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Sol15 Pl7 1,2 From Usb Pen Drive
Sol15 Pl7 1,2 From Usb Pen Drive
Title:
Solution Number: 11
Distribution: All
Author:
Mirosaw KWATER
Date:
2005.08.18
Description:
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How to prepare startup (bootable) USB Pen Drive, for legacy PL7-1, 2 programming.
Hardware
Software
Revision: 1.0
1.Introduction.
The purpose of this solution was to prepare USB Pen Drive (other name: USB Flash Drive), for working with legacy software PL7-1, PL7-2.
PL7-1/2 was originally developed for DOS and cannot work directly under Windows XP - DOS session is needed.
If our PC can start from USB device (option in PCs BIOS setup), which is common option in new personal computers, we are able
to prepare USB Pen Drive for that and by-pass the problem. Even the smallest Pen Drive (32, 64 Mb) is OK for that purpose.
To prepare the USB Pen Drive we need PC:
- With floppy drive,
- Working under Windows 98 SE,
- Capable to recognize the USB Pen Drive (sometimes, depends on the PC, special Windows 98 driver for our USB Pen Drive is needed).
To work, after all, with prepared USB Pen Drive the only condition for our PC is, that:
- Can start from USB device,
- Is able to work under MS-DOS.
The existing operating system in PC is not important after restarting, our USB Pen Drive will work like normal C:\ drive and will contain
all necessary software environments on itself:
- A version of MS-DOS (coming from Windows 98),
- All the installed software PL7-1, 2.
The PL7-2 ver.5 works under User Interface which is a kind of DOS-based software workshop.
We should start first this User Interface workshop and after, we can start our PL7-2 software for PLC programming.
Connection, from the PC (RS232 is necessary), to the:
TSX 17xxxxx series PLCs is possible via RS485:
TSX 27xxxxx / 47-10, 47-20, 47-30 series PLCs is possible via 20mA CL:
2. Installation procedure.
Prepare MS-DOS startup (bootable) USB Pen Drive, under Windows 98:
My Computer -> Removable Disk -> Format :
After the USB Pen Drive is formatted, open Notepad (Start -> Programs -> Accessories -> Notepad) and create two text files on it:
Autoexec.bat
Config.sys
They can contain whatever, but at least one empty comment line should be present, like this one:
C:\Windows\Command\Ebd
Then go to your PCs BIOS Setup and check (change) if the first bootable device is: USB device:.
Put the prepared USB Pen Drive into the USB socket.
Restart the PC.
When the system is ready, put into floppy drive, diskette called User Interface - ref. TSX LF USR V5
Go to floppy drive A:\ and type command: install
Follow the same style of installation, from Command Prompt, with PL7-2 diskettes ref. TSX LF PL7 22L V5.
At the end check again the installed software:
Follow exactly the same style of installation for PL7-1 or PL7-3 (ver.3) diskettes.