Industrial Automation

NX701-1[]20

NX-Series NX701 Database Connection CPU Units

NX701-1[]20

The Controller can be directly connected to a database. No special Unit, software, nor middleware is required.

last update: July 1, 2025

General Specification

Item		Specification
Enclosure		Mounted in a panel
Grounding Method		Ground to less than 100 Ω
Dimensions (height × depth × width)		100 mm × 100 mm × 132 mm
Weight		880 g (including the End Cover)
Power consumption		40 W (including SD Memory Card and End Cover)
Operation Environment	Ambient Operating Temperature	0 to 55°C
	Ambient Operating Humidity	10% to 95% (with no condensation)
	Atmosphere	Must be free from corrosive gases.
	Ambient Storage Temperature	-25 to 70°C (excluding battery and fan unit)
	Altitude	2,000 m or less
	Pollution Degree	2 or less: Meets IEC 61010-2-201.
	Noise Immunity	2 kV on power supply line (Conforms to IEC 61000-4-4.)
	Overvoltage Category	Category II: Meets IEC 61010-2-201.
	EMC Immunity Level	Zone B
	Vibration Resistance	Conforms to IEC 60068-2-6. 5 to 8.4 Hz with 3.5-mm amplitude, 8.4 to 150 Hz Acceleration of 9.8 m/s² for 100 min in X, Y, and Z directions (10 sweeps of 10 min each = 100 min total)
	Shock Resistance	Conforms to IEC 60068-2-27. 147 m/s², 3 times in X, Y, and Z directions (100 m/s² for Relay Output Units)
Battery	Life	2.5 years (at 25°C, Power ON time rate 0% (power OFF))
Battery	Model	CJ1W-BAT01
*Applicable Standards 1**		cULus, EU, UKCA, RCM, KC, NK, LR

*1. Consult your OMRON representative for the most recent applicable standards for each model.

Performance Specifications

Item				NX701
Item				17[]0	16[]0
Processing time	Instruction Execution Times	LD instruction		0.37 ns or more
Processing time	Instruction Execution Times	Math Instructions (for Long Real Data)		3.2 ns or more
Program- ming	Program capacity *1	Size		80 MB (1600 KS)
		Number	POU definition	6,000
		Number	POU instance	48,000
	Variables capacity	No Retain Attribute *2	Size	256 MB
		No Retain Attribute *2	Number	360,000
		Retain Attribute *3	Size	4 MB
		Retain Attribute *3	Number	40,000
	Data type	Number		8,000
	Memory for CJ-Series Units (Can be Specified with AT Specifications for Variables.)	CIO Area		NX701-1[]00: --- NX701-1[]20: 6144 words (CIO 0 to CIO 6143) *4
		Work Area		NX701-1[]00: --- NX701-1[]20: 512 words (W0 to W511) *4
		Holding Area		NX701-1[]00: --- NX701-1[]20: 1536 words (H0 to H1535) *5
		DM Area		NX701-1[]00: --- NX701-1[]20: 32768 words (D0 to D32767) *5
		EM Area		NX701-1[]00: --- NX701-1[]20: 32768 words × 25 banks (E0_00000 to E18_32767) *6
Unit config- uration	Maximum Number of Connectable Units	Maximum number of NX unit on the system		4,096 (on NX series EtherCAT slave terminal)
	Maximum number of Expansion Racks			0
	Power Supply Unit for CPU Rack and Expansion Racks	Model		NX-PA9001 NX-PD7001
		Power OFF Detection Time	AC Power Supply	30 to 45 ms
		Power OFF Detection Time	DC Power Supply	5 to 20ms
Motion control	Number of Controlled Axes	Maximum Number of Controlled Axes		Maximum number of axes which can be defined.
		Maximum Number of Controlled Axes		256 axes	128 axes
			Motion control axes	Maximum number of motion control axes which can be defined. All motion control function is available.
			Motion control axes	256 axes	128 axes
		Maximum number of used real axes		Maximum number of used real axes. The Number of used real axes includes following servo axes and encoder axes.
		Maximum number of used real axes		256 axes	128 axes
			Used motion control servo axes	Maximum number of servo axes which all motion control function is available.
			Used motion control servo axes	256 axes	128 axes
		Maximum number of axes for linear interpolation axis control		4 axes per axes group
		Number of axes for circular interpolation axis control		2 axes per axes group
	Maximum Number of Axes Groups			64 groups
	Motion Control Period			The same control period as that is used for the process data communications cycle for EtherCAT.
	Cams	Number of Cam Data Points	Maximum Points per Cam Table	65,535 points
		Number of Cam Data Points	Maximum Points for All Cam Tables	1,048,560 points
		Maximum Number of Cam Tables		640 tables
	Position Units			Pulses, millimeters, micrometers, nanometers, degrees or inches
	Override Factors			0.00% or 0.01% to 500.00%
Built-in EtherNet/IP Port	Number of port			2
	Physical Layer			10BASE-T/ 100BASE-TX/1000BASE-T
	Frame length			1514 max.
	Media Access Method			CSMA/CD
	Modulation			Baseband
	Topology			Star
	Baud Rate			1Gbps (1000BASE-T)
	Transmission Media			STP (shielded, twisted-pair) cable of Ethernet category 5, 5e or higher
	Maximum Transmission Distance between Ethernet Switch and Node			100m
	Maximum Number of Cascade Connections			There are no restrictions if Ethernet switch is used.
	CIP service: Tag Data Links (Cyclic Communi- cations)	Maximum Number of Connections		256/port total 512
		*Packet interval 7**		0.5 to 10,000 ms in 0.5-ms increments Can be set for each connection.
		Permissible Communications Band		40,000 pps *8 including heartbeat
		Maximum Number of Tag Sets		256/port total 512
		Tag types		Network variables
		Number of tags per connection (i.e., per tag set)		8 (7 tags if Controller status is included in the tag set.)
		Maximum Link Data Size per Node (total size for all tags)		256/port total 512
		Maximum number of tag		369,664 byte (Total in 2 ports 739,328 byte)
		Maximum Data Size per Connection		1,444 byte
		Maximum Number of Registrable Tag Sets		256/port total 512 (1 connection = 1 tag set)
		Maximum Tag Set Size		1,444 bytes (Two bytes are used if Controller status is included in the tag set.)
		*Multi-cast Packet Filter 9**		Supported.
	Cip Message Service: Explicit Messages	Class 3 (number of connections)		128/port total 256 (clients plus server)
		UCMM (non- connection type)	Maximum Number of Clients that Can Communicate at One Time	32/port total 64
		UCMM (non- connection type)	Maximum Number of Servers that Can Communicate at One Time	32/port total 64
	Maximum number of TCP socket service			30
	OPC UA Server	Support Profile/Model		Embedded 2017 UA Server Profile PLCopen Information Model 1.00
		Default Endpoint/Port		opc.tcp://192.168.250.1:4840/
		Maximum number of sessions (Client)		5
		Maximum number of Monitored Items per server		20,000
		Sampling rate of the Monitored Items (ms)		0, 50, 100, 250, 500, 1000,2000, 5000, 10000 if set to 0 (zero), it is assumed that is set to 50.
		Maximum number of Subscriptions per server		100
		Maximum number of variables that can be published		10,000
		Maximum number of structure definitions that can be published		100
		Restrictions on variables unable to be published		• Variable which size are over 60 KB • Double and over dimensional array of structures (global variables) • Structures includes double and over dimensional array (global variables) • Structures nested 4 and over Unions • Array which's index number don't start from 0 • Array which's element is over 2048 (global variables) • Structures which's members are over 100.
		SecurityPolicy/Mode		• None • Sign - Basic128Rsa15 • Sign - Basic256 • Sign - Basic256Sha256 • Sign - Aes128Sha256RsaOaep • Sign - Aes256Sha256RsaPss • SignAndEncrypt - Basic128Rsa15 • SignAndEncrypt - Basic256 • SignAndEncrypt - Basic256Sha256 • SignAndEncrypt - Aes128Sha256RsaOaep • SignAndEncrypt - Aes256Sha256RsaPss
		Application Authentication	Authentication	X.509
		Application Authentication	Maximum number of certification	Trusted certification: 32 Issuer certification: 32 Rejected certification: 32
		User Authentication	Authentication	User name / Password / Role *10 Anonymous
Built-in EtherCAT Port	Communications Standard			IEC 61158 Type12
	EtherCAT Master Specifications			Class B (Feature Pack Motion Control compliant)
	Physical Layer			100BASE-TX
	Modulation			Baseband
	Baud Rate			100 Mbps (100Base-TX)
	Duplex mode			Auto
	Topology			Line, daisy chain, and branching
	Transmission Media			Twisted-pair cable of category 5 or higher (double-shielded straight cable with aluminum tape and braiding)
	Maximum Transmission Distance between Nodes			100m
	Maximum Number of Slaves			512
	Range of node address			1-512
	Maximum Process Data Size			Inputs: 11,472 bytes Outputs: 11,472 bytes *11
	Maximum Process Data Size per Slave			Inputs: 1,434 bytes Outputs: 1,434 bytes
	Communications Cycle			• Primary periodic task: 125 μs, 250 μs to 8 ms (in 250-μs increments) • Priority-5 periodic task: 125 μs, 250 μs to 100 ms (in 250-μs increments)
	Sync Jitter			1 μs max.
Internal Clock				At ambient temperature of 55°C: -4.5 to +4.5 min error per month At ambient temperature of 25°C: -3.5 to +3.5 min error per month At ambient temperature of 0°C: -4.5 to +4.5 min error per month

*1. This is the capacity for the execution objects and variable tables (including variable names).
*2. Words for CJ-series Units in the Holding, DM, and EM Areas are not included. For NX701-1[]20, Words for CJ-series Units are included.
*3. Words for CJ-series Units in the CIO and Work Areas are not included. For NX701-1[]20, Words for CJ-series Units are included.
*4. You can set the size in 1ch unit. Use Non-Retain attribute memory.
*5. You can set the size in 1ch unit. Use Retain attribute memory.
*6. NX701-1[]20 use the dedicated area for the spool function. Even if the spool function is valid, Retain attribute memory is not used.
*7. Data is updated on the line in the specified interval regardless of the number of nodes.
*8. Means packets per second, i.e., the number of communications packets that can be sent or received in one second.
*9. An IGMP client is mounted for the EtherNet/IP port. If an ethernet switch that supports IGMP snooping is used, filtering of unnecessary multicast packets is performed.
*10.Roles can be set for the unit versions 1.34 or later of CPU Units.
Number of value attributes = (Number of basic data type variables) + (Number of array-specified elements) + (Number of values in the structure)
*11.The data must be within eight frames.

Function Specifications

Item				NX701-[][][][]
Tasks	Function			I/O refreshing and the user program are executed in units that are called tasks. Tasks are used to specify execution conditions and execution priority.
		Periodically Executed Tasks	Maximum Number of Primary Periodic Tasks	1
		Periodically Executed Tasks	Maximum Number of Periodic Tasks	4
		Conditionally executed tasks	Maximum number of event tasks	32
		Conditionally executed tasks	Execution conditions	When Activate Event Task instruction is executed or when condition expression for variable is met.
Program- ming	POU (program organization units)	Programs		POUs that are assigned to tasks.
		Function Blocks		POUs that are used to create objects with specific conditions.
		Functions		POUs that are used to create an object that determine unique outputs for the inputs, such as for data processing.
	Programming Languages	Types		Ladder diagrams *1 and structured text (ST)
	Namespaces			A concept that is used to group identifiers for POU definitions.
	Variables	External Access of Variables	Network Variables	The function which allows access from the HMI, host computers, or other Controllers
	Data Types	Data Types	Boolean	BOOL
			Bit Strings	BYTE, WORD, DWORD, LWORD
			Integers	INT, SINT, DINT,LINT, UINT, USINT, UDINT, ULINT
			Real Numbers	REAL, LREAL
			Durations	TIME
			Dates	DATE
			Times of Day	TIME_OF_DAY
			Date and Time	DATE_AND_TIME
			Text Strings	STRING
		Derivative Data Types		Structures, unions, enumerations
		Structures	Function	A derivative data type that groups together data with different variable types.
			Maximum Number of Members	2048
			Nesting Maximum Levels	8
			Member Data Types	Basic data types, structures, unions, enumerations, array variables
			Specifying Member Offsets	You can use member offsets to place structure members at any memory locations.
		Unions	Function	A derivative data type that groups together data with different variable types.
			Maximum Number of Members	4
			Member Data Types	BOOL, BYTE, WORD, DWORD, LWORD
		Enumer- ations	Function	A derivative data type that uses text strings called enumerators to express variable values.
	Data Type Attributes	Array specifi- cations	Function	An array is a group of elements with the same data type. You specify the number (subscript) of the element from the first element to specify the element.
			Maximum Number of Dimensions	3
			Maximum Number of Elements	65535
			Array Specifications for FB Instances	Supported.
		Range Specifications		You can specify a range for a data type in advance. The data type can take only values that are in the specified range.
		Libraries		User libraries
Motion Control	Control Modes			position control, velocity control, torque control
	Axis Types			Servo axes, virtual servo axes, encoder axes, and virtual encoder axes
	Positions that can be managed			Command positions and actual positions
	Single-axis	Single-axis Position Control	Absolute Positioning	Positioning is performed for a target position that is specified with an absolute value.
			Relative Positioning	Positioning is performed for a specified travel distance from the command current position.
			Interrupt Feeding	Positioning is performed for a specified travel distance from the position where an interrupt input was received from an external input.
			Cyclic synchronous absolute positioning	The function which outputs command positions in every control period in the position control mode.
		Single-axis Velocity Control	Velocity Control	Velocity control is performed in Position Control Mode.
		Single-axis Velocity Control	Cyclic Synchronous Velocity Control	A velocity command is output each control period in Velocity Control Mode.
		Single-axis Torque Control	Torque Control	The torque of the motor is controlled.
		Single-axis Synchro- nized Control	Starting Cam Operation	A cam motion is performed using the specified cam table.
			Ending Cam Operation	The cam motion for the axis that is specified with the input parameter is ended.
			Starting Gear Operation	A gear motion with the specified gear ratio is performed between a master axis and slave axis.
			Positioning Gear Operation	A gear motion with the specified gear ratio and sync position is performed between a master axis and slave axis.
			Ending Gear Operation	The specified gear motion or positioning gear motion is ended.
			Synchronous Positioning	Positioning is performed in sync with a specified master axis.
			Master Axis Phase Shift	The phase of a master axis in synchronized control is shifted.
			Combining Axes	The command positions of two axes are added or subtracted and the result is output as the command position.
		Single-axis Manual Operation	Powering the Servo	The Servo in the Servo Drive is turned ON to enable axis motion.
		Single-axis Manual Operation	Jogging	An axis is jogged at a specified target velocity.
		Auxiliary Functions for Single-axis Control	Resetting Axis Errors	Axes errors are cleared.
			Homing	A motor is operated and the limit signals, home proximity signal, and home signal are used to define home.
			Homing with parameter	Specifying the parameter, a motor is operated and the limit signals, home proximity signal, and home signal are used to define home.
			High-speed Homing	Positioning is performed for an absolute target position of 0 to return to home.
			Stopping	An axis is decelerated to a stop at the specified rate.
			Immediately Stopping	An axis is stopped immediately.
			Setting Override Factors	The target velocity of an axis can be changed.
			Changing the Current Position	The command current position or actual current position of an axis can be changed to any position.
			Enabling External Latches	The position of an axis is recorded when a trigger occurs.
			Disabling External Latches	The current latch is disabled.
			Zone Monitoring	You can monitor the command position or actual position of an axis to see when it is within a specified range (zone).
			Enabling digital cam switches	You can turn a digital output ON and OFF according to the position of an axis.
			Monitoring Axis Following Error	You can monitor whether the difference between the command positions or actual positions of two specified axes exceeds a threshold value.
			Resetting the Following Error	The error between the command current position and actual current position is set to 0.
			Torque Limit	The torque control function of the Servo Drive can be enabled or disabled and the torque limits can be set to control the output torque.
			Slave Axis Position Compensation	This function compensates the position of the slave axis currently in synchronized control.
			Cam monitor	Outputs the specified offset position for the slave axis in synchronous control.
			Start velocity	You can set the initial velocity when axis motion starts.
	Axes Groups	Multi-axes Coordinated Control	Absolute Linear Interpolation	Linear interpolation is performed to a specified absolute position.
			Relative Linear Interpolation	Linear interpolation is performed to a specified relative position.
			Circular 2D Interpolation	Circular interpolation is performed for two axes.
			Axes Group Cyclic Synchronous Absolute Positioning	A positioning command is output each control period in Position Control Mode.
		Auxiliary Functions for Multi-axes Coordinated Control	Resetting Axes Group Errors	Axes group errors and axis errors are cleared.
			Enabling Axes Groups	Motion of an axes group is enabled.
			Disabling Axes Groups	Motion of an axes group is disabled.
			Stopping Axes Groups	All axes in interpolated motion are decelerated to a stop.
			Immediately Stopping Axes Groups	All axes in interpolated motion are stopped immediately.
			Setting Axes Group Override Factors	The blended target velocity is changed during interpolated motion.
			Reading Axes Group Positions	The command current positions and actual current positions of an axes group can be read.
			Changing the Axes in an Axes Group	The Composition Axes parameter in the axes group parameters can be overwritten temporarily.
	Common Items	Cams	Setting Cam Table Properties	The end point index of the cam table that is specified in the input parameter is changed.
			Saving Cam ables	The cam table that is specified with the input parameter is saved in non-volatile memory in the CPU Unit.
			Generating cam tables	The cam table that is specified with the input parameter is generated from the cam property and cam node.
		Parameters	Writing MC Settings	Some of the axis parameters or axes group parameters are overwritten temporarily.
		Parameters	Changing axis parameters	You can access and change the axis parameters from the user program.
	Auxiliary Functions	Count Modes		You can select either Linear Mode (finite length) or Rotary Mode (infinite length).
		Unit Conversions		You can set the display unit for each axis according to the machine.
		Acceler- ation/ Deceleration Control	Automatic Acceleration/ Deceleration Control	Jerk is set for the acceleration/deceleration curve for an axis motion or axes group motion.
		Acceler- ation/ Deceleration Control	Changing the Acceleration and Deceleration Rates	You can change the acceleration or deceleration rate even during acceleration or deceleration.
		In-position Check		You can set an in-position range and in-position check time to confirm when positioning is completed.
		Stop Method		You can set the stop method to the immediate stop input signal or limit input signal.
		Re-execution of Motion Control Instructions		You can change the input variables for a motion control instruction during execution and execute the instruction again to change the target values during operation.
		Multi-execution of Motion Control Instructions (Buffer Mode)		You can specify when to start execution and how to connect the velocities between operations when another motion control instruction is executed during operation.
		Continuous Axes Group Motions (Transition Mode)		You can specify the Transition Mode for multi- execution of instructions for axes group operation.
Monitoring Functions		Software Limits	Software limits are set for each axis.
		Following Error	The error between the command current value and the actual current value is monitored for an axis.
		Velocity, Acceleration Rate, Deceleration Rate, Torque, Interpolation Velocity, Interpolation Acceleration Rate, And Interpolation Deceleration Rate	You can set and monitor warning values for each axis and each axes group.
Absolute Encoder Support		You can use an OMRON G5-Series or 1S-Series Servomotor with an Absolute Encoder to eliminate the need to perform homing at startup.
Input signal logic inversion		You can inverse the logic of immediate stop input signal, positive limit input signal, negative limit input signal, or home proximity input signal.
External Interface Signals			The Servo Drive input signals listed on the right are used. Home signal, home proximity signal, positive limit signal, negative limit signal, immediate stop signal, and interrupt input signal
Unit (I/O) Manage- ment		EtherCAT Slaves	Maximum Number of Slaves		512
Unit (I/O) Manage- ment		CJ-Series Units	Basic I/O Units	Load Short-circuit Protection and I/O Disconnection Detection	Alarm information for Basic I/O Units is read.
Communi- cations	Secure Communications			Function for secure communication with support software
	Built-in Ether- Net/IP port Internal Port	Communications protocol		TCP/IP, UDP/IP
		CIP Communica- tions Service	Tag Data Links	Programless cyclic data exchange is performed with the devices on the EtherNet/IP network.
		CIP Communica- tions Service	Message Communications	CIP commands are sent to or received from the devices on the EtherNet/IP network.
		TCP/IP functions	CIDR	The function which performs IP address allocations without using a class (class A to C) of IP address.
		TCP/IP functions	IP Forwarding	The function which forward IP packets between interfaces.
		TCP/IP Applications	Socket Services	Data is sent to and received from any node on Ethernet using the UDP or TCP protocol. Socket communications instructions are used.
			FTP client	File can be read from or written to computers at other Ethernet nodes from the CPU Unit. FTP client communications instructions are used.
			FTP Server	Files can be read from or written to the SD Memory Card in the CPU Unit from computers at other Ethernet nodes.
			Automatic Clock Adjustment	Clock information is read from the NTP server at the specified time or at a specified interval after the power supply to the CPU Unit is turned ON. The internal clock time in the CPU Unit is updated with the read time.
			SNMP Agent	Built-in EtherNet/IP port internal status information is provided to network management software that uses an SNMP manager.
		OPC UA	Server Function	Functions to respond to requests from clients on the OPC UA network
	EtherCAT Port	Supported Services	Process Data Communications	Control information is exchanged in cyclic communications between the EtherCAT master and slaves.
		Supported Services	SDO Communications	A communications method to exchange control information in noncyclic event communications between EtherCAT master and slaves. This communications method is defined by CoE.
		Network Scanning		Information is read from connected slave devices and the slave configuration is automatically generated.
		DC (Distributed Clock)		Time is synchronized by sharing the EtherCAT system time among all EtherCAT devices (including the master).
		Packet Monitoring		The frames that are sent by the master and the frames that are received by the master can be saved. The data that is saved can be viewed with WireShark or other applications.
		Enable/disable Settings for Slaves		The slaves can be enabled or disabled as communications targets.
		Disconnecting/Connecting Slaves		Temporarily disconnects a slave from the EtherCAT network for maintenance, such as for replacement of the slave, and then connects the slave again.
		Supported Application Protocol	CoE	SDO messages of the CAN application can be sent to slaves via EtherCAT.
	Communications Instructions			The following instructions are supported. CIP communications instructions, socket communications instructions, SDO message instructions, no-protocol communications instructions 2, FTP client instructions, and Modbus RTU protcol instructions 2
Operation Manage- ment	RUN Output Contacts			The output on the Power Supply Unit turns ON in RUN mode.
System Manage- ment	Event Logs	Function		Events are recorded in the logs.
	Maximum number of events	System event log		2,048
		Access event log		1,024
		User-defined event log		1,024
Debugging	Online Editing	Single		Programs, function blocks, functions, and global variables can be changed online. Different operators can change different POUs across a network.
	Forced Refreshing			The user can force specific variables to TRUE or FALSE.
		Maximum Number of Forced Variables	Device Variables for EtherCAT Slaves	64
	MC Test Run			Motor operation and wiring can be checked from the Sysmac Studio.
	Synchronizing			The project file in the Sysmac Studio and the data in the CPU Unit can be made the same when online.
	Differentiation monitoring			Rising/falling edge of contacts can be monitored.
		Maximum number of contacts		8
	Data Tracing	Types	Single Triggered Trace	When the trigger condition is met, the specified number of samples are taken and then tracing stops automatically.
		Types	Continuous Trace	Data tracing is executed continuously and the trace data is collected by the Sysmac Studio.
		Maximum Number of Simultaneous Data Trace		4
		Maximum Number of Records		10,000
		Sampling	Maximum Number of Sampled Variables	192 variables
		Timing of Sampling		Sampling is performed for the specified task period, at the specified time, or when a sampling instruction is executed.
		Triggered Traces		Trigger conditions are set to record data before and after an event.
			Trigger Conditions	When BOOL variable changes to TRUE or FALSE Comparison of non-BOOL variable with a constant Comparison Method: Equals (=), Greater than (>), Greater than or equals (≥), Less Than (<), Less than or equals (≤), Not equal (≠)
			Delay	Trigger position setting: A slider is used to set the percentage of sampling before and after the trigger condition is met.
	Simulation			The operation of the CPU Unit is emulated in the Sysmac Studio.
Reliability Functions	Self- diagnosis	Controller Errors	Levels	Major fault, partial fault, minor fault, observation, and information
		User-defined errors		User-defined errors are registered in advance and then records are created by executing instructions.
			Levels	8 levels
Security	Protecting Software Assets and Preventing Operating Mistakes	CPU Unit Names and Serial IDs		When going online to a CPU Unit from the Sysmac Studio, the CPU Unit name in the project is compared to the name of the CPU Unit being connected to.
		Protection	User Program Transfer with No Restoration Information	You can prevent reading data in the CPU Unit from the Sysmac Studio.
			CPU Unit Write Protection	You can prevent writing data to the CPU Unit from the Sysmac Studio or SD Memory Card.
			Overall Project File Protection	You can use passwords to protect .smc files from unauthorized opening on the Sysmac Studio.
			Data Protection	You can use passwords to protect POUs on the Sysmac Studio.
		Verification of Operation Authority		Online operations can be restricted by operation rights to prevent damage to equipment or injuries that may be caused by operating mistakes.
			Number of Groups	5
		User Authentication		This function authenticates each user when Sysmac Studio is going online with the Controller and restricts operation according to the user's privileges.
			Number of Groups	5
		Verification of User Program ExecutionID		The user program cannot be executed without entering a user program execution ID from the Sysmac Studio for the specific hardware (CPU Unit).
SD Memory Card Functions	Storage Type			SD Memory Card, SDHC Memory Card
	Application	Automatic transfer from SD Memory Card		The data in the autoload folder on an SD Memory Card is automatically loaded when the power supply to the Controller is turned ON.
		Transfer program from SD Memory Card *2		The user program on an SD Memory Card is loaded when the user changes system-defined variable to TRUE.
		SD Memory Card Operation Instructions		You can access SD Memory Cards from instructions in the user program.
		File Operations from the Sysmac Studio		You can perform file operations for Controller files in the SD Memory Card and read/write standard document files on the computer.
		SD Memory Card Life Expiration Detection		Notification of the expiration of the life of the SD Memory Card is provided in a systemdefined variable and event log.
Backup functions	SD Memory Card backup functions	Operation	Using front switch	You can use front switch to backup, compare, or restore data.
			Using system- defined variables	You can use system-defined variables to backup, compare, or restore data. *3
			Memory Card Operations Dialog Box on Sysmac Studio	Backup and verification operations can be performed from the SD Memory Card Operations Dialog Box on the Sysmac Studio.
			Using instruction	Backup operation can be performed by using instruction.
		Protection	Prohibiting backing up data to the SD Memory Card	Prohibit SD Memory Card backup functions.
	Sysmac Studio Controller backup functions			Backup, restore, and verification operations for Units can be performed from the Sysmac Studio.

*1. Inline ST is supported. (Inline ST is ST that is written as an element in a ladder diagram.)
*2. Supported only by the CPU Units with unit version 1.11 or later.
*3. Restore is supported with unit version 1.14 or later.

Function Specifications of Database Connection CPU Units

Besides functions of the NX701-[][][][], functions supported by the NX701-1[]20 is as follows.

Item			Description
Item			NX701-1[]20
Supported port			Built-in EtherNet/IP port
*Supported DB 12*			Microsoft Corporation: SQL Server 2012/2014/2016/2017/2019/2022 Oracle Corporation: Oracle Database 11g /12c/18c/19c/21c/23ai (23c) MySQL Community Edition 5.6/5.7/8.0 *3 International Business Machines Corporation (IBM): DB2 for Linux, UNIX and Windows 9.7/10.1/10.5/11.1 Firebird Foundation Incorporated: Firebird 2.5 The PostgreSQL Global Development Group: PostgreSQL 9.4/9.5/9.6/10/11/12/13/14/15/16
Number of DB Connections (Number of databases that can be connected at the same time)			3 connections max. *4
Instruction	Supported operations		The following operations can be performed by executing DB Connection Instructions in the NJ/NX-series CPU Units. Inserting records (INSERT), Updating records (UPDATE), Retrieving records (SELECT), Deleting records (DELETE), Execute Stored Procedure 5, and Execute Batch Insert 5
	Max. number of instructions for simultaneous execution		32
	Max. number of columns in an INSERT operation		SQL Server: 1,024 Oracle: 1,000 DB2: 1,000 MySQL: 1,000 Firebird: 1,000 PostgreSQL: 1,000
	Max. number of columns in an UPDATE operation		SQL Server: 1,024 Oracle: 1,000 DB2: 1,000 MySQL: 1,000 Firebird: 1,000 PostgreSQL: 1,000
	Max. number of columns in a SELECT operation		SQL Server: 1,024 Oracle: 1,000 DB2: 1,000 MySQL: 1,000 Firebird: 1,000 PostgreSQL: 1,000
	Max. number of records in the output of a SELECT operation		65,535 elements, 4 MB
	Stored procedure call *5	Supported databases	• SQL Server • Oracle Database • MySQL Community Edition • PostgreSQL
		Argument (Sum of IN, OUT and INOUT)	Up to 256 variables *6
		Return value	One variable
		Result set	Supported
		Spool function	Not supported
	Batch insert execution *5	Supported databases	• SQL Server • Oracle Database • MySQL Community Edition • PostgreSQL
		Supported data size	Less than 1,000 columns and upper limit (8 MB) of structure variable size or less *7
		Spool function	Not supported
	Max. number of DB Map Variables for which a mapping can be connected		SQL Server: 60 Oracle: 30 DB2: 30 MySQL: 30 Firebird: 15 PostgreSQL: 30 *8
Run mode of the DB Connection Service			Operation Mode or Test Mode • Operation Mode: When each instruction is executed, the service actually accesses the DB. • Test Mode: When each instruction is executed, the service ends the instruction normally without accessing the DB actually.
Spool function			Used to store SQL statements when an error occurred and resend the statements when the communications are recovered from the error.
	Spool capacity		2 MB *9
Operation Log function			The following three types of logs can be recorded. • Execution Log: Log for tracing the executions of the DB Connection Service. • Debug Log: Detailed log for SQL statement executions of the DB Connection Service. • SQL Execution Failure Log: Log for execution failures of SQL statements in the DB.
DB Connection Service shutdown function			Used to shut down the DB Connection Service after automatically saving the Operation Log files into the SD Memory Card.
Encrypted Communication		Supported databases	• SQL Server • Oracle Database • MySQL Community Edition • PostgreSQL
Encrypted Communication		TLS Ver.	TLS 1.2

*1. SQL Server 2014, Oracle Database 12c and PostgreSQL 9.4 are supported by the DB Connection Service Version 1.02
or higher.
SQL Server 2016, My SQL 5.7, DB2 11.1 and Postgre SQL 9.5/9.6 are supported by the DB Connection Service Version
1.03 or higher.
SQL Server 2017 is supported by the DB Connection Service Version 1.04 or higher.
Oracle Database 18c, MySQL Community Edition 8.0 and PostgreSQL 10 are supported by the DB Connection Service
Version 2.00 or higher.
You cannot use Oracle 10g with the DB Connection Service version 2.00 or higher.
SQL Server 2019, Oracle Database 19c and PostgreSQL 11/12/13 are supported by the DB Connection Service Version
2.01 or higher.
SQL Server 2022, Oracle Database 21c/23ai (23c) and PostgreSQL 14/15/16 are supported by the DB Connection
Service Version 2.04 or higher.
*2. Connection to the DB on the cloud is not supported.
*3. The supported storage engines of the DB are InnoDB and MyISAM.
*4. When two or more DB Connections are established, the operation cannot be guaranteed if you set different database
types for the connections.
*5. The function is available for the DB Connection Service Version 2.00 or higher.
*6. Depends on members of a structure.
*7. Constrained by the memory capacity for variables. See the specifications for the memory capacity for variables.
*8. Even if the number of DB Map Variables has not reached the upper limit, the total number of members of structures
used as data type of DB Map Variables is 10,000 members max.
*9. Refer to "NJ/NX-series Database Connection CPU Units User's Manual (W527)" for the information.
Note: The extended support for databases has ended for the following DB versions.
Please consider replacing the current database with a new version.

Item	Discription
Microsoft Corporation: SQL Server	2008/2008R2
Oracle Corporation: Oracle Database	10g
Oracle Corporation: MySQL Community Edition	5.1/5.5
International Business Machines Corporation (IBM): DB2 for Linux, UNIX and Windows	9.5
Firebird Foundation Incorporated: Firebird	2.1
The PostgreSQL Global Development Group: PostgreSQL	9.2/9.3

Version Information

Unit Versions and Programming Devices (NX701 CPU Units)

Refer to "NX-series CPU Unit Hardware User's Manual (W535)"

Functions That Were Added or Changed for Each Unit Version and Sysmac Studio version

Refer to "NX-series CPU Unit Hardware User's Manual (W535)".

last update: July 1, 2025

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