Rockwell Automation 1747-WINBAS User Manual
BASIC Interface
Software for
Windows
1747-WINBAS
Programming Manual
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Installing Your BASIC Interface
Software
Getting Familiar With Your BASIC
Interface Software
Table of Contents
Preface
Who Should Use This Manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Purpose of This Manual. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Additional Resources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Conventions Used in This Manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Chapter 1
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Installing the Software. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Install the 1747-WINBAS Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Install the RSLinx Classic OEM Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Chapter 2
Main Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
File Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Saving and Printing Programs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
View Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Toolbar and Status Bar. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Tools Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Cancel Xoff, Send Xon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Debug. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
List, List NUM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
RAM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
ROM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Xfer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Erase and Prog . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Hex Upload and Hex Download . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Module Backup and Restore. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Help Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Standard Toolbar Icons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Configure the Serial Port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Configure DH-485 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
User Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Pop-up Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Editing a BASIC Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Status Bar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
COM Port Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Appendix A
Keystroke Commands
Keystroke Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Appendix B
Escape Sequences
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Escape Sequence Overview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
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Index
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Preface
Read this preface to familiarize yourself with the rest of the manual.
This preface covers the these topics:
• Who should use this manual
• Purpose of this manual
• Conventions used in this manual
Who Should Use This Manual
Purpose of This Manual
Use this manual if you are responsible for designing, installing,
programming, or troubleshooting control systems that use
Allen-Bradley small logic controllers.
You should have a basic understanding of 1746-BAS, 1746-BAS-T, and
1771-DB modules and be able to interpret the ladder logic instructions
required to control your application. If you do not, contact your local
Allen-Bradley representative for information on available training
courses before using this product.
This manual describes the 1747-WINBAS Windows Compatible BASIC
Module Interface Software and its operation.
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Additional Resources
These documents contain additional information regarding Rockwell
Automation products.
Resource Description
SLC 500 Systems Selection Guide, publication 1747-SG001 A guide to understanding and selecting SLC 500 products
SLC 500 Modular Hardware Style User Manual, publication
1747-UM011
SLC 500 BASIC and BASIC-T Modules User Manual, publication
1746-UM004
BASIC Language Reference Manual, publication 1746-RM001 A reference guide of the BASIC language commands
BASIC Module User Manual, publication 1771-UM113 A description on how to install and use your 1771 BASIC module
Industrial Automation Wiring and Grounding Guidelines Application
Data, publication 1770-IN041
Allen-Bradley Industrial Automation Glossary, publication
AG-QR071
A description on how to install and use your modular SLC 500
programmable controller
A description on how to install and use your SLC 500 BASIC and
BASIC-T modules
A guide to wiring and grounding guidelines
A glossary of industrial automation terms and abbreviations
Conventions Used in This Manual
You can view or download publications at
http://literature.rockwellautomation.com. To order paper copies of
technical documentation, contact your local Rockwell Automation
distributor or sales representative.
These conventions are used throughout this manual:
• Bulleted lists such as this one provide information, not
procedural steps.
• Numbered lists provide sequential steps or hierarchical
information.
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Chapter
Installing Your BASIC Interface Software
This chapter provides overview information regarding the
1747-WINBAS Windows Compatible BASIC Module Interface
Software.
1
Overview
BASIC software is a terminal emulation program specifically written
for you to interface to a Rockwell Automation 1746-BAS, 1746-BAS-T,
or 1771-DB BASIC module. BASIC software simplifies the uploading
and downloading of BASIC module programs, as well as backing up
and restoring complete module images. BASIC software also provides
debugging tools to aid in troubleshooting BASIC programs while
online. Because BASIC software is specific to these BASIC modules, it
has functionality that is not provided by generic terminal-emulation
programs. In turn, generic terminal-emulation programs will have
functionality not provided by BASIC software. This document
describes BASIC software and how to use it.
As a terminal emulation program, BASIC software requires either one
RS-232 serial COM port or a DH-485 interface (1784-PCMK,
1784-PKTX, 1784-PKTXD, or 1747-UIC convertor) be available on the
personal computers. Bridging to the DH-485 network from other
networks is not supported.
BASIC software works on personal computers with Windows 98, 2000,
NT, and XP operating systems. RSLinx Classic OEM software must be
installed on the personal computer in order to communicate to the
BAS module via the DH-485 interface.
Characters typed on the personal computer keyboard will be
translated and transmitted out the selected port. Information received
via the selected port will be translated and displayed in the BASIC
software client window.
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BASIC Interface Software Client Window
Installing the Software
The BASIC software is comprised of two CDs. They are:
• the 1747-WINBAS software CD.
• the optional RSLinx Classic OEM version software CD.
The 1747-WINBAS software enables communication to the 1747-BAS
module via an RS-232 serial port.
The RSLinx Classic OEM version software enables communication to
the 1747-BAS module via the DH-485 port.
To configure your computer serial port for communication with the
1747-BAS module, refer to
To configure your computer for communication with the 1747-BAS
module, refer to using DH-485 on
page 21.
page 22.
Install the 1747-WINBAS Software
To install the 1747-WINBAS software, insert the 1747-WINBAS
software CD into your CD drive and follow the installation
instructions.
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Install the RSLinx Classic OEM Software
To install the RSLinx Classic OEM software (only necessary if
connecting to the BAS module using DH-485), insert the RSLinx
Classic OEM software CD into your CD drive and follow the
installation instructions.
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Notes:
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Chapter
Getting Familiar With Your BASIC Interface
Software
This chapter is intended to give you an overview of the BASIC
Interface Software so you can understand the software’s general
structure.
2
Main Menu
File Menu
These menus are accessed through the Main menu:
• File
• View
• Tools
• Help
Main Menu
You can save and print programs from the File menu.
Saving and Printing Programs
From the File menu, you can choose the following options:
• File > New clears all the old data from the history buffer and the
dialog.
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Between File > Print Setup and File > Exit, there can be up to four file
names. These file names are a list of the most recent four files saved
using BASIC software. If you select one of these files, the title bar
document title will change to show the name of this file. Also, the
next time you save this data, the file name will be selected, but
nothing else will happen. No file is actually opened.
• File > Save saves the data to a file for later reference. This
command will also result in the new file name being displayed
in the title bar. The files are not appended. If you save the data
to the same file twice, the data that was first saved will be lost.
The data is saved as ASCII text exactly as it appears on the
BASIC software dialog.
• File > Save As saves the data to a file for later reference. This
command will also result in the new file name being displayed
in the title bar. The files are not appended. If you save the data
to the same file twice, the data that was first saved will be lost.
The data is saved as ASCII text exactly as it appears on the
BASIC software dialog.
• File > Print formats and sends the data to a printer.
• File > Print Preview lets you preview the printed data before
actually printing.
• File > Exit exits the BASIC software program.
View Menu
The View menu lets you gain access to the toolbar and status bar.
Refer to page 20 for additional information on the toolbar and page 26
for additional information on the status bar.
Toolbar and Status Bar
From the View menu, you can choose the following options:
• View > Toolbar switches the toolbar on and off.
• View > Status Bar switches the status bar on and off.
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