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Are there examples for using LabView and Mitsubishi's MX Component product for communicating with Mitsubishi PLC's?

Are there examples for using LabView and Mitsubishi's MX Component product for communicating with Mitsubishi PLC's? 
 
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Hi jdwyer3,

I am not very familiar with the the MX component but as you mentioned, people have been able to use it with LabVIEW.

For your reference, here is an article describing where one would be able to find drivers to communicate with third-party PLCs:

Where can I Find Drivers for Communicating to PLCs, RTUs, and Other Industrial Hardware?

http://digital.ni.com/public.nsf/allkb/13ee0a9e2c43f0db86256a6100722651

It appears that the following two Mitsubishi products are supported:

Mitsubishi A-Series (serial communications modules)
Mitsubishi FX (FX-24MR) via serial

I hope this helps.

Best regards,

Steven
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Hi jdwyer3 and Steven
 
We also havethe same problem, but our PLC is Mitsubishi Q-series which is not supported by IA OPC server.
MX component provides some dll files. Therefore, we tried to call these dlls from LabVIEW, but all its functions
returns amd requires "viod". I might keep trying to know what do these dlls do, but I still can not know how to
use them exactly. For example, I might know some functions can write value to PLC devices, but I won't be able
to know which I/O of the device I am going to write.
 
Could someone help me in this issue? Maybe trying to ask Mitsubishi is a better way?
 
Thanks
 
Ryan
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What is the model number of the plc that you need to communicate with??
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Hello,

 

Was anybody able to solve this?

 

Regards,

 

Guillem.

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Hi,

 

Please make a new post for your specific issue and we can take it up from there. Thanks!

 

Ipshita C.

National Instruments
Applications Engineer
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Hi to all,
Ivel R. | CLAD
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hi to all,

 

It seems like the link provided below was not working:

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Where can I Find Drivers for Communicating to PLCs, RTUs, and Other Industrial Hardware?

http://digital.ni.com/public.nsf/allkb/13ee0a9e2c4​3f0db86256a6100722651

It appears that the following two Mitsubishi products are supported:

Mitsubishi A-Series (serial communications modules)
Mitsubishi FX (FX-24MR) via serial
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it happens that I have this mitsubishi FX (FX-24MR) device and need to communicate via serial. I hope someone can knows the link for this driver.

 

 

thanks!

Ivel R. | CLAD
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Unfortunately that driver has been removed from the site.

Tanya Visser
National Instruments
LabVIEW Group Manager
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