This option is not available for the FP0, FP0R, FP-X and FP-e.
Intelligent units have a shared memory that the PLC or intelligent unit can access. You can display how the shared memory is occupied. You can modify values and write them into the shared memory.
The shared memory is divided into banks. Up to 256 banks (bank 0 to bank 255) can be used. Each bank can contain up to 1024 words (word 0 to word 1023).
Each intelligent unit can store up to 256x1024=262144 words.
Upload from shared memory: Upload…
In order to read values from the shared memory, you need to know the following:
the slot number the intelligent unit occupies. The first unit has slot number 0, the second unit has slot number 1, etc.
the bank number from which the data should be read (bank 0 to bank 255)
the start address, i.e. where reading begins (word 0 to word 1023)
the end address, i.e. where reading ends (word 0 to word 1023)
If you try to read values when the PLC is offline, Control FPWIN Pro7 will attempt to establish an online connection to the PLC. Control FPWIN Pro7 uses the parameters set under .
The shared memory dialog can be opened many times. In each dialog, you can modify a bank.
Open a file: Open...
Binary file (*.bin): The file is read and indicated in the dialog.
CSV file (character separated values) (*.csv): In CSV files, values are separated by a comma or semicolon. However, only the values and not the separator characters are read and indicated in the dialog. The number of columns and the format of the values (byte, word, double-word) are the same as in the file.
Modify values
You can display the values in byte, word or double-word hexidecimal format. The byte display also contains an ASCII column.
Via the context menu, you can switch between the overwriting and insertion modes.
Download to shared memory
Download all values from the dialog: When you press Download... you write all values to the shared memory beginning with the first one displayed in the dialog.
Download highlighted values: If you have highlighted values in the dialog, you can write them to the shared memory via the context menu.
Save values in a file
Binary file (*.bin): The values in the dialog are saved in the file as binary data.
CSV file (character separated values) (*.csv): The values in the dialog are saved in rows and columns in the file. Thereby values are separated by a comma or semicolon. Define the separator character (comma “,” or semicolon “;”) via . The number of columns and the format of the values (byte, word, double-word) are the same as in the dialog.