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LESSON 11 – Develop & Edit Programs
Now is the time to put to work some of the knowledge that has been covered so far. In
this section, we will open GX-Developer, write a simple program, download it to the PLC
and test its operation, as well as investigate some of the tools in the GX-Developer
software.
Lesson Objectives: At the conclusion of this lesson, you will be able to…
9 Launch GX-Developer.
9 Enter instructions to write a small program.
9 Transfer the program between the PLC and the laptop
9 Do Online editing
9 Monitor the Program
9 Change values in the program with the software
9 Monitor values in data registers
Materials: FX-Series PLC Training Manual
FX-series Demo Kit
11.1 Launching GX-Developer
GX-Developer is WINDOWS based ladder programming/monitoring software.
The serial port is used to communicate between the PC and PLC. GX-
Developer will run under Windows 95, 98, NT, and 2000.
GX-Developer can be started in one of 2 ways:
1) Double-clicking on the icon if one is present on your desktop or
2) Selecting it under the Start Menu. The default is Start -> Programs ->
MELSEC Application -> GX-Developer for Windows
Once started, a screen similar to the one on the next page will appear: