Contents

Contents
1 Installation....................................................................................................... 7
1.1

Installation Procedure ......................................................................... 8

2 Instructions.................................................................................................... 11
2.1

ADP Programming Environment ..................................................... 11

2.2
2.2.1
2.2.2
2.2.3
2.2.4
2.2.5
2.2.6
2.2.7
2.2.8
2.2.9
2.2.10
2.2.11

File Menu ......................................................................................... 13

New .................................................................................................. 13
Open and Close ................................................................................ 13
Save .................................................................................................. 13
Save as............................................................................................... 14
Print ................................................................................................. 14
Upload Application........................................................................... 15
Download Application From ............................................................ 15
Upload Recipes ................................................................................. 15
Download Recipes ............................................................................ 16
Reconstruct Source ........................................................................... 16
Exit ................................................................................................... 16

2.3
2.3.1
2.3.2
2.3.3
2.3.5
2.3.6
2.3.7
2.3.8
2.3.9
2.3.10
2.3.11

Edit Menu ........................................................................................ 17

Duplicate .......................................................................................... 17
Find/Replace Address........................................................................ 18
Decompose Shape............................................................................. 21
Make Same Size ................................................................................ 22
Nudge............................................................................................... 22
Layer................................................................................................. 23
Group ............................................................................................... 23
Ungroup ........................................................................................... 24
Object Attributes .............................................................................. 24
State/Text Management.................................................................... 25

2.4
2.4.1
2.4.2
2.4.3
2.4.4
2.4.5

View Menu ....................................................................................... 29

Whole Screen.................................................................................... 29
Whole Screen With I/O Labels ......................................................... 29
Language 1-5 .................................................................................... 30
Zoom In ........................................................................................... 31
Normal Screen .................................................................................. 31

2.5
2.5.1
2.5.2
2.5.3
2.5.4
2.5.5
2.5.6

Screen Menu..................................................................................... 32
New Screen....................................................................................... 32
Screen Manager ................................................................................ 32
Close Screen...................................................................................... 36
Cut/Copy/Delete Current Screen and Paste Screen........................... 36
OPEN Macro, CLOSE Macro and CYCLIC Macro......................... 36
Screen Properties............................................................................... 37

2.6
2.6.1

Draw Menu ...................................................................................... 43

Geometric Shapes ............................................................................. 43

2.7
2.7.1
2.7.2
2.7.3
2.7.4

Object Menu .................................................................................... 55

Creating Objects ............................................................................... 55
Specifying Object Properties ............................................................. 56
Buttons ............................................................................................. 60
Numeric Entry.................................................................................. 73

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2.7.5
2.7.6
2.7.7
2.7.8
2.7.9
2.7.10
2.7.11
2.7.12
2.7.13
2.7.14
2.7.15
2.7.16
2.7.17
2.7.18
2.7.19
2.7.20
2.7.21

Character Entry .................................................................................76

List ....................................................................................................78
Drop Down List................................................................................81
Indicators ..........................................................................................83
Numeric Display ...............................................................................89
Character Display..............................................................................91
Seven Segment Display......................................................................92
Message Display Objects ...................................................................94
Bar Graph .......................................................................................101
Trend Graph ...................................................................................104
XY Chart .........................................................................................106
Panel Meters....................................................................................109
Pie Graph ........................................................................................111
Dynamic Graphics ..........................................................................112
Historical Display............................................................................124
Alarm Display .................................................................................133
Sub Macro.......................................................................................142

2.8
2.8.1
2.8.2
2.8.3
2.8.4
2.8.9

Library Menu ..................................................................................143

Bitmap Library ................................................................................143
Font Library ....................................................................................145
Save as Shape...................................................................................146
Shape Library Manager....................................................................146
Text Pool.........................................................................................153

2.9
2.9.1
2.9.2
2.9.3
2.9.4
2.9.5
2.9.6
2.9.7
2.9.9
2.9.11

Application Menu ...........................................................................154

Workstation Setup ..........................................................................154
Tag Table ........................................................................................163
Alarm Setup ....................................................................................164
Slide-out Menu ...............................................................................166
System Message ...............................................................................168
Macros ............................................................................................169
Compile ..........................................................................................170
Download Application and Download Firmware and Application...171
File Protection.................................................................................172

2.10
2.10.1
2.10.2
2.10.3

Tool Menu......................................................................................173
Cross Reference ...............................................................................173
Off-line and On-line Simulation .....................................................175
View/Edit Recipes ...........................................................................176

2.11
2.11.1
2.11.2
2.11.3
2.11.4
2.11.5
2.11.6
2.11.7
2.11.8
2.11.9
2.11.10

Options Menu.................................................................................177
Snap to Grid....................................................................................177
Display Grid....................................................................................177
Grid Attributes ................................................................................177
Transmission Setup .........................................................................177
Language Selection ..........................................................................178
Default Screen Background Style.....................................................178
Default Frame Styles .......................................................................178
Default Text Styles ..........................................................................179
Numeric Keypad Setup ...................................................................179
Editing Options ..............................................................................180

2.12

Window Menu................................................................................181

2.13

Help Menu......................................................................................182

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3 Recipes......................................................................................................... 183
3.1

Example.......................................................................................... 183

3.2

Recipe Operation Steps................................................................... 184

3.3

Recipe Controlled by Controller ..................................................... 188

3.4

Recipe Controlled by Operator Terminal........................................ 192

3.5

Recipe Naming ............................................................................... 195

4 Control and Status Block ............................................................................ 199

4.1
4.1.1
4.1.2
4.1.3
4.1.4
4.1.5
4.1.6

Control Block ................................................................................. 200

Screen Number Register.................................................................. 201
Command Flag Register.................................................................. 202
Logging Buffer Control Registers: LBCRs....................................... 205
RCPNO Number Register: RNR.................................................... 208
General User Area Register.............................................................. 208
Determine the Control Block Size .................................................. 208

4.2
4.2.1
4.2.2
4.2.3
4.2.4

Status Block .................................................................................... 209

Screen Status Register ..................................................................... 209
General Status Register ................................................................... 209
Logging Buffer Status Registers (LBSRs)......................................... 211
RCPNO Image Register.................................................................. 211

4.3
4.3.1
4.3.2

Recipe Register Block...................................................................... 212

Recipe Register Number - Enhanced Operator Terminals............... 212
Addressing Recipe Data - Enhanced Operator Terminals................ 213

4.4
4.4.1
4.4.2

Time Block ..................................................................................... 214

The Operator Terminal Writes to the Controller............................ 214
The Controller Writes to the Operator Terminal............................ 215

4.5

Read Cycle...................................................................................... 215

4.6

Extended Control Block ................................................................. 216

4.7

Extended Status Block .................................................................... 222

5 Multi-Link: Normal Connection Port......................................................... 225

5.1

Communication Parameters............................................................ 226

5.2

Communication Efficiency ............................................................. 228

5.3

Important Notes ............................................................................. 229

6 Ethernet Communication............................................................................ 231

6.1

Connection ..................................................................................... 231

6.2

IP Address Setup............................................................................. 231

6.3

Application Upload/Download over Ethernet ................................. 232

6.4

Communication with Ethernet-enabled Controllers........................ 234

6.5

Multi-Link - One Master and Multiple Slaves................................. 235

6.6

Cross-Link over Ethernet (Data Sharing) ........................................ 238

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7 Multi-Channel Communication ..................................................................243
7.1

Connection .....................................................................................243

7.2

Connection Setup............................................................................244

7.3

Read/Write Address Setup...............................................................248

8 Macros..........................................................................................................249
8.1

Macro Function ..............................................................................249

8.2
8.2.1
8.2.2
8.2.3
8.2.4

Macro Classifications.......................................................................249
Application Macros .........................................................................249
Screen Macros .................................................................................249
ON/OFF Macros ............................................................................250
Sub-Macros .....................................................................................250

8.3
8.3.1
8.3.2
8.3.3
8.3.4
8.3.5
8.3.6
8.3.7
8.3.8

Macro Commands...........................................................................251
Arithmetic .......................................................................................253
Logical.............................................................................................254
Data Transfer ..................................................................................255
Comparison ....................................................................................256
Flow Control...................................................................................260
Data Conversion .............................................................................261
Bit Setting .......................................................................................262
Others .............................................................................................262

8.4

Cautions..........................................................................................266

8.5

Internal Memory .............................................................................266

9 Ladder Programming ...................................................................................267

10 Appendix A - ADP Features and Operator Terminal Models......................269

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Installation

The basic ADP system requirements are as follows:

PC - CPU 80586 or higher;
Memory - 64 MB RAM or more;
Hardware - 60 MB or more available hard drive space;
Display - VGA or SVGA. Microsoft Windows with 256 colors or higher, and a
resolution of 800600 or higher.
Since all the programs in the ADP suite have been compressed, you need to uncompress and install the software before using it.
The ADP software can be run under the following Windows operating systems:
Windows 95
Windows 98
Windows ME
Windows 2000
Windows XP
The software is available from the following website or your local distributor.
Note also that not all features provided by ADP are available for every operator terminal model.
For complete details of these ADP features and the applicable models, please refer to
Appendix A - ADP Features and Operator Terminal Models.

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