Mitsubishi Programming on a Budget.
Mitsubishi Programming on a Budget.
(OP)
An overview;
I've got over twenty five Mitsubishi PLC units, some almost brand new, a couple up to five years old. All more or less in working order. They came to me 'at the right price' & I have projects planned for several.
In a former life, I made my living as an electronics design engineer. These days I'm house-bound, & my remaining brain cell is caving in through lack of use (not that it can take too much...lol).
The problem;
In order to use these things, I need to program them. Could the experts amongst you give me an idea of the least costly (for "least costly" read really cheap) way to achieve this?
The solution?
I expect I will need a cable & some PC based software or a handheld device to enter commands. I'm not beyond making up a cable to suit if someone can point me in the direction of some connection information. However, I'm somewhat concerned about the cost & 'secondhand' availability of the software or handheld.
I apologise for ramblng on, & any help or advice will be gratefully received.
I've got over twenty five Mitsubishi PLC units, some almost brand new, a couple up to five years old. All more or less in working order. They came to me 'at the right price' & I have projects planned for several.
In a former life, I made my living as an electronics design engineer. These days I'm house-bound, & my remaining brain cell is caving in through lack of use (not that it can take too much...lol).
The problem;
In order to use these things, I need to program them. Could the experts amongst you give me an idea of the least costly (for "least costly" read really cheap) way to achieve this?
The solution?
I expect I will need a cable & some PC based software or a handheld device to enter commands. I'm not beyond making up a cable to suit if someone can point me in the direction of some connection information. However, I'm somewhat concerned about the cost & 'secondhand' availability of the software or handheld.
I apologise for ramblng on, & any help or advice will be gratefully received.





RE: Mitsubishi Programming on a Budget.
RE: Mitsubishi Programming on a Budget.
http://www.meau.com/eprise/main/sites/public/DOWNL...
-Eric
RE: Mitsubishi Programming on a Budget.
If you have an application in mind, I would suggest a simpler solution: There are two different PC compatible
microcomputer cards on the market which you can program in
BASIC,C,C++,Pascal,FORTRAN, etc.
Need details?
<nbucska@pcperipherals DOT com> subj: eng-tips
RE: Mitsubishi Programming on a Budget.
For xyzz the model NOs are as follows:
1) F - 20MR - ES1
2) FX - 48MR - ES/UL
3) FX - 48MR - DS
4) FX - 64MT - ESS
5) FX - 32MT - ESS
6) FX - 24MR - ES/UL
7) FX - 8EX - ES
8) FXO - 30MR - ES
9) FXO - 30MR - DS
10) FXOS - 30MR - DS
11) FXOS - 20MR - DS
For Eric: The UK site seems not to be, & I am not being allowed onto the USA site (a cookie or somesuch has obviously been set), & I am imediately redirected to the UK site, which is a pain!
I will try to located said cookie & remove. This may be impossible without dumping the lot, any suggestions?
If either of you, or anyone else can give me a hand with this, I'd be most grateful.
Ben.
RE: Mitsubishi Programming on a Budget.
If I had sufficient of that, then there any nuber of ways to 'skin the cat', but thanks for the suggestion.
Ben.
RE: Mitsubishi Programming on a Budget.
For communication cable see this: http://forum.mrplc.com/index.php?showtopic=609
Concerning the programming software- there is an old DOS program called Melsec Medoc for programming all Mitsubishi PLCs.
By my opinion, this is the best DOS-based PLC software ever.
It works pefectly under any Windows and is much simpler for learning than Windows-based FXGPWin or GX Developer.
Give me your email if you decide to go with the Medoc.
Good luck.
Sergei Troizky a.k.a. xyzz.
RE: Mitsubishi Programming on a Budget.
For your information- there is an inexpensive replacement for the original programming cable.
Use the link in the post above.
RE: Mitsubishi Programming on a Budget.
I've had a good look at the MRPLC board. It appears that as I surmised the dongle might be more about protocol rather than obfuscation.
RE: Mitsubishi Programming on a Budget.
Any news on the eval copy of FXGPwin? I would be most grateful for it if you are able to send.
xyzz was quite correct, the 'dongle' is an RS232 to RS422 convertor, very simple to knock up, and a lot less than £150.00.
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RE: Mitsubishi Programming on a Budget.
Place your email here.
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My only point was that the windows eval copy was promised but never delivered (I still live in hope).
RE: Mitsubishi Programming on a Budget.
RE: Mitsubishi Programming on a Budget.
Hi, just got Medoc up & running, nice little app, but (there's always a but) it wants to save to my 'D' drive rather than to 'C'.
Is there a way to point it to 'C', as it tries but fails with 'D' (both are hard drives btw).
Your help (if you can) would be greatly appreciated.
Ben.
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