
                                README.TXT File
                       README file for FANUC LADDER-III
         Copyright(C), FANUC CORPORATION, 2000 - 2013. All Rights Reserved.

This document provides the information about "FANUC LADDER-III".
Please read this document before using the SOFTWARE.

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[1] Introduction

[2] Outline
  2.1  FANUC LADDER-III
  2.2  Operation environment

[3] Activation
  3.1 Starting the FANUC LADDER-III from the Windows [Programs] menu.

[4] History

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[1] Introduction
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    This manual describes about "FANUC LADDER-III".

    As for the detailed explanation, refer to the following operator's manual
    for the FANUC LADDER-III.

            "FANUC LADDER-III OPERATOR'S MANUAL  B-66234EN"


 Notes

  (1) All rights regarding "FANUC LADDER-III", including the copyright shall
      belong to FANUC CORPORATION.

  (2) No one can use or copy any part or whole of the software or document of
      "FANUC LADDER-III" without a prior agreement.

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[2] Outline
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2.1  FANUC LADDER-III

    FANUC LADDER-III is a programming system to develop the sequence program
    of FANUC PMC. Main functions are shown below.

    - Off-Line Functions
       1) Creating of ladder program
       2) Ladder program difference display function
       3) PMC address map function
       4) Cross-reference display function
       5) Printing
       6) Command line execution function
       7) Step sequence editing
       8) Function block function
       9) Multi-language PMC message creation tool
      10) Checking duplicate coil
      11) PMC type change and save
      12) Extended symbol/comment function

    - On-Line Functions
       1) Monitoring of ladder
       2) Monitoring of signal status
       3) Monitoring of PMC status
       4) On-Line editing of ladder diagram
       5) Signal trace, Signal analysis
       6) Signal trace function
       7) Mnemonic monitor function
       8) Saving and restoring PMC parameter


2.2  Operation environment
        
     To use this software, the requirements indicated in the table below must
     be satisfied.

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     | Computer          | IBM PC/AT COMPATIBLE                               |
     +-------------------+----------------------------------------------------+
     | OS                | Microsoft Windows 8/7/Vista/XP             (Note 1)|
     +-------------------+----------------------------------------------------+
     | CPU               | Windows 8 Pro                                      |
     |                   | Windows 7 Professional                             |
     |                   |      Processor recommended by Microsoft            |
     |                   |      1GHz or more is recommended                   |
     |                   | Windows Vista Home Basic                           |
     |                   | Windows Vista Home Premium                         |
     |                   | Windows Vista Business                             |
     |                   | Windows Vista Ultimate                             |
     |                   |      Processor recommended by Microsoft            |
     |                   |      1GHz or more is recommended                   |
     |                   | Windows XP Home Edition                            |
     |                   | Windows XP Professional                            |
     |                   |      Pentium II 333MHz or more                     |
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     | Memory            | Windows 8 Pro                                      |
     |                   | Windows 7 Professional (32-bit/64-bit version)     |
     |                   |     1GByte or more                                 |
     |                   | Windows Vista Home Basic                           |
     |                   |     512MBytes or more                              |
     |                   | Windows Vista Home Premium                         |
     |                   | Windows Vista Business                             |
     |                   | Windows Vista Ultimate                             |
     |                   |     1GByte or more                                 |
     |                   | Windows XP Home Edition                            |
     |                   | Windows XP Professional                            |
     |                   |     128MBytes or more                              |
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     | Hard disk         | 40Mbytes or more free space                (Note 2)|
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     | Graphic adapter   | VGA or higher                                      |
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     | Printer           | The printers added by the printers settings on     |
     |                   | Windows.                                           |
     +-------------------+----------------------------------------------------+

     (Note 1) Windows XP and Windows Vista of 64-bit version are not supported. 
     (Note 2) In addition, the space for storing sequence data is required.


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[3] Activation
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3.1 Starting the FANUC LADDER-III from the Windows [Programs] menu.
    (Case of WindowsXP/Vista/7)

    [Operation]
        (1) Click the [Start] button.
        (2) Click the [All Programs] in the [Start] menu.
        (3) Click the [FANUC LADDER-III] folder in the list of programs.
        (4) Click the "FANUC LADDER-III" in the [FANUC LADDER-III] folder.
            FANUC LADDER-III is activated.

3.2 Starting the FANUC LADDER-III from the [Start] screen.
    (Case of Windows 8)

    [Operation]
        (1) Click the "FANUC LADDER-III" in the [Start] screen.
            FANUC LADDER-III is activated.

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[4] History
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Edition 7.40 -> 7.50

Series 0i-F PMC/L has been supported.

PMC Memory "E" for Series 30i-B PMC has been supported.

In the Extended PMC Ladder Instruction Function of Series 30i/31i/32i/35i-B, Power Motion i-A, and 0i-F PMC, the PID instruction (SUB460) has been supported.

In Series 30i/31i/32i/35i-B, Power Motion i-A, 0i-F, and 0i-D/0i Mate-D PMC, the maximum number of characters of the "PMC Program" and the "Edition No." fields of title data has been extended.

On the message edit screen, plural message data have been able to be moved, copied, and deleted at once, and the view display function of the messages has been enabled to specify the size of display unit.

PMC Function Library for Spindle control (PMC_SPINDLE_CONTROL.FLL) has been added to the sample programs of Function Block function.

The bit suffixed symbol has been supported, which provides access to each bit of a byte symbol in Ladder diagram and FB.

The "S" number can be displayed and printed in the steps, the initial steps, and the block steps.

Functions of the step sequence edit screen have been improved; the program syntax check function by [Check] button, the program editing operation, and the error messages.


Edition 7.30 -> 7.40

PMC Function Library for PMC axis control (PMC_AXIS_CONTROL.FLL) has been added to the sample program of Function Block function.


Edition 7.20 -> 7.30

Series 0i-F PMC has been supported.

Display and print of step sequence with comments have been supported.

In Dual Check Safety PMC of Series 30i/31i/32i/35i-B/Power Motion i-A/0i-F, maximum of ladder steps has been increased from 3,000 to 5,000.

"Multiple address replacement function" sometimes changes a constant vaule in input section of FB instance. This problem has been corrected.


Edition 7.10 -> 7.20

FANUC LADDER-III (10 users), (20 users), (Site license) and (Update) has been supported.

When you enter password, password of 16 characters may not be accepted. This problem has been corrected.


Edition 7.00 -> 7.10

Windows 8 has been supported.

In Ladder Program Difference Display function, "Net Detail" button that displays details of the different net, and the button that changes the number of elements of ladder diagram have been added.

On Japanese OS, the number of Cyrillic characters that can be stored in a comment has been extended.

When compiling a ladder program for PMC of 30i/31i/32i/35i-B or Power Motion i-A which has a positive or negative transition contact placed just after a functional instruction, the error "I:E-3201" may occur. This problem has been corrected.


Edition 6.90 -> 7.00

In Series 0i-D PMC or Series 0i Mate-D PMC/L, PMC multi-language comment function has been supported.

The sampling address of signal trace function has been able to be set from the ladder monitor screen.

The symbol of the extended symbol has been able to be printed in the order of PMC address.

The source conversion has been able to refer to the FB definition in the FB library to convert FB instances.

The group data edit function of the PMC Data table control data screen and Control data of extra relay screen has been improved.

At reading an external symbol file or a mnemonic file, it has been able to specify how the symbol comment data will be merged with the symbols of the source program.

The dialog for writing to F-ROM has been able to automatically appear at the end of storing the sequence program or at the end of online editing mode.

An external symbol file that uses TAB as delimiter has been supported.

Some hangul letters of Multi-language PMC message and PMC multi-language comment, could not displayed correctly on the CNC screen. This problem has been corrected.


Edition 6.80 -> 6.90

In Series 30i/31i/32i/35i-B PMC or Power Motion i-A PMC, multi-language comment display of ladder signal has been supported.

Sample program for standard machine operator's panel control and machine operator's panel of iPendant has been added.

Signal trace display in a wide window has been improved.

An application error may be generated at switching to the online mode while a function block definition window is maximized.  This problem has been corrected.

In Series 30i-A/0i-D/30i-B/Power Motion i-A PMC, the error "I:E-3252:LADDER program is broken." may be possibly generated when you compile a ladder program that contains COD or CODB instruction. This problem has been corrected.


Edition 6.70 -> 6.80

The following functions have become to refer the byte amount of the functional instruction or FB to read or write.
- PMC address map function
- Cross-reference display function
- Bit address map print

The editing of extended symbol has been improved.
- Duplicated address check at registering a symbol 
- Priority specification of global/local symbol at registering a symbol
- History of symbol registration
etc.

The memory card format file of Multi-Language PMC message has been able to be created by the operation on graphical interface of Windows.

When you enter "[" at the message editing screen with the message view displayed, the error message "The parameter is incorrect" is repeatedly displayed. This problem has been corrected.


Edition 6.60 -> 6.70

The application error might be generated in PMC-SA1/SA3/SA5/SB3/SB4/SB5/SB6/SB7/NB/NB2/NB6/PA3/QC when a ladder program that contains net comments is decompiled. This problem has been corrected.


Edition 6.50 -> 6.60

Power Motion i-A PMC has been supported.

In Series 0i-D/0i Mate-D PMC/L, "Ladder step Max.24,000 steps" has been supported.

The jump function to the compared ladder diagram has been added to the ladder program difference display function.

In PMC-SA1, when the conversion table of COD instruction is edited in the ladder editing screen, "10" or larger numbers in the conversion table were converted as wrong values at the compilation. This problem has been corrected.


Edition 6.40 -> 6.50

The range check of constant parameter value of functional instruction at the following operations has been improved.
- Input on ladder diagram editing screen
- Input on online editing
- Converting mnemonic files to source programs
- Compilation

In Series 30i/31i/32i/35i-B PMC, online function for dividedladder program has been supported.

The print function of the ladder diagram and the cross-reference has been improved so that the number of cross-reference information per line can be specified.

The specification of show/hide setting of the edit toolbar has become same as the other toolbars.

The dialog which edits an extended symbol has been able to be closed by ESC key, even if the comment field has the focus.

The window "FB Graphical Form" has been able to be resized.

Some sample Excel files to view the Trace Result has been added to the installation CD.

In the following PMC model, when 32768 or more is set to the setting time of TMRB instruction, the monitor display of the elapsed time of the timer is incorrect. This problem has been corrected.
 SA1,SA3,SA5,SB3,SB4,SB5,SB6,SC3,SC4,NB,NB2,NB6,PA3


Edition 6.30 -> 6.40

In Series 30i/31i/32i/35i-B PMC, Ladder dividing management function has been supported.

The transfer time of ladder program via Ethernet has been shortened.

The ladder diagram of the selected area can be pasted in text format.

FB definition file (FLL file) specified by relative path has been supported.

The source conversion has been improved to continue processing regardless of the number of errors and warnings at the source conversion of the ladder.

In source conversion of mnemonic file, the symbol & comment data of identification code "%@2" cannot be read. This problem has been corrected.

The message of "The communication error occurred" may be displayed at online editing, storing, or backup operation, and the communication is disconnected. This problem has been corrected.


Edition 6.20 -> 6.30

Series 30i/31i/32i/35i-MODEL B PMC has been supported.

I/O Link i function has been supported.

In Series 0i-D PMC, 64,000 ladder steps have been supported.

The cross-reference print was improved so that two comments could be specified.

In a main body program of a Function Block, the display of the symbol has been extended to a maximum of 16 characters.

The program output tool bar has been added.

Online help was changed to HTML Help form.

TMRBF instruction cannot be used in a FB library. This problem has been corrected.

In Series 30i/31i/32i-A PMC which PMC memory type is C, you cannot store ladder or cannot stop ladder when R9060.0 and R9060.1 are turned ON. This problem has been corrected.

In printing cross-references, when FB instance is included in a ladder program, the wrong step number or the wrong net number are sometimes printed. This problem has been corrected.


Edition 6.10 -> 6.20

Windows 7 has been supported.

The read / write function for a signal trace setting has been added.

Some FB sample programs to use PMC window function easily has been added to the installation CD of the FANUC LADDER-III.

An incorrect error net number will be displayed when some compiling error occurs after FB instances in a ladder program. This problem has been corrected.

Unexpected address may be searched on a PMC address map screen in the certain condition. This problem has been corrected.

In OS is Windows Vista and a personal computer with multi-CPU, the compiling process occasionally stops when you compile ladder program for Series 30i/31i/32i-A PMC or Series 0i/0i Mate-D PMC. This problem has been corrected.


Edition 6.00 -> 6.10

When you switch to the online mode while connecting with PMC-NB, the error of "The program step is done exceeds the option." occurs. This problem has been corrected.

D address of 5 digits like "D10000" cannot be input to the start address of the data table on the data table control screen. This problem has been corrected.

When you change two or more display settings of ladder diagram at the same time, the ladder display screen is not updated. This problem has been corrected."


Edition 5.90 -> 6.00

In PMC-SB7, Series 30i/31i/32i-A PMC or Series 0i-D PMC, the setting to omit password input has been added to the password function.

"FANUC LADDER-III Upgrade (5 users)" has been newly released.

When ladder program that exceeds the maximum program size is stored to PMC, the wrong message "The communication error occurred.(5B3)" is sometimes displayed. This problem has been corrected.

When FANUC LADDER-III (5 users) is started on Windows Vista, the %%%Flset file is changed to the default setting. This problem has been corrected.


Edition 5.80 -> 5.90

Dual Check Safety PMC has been added to Series 0i-D PMC.

"FANUC LADDER-III (5 users)" has been newly released.

In Series 30i/31i/32i-A/0i-D/0i Mate-D PMC, when the ladder program including the LBL instruction between COM and COME instructions is compiled, the memory card format file is not made. This problem has been corrected.

When you update ladder program that contains a Function Block with ENO parameter in online-editing mode, one of input parameter of that Function Block does not work correctly. This problem has been corrected.


Edition 5.70 -> 5.80

A net comment or a new page mark just after the FB instance is shifted before the FB instance when the mnemonic file is converted to the source program. This problem has been corrected.


Edition 5.60 -> 5.70

Series 0i-D PMC, Series 0i-D PMC/L and Series 0i Mate-D PMC/L has been supported.

The grouping function of the Function Block has been supported.

In the Function Block function of Series 30i/31i/32i-A PMC and Series 0i-D PMC, the operation of the basic instruction of input section/output section has been supported.

In the compilation of Series 30i/31i/32i-A PMC and Series 0i-D PMC, the program size check function has been supported.

The copy and the deletion of the multiple subprogram has been supported on the program list screen.

In the mnemonic language monitor display function, the display of the Function Block has been supported.

In the ladder program difference display function, the setting of "Use same display form as ladder diagram" has been added.

When /l or /m option of the multi-language PMC message creation tool was specified, the check on message number with the path number has been extended to 4095.

When the ladder of the Function Block function is decompiled by the memory card priority, a wrong bit address to the output section is occasionally set. This problem has been corrected.

When OS is Windows Vista, the file name is not sometimes displayed in the most recently used programs. This problem has been corrected.

When decompiling the ladder for PMC-SA1 which includes COM instructions, the error occurs on Windows Vista. This problem has been corrected.

In the source conversion of the FB definition, the error of "K: W-4110: Logical product remains in register(s)" sometimes occurs. This problem has been corrected.

In the Extended PMC Ladder Instruction Function, when the cross-reference and the bit address map of the ladder including the PUSH/POP instruction are printed, the address not used in ladder is sometimes printed. This problem has been corrected.


Edition 5.50 -> 5.60

Windows Vista has been supported.

In Series 30i/31i/32i-A PMC, the Function Block function has been supported.

In all PMC models, the cursor display has been supported in the ladder monitor screen.

When OS is not Japanese version, the source conversion time becomes longer. This problem has been corrected.

The error of "ZipOwner Write Error" occurs uncommonly when the LAD file is saved after the symbol is added, and the LAD file cannot be saved. This problem has been corrected.


Edition 5.40 -> 5.50

In all PMC types, the input/output function from/to an external symbol file has been supported.

In all PMC types, the function "Automatic input of timer, counter, rising/falling-edge numbers" has been supported.

In Series 30i/31i/32i-A PMC with extended symbol option, the setting to display the "Replace" dialog automatically when changing a symbol has been added.

When the PMC type of ladder program is changed from non-extended symbol to extended symbol by the "Source Program Convert" or the "PMC Type changed and save" operation, the function to change unusable symbol character to suitable character has been added.

If the PMC type is Series 30i/31i/32i-A PMC and the total size of ladder program exceeds 1.5MB, the error message "E-3601 Data to large" is displayed after compilation process. This problem has been corrected.


Edition 5.30 -> 5.40

In the message editing of Series 30i/31i/32i-A PMC and Series 16i/18i/21i-B PMC-SA1/SB7, a European character by the input by codes of Russian and Turkish has been supported.

In the multi-language PMC message creation tool of Series 30i/31i/32i-A PMC, Russian and Turkish has been supported.

In PMC-SA1, the warning of "I:W-4205:Too many coils.(SUB36)" occurs when the ladder including functional instruction ADDB etc. is compiled. This problem has been corrected.

The error of "I:E-3200: There is an undefined instruction" occurs extremely uncommonly when the ladder including the net comment is compiled. This problem has been corrected.


Edition 5.20 -> 5.30

In Series 30i/31i/32i-A PMC, the Extended PMC Ladder Instruction Function has been supported.

The ladder program difference print function has been supported.

PMC address map function has been supported.

Cross-reference display function of PMC address has been supported.

In the print of ladder diagram, the Extended PMC Ladder Instruction Function has been supported and the print format has been improved.

Automatic input of unused address function has been supported.

The insertion of elements on the Ladder Diagram edit screen has been improved.

In ladder diagram edit screen, "Select Function" dialog has been improved.


Edition 5.10 -> 5.20

In the ladder editing, the next net may be deleted by the "Undo" operation after a large net is divided into two nets. This problem has been corrected.

The "Undefined instruction" error or the application error occurs when the ladder with specific number of symbols is decompiled. This problem has been corrected.


Edition 5.00 -> 5.10

The connection/disconnection button of the online communication has been added to the toolbar.

The address has been added to the warning message displayed when the compiled symbol/comment includes the characters which can not be used.

If the "Update" or the "Restore" button of the online editing screen is clicked when the Search result list screen is opened, the application error sometimes occurs. This problem has been corrected.

When the address of function instruction COD/CODB/DISP is replaced by "Replace all" of replacement function, the conversion data table is changed to 0. This problem has been corrected.

In Series 30i/31i/32i-A PMC, the double bytes character of the 15th character of the comment may be printed by mistake when the ladder diagram is printed. This problem has been corrected.

When there are "02" and "04" after the one byte katakana, those characters are not correctly displayed on the message screen. This problem has been corrected.

The data table screen of extra relay is displayed though the setting to "HIDE PMC PARAM" is specified. This problem has been corrected.


Edition 4.90 -> 5.00

In Series 30i/31i/32i-A PMC, PMC Memory C(D address: 20,000 bytes and R addresses: 16,000 bytes) has been supported.

In Series 30i/31i/32i-A PMC, 100,000 ladder steps have been supported.

In Series 30i/31i/32i-A PMC, the maximum capacity of Flash-ROM file has been expanded to 2 MBytes

Multiple address replace function has been added.

In Trace function of Series 30i/31i/32i-A PMC, the multi-path PMC function has been supported.

The wheel function of mouse has been supported.

The start number of the data table screen and the extra relay screen of PMC parameter was changed to 0.

In Series 30i/31i/32i-A PMC, the condition of load/store of the PMC parameter was changed.

In Series 30i/31i/32i-A PMC, the application error occurs by the compile of ladder program if some cases of password are set. This problem has been corrected.


Edition 4.80 -> 4.90

The setting of PMC address in 2nd path PMC of Series 30i/31i/32i-A to expand up to the same size as the PMC address in 1st path PMC has been supported.

When the mnemonic file and the external symbol file are output, the zero suppression function of the PMC address is supported.

When the mnemonic file is converted to the source file, the displayed initialization warning message has been improved.

When the error occurs by converting the source of the subprogram, warning of "Subprogram (Pxx) was not created" is output to the log file.

When the address without the symbol/comment/relay comment appears in the first line of the new pages, the line was not printed in the symbol list. This problem has been modified.


Edition 4.70 -> 4.80

- When the extended symbol and comment function was selected for Series 30i/31i/32i-A, the control character of net comment specified in configuration file(%%%FLSET.CNF) was ineffective in source conversion. This problem has been modified.

- In Series 30i/31i/32i-A PMC, the data table setting screen for the extra relay has been supported.

- The "Cut & Paste" of the ladder diagram between the different models has been supported.

- In mnemonic conversion function, each subprogram can be converted into a mnemonic file respectively.

- The ladder program difference display function has been supported.

- In series 30i/31i/32i-A, loading and storing of multi-language PMC message data have been supported.


Edition 4.60 -> 4.70

- In Series 30i/31i/32i-A PMC, the functional instruction PSGNL (SUB50) and PSGN2(SUB63) have been supported

- In Series 30i/31i/32i-A PMC, the Compare instructions (21 kinds) of the functional instruction have been supported.

- In Series 30i/31i/32i-A PMC, the Output function of the external symbol file has been supported.

- The function to easily change the PMC type of ladder program is supported.

- In the online monitor display of PMC-SB7, the elapsed time of functional instruction TMR/TMRB displays 0, and it does not increase. This problem has been modified.

- In Series 30i/31i/32i-A PMC, the allocation data of I/O Unit-B is not converted to the source file. This problem has been modified.

- When the data table of the DISP/COD/CODB instructions has 150 or more data, the program listing will not be displayed correctly if you change the mode to the online. This problem has been modified.

- If the ladder is edited when the window of the "Search result list" is displayed, "Run Time Error" sometimes occurs. This problem has been modified.


Edition 4.50 -> 4.60

- In Series 30i/31i/32i-A PMC, "Automatic input of timer, counter, rising/falling-edge numbers" has been supported.

- In Series 30i/31i/32i-A PMC, "Automatic numbering of TMRB/TMRBF/DIFU/DIFD" has been supported.

- In PMC of Extended function for Series 30i/31i/32i-A, "Input of jump label by symbolic name" has been supported.

- In series 30i/31i/32i-A PMC, the functional instruction TMRBF (SUB77) has been supported

- In the I/O module edit screen of Series 30i/31i/32i-A PMC,  /12, /16, /20, /24, /28, and /32 have been added as the allocation name for the connection unit.

- In the PMC-PA3/SA1/SA3/SA5/SB3/SB4/SB5/SB6/SB7/SC3/SC4/NB/NB2/NB6/QC, we have added the setting that creates the ladder object code which does not contain the coil comment.

- In ladder printing of PMC-SB7, SB6, SA1 and so on, the symbol or relay comment of the address of functional instruction parameter is not printed. This problem has been corrected.

- In Series 30i/31i/32i-A PMC, if you compile the ladder that used the functional instruction COD and CODB, the error of "I:E-3252 LADDER program is broken." might occur. This problem has been corrected.


Edition 4.40 -> 4.50

- The error "J: F-2105: 'RECMP' source program write error." might occur when decompiling the ladder program with special password. This problem has been corrected.


Edition 4.30 -> 4.40

- 31i-A PMC and 32i-A PMC has been supported.

- In online editing of 30i-A PMC, if you inputted the address of R64-R79 into the parameter of functional instruction, they will be changed into other address such as R16-R31. This problem has been corrected.

- In online editing, if the ladder such as nearing limit of F-ROM is edited, the editing ladder is deleted. This problem has been corrected.


Edition 4.20 -> 4.30

- In series 30i-A, the functional instruction CS (SUB74), CM (SUB75) and CE (SUB76) have been supported.

- In series 30i-A, Multi-language PMC message creation tool has been supported.

- In the search function of ladder diagram edit, the setting to search with the address/symbol on cursor was added.

- In PMC-SB7 etc., it was corrected that a small letter of the relay comment was converted to a capital letter by the symbol comment edit and the source program conversion.


Edition 4.10 -> 4.20

- In series 30i-A, the extended symbol and comment function with the symbol of 40 characters, the comment of 255 characters and 4 paragraphs of comments have been supported.

- The Ladder Editing with the symbolic programming has been supported in series 30i-A PMC.

- In the first PMC of series 30i-A, the maximum capacity of Flash-ROM has been expanded to 1.5 MBytes.

- When the net number or the page number is specified, the ladder diagram cannot be printed.


Edition 4.00 -> 4.10

- The online monitor function of mnemonic language has been supported.

- The function that the ladder diagram on display outputs as the text file was added.

- In the source program conversion, the function for merging the new symbol, the comment and the net comment was added.

- Data size described in decimal and the F-ROM size was added in the memory map file.

- The setting that outputs or inputs each data file to the same holder as the LAD file was added.

- In the online editing mode of online function, it was corrected that if the ladder that cannot display the whole error net on a screen is scrolled or clicked the other windows, it will freeze.

- In PMC-SB7, it was corrected that a setting of the Selectable I/O link assignment function of the 2nd channel become null.

- When the ladder with many symbols and comments was decompiled, the problem that the processing time was long was corrected.

- The following problem in 30i-A PMC was corrected. The address can not be searched, even though the address of the functional instruction parameter by "Replace All" and "Search Result List Display" were specified right.


Edition 3.40 -> 4.00

- 30i-A PMC has been supported.

- Online ladder editing on display window became possible.

- Symbol comment editing screen has been improved. (List display by a signal kind, Cut/Copy/Past by each line, etc)

- Duplicate coil check function of ladder program has been added.

- The application error occurred when loader board was selected in the RS232C connection. This problem has been corrected.


Edition 3.30 -> 3.40

- On Message Data Editing screen, european character has been supported by code input.

- On Message View screen, some KANJI(multi-byte) characters were not displayed correctly. This problem has been corrected.

- When the source program was compiled in PMC-SB7, the value of the ladder execution in the system parameter was always 150%. This problem has been corrected.


Edition 3.20 -> 3.30

- The explanation of the use of the functional instruction has been added in the online help.

- The button to display the printer property screen has been added on the printer set screen.

- Undo(Ctrl+Z)/Redo(Ctrl+Y) has been supported in LADDER Diagram editor screen.

- In the command line execution function, the merging function was added to the import command of the symbol/comment data.

- In Windows XP, newline symbol was not displayed in the message data editing screen. This problem has been corrected.

- The application error occurs when the LAD file is saved if the USB keyboard is connected with the personal computer. This problem has been corrected.


Edition 3.10 -> 3.20

- The name of this software has been renamed to FANUC LADDER-III. (The old name was FAPT LADDER-III)

- In a conversion of a mnemonic file to a source program, some character of KATAKANA was not converted correctly in net comments. This problem has been corrected.

- In PMC-SB7, the application error occasionally occurred, if the communication begins via Ethernet while displaying the trace screen on the CNC side. This problem has been corrected.


Edition 3.00 -> 3.10

- Step Sequence of PMC-SB7 has been supported.

- Following functions are executable from the command line of the FANUC LADDER-III. Import or export. Compilation or decompilation. Conversion of mnemonic file and source program.

- It was enabled, setting of the grid existence, the character font, the color specification, and the line style of the ladder edit screen.

- When converting mnemonic file to source program, the space character in the SYMBOL is possible to changed to a specified character.

- It was corrected, address search function is not to be able to search the symbol when comma(,) or semicolon(;) specified.

- It was corrected, the vertical line might be lacked on the ladder edit screen.


Edition 2.20 -> 3.00

- In LADDER Diagram editor screen, the editing of ladder program has been supported in one edit window.

- In LADDER Diagram edotor screen, the function of "ADDRESS CHANGE" has been added.

- The system of CD-R version has been supported.


Edition 2.10 -> 2.20

- Windows XP has been supported.

- IN PMC-SB7,the new trace function has been added.

- The installer of FANUC LADDER-III and LADDER EDITING  PACKAGE(Windows) was updated.

- In PMC-SB7, the programmer protection function has been added to the PMC parameter.

- When the program such as LAD files was opened, the folder used immediately before was opened.

- In the counter data of PMC parameters ,the reading and writing of datas in BCD format has been supported.

- It was corrected that the point of contact was able to be added on the ladder edit screen after the element had been inserted in the control condition of the function instruction.

- Even if setting the option for the automatic decomplation is changed ,the setting dose not become effective.


Edition 2.00 -> 2.10

- The selectable I/O link assignment function was added in PMC-SB7.

- Specifying the connection destination according to the command line argument became possible.

- The substitution of two or more nets of the display pane was enabled with the net of the edit pane on the ladder edit screen.

- The changing line code "@0A@" in the message data was made to be able to print changing line when the message was printed.

- If setting the printer is pushed, it is likely to become an application error on the print screen.

- When the net is not displayed in the display pane of the ladder edit screen, the ladder is destroyed by inserting or substituting the net.


Edition 1.30 -> 2.00

- In PMC-SB6, the LADDER programming with 40000 steps has been supported.

- PMC-SB7 has been supported.

- In the communication with PMC, Ethernet function has been supported.

- When opening the ladder window, window position and window size are restored.

- In Windows 95/98, the application error occurred by data table input of function instruction CODB on the ladder diagram editing screen.  It has been amended.


Edition 1.20 -> 1.30

- In the ladder diagram editing screen, the application error occurred when japanese language was entered in the address of contacts/coils and the parameter of the functional instruction.  It has been amended.

- In chinese windows, the horizontal line had taken the shape of another character on printing the ladder diagram.  It has been amended.

- In Windows 95/98/ME, the hangup occasionally occurred by scrolling the ladder diagram editing screen, when the relay comment including japanese language is displayed on the screen.  It has been amended.


Edition 1.10 -> 1.20

- The execution of plural FANUC LADDER-III at same time became possible.

- For display Payne on the ladder diagram editing screen, the change of address, contacts and coils became possible.

- The file (4 or less) which had been used recently was added to the file menu.

- The link function of the load module made by C language was added.

- The comparison function of the program with PMC I/O screen was added. 

- In the compilation, the making of the memory card format file which includes the JAPANESE coil comment became possible.

- In PMC-SB6(IO-2)/PMC-SB6(STEP,IO-2), it was corrected not to be able to print the message and the step sequence.

- When the sequence program of FANUC LADDER or FANUC LADDER - U was converted into the LAD file, that compile error gI-E3103" might be generated.  It has been amended.

- On the data table screen of the PMC parameter, when display type (BYTE/WORD/DWORD) and display format (DEC/HEX/BCD) were changed, an application error might be generated. It has been amended.

- For display Payne on the ladder diagram editing screen, the blank line might be added before the added functional instruction. It has been amended.


Edition 1.00 -> 1.10

- The contents of the online help manual became more substantial.

- 8000 ladder steps and 12000 ladder steps are available for PMC-SA1.

- The collective ladder display function is added on the ladder monitoring and editing.

- The number of contacts of the ladder edit screens has been enhanced.

- The ladder program isn't allowed to save as the same name when the other user has already opened it.

- The Signal Trigger function was added.

- The I/O Link expansion function was added for PMC-SB6 and PMC-SB6(STEP SEQ).

- It is allowed to wait until the editing becomes enable when the other user has already opened the same program.

- The online communication can't be completed on FS15i/FS15B. It has been amended.

- The function instruction texts and the PMC address input box texts on the ladder edit screen might be displayed illegally on the English edition. It has been amended.

- FANUC LADDER-III or LEP might not end when the CNC is shut down during the communication running. It has been amended.

- The signal analysis function happens to display the data not to be set for the signal address on the parameter daialog. It has been amended.

- When FANUC LADDER-III is started by the double click of a ladder program, the status bar icons aren't updated. It has been amended.

- An application error occurs when the common item option property on the print data option setting dialog is selected on the English edition of windows NT/2000. It has been amended.

- The signal analysis function doesn't display the proper analysis when the sampling mode "Before" or "After" is set. It has been amended.

- An application error might occur when the cross-references of function instruction TMR/TMRB/CTR/DIFU/DIFD are printed. It has been amended.

- When a mnemonic file which selection item is Label/Subprogram,  Full options or Japanese-formatted data, it can't be converted to source programs. It has been amended.

- If all the net comments are deleted on the net comment edit screen, an application error is generated. It has been amended.

- After printing without displaying the preview printing, the menu might not be displayed. It has been amended.


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