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MP STUDIO 2 User Manual
한국어 | English
MP STUDIO 2 is a Windows application for writing ladder logic programs for ILOGICS MPS and MPA series PLCs, checking them, downloading them to the device and monitoring them. It also provides simulation for running the ladder without a device, the Data Table and Value Trend graph, forced I/O, the symbol table and program tabs.
Supported Products
You can select the following models in MP STUDIO 2. For the I/O point names, download cable and driver of each product, see the MPS Series and MPA Series pages.
| Series | Models |
|---|---|
| MPS | MPS-8A4R(T)-S · MPS-8A8R(T)-S · MPS-8A8R · MPS-16A8R(T) · MPS-16A8R(T)-R2 · MPS-16A16R(T) · MPS-16A8R8T |
| MPA | MPA-8A8R(T) · MPA-16A16R(T) · MPA-24A24R(T) · MPA-32A16R(T) · MPA-16A32R(T) · MPA-32A32R(T) · MPA-48A48R(T) · MPA-64A64R(T) |
For MPA models you can also select the expansion modules: analog input (X), analog output (Y), PT100Ω input (F) and pulse output (K).
Main Features
| Feature | Description |
|---|---|
| Ladder editing | Place contacts, coils and wires with the function keys (F2 to F12), and copy, move or insert whole rungs. |
| Functions | Search for and insert function blocks from 16 categories, including comparison, math, timers, counters, analog, communication and LCD. |
| Program check | The program is checked for addresses, model and memory ranges as you edit. Error cells turn red and warnings are shown with orange address text. |
| Program tabs | Split one project into several tabs. |
| Download | Download the program to the device over a serial (COM) port or Ethernet. |
| Monitoring | Watch power flow and current values on the ladder, and in the Data Table, Watch card and Value Trend graph, in real time. |
| Simulation | Run the ladder on a virtual device on your PC, without real hardware, and change inputs as it runs. |
| Symbols and comments | Give addresses names and descriptions, and import or export them as CSV. |
Installation
- Open the Software Downloads list and download the MP STUDIO 2 installer.
- Run the installer you downloaded.
- Choose the setup language (한국어 or English) and the install scope, then follow the on-screen instructions to finish the installation.
- Start MP STUDIO 2 from the Start menu.
If the Microsoft Edge WebView2 Runtime that MP STUDIO 2 needs for its display is not on your PC, it is installed during setup.
Projects from the Previous MP STUDIO
MP STUDIO 2 can open .mpl project files saved by the previous MP STUDIO. Files saved by MP STUDIO 2 are not guaranteed to open in the previous MP STUDIO.
Getting Started
Phase 1 · Create Your First Project →
Select a model, create a rung in which input P0 turns on output P32, and then save it, set up communication, download it and monitor it.
Learn what the top band tools and device pill, the menus and program tabs, the symbol rail and Functions panel, the ladder canvas, and the Inspector, Watch card and status pills do, and how to show and hide them.
Placing contacts, coils and wires, entering addresses, series, parallel and self-holding circuits, inserting and deleting lines and cells, selecting and copying, moving rungs, find and replace, and navigation.
The categories and search in the Functions panel, the Insert Function window, entering and editing arguments, and the basics of timer, counter, comparison and move functions.
Phase 5 · Memory and Symbols →
P, M, D, T, C and R memory, byte, word and double word notation, data memory sizes and retentive ranges, the symbol table, and checking which data is used.
Phase 6 · Check, Communication and Download →
Reading the program check results, setting the communication port (COM or ETHERNET), downloading, checking the firmware version, mnemonic conversion and program memory.
Phase 7 · Monitoring and the Data Table →
Ladder monitoring, writing values to memory, the Data Table, Watch card and Value Trend graph, and forced I/O.
Running the ladder without a device, changing inputs, and stepping through one scan at a time.
Phase 9 · Menus and Settings →
All menus, options (grid, fonts, colors and themes), language, printing, the Modbus RTU master, autosave, problem reports and help.
What to check when downloading, monitoring or the program check runs into problems, listed by the message shown on the screen.