Omron NT2S-SF121B-E -, Quick Start Manual

Page 1: ...Version 1 03 Page 1 NT2S SF121B E NT2S SF122B E QUICK START GUIDE V1 03 ...

Page 2: ...11 10 LINK SCREEN 15 11 SPECIAL SCREEN 16 12 FUNCTION SCREEN 18 13 SPECIAL PROGRAMMING NOTES 20 STR Control from a Function Key 20 STR Control from the PLC 20 Function Key Control Definitions 20 Entering Text on Second Line of Display 21 14 COMMUNICATION CABLES SPECIFICATIONS 22 Omron Cables 22 Allen Bradley Cables 24 GE Micro Cables 25 Modicon Cables 26 Keyence Cables 27 Toshiba Cables 28 Koyo Ca...

Page 3: ... on the NT2S are stored in the program memory of the unit The NT2S displays the screen number currently stored in the Screen Trigger Register STR which is a PLC memory location The NT2S remembers the last three STR values and will display them in order when the current screen is finished displaying Numeric data is displayed by placing fields on a screen that reference PLC memory locations Up to si...

Page 4: ...e the Tool Station the Desktop cartoon image by selecting Options menu Tool Station The tool station should disappear Select Help at any point within NT2ST to view context sensitive help information The help document will provide a more thorough explanation than this document will for most functions The sections below are roughly in the order in which a project will be created ...

Page 5: ...e Drivers This menu item is not available once a project has been created A dialog will appear that allows additional PLC models to be added to the PLC selection menu Make sure that the PLC needed for the project is included in the list on the right Select OK to complete addition of drivers to the project ...

Page 6: ...e must be taken to verify that the tag addresses are valid for the new PLC model If the brand of PLC required for the project does not appear refer to the ADD REMOVE DRIVERS section above 3 Select the NT2S hardware model that will be used for this project Choose either NT2S SF121B E or NT2S SF122B E and click the CLOSE button If the incorrect NT2S model is selected the project can be converted at ...

Page 7: ...AG is labeled Screen Trigger Reg Power Up Screen Enter the screen number for the screen that should appear at system start up This screen number is only referenced internally from the NT2S and is not written down to the STR in the PLC Serial Port settings Set the serial port parameters for serial printer connection The communication is Serial RS232 Selectable 7 or 8 bit Odd Even or No Parity No ha...

Page 8: ... set of default TAGS For instance NT2S SF122B E has the following tags 0001 LED Register DM00001 0002 Screen Trigger Reg DM00000 NT2S SF121B E projects are created with 8 tags Tags 0003 through 0008 are associated with the RTC and cannot be directly addressed in NT2ST Their addresses are offset from the LED Register address The tags are defined as follows 0001 LED Register DM00001 0002 Screen Trig...

Page 9: ... address box provided 6 Enter a tag name in the lower text box 7 Select ADD button to complete the creation of the register tag CREATE A COIL A tag can reference a bit in PLC memory called a coil Use the following steps to create a tag for a coil 1 Select Tag Database from the Edit menu 2 From the Tag Database editor dialog choose NEW 3 Select the Coil button 4 Choose the PLC memory location from ...

Page 10: ... Click on the new screen button to launch the screen type selection dialog New Screen 3 Four different types of screens can be selected from the New Screen dialog Normal Link Special and Function The following sections will discuss each type of screen Choose a screen type enter a screen number and select OK to launch the Editing Screen dialog ...

Page 11: ...top line Likewise for the BOTTOM setting SCROLL Set scroll to NO SLOW MEDIUM FAST Activates scrolling messages Scrolling messages cannot display imbedded coil or register values During NT2S operation scrolling messages cannot be interrupted Screen cannot be changed until the entire scrolling message has been displayed FLASH Selection box that allows the NT2S message to blink PRINT Selection box th...

Page 12: ...e placeholders In this case spaces were added at the far left of the second line to center the text The Embedded Bit Text can be edited by selecting a placeholder in the NT2S display window Choose EDIT from the menu that will be presented A DELETE selection will also be presented Multiple Bit Text elements can be placed on a single NT2S screen The program will allow up to 32 single character bit t...

Page 13: ...Once the register is assigned and formatted select OK Text placeholders will appear in the display window at the cursor location These placeholders can be positioned by adding characters before the placeholders The Embedded Register can be edited by selecting a placeholder in the NT2S display window Choose EDIT from the menu that will be presented A DELETE selection will also be presented ...

Page 14: ... yet Green keys have been programmed Double click on the red key to program or green keys to change programming The following Editing Key screens will be displayed The first dialog box below will be displayed if a register tag is chosen in the register list box Choosing a coil tag will display dialog box at the bottom Bits can be controlled in several ways Turn Off and Turn On functions force set ...

Page 15: ...tion keys can be used to navigate through the list of specified child screens The child screens of the Link Screen can be any existing NORMAL or SPECIAL screen type NEXT and PREV functions of the link screen will override any function key programming on F1 and F2 of the child screens The progression of screens will follow the order listed in the right window The order can be changed using the UP a...

Page 16: ...the number entry process by pressing the Enter key The right most digit will begin blinking Increment to the digit to the desired value and press the left arrow to shift it over Increase the digits and shift them to the left until the desired number is displayed Then press enter again to accept the value Numbers are entered highest digit first Entering the number 521 the user will enter the 5 firs...

Page 17: ...ield screen the Editing Screen dialog will appear The previous dialog defined the Action Field Insert the Action Field on to the NT2S screen by clicking on the ACTION FIELD HERE button on the lower right Enter text to complete this screen Click on the OK button ...

Page 18: ...e action of the function key by clicking on PERFORM ACTION ON button Once the action is set you may choose to enter text in the text window at the upper left If text is entered here a message will be displayed when that function key is pressed If the field is left blank the screen will not change from the current screen Bit controlled text and register information can be placed on the function key...

Page 19: ...menu item to access the Function Key editing dialog above Or click on the screen number F0 as it appears in the SCREENS dialog as highlighted below The following screen will appear Click on the PERFORM ACTION ON button to change global function key program Enter MIN TIME to control the time of display of function key message ...

Page 20: ...Function Key Control Definitions When programming function keys to control bits in the PLC there are five options for the type of bit control After selecting one of the keys you must define a coil tag or address Next you choose one of five Operations on that tag The Five Operations and there effect on the PLC address are as follows TURN ON Performs a FORCE SET of that bit in the PLC No other bits ...

Page 21: ...rsor is just past the end of the line Type any character on the keyboard to initiate the second line This character will be the first character on the second line Type the second line as it should appear on the NT2S display If the characters need to be centered on the second line click on the first character of the second line with the mouse button and add spaces using the keyboard Remember the se...

Page 22: ... 3 RXD Receive RS232 CMOS 4 5 Circuit GND 6 VCC 5V 7 TXD Transmit CMOS 8 PLC Attach 9 Direction Control NT2S SF122B E pin Designations NT2S Port PIN Male DB9 Port Designation 2 Direction Control 3 TX232 Transmit RS232 4 VCC 5V 5 Circuit GND 6 TXD Transmit CMOS 7 RXD Receive RS232 CMOS 8 same as 7 RXD Receive RS232 CMOS NT2S SF123B E pin Designations NT2S Port PIN Male DB9 Port Designation 4 VCC 5V...

Page 23: ...th NT2S SF121B E Tested an NT2S SF121B E by connecting it to the Host Link RS 232C port on a CQM1 PLC and it worked fine This cable is needed to connect to Host Link and has the following pinouts NT2S Port PIN Male DB9 on cable Omron Serial Port PIN Male DB9 on cable 2 TXD RS232 3 RXD 3 RXD 2 TXD 5 9 Ground 9 Ground 1 to shield 4 to 5 short Omron PLC Serial Port Connection with NT2S SF122B E Teste...

Page 24: ...le DB9 on cable AB Micrologix 1000 1500 8 PIN MINIDIN from AB 2 TXD RS232 4 RXD 3 RXD 7 TXD 5 9 Ground 2 Ground 2 to shield Allen Bradley SLC 5 0x DF1 protocol NT2S SF121B E Port PIN Male DB9 on cable AB SLC 5 0x Male DB9 on cable 2 TXD RS232 2 RXD 3 RXD 3 TXD 5 9 Ground 5 Ground 5 to shield ...

Page 25: ...Version 1 03 Page 25 GE Micro Cables Communication cable connections GE Micro HMI end Designation PLC end SPECIFICATION NOT YET AVAILABLE ...

Page 26: ...rsion 1 03 Page 26 Modicon Cables Modicon Modbus master NT2S SF121B E Port PIN Male DB9 on cable Modicon Modbus Master 8 x 8 Modular Connector 2 TXD RS232 4 RXD 3 RXD 3 TXD 5 9 Ground 5 Ground 5 to shield ...

Page 27: ...Version 1 03 Page 27 Keyence Cables Keyence KV Series NT2S SF121B E Port PIN Male DB9 on cable Keyence KV Series PLC 4 x 4 Modular Connector 2 TXD RS232 3 RXD 3 RXD 1 TXD 5 9 Ground 1 Ground 1 to shield ...

Page 28: ...Male DB9 on cable Toshiba PLC T1 8 PIN Minidin Connector 2 TXD RS232 8 RXD 3 RXD 6 TXD 5 9 Ground 5 Ground 5 to shield Toshiba PLC T2 NT2S SF121B E Port PIN Male DB9 on cable Toshiba PLC T2 8 PIN Minidin Connector 2 TXD RS232 2 RXD 3 RXD 3 TXD 5 9 Ground 5 Ground 5 to shield ...

Page 29: ... RXD 2 TXD 5 9 Ground 13 14 15 Ground 13 14 15 Shield 1 7 8 Short Koyo DL 205 NT2S SF121B E Port PIN Male DB9 on cable Koyo 205 Series 6 x 6 Modular 2 TXD RS232 3 RXD 3 RXD 4 TXD 5 9 Ground 1 Ground 1 Shield Koyo DL 305 NT2S SF121B E Port PIN Male DB9 on cable Koyo 305 Series 4 x 4 Modular 2 TXD RS232 1 RXD 3 RXD 2 TXD 5 9 Ground 4 Ground 4 Shield ...

Page 30: ...2W x 45H Display Specifications Display Lines Characters 2 16 2 16 Character Height mm 4 35 mm 4 35 mm Backlit LED Backlight Ok Ok Effective display area mm 60 x 13 mm 60 x 13 mm Indicators Red and Green LED indicators Yes Yes Number of screens Max number of screens if only text messages are used Adding function keys scrolling messages etc decreases the maximum number of screens 250 250 Data Forma...

Page 31: ... to 256 characters Yes Yes Flashing Display Specify for backlight to flash Yes Yes Minimum Display Time Define minimum display time for a screen Yes Yes Screen chaining Chained screens will display in sequential fashion each displaying for the set minimum display time Yes Yes Link Screen Create a list of screens that can be navigated using the NEXT F1 and PREVIOUS F2 keys Yes Yes Bar Graph Display...