IPI, Host Communications Software, GFK
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1. License GFJ9317 for a single machine or IC641SWPOS51 to purchase ten Runtime Licenses and software GFJ 0317 is required for each Windows 95 or Windows NT PC where an HCT application is used for which IC641SWP058 was not purchased Your Windows 95 or Windows NT application will also need the files GEFHCT32 DLL and HCTPXYIF DLL in addition to IC641SWP080 to operate on a PC other than your development PC where IC641SWP058 was installed You may copy these two DLLs royalty free with your HCT executable after installing IC641SWPO80 Catalog Platform User s Manual Hours of Runtime License Number Telephone Included Support IC641SWPO058 Microsoft Windows 95 NT GFK9870 GFK41026 10 GFJ0317 IC641SWPO052 Microsoft Windows GFK9870 GFK41026 10 GFJ0317 IC641SWP055 Microsoft Windows GFK4063 GFK4026 5 GFJ0317 1C641SWPO080 Microsoft Windows 95 NT GFK4026 N A GFJ0317 1C641SWP081 Microsoft Windows 95 NT GFK4026 N A Ten copies of GFJ9317 1C641SWP050 Microsoft Windows GFK4026 N A GFJ0317 IC641SWP051 Microsoft Windows GFK4026 N A Ten copies of GFJ0317 part of IC641SWP080 which is included in this catalog number part of IC641SWP050 which is included in this catalog number Important Product Information 5 of 6 GFK 0871N Special Operational Notes CAUTION HCT Application Causes IC697 PLC Failure If an HCT application attempts to write into L memory using a block name that does not represent a ladder subprog2. The product has been modified to provide sample projects that have been developed with Visual C 5 0 This includes all new dsp files and all new executables that have been written for Visual C 5 0 General Description of Host Communications Software Products e Toolkit for Windows 95 NT C C Applications IC641SWPO0S58 is a runtime toolkit which allows Microsoft Windows NT user written C or C applications to access data from IC697 IC693 IC692 and Micro PLCs This catalog number requires and includes one copy of the Host Drivers for Windows 95 NT IC641SWP080 e Host Drivers for Windows 95 NT quantity one IC641SWP080 quantity ten IC641SWP081 contains an interface between the TCP IP or SNP communications software below and the Toolkit for Windows 95 NT C C Applications IC641SWP058 above The IC641SWP080 catalog number includes one runtime license The IC641SWP081 catalog number includes ten runtime licenses The IC641SWP081 product is provided as a convenience to users requiring use of the Host software on multiple platforms Important Product Information 2 of 6 GFK 0871N Compatibility The following table lists host PC requirements PC RAM Windows 95 16MB minimum 32MB or more recommended Windows NT 16MB minimum 32MB or more recommended Note The minimum RAM requirements support up to four simultaneous HCT sessions At least 32MB are required to support more simultaneous sessions PC hard disk 4MB available
3. October 12 1998 GFK 0871N IMPORTANT PRODUCT INFORMATION READ THIS INFORMATION FIRST Product Host Communications Software IC641SWP058F Toolkit for Windows 32 bit Windows C C Applications HCT Version 2 11 Sample C Programs Version 1 04 Release diskette 2 11 1C641SWPO80D Host Drivers for Windows 95 NT qty 1 TCP IP Ethernet driver Version 1 29 1C641SWP081D Host Drivers for Windows 95 NT qty 10 TCP SLIP driver Version 1 29 SNP driver Version 1 19 Release diskette 1 11 The Host Communications Toolkit HCT software provides a means to communicate to an IC697 PLC through its Ethernet Interface IC697CMM741 or IC697CMM742 or to an IC693 PLC through its Ethernet Interface IC693CMM321 The Host Communications software can be used to develop applications which run on a PC running Microsoft Windows 95 or Windows NT The Host Communications software also supports applications development on a PC running Microsoft Windows for Workgroups an HPUX 9000 workstation a DEC VAX VMS workstation or a DEC Alpha AXP VMS workstation however this release only updates the software for the Windows NT and Windows 95 platforms The hosttoPLC communications uses TCP IP Transmission Control Protocol and Internet Protocol across an Ethernet Local Area Network LAN or SNP protocol over a serial line New For This Release This product release introduces the ability of the HCT to support Microsoft Visual C
4. ame HCT software will expand the amount of memlist data allowed by recognizing the more capable CPU firmware Use of the MULTISESS Parameter with SNP Sessions With this release comes an SNP Host Driver and associated configuration parameters for this driver The MULTISESS configuration parameter may be seen with the Communication Configuration Utility CCU and has a value of either YES or NO YES enables the SNP Host Driver to use either multiple SNP sessions through a single COM port to the same PLC CPU or not depending on the capability of the target PLC CPU NO disables this automatic sensing by the SNP Host Driver which forces only one SNP session through that COM port at a time The only reason to use this parameter is when connecting to a PLC CPU through either an IC697CMM711 Important Product Information 6 of 6 GFK 0871N prior to version 4 00 or through an IC693CMM311 prior to version 4 00 If you use the CPU builtin port or if you use version 4 00 of the CMM711 or CMM311 firmware this parameter need not be used Break Signal Current GE Fanuc PLCs require a break signal to begin the serial communications process using the SNP protocol The modems used with HCT for SNP communication must be able to pass the break Two modems have been tested with HCT Practical Peripherals Modem 288MTII and BOCA Modem 14400 Open Problems Windows 95 Windows NT This section describes known limitations to the Microsoft Windows 95 Windows NT Ho
5. bject ID Code Description OLE Server not found This problem was reported by one of our customers when they tried using the toolkit with Visual C Version 5 0 This release fixes that
6. minimum 10MB or more recommended PC processor For Windows NT Intel 80486 or higher Pentium recommended For Windows 95 Intel 80486 or higher Pentium recommended The following table shows the earliest versions of Series 90 PLC products that are compatible with this version of the HCT System Component TCP IP without TCP IP with SNP Unsolicited Messages Unsolicited Messages 1C697 PLCs PLC CPU firmware 4 12 4 12 for IC697CMM741 4 12 6 00 for IC697CMM742 6 00 for multisession TCP IP Ethernet Controller PROM 1 15 PROM 2 00 N A IC697CMM741 RAM 1 28 RAM 2 10 IC697CMM742 Type 2 2 60 2 60 N A IC697CMM711 N A N A 1 00 4 00 for multisession 1C693 PLCs PLC CPU firmware 6 51 6 52 for CPU 351 6 51 6 52 for CPU 351 6 51 6 52 for CPU 351 TCP IP Ethernet Controller 1 10 2 00 N A IC693CMM321 IC693CMM311 N A N A 1 00 4 00 for multisession IC692 PLCs PLC CPU firmware N A N A 5 02 Micro PLC PLC CPU firmware N A N A 2 00 Notes 1 Ethernet Global Data is only supported by high end IC697 CPUs Release 7 0 or higher with an IC698CMM742 Release 2 6 or higher in the rack In order to define exchanges in the PLC you must have Windows based programming software IC641CTL970 or IC641CTL971 2 IC697CMM742 must be revision ED or higher which requires firmware version 2 60 3 See the discussion of the MULTISESS configuration parameter in the S
7. pecial Operational Notes section Important Product Information 3 of 6 GFK 0871N Toolkit Programming Languages and Host Operating System Requirements The HCT runs on various platforms The table below shows the specific programming languages that can be used to write HCT applications on a particular platform as well as the host operating system requirements Platform Programming Language Operating System Requirements Microsoft Windows 95 Microsoft 32bit Visual C C compiler Windows 95 5 00 or later Microsoft Windows NT Microsoft 32bit Visual C C compiler Windows NT 4 0 with service pack 3 or later 5 00 or later Microsoft Windows Microsoft C 7 0 Microsoft Visual C 1 00 Windows for Workgroups v3 11 or later or Visual Basic 3 00 or later HPUX Native cc compiler HPUX v9 0 with Berkley sockets DEC VAX VMS VAX C compiler VMS 5 52 DEC TCP IP for Open VMS v3 2 DEC Alpha AXP VMS Alpha C compiler CC version 4 1 or VMS 6 0 DEC TCP IP for Open VMS v3 2 or Alpha C C compiler CXX version 1 3 TCPware for Open VMS v4 1 Product Documentation Catalog Number Platform Documentation 1C641SWP058 Microsoft Windows 95 NT Host Communications Toolkit for C C Applications User s Manual GFK0870 Host Drivers and Communication Configuration Software for Windows Environments User s Manual GFK1026 1C641S WP080 Microsoft Windows 95 NT Host Drivers and Communication Configuration Softwa
8. ram block such as an EXE block this could result in PLC CPU failure This problem has been corrected in release 6 00 CPU firmware HPUX 9000 and DEC VMS HCT users may now use the new mask field within the PBLOCK_LIST structure see GFK 9870D Chapter 3 to differentiate between blocks that can support L and those that cannot The following code segment shows how to use this new field include gef_hct h PBLOCK_LIST BlockList Just got response from request to get list of program blocks for i 0 i lt 256 i if BlockList block_info i mask amp HCT_NOLOCALDATA 0 lt OK to read L memory gt else lt this is a EXE PSB SFC block without L data gt END_for IC697 PLC CPUs Limit Amount of Memlist Data When using the HCT or Host Driver software to communicate with a IC697 PLC CPU each CPU has restrictions to the amount of data in an HCT memlist The maximum for the IC697 PLC CPU is the lesser of 256 points or 2 048 bytes in a list Older IC693 PLC CPUs had a maximum of 256 bytes of data regardless of the number of points being returned in a single memlist IC693 CPU firmware version 6 50 and later expands this to the C697 limits This release of the HCT software will return an error message to the HCT user before sending any messages to the PLC CPU if the memlist data exceeds 256 bytes and the IC693 CPU cannot handle more If the IC693 CPU is upgraded at a later time this s
9. re for Windows 1C641SWP081 Environments User s Manual GFK1026 Changes and Additions to the Documentation Host Communications Toolkit for C C Applications GFK 0870D Release 2 11 of Host Communications Toolkit can not be used with the Windows NT 3 51 operating system Remove all references that state that Windows NT 3 51 is supported Chapter 2 Release 2 1 lof Host Communications Toolkit requires Visual C release 5 0 or greater Remove all references that state that Visual C 4 1 or 4 2 are supported Chapter 2 Note This release does not apply to Windows for Workgroups Operational Notes Runtime License Required per System Each Toolkit comes with a Runtime License This license is the standard license required to use GE Fanuc software products GFJ0317 much like the license Microsoft requires to use Word for Windows on a PC The Important Product Information 4 of 6 GFK 0871N Runtime License included with the Toolkit allows the user to run the Host Driver software on a single machine only For the Windows 95 NT environment the user wanting multiple PCs to run this software may purchase 1C641SWP080 to get Host Driver support software and a Runtime License GFJ0317 for a single machine or IC641SWP081 to purchase ten Runtime Licenses and software For the Windows environment the user wanting multiple PCs to run this software may purchase IC641SWP0S50 to get the Host Driver support software and a Runtime
10. st Communications software IC641SWP058 IC641SWP080 IC641SWP081 Subject Description Multi threaded applications not The HCT cannot support an application using multiple threads that supported involve HCT calls CIMPLICITY HMI uninstalls When CIMPLICITY HMI is removed from the computer it uninstalls the EGDSERVICE which is used by egdservice If HCT is also installed on the machine it is no longer able to the HCT use EGD The service must be manually re installed in order for HCT to be able to use EGD again In order to do this go to the Windows root directory containing egdservice exe and execute the following command egdservice i HCT will once again be able to use EGD HCT Un Listens are not cleaning This problem was observed under the following conditions up the connection 1 Call HCT_listen 32 times with the Listen_Enable parameter set to HCT_ENABLE_LISTEN 2 Call HCT_listen 32 times with the Listen_Enable parameter set to HCT_DISABLE_LISTEN 3 Perform steps 1 and 2 a total of three 3 times On the third time through the steps after 64 HCT_listen s have already been performed all 32 HCT_listen s failed with HCT_SRX_ERROR 12 A subsequent call to HCTGetSRXError returned a value of 0 This will be fixed in a subsequent release Problems Corrected in This Release This section describes the software defects that have been corrected since the last release of the HCT Su
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