Update Criteria

The update criteria determines how the data will be collected and/or updated in your CIMPLICITY software application.

Enter On Change or On Scan for points whose values should be polled by Mitsubishi TCP/IP communications at regular intervals.

Enter On Demand On Scan or On Demand On Change for points whose values should be polled by Mitsubishi TCP/IP communications at regular intervals while users are viewing them.

Enter Unsolicited for points that are sent by the programmable controller from the Fixed Buffer.

Address

Enter the point address of the data using the following format:

<DEVICE_TYPE><OFFSET>

For some device types, the offset is a hexadecimal number, while in other cases, the offset is a decimal number.

Use the table below to determine how to specify your device and offset.

Device Name

Device Type

Offset

Data Register

D

Decimal

Link Register

W

Hex

Files Register

R

Decimal

Timer (three types)

Present Value

TN

Decimal

Contact

TS

Decimal

Coil

TC

Decimal

Counter (three types)

Present Value

CN

Decimal

Contact

CS

Decimal

Coil

CC

Decimal

Input

X

Hex

Output

Y

Hex

Internals

M

Decimal

Link Relay

B

Hex

Annunciator

F

Hex

Random Access

Z

Hex

Note on Unsolicited Point Addresses.

Note on Addressing Formats

Mitsubishi TCP/IP point configuration.