FAQ

Please fill out the membership application form and return it to your nearest CLPA office.

Annual fees will be based on the member category.

A Member shall be a juridical person. An individual shall not be a Member unless otherwise approved by CLPA.
*Please refer to "CC-Link Partner Association (CLPA) - Partner Membership Agreement 2. Membership Requirement.

For the membership category benefits, please click here.

In order to develop compatible products, you must join as a Regular member or above.

You can apply for a membership category change from the Member Site- My Page. Only the contact person can make the change. To access My Page, please click here.

You can apply for a change of membership data on the Member Site- My Page. Only the contact person can apply. To access My Page, please click here.

Registration of My Page user is necessary.Primary contact or Engineer Contact can add other users from "Manage My Page Users"

Please contact us via the CLPA website.

Membership continues automatically every year. When a member wishes to cease CLPA membership, a notice of withdrawal is required three months prior to the termination of membership. If this notice period is not observed, embership continues for another year.

Please contact your local CLPA office and supply your company name and the contact person. We can restore your membership from our server.

Please contact your local CLPA office. For the annual fees, please click here for details.

Please contact your local CLPA office. Note that there is a three month notice period required for resignation.

The basic process for conformance test is as follows.
Please refer to the CLPA website for more information.

-Conformance Testing Process
1.There are two types of conformance tests: one conducted by the manufacturer and the other by the CLPA. Please take the test that corresponds to the "manufacturer" in the conformance test specifications.

2.After completing the above tests, please register your test request information on the My Page of the Members Site.
The following equipment and materials are required at the time of test request.
(1) Manufacturer's test results (please enter the results in the conformance test specification)
(2) Test equipment, instruction manuals, test programs, CSP+ file, and other equipment and materials required for testing.

3.As soon as the test equipment is received by CLPA, we will coordinate the schedule with the test center and inform you of the test schedule.
The basic test period is approximately 2 weeks (subject to change due to congestion).

4.Upon completion of the test, we will inform you of the results.
If there are any test items that are not acceptable, we will notify you each time.

5.We will issue a certificate, test report, invoice, etc.
CLPA will send you these materials about one week after the completion of the test.

Regular members and above can obtain conformance test specifications.
You can download them from the Members Site in the CLPA website for free.

From the 10 digit member ID, the 5th to 8th digit is the vendor code. If the member ID is 123-456-7890, "5678" will be the vendor code.

Conformance test fees will differ depending on member category, network type and product category.

Estimates can be issued. For more information on testing fees, please contact your respective regional offices with your test request.

Please register your test request information on the My Page of the Members Site.

There is no reservation system for conformance test.
We will arrange the test schedule with the test center sequentially after we receive the test equipment. We recommend requesting a test as soon as you are ready.

After completion of the test, an invoice will be sent to you along with the submission of your certification and test report. For more information on payment of testing fees, please contact your respective regional offices.

Observation is possible. Since it is necessary to coordinate the schedule with the test center, please contact CLPA in advance at the time of your test request.

Even if the changes are only to the application part of an already certified product that is not related to the communication part of the CC-Link family, you are required to request testing in order to obtain the right to develop, manufacture, and sell a new certified product. We will consult with you on whether or not testing is actually required after confirming the details of the development (changes).

The following is a list of items that are relatively more likely to be rejected.

[In case of CC-Link]
- Noise test
- Floating capacity measurement

[In case of CC-Link IE Field Network]
- Noise test
- Compliance test

The reason for many cases of rejection is that, in the case of CC-Link, for example, if recommended parts are not used, a test with a maximum cable length of 300 m is required In this case, a worst point test with the maximum number of units connected is also required, so it is necessary to prepare the maximum number of test equipment.
For these reasons, we recommend the use of recommended components for the manufacturer test as much as possible.

There are no specific requirements. After the test equipment is sent to CLPA, we will schedule a conformance test.

Since the member ID is linked to the "member name", it is possible to take the conformance test (CSP+ creation) using the member ID of the former "member name" even after the "member name" change.
However, the CSP+ created under the former "member name" must be re-created under the new "member name" or the association between the new and former "member names" must be clear, as it may be confusing for users to know if the CSP+ created under the former "member name" is a product of the same company.

The basic test period per model is approximately 2 weeks (subject to change due to congestion), and 1 week for the preparation of documents (test report, certificate, invoice, etc.) .

Yes, because the module only provides the connection to the network and it is also necessary to check that the overall product functions correctly on the network.

Yes, because the module only provides the connection to the network and it is also necessary to check that the overall product functions correctly on the network. While a certification may already have been obtained, the new product may have a different operation to the one which was previously certified.

If the software related to the communication interface is changed, you need to take the conformance test again. This is because we need to check that the new firmware still allows correct communication functions.

CC-Link IE Field Network Basic and SLMP can be certified as software products.
When upgrading a software product, if there are any changes in the functions related to network communication, it is necessary to re-take the test.
If there are no changes to the network communication related functions, no re-test is required.

For CC-Link IE Field Network Basic, you can do the test yourself, using a CLPA software tool.

[Conformance test flow for CC-Link IE Field Network Basic]
1.Please conduct a self test using the CC-Link IE Field Network Basic conformance test tool.

2.After you have completed the test at the manufacturer, please register your test request information from "My Page" in Members Site.
Please also register the test results(CSV file) from the tool.
Please note that you must be a regular member or above to take the test.

3.CLPA will check the test result and inform you of the result.

4.If successful, a certificate is issued.
After we confirm the test was successful, a certificate will be issued, usually within about a week, depending on workload.

The right to develop, manufacture, and sell CC-Link family products is valid for members who have passed the conformance test and recommended component wiring test for regular members and above, and therefore the test must be taken regardless of whether or not the adoption of the product is disclosed to third parties.

Please register your product information from "My Page" in Members Site. Please refer to the CLPA Member Manual for the operation of the system.
We will send you a "Request for Product Information Registration" along with your certificate, so please confirm the details.

Basically, two sets of equipment for the conformance test will need to be prepared, one of which will be kept as a spare. If it is difficult to prepare for the conformance test, you may take the test with only one equipment.

You can easily create this using the "CSP+ Profile Creation Support Tool". Also see the "(CSP+) Creation Guidelines".

Please retake the conformance test when you change the specified parts to an alternative one.
For example, when changing the crystal oscillator, please conduct the "noise test " of the "manufacturer's test " at your company and submit the "manufacturer's test result".
If there is no problem with the "manufacturer's test result ", we will check it and certify it based on your result.

Basically, you will need to retake the conformance test if you have changed the communication LSI or other communication-related parts.
In the case of replacing Mitsubishi Electric's CC-Link dedicated communication LSI "A6GA-CCMFP3NN60F/A6GA-CCMFP3NN300F" with an alternative "A6GA-CCMFP3NN60FN/A6GA-CCMFP3NN300FN," the conformance test has already been passed with the product replaced with the alternative LSI.
Therefore, the certified product does not need to be retested only when the board, pattern, crystal oscillator, software, and other communication-related parts remain unchanged and only the communication LSI is replaced with the alternative one.

The CLPA does not manufacture or sell any products. Please contact our partner manufacturers or their representatives.

For application advice and guidance, please contact the relevant manufacturer.

Please download from our website. If you need hard copies, please request via the contact us page.

Please contact us via the contact us page .

Please refer to "CC-Link Family Logo Download" on the member site.
If you are a regular member or above, you can use the logo.