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Programming IDEC SmartRelay
Getting started with IDEC SmartRelay
Programming refers to creating a circuit program from the
IDEC SmartRelay base module.
In this chapter you will learn how to use IDEC SmartRelay to
create the IDEC SmartRelay circuit programs for your
application.
WindLGC is the IDEC SmartRelay programming software
that you can use on your PC to quickly and easily create,
test, modify save and print the circuit programs. The topics
in this manual, however, relate only to the creation of circuit
programs on the actual IDEC SmartRelay base module. The
programming software WindLGC contains extensive online
help. See also Chapter 7 for additional information.
Note
IDEC SmartRelay versions without a display unit; that is, the FL1E-
B12RCE, FL1E-B12RCA and FL1E-B12RCC versions, do not have
an operator panel and display unit. They are primarily designed for
use in small machine and process equipment engineering systems
for series production.
FL1E-B12... versions are not programmed directly on the device.
Instead, the circuit program is downloaded to the device from
WindLGC or from memory cartridges or combined memory/battery
cartridges from other IDEC SmartRelay devices.
IDEC SmartRelay versions without a display cannot write data to
memory cartridges or combined memory/battery cartridges.
See Chapters 6, 7 and Appendix C.
A small example in the first part of this chapter introduces the
operating principles of IDEC SmartRelay:
• You will learn the meaning of two basic terms, namely the
connector and the block.
• As the next step, you will create a circuit program based
on a simple conventional circuit.
• Lastly, you will enter this program directly in IDEC
SmartRelay.
It will take you only a few pages of this manual to store your
first executable circuit program in the IDEC SmartRelay unit.
With suitable hardware (switches etc.), you will then be able
to carry out initial tests.