Factory Automation

Programmable Controllers MELSEC Software Features [Create, convert, and view] e-Manual

e-Manual is the electronic books that enable Mitsubishi Electric FA product users to quickly obtain necessary information such as product ranges and usage.

Excellent search functions and the linkage with engineering software facilitates the start-up and maintenance of FA products. User maintenance manuals can be easily converted into e-Manual files and linked to Mitsubishi Electric FA product manuals, enabling quick troubleshooting.


Search、Sharing、Programming support、Multilingual、Customized document Next-generation e-Manual for Mitsubishi Electric FA product users
Obtaining manuals on the spot Checking the latest version of a manual and updating the current version with one click e-Manual Viewer for manuals of FA products
Finding specific troubleshooting information across multiple manuals Cross-search function Faster troubleshooting e-Manual Viewer for manuals of FA products
Information sharing of manuals and know-how Optimizing operation by sharing information among team members e-Manual Viewer for manuals of FA products
By changing user maintenance manuals to e-Manual, your manual creation will be easier than ever and troubleshooting will be faster. e-Manual Create for manual conversion and creation

Introduction video: Next-generation e-Manual for Mitsubishi Electric FA product users


e-Manual - Concept (English)

Quickly and easily obtaining up-to-date information (product usage, product ranges, technical information)

Product information you want are readily available. With one click, the latest manuals can be checked and the current manuals can be updated.

Up-to-date product information can be obtained quickly using the next-generation e-Manual.

Finding right manuals and catalogues on the website is time consuming for users. In the next-generation e-Manual, the manuals and catalogues are sorted by categories so that up-to-date information can be obtained quickly. When information is updated at a source, you can easily update the information even after obtaining it. Try e-Manual Viewer.

Before

Before: Finding latest manuals was not easy and obtaining right manuals was time consuming.

After

After: The latest versions of the manuals can be checked and obtained for updating with one click.

Quick troubleshooting of FA products

Quickly finding the information you want reduces FA product troubleshooting time and equipment downtime.Causes and solutions of problems can be found quickly with excellent search functions.

An error can be quickly and easily addressed by finding specific troubleshooting information across multiple manuals with an error code or other keywords.

Without the next-generation e-Manual, refine search for a product name or an error code across multiple manuals cannot be performed, and thus solving a production problem requires a lot of time.By using the next-generation e-Manual, specific troubleshooting information can be found quickly and easily across multiple manuals with a product name and an error code. This reduces time spent on the problem solving.

Before

Before: Refine search using product names or error codes across multiple manuals was not performed.

After

After: Information you want can be quickly searched across multiple manuals by using the next-generation e-Manual.

Streamlining start-up of FA products by reducing programming effort

The next-generation e-Manual and engineering software can be linked to support program development of FA products.

Sample programs provided in e-Manual can be copied and pasted to engineering software.

Writing sample programs to engineering software is time consuming and is likely to cause input mistakes. By using the next-generation e-Manual, they can be copied and pasted to GX Works3, preventing input mistakes. This streamlines the start-up of FA products.

Before

Before: Writing sample programs to engineering software was time consuming and was likely to cause input mistakes.

After

After: Sample programs provided in e-Manual can be copied and pasted to engineering software so that they are ready for running.

Sharing manuals and know-how among team members to solve problems in teamwork

Know-how, including manuals, bookmarks, and notes, saved by each member, can be shared among the team members. Information management can be facilitated by sharing up-to-date information among the members.

Manuals and know-how added as notes can be shared and manual versions can be managed among team members

It is not easy for a team to share manuals and know-how belonging to each member. By using the next-generation e-Manual and e-Manual Viewer, the manuals and know-how can be easily and efficiently obtained and shared among the members.

Before

Before: Sharing manuals and know-how belonging to each member was not easy for a team.

After

After: Network sharing enables sharing manuals and know-how obtained by each member.

Simplifying the creation of user maintenance manuals and reducing time spent on troubleshooting

By using e-Manual Create, user maintenance manuals can be converted into e-Manual files and linked to our FA product manuals.e-Manual Viewer enables the batch management of the manuals and an a Mitsubishi Electric FA product manual can be directly referenced to from user maintenance manual.

By linking user maintenance manuals to Mitsubishi Electric FA product manuals, troubleshooting pages can be displayed with one click.

Without e-Manual Create, the user maintenance manuals and the Mitsubishi Electric FA product manuals need to be checked separately. With e-Manual Create, they are managed together and troubleshooting pages in the FA product manuals can be directly referred from the maintenance manuals on e-Manual Viewer.

Before

Before: To find troubleshooting information, user maintenance manuals and Mitsubishi Electric FA product manuals needed to be searched separately.

After

After: Mitsubishi Electric FA product manuals can be directly referenced to from user maintenance manuals.