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Development Support

For developing compatible products that attract world's attention, come to CLPA.We will back you up in various scenes and stages.

To facilitate timely development of your products fitting in with market needs and compatible with the CC-Link and other specifications, CLPA offers you needed support on various scenes and stages.
Coordinating various seminars for technical training, supporting conformance testing essential to developing compatible products of high reliability and promotion of your products for timely introduction into the market are among other examples of our well-programmed services.

Member manufacturers		CLPA
Development planning Developing products compatible with the following specifications: CC-Link IE CC-Link CC-Link/LT CC-Link Safety

Membership registration For developing and marketing CC-Link compatible products, you are requested to hold a CLPA membership either as a Regular member, Executive member or Board member. Fill out the application form and send it via facsimile to the following: CC-Link Partner Association, facsimile No. +81(0)52-916-8655		Development support As part of the development support, the members can take part in various CLPA-coordinated seminars and those promoted by a Board member firm (Mitsubishi Electric Corporation). From members dealing with the CC-Link for the first time to those actually building up CC-Link data systems, you have opportunities to gain technical knowledge that suits your purposes.

Development design and evaluation Design hardware and software in detail based on the products and network configurations.		Disclosing technical specifications CLPA offers the member firms specifications for free that correspond to the development of CC-Link compatible products.

Production of prototype and its evaluation Produce a prototype product to the design drawings and evaluate it from various aspects.		Providing the "CC-Link Conformance Test" specifications CLPA offers the member firms the "CC-Link Conformance Test" specifications for free applicable to the developed compatible products.

Implementing conformance tests The member firm implements the conformance test according to the "CC-Link Conformance Test" specifications for each product model. To facilitate the conformance testing, CLPA has test centers in Japan and overseas.		Laboratory testing The member firms use the conformance test facilities to test CC-Link compatible products from various aspects. The noise test, hardware test, software test and combined test among others enable to appropriately check whether for instance, CC-Link compatible products can communicate normally. Laboratory Kanagawa Industrial Technology Center Mechanical Control Technical Department 705-1 Shimoimaizumi, Ebina, Kanagawa, Japan 243-0535 Business hours 9:00 to 17:00 (Monday through Friday) Facilities and equipment A set of conformance test related equipment Available for implementing testing compatible with remote device stations and remote I/O stations. Consult us for other tests.

Marketing CLPA promotes and expand marketing of compatible products with materials highlighting their innovative, excellent features.		Product promotion A catalog in a printed and an electronic form (CD-ROM) is available, fully covering all the CC-Link compatible products that the member manufacturers have developed and put on market. CLPA provides users with diversified solutions. Information registered and disclosed on web site CLPA web site provides information on the CC-Link compatible products developed and marketed by the member manufacturers.