Yaskawa MP900 Series MPLOGGER - Manual (Page 55)

4.7 Communications Cell Settings
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7. Block Setup Function
When writing multiple data items from a controller, each data item must be associated
with a cell specified by the cell settings. If the data items have consecutive addresses,
the cells can be setup in blocks using the block setup function.
The block setup function automatically selects a block of cells starting from the start cell
in the direction specified (down or across) before the
Cell Setting Dialog Box is dis-
played. The addresses assigned to cells increase in increments according to the type of
data contained in the address. For single-words, addresses are incremented by one, and
for double-words, the addresses are incremented by two.
If the data type is BOOL, the bit number is incremented instead of the address. When
the bit number exceeds F, the address is automatically incremented.
If a block number is specified, the block setup function selects the cells based on the
specified block number.
If the block of cells are selected by dragging the curser in Excel before opening the Cell
Setting Dialog Box, the start and end cells will be determined according to the selected
area. The column and row size will also be automatically determined.
„ Block Setup
If cells from A4 to C5 are selected with the register set to MW1000 and a block size of 3 set to expand
to the right, the following addresses will be assigned to each cell.
If cells from A4 to C5 are selected with the register set to MW1000 and a block size of 2 set to expand
downward, the following addresses will be assigned to each cell.
The cell settings give priority to the block size over the selected area. If cells from A4 to C5 are
selected with the register set to MW1000 and a block size of 5 set to expand downward, the actual cell
setting will be from A4 to C8.
EXAMPLE
The addresses are incremented to the
right.
The addresses are incremented
downward.