Omron CJ1-CT021 User manual

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Cat. No. W401-E1-01
CJ1W-CT021
High-speed Counter Units

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CJ1W-CT021
High-speed Counter Units
Operation Manual
Produced October 2001

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Notice:
OMRON products are manufactured for use according to proper procedures by a qualified operator and
only for the purposes described in this manual.
The following conventions are used to indicate and classify precautions in this manual. Always pay atten-
tion to the information provided with them. Failure to comply with the precautions can result in injury to peo-
ple or damage to the product.
!DANGER Indicates an imminently hazardous situation which, if not avoided, will
result in death or serious injury.
!WARNING Indicates a potentially hazardous situation which, if not avoided, could
result in death or serious injury.
!Caution Indicates an potentially hazardous situation which, if not avoided, may
result in minor or moderate injury, or property damage.
OMRON Product References
All OMRON products are capitalised in this manual. The word “Unit” is also capitalised when it refers to an
OMRON product, regardless of whether or not it appears in the proper name of the product.
The abbreviation “Ch,” which appears in some displays and on some OMRON products, often means
“word” and is abbreviated “Wd” in documentation in this sense.
The abbreviation “PLC” means Programmable Logic Controller and is not used as an abbreviation for any-
thing else.
Visual Aids
The following headings appear in the left column of the manual to help you locate different types of infor-
mation.
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the product.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
PRECAUTIONS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xi
1 Intended Audience . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xii
2 General Precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xii
3 Safety Precautions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xii
4 Operating Environment Precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xiii
5 Application Precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .xiv
6 EC Directives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xvi
SECTION 1
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
1-1 Features and Functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
1-2 Basic Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
1-3 Specifications and Characteristics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
1-4 Quick Start Up Reference Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
1-5 Operating Procedure Guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
1-6 Application Areas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
SECTION 2
Components, Installation and Wiring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
2-1 Components and Switch Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
2-2 Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
2-3 Wiring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
SECTION 3
Operation and Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
3-1 Overview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
3-2 Counter Types . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
3-3 Input Signal Types . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
3-4 Digital Input Functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
3-5 Output Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
3-6 Reset Signals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
3-7 Extra Functions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
SECTION 4
Exchanging Data with CPU. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
4-1 Overview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
4-2 Memory Allocation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
4-3 IOWR-Instruction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
4-4 IORD-Instruction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
4-5 Supported IOWR/IORD-Instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
4-6 Interrupts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125

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SECTION 5
Error Processing, Maintenance and Inspection . . . . . . . . . 131
5-1 Error Indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
5-2 Error codes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
5-3 Maintenance and Inspection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
SECTION 6
Application Examples . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
6-1 Flow Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
6-2 Length Measurement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
6-3 Positioning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
6-4 CAM-positioning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
6-5 Speed Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Appendices
A Using Terminal Block Units with Screw-terminals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
B Assigning External Interrupt Tasks to Outputs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
C Description of the Response Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Revision History . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175

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About this Manual:
This manual describes the installation and operation of the CJ1W-CT021 High-speed Counter Unit and
includes the sections described below. Please read this manual carefully and be sure you understand the
information provided before attempting to install or operate the CJ1W-CT021 High-speed Counter Unit.
Be sure to read the precautions provided in the following sections.
Section 1 introduces the CJ1W-CT021 High-speed Counter Unit and describes the features, functions,
and specifications. It gives short instructions on how to operate the Units.
Section 2 provides information about components, wiring and installing the CJ1W-CT021 High-speed
Counter Unit.
Section 3 provides information about the configuration and operation of the CJ1W-CT021 High-speed
Counter Unit.
Section 4 provides information on the data-exchange and the communication interface between the
CJ1W-CT021 High-speed Counter Unit and the CPU.
Section 5 provides details of the CJ1W-CT021 High-speed Counter Unit’s errors, error -codes and indica-
tors and guidelines for troubleshooting.
Section 6 provides sample programs, according to practical applications, that can be used with the
CJ1W-CT021 High-speed Counter Unit.
The Appendices describe a comparison with C200H-CT021 High-speed Counter Unit, the numbering of
Terminal Block Units, the numbering of External Interrupt Tasks to Outputs and a description of the
Response Time.
All through this manual where a double word is defined as for instance “n+2, n+3” this must be interpreted
as follows:
n+3 (MSW) n+2 (LSW)
sign x10
6
x10
5
x10
4
x10
3
x10
2
x10
1
x10
0
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0 = + (positive)
F = - (negative)
n+3 (MSW) n+2 (LSW)
x16
7
x16
6
x16
5
x16
4
x16
3
x16
2
x16
1
x16
0
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LSW = Least Signifi ant Word
MSW = Most Signifi ant word

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!WARNING Failure to read and understand the information provided in this manual may
result in personal injury or death, damage to the product, or product failure.
Please read each section in its entirety and be sure you understand the informa-
tion provided in the section and related sections before attempting any of the pro-
cedures or operations given.

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PRECAUTIONS
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1 Intended Audience . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xii
2 General Precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xii
3 Safety Precautions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xii
4 Operating Environment Precautions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xiii
5 Application Precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xiv
6 EC Directives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xvi