PLC Software Control FP Connect

OCX communication

• FP Connect provides one ActiveX control for Microsoft Foundation Classes (MFC), Microsoft.NET (Visual Basic and C#), Office applications and COM applications. 
• No knowledge of Panasonic PLC communication protocol (MEWTOCOL) is needed for developing applications which communicate with Panasonic FP series PLCs, no matter which programming language is used: VB, C#, C, HTML, JavaScript, Delphi, etc. 
• FP Connect provides many ready-to-use functions for easy application development

Control	PLC read	PLC write	Special commands
AboutBox ShowParameter PortOpen PortClose AttachHostHandle ChangeTimeOut	AreaRead ReadBits ReadINT ReadDINT ReadWORD  ReadDWORD ReadREAL ReadICCard MonitorRead	AreaWrite WriteBits WriteINT WriteDINT WriteWORD WriteDWORD WriteREAL WriteICCard WriteSharedMemory	TransparentMode ReadPLCInformation ChangePLCMode PLC Password UploadPLCCode DownloadPLCCode

Main features of FP Connect

• Supports all Windows operating systems
• Supports multiple connections to Panasonic PLCs and HMIs with integrated MEWNET Manager
• Communicates with FP series PLCs via RS232C, RS485, modem or Ethernet
• Read/Write PLC contacts, registers and shared memory
• Up and download PLC programs and system registers
• Provides many high-level commands such as ReadPLCInformation for easy data acquisition
• Displays or changes status of the PLC (RUN/PROG)
• Provides PLC password function

Ordering information

• Part number for Control FP Connect: AFPS37510 
• Control FP Connect update: service pack for updating Ver 1.0 to Ver 1.04

Product downloads

Shortforms

Description	Release date	File size	Language
Short Form Programmable Logic Controllers	2016-10-20	2.47 MB	English

Software

Description	Release date	File size	Language
FPConnect OCX, Vers. 2.0.6.1, Visual Studio 2015 C++ redistributable files, PxMEWNET manager. With example projects for Visual Studio (VBA, C++, C#), Excel and Power Point.	2018-01-12	40.52 MB	English