Eee3420 lecture04 rev2011

EEC3420 Industrial Control
Department of Electrical Engineering
│ Lecture 4 │
Advanced PLC Programming
© Vocational Training Council, Hong Kong. Week 1

EEE3420 Industrial Control
© Vocational Training Council, Hong Kong. Week
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Learning Objectives
 Understand the structure of Mitsubishi FX series PLC
 Understand the advanced programming techniques of
PLC

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 nowadays PLCs have many features normally found in
larger controllers like
 floating-point mathematics,
 the ability to process 32-bit data words and
 a wide range of fully-configurable communications
options
 advanced PLC programming is often machine specific

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Mitsubishi PLC FX series
 model part number of Mitsubishi PLC FX series

Hardware Details for Mitsubishi PLC
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 Inputs
 Device Mnemonic: X
 Purpose: Representation of physical inputs to the
PLC.
 Available forms: NO and NC contacts only.
 Devices numbered in: Octal, i.e. X0 to X7, X10 to
X17, etc.

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 Outputs
 Device Mnemonic: Y
 Purpose: Representation of physical outputs from
the PLC.
 Available forms: NO and NC contacts and output
coils.
 Devices numbered in: Octal, i.e. Y0 toY7, Y10 to
Y17, etc

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 Auxiliary Relays
 Device Mnemonic: M
 Purpose: Internal programmable controller status flags.
 Available forms: NO and NC contacts and output coils.
 Devices numbered in: Decimal, i.e. M0 to M9, M10 to M19,
etc.
 Further uses: General stable state auxiliary relays (GAR)
 Battery backed/latched auxiliary relays (BBR)
 Special diagnostic auxiliary relays

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 Other Relays
 General Stable State Auxiliary Relays
 Battery Backed/Latched Auxiliary Relays
 Special diagnostic auxiliary relays
 State Relays
 Pointers
 Interrupt Pointers

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 Data
 Constant K
 Input Interrupt s
 Timer Interrupts
 Counter Interrupts
 Constant H
 Data Registers

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 Data
 General Use Registers
 File Registers
 Index Registers
 Refer to the programmer’s manual for the use of these
registers

Special Instructions of Mitsubishi PLC
 Applied Instructions are the ‘specialist’ instructions of
the FX family of PLC’s, format is shown below.
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Representation of the operands
 Bit devices, individual and grouped
 Word devices
 Interpreting word data

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Bit Devices
 Devices such as X, Y, M and S are bit devices
 Bit devices can be grouped together to form bigger
representations of data, 8 consecutive bit devices are
referred to as a byte
 16 consecutive bit devices are referred to as a word
 32 consecutive bit devices are a double word

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Grouped Bit Devices
 the form KnP is used to denote a group of devices
 P represents the head address of the bit devices to be
used
 the Kn portion of the statement identifies the range of
devices enclosed
 each “n” digit actual represents 4 bit devices
 “n” can be a number from the range 0 to 8

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Word Devices
 Word devices such as T, C, D, V and Z can store data
about a particular event or action within the PLC
 these devices are 16 bit registers
 pairs of consecutive data registers or combined V and
Z registers may form 32-bit devices
 PLC’s can read the word data as: A pure bit pattern; A
decimal number; A hexadecimal number;or as a BCD
(Binary Coded Decimal) number

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Signed binary representation
 Signed binary representation of a group of 16 devices

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Hexadecimal Representation
 Hexadecimal representation of a group of 16 devices

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BCD Representation
 BCD (Binary Coded Decimal) representation of a group of 16
devices

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Scientific Notation
• Scientific Notation use two devices to store information
about a number
• one device contains a data string of the actual
characters in the number (called the mantissa)
• while the second device contains information about the
number of decimal places used in the number (called
the exponent)
• Scientific Notation limits are;
• 9999 x 1035 ~ 9999 x 10-41
• -9999x 1035 ~ -9999 x 10-41

Scientific Notation
• Scientific Notation can be obtained by using the BCD,
or EBCD in FX2N, instruction (FNC 18 or FNC 118)
with the float flag M8023 set ON
• In this situation floating point format numbers are
converted by the BCD instruction into Scientific
Notation
• The mantissa and exponent are stored in consecutive
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data registers

Scientific Notation
Scientific format cannot be used directly in
calculations, but it does provide an ideal method of
displaying the data on a monitoring interface
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Floating Point Format
• extends the abilities and ranges provided by Scientific
Notation with the ability to represent fractional portions
of whole numbers
• a greater degree of accuracy
• Decimal data can be converted in to floating point by
using the FLT, float instruction (FNC 49)
• When this same instruction is used with the float flag
M8023 set ON, floating point numbers can be converted
back to decimal

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Floating Point Format
• occupy two consecutive data registers (or 32 bits)
• cannot be directly monitored, as they are stored in a
special format recommended by the I.E.E.E (Institute of
Electrical and Electronic Engineers)
• have both mantissa and exponents

Program Flow-Functions 00 to 09
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• CJ - Conditional jump FNC 00
• CALL - Call Subroutine FNC 01
• SRET - Subroutine Return FNC 02
• IRET - Interrupt Return FNC 03
• EI - Enable Interrupt FNC 04
• DI - Disable Interrupt FNC 05
• FEND - First End FNC 06
• WDT - Watchdog Timer FNC 07
• FOR - Start of a For/Next Loop FNC 08
• NEXT - End a For/Next Loop FNC 09

Move And Compare - Functions 10 to 19
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• CMP - Compare FNC 10
• ZCP - Zone Compare FNC 11
• MOV - Move FNC 12
• SMOV - Shift Move FNC 13
• CML - Compliment FNC 14
• BMOV - Block Move FNC 15
• FMOV - Fill Move FNC 16
• XCH - Exchange FNC 17
• BCD - Binary Coded Decimal FNC 18
• BIN - Binary FNC 19

Arithmetic And Logical Operations -
Functions 20 to 29
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• ADD - Addition FNC 20
• SUB - Subtraction FNC 21
• MUL - Multiplication FNC 22
• DIV - Division FNC 23
• INC - Increment FNC 24
• DEC - Decrement FNC 25
• WAND - Word AND FNC 26
• WOR - Word OR FNC 27
• WXOR - Word Exclusive OR FNC 28
• NEG - Negation FNC 29

Rotation And Shift - Functions 30 to 39
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• ROR - Rotation Right FNC 30
• ROL - Rotation Left FNC 31
• RCR - Rotation Right with Carry FNC 32
• RCL - Rotation Left with Carry FNC 33
• SFTR - (Bit) Shift Right FNC 34
• SFTL - (Bit) Shift Left FNC 35
• WSFR - Word Shift Right FNC 36
• WSFL - Word Shift Left FNC 37
• SFWR - Shift Register Write FNC 38
• SFRD - Shift Register Read FNC 39

Data Operation - Functions 40 to 49
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• ZRST - Zone Reset FNC 40
• DECO - Decode FNC 41
• ENCO - Encode FNC 42
• SUM - The Sum Of Active Bits FNC 43
• BON - Check Specified Bit Status FNC 44
• MEAN - Mean FNC 45
• ANS - (Timed) Annunciator Set FNC 46
• ANR - Annunciator Reset FNC 47
• SQR - Square Root FNC 48
• FLT - Float, (Floating Point) FNC 49

High Speed Processing - Functions 50 to
59
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• REF - Refresh FNC 50
• REFF - Refresh and filter adjust FNC 51
• MTR - Input matrix FNC 52
• HSCS - High speed counter set FNC 53
• HSCR - High speed counter reset FNC 54
• HSZ - High speed counter
• zone compare FNC 55
• SPD - Speed detect FNC 56
• PLSY - Pulse Y output FNC 57
• PWM - Pulse width modulation FNC 58
• PLSR - Ramp Pulse output FNC 59

Handy Instructions - Functions 60 to 69
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• IST - Initial State FNC 60
• SER - Search FNC 61
• ABSD - Absolute Drum FNC 62
• INCD - Incremental Drum FNC 63
• TTMR - Teaching Timer FNC 64
• STMR - Special Timer - Definable FNC 65
• ALT - Alternate State FNC 66
• RAMP - Ramp - Variable Value FNC 67
• ROTC - Rotary Table Control FNC 68
• SORT - Sort Data FNC 69

External FX I/O Devices - Functions 70 to
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• TKY - Ten Key Input FNC 70
• HKY - Hexadecimal Input FNC 71
• DSW - Digital Switch (Thumbwheel input) FNC 72
• SEGD - Seven Segment Decoder FNC 73
• SEGL - Seven Segment with Latch FNC 74
• ARWS - Arrow Switch FNC 75
• ASC - ASCII Code FNC 76

External FX I/O Devices - Functions 70 to
79
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• ASC - ASCII Code FNC 76
• PR- ‘Print’ To A Display FNC 77
• FROM - Read From A Special
• Function Block FNC 78
• TO - Write To A Special Function Block FNC 79

External FX Serial Devices - Functions 80
to 89
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• RS - RS Communications FNC 80
• PRUN - FX2-40AP Parallel Run FNC 81
• ASCI - Hexadecimal to ASCII FNC 82
• HEX - ASCII to Hexadecimal FNC 83
• CCD - Check Code FNC 84
• VRRD - FX-8AV Volume Read FNC 85
• VRSD - FX-8AV Volume Scale FNC 86
• - Not Available FNC 87
• PID - PID Control Loop FNC 88

Floating Point 1 & 2 - Functions 110 to
129
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• ECMP - Float Compare FNC 110
• EZCP - Float Zone Compare FNC 111
• - Not Available FNC 112 to 117
• EBCD - Float to Scientific FNC 118
• EBIN - Scientific to Float FNC 119

Floating Point 1 & 2 - Functions 110 to
129
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Floating Point 2
• EADD - Float Add FNC 120
• ESUB - Float Subtract FNC 121
• EMUL - Float Multiplication FNC 122
• EDIV - Float Division FNC 123
• ESQR - Float Square Root FNC 127
• INT - Float to Integer FNC 129

Trigonometry - FNC 130 to FNC 139
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• SIN - Sine FNC 130
• COS - Cosine FNC 131
• TAN - Tangent FNC 132

Data Operations 2 - FNC 140 to FNC 149
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• SWAP - Float to Scientific FNC 147

Positioning Control - FNC 150 to FNC 159
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• ABS - Absolute current value read FNC 155
• ZRN - Zero return FNC 156
• PLSV - Pulse V FNC 157
• DRVI - Drive to increment FNC 158
• DRVA - Drive to absolute FNC 159

Real Time Clock Control - FNC 160 to
FNC 169
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• TCMP - Time Compare FNC 160
• TZCP - Time Zone Compare FNC 161
• TADD - Time Add FNC 162
• TSUB - Time Subtract FNC 163
• TRD - Read RTC data FNC 166
• TWR - Set RTC data FNC 167
• HOUR - Hour meter FNC 169

Gray Codes - FNC 170 to FNC 179
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• GRY - Decimal to Gray Code FNC 170
• GBIN - Gray Code to Decimal FNC 171
• RD3A - Read FX0N-3A FNC 176
• WR3A - Write to FX0N-3A FNC 177

Additional Functions - FNC 180 to FNC
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• EXTR - External ROM Function FNC 180
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Inline Comparisons - FNC 220 to FNC 249
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• LD - LoaD compare FNC 224 to 230
• AND - AND compare FNC 232 to 238
• OR - OR compare FNC 240 to 246

Applications of the Special Instructions
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• Alternating ON/OFF States

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Multiple-LED flasher
• the LED group of 0,
2, 4 & 6 and LED
group 1, 3, 5 & 7 will
lit alternatively every
second.
• the operand K2Y0
means two groups
of 4-bits starting
from Y0, that is, Y0
~ Y7
• H55 = 0101 0101 B,
HAA = 1010 1010 B

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Using Battery Backed Devices
• The status of the latched devices (in this example FX M coils M600
and M601) is retained during the power down.
• Once the power is restored the battery backed M coils latch
themselves in again, i.e. the load M600 is used to drive M600

Indexing Through Multiple Display Data Values
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Indexing Through Multiple Display Data Values
• The contents of 10 counters are displayed in a
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sequential operation.
• The paging action occurs every time the input X11 is
received.
• What actually happens is that the index register Z is
continually incremented until it equals 9.
• When this happens the comparison instruction drives
M1 ON which in turn resets the current value of Z to 0
(zero).

Reading And Manipulating Thumbwheel Data
• BIN instructions read in the data values
• the first value, the single digit stored in D1, is combined with the
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second data value D2 (containing 2 digits)
• by the SMOV instruction, the contents of D1 is written to the third
digit of the contents of D2, the result is then stored back into D2

Measuring a High Speed Pulse
Input – a 1 ms timer pulse
measurement
• utilizes two interrupt routines to
capture a pulse width and
measure it with a 1ms timer
• the 1 ms timer T246 is driven when
interrupt I001 is activated.
• when the input to X1 is removed
the current value of the timer T246
is moved to data register D0 by
interrupt program I100
• the operation complete flag M0 is
then set ON, X10 acts as an
enable/disable flag
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Summary of Advanced PLC Programming
․ PLC systems offer sophisticated instructions to
manipulate data of various kinds and perform
complicated program logic flow
․ For advanced PLC programming, it is often machine
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specific.
․ Applied Instructions are the ‘specialist’ instructions of the
FX family of PLC’s, they allow the user to perform
complex data manipulations, mathematical operations
while still being very easy to program and monitor.

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End of Lecture 4
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