2 setting the bl-600 and plc – KEYENCE BL-600 Series User Manual

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Chapter 8 PLC Link

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8.2

Setting the BL-600 and PLC

This section describes setting the BL-600 Series and the PLC.

8.2.1 Setting the BL-600 Series

Use the BL-600 setup software to set the following. For the differences in setting
due to the link unit or PLC type, see the next subsection “Setting the PLC”.

1. In [[Comm settings-1]], set the following data.

Match the baud rate, data length, parity and stop bit length of the BL-600 to
those of the PLC.

Disable the RTS/CTS protocol.

Disable the multi-drop link.

2. In [[Comm settings-2]], set the following data.

Type of the PLC
When using the KV-L2* in “Display interface mode”, set “SYSMAC-C” in the
BL-600 settings.

PLC trigger input area

DM head address

PLC unit No./station No.

Set whether or not the final register is used.

8.2.2 Setting the PLC

Set the PLC or link unit as follows:

Setting MELSEC-A Series
1. Set the RS-232C communication parameters (baud rate, data length, parity and

stop bit length) according to the BL-600’s settings.

2. Set the station number according to the BL-600’s setting.

3. Set the mode to “Protocol Type 4 ”.

* Only for the AJ71QC24, set the mode to “Special protocol”, “ASCII”, and
“Type4”.

4. Set the main channel to either “RS-232C” or “RS-422A”.

5. Set “Checksum” to “Enable”.

6. Set “Write during running” to “Enable”.

7. Set “Selecting computer link/multi-drop” to “Computer link” (for the AJ71UC24

only).

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