Guest BENHILL Posted June 12, 2004 Report Posted June 12, 2004 Hi, I'm new & clueless! I have the PC, I have the cable, I have an FX series PLC, so what application do I need to program the thing? Help, advice & guidance would be very gratefully received. Many thanks in anticipation. Ben. Quote
Sergei Troizky Posted June 13, 2004 Report Posted June 13, 2004 (edited) I strongly recommend you to start with good old Medoc, if you can get it for little cost or free. Otherwise you will learn using the software long enough, instead of learning PLC programming. Edited June 13, 2004 by Sergei Troizky Quote
jerrycat Posted June 14, 2004 Report Posted June 14, 2004 i would recommend you to use GX-Dvelopper fx. it is use to program all the FX seris plc's of Mitsubishi Quote
Guest Michael Reese Posted June 14, 2004 Report Posted June 14, 2004 I agree with Sergei. Although the GX-Developer is a powerful and WINDOWS friendly program, "good old" MEDOC will run on just about anything. Be sure to use the "F1" help key often. I started on that and never had a manual. Good Luck Quote
Guest Martin Pyke Posted July 6, 2004 Report Posted July 6, 2004 The only problem with Medoc is that it is DOS based and the latest PCs may not have sufficient DOS program to run it. Great shame! I have dozens of PLCs programmed with Medoc and still use it. Benhill, if you are in UK, I can let you have a copy of Medoc on two floppy disks. Quote
maccxim Posted July 7, 2004 Report Posted July 7, 2004 Hi i'm not sure but i think Beijer sell a version of Medoc that work on Windows. The version is 2.40. bye Max Quote
Sergei Troizky Posted July 10, 2004 Report Posted July 10, 2004 I have successfully used Medoc 1.30, 1.56a, 2.30 under Windows 3.1, 95, 98, XP. I mean full Windows, not DOS mode. It works perfectly. You can change the font in the Medoc window, if not in full-screen mode. You can also open as many projects as you need at a time and they can even be online through several different ports simultaneously. The specifics is that once the Medoc goes online through a port under Windows, this port remains occupied even after Medoc goes offline. Another programms cannot open thisz port until the Medoc (which opened this port)is closed. Quote
Macgyver BR Posted July 11, 2004 Report Posted July 11, 2004 What you use theree version? What necessary? News features 2.30-2.40, series A? What link for download 2.40 version. Quote
Sergei Troizky Posted July 11, 2004 Report Posted July 11, 2004 (edited) I've used the mentioned versions one at a time, as they appeared. Currently I am using 2.30. But all them are tested and work under the mentioned Windows versions. Edited July 11, 2004 by Sergei Troizky Quote
Guest Martin Pyke Posted July 12, 2004 Report Posted July 12, 2004 Good news! I am about to buy a new laptop PC which will have XP operating system. Quote
Guest Guest_Frank Posted July 12, 2004 Report Posted July 12, 2004 Melsec Medoc is out of date, sold no more. Melsec medoc is a DOS based program, unlike someone told earlier that it runs under windows. It opens a DOS command mode and runs Melsec medoc. Try to contact your local vendor for a copy. They probably will give it for free. Expect no support on melsec medoc. If you want a light version of the windows software, it will be GX Developer FX. Only the Compact serie of mitsubishi PLC (FX) can you program with this software. The full version is GX-Developer or GX-IEC Developer. With those you can program every PLC from Mitsubishi. For the oldest alive PLC's F series you need the Melsec Medoc programming software. You cannot choose this type in the new software. Send me a note, maby i can do something for you. F.N.M.deJong@getronics.com Quote
JimRowell Posted July 17, 2004 Report Posted July 17, 2004 I agree with the Medoc crowd. It's outdated sure. It's also well written and capable. I can't recommend GX Developer to anyone for anything (what were they thinking!). Medoc will run on any machine, is not too bad to learn on and works very well under pressure with both small and large programs. It can be run straight from dos and it can be run under windows (in a console window, it's dos after all) in 95, 98, 98se, W2K, XP. You just need to learn a few of it's tricks such as once you get into an edit mode, hit Alt-H and you'll get a nice high-res screen. Use lots of comments and when you press Alt-C, you'll get a navigation screen that is hard to beat. Quote
Guest Martin Pyke Posted July 17, 2004 Report Posted July 17, 2004 Good point from Frank about the F series not being supported by GX. I have about twenty F1 and F2's chugging away with no probelems. So, armed with Medoc and the F2-20GF clip-on adapter, I can tackle anything! Quote
Sergei Troizky Posted July 17, 2004 Report Posted July 17, 2004 A small correction. Medoc is still sold by Mitsubishi distributors, at least in Canada. I do not know the version, and the OEM price is about $500 Canadian. Surely way too expensive for discontinued product. The product, however, is excelent, even today. Quote
FNMdeJong Posted July 19, 2004 Report Posted July 19, 2004 Medoc isn't sold in europe for a long time. About all the prgorammers that still use 'good old medoc' how will you program the new series PLC, system Q. Within the system Q series it isn't about programming, but about configuring. The most problems with the programming isn't the ladder you write, but is the communication part. Like ethernet, serial communication, profibus DP or whatever. Even the configuration of a analogue module is easy. You just use the special utility tool. In the GX software communication between several PLC CPU can be setup easily. Quote
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