OMRON C500-CT012 PLC



OMRON C500-CT012   PLC

9-16 Extended Data Memory (EM) Area

The EM Area is supported by the CJ1 and CJ1-H CPU Units only. It is divided

into 7 banks (0 to C) that each contain 32.768 words. EM Area addresses

range from E0_00000 to EC_32767. This data area is used for general data

storage and manipulation and is accessible only by word.

Data in the EM Area is retained when the PLC’s power is cycled or the PLC’s

operating mode is changed from PROGRAM mode to RUN/MONITOR mode

or vice-versa.

Although bits in the EM Area cannot be accessed directly, the status of these

bits can be accessed with the BIT TEST instructions, TST(350) and

TSTN(351).

Bits in the EM Area cannot be force-set or force-reset.

Specifying EM Addresses

1.2.3...

There are two ways to specify an EM address: the bank and address can be

specified at the same time or an address in the current bank can be specified

(after changing the current bank, if necessary). In general, we recommend

specifying the bank and address simultaneously.

1. Bank and Address Specification

With this method, the bank number is specified just before the EM address.

For example, E2_00010 specifies EM address 00010 in bank 2.

2. Current Bank Address Specification

With this method, just the EM address is specified. For example, E00010

specifies EM address 00010 in the current bank. (The current bank must

be changed with EMBC(281) to access data in another bank. A301 con

tains the current EM bank number.)

The current bank will be reset to 0 when the operating mode is changed

from PROGRAM mode to RUN/MONITOR mode, unless the IOM Hold Bit

(A50012) is ON. The current bank is not changed as the program proceeds

through cyclic tasks and the current bank will be returned to its original val

ue (in the source cyclic task) if it has been changed in an interrupt task

Words in the EM Area can be indirectly addressed in two ways: binary-mode

and BCD-mode.

Binary-mode Addressing (@E)

When a “@” character is input before a EM address, the content of that EM

word is treated as binary and the instruction will operate on the EM word in

the same bank at that binary address. All of the words in the same EM bank

(E00000 to E32767) can be indirectly addressed with hexadecimal values

0000 to 7FFF and words in the next EM bank (E00000 to E32767) can be

addressed with hexadecimal values 8000 to FFFF.

@E1_00100

@E00100

0200

0200

E1_00512

Address actually used.

E0_00512

Address actually used.

BCD-mode Addressing (

*

(When the current

bank is bank 0.)

E)

When a “*” character is input before a EM address, the content of that EM

word is treated as BCD and the instruction will operate on the EM word in the

same bank at that BCD address. Only part of the EM bank (E00000 to

E09999) can be indirectly addressed with BCD values 0000 to 9999.

*E1_00100

*E00100

0200

0200E1_00200

Address actually used.

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E0_00200

Address actually used.

(When the current

bank is bank 0.)

Part of the EM Area can be converted for use as file memory with settings in

the PLC Setup. All EM banks from the specified bank (EM File Memory Start

ing Bank) to the last EM bank will be converted to file memory.

Once EM banks have been converted to file memory, they cannot be

accessed (read or written) by instructions. An Illegal Access Error will occur if

a file-memory bank is specified as an operand in an instruction.

The following example shows EM file memory when the EM File Memory

Starting Bank has been set to 3 in the PLC Setup.

Example:

EM File Memory Starting Bank

EM bank number

set to 3 in the PLC Setup

EM file memory

(Cannot be accessed

from instructions.)

9-17 Index Registers

The sixteen Index Registers (IR0 to IR15) are used for indirect addressing.

Each Index Register can hold a single PLC memory address, which is the

absolute memory address of a word in I/O memory. Use MOVR(560) to con

vert a regular data area address to its equivalent PLC memory address and

write that value to the specified Index Register. (Use MOVRW(561) to set the

PLC memory address of a timer/counter PV in an Index Register.)

Note Refer to Appendix D Memory Map of PLC Memory Addresses for more details

on PLC memory addresses