3 and decimal number is 0 and it will display 500. If you set 3
for integer number and 1 for decimal number and it will display 050.0.
Step 8. The settings of frame could be no frame, double-line frame, bold frame and the
font size could be 5X8, 8X8, 8X12 and 8X16.
Step 9.You could choose to fill 0 in upper bit or not. For example, there are 6 integer
numbers and 2 decimal numbers of a value. If you check to fill 0, the value
324836 will display to 003248.36. If you don’t check to fill 0, the value 324836 will
display to 3248.36.
Step 10. After setting, GP will read ELC corresponding reference device to show the value
on GP screen.
Step 11. Choose View (V) > Object Inspector: display all properties of objects and it also
can be edited and set directly.
■ Indicator(16x16)
There are two types for you to choose:
Indicator: Choose Object (O) > Indicator(16x16) > Indicator or click the button
to set.
When GP reads the ELC corresponding contacts (ON or OFF), it will show the
corresponding figure.
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Multi-state Indicator: choose Object (O) > Indicator(16x16) > Multi-state Indicator or click
the button
to set.
Step 1. Choose Object (O) > Indicator(16x16) > Multi-state Indicator. If you set as the
following dialog box, When the device value >= 300, current state is 0 and the
bitmap will display
. There are five indications from 0 to 4.
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Step 2. The settings of, Current state 0~4, bitmap set, set display sequence and device
value >= range value setting. You could set the corresponding bitmap for the
current state. Each current state has the corresponding range value, if device
value >= range value and it will show the corresponding bitmap. For example, if
current state 0 and range value is 300, current state 1 and range value is 500,
when device value is between 300, 500 and it will show the corresponding bitmap
of current state 0, if device value is large than 500, and it will show the
corresponding bitmap of current state 1. But if device value is small than 300, it
won’t display any bitmap due to no current state conforms to it.
Step 3. Choose View (V) > Object Inspector: display all properties of objects and it also
can be edited and set directly.
Step 4. it is used to set the arrangement order of the state of the corresponding device
(from max to min or from min to max)
Step 5. Double click the input cell of device value >=Range value to get the pop-up dialog
of all state table for user to set.
Step 6. “Refer Value” can be used to calculate state range.
■ Bitmap
You could choose static bitmap or dynamic bitmap.
Static Bitmap: choose Object (O) > Bitmap > Static Bitmap or click the button
. It will
read the static bitmap to be the background of GP. It just can read the file
with extension .bmp now.
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Step 1. Choose Object (O) > Bitmap > Static Bitmap and move the mouse to the editing
area. At the moment, the mouse pointer will be cross pointer. Pressing the left
button and hold on to drag, once you release the button the action will be finished.
The component
will be shown.
Step 2. Moving the mouse on this component and double-click the left button. You will get
the following open dialog box. Choosing the picture with BMP file you want to
open, and then click Open to return and the picture you choose will display on the
screen.
Step 3. Choose View (V) > Object Inspector: display all properties of objects and it also
can be edited and set directly.
ELCSoftGP has built-in Bitmaps (including button type and arrows) for users to use. The
built-in Bitmaps are saved in Program File\ Eaton\ ELCGP\ BmpGroup.
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Dynamic Bitmap: Choose Object (O) > Bitmap > dynamic bitmap or click the button
.
GP reads ELC the corresponding contacts (ON or OFF) or register data value
will do comparison operation according to the corresponding base state. The
setting bitmap will be displayed on the screen according to the operation result.
(it you check bit, base state could be 0 or 1. If you check value, base state could
be set to 255)
Step 1. Choosing Object (O) > Bitmap > Dynamic Bitmap and then move the mouse to the
editing area. At the moment, the mouse pointer will be cross pointer and you could
press left button and hold on to drag. Once you release the button, the action will
be finished and the component
will be displayed.
Step 2. You could move the mouse to this component and double-click the left button to
get the following dialog box.
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Step 3. The settings of reference device, Total state, Current state, device value >= range
value setting are the same as the Multi-state Indicator. The Total state could be set
to 0~254. If you press BMP read, you will get the open dialog box. You could set
the corresponding bitmap for the current state. Each Current state has the
corresponding range value, if device value >= range value and it will show the
corresponding bitmap. For example, if current state 0 and range value is 100,
current state 1 and range value is 300, when device value is between 100, 300
and it will show the corresponding bitmap of current state 0, if device value is large
than 300, and it will show the corresponding bitmap of current state 1. But if
device value is small than 100, it won’t display any bitmap due to no current state
conforms to it.
Step 4. Choose View (V) > Object Inspector: display all properties of objects and it also
can be edited and set directly.
Step 5. it is used to set the arrangement order of the state of the corresponding device
(from max to min or from min to max)
Step 6. Double click the input cell of device value >=Range value to get the pop-up dialog
of all state table for user to set.
Step 7. “Refer Value” can be used to calculate state range.
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■ Scale
Step 1. Choose Object (O) > Scale or click the button
to get the following dialog.
Step 2. You could set scale position, progress direction, main scale, sub scale, Max. value,
Min value, value length or font in the dialog box.
Step 3. The graduation of scale could be face up, down, left or right. The progress
direction could be Forward (increase from left to right or top to bottom), or reverse
(increase from right to left or bottom to top).
Step 4. Setting the precision of scale of main scale and sub scale.
Step 5. The scale usually display with bar chart and that is very clear for user to see the
value from the Progress Bar.
Step 6. Choose View (V) > Object Inspector: display all properties of objects and it also
can be edited and set directly.
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■ Progress Bar
Step 1. Choose Object (O) > Progress Bar or click the button
to get the following
dialog box.
Step 2. You could set reference device, value type, value length, direct set, max., and min
value in the dialog box.
Step 3. direct set is used to set the direction for Progress Bar to increase and show on the
GP screen.
Step 4. Max. value and min. value are the range for value to display. Only the value
between max. and min. value will be shown on the bar chart.
Step 5. After setting, GP will read ELC corresponding register data and convert it to
Progress Bar to show on GP screen.
Step 6. Choose View (V) > Object Inspector: display all properties of objects and it also
can be edited and set directly.
■ Meter
Step 1. Choose Object (O) > Meter >circle meter or click the button
following dialog box.
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Step 2. You could set reference device, value type, integer number, decimal number, max.
value, min. value, style, font, main scale and sub scale.
Step 3. The style could be 300 or 360 degrees. It means a circle is 300 or 360 degrees.
Step 4. After setting, GP will read the ELC corresponding register data and convert it to
circle meter to show on GP screen.
Step 5. Choose View (V) > Object Inspector: display all properties of objects and it also
can be edited and set directly.
■ Message Display
Step 1. Choose Object (O) > Message Display or click the button
to get the following
dialog box. The settings of reference device, Total state, Current state, device
value >= range value setting are the same as the Dynamic Bitmap. The max. Total
state is 255 (Value) or 2 (Bit).
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Step 2. GP will read the ELC corresponding contacts (ON or OFF) or register data and
display the corresponding status on GP screen. The content of message could
only be text and the text direction of LED message will be scrolls in a loop as
follows: from right to left, from left to right, from top to bottom and from bottom to
top.
Step 3. Choose View (V) > Object Inspector: display all properties of objects and it also
can be edited and set directly.
Step 4. it is used to set the arrangement order of the state of the corresponding device
(from max to min or from min to max)
Step 5. Double click the input cell of device value >=Range value to get the pop-up dialog
of all state table for user to set range value and edit message text.
Step 6. “Refer Value” can be used to calculate state range.
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■ Button
ELCSoftGP provides a series of button for user to use in every kind of occasion. That will
save much time in designing ELC program. Choose Object (O) > Button or click the
button
to get the following dialog box. The following is the introduction for the buttons.
The function of button includes user level and used with Tools (T) > User-Level/Password
Setting. Choose View (V) > Object Inspector: display all properties of objects and it also
can be edited and set directly.
ON/OFF button: press this button and GP will send the contact signal to the ELC
corresponding contact ON or OFF. There are 6 types of ON/OFF buttons.
Set ON : Once you press this button and it will be always On.
Reset : Once you press this button and it will be always Off.
Rising Pulse: pressing this contact to send the signal of rising-edge to the ELC
corresponding contact.
Falling Pulse: pressing this contact one time to send the signal of falling-edge to
the ELC corresponding contact.
Toggle On/Off: pressing the contact one time, the contact will be On and it will be
Off once you press the contact again.
Momentary: the contact will be On when you press and hold on. Once you
release the button, the contact is Off.
Step 1. Choose Object (O) > Button and move the mouse to the editing area. At the
moment, the mouse pointer will be cross pointer. You could press the mouse
and hold on to drag, once you release the button the component will be
displayed.
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Step 2. Double-click left button and you will get the following dialog box.
Step 3. Pressing
button at the right side of “Button Type” to select Set ON.
Step 4. Pressing
button at the right side of “Write” to select the reference device to
write. And pressing
button at the right side of “Read” to select the reference
device to read.
Step 5. Check Fun. Key and press
to select one of F0~F9, Up, Down, Left, Right.
Please notice that function keys F5~F9 should be used with Shift key. You
should set it by yourself, if you don’t set it and you can’t control the button
component.
Step 6. User Level setting is used to protect this button. It should use with Tools (T) >
User-Level/Password Setting. If you set password for the button, you should
enter correct password before executing the button function.
Step 7. Check “Call” and press
to choose to call which reference device. And select
“after writing” or “before writing” to Set or Reset. For example, if the reference
device is Y3 and check “after writing” to “set”. It will inform Y3 to set after
pressing the button.
Step 8. Font is used to set the text on the button. Its size is usually set to 8X12. You
could also select figure to put on button. You could select no frame, single frame,
double frame, circle frame and hidden for the button. If you select hidden, the
button won’t have any frame on the GP page but it still has the same function
when executing.
Step 9. If you press BMP read, you will get the open dialog box. You could set the
corresponding bitmap for the current state.
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Step 10. After setting and press OK, the button will be used according to the setting
unction.
Multi-state: press this button and GP will send the signal to the ELC corresponding
contact or register. The signal could be cycle through S0
S1
S2
…
S0 or S0
…
S2
S1
S0. The max. state could
be 256 (VALUE), 16 (LSB) and 2 (BIT).
Value: Press this button and GP will display built-in value on screen. You could use
function key or common key to enter value. When pressing Enter, GP will send
value to ELC corresponding register.
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Step 1. The setting steps are the same as ON/OFF button. There are some setting
items are different in the dialog box.
Step 2. The value length could be set to 16 bits or 32 bits. Value type could be unsigned ,
signed, hexadecimal and BCD.
Step 3. If you set 3 for integer number and 2 for decimal number, the whole number will
be displayed as 000.00. If you set 5000 for the maximum value, the maximum
you could input is 050.00 due to there are 2 decimals. If you set 500 for the
maximum value, the maximum you could input is 5.00.
Step 4. After finishing input, press OK to enter and the button will be used by the
function you set.
Constant: Pressing this button and GP will send the constant setting to ELC
corresponding register.
Increase/Decrease: Pressing this button and GP will read register data from ELC and add
or submit according to the settings. It will write the result to ELC
corresponding register. If you set 10 for inc/dec and 1000 for
up/down bound, it means it will increase/decrease 10 for each time
you press the button. And the maximum you can increase/decrease
is 1000.
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Page Jump: Pressing this button and GP will change to designate page. You can press
to select or enter the page number directly.
Password: There are functions of password setting and inform command in the dialog box.
You could use password setting to protect this button. And you could check
“call” to set to call the reference device to reset to set before writing or after
writing. User can use “User level” to set the user priority.
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■ Clock Display
Step 1. Choose Object (O) > Clock Display or click the button
directly and you will get
the following dialog box.
Step 2. Choose View (V) > Object Inspector: display all properties of objects and it also
can be edited and set directly.
Step 3. You can set time relative, font, frame set and Location set in the dialog box.
Step 4. GP will read the value of time and date of REAL TIME CLOCK and display on GP
screen directly.
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Step 5. You could select time of GP or time of ELC. Time of GP means the time you write
into reference device and time of ELC means the time read the ELC time from
register data.
■ Multi-state Bitmap
Step 1. Choose Object (O) > Lamp Display or click the button
to get the following
dialog box. The settings are the same as dynamic figure. The addition setting is
text input. It is used to input text and edit text. screen.
Step 2. Choose View (V) > Object Inspector: display all properties of objects and it also
can be edited and set directly.
■ Units
Step 1. Choose Object (O) > Units or click the button
directly and you will get the
following dialog box.
Step 2. You could set the Metrology type and Unit Name you need.
Step 3. Choose View (V) > Object Inspector: display all properties of objects and it also
can be edited and set directly.
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■ Numeric Input
You can use function key or instruction key to input figures. GP will transmit figures to the
corresponding registers of ELC when pressing Enter.
Step 1. Choose Object (O) > Numeric Input or click the button
directly and you will
get the following dialog box. The settings of reference device, Value Set, Limit Set,
Outline Set, Call Set, User Level are the same as the Button Value Setting.
Step 2. Choose View (V) > Object Inspector: display all properties of objects and it also
can be edited and set directly.
■ Curve
GP reads a serial figure from ELC corresponding registers to convert to curve to display
on GP screen.
Step 1. Choose Object (O) > Curve or click the button
directly and you will get the
following dialog box.
Step 2. User designates D0 device and GP will use D0 content to be sampling points and
100 points max. Odd numbers will be a sets(D1, D3…) and even numbers will be
the other sets (D2, D4…). User can use these two sets to draw two curves.
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Step 3. Choose View (V) > Object Inspector: display all properties of objects and it also
can be edited and set directly.
■ X-Y Curve
GP reads a serial figure from ELC corresponding registers to convert to XY chart to
display on GP screen.
Step 1. Choose Object (O) > X-Y Curve or click the button
directly and you will get
the following dialog box.
Step 2. User designates D0 device and GP will use D0 content to be sampling points and
100 points max. The first point of corresponding XY can be composed of D1 and
D2, the second point of corresponding XY can be composed of D3 and D4, and in
this way, a XY chart can be drawn.
Step 3. Choose View (V) > Object Inspector: display all properties of objects and it also
can be edited and set directly.
■ Geometric Figure
You could press the buttons
to use geometric
to draw the line. The following page is the
directly and press the buttons
result that did with these tools.
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■ Page manager
Choose View (V) > Page Manage and you will get the following dialog box. You could
input page title to delete or add or insert that page or open all pages.
■ GP page
Display GP page and change the page between GP page and start-up display.
■ Start-up display
It is used to edit start-up display and change the pages between start-up display and GP
display.
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■ Full Screen and Refer Device:
Display full-screen and relative device name.
■ Page Workspace
Display current edition pages and start-up screen.
■ Object Inspector
Display all properties of objects and it also can be edited and set directly.
■ Toolbar: including Standard Toolbar, Object Toolbar, Geometric Toolbar, Text/Bmp
Toolbar and Location Toolbar.
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■ Read from GP
Step 1. After editing, choose Communication (C) > Read from GP or click the button
directly to read the program from GP04 to ELCSoftGP.
PC in GP04 hardware main menu.
Step 2. After editing, press 1. U/L AP GP04
The words “WAIT COMM…” will be shown on GP screen.
■ Write to GP
Step 1. After editing, Choose Communication (C) > Write to GP or click the button
directly to write the program edited by ELCSoftGP into GP04.
Step 2. After editing, press 1. D/L AP GP04
PC in GP04 hardware main menu.
The words “WAIT COMM…” will be shown on GP screen.
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■ Write Start figure to GP
Step 1. After editing, Choose Communication (C) > starting figure write in to edit
start-up display to input to GP04.
Step 2. After editing, press 1. D/L AP GP04
PC in GP04 hardware main menu.
The words “WAIT COMM…” will be shown on GP screen.
■ Write Menu to GP
Step 1. After editing, Choose Communication (C) > User Menu Write in to edit user
menu to input to GP04.
Step 2. After editing, press 1. D/L AP GP04
PC in GP04 hardware main menu.
The words “WAIT COMM…” will be shown on GP screen.
1-6-7 Local Page Settings
There are six functions (including Page Jump Condition Settings, Function Key Setting,
Alarm Buzzer Setting, Alarm LED Setting, Hide Page Setting, and Write Page No. Setting)
you can use. We will explain these six functions in the following.
■ Page Jump Condition Settings
Step 1. Choose Local Page Settings (L) > Page Jump Condition Settings or click right
mouse button directly in editing page and select “Page Jump Condition Settings”
in pop-up menu, or Press〔Ctrl〕+〔F1〕. There are 20 sets max.
Pop-up menu for
edit function
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Step 2. After clicking, it will show “Page Jump Condition Settings” dialog box.
Step 3. Click reference device to input device name, device number and communication
address. The devices’ name that you can set in this window are X, Y, M, S, D, C
and T and the equipment no. are 0~9.
Select the reference device (In the “Page Jump Condition Settings” dialog box, it
is different to set Bit or Value in condition Set. If you set to Bit, the device name
you can select are X, Y, M, S, C and T. If you set to Value, the device name you
can select are T, C and D. In dialog box of device reference, you can check device
name and select device name by clicking
. If it is AC drive, you don’t need to
check device name. It will show $ to mean absolute address of AC drive, input
equipment no, communication address and then press Enter to return to jump
page set dialog box.
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Step 4. In condition set, you could set Bit or Value. If you set it to Bit, it will jump to
designate page. If you set it to Value, you need to input value length, value type,
condition and operation condition. If the conditions are held, it will jump to the
designate page. If you just edit one page, the jump page will display 0 due to the
default first page is number 0.
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You can set the value length and value type that you need in value setting. Value
length could be 16-bit or 32-bit. Value type could be unsigned or signed decimal,
hexadecimal or BCD. Condition could be =, <, >, >=, <= or !=.
Step 5. After finishing input, press “Add in” to add. The condition will display in the
message window. You can press “Update” to update jump page condition or press
“Delete”, “Delete All” to delete condition.
Step 6. After setting, press “Close” to return to editing page.
■ Function Key Setting
Step 1. Choose Local Page Settings (L) > Function Key Settings or click right button of
mouse to get the pop-up menu to select function key settings, or Press〔Ctrl〕+
〔F2〕.
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Step 2. And then you will get the following function key setting dialog box.
Step 3. it is used to set button type of function key F0~F9, Up, Down, Left, Right. (you can
refer to object setting.) Once you set a function key, you should press button “Set”
to set. And if you want to clear a function key, you just need to select that function
key and press “Clear” to clear or press “Clear All” to clear all. After setting, you can
press “Close” to exit this dialog box.
■ Alarm Buzzer Setting
Step 1. Choose Local Page Settings (L) > Alarm Buzzer Setting or click right button of
mouse in editing page to get pop-up menu to select alarm setting, or Press〔Ctrl〕
+〔F3〕.
Step 2. And then you will get the alarm setting dialog box.
Step 3. The settings are the same as jump page settings. When the condition is held,
buzzer will sound.
■ Alarm LED Setting
Step 1. Choose Local Page Settings (L) > Alarm LED Setting or click right button of mouse
in editing page to get pop-up menu to select alarm setting, or Press〔Ctrl〕+〔F4〕.
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Step 2. And then you will get the alarm setting dialog box.
Step 3. The settings of alarm LED are the same as alarm settings. Once the condition is
held, the alarm LED will light.
■ Hide Page Setting
Step 1. Choose Local Page Settings (L) > Hide Page Setting. users cannot see these
hidden pages when browsing pages by pressing UP/DOWN key.
Step 2. After clicking Tools (T) > Function Key Setting > Re-Define Up/Down Key,
following confirmation dialog will be shown.
Step 3. After pressing Yes, the function of “Hide Page Setting” will be invalided.
■ Write Page No. Setting
Choose Local Page Settings (L) > Write Page No. Setting. Write page number of current
page to the connected device.
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■
System Page Jump Setting
Choose Global Settings (G) > System Page Jump Setting to get the dialog box. You
should notice that System Page Jump Setting is the condition of change page of all pages
but the condition of change page in Local Page Settings menu is only for the editing page.
If there is a conflict between these two conditions, Local Page Settings > Page Jump
Setting has high priority. There are 20 sets max. The setting method is the same as Local
Page Settings > Page Jump Setting.
■ System Function Key Setting
Choose Global Settings (G) > System Function Key Setting to get the dialog box. System
function key is for all pages and the function key in Local Page Settings > Function Key
Setting is only for the page you edit. If there is a conflict between these two conditions,
Local Page Settings > Function Key Setting has high priority. The setting method is the
same as Local Page Settings > Function Key Setting.
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■ System Alarm Buzzer Setting
Choose Global Settings (G) > System Alarm Buzzer Setting to set. When the condition is
held, the buzzer in GP will sound. The System Alarm Buzzer Setting is for all pages and
the Local Page Settings > Alarm Buzzer Setting is only for the page you edit. If there is a
conflict between these two conditions, Local Page Settings > Alarm Buzzer Setting has
high priority. The setting method is the same as Local Page Settings > Alarm Buzzer
Setting.
■ System Alarm LED Setting
Choose Global Settings (G) > System Alarm LED Setting to set. When the condition is
held, system LED will light. The System Alarm LED Setting is for all pages and the Local
Page Settings > Alarm LED Setting is only for the page you edit. If there is a conflict
between these two conditions, Local Page Settings > Alarm LED Setting has high priority.
The setting method is the same as Local Page Settings > Alarm LED Setting.
■ System Clock Setting
Choose Global Settings (G) > System Clock Setting to set. Write GP time/week/date to
the connected device.
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■ System Power ON Marco Setting
Choose Global Settings (G) > System Power ON Marco Setting to set. After power up, it
will send an instruction after the setting of time interval (500ms~2000ms).
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■ Default Text Font
Choose Tools (T) > Default Text Font to get the following dialog box. User could set the
font attributes.
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■ Communication Setting
Choose Tools (T) > Communication Setting to get the following dialog box. You could set
0~255 to GP Station Address. It can transmit data to GP. You could set COM1 ~ COM8 for
PC COM Ports. You could set 9600~115200 bps for Baud Rate. These settings should be
set to the same as GP04, otherwise it can’t transmit between GP and ELC.
■ GP Protocol Setting
Choose Tools (T) > GP Protocol Setting to get the following dialog box. You could set
COM1 (RS-232) Data Format and COM2(RS-422/RS-485) Data Format. These settings
can transmit between GP and ELC.
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■ GP Object Communication Default Setting
Choose Tools (T) > GP Object Communication Default Setting to get the following dialog
box. Set the communication port and station number for all objects in GP to
communicate..
■ Change Device Type
Choose Tools (T) > Change Device Type to get the following dialog box. It can change
connected device type. For example, before changing ELC to SIEMENS S7-200 series, it
needs to modify bit/value device one by one.
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■ User-Level/Password Setting
Choose Tools (T) > User-Level/Password Setting to get the following dialog box. If there is
User Level setting, GP will execute password function according to User-Level/Password
Setting. The higher user level and higher priority and it needs the same level or higher
priority to operate.
■ AutoSave setup
Choose Tools (T) > AutoSave setup to get the following dialog box. It can set the time for
auto file save, such as before compiler or when.
■ Function Key Setting
Choose Tools (T) > Function Key Setting > Re-Define Up/Down Key. it is used to enable
Up, Down key.
■ Page Size
Choose Tools (T) > Page Size (All Page Size or Page Size) to set page proportion. The
setting could be 100%, 200% or 400%.
■ Frame Setting
Choose Tools (T) > Frame Setting to use grid as coordinate reference or not.
1-6-10 Windows
Choose Windows to select Tile Vertically, Tile Horizontally or Cascade.
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Choose Help (H) > version to display ELCSoftGP software version.
Choose Help (H) > Help to get the help of ELCSoftGP software.
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Chapter 2
Communication Connection Mode
Before any communication between the GP and ELCSoftGP software is conducted, the
user should complete the GP hardware settings and connect the correct wiring between the
two components.
There are three items in the communication protocol of GP series product that must be set for
communication to work properly.
■
The GP address and control port.
■
The RS-232 settings.
■
The RS-485 settings.
The software communication settings must also be set correctly to achieve proper
communication.
In the ELCSoftGP software select “Tools” then “Communication Settings”. Enter the GP
Station Address, PC COM Port, Baud Rate as shown in the following diagram.
After entering the correct settings, the PC is capable of communicating to the GP.
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ELC-ELC-GP04 may connect to a PC by using cable ELC-CBPCGP3
ELC-CBPCGP3
ON PC (RS-232)
ON ELC-GP02/04(RS-232)
9
5
1
6
6
1
5
9
9 PIN D-SUB
9 PIN D-SUB
PC COM Port
9 PIN D-SUB female
9 PIN D-SUB female
Rx
2
3
Tx
GND
5
5
GND
Communication methods:
Step 1. After creating a display program, the program should be compiled before downloading
to the GP. Select “Compile” in the menu bar to complete this task. Any errors in
programming will be displayed after this process.
Step 2. On the GP, select the “Download GP04
PC.”
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Step 3. To execute the command in the menu bar, choose “Communication” then “Write to
GP” and finally select “Yes” to confirm the download. The software and hardware
will both display the progress during download as shown below.
GP04:
RECEIVING
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Step 4. Users may also read from the GP and display it on the ELCSoftGP window. The
steps are similar to Downloading, except choose “Read from GP”. The software and
hardware will both display the progress during download as shown below.
GP04:
TRANSFERING
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Chapter 3
Examples
Example 1. Edit Start Figure
Step 1. Open ELCSoftGP to select File（F） to create new file. Then choose View（V）> Start
Figure and it will escape Start Figure
Step 2. In edition display, you can choose static text or static graphics. If you choose static
graphics, the mouse pointer will become to cross pointer in the working area. At this
time, you can press the left button of mouse and hold on to drag. After releasing the
left button,
will show on the edition display as shown in above figure.
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Step 3. To move mouse to this component
and double-click the left button of mouse,
you will get the window as shown in the following.
Step 4. In GP04, choosing 1. download program GP04
the words of “WAIT COMM…”.
PC. On GP04 screen, it will show
Step 5. In ELCSoftGP, choosing “Communication” > “Write Start figure to GP” and then press
“Yes” for confirmation. It will start to download to GP and it will display the progress
during download. Start figure can be downloaded without compiler.
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Step 6. In GP04, choosing “4. GP04 SETUP” > “8. START-UP DISPLAY” > “2. USER DEFINE”
as the following and you will finish the start-up display.
1. D/L AP GP04 ⇐ PC
2. U/L AP GP04 ⇒ PC
3. COPY GP04 ⇔ GP04
4. GP04 SETUP
5. EXIT & RUN
5. BUZZER
6. LANGUAGE
7. PASSWORD
8 . START-UP DISPLAY
START-UP DISPLAY
ENTER
1. GP04 DEFAULT
2. USER DEFINE
Note: You can set start-up display by yourself. But the picture must be monochromatic BMP
file and the Max. size should be 128X64. If you want to add text on it, the picture should
be smaller than 128X64 as shown in the following.
Example 2. To use GP04 to connect to two ELC and control their output contacts ON/OFF.
Step 1. Choose File（F） to create a new file.
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Step 2. Model settings should be set as following: 1. Set Device Type: You should choose
“EATON ELC – PB/PC/PA/PH”, GP type: you should choose ELC-GP04, File Name:
you can name by yourself, here we name it “ Connection with two ELC” and then press
“OK” to enter edit mode.
Step 3. To choose ”Object（O）” and move mouse to working area. At this time, mouse pointer
will be cross pointer. To press left button and hold on to drag and the component
will show in window after you release the button.
Step 4. Choose View (V) > Object Inspector: display all properties of objects and it also can be
edited and set directly.
Step 5. Double-click the left button of the mouse and you can see the following window.
Step 5. To click
in the right side of button type and you can choose Button type.
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Step 6. To click
besides “Write” and the window of “Device reference” will be shown as
following. Here we set Y1 to control ON/OFF of Y1. That is very important to set the
communication address. If the communication address of the first ELC is 1 and then
set it to 1, the communication address of the second ELC is 2 then set it to 2. Each
ELC has its communication address independently.
besides “Read”, it will also have the
Step 7. If you check the item of “Read” and press
window of device reference. You can set the device name, number and
communication address that you want to read and then press “OK” to return to the
window.
Step 8. If you check the item of “Function key” and press
besides “Function key”, you will
get the pop-up menu. You can set it by yourself to control button components.
Step 9. You can set password to protect this component.
Step 10. Button text is to set the text on the button. The font size is usually 8X12 and is also
clear to display. You can also put the figure on the button.
Step 11. To press “OK” after finishing setting and this button will be used for the setting
functions.
Step 12. Choose “Compile” > “Compile” to compile the edition page.
Step 13. In TP04G, choose “1. download program TP04G
show “WAIT COMM…“.
PC” to download and it will
Step 14. In ELCSoftGP, to choose “Communicate” > “Write to GP” and press “OK” to download
program to GP04.
Step 15. To modify ELC communication address according to ELC parameter setting.
Step 16. Using RS-485 to connect GP and ELC. The connection method is to connect negative
terminal of RS-485 of two ELC to negative terminal of RS-485 of GP04 and connect
positive terminal of RS-485 of two ELC to positive terminal of RS-485 of GP04.
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Step 17.Then choosing “5. EXIT & RUN” in GP04 menu to RUN.
The first ELC
Communication address=1
Slave Workstation
GP04
Master Workstation
The second ELC
Communication address =2
Slave Workstation
The max. ELC numbers that GP04 can connect is less than 255 ELCs. Master GP connects to
slave ELC in series with RS-485. In each ELC, you should give them a different
communication address. The setting methods are the same as one-to-one connection but the
difference is it needs to set ELC communication address in ELCSoftGP.
The first ELC
Communication address=1
Slave Workstation
GP04
Master Workstation
The second ELC
Communication address =2
Slave Workstation
The N ELC
Communication address =N
Slave Workstation
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