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2.1. Settings

2.1. Settings

 

Open menus as follows: [F2: System] – 2: Control Parameter - 11: Screens of Automatic Backup & Recovery.

 

 

Figure 2.1 Screen of an Automatic Backup and Recovery

 

If the user presses the (F2: BackUp Now) key, a backup is immediately performed regardless of the settings. If the user presses the F2: Completedkey after setting the items on the screen, the set values are saved and applied. Each item means as follows.

Table21 Automatic Backup Setting Items

Item

Description

Note

Use of an automatic backup

Invalid: turn off the automatic backup

Valid: turn on the automatic backup

-

Max number of backups

Set the maximum number of backup points to manage.

If the number is over the designated number, the oldest backed-up point is removed during the backup operation.

1~100

Backup time

Set the backup to be automatically performed at a specific time everyday or on a specific day. A maximum of 4 schedules may be input. Select the unused schedules as undesignated.

00:00

~

23:59

Backup during mode conversion

(Manual to Automatic)

The moment a manual mode changes into an automatic, select whether to perform the backup.

-

- Invalid:

Do not perform the backup

- User check:

A dialogue box pops up to ask whether the user wants the backup. If the user answers “Yes”, the backup is run.

- Without check:

Without any display of dialogue boxes for the user check, immediately the backup is run.

Assigned input  signal

(backup in operation)

When the designated input signal is turned on, the backup is run.

-

Assigned output signal

(backup in progress)

The designated output signal is turned on during the backup operation.

-

Assigned output  signal

(errors in backup )

When an error in the backup operation occurs, this signal is turned on. If the user presses the [Reset] key twice or [Reset] [0] [ENTER] in turn, it is cleared.

-

 

The examples of inputting the set values of the assigned signals are as follows.

 

Table 22 Methods of Setting Assigned Signals

Types of signals

Example of settings

Results of settings

Logic signal (PLC ON)

Hard-wired signal (PLC OFF)

135

135 (No. 135 signal)

Field bus

5.220

FB5.220 (CC-Link I/O No. 220 signal)

Built-in field bus

.35.94

FN35.94 (No. 94 signal of No. 35 node)