Pro-face DeviceNet Master Add On Software for LogiTouch and GLC
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Version 1.20a
February 27, 2004

Thank you for choosing Pro-face as part of your DeviceNet system.
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Pro-face Panels Supported:
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LogiTouch Type-D:  GLC150-BG41-DNM-24V
GLC 2000 Series, using the BackPack Module:  CA2-DNMALL-41


Pro-face Software Packages Supported:
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This Add-On Software is for installation over:
GP-Pro/PB3 for Windows 7.0 (C-Package 03)

Note: It will not install correctly over the LT 2.0 Editor.
For that product, please obtain the 1.20 release of the
DeviceNet Resources CD from Xycom Automation, Inc.
http:\\www.xycom.com


Tested Operating Systems:
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Windows 98
Windows NT
Windows 2000
Windows ME


Supported DeviceNet Devices:
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The GLC and LogiTouch can be configured to communicate with any DeviceNet compliant slave.
Slaves which do not conform to the DeviceNet 2.0 Release may not communicate correctly.

Installation:
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The Setup.exe file in this folder CD:\Fieldbuses\DeviceNetMaster
will walk you through the steps to install this add-on software.
It is not automatically installed with the C-Package 03 installation.


Release Notes:
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- Networks with high bandwidth usage may force a slave at a higher MacID off the network.  To help alleviate this problem, set the EPR to 100msec and the Production Inhibit Timer to 50msec in each slave's I/O configuration dialog.  These values may be tuned for best performance.

- Installation creates the EDS File folder, however it does not put any EDS Files there.  Put any EDS files for the slaves you intend to use in that folder.

- The "EDS" button on the I/O Unit Setup Dialog displays the location where the editor is looking for EDS files.

- The EDS files supplied with a slave may not match the slave's internal firmware.  This can happen when EDS files are downloaded from the internet from a repository that is not up to date.  Use the offline menu on the GLC or LT to scan the network and verify the settings for the slave.  These settings can be used to correct the entries in the I/O Setup Dialog.

- The GP-Pro/PB3 Editor will allow adding more than 63 slaves. Confirm as you design that you do not add more than 63.

- Real numbers are not directly supported.  It is possible to map I/O as words and use two adjacent words to represent the real number.

- Caution is advised when setting up the number of input and output terminals.  Usually one would set up the terminals and then map I/O to them.  If you return to the I/O Unit Setup Dialog and change the number of input terminals the mapping in the Configure I/O tree will not be updated to reflect the change.  It is necessary to un-map the I/O and re-map it.

- When running a DeviceNet Project in a GLC without the correct module on the back, the unit will lock up.  If you experience this, ensure the backpack module is correctly mounted on the GLC unit.

- Touching the top left corner on a GLC or LT will enter the offline menus.  However in the DeviceNet versions of these, you must press that corner within 2 seconds of power on; otherwise, it will lock the unit up.  If the unit locks up, simply power cycle it and touch the corner again within the 2 seconds.

- Accessing LS memory from the Ladder Logic must be done after the HMI has completed initialization.  Gate any writes with the bit LSS[0].X[3] which goes on when the first screen displays on the HMI.

- Devices must be configured with an even number of bytes if word mapping is to be used in the GLC or LT ladder logic.  If a device has an odd number of bytes, the last byte will not be accessible since a word cannot be allocated to it.

- Two or more EDS file elements cannot be combined on the same line.  The following is not allowed:
        MajRev = 1; MinRev = 2;
  This is allowed:
        MajRev      = 1;
        MinRev      = 2;
You can break a single command up over multiple lines if you like.  The end of the command on the last line must have a semi-colon (";") terminator.

- In the offline menus on the GLC or LT unit, all writes are performed as 16 bit values in the explicit message screens.  The error code 21 will return if you attempt to write to an 8 bit object from these screens.

- In the offline menus, when you scan the network, the master sets up connections with the slaves using an Expected Packet Rate of 0.  This will set the slaves to never timeout on the connection.  When finished configuring, power cycle the slaves to clear that connection.