Schneider Electric 372 SPU 780 01EMAN User Manual

ProWORX 32

Programming Software for PLCs User Guide

372 SPU 780 01EMAN Version 1.0

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372 SPU 780 01EMAN May 2002

Safety Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9

About the Book. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11

Chapter 1 Getting Started . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13

Welcome to ProWORX 32. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

System Requirements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Installing ProWORX 32. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Logging in . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Authorizing ProWORX 32 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

The ProWORX 32 Environment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

ProWORX 32 Client Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Tracking Help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

ProWORX 32 Toolbar. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Contacting Schneider Electric. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Chapter 2 Working with Projects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .27

At a Glance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Creating a New Project. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Selecting a Controller Type. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Converting Ladder Logic Databases. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

Using the ProWORX Server to Manage ProWORX 32 Projects. . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Working with a ProWORX 32 Project . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

Using Emulation Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

Instructions Supported in Emulation Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

Adding Emulation Instruction Solve Support. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

Documentation Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

Using the Documentation Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

Importing and Exporting ProWORX 32 Documentation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

Protected Registers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58

Using Search. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

Address Used . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60

The Knowledge Base . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

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Chapter 3 Communications Setup. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65

Connecting to a Controller. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65

Communications Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66

Configuring Modbus Communications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67

Modbus Communications by Modem. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68

Configuring Modbus Plus Communications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71

Configuring Ethernet Gateway Communications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72

Configuring TCP/IP Communications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73

Network Explorer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74

Chapter 4 Configuring a Controller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75

Controller Configuration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75

Controller Configuration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76

‘General’ Tab. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77

‘Ports’ Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80

‘Loadables’ Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83

Loadable Library Wizard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86

Chapter 5 Working with Controllers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89

At a Glance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89

Initializing Logic in a Controller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90

Reading From a Controller. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91

Writing to a Controller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92

Transferring Memory Contents to Controller EEPROM. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94

Transferring the Flash RAM Executive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95

Transferring Memory Contents to Micro Flash RAM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96

Transferring Internal Flash or PCMCIA to Controller Flash. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97

Starting and Stopping Controllers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98

PLC Status Viewer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99

Analyze Device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100

Chapter 6 Configuration Extensions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101

At a Glance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101

Configuration Extensions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102

Compact Phase II . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104

Data Protect Extension . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105

Quantum Hot Standby. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106

IO Scanner. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108

IO Scanner Wizard. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111

Peer Cop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113

Peer Cop Wizard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118

Profibus Extension. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121

Profibus Wizard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122

S980 Extension . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123

SY/MAX Extension. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124

TCP/IP Extension. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125

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Quantum VME Bus Extension. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126

Chapter 7 Using the Logic Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .127

At a Glance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127

Logic Editor Overview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129

Logic Editor Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130

Hotkey Template. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132

Using the Logic Editor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135

Working with Networks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138

Instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140

Working with Addresses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142

Configurable Mnemonics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144

ISA Symbols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146

Diagnostic Trace. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148

Sweep (Online Only). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149

Setting Bookmarks in Logic. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151

Hardware Clock. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152

Segment Scheduler. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153

Equation Networks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154

Mathematical Equations in Equation Networks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156

Mathematical Operations in Equation Networks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158

Mathematical Functions in Equation Networks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161

Chapter 8 Using the Traffic Cop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .163

At a Glance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163

Traffic Cop Overview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164

Working with Drops and Racks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165

Working with Slots. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167

Online Module Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169

I/O Drawing Generator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171

Materials List. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172

Chapter 9 Using the Data Watch Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .175

At a Glance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175

Data Watch Window Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177

Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181

HMI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184

Trend. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188

Trend - Mode Functionality Table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190

Track Logic Editor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191

Track Traffic Cop. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192

Instruction Editor / Terminal Block Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193

Instruction / Terminal Block Editor Display Scripts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194

Display Script Variables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195

Display Script Functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196

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PID Tuner. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202

DRUM Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205

Importing and Exporting Data Watch Window Data. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207

Chapter 10 Working with the ASCII Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209

ASCII Editor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209

Chapter 11 Working with Macros. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213

At a Glance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213

Macros. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214

Using Macros in Logic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216

Chapter 12 ProWORX 32 Utilities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219

At a Glance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219

BM85 Setup. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220

BootP Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223

Compare Utility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226

I/O Drawing Viewer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228

The Ping Utility. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229

MBP Stat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230

Chapter 13 ProWORX 32 Reporting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233

Reporting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233

Chapter 14 ProWORX 32 Server. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239

At a Glance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239

Using the ProWORX 32 Server. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240

Audit Trail. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243

Chapter 15 Schneider Alliances. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245

At a Glance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245

Using the Schneider Alliances Tool. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246

Using the Script Editor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249

Using Script Editor Controls. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252

Appendices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .255

At a Glance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255

Appendix A I/O Cards. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257

At a Glance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257

800. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258

A120. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261

Compact TSX. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263

Micro . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265

Momentum M1 and INTERBUS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266

Quantum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267

Sy/Max. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 270

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Appendix B Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .271

Troubleshooting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271

B.1 General Troubleshooting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272

Section Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272

Isolating Faults . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273

Manual Procedure List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274

Modbus Plus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276

Stopcode Error Analysis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277

B.2 Status Words for S901 and S908 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 280

At a Glance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 280

ASCII Message Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 281

Cable A Errors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 282

Cable B Errors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283

Communication Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 284

Controller State. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 286

Controller Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 287

EOL (End of Logic) Pointer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 288

Global Errors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 289

S911 Hot Standby Status (S908) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 290

Local Drop Communications Errors (S908). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 291

Machine Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 292

Module Health. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 293

Number of Segments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 295

Status Word Pointer Table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 296

RIO Time-out. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 297

Run/Load/Debug Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 298

S901/J200 Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 299

S908 Errors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 300

Stopcode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 301

Appendix C Editing .DIF Files with Microsoft Excel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .303

Editing .DIF files with Microsoft Excel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 303

Glossary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 307

Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 321

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Safety Information

Important Information

NOTICE Read these instructi ons carefully , and look a t the equipm ent to become fa miliar with

the device before trying to install, operate, or maintain it. The following special messages may appear th roug hout thi s docu menta tion or on the equi pment to warn of potential hazards or to call attention to information that clarifies or simplifies a procedure.

The addition of this symb ol to a Danger or Warning safety labe l indicates that an electrical hazard exists, which will result in personal injury if the

instructions are not foll owed. This is the safety alert symbol. It is used to alert you to potential personal injury hazards. Obey all safety messages that follow this symbol to avoid possible injury or death.

DANGER

DANGER indicates an imminently hazardous situation, which, if not avoided, will result in death, serious in ju ry , or equipment damage.

WARNING

WARNING indicates a potentially hazardous situation, which, if not avoided, can result in death, serious injury , or equipment damage.

CAUTION

CAUTION indicates a potentially hazardous situation, which, if not avoided, can result in injury or equipment d am age.

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PLEASE NOTE Electrical equipment should be serviced only by qualified personnel. No responsi-

bility is assumed by Schneider El ect ric for an y cons equen ces ari sing o ut of the u se of this material. Thi s document is not intende d as an instruction manual for untrained persons.

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About the Book

At a Glance

Document Scope This manual describes how to install, c onf igu r e a nd us e Pro WO RX 32 and all of its

components. To find out about any changes to the manual after this version was published, consult our web site at public.modicon.com.

Terms and Abbreviations

Numbers are written according to international practice as well as according to approved SI (System International d’Unites) presentation; each thousand is separated by a space, along with use of the decimal point, e.g., 12 345.67

Validity Note This document applies to the installation and use of ProWORX 32 in Windows 98,

Windows Me, Windows XP, Windows NT 4.0, and Windows 2000 environments and ProWORX Server in Windows XP, Windows NT 4.0, and Windows 2000 environments.

Getting Started

Welcome to ProWORX 32

About this Manual

Getting Started with ProWORX 32

What’s in this Chapter?

This manual is a guide for operating ProWORX 32. It does not contain information about specific controllers, I/O cards, or ladder logic instructions. For further hardware and ladder logic info rma tio n, go to the ProWO R X 32 on -li ne he lp syste m.

This chapter guides you through starting out with ProWORX 32.

This chapter contains the following topics:

Topic Page

System Requirements 14 Installing ProWORX 32 15 Logging In 16 Authorizing ProWORX 32 17 The ProWORX 32 Environment 19 ProWORX 32 Client Security 20 Tracking Help 22 ProWORX 32 Toolbar 23 Contacting Schneider Electric 26

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Getting Started

System Requirements

Hardware Requirements

Software Requirements

Hardware:

Hardware Requirement

Processor P200 Memory 128 MB Hard Disk Space (Available) 200 MB Installation Media Type CD Display 256 color VGA or higher

Software:

Software Requirement

ProWORX 32 Client Operating Systems

ProWORX Server - Operating Systems

Microsoft Internet Explorer Version 5.0 or higher. Microsoft MDAC Version 2.5 or higher.

Windows 98, Windows NT (Version 4.0, SP5 or higher), Windows 2000, Window Me, and Windows XP.

Windows NT (Version 4.0, SP5 or higher), Windows 2000, and Windows XP.

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Installing ProWORX 32

Getting Started

Installing ProWORX 32

Modifying or Repairing the ProWORX 32 Installation

Uninstalling (Removing) ProWORX 32

ProWORX 32 requires the installation of MDac version 2.5 or great er and Internet Explorer 5.0 or greater. Install the MDac software from the ProWORX 32 installation CD, and ensure that you have a compatible version of Internet Explorer prior to installing ProWORX 32. Then, to install ProWORX 32:

Step Action

1 Insert the ProWORX 32 CD into your CD-ROM drive. The ProWORX 32

installation screen should automatically load. If the ProWORX installation program does not automatically load, you can open the installation in Windows Explorer at CD Rom Drive

2 Select the Language you want to install ProWORX 32 in. (English, French,

German, Spanish.)

3 Follow the on-screen instructions to complete the installation of ProWORX 32.

→ Setup.exe.

If you have already installed ProWORX 32:

Step Action

1 Insert the ProWORX 32 CD into your CD-ROM drive. 2 Select Modify to add new components, or remove already installed components.

Click Next and follow the on-screen instructions.

3 Select Repair to reinstall all components installed by the previous setup. Click

Next and follow the on-screen instructions.

If you have already installed ProWORX 32:

Step Action

1 Insert the ProWORX 32 CD into your CD-ROM drive. 2 Select Remove to uninstall all installed components. 3 Click Next and follow the on-screen instructions.

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Logging In

The ProWORX 32 Login Screen

Logging In to the ProWORX 32 Server

Logging Out of the ProWORX 32 Server

When opening ProWORX 32 you are pro mpted with the ProWORX 32 Login sc reen. If you are using project s that reside on a server or you w ant to communicate through the server, enter the login informa tion and click Login. If you are us ing onl y projec ts that reside on the client, click Bypass.

To access th e login screen from within ProWORX 32:

Step Action

1 In the ProWORX 32 menu, select File 2 Enter the user name and password that your system administrator has given you

in the Name and Password fields.

3 Select your method of communicating with the server from TCP/IP and Modbus

Plus. 4 Enter the address of the server in the Server Address field. 5 Enter the timeout (seconds) in the Timeout field. 6 If you have selected TCP/IP, enter the port number in the Port Number field. 7 If you have selected Modbus Plus, enter the adapter number in the Adapter

Number field. 8 Click Login.

→ Login.

Closing ProWORX 32 c li ent lo gs y ou out of the server or to l og ou t w hile remaining in ProWORX 32:

Step Action

1 From the ProWORX 32 menu, select File

→ Logout.

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Authorizing ProWORX 32

Getting Started

Opening the Authorization Program

Using the Authorization Wizard

From the Windows Start menu:

Step Action

1 Select Programs

→ ProWORX 32 → Authorization.

After opening the authorization wizard:

Step Action

1 Select which task you would like to perform:

Authorize this PC: Sets up the PC you are currently using to run ProWORX

32.

Transfer Authorization: Transfers authorization from one PC to another.

Enter received code: If already registered, you are taken directly to the Entering Authorization Code screen.

When you have made a selection, click Next.

2 Select which method you would prefer to authorize ProWORX 32 by, and click

Authorize by Phone: A message box is displayed containing a customer support phone number and the customer support hours of operation. Click OK to return to the authorization application.

Authorize by Fax: A fax page is printed containing the information you have entered and a number to send the fax to.

Authorize by Multi-User License Diskette: This option is used strictly for uncopyprotected versions in which a diskette has been provided by Schneider Electric. The contents of the diskette will be transferred onto your machine.

Authorize by Email: An email is sent to customer support containing the information you have entered.

Authorize by W e b: You will be directed to a web page at the Schneider Electric web site where the information that you have entered will be displayed and an authorization number will be generated for you.

3 Select which product you want to authorize and click Next:

Online Only Client: Access to online only portions of ProWORX 32.

Lite Client: Access to Momentum, Compact, and Micro controllers only.

Full Development Client: Full access to all features of ProWORX 32.

Server: Full access to the ProWORX Server.

4 Enter all of your personal information in the User Information screen and click

Next. If you would like to view our privacy policy, click Privacy Policy.

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Moving Authorization

Entering the Authorization Number

After selecting Transfer Authorization in Step One:

Step Action

1 Insert a diskette into your PC diskette drive. 2 Select which transaction you want to complete and click Next:

Transfer authorization from computer to diskette.

Transfer authorization from diskette to computer.

After receiving an authorization number:

Step Action

1A Code Entry Number and a Computer ID are created automatically 2 Enter the Authorization Number provided to you by customer support and click

Next. 3 To complete your ProWORX 32 authorization, click Finish.

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The ProWORX 32 Environment

Overview ProWORX 32 is organized i n s uch a w ay tha t the info rma tion you need at any time

is readily accessible through the ProWORX 32 main interface.

Setting ProWORX 32 Properties

From the My Computer right-click menu in the Navigation panel:

Step Action

1 Select Properties. 2 Select the Environment tab. 3 Set the following ProWORX 32 Environment parameters: 4 Auto Monitor/Logout: When selected with Logout, the Online Network Editor

closes after the specified amount of inactive time. When selected with Monitor, the Online Network Editor closes after the specified amount of inactive time and Monitor mode is activated.

5 Prompt For Read When Exiting Online: Displays a prompt to perform a read

after switching out of online mode.

6 Compare To Project On Attach: Displays a prompt to perform a compare when

switching to online mode. 7 Enable Audit Trails : Audit trails and the log book are viewable. 8 Automatically Update Used Tables Online: When going online, the used

tables are automatically updated. 9 Enable Scrolling Nav igation Panel: When this option is selected, the

navigation panel shrinks showing only the panel’s border. To see the navigation

panel, hover your mouse over the border and the navigation panel expands.

10 Instruction Toolbar: See ProWORX 32 Toolbar, p. 23.

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ProWORX 32 Client Security

Overview Security allows an administrator to disable features of ProWORX 32.

Setting Security for a Client

From the My Computer right-click menu in the Navigation panel:

Step Action

1 Select Security Settings to open the Client Security dialog. 2 To set and confirm the administrative password, enter the password into the

Password and Confirm Password boxes.

3 To set the rights that users have while running ProWORX 32 on this specific PC,

select rights from the Enabled Functionality group of rights. See User Rights below for more information.

4 Click OK to confirm changes. Click Close to exit.

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User Rights User rights descriptions:

User Rights Descriptions

Controller Configuration The ability to change the controller configuration, or change

Traffic Cop The ability to edit in the traffic cop. Communications The ability to change the communications setup including the

Logic The ability to edit logic. Forcing The ability to force contacts and coils. Insert The ability to insert cells, rows, columns, and networks. Delete The ability to delete cells, rows, columns, and networks. Sweep The ability to enter sweep mode. Data Editors The ability to enter any of the data editors, If deselected, the

Extended Memory The ability to edit extended memory registers. Protected Registers The ability to set ranges of 4xxxx addresses that are

Configuration Extensions The ability to edit the configuration extensions. ASCII Messages The ability to edit the ASCII messages. Search The ability to use the search feature. Read The ability to read from the controller. Write The ability to write to the controller. Start/Stop The ability to start or stop the controller. Clear Audit Trails The ability to remove all audit trail and logbook entries.

Getting Started

controller type.

controller’s address.

user is unable to change register data.

uneditable. See Setting Protected Registers for more information.

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Tracking Help

Overview Tracking help is a brief desc ription or overv iew of the editor, ins tructions, or I/O card

that is curr ently selected in ProWORX 32.

Using Tracking Help

From the ProWORX 32 menu:

Step Action

1 Select View 2 To see more information about the current tracking help topic, press F1.

→ Tracking Help to open the tracking help window.

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ProWORX 32 Toolbar

Overview The ProWORX 32 toolbar holds all of the icon buttons that can be used to access

features, utilities, and tools needed to properly use ProWORX 32s development capabilities.

Using the Toolbar

Customizing the Instruction Toolbar

Handle

ProWORX 32 Toolbar

From the ProWORX 32 toolbar right-click menu:

Step Action

1 To add a toolbar, select a toolbar to add from the list. A toolbar that is displayed

is denoted by a check . 2 To remove a toolbar, select a toolbar to remove from the list. 3 To move a selected toolbar within the ProWORX 32 toolbar area, select the

toolbars handle, and drag and drop the toolbar to its desired location. 4 To customize the toolbars, click Customize. To view help concerning toolbar

customizing please refer the Windows help file, Windows Start Menu

In the project navigation panel:

Step Action

1 From the project right-click menu, select Properties. 2 Select the Environment tab. 3 Scroll to the number of the button (1-14) you would like to change in the Button

Number field. eg. 1 = the leftmost button, 14 = the rightmost button. 4 Enter the name of the instruction to be placed on the toolbar in the Button Text

field.

→ Help.

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Toolbar Listing Default toolbars and items:

Toolbar Item

Standard Toolbar

(CTRL+X)

- Create a New Project

- Save the Active Project

- Print the Active Project

- Open Print Preview

- Open Report Setup

- Undo the most recent action (CTRL+Z)

- Repeats the most recent action

- Cut the current selection and copy to the system clipboard

- Copy the current selection to the system clipboard (CTRL+C)

- Paste data from system clipboard to selected area (CTRL+V)

- Open the Search window (CTRL+F)

Control Toolbar. See

Working with a ProWORX 32 Project, p. 36

- Repeat the last Search operation (SHIFT+F4)

- Find and Replace (CTRL+H)

- Open Help (F1)

- Take project offline

- Take project to emulation

- Take project online

- Take project to combined mode

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Toolbar Item

Online Control Toolbar

p. 98.

l l

l l l l

DWW Log Toolbar

Getting Started

- Start/Stop controller. See Starting and Stopping Controllers,

- Initialize logic. See Initializing Logic in a Controller, p. 90.

- Read from controller. See Reading From a Controller, p. 91. Read Read extended memory

- Write to controller. See Writing to a Controller, p. 92. Write logic Relocate logic and data Relocate logic only Write extended memory

- First record

- Previous record

- Next Record

- Last record

- Pause/Resume

- Record

- Toggle between logging real-time data from a controller and

logging stored

Instruction Toolbar

- A user-defined set of instructions. Clicking an instruction adds it to the logic editor at the cursor.

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Contacting Schneider Electric

Contact Information

Support Guidelines

Customer support is available to registered Schneider Electric users. If you have a question about ProWORX 32 and can’t find the answer in the

ProWORX 32 Help system or the User ’s Guid e, contact our Custom er Servic e staff for assistance. You can reach Schneider’s Customer Support department by Internet, phone, fax, or mail:

Schneider Electric One High Street North Andover, MA 01845

Internet: http://public.modicon.com/ E-mail: customercentral@schneiderautomation.com Support Hotline: (888) 266-8705 Telephone: (978) 794-0800 Fax: (978) 975-9301

To help us assist you quickly, we sugge st yo u have the fol lowing inf ormati on read y:

The version and serial number of your copy of ProWORX 32. To find this information, select About on the Help menu.

What you were doing when the p roblem occu rred, whether you can repe at it, and any error messages you recei ve d.

Your version of Windows. To find this information in Windows ME, 98, 95, 2000 or NT 4.x: click Start, then Settings. Select Control Panel. When the Control Panel window opens, double-click System. When the System window opens, select the General tab. Your version of Windows is listed under the heading System.

Information about your computer, inclu ding its processor type, memory, hard drive size, video card type, and I/O boards.

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Working with Projects

At a Glance

Overview ProWORX 32 holds information about each of your controllers in a project. The

project stores:

The controller’s configuratio n

Ladder logic

Descriptors of the controller and ladder logic

Project properties

Data trends

Compare results

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Working with Projects

What’s in this Chapter?

This chapter contains the following topics:

Topic Page

Creating a New Project 29 Selecting a Controller Type 31 Converting Ladder Logic Databases 34 Using the ProWORX Server to Manage ProWORX 32 Projects 35 Working with a ProWORX 32 Project 36 Using Emulation Mode 39 Instructions Supported in Emulation Mode 45 Adding Emulation Instruction Solve Support 46 Documentation Editor 51 Using the Documentation Editor 53 Importing and Exporting ProWORX 32 Documentation 55 Protected Registers 58 Using Search 59 Address Used 60 The Knowledge Base 62

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Creating a New Project

Working with Projects

Creating a New Project

From the ProWORX 32 tool bar:

Step Action

1 Click File 2 Enter a project name in the New Project Name box. 3 Click OK. The New Project Wizard appears.

→ New.

Overview The Project Configuration Wizard steps you through creating new default projects

and modify existing projects in ProWORX 32. The configuration wizard guides you through a series of easy to understand steps to set up a project. Each step configures an important area of the project.

Each screen in the wizard has a caption stating which step you are currently completing. Also, each screen has a diagram and description detailing what the current step involves.

The standard wizard buttons are:

Button Function

Help Displays context-sensitive help pertaining to the current step. Cancel Exits the wizard and no new project is created or no changes are saved. Back Returns the wizard to the previous step. Next Advances the wizard to the next step. Finish Completes the wizard and creates a new project or saves the changes.

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Working with Projects

Step 1 - Select Creation Method

Select a path to create a new project:

Path Description

Online to Controller This option sets up a project enough to go online to a controller.

The first step configures the parameters used to communicate with the desired controller. This step encapsulates communications setup; use of this step is identical to the Project communications setup dialog. Click Next to display the Finish step. Click Finish to go online to the desired controller.

Select Controller Type This step allows you to set up the controller type. For more

information, see Selecting a Controller Type, p. 31.

Base on Existing Project This option creates a project based on an existing project. First,

select an existing Project from the list of projects on the local computer. ProWORX 32 creates a copy of the project and uses it as the base for the new project. ProWORX 32 initializes the logic and clears the traffic cop of the new project. ProWORX 32 then displays a communications setup step to configure communications to the desired controller. On the finish step click Finish to complete the new project creation.

Read from Controller This option creates a project based on a read of the program

from an existing controller. ProWORX 32 displays a communications setup step to configure communications to the desired controller. On the Finish step click Finish. ProWORX 32 reads the contents of the controller into a new default project.

Use as a Macro When selecting any offline options, you can click the Use as

Macro checkbox to create a macro-enabled database. For more information, see Macros, p. 214.

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