Chapter 7 Basic Functions; Management Of Projects - Mitsubishi Electric MELSEC iQ-R Series User Manual

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BASIC FUNCTIONS
7.1

Management of Projects

Series
MELSEC-Q series
MELSEC iQ-R series
Projects of the SECS/GEM communication software are managed by .xml files that define transactions and other environment
setting files.
There are two methods to create a new project: open an existing transaction and then arrange it following company use or
create a new transaction.
This section explains how to manipulate projects, such as creating new projects, opening projects and saving projects.
Creating a new project
Create a project.
In the transaction list of the newly created project, there is blank data by the name "New transaction".
[File]  [New Create]
Opening a project
Read a saved project.
If the project can be converted, convert it before reading.
For the module types to be converted, refer to the following:
Page 45 Conversion
Window
[File]  [Open]
Displayed items
Item
File name
[Open] button
Precautions
• A project created with a new version of setting tool cannot be opened in an old one.
• When opening a project which is created with the Japanese version setting tool in the English version setting tool, some
characters may be garbled.
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SECS/GEM communication software
Non-GEM version
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Description
Select the transaction setting file to be opened.
Click this to open the selected file.
GEM version
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GEM advanced version
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