Configuration Tool - Mitsubishi Electric MELSEC iQ-R Series User Manual

3.2

Configuration Tool

The following table shows the function list of Configuration Tool.
Function

Project management
function
Project file conversion function

Common setting function
Network setting function
Time synchronization setting
function
Access target CPU setting
function
Security setting function
High speed sampling label setting function
General sampling label setting function
Online startup function
Online function 
Module search function
Direct connection function
Data write function
Data read function
Data verification function
Diagnostics function
Management function
Global label/device comment import function
For details on the functions, refer to the following:
MELSEC iQ-R High Speed Data Communication Module User's Manual (Application)
Description
To create or edit a setting file (project file) of a high speed data communication module.
To convert a project file created by using MELSEC-Q series High Speed Data Communication
Module Configuration Tool into a project file of a high speed data communication module.
To configure the settings to use the security function and other functions of a high speed data
communication module.
To set the IP address and network connection settings of a high speed data communication
module.
To configure the settings to use the time synchronization function of a high speed data
communication module.
To set a target CPU module from which data is sampled by a high speed data communication
module.
To configure the settings to use the access authentication function and IP filter function of a
high speed data communication module.
To configure the settings to assign the labels to the device in a CPU module.
To start Configuration Tool online from a high speed data communication module by
connecting a configuration personal computer to the high speed data communication module.
It is not necessary to install Configuration Tool on a personal computer.
To read and write parameters, and check the operation by connecting to a high speed data
communication module from Configuration Tool.
To search for and connect to a high speed data communication module on the network.
To connect a configuration personal computer to a high speed data communication module on
a 1:1 basis by using an Ethernet cable. They can be easily connected without concerning the
IP address.
To write settings to an SD memory card inserted in a high speed data communication module.
To read settings from a high speed data communication module to Configuration Tool.
To verify that the project settings opened in Configuration Tool are the same as the ones in a
running high speed data communication module.
To check the operating status of a high speed data communication module and operate it.
Operations can be performed, such as checking the error and connection status of a high
speed data communication module, stopping or restarting access to an SD memory card, and
the ping test to a specified target device.
To display whether the firmware update is permitted or prohibited for a high speed data
communication module, and change the set state.
To import global labels and device comments set in an engineering tool to the settings of a
high speed data communication module.
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