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1. pegs Ver 4 20 has been upgraded from Ver 4 10 and has new features as described elow 1 Supports AS Interface module for MicroSmart MOTO supports AS Interface master configuration for MicroSmart 20Ry I 0 type and 40 1 0 type 2 Supports MicroSmart slim type new version WindLDR supports 64k bytes memory cartridge for MicroSmart version 200 or later User program size of MicroSmart 20Ry 1 0 type and 40 1 0 type with 64k bytes memory cartridge is 10 75k steps 64 500 bytes 3 Replaces tags in ladder program You can replace tags in your ladder program like text editor 4 Imports Exports Tag data WindLDR can export tag data to a tab delimited file You can open the exported tag data with Microsoft Excel Also WindLDR can import tag data from a tab delimited file You can edit the tag data a Excel and WindLDR can import the tag delimited file saved on Microsoft xcel Note Line feed characters are changed into n in the tab delimited file 5 Shows user program size WindLDR compiles your program automatically and shows the memory size of your program Also you can see the available memory size remaining in the PLC Toggles Show Hide instruction toolbox You can choose show or hide the instruction toolbox Supports scroll mouse WindLDR supports Microsoft compatible scroll mouse Chooses operand type in listing menu a You can choose an operand type when you choose listing of tag names Tag Editor New features S2. To ier your WindLDR 5 less fill out English Register doc on WindLDR CD ROM and fax this form to 1 408 745 5258 WindLDR upgrade services is only available for users with WindLDR 4 00 or above For WindLDR register users this free upgrade is available from IDEC website http www idec com software 1 The following problems have been fixed os The ODARE set on the program are cleared when Cancel Test Program is executed during Online iting mode f a Timer is connected to the 2nd or 3rd input of CNTD CDPD or CUDD the position of the Timer is changed when the program is uploaded from a PLC When the PLC type is FC5A D16R2 or D32 if a Timer or a Counter is assigned to DATA of RUNA Read or STPA Read it is converted as the current value When the PLC type is FC4A it is changed to FC5A with the following steps Insert an ANST instruction which configures FC4A J4CN1 FC4A J8C1 F4A J8AT1 or FC4A K2C1 2 Download the program to a PLC and upload the program from the PLC 3 Save the program with any name and open the saved program When the decimal symbol of Windows is Comma the digits of floating point values after the decimal point are ignored in the calculation of advanced instructions in Simulation mode When the decimal symbol of Windows is Comma constant value 0 0 cannot be assigned to advanced instructions f tag names are assigned to allocation numbers these allocation numbers are not printed when Cross Re
3. Batch Monitor dialog box has been improved Custom Monitor dialog boxes can be downloaded to the PLC Ladder monitor notation can be changed between in decimal and hexadecimal 8 Simulation Mode Improvements Operand values of the simulator are maintained when restarting the simulation Support Maintenance Protocol using a COM port of the PC Serial Port Monitor dialog box to monitor the exchanged communication data between the simulator and external devices 9 Communication and Protection Improvements The IP Address Settings dialog box is improved The range of COM ports can be used are expanded to COM1 through COM256 New download option has been added so that operand data can be cleared automatically after downloading a user program to a PLC The user program protection of a PLC can be disabled when transferring a program without going to the monitor mode The password does not have to be entered to release the protection during the online editing The password is required only once when starting the online editing The following features are introduced in WindLDR version 5 1 1 All the functions of FC5A system version 110 are supported The RS232C expansion interface module FC5A SIF2 is supported Communication ports 3 through 5 are added to FC5A C24R2 C and port 3 through 7 are added to FC5A an type CPU modules The user can configure these communication ports in the Function Area Settings ial
4. 1 Fixed following bugs in Ver 5 00 n incorrect error message was displayed during executing online edit The online edit function was able to be used with the web server unit 1 MicroSmart FC5A support A new MicroSmart FC5A Series is supported For details on the FC5A see the FC5A Help or the FC5A Series MicroSmart user s Manual 2 Addition of the simulation function The Simulation function checks the logical operation of the created ladder program This function enables you to debug the created ladder program without a PLC 3 Enhancement of the monitoring function Addition of the Online Edit function Addition of a Custom Monitor Addition of the Instruction Monitor dialog box Addition of the contact ON OFF function via mouse clicking 4 Enhancement of the PLC communication function Simplified communication menu Conversion down oad moni tor ing Automatic retry after unsuccessful communication 5 Addition of the Project Window function The Project Window displays the saved custom monitors and allocatable instructions in a tree view Compatible with Ethernet Module Function Version 4 70 can use following processes through the Ethernet Moni tor Upload Program Verify Program Download Program Partial Program Download 1 Multilingual WindLDR is now available in five languages Japanese English German Spanish and Chinese Chinese version is new 2 Added the mac
5. Instruction dialog the error message of duplication error was displayed although no duplication was found and the dialog box was unable to close This error has been fixed Fixed bugs in Ver 4 30 and Ver 4 31 1 When a data register is designated as a preset value for a counter instruction CNT CDP or CUD and PLC type is MicroSmart the data register designated as a counter preset value is changed to DO 2 When a hexadecimal constant value is designated for following instructions WindLDR converted the hexadecimal constant incorrectly PLC Type FA2J FA3S CP11 FA3S CP11T FA3S CP12 FA3S CP13 WNSET JCMP JADDC JSUBB JMUL JDIV JLDO JLDOB JLD1 JLDIB JBCDS PDCMD TJMP TAG SPJMP SPFRC SPINH STEP XYFS SFWT PLC Type FA3S CP12 FA3S CP13 DFTOR FRA1U CVDU NDSRC DREPL NDADD KYMTX ITJMP ITCAL BRGTO BRGSB DSQFT SRXFT SRXEX STXEX FNTWR FNTWW FNTBR FNTBW UITIJ UECIJ ANNFT ANNEX RMTIO 3 When PLC type is OpenNet Controller the catch input edge direction is reversed everytime the function area settings dialog box is opend The following bug found in Ver 4 00 and later was corrected 4 The rung numbers of the ladder program of the OpenNet controller designated for part protect are changed after uploading from the PLC Fixed a bug in Ver 4 12 06 Ver 4 20 Ver 4 21 and Ver 4 30 1 Conversion error occurs on timer instructions when fulfilling the fol lowing three conditions
6. can be easily edited Added Duplicate button allows easy duplication of tags Shortcuts lt Control gt X lt Control gt C and lt Control gt V have been eliminated Open Tag Name Editor in the Coil Edit dialog The Tag Name Editor can be opened by pressing the lt F2 gt key in a Coil Edit dialog When closing the Tag Name Editor the tag chosen at the end is inputted into the current coil field automat ical ly Entering constant numbers in hexadecimal Hexadecimal constant numbers can be entered in the Coil Edit dialog To enter a constant number in hexadecimal add a symbol to the beginning like FFFF Improved printing functions Following printing functions are added These functions can be set up in the Print Settings dialog Margins of the print page can be set up freely You can choose to print rungs continuously or not You can choose to print with or without rung numbers You can print and preview list items Improved Print Preview dialog Zoom In Zoom Out function is added to the print preview Improved Erase Line You can use the eraser tool to erase lines easily Added Communication ports The COM ports have been increased up to COM8 10 Improved PLC Selection dialog You can select MicroSmart PLC without opening the Configure dialog 11 Added Rung Comment Search You can Search String in the rung comments 12 Added Rung Jump dialog You can jump to a specified rung in the ladder file 13 Added Li
7. cursor position In the selected area Moving the comments from the Operand before replacement to Operand after replacement thereby comments can remain unchanged after replacing operands The number of points for replacement can be specified to replace consecutive operands at one time 3 Added NO NC contacts Invert function A new function is added to invert NO and NC contacts with specified operands 4 Upgraded Search function A new function is added to display the search results in a list The search result list can also be saved as a file in text format 5 Added Find Instruction function The Find Instruction function to search for instructions in the ladder program is added Similarly to the Find function the search result can be output in a list 6 Upgraded Print function The function for printing the Cover is upgraded The specified ladder information can be printed for improved convenience The Header and Footer settings function is added The number of lines and contents for the header and footer can be specified when printing a ladder program 7 Addition of parameters to be displayed in the Program verification results A new function is added for displaying the first Step No and byte position where discrepancies between two programs where found during program ver ification 8 Added Incremental Paste function _ A new Incremental Paste function is added A program that has been copied is pasted after incrementing
8. a PC with low performance manual installation may fail In this case start the manual installer and try to reinstall it We at IDEC would welcome your suggestions and input to improve WindLDR Please feel Epes bo causeet IDEC Corp at support idec com or our support line 1 800 262 IDEC 4332 in the U S You can also mail us attn PLC group 1175 Elko Drive Sunnyvale CA 94089 USA The following is the contents of upgrade after Ver 4 00 1 Following problem has been fixed FC5A system update on the FC5A D32 and FC5A D16 sometimes fai led 2 The following problems have been fixed in German version ANST instruction for FC4A J4CN1 FC4A J8C1 FC4A J8AT1 and FC4A K2C1 cannot operate correctly 3 The following problems have been fixed in English German and Spanish versions Mnemonics codes get garbled partially 1 The following problems have been fixed The data register range for Error Status is not checked properly in Modbus Master Request Table Line breaks are not inserted to the exported CSV file when the Export in Modbus Master Request Table is executed When the ladder program is converted with Program Conversion Aid for FCDA the width of rungs changes even if the number of columns is fixed in the Ladder Preference The following features are introduced in WindLDR version 5 31 since version 5 30 1 Supports FC4A system program version 210 User Program Protection Upgrade Program Down
9. decrementing the operand of the coils 9 Supporting the User authority of Windows The older versions only allow users logged in with an access privilege of Administrator to use the WindLDR This new version allows users with other access privileges to use the WindLDR 10 Added new Shortcuts F9 Opens the Download Program dialog box F10 Opens the Upload Program dialog box F11 Opens the Verify Program dialog box Space Displays the Edit dialog for the coil at the current cursor position Functions same as Ctrl E Ctr1 Shift Cursor Executes selection range 11 Fixed bugs as fol lows The communication trouble with the loader for Micro3 C was corrected In the online monitoring failure to display double word and long values was corrected Trouble concerning the dialog of the IBMV instruction was corrected 1 New intelligent module access instruction Instructions for accessing the intelligent module are added MicroSmart 20Ry 40 RUNA WRITE instruction writes the 1 0 information while the MicroSmart is running RUNA READ instruction reads the 1 0 information while the MicroSmart is running STPA WRITE instruction writes the 0 information while the MicroSmart is stopped STPA READ instruction reads the 1 0 information while the MicroSmart is stopped 2 Upgraded user defined communication function for MicroSmart Three new BCC calculation formulas are added MicroSmart 20Ry 40 ADD 2co
10. ference is printed 38 400 bps cannot be selected for RS485 port of OpenNet Control ler When WindLDR is installed on Windows Vista executable files for Windows 95 are installed As a result the following problems occur Online help cannot be opened WindLDR may freeze during Simulation mode if WindLDR runs on dual core processors As noe is designed to program all IDEC PLCs your learning curve for new Idec PLC s will be very sma WindLDR gives you the power to choose the right IdecPLC from the inexpensive MicroSmart for smal relay timer replacement applications to the powerful OpenNet Controller for more powerful applications Prior to use please confirm our agreements that the product has following restrictions Some personal computers mounting the NeoMagic Corporation s video chip cannot display the tool bar correctly With multiple ladder files opened on the screen when maximizing one of the ladder file windows the close button at the upper right corner may change into gray The close button is still active and can be pressed to close the window When attaching the lang comment to the blank rung and then downloading it to the PLC the user program is read out regarding its comment as the comment for the next rung It is impossible to use modem communication functions on Windows9b5 It is impossible to use modem communication functions in the FA series The tool bar is fixed to the upper part of the screen If you use
11. hortcut keys lt Control gt X lt Control gt C lt Control gt V Find in the Tag Name editor Eliminated the All Unused Tags button ea Ver 4 10 has been upgraded from Ver 4 00 and has new features as described elow 1 This version of WindLDR can program all IDEC PLCs being sold at the present time from the Microl Micro3 FA2J FA3 Series OpenNet Controller to the new MicroSmart Control ler We have added some exciting new features like a modem communication for OpenNet Controller Micro3C and MicroSmart comment download for OpenNet Controller and MicroSmart URL http www idec com
12. ing an operand the tag comment editor can be started by clicking the button at the right end of the input box The operand last selected in the tag comment editor is inputted automatically 8 Split ladder window The ladder window can be split horizontal ly You can choose the command from the Window menu 9 Communication Timeout setting is added to the Communication Settings dialog box 10 Added new Shortcuts lt F1 gt Open help for the instruction at the cursor lt F2 gt Open Tag Editor or Comment Editor Reverse the following instructions LOD LODN OUT OUTN SET RST SOTU SOTD 11 Improvement in the Replace dialog box You can now replace from the top of the ladder program 12 Screen capture Ladder editor screen can be saved in Bitmap format You can choose the command from the Window menu Fixed bugs as fol lows 1 The following ladder program does not work properly When WindLDR finds such a circuit ladder to mnemonic conversion error will occur TEE 0 MO M1 M3 2 When a tagname is allocated a constant value by version 4 20 or earlier WindLDR 4 3x deletes the constant value This error has been fixed 3 WindLDR could not handle CUBIQ s label file lab This error has been fixed 4 When Use Tag is unchecked spin buttons on Point Write Dialog Direct Monitor Dialog and Direct Set Reset Dialog did not work This error has been fixed 5 When checking for duplication of operand D2 in the TXD
13. load from Memory Cartridge The following features are introduced in WindLDR version 5 30 since version 5 21 1 Supports FC5A system program version 210 User Program Protection Upgrade Key Matrix Input New instructions XCHG INC DEC SUM RNDM DJNZ NDSRC TADD TSUB HTOS STOH and HOUR 2 Simulation Mode Improvements Support User Protocol using a COM port of the PC Offline communication test without using COM ports or external devices 1 Following problem has been fixed FC5A system update sometimes failed when using USB serial adapters 1 Supports FC5A system program version 200 0 Force function Upgraded instructions MOV IMOV CMP ATOB BIOA and RXD New instructions TMLO TIMO TMHO TMSO CNTD CDPD CUDD NSET NRS TCCST LC DTDV DTCB SWAP FIFOF FIEX and FOEX 2 Program Conversion Aid from FA Series PLC to FCDA 3 Supports Windows Vista 4 Ladder Editor Improvements New Cross Reference dialog box is added Comment Editor is improved Bookmark function is added 5 Comment Download Improvements The Comment Download dialog box has been added Rung comments tag names amp comments custom monitors and the filename can be selected to download 6 Operand Data Editor Operand Data Editor Operand Data can be written to the PLC after downloading the program Operand Data can be read from the PLC after uploading the program 7 Monitor Mode Improvements
14. mp Modbus ASCI Modbus RTU 3 Upgraded function of the coordinate conversion instructions The data ranges of the X and Y coordinates of the XYFS instruction CVXTY instruction and CVYTX instruction are expanded MicroSmart 20Ry 40 The data range of the X coordinate is expanded from 0 to 32 767 to 0 to 65535 The data range of Y coordinate is now available in Word 0 to 65535 and Integer 32768 to 32767 4 Upgraded the macro instruction for setting analog module parameters The ANST instruction is a macro to set parameters for analog modules in one dialog box One ANST instruction can set parameters for a maximum of seven analog modules 5 Upgraded the macro instruction for setting MicroSmart instruction parameters Macro instructions to set pulse instruction parameters are added PULSST instruction is a macro to set parameters for the PULS instruction S1 0 to S 1 4 PWMST instruction is a macro to set parameters for the PWM instruction S1 0 to S1 4 RAMPST instruction is a macro to set parameters for the RAMP instruction S1 0 to S1 7 ZRNST instruction is a macro to set parameters for the ZRN instruction S1 0 to S1 3 6 Program verification results are displayed in detai Verification results of a ladder program are divided and displayed in the following four portions Function area settings User program Expansion data registers Download comments 7 Improvement in the operand input method When inputt
15. ne Jump dialog You can jump to a specified ladder line in the ladder file 14 Added Comment Line in Tag Import file You can write comments in import files Comment lines starting with are skipped 15 Improved Expansion Data Register Settings dialog MicroSmart only You can save the Expansion Data Register Settings and initial data register values to a file In addition you can load the saved data from the file You can copy the Expansion Data Register Settings and initial data register values from preset range 1 to preset range 2 and vice versa 16 Improved Edit Expansion Data Registers dialog MicroSmart only You can enter constant numbers in hexadecimal You can select notation You can choose from decimal hexadecimal and string 17 Added Expansion Data Register Settings List to the MicroSmart Expansion data register settings can be outputted to a text file 18 Added Communication Macro Instruction to the MicroSmart Communication Macro instruction can be used for the MicroSmart 19 Added Program Partial Download to FA3S CP12 13 Program partial download can be selected from menu 20 Added new Shortcuts lt Control gt B Split rung lt Control gt D Disable rungs lt Control gt G Open Rung Jump dialog lt Control gt H Move cursor to vertical center of screen lt Control gt L Open Line Jump dialog lt Control gt lt PgUp gt Go to preceding rung lt Control gt lt PgDn gt Go to next rung
16. og box TXD3 through TXD7 and RXD3 through RXD7 are added accordingly Modbus master is enhanced FC5A slim type CPU modules only The user can configure the request table for up to 247 slaves Data register bits can be used as Request Execution Relays The number of communication requests can be configured in the request table which is expanded from 256 to 2048 Modbus slave is enhanced The range of the slave number is expanded from 1 through 31 to 1 through 247 COMRF instruction is added 2 Import and export functions are added to the Modbus Master Request Table dialog box 3 Compilation error 28 is added to prevent illegal programming 4 The following bugs were fixed 1 Fixed following bugs in Ver 5 02 The simulator of WindLDR cannot operate correctly on some PCs which have a dual core processor 1 or a processor featuring Hyper threading Technology 2 1 Examples Intel Pentium D Pentium XE Core Duo Core 2 Duo made AMD Athlon 64 X2 etc 2 Examples Intel Pentium 4 HT etc The FCbA used as data a link slave cannot communicate with the data link master When a user program containing a PIDST instruction is downloaded to the FCDA with restore macro information the FC5A cannot execute the instructions subsequent to the PIDST 1 Fixed following bugs in Ver 5 01 WindLDR was not able to communicate with the loaders for FA series Micro3 and Micro3C
17. ro instruction restore function In previous versions the macro instruction has been expanded to two or more MOVinstructions when uploaded from the CPU module Version 4 62 can select whether the macro instruction is expanded or is not expanded 3 Fixed bugs as fol lows With Micro3C selected in the Function Area Settings gt PLC selection press the Configure button in the PLC selection dialog box to open the Micro 3C Configure dialog box thereafter the range check of TXD RXD Instruction dialog was referred to Micros When using Windows XP after completing program download the Program Download Succeeded dialog box was hidden behind the main window The following compile error check was missing When the output of CNT CDP CUD SFR or SFRN has a parallel connection above the program does not work correctly because of the limitations of the WindLDR functionality but WindLDR failed to signal a compile error With OpenNet selected in the Function Area Settings gt PLC selection a value of 0 could not be set to S3 sampling cycles in the AVRG instruction setting dialog box Fixed bugs in Ver 4 60 Preset values of TIM CNT cannot be changed in the Point Write and Batch Monitor dialog boxes 1 New MACRO for programming MicroSmart PID instruction parameters 2 Upgraded function of replacing operands The following Replace options are added Designation of search area Downward from the top Downward from the
18. simultaneously 1 Three or more timer instructions TML TIM TMH TMS are used as OUT equivalent instructions An OUT equivalent timer instruction refers to the state where no instruction is programmed on the right of the timer instruction 2 Two or more stack instructions BPS exist 3 No AND equivalent instruction is programmed immediately to the left of the timer instruction p ITMI TIM Conversion error TIM Conversion error WindLOR Ver 4 30 has been upgraded from Ver 4 20 and has new features as descr ibed elow 1 Monitoring by Tag Name Monitoring can be carried out on the tag name specified in the Direct Monitor Point Write and Direct Set Reset dialog Tag You can choose to use or unuse Tag in the Ladder Preferences dialog Coil Edit dialogs change as you choose to use or unuse Tag Use Tag If a Tag Name has been defined in the Tag Name Editor and is entered in the Coil Edit dialog the allocation number and comment are automatically entered In the Coil Edit dialog you cannot change the allocation number but you can edit the tag name comment Unuse Tag You enter allocation numbers in the Coil Edit dialog Then you do not have to define Tag before entering the allocation number When you choose not to use Tag the Tag Name Editor changes to Comment Editor You can edit comments in the Comment Editor as well as in the Coil Edit dialog Improved Tag Name Editor Tag names
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