Setting support apparatus, control method, and program

A setting support apparatus that supports setting of a PLC system including a programmable logic controller that functions as a master in cyclic communication and a motor driving apparatus that functions as a slave in the cyclic communication and drives a motor based on motor control data transferred from the master by the cyclic communication, the setting support apparatus comprising:

• a configuration editing unit that selects any motor driving apparatus from among a plurality of the motor driving apparatuses each of which is specified based on vendor specifying information and product specifying information, and sets the selected motor driving apparatus as the slave to the programmable logic controller functioning as the master;
• a storage unit that stores assignment information associated with the vendor specifying information and a plurality of pieces of the product specifying information, the assignment information including mapping information for mapping a data object, handled by the motor driving apparatus as a communication target of the cyclic communication, and a recommended value of a setting parameter for the motor driving apparatus;
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• a configuration setting unit that sets mapping of a data object transferred from the master by the cyclic communication based on the mapping information, included in the assignment information corresponding to a combination of the vendor specifying information and the product specifying information of the motor driving apparatus set for the programmable logic controller by the configuration editing unit, and sets the recommended value of the setting parameter included in the assignment information for the motor driving apparatus to be written to the motor driving apparatus by the master through message communication.