Logicmaster 90-70 Ethernet User`s Manual, GFK-0780
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1. f keys are converted to upper case A F Keys allowed for alphanumeric strings Exiting a Screen The Esc key is used to exit the current screen and return to the previous screen or menu 4 4 Logicmaster 90 70 Ethernet User s Manual April 1993 GFK 0780 PLC List Screen When the PLC List screen is displayed the list of PLCs is read from a file This file is used by the Logicmaster programming package to display the list of PLCs for connection You may clear or modify this list of PLCs on the screen but these changes are not automatically written to the file Press F2 save to write any changes to the file The PLC List screen is shown below PLcLsT LOG TALLYS PARAMS DNLOAD clear save CHINE PLC LIST PLC ID MAC Address PLC ID MAC Address PLC ID MAC Address PLC1 08801901084B PLCZ 88881981868 E REPLACE 1 New entry 1 11 No response Figure 4 4 The PLC List Screen Clear Function To clear the list of PLCs on the screen press F1 clear Save Function To write the currently displayed list to the file press F2 save Add Function To add a MAC address to the list press F3 add and enter a full 12 digit MAC address Press ENTER to add to the list Delete Function To delete a name from the list position the cursor on the name and press F4 delete GFK 0780 Chapter 4 Network Utilities 4 52. 3 6 Establishing Communications 3 10 Storing Programs in Run Mode 3 11 GFK 0780 Logicmaster 90 70 Ethernet April 1993 v Contents Chapter 4 Network Utilities 55222 Ra Ee da D CER A drach 4 1 Selecting the Network Utilities 4 1 Network Utilities 4 4 Function Keys isse eh Pubs 4 4 Field Selection Keys 4 4 Editing Keys SRE Rade eee Een tons Re Be 4 4 Exiting a Sereen iss Lex e exe 4 4 PE List Screen e eme Ae ehe pepe oe ea d a d 4 5 Clear Function bere nere acd I ete REY AI Hd esed 4 5 Save Function sea e Reo ER UR 4 5 Add FUNCION c eec M TOLL eee e CE eb eR MP 4 5 Delete Function etre CC re e e ERR eR CER 4 5 Browse Function is ee epe x le RAE od 4 6 Network Exception Log 4 8 Clear Function ce ere p e aa NA RU IU ER E 4 8 Save F nclion a eec eee CD ee eed ORCI HO RR 4 8 ZooM si RpIGGAR eT 4 9 Error Conditions Seed ee 4 9 Network AEA KE ERE 4 10 Clear PunctUon 5 i hee eh agate Gre 4 10 Save Punction ia
3. Establishing a Connection to a PLC for PLC Pro Chapter3 Establishing Communications with Se gram and Configuration Download ries 90 70 PLC Stations Troubleshooting and Maintaining Logicmaster Chapter4 NetworkUtilities 90 70 Ethernet communications Contents Of the Logicmaster 90 70 Ethernet Software Package The Logicmaster 90 70 Ethernet software package includes m Two 5 25 inch High Density diskettes two 3 5 inch High Density diskettes m Logicmaster 90 70 Ethernet Software User s Manual GFK 0780 m Logicmaster 90 70 Programming Software User s Manual GFK 0263 m Logicmaster 90 70 Programming Software Reference Manual GFK 0265 m Important Product Information for Logicmaster 90 70 Ethernet Software GFK 0786 GFK 0780 Chapter 1 Introduction 1 3 Chapter Installing and Starting Up the Software 2 This chapter describes how to install the Logicmaster 90 70 Ethernet software on a Workmaster computer or IBM PC compatible computer The topics covered in this chapter are m Computer Requirements for Running the Software Installing the 802 3 Interface in the Computer Installing the Logicmaster 90 70 Ethernet Software Installing Logicmaster 90 70 Ethernet Software Configuring Logicmaster 90 70 Ethernet Software Setting Up the PC Changing the 802 3 Ethernet Interface in the PC m Starting Up Logicmaster 90 70 Ethernet Software The Logicmaster 90 70 Ethernet software
4. Ethernet a Workmaster or PC compatible to create the Station Logicmaster 90 70 Ethernet Station Figure 1 1 Logicmaster 90 70 Ethernet Network GFK 0780 1 1 The Logicmaster 90 70 Ethernet Network For the Logicmaster 90 70 Ethernet software package to operate there must be a network of Series 90 70 PLCs and a personal computer for running the Logicmaster 90 70 Ether net software This Logicmaster 90 70 Ethernet network includes the following m Series 90 70 PLC Stations Each station consists of a Series 90 70 PLC with installed MMsS Ethernet Interface The Series 90 70 PLC CPU must have revision 4 12 or later firmware Note The MMS Ethernet Interface must have revision 1 11 or later firmware and 1 12 or later RAM loaded software or loaded by Logicmaster 90 70 Ether net m Logicmaster90 70 Ethernet Station This consists of Logicmaster 90 70 Ether net software installed in a Workmaster or PC compatible with an 802 3 Ethemet card or interface Cableplant This consists of all the cabling and physical equipment necessary to interconnect the devices listed above to the network m GEnet System Manager GSM Not shown in Figure 1 1 This consists of a Workmaster or personal computer attached to the network with the GSM software installed The GSM is used primarily to configure the MMS Ethernet Interfaces installed in the Series 90 70 PLCs The GSM is optional it is not required for Logicmaster 90 70 Et
5. FILES 20 BUFFERS 48 DEVICE DOS HIMEM SYS DEVICE DOS EMM386 EXE RAM 800 DOS HIGH UMB DEVICE GEFNDIS PROTMAN DOS I LM90 rem rem The Ethernet Adapter and its device driver must first be installed rem into your computer Replace the string lt DIRECTORY gt in the rem following DEVICEHIGH command with the directory which contains rem the specified device driver for your Ethernet Adapter module rem DEVICEHIGH lt DIRECTORY gt 1I82593 DOS DEVICEHIGH NGEFNDISNGEFNDIS DOS GEFNDIS netbind LM90 PROTOCOL INI protocol manager DRIVERNAME PROTMANS GEFNDIS DRIVERNAME GEFNDIS BINDINGS MLM NIF MAX RX SIZE 560 NUM RX BUFS 8 Warning Interrupt conflicts may arise when using default hardware configurations for many Ethernet Adapters For example interrupt IRQ3 is commonly used for the COM2 serial port and most Ethernet adapters The following informnation must match the hardware configuration of the Ethernet Adapter as installed on your computer Please modify this information as necessary MLM NIF DRIVERNAME I82593 IOADDRESS 0x300 INTERRUPT 15 DMACHANO 6 DMACHAN1 7 INBUFFER K 8 OUTBUFFERS K 3 C 6 Logicmaster 90 70 Ethernet User s Manual April 1993 GFK 0780 GFK 0780 Xircom Pocket Adapter CONFIG SYS FILES 20 BUFFERS 48 DEVICE DOS HIMEM SYS DEVICE DOS EMM386 EXE RAM 800 DOS HIGH UMB DEVICE
6. For example interrupt IRQ3 is commonly used for the COM2 serial port and most Ethernet adapters The following informnation must match the hardware configuration of the Ethernet Adapter as installed on your computer Please modify this information as necessary NENEN ETHERLINKMC DRIVERNAME ELNKMCS C 4 Logicmaster 90 70 Ethernet User s Manual April 1993 GFK 0780 EtherCard PLUS EtherCard PLUS Elite 16 EtherCard PLUS A CONFIG SYS FILES 20 BUFFERS 48 DEVICE DOS HIMEM SYS DEVICE DOS EMM386 EXE RAM 800 DOS HIGH UMB DEVICE GEFNDIS PROTMAN DOS I LM90 DEVICEHIGH GEFNDIS MACWD DOS DEVICEHIGH NGEFNDISNGEFNDIS DOS GEFNDIS netbind LM90 PROTOCOL INI protocol manager DRIVERNAME PROTMANS GEFNDIS DRIVERNAME GEFNDIS BINDINGS MACWD_NIF MAX RX SIZE 560 NUM RX BUFS 8 Warning Interrupt conflicts may arise when using default hardware configurations for many Ethernet Adapters For example interrupt IRQ3 is commonly used for the COM2 serial port and most Ethernet adapters The following informnation must match the hardware configuration of the Ethernet Adapter as installed on your computer Please modify this information as necessary Ne Ne Ne Ne Ne Ne Ne MACWD NIF DRIVERNAME MACWDS irg 3 ramaddress 0xd000 iobase 0x280 receivebufsize 1024 GFK 0780 Appendix C Sample DOS Initialization Files C 5 Intel 82593 CONFIG SYS
7. Manual April 1993 GFK 0780 GFK 0780 4 From the Network Utilities Menu select F1 PLC List PLcLsT LOG TALLYS PARAMS DNLOAD clear CHEN PLC LIST PLC ID MAC Address PLC ID MAC Address PLC ID MAC Address 08801901084B PLCZ 88881981868 EE REPLACE New entry 1 11 No response Figure 3 5 The PLC List Screen The MAC address and Nickname fields in the PLC List screen will be blank if the browse function has never been executed In the screen above however these fields contain the MAC addresses and nicknames for a sample PLC list How to browse the network and assign nicknames to build a PLC list is discussed in the next section Chapter 3 Establishing Communications with Series 90 70 PLC Stations 3 5 Browsing the Network To browse the network for PLCs your Logicmaster 90 70 Ethernet system must be connected to an operating 802 3 Ethernet network Select F5 browse on the PLC List Screen The following window will be displayed PLCLST LOG TALLYS PARAMS DNLOAD clear save add e E PLC LIST PLC ID MAC Address PLC ID MAC Address PLC ID MAC Address 08801901084B PLC2 88881981868 EE Browse Parameters spread begin after BBBBBBBBBBBB end at FFFFFFFFFFFF Press Enter To Brouse Netuork REPLACE 4 8 New entry 1 11 No
8. aseo ede Rete Roms 4 10 ZOOM 4 10 Network Parameters 4 12 Save Function denke ane 4 12 Zoom 2 2 gt 2 52 ea ee ea dena dees 4 12 PLC Download Screen 4 14 Set Password Screen 4 15 Appendix Network Tally Descriptions A 1 AppendixB Network Parameter Descriptions B 1 AppendixC Sample DOS Initialization Files C 1 C 2 Etherlink 16 ees Xe te E ahead C 3 Etherlink MC SEA EtherCard PLUS EtherCard PLUS Elite 16 EtherCard PLUS A C 5 Intel 82593 uc ea ale De den C 6 Xircom Pocket Adapter C 7 GFK 0780 Logicmaster 90 70 Ethernet April 1993 vi Contents Figure 1 1 The Logicmaster 90 70 Ethernet Network 1 1 Figure 2 1 Menu Selection of 802 3 Ethernet Interface for the PC 2 5 Figure 2 2 Logicmaster 90 70 Software Main Menu 2 9 Figure 2 3 Logicmaster 90 70 Setup File Editor M
9. for the operation of the network But the PLC List screen is very valuable as well to those using the Logicmaster 90 70 Ethernet software for programming and configuring the PLCs on the network Selecting the Network Utilities To select the Network Utility functions 1 From the Logicmaster Main menu select the Logicmaster 90 Utilities by pressing the F7 Logicmaster 90 Utilities The following screen will be displayed ETT AE GNE 51777 LOGICMASTER 98 UTILITIES Network Utility Auto Dialer Modem fiuto Hangup lt lt Use the Escape key to exit gt gt Figure 4 1 The Logicmaster 90 Utilities Menu GFK 0780 4 1 2 Select the Network Utility by pressing F1 Network Utility The password screen will then appear Enter password Figure 4 2 The Password Screen Enter the password and press Enter The default password is netutil Then the Network Utilities Menu will appear Note You can change the password in the F7 Set Password function in the Network Utilites 4 2 Logicmaster 90 70 Ethernet User s Manual April 1993 GFK 0780 PLcLsT LOG TALLYS PARAMS DNLOAD etallysparanspeanloadis Mysetpud NETWORK UTILITIES Version 1 85 PLC List Exception Log Network Tallies Network Parameters PLC LAN I F
10. please take a few moments to complete and return the Reader s Comment Card located on the next page iv Logicmaster 90 70 Ethernet User s Manual April 1993 GFK 0780 Contents Chapter 1 Introductions ovs uds de USE ed waa td eae dtc 1 1 The Logicmaster 90 70 Ethernet Network 1 2 Users of the Logicmaster 90 70 Ethernet Software Package 1 2 Quick Guide to the Manual 1 3 Contents Of the Logicmaster 90 70 Ethernet Software Package 1 3 Chapter 2 Installing and Starting Up the Software 2 1 Computer Requirements for Running the 2 1 Installing the 802 3 Interface in the Computer 2 2 Installing Logicmaster 90 70 Ethernet Software 2 3 Installing the Logicmaster 90 70 Ethernet Software 2 3 Configuring Logicmaster 90 70 Ethernet Software 2 4 Set ng Up the m px cer ede tede 2 6 Changing the 802 3 Ethernet Interface in Your PC 2 8 Starting Up Logicmaster 90 70 Ethernet Software 2 9 Chapter 3 EstablishingCommunications with Series 90 70 PLC Stations 3 1 Building the PLC List cee eee ee 3 1 Accessing the PLC List Screen 3 2 Browsing the Network
11. response Figure 3 6 The Browse Window Browse Parameters The browse window displays 3 browse parameters m Spread m Begin After m EndAt For small networks of PLCs around 10 PLCs the default browse parameters should be adequate For large networks change the default parameters as suggested below before browsing Increase the spread Range 1 300 Default 3 To ensure that all PLCs do not respond at the same time each PLC spaces its response within the spread time in seconds The spacing is calculated based on the MAC address which is unique Browse only a portion of the network at a time For example suppose your network consists of 100 stations MAC addresses 080019010101 through 080019010200 Take two passes to browse the entire network On the first pass set the begin after to 080019010100 and end at to 080019010150 On the second pass set the begin after to 080019010150 and end at to 080019010200 Logicmaster 90 70 Ethernet User s Manual April 1993 GFK 0780 GFK 0780 Executing the Browse Pressing Enter will cause a browse request to be multicast on the network The resulting PLC List will include the MAC address of any Series 90 70 PLC with an 802 3 Ethernet Interface that can support a Logicmaster connection This currently includes PLCs with Interfaces downloaded with 1 Logicmaster only communications software from Logicmaster 90 70 Ethernet or 2 Full MMS
12. so now To the AUTOEXEC BAT file add the following to the path line Drive ID 1 90 The Drive ID is the letter corresponding to the hard disk drive where the Logicmaster 90 70 Ethernet software is installed To the CONFIG SYS file make the following entries FILES 20 BUFFERS 48 This completes the installation of the Logicmaster 90 70 files If you are installing Logicmaster 90 70 Ethernet for the first time you must configure the software as described below Configuring Logicmaster 90 70 Ethernet Software The next procedure you must perform before running Logicmaster 90 70 Bthernet is to configure the Network Support Software The configuration program that does this is written to the LM90 LOE directory during the procedure described above During the Network Support Software configuration three files will be created in the GEFNDIS directory of which you must be aware These files are CONFIG LOE AUTOEXEC LOE PROTOCOL LOE After installing the software these files will contain the prototypes for the files CONFIG SYS and AUTOEXEC BAT located in the root directory and the PROTOCOL INI file located in the LM90 subdirectory When the installation is complete be sure to look in the LOE files to note the requirements to run the Logicmaster 90 70 Ethernet software Then refer to the appropriate section for setting up the PC for further directions Note The contents of the LOE files for each type of 802 3
13. software on a Workmaster or IBM PC compatible computer Chapter 3 Establishing Communications with Series 90 70 PLC Stations This chapter explains the task of establishing communications with a Series 90 70 PLC Station in order to perform Logicmaster functions Chapter 4 Network Utilities This chapter describes the functions of the Network Utilities This chapter is primarily for the personnel responsible for the operation of the network Appendix A Network Tally Descriptions This appendix describes the meaning of the Tallies listed in the Tallies screen of the Network Utilities Appendix B Network Parameter Descriptions This appendix describes the meaning of the Parameters listed in the Parameters screen of the Network Utilities AppendixC Sample System Initialization Files This appendix lists the requirements of the DOS initialization files for each type of PC LAN interface supported by Logicmaster 90 70 Ethernet The purpose of these initialization files is explained in Chapter 2 Related Publications GFK 0263 Logicmaster 90 70 Programming Software User s Manual GFK 0265 Logicmaster 90 70 Programming Software Reference Manual 0533 GEnet Factory LAN for Series 90 70 PLCs MMS Ethernet and MAP 3 0 Communications User s Manual GFK 0780 Preface We Welcome Your Comments and Suggestions At GE Fanuc Automation we strive to produce quality technical documentation After you have used this manual
14. these files and some others are placed in the LM90 LOE directory But if an NDIS application has been installed previously the files described above except for GEFNDIS DOS will already have been placed in another location The steps below will explain what to do with these files in addition to the CONFIG SYS and AUTOEXEC BAT files to ensure proper network operation 1 Toset up your PC so the Logicmaster 90 70 Ethernet software will run with another NDIS network application you must ensure that your CONFIG SYS file and AUTOEXEC BAT file contain certain commands Commands needed when Logicmaster 90 70 Ethernet is the only application have been created for you in sample files during the installation procedure These commands are located in the CONFIG LOE and AUTOEXEC LOE files in the NLM90N LOE directory sample files shown below CONFIG LOE FILES 20 BUFFERS 48 DEVICE DOS HIMEM SYS DEVICE DOS EMM386 EXE RAM 800 DOS HIGH UMB DEVICE GEFNDIS PROTMAN DOS I LM90 DEVICEHIGH GEFNDIS ELNKII DOS DEVICEHIGH GEFNDIS GEFNDIS DOS The MAC device driver ELNKII DOS in the next to last line in the sample above will vary depending on the 802 3 Ethernet interface you select AUTOEXEC LOE GEFNDIS netbind Since you are adding Logicmaster 90 70 Ethernet when a Network application already exists some of these commands may already exist so you will not need to add all of these commands Edit your CONFIG SYS and AUTOEXEC BAT as exp
15. 0 DEVICEHIGH GEFNDIS ELNKII DOS DEVICEHIGH NGEFNDISNGEFNDIS DOS GEFNDIS netbind LM90 PROTOCOL INI protocol manager DRIVERNAME PROTMANS GEFNDIS DRIVERNAME GEFNDIS BINDINGS ETHERLINKII MAX RX SIZE 560 NUM BUFS 8 Warning Interrupt conflicts may arise when using default hardware configurations for many Ethernet Adapters For example interrupt IRQ3 is commonly used for the COM2 serial port and most Ethernet adapters The following informnation must match the hardware configuration of the Ethernet Adapter as installed on your computer Please modify this information as necessary ETHERLINKII DRIVERNAME ELNKIIS DMACHANNEL 1 INTERRUPT 3 IOADDRESS 0x300 MAXTRANSMITS 8 C 2 Logicmaster 90 70 Ethernet User s Manual April 1993 GFK 0780 Etherlink 16 CONFIG SYS FILES 20 BUFFERS 48 DEVICE DOS HIMEM SYS DEVICE DOS EMM386 EXE RAM 800 DOS HIGH UMB DEVICE GEFNDIS PROTMAN DOS I LM90 rem rem The Ethernet Adapter and its device driver must first be installed rem into your computer Replace the string lt DIRECTORY gt in the rem following DEVICEHIGH command with the directory which contains rem the specified device driver for your Ethernet Adapter module rem DEVICEHIGH lt DIRECTORY gt ELNK16 DOS DEVICEHIGH NGEFNDISNGEFNDIS DOS GEFNDIS netbind LM90 PROTOCOL INI protocol mana
16. 68 18818181 18818188 18818811 10 LN9 PROG1 REPLACE 188881 88888888 18111888 880886 08808088 18888088 8 88808080 01111111 18888888 00080886 01111111 10808808 OOODODOO 00080880 61111111 01181886 81108111 01110110 801118181 10808108 10808011 10010010 18018881 Figure 3 8 Use of ID Field to Identify Connected PLC FOLDER UTILTV PRINT BBBBBBBB 81111111 11111111 61111111 11111111 01111111 11111111 61166116 61116166 18088818 10010006 Chapter 3 Establishing Communications with Series 90 70 PLC Stations 18818888 BBBBBBBB 08008881 BBBBBBBB 80880881 88880881 01180181 81118011 18008881 18881881 2212012272 888088688 81188188 61116618 188088888 18881888 MONITORML4 ACC WRITE LOGIC LOGIC EQUAL PRG PROG1 3 9 EstablishingCommunications 3 10 The Select PLC Connection screen is used to select the PLC you wish to communicate with This screen displays the same list of PLCs which was created using the browse function as explained in the previous section Each PLC in the list is identified by its MAC address and nickname if a nickname has been assigned You may choose a PLC from this list or enter its nickname in the
17. Browse Function 4 6 To build and update the PLC List press F5 browse As shown in the figure below a window with the browse parameters is displayed You may edit these parameters To execute the browse function press the Enter key To close the window without executing the browse press the Esc key PLCLST LOG TALLYS PARAMS DNLOAD clear save add edeleteBebrousee PLC LIST PLC ID MAC Address PLC ID MAC Address PLC ID MAC Address PLC1 08801901084B PLC2 88881981868 EE Browse Parameters spread begin after BBBBBBBBBBBB end at FFFFFFFFFFFF Press Enter To Brouse Netuork REPLACE 5 New entry 1 11 No response Figure 4 5 The Browse Window Press Enter to cause a browse request to be multicast on the network A PLC receiving the browse request will respond with its MAC address To ensure that all PLCs do not respond at the same time each PLC spaces its response within the spread time in seconds The spacing is calculated based upon the MAC address of each PLC which is unique After the browse function is executed the PLC List reflects the result of the browse New entries to the existing list are marked with a plus sign If a response was not received from a PLC in the existing list that PLC entry will be marked with a minus sign 2 If an entry is not marked with a plus sign a minus sign it means that the entry was in the list a
18. Download Set Password Figure 4 3 Network Utilities Menu From the Network Utilities menu the following screens can be selected PLC List Provides a list of PLCs on the network The list is updated automatically by requesting all Series 90 70 PLCs on the network to respond with their MAC address This list is subsequently displayed within the Logicmaster programming package on the Select PLC Connection screen Network Exception Log Provides a list of network related exceptions that have been recorded when running the Logicmaster programming package If communications problems are encountered when running Logicmaster an examination of this list may help in troubleshooting the problem Network Tallies Provides a list of network tallies that have been recorded when running the Logicmaster programming package If communications problems are encountered when running Logicmaster an examination of this list may help in trouble shooting the problem Network Parameters Provides a list of parameters used when running Logicmaster on the network PLC LAN Interface Download Provides the function of downloading limited communications software to the 802 3 Ethernet interfaces of PLCs on the network adequate to support Logicmaster functions only Note If MMS services are required by your application the PLC LAN Interface Download function in the Logicmaster 90 70 Ethernet Network Utility must not be used Instead the GEnet System M
19. Ethernet communications software from the GSM A PLCLAN interface on the network that has rot been downloaded with communications software will not be included on the PLC List But a message will appear indicating that one or more PLCs on the network require a download of communications software The current PLC List is updated with each response The MAC address for any new supported PLC on the network is added to the list These new entries to the list are marked with a plus sign Listed MAC address entries for which there is no response remain on the list but they are marked with a minus sign The screen below illustrates a browse that found 1 new supported PLC on the network PLcLsT LOG PARAMS DNLOAD clear save add ON Browse Complete No Ethernet Device load requests received PLC LIST PLC ID MAC Address PLC ID MAC Address PLC ID MAC Address PLC1 888019818084B PLCZ 0888819801868F 880019810608 Neu entry No response Figure 3 7 Results of a Browse Saving the PLC List After executing the browse use the F2 save function to retain the results The PLC list will then be available on the Select PLC Connection screen in the programmer package and the configuration package PLC Download Message Request for Communications Software As explained before a browse request results in the
20. Ethernet interface supported are shown in Appendix C Sample DOS Initialization Files Logicmaster 90 70 Ethernet User s Manual April 1993 GFK 0780 1 Gotothe LM90 LOEdirectory This directory was created when you installed the Logicmaster 90 70 Ethernet Software 2 Type LOE CFG 3 Next a menu will be displayed to prompt you to specify the type of 802 3 Ethernet interface installed in your PC Selections in the menu include the 802 3 Ethernet interface types listed in Table 2 1 It is strongly recommended that you use one of these supported types of interfaces Enter the number for the desired 802 3 Ethernet interface type Logicmaster S8 Ethernet Network Support Software Installation Type the number 1 6 for the interface you have installed Press lt ESC gt to abort this installation 1 CEtherlink II 3C5835 22 Etherlink 16 5872 D 3COM CEtherlink MC gt 4 Western Digital CWD8 Q3E UDSO13EP WD88 3ET AD 5 Intel 82593 Xircom Pocket Adapter Figure 2 1 Menu Selection of 802 3 Ethernet Interface for the PC This step creates a default NDIS configuration file LM90 LOE PROTOCOL LOE for the type of interface selected The default settings in this file work only if you used the default hardware settings on the 802 3 Ethernet interface 4 Aninstruction menu appears next with a brief description of how to set up your PC to run Logicmaster From this screen press any key
21. FANUC GE Fanuc Automation Programmable Control Products Logicmaster 90 70 Ethernet User s Manual GFK 0780 April 1993 GFL 002 Warnings Cautions and Notes as Used in this Publication Warning notices are used in this publication to emphasize that hazardous voltages currents temperatures or other conditions that could cause personal injury exist in this equipment or may be associated with its use In situations where inattention could cause either personal injury or damage to equipment a Warning notice is used Caution notices are used where equipment might be damaged if care is not taken Note Notes merely call attention to information that is especially significant to understanding and operating the equipment This document is based on information available at the time of its publication While efforts have been made to be accurate the information contained herein does not purport to cover all details or variations in hardware or software nor to provide for every possible contingency in connection with installation operation or maintenance Features may be described herein which are not present in all hardware and software systems GE Fanuc Automation assumes no obligation of notice to holders of this document with respect to changes subsequently made GE Fanuc Automation makes no representation or warranty expressed implied or statutory with respect to and assumes no responsibility for the accuracy co
22. GEFNDIS DOS The MAC device driver ELNKII DOS in the next to last line in the sample above will vary depending on the 802 3 Ethernet interface you select AUTOEXEC LOE GEFNDIS netbind If installing the software on a PC with a monochrome monitor add the following command to the AUTOEXEC BAT file MODE CO80 2 When you selected the 802 3 Ethernet interface during the Logicmaster 90 70 Ether net configuration the file PROTOCOL LOE was created This file contains default information about the communications driver of the interface If you used default hardware settings on your interface you will not have to edit this file Just copy itto LM90 PROTOCOL INI 3 Restart the PC so that the modifications to the AUTOEXEC BAT CONFIG SYS and PROTOCOL INI files will be used Adding Logicmaster 90 70 Ethernet When a Network Application Al ready Exists on the PC If you are adding Logicmaster 90 70 Ethernet when an NDIS network application exists you need to understand more about how an NDIS application is setup The following files must be installed for an NDIS application Logicmaster 90 70 Ethernet User s Manual April 1993 GFK 0780 PROTMAN xxx NDIS Manager Driver NDIS Driver xxx NDIS layer driver varies depending on 802 3 Ethernet interface PROTOCOL NI File listing each driver and operating parameters for each For GE Fanuc applications the driver GEFNDIS DOS is also installed For Logicmaster 90 70 Ether net all
23. GEFNDIS PROTMAN DOS I LM90 rem rem The Ethernet Adapter and its device driver must first be installed rem into your computer Replace the string DIRECTORY in the rem following DEVICEHIGH command with the directory which contains rem the specified device driver for your Ethernet Adapter module rem DEVICEHIGH lt DIRECTORY gt PE2_NDIS EXE DEVICEHIGH GEFNDIS GEFNDIS DOS GEFNDIS netbind LM90 PROTOCOL INI protocol manager DRIVERNAME PROTMANS GEFNDIS Ne Ne Ne DRIVERNAME GEFNDIS BINDINGS XIRCOMNET RX SIZE 560 NUM_RX_BUFS 8 Warning Interrupt conflicts may arise when using default hardware configurations for many Ethernet Adapters For example interrupt IRQ3 is commonly used for the COM2 serial port and most Ethernet adapters The following informnation must match the hardware configuration of the Ethernet Adapter as installed on your computer Please modify this information as necessary XIRCOMNET DRIVERNAME XIRCOM Appendix C Sample DOS Initialization Files C 7 GFK 0780 A Accessing the PLC List Screen 3 2 Adding Logicmaster 90 70Ethernet When a Network Application Already Exists on the PC po Assigning Nicknames 3 8 l7 AUTOEXEC BAT P 4 AUTOEXEC LOE 2 4 2 4 2 7 B Begin After and End At Parameters Browse Function 4 6 Browse Function Parameters Browse Parameters Browse Window b g 4 6 Brows
24. NPDUs in seconds Range 1 9999 Query configuration wait timeout in seconds Range 1 9999 Seconds between check clock Range 1 9999 Use checksums on outgoing NPDUs 70 means do not use checksums 1 means use checksums Range 0 1 nqwtime ntick nchksum noptmiz Use ISO 9542 optimization 70 means do not use optimiza tion 1 means use optimization Range 0 1 Maximum network PDU size for the MAP Network Layer Range 100 963 nmaxpdu bbuff1 bbuff2 bbuff3 bbuff4 ballocl balloc2 balloc3 balloc4 Logicmaster 90 70 Ethernet User s Manual April 1993 GFK 0780 Appendix Sample DOS Initialization Files GFK 0780 C This appendix shows prototypes for the DOS initilization files CONFIG SYS AUTOEXEC BAT and PROTOCOL INI for each type of 802 3 Ethernet Interface supported Logicmaster 90 70 Ethernet The configuration program LOE allows you to select the type of 802 3 Ethernet Interface you are using and then creates the files CONFIG LOE AUTOEXEC LOE and PROTOCOL LOE which are prototypes specific to that interface type You may of course have additional DOS initialization functions which may need to be merged with these prototypes to form the final CONFIG SYS AUTOEXEC BAT and PROTOCOL INI files Etherlink Il CONFIG SYS FILES 20 BUFFERS 48 DEVICE DOS HIMEM SYS DEVICE DOS EMM386 EXE RAM 800 DOS HIGH UMB DEVICE GEFNDIS PROTMAN DOS T LM9
25. Selected ID field Refer to the instructions below To Establish Communications 1 Go to the Select PLC Connection screen To do this first enter the Programmer Package Main Screen and then press F7 Programmer Mode and Setup to access the Programmer Setup menu as shown below TABLES STATUS L1B FOLDER UTILTY PRINT ports EN C PROGRAMMER SETUP Printer Serial Port Setup Set Prgmr Mode COffline Monitor Online gt Select PLC Connection PLC Communications Serial Port Setup View Modes Setup ALT N gt OF FL INE LMS NTURBO PRG TURBO REPLACE Figure 3 9 The Programmer Setup Menu Logicmaster 90 70 Ethernet User s Manual April 1993 GFK 0780 GFK 0780 Then press F3 Select PLC Connection to access the Select PLC Connection screen PORTS MODE 5598 coMSET UUMODE shou An GENE 5 gt SELECT PLC CONNECTION FILE NAHE NLHSBNZLANO OL PSU SELECTED ID PLC1 MAC ADDRESS 888801901884B ID and MAC Address List 88881301884B 68661961668F 8888198180688 8888198180688 lt lt Select an Address then press save or setup for connection ID PLC1 5 0 10 MONITORBL4 ACC WRITE LOGIC C LMS PROG1 PRG PROG1 REPLACE Figure 3 10 The Select PLC Connection Screen 2 You can i
26. Starting Up the Software 2 9 TM SS ON SEL OGNHNEND CEN CONES ETT LOGICMASTER 98 Setup File Editor Uersion 4 3 Terminal amp Printer Options Specify Palette Colors Specify Disk Drives PLC Communications Options Specify Language Save Setup File lt lt Use the Escape key to exit gt gt Figure 2 3 Logicmaster 90 70 Setup File Editor Menu 3 From the Logicmaster 90 Setup File Editor menu above select F4 PLC Communications Options The following menu will be displayed PLC Communications Options Series 90 PLC type 90 70 Communication Device Ethernet Serial port Ethernet lt lt Use Tab Shift Tab keys to adjust Field contents gt gt Figure 2 4 Logicmaster 90 70 PLC Communications Options Menu From this menu use the Tab key to select the Ethernet option to activate the Ethernet version of Logicmaster 90 70 software 2 10 Logicmaster 90 70 Ethernet User s Manual April 1993 GFK 0780 Chapter Establishing Communications 3 with Series 90 70 PLC Stations This chapter explains the task of establishing communications with a Series 90 70 PLC Station in order to perform Logicmaster functions The topics discussed in this chapter are m Building the PLC List m Establishing Communications Building the PLC List To set up your Logicmaster 90 70 Ethernet communication system you must first build the PLC li
27. Window 4 6 Figure 4 6 Network Exception Log Screen 4 8 Figure 4 7 Network Exception Log Zoom Window 4 9 Figure 4 8 Network Tallies Screen 4 10 Figure 4 9 Network Tallies Zoom Window 4 11 Figure 4 10 Network Parameters Screen 4 12 Figure 4 11 Network Parameters Zoom Window 4 13 Figure 4 12 PLC Download Screen 4 14 Figure 4 13 Set Password 5 2 4 15 GFK 0780 Logicmaster 90 70 Ethernet April 1993 vii Contents Table 1 1 Quick Guide to the 1 3 Table 2 1 Supported 802 3 Ethernet Interfaces 2 2 Table 2 2 Hardware Settings for 802 3 Ethernet Interfaces 2 2 Table 4 1 Use of the Function Keys in the Network Utilities 4 4 Table 4 2 Use of the Editing Keys in the Network Utilities 4 4 Table A T Tally Descriptions ressesie seii e iie epa epe e
28. _CFG 4 This utility accesses the same menu as found in step 2 of the section Configuring Logicmaster 90 70 Ethernet Software Complete the remaining steps of that section and then set up the PC again Starting Up Logicmaster 90 70 Ethernet Software Perform the following steps to start up Logicmaster 90 70 Ethernet software 1 Type LM90 at the DOS prompt and press the Enter key The menu of Series 90 PLCs and functions is displayed as shown below ERN ETTNT BR util 5 fi Exit LOGICMASTER 98 SOFTWARE FOR SERIES 90 Cc PROGRAMMABLE CONTROLLERS Shift F5 Series 98 78 Programmable Controller Logicmaster 90 Programmer Package Logicmaster 38 Configuration Package PCM Development Package CPCOP Axis Positioning Module Package Operator Interface Utilities Logicmaster Utilities User Command Menu Logicmaster 90 Setup Package Exit to DOS Use the Shift function keys to select PLC type Use the function keys to start software package C LN9 Figure 2 2 Logicmaster 90 70 Software Main Menu You must now select the Ethernet version of the Logicmaster 90 70 software To do this complete the steps below 2 From the Logicmaster 90 70 Main Menu shown above select F9 Logicmaster 90 Setup Package The Logicmaster 90 Setup File Editor menu will be displayed GFK 0780 Chapter 2 Installing and
29. ames 7 Overview of the Logicmaster 90 70Ether net Network P Parameter Descriptions PLC Download Screen PLC List PLC List Screen B 5 14 5 Programmer Setup Menu 3 10 PROTMAN xxx P 7 PROTOCOLANI 2 4 2 7 2 8 PROTOCOL LOE P 4 Q Quick Guide to the Manual 1 3 R Req i ments for Running the Software 2 1 Results of a Browse Run Mode Store 3 11 S Sample System Initialization Files C 1 Saving the PLC List b 7 Select PLC Connection Screen 311 Selecting the Network Utilities Setting Up the PC Spread Parameter 14 7 Starting Up Logicmaster 90 70Ethernet Software 0 4 Storing Programs in Run Mode Supported802 3 Ethernet Interfaces T Tallies Tallies Screen Tallies Zoom Window Tally Descriptions 1 The Passward Screen 3 3 U Use of ID Field to Identify Connected PLC 3 9 Users of the Logicmaster 90 70Ethernet Software Package Network Personnel PLC Logic Programming Personnel W When Logicmaster 90 70Ethernet is the T Network Application on the PC 2 6 X Xircom Pocket Adapter 0780
30. ameters is displayed as shown below PLcLsT LOG TALLYS PARAMS DNLOAD ONE ONG CNN coo NETWORK PARAMETERS Parameter Type Default Current nsap hex lt MAC specific gt 4900010000CAB77BZBFEO1 reslutime dec 208 288 dnidaddr hex 0900600000904 5 171174742 Figure 4 10 Network Parameters Screen You can also obtain a long list of parameters by pressing Alt N When the long list is displayed you can use the Page Down and Page Up keys to view more parameters Press Alt N again to return to the short list Initially the software driver uses a set of default values for the network parameters The default values for the Network and Transport layers correspond to the Series 90 70 PLC LAN Interface default values If changes have been made to the Series 90 70 PLC LAN Interface system parameters then corresponding changes should be made to Logicmaster s driver Refer to Appendix B for a description of the parameters Save Function To save the currently displayed system parameters press F2 save Zoom Function 4 12 For an explanation of a particular network parameter select the parameter using the arrow keys and press F10 zoom A window will be displayed describing the network parameter Logicmaster 90 70 Ethernet User s Manual April 1993 GFK 0780 GFK 0780 Network Service Access Point This parameter specifies the NSAP to be used for the co
31. anager must be used to download the communications software to the 802 3 Ethernet Interface These screens are described in detail later in this chapter Chapter 4 Network Utilities 4 3 Network Utilities Operation The keys used in the Network Utilities sub menus are described below Function Keys The table below describes the function keys used in the Network Utilities Table 4 1 Use of the Function Keys in the Network Utilities Fs ada Adds a MAC adress to the PLCI SSCS Deletes a PLC name from the PLC List Browses the network for PLCs The names of responding PLCs are added to the PLC List F10 zoom Provides an explanation of the selected field Field Selection Keys The four arrow keys up down right and left are used to select a field The selected field is shown in reverse video Editing Keys In cases where the selected field can be edited the following keys are used Table 4 2 Use of the Editing Keys in the Network Utilities Key Ctrl rightarrow Moves the cursor to the right The cursor can not be moved beyond the maxi mum length The cursor can not be moved to a position in the field such that a space would result There is no wrap around Ctrl leftarrow Moves the cursor to the left There is no wrap around Deletes the character above the cursor Switches keyboard between Insert and Replace modes HT Keys allowed for decimal input Keys allowed for hexadecimal input The a
32. building of the PLC List This list includes all PLCs on the network that respond There may however be PLCs on the Chapter 3 Establishing Communications with Series 90 70 PLC Stations 3 7 3 8 network that cannot respond because their 802 3 Ethernet Interfaces have not been downloaded with communications software In this case a message will be displayed on the screen after executing the browse request indicating there are PLCs requiring a download If this message is displayed one or more PLCs are requesting a download of communications software If you want to attempt to load the PLC s with Logicmaster only communications software go to the PLC Download screen You can get to the PLC Download screen from the PLC List screen by pressing Shift F5 DNLOAD For more information on downloading communications software to the 802 3 Ethemet interface in the PLC refer to Chapter 4 Network Utilities Assigning Nicknames After the first time you execute the browse function the PLC List contains only MAC addresses for the PLCs You can locally assign a nickname to the MAC Address PLCto make it easier to use the list to establish communications with PLCs This nickname is local to the personal computer running the Logicmaster 90 70 Ether net software The nickname can be 8 characters long and can include any printable character To assign a nickname move the cursor to the line containing the desired MAC address and type the nickname Be
33. d LAN Driver Received a Disconnect from Transport Layer Event 11H Entry 2 2F This entry is caused when the connection between the transport layer on the PC and the transport layer on the PLC has been broken LAN Driver Received a Disconnect from the PLC Event 11H Entry 2 30H The PLC has requested a disconnect Chapter 4 Network Utilities 4 9 Network Tallies The Logicmaster package uses a DOS software driver to communicate on the network This driver maintains a list of tallies which are displayed on the Tallies screen They are needed to diagnose communications problems Refer to Appendix A for details PLcLsT LOG TALLYS PARAMS DNLOAD ICE IAN GNEEN OHNE IL ORK TALLIES Restart 8888H CrCong CrConfg 8888H CrRefCfg B888H CrProErr 8888H CrUnsuc 8888H PduProEr 8888H PduRefP 8888H ChkFail 600H Timeout 8888 TPduSent 88806H TPduRcvd 8888H ReTrans 8888H CrdtZero BAGH OpenCon 8888H DscGen DscCong 8888H DscAddr 88808H DscLife 8888H DscUnsp 8888H DscReasm NPduRcud 8852H BBBaH OctSent 88dcH OctRcvd 283cH EsEsSent 0 EsIsSent 8800aH EsEsRcud B852H EsIsRevd 88088H EsEsErr 8888H Figure 4 8 Network Tallies Screen Clear Function To clear the tallies press F1 clear Save Function To save the Network Tall
34. dentify the PLC to which you want to connect in two ways m Cursor to the desired PLC in the list and press Enter to select m Or type the nickname in the SELECTED ID field and press Enter to select 3 To connect to the selected PLC press F6 setup Logicmaster software will then attempt to connect to the selected PLC When suc cessful the SNP ID field and other PLC status information will be updated in the status displayed at the bottom of the screen 4 Ifyou want to connect to the selected PLC whenever Logicmaster is run execute the F7 save function to save the selected PLC Storing Programs in Run Mode Run Mode Store Before attempting to store a logic program to a PLC in Run mode or to modify a running program you must first set the Logicmaster Communications Window to Limited mode Also we recommend a time setting of 50 ms for the window Note Logicmaster prohibits storing programs in RUN mode if the Logicmaster Communications Window is not set to Limited mode The mode of the Communications Window is set in the PLC Sweep Control screen This screen is accessed from the Logicmaster Programming main screen by pressing PLC Control and Status and then F1 PLC Sweep Control Chapter 3 Establishing Communications with Series 90 70 PLC Stations 3 11 Chapter Network Utilities 4 This chapter describes the functions of the Network Utilities These screens are primarily for the personnel responsible
35. enu 2 10 Figure 2 4 Logicmaster 90 70 PLC Communications Options Menu 2 10 Figure 3 1 The Logicmaster 90 70 Main Menu 3 2 Figure 3 2 The Logicmaster 90 Utilities 3 2 Figure 3 3 The Password Screen 3 3 Figure 3 4 Network Utilities Menu 3 4 Figure 3 5 The PLC Mist Screen EA ME e ER En 3 5 Figure 3 6 The Browse Window 3 6 Figure 3 7 Results of a Browse 3 7 Figure 3 8 Use of ID Field to Identify Connected 3 9 Figure 3 9 The Programmer Setup 3 10 Figure 3 10 The Select PLC Connection Screen 3 11 Figure 4 1 The Logicmaster 90 Utilities Menu 4 1 Figure 4 2 The Password Screen v dee stall atta ved drone lla ee a eve eds 4 2 Figure 4 3 Network Utilities Menu 4 3 Figure 4 4 The PLC List Sereen ex Ce EG eR ex D ERE AN Tote 4 5 Figure 4 5 The Browse
36. es screen discussed in Chapter 4 Table A 1 Tally Descriptions CrConfg Incoming connections refused due to negotiation failure reference number problems or addressing problems CrRefCfg Incoming connections refused due to negotiation failure reference number problems or addressing problems CrProErr Incoming connections refused due to protocol error CrUnsuc Timeouts waiting for connection confirm or outgoing connections refused due to protocol error PduProEr Invalid Transport Protocol Data Units TPDUs other than Connect Request received Request sent from local node Cu Timeout TRauRevd ReTrans Cro OpenCon sum error duplicate option incomplete NPDU or reason unspecified DscCong DscUnsp DscReasm NPduRevd NPudSent Count of the number of NPDUs sent Number of octets sent by this node GFK 0780 A 1 A 2 Table A 1 c Tally OctRcvd EsIsSent EsEsRcvd EsIsRcvd ont Tally Descriptions Logicmaster 90 70 Ethernet User s Manual April 1993 GFK 0780 Appendix Network Parameter Descriptions B The following table describes the meaning of the Parameters listed in the Parameters screen long list discussed in Chapter 4 Table B 1 Parameter Descriptions nsap hex MAC specific Network Service Access Point This parameter specifies the NSAP to be used for the communications services reslvtime dec 200 Time allowed for a PLC to respond to a r
37. esolve name request This parameter is in units of 10 milliseconds dnidaddr dec 090060000000 Multicast address used for software download to Ethernet Interface in PLC trtrantime 1000 Retransmit Timeout for the Transport Layer When this timer expires it causes re transmission of unacknowledged Con nect Request CR Connect Confirm CC Data Transfer DT TPDUs This parameter is in units of 10 milliseconds The default value for this parameter is 10 seconds Range 1 9999 tgiveup Give up timeout for the Transport Layer This timer is started when a TPDU has been re transmitted the maximum number of times If it times out before an acknowledgement is re ceived for the TPDU the Transport connection is broken This parameter is in units of 10 milliseconds The default value for this parameter is 10 seconds Range 1 9999 tinactive Inactivity Timeout for the Transport Layer This timer esta blishes the maximum time that the Transport connection will be maintained without receiving a TPDU This parameter is in units of 10 milliseconds Range 1 9999 twindow Window Timeout for the Transport Layer When this timer times out an acknowledge AK TPDU is transmitted Its value should be less than that for the Transport Layer inactiv ity timer This parameter is in units of 10 milliseconds Range 1 9999 GFK 0780 B 1 Table B 1 cont Parameter Descriptions Reference Timeout for the Transport Layer This parameter
38. establishes the period during which a source reference cannot be reassigned to another Transport connection This parame ter is in units of 10 milliseconds Range 1 9999 Parameter treftime trtrancnt Retransmit Counter for the Transport Layer This counter establishes the maximum number of re transmissions for Connect Request CR Connect Confirm CC Data Tranfer DT Expedited Data ED and Disconnect Request DR TPDUs Range 1 10 twindsize Window Size for the Transport Layer This parameter is the maximum window size allowed for the receipt of Data Trans fer DT TPDUs Range 1 5 tmaxpdu Maximum PDU size for the Transport Layer This establishes the maximum TPDU size negotiated for data transfers This parameter is used as a power of 2 to get actual size A value of 8 implies a size of 256 octets Range 7 12 tchksum Checksum Negotiation for the Transport Layer This parame ter determines whether or not the Transport checksums are negotiated during Transport connection establishment 0 for this parameter specifies that checksums are not negotiated 1 for this parameter specifies that checksums are negotiated Range 0 1 Local Acknowledge Timeout for the Transport Layer This timer is reserved for future use tleack npdulife Lifetime of outgoing ES ES NPDUs in half seconds ncfgtime Configuration timer interval in seconds Range 1 9999 nhldtime Holding timer for outgoing ES IS
39. et software onto your hard disk Installing the Logicmaster 90 70 Ethernet Software Logicmaster 90 70 Ethernet is shipped on two 5 25 inch high density or two 3 5 inch high density distribution diskettes The instructions below explain how to load the Logicmaster 90 70 files from the distribution diskettes onto your hard disk The instructions below assume the use of floppy drive A but you may also load the software from another drive 1 Insert Logicmaster 90 70 distribution diskette 1 into Drive A or another drive if desired 2 From the A prompt type A gt install 3 Ascreen appears prompting you to enter the destination hard drive for the Logicmaster 90 70 Ethernet software Enter the drive letter or use the default drive that is provided and press Enter 4 If this is the first installation of the software a screen for registering the software appears This screen contains prompts for your name company address and software serial number Fillin this information Note The serial number for your software is located on the back of diskette number 1 After you have entered the information press Enter 5 Ascreen for confirming the registration information appears next If the information you entered is correct press Enter If it is not press Esc to correct any information If you pressed Enter the data is then written onto the master distributiondisk 6 The Copyright screen then appears Press Enter to co
40. ger DRIVERNAME PROTMANS GEFNDIS DRIVERNAME GEFNDIS BINDINGS ELNK16 DOS MAX RX SIZE 560 NUM_RX_BUFS 8 Warning Interrupt conflicts may arise when using default hardware configurations for many Ethernet Adapters For example interrupt IRQ3 is commonly used for the COM2 serial port and most Ethernet adapters The following informnation must match the hardware configuration of the Ethernet Adapter as installed on your computer Please modify this information as necessary Ne Ne Ne Ne ELNK16 DOS DRIVERNAME ELNK16 GFK 0780 Appendix C Sample DOS Initialization Files C 3 Etherlink MC CONFIG SYS FILES 20 BUFFERS 48 DEVICE DOS HIMEM SYS DEVICE DOS EMM386 EXE RAM 800 DOS HIGH UMB DEVICE GEFNDIS PROTMAN DOS I LM90 rem rem The Ethernet Adapter and its device driver must first be installed rem into your computer Replace the string in the rem following DEVICEHIGH command with the directory which contains rem the specified device driver for your Ethernet Adapter module rem DEVICEHIGH lt DIRECTORY gt ELNKMC SYS DEVICEHIGH GEFNDIS GEFNDIS DOS GEFNDIS netbind LM90 PROTOCOL INI protocol manager DRIVERNAME PROTMANS GEFNDIS DRIVERNAME GEFNDIS BINDINGS ETHERLINKMC MAX RX SIZE 560 NUM BUFS 8 Warning Interrupt conflicts may arise when using default hardware configurations for many Ethernet Adapters
41. hernet Users of the Logicmaster 90 70 Ethernet Software Package This manual provides information for two groups of users of the Logicmaster 90 70 Ether net software package these are m PLC Logic Programming Personnel m Network Personnel PLC Logic Programming Personnel This group uses the Logicmaster 90 70 Ethernet software package to program and perform CPU and I O configuration for the Series 90 70 PLCs These tasks involve building a list of PLCs on the network and establishing connections with them This group is usually not interested in setting up and maintaining the network Network Personnel This group of users will use the Network Utilities to set up and maintain the Logicmaster 90 70 Ethernet station 1 2 Logicmaster 90 70 Ethernet User s Manual April 1993 GFK 0780 Quick Guide to the Manual This manual is a supplement to the Logicmaster 90 70 User s and Reference manuals and it documents aspects of Logicmaster 90 70 software that are unique to the Ethernet version of Logicmaster 90 70 software The table below identifies the tasks unique to the Logicmaster 90 70 Ethernet software and where to find them in this manual To use Logicmaster 90 70 Ethernet software to program logic in the PLC consult the Logicmaster 90 70 User s and Reference manuals listed in the following section Table 1 1 Quick Guide to the Manual Installing and Starting Up the Software Chapter2 Installing and Starting Up the Software
42. ies to the file press F2 save Otherwise the tallies will reappear the next time the Exception Log is displayed Zoom Function For an explanation of a particular tally select the entry using the arrow keys and press F10 zoom A window will be displayed as shown below describing the tally 4 10 Logicmaster 90 70 Ethernet User s Manual April 1993 GFK 0780 GFK 0780 TimReset BBBBH CrRefCfg B8888H PduRefP 8888H TPduRcud 8888H DscGen HB888H DscUnsp 8888H OctSent 88dcH EsEsRcud 6652H PLcLsT LOG 5 PARAMS DNLOAD EEN IH BBBBH BB88H 8852H NETWORK TALLIES Restart BBBBH CrCong CrProErr 8888H CrUnsuc ChkFail 8888H Timeout ReTrans Crdtdero DscCong 8888H DscAddr DscReasm BBBBH NPduRcud O ctRcud 2B83cH EsEsSent EsIsRcud BBBBH EsEsErr Tally Description Number of octets sent by this node Figure 4 9 Network Tallies Zoom Window Chapter 4 Network Utilities Press any key to continue BBBBH CrConfg PduProEr TPduSent OpenCon DscLife NPduSent EsIsSent econ BBBBH 806H 606H BB8BH BBBaH B8BaH 4 11 Network Parameters The software driver that supports the Logicmaster package uses a set of system parameters to define its operation These parameters are displayed and changed on the Network Parameters screen When you enter this screen a short list of par
43. ined first followed by all 802 3 Ethemet interface MAC devices and finally the Logicmaster 90 70 Ethernet application device driver GEFNDIS You must add the device definition sections for only the GEFNDIS device and any new MAC driver device from the PROTOCOL LOE file into the existing PROTOCOL INI file The location of the existing PROTOCOL INI file is specified by the parameter in the CONFIG SYS file Make sure the MAC driver parameters match the settings for your PCLAN interface Refer to Table 2 2 for default settings The sample PROTOCOL LOE file shown below is created if you selected the 3Com EtherlinkII interface protocol manager DRIVERNAME PROTMANS GEFNDIS DRIVERNAME GEFNDIS BINDINGS ETHERLINKII MAX RX SIZE 560 NUM RX BUFS 8 ETHERLINKII DRIVERNAME ELNKIIS DMACHANNEL 1 INTERRUPT 3 IOADDRESS 0x300 MAXTRANSMITS 8 5 Restart the PC so that the modifications to the AUTOEXEC BAT CONFIG SYS and PROTOCOL INI files will be used Changing the 802 3 Ethernet Interface in Your PC If you need to change the interface in your PC follow the steps below Power down the PC Remove the existing interface Follow the manufacturer s instructions to install the new interface Logicmaster 90 70 Ethernet User s Manual April 1993 GFK 0780 2 Power up the PC Set the default to the LM90 LOE directory 3 Run the Network Support Software configuration utility by typing LOE
44. ing the Network 3 6 Building the PLC List 1 C Changing the 802 3 Ethernet Interface in Your PC CONFIG LOE 2 4 2 6 2 7 CONFIG SYS 2 4 2 7 Configuring Logicmaster 90 70Ethernet Software 2 4 Contents Of the Logicmaster 90 70Ether net Software Package 1 3 D Download Request Message 3 7 E Editing Keys Establishing Communications Establishing Communications with Series 90 70 PLC Stations P4 EtherCard PLUS EtherCard PLUS Elite 16 EtherCard PLUS 5 Index Etherlink MC C 4 Etherlink 16 Etherlink II Exception Log 4 8 Exception Log Screen Exception Log Zoom Window 14 9 Executing the Browse B 7 Exiting a Screen F Field Selection Keys Function Keys and Starting Up the Software 2 1 Installing Logicmaster 90 70Ethernet Software 2 3 Installing the 802 3 Interface in the Com puter 2 2 Installing the Logicmaster 90 70Bthernet Software 2 3 Intel 82593 L Logicmaster 90 Utilities Menu 3 2 4 1 Logicmaster 90 70 Main Menu 2 Logicmaster 90 70 PLC Communications Options Menu 90 70 Setup File Editor Menu pix n 90 70 Software Main Menu 2 9 N NDIS description 2 3 NDIS Driver xxx 2 7 Network Parameters Network Parameters Screen Index 1 Index Index 2 Network Parameters Zoom Window Network Utilities Network Utilities Menu 3 4 4 3 Network Utilities Operation Nickn
45. installing Ethernet interfaces and device drivers in a PC Make sure to obtain a system boot diskette to recover from possible setup errors When installing the 802 3 Ethernet interface in your PC make sure to do the following 1 Installthe802 3 Ethernet interface into the computer according to the manufacturer s instructions Setup the hardware as described in Table 2 2 below these are the default settings of the interface If the default settings are not used record them for the Logicmaster 90 70 Ethernet software installation Table 2 2 Hardware Settings for 802 3 Ethernet Interfaces Western Digital EtherCard PLUS WD8003E I O base address 0x0280 IRQ3 Memory Address 0 0000 WD8013EP Memory Address 0 0000 WD8003ET A Memory Address 0 0000 2 Run any diagnostic software provided by the manufacturer of the interface to check that the computer communicates with the interface 2 2 Logicmaster 90 70 Ethernet User s Manual April 1993 GFK 0780 GFK 0780 Installing Logicmaster 90 70 Ethernet Software Logicmaster 90 70 Ethernet software uses an NDIS compliant PC LAN interface for connection to the 802 3 network NDIS Network Driver Interface Specification defines the interconnection between a PC LAN interface and the PC application software NDIS drivers for previously listed interfaces are included on Logicmaster 90 70 diskettes Perform the steps described below to install the Logicmaster 90 70 Ethern
46. is supplied on two 5 25 inch high density diskettes or two 3 5 inch high density diskettes These diskettes do not contain the MS DOS operating system You must boot your computer from your hard drive or another diskette containing this system software Computer Requirements for Running the Software To install and Logicmaster 90 70 Ethernet software the computer must meet the following requirements m DOS Version 5 0 or later m 80386 or 80486 computer m 3 6 Megabytes of available space on hard disk m 2Megabytes of RAM m 600 Kilobytes of Free Conventional Memory To determine this value for your personal computer execute the DOS command MEM C after completely installing Logicmaster 90 70 Ethernet software and rebooting m 802 3 Ethemet Interface GFK 0780 2 1 Installing the 802 3 Interface in the Computer Ang02 3 Ethernet interface must be installed in the computer running the Logicmaster 90 70 Ether net software before connecting to a Series 90 70 PLC on the network A list of supported interfaces is shown in the table below Table 2 1 Supported 802 3 Ethernet Interfaces ars ars E WD8013EP WD8003ET A Xircom Pocket Adapter Enhanced Printer Port Etherlink and Etherlink MC are a trademark of 3Com Corporation EtherCard PLUS EtherCard PLUS Elite16 and EtherCard PLUS A are trademarks of Western Digital Corporation Note The PC can lock up if setup errors are encountered when
47. lained below 2 CONFIG SYS Include all entries from CONFIG LOE except the following command DEVICE NGEFNDISNPROTMAN DOS I NLM90 This file will already have a valid Protocol Manager device definition from the existing network application and need not be changed This file will already have one more 802 3 Ethernet interface device definitions from the existing network application GFK 0780 Chapter 2 Installing and Starting Up the Software 2 7 If a valid definition exists for the 802 3 Ethernet interface selected for the Logicmaster 90 70 Ethernet that definition need not be changed AUTOEXEC BAT Do not include the following NETBIND command GEFNDIS netbind This command is a call to a network driver binding utility Since a network application already exists that application must have a call which does the same thing although it may not be obvious by looking at AUTOEXEC BAT Binding must occur only once after the PC is started If installing the software on a PC with a monochrome monitor add the following command to the AUTOEXEC BAT file MODE CO80 PROTOCOL INI Do not copy PROTOCOL LOE to PROTOCOL INI the existing network application will already have a PROTOCOL INI file and you would destroy its contents The PROTOCOL LOE file created during Logicmaster 90 70 Ethernet installation contains a separate section for defining the operating parameters of each NDIS device The Protocol Manager device PROTMGR is def
48. mmunications services PLCLST 106 TALLYS PARAMS DNLOAD To EE oon NETWORK PARAMETERS Parameter Type Default Current nsap hex specific reslutime dec 288 288 dnldaddr hex 0900600000904 1004 System Parameter Description Press any key to continue Figure 4 11 Network Parameters Zoom Window Chapter 4 Network Utilities 4 13 PLC Download Screen Logicmaster 90 70 Ethernet software provides the capability of downloading communications software to the 802 3 Ethernet interfaces installed in Series 90 70 PLCs This communications software is a subset of the communications software provided with the GEnet System Manager GSM Communications software downloaded by Logicmaster 90 70 Ethernet allows the PLC to communicate only with Logicmaster 90 70 Ether net and notwith other 802 3 Ethernet devices in particular MMS devices When you enter this screen Logicmaster software will automatically attempt to download to any PLC requesting it The screen below shows the messages displayed after a download PLcLsT LOG TALLvs PARAMS DNLOAD ee PLC LAN INTERFACE DOWNLOAD Tue 23 11 34 38 Waiting for download request Download requested from Station 686619816668 Loading files GEFNDIS LM9 LM98 CFG GO Downloading File GO block 1 Tue Mar Z3 11 34 45 Dounload complete 8 retries Tue Mar 23 11 34 58 Maiting For dounload request Fig
49. mpleteness sufficiency or usefulness of the information contained herein No warranties of merchantability or fitness for purpose shall apply Thefollowing are trademarks of GE Fanuc Automation North America Inc Alarm Master CIMSTAR Helpmate PROMACRO Series Six CIMPLICITY GEnet Logicmaster Series One Series 90 CIMPLICITY 90 ADS Genius Modelmaster Series Three VuMaster CIMPLICITYPowerTRAC GeniusPowerTRAC Series Five Workmaster Copyright 1992 GE Fanuc Automation North America Inc All Rights Reserved Preface Content of this Manual This manual describes the 802 3 Ethernet version of Logicmaster 90 70 software Logicmaster 90 70 Ethernet The software runs on a Workmaster computer or IBM PC compatible computer connected directly to the 802 3 Ethernet network This provides a central location from which to program and configure Series 90 70 PLCs attached to the 802 3 Ethernet network It includes all the features of the standard Logicmaster 90 70 software package In addition it includes a set of Network Utilities which facilitate the start up of a system and provide troubleshooting data for the Logicmaster 90 70 station The manual is organized as follows Chapter 1 Introduction This chapter describes the product in general and types of users of the product A quick guide to the manual is also provided Chapter 2 Installing and Starting Up the Software This chapter describes how to install and start up the
50. nction keys to select PLC type Use the function keys to start software package NLHSB Figure 3 1 The Logicmaster 90 70 Main Menu 2 From the Logicmaster 90 70 Main Menu press F7 Logicmaster 90 Utilities The following screen will appear GNE 77 51777 LOGICMASTER 98 UTILITIES Network Utility Auto Dialer Modem fiuto Hangup lt lt Use the Escape key to exit gt gt Figure 3 2 The Logicmaster 90 Utilities Menu 3 2 Logicmaster 90 70 Ethernet User s Manual April 1993 GFK 0780 3 From the Logicmaster 90 Utilities Menu press F1 Network Utility The password screen will then appear Enter password Figure 3 3 The Password Screen Enter the password and press Enter The default password is netutil Then the Network Utilities Menu will appear Note You can change the password in the F7 Set Password function in the Network Utilites GFK 0780 Chapter 3 Establishing Communications with Series 90 70 PLC Stations 3 3 3 4 PLcLsT LOG TALLYS PARAMS DNLOAD Betallys paranspeanloadis Mysetpud GN NETWORK UTILITIES Version 1 87 PLC List Exception Log Network Tallies Network Parameters PLC LAN I F Download Set Password Figure 3 4 Network Utilities Menu Logicmaster 90 70 Ethernet User s
51. nd that a response from that PLC was received The PLC List will include the MAC address of any Series 90 70 PLC with an 802 3 Ethemet Interface that can support Logicmaster connection This currently includes PLCs with Interfaces downloaded with 1 Logicmaster communications software from Logicmaster 90 70 Ethernet or 2 Full MMS Ethernet communications software with Logicmaster support from the GSM A PLC on the network that has not been downloaded with communications software will not be included on the PLC List But a message will appear indicating that one or more PLCs on the network require a download of communications software Logicmaster 90 70 Ethernet User s Manual April 1993 GFK 0780 Browse Function Parameters Spread Parameter The spread parameter is the time allocated to the browse This parameter is in seconds and must be in the range of 1 to 300 For large networks more than 20 PLCs the spread parameter should be increased from the default 3 seconds Begin After and End At Parameters The begin after and end at parameters are used to limit the number of PLCs that respond These parameters establish a range and if the MAC address for a PLC falls within that range it will respond To respond the string MAC address must be greater than the begin after parameter and less than or equal to the end at parameter For example suppose your network consists of 100 stations MAC addresse
52. ntinue 7 The AUTOEXEC BAT and CONFIG SYS modification screen appears next Press Y if you want the Install program to automatically modify these files Press N if you want to modify the files yourself 8 Ifyou pressed Y the Install program will create an LM90 directory on the hard drive you specified and immediately begin to write the Logicmaster 90 70 software to it Chapter 2 Installing and Starting Up the Software 2 3 10 11 If you pressed N so you could modify the AUTOEXEC BAT and the CONFIG SYS files yourself a screen will appear prompting you to make the modifications shown in step 10 after installing the software A confirm prompt also appears at the bottom of this screen which permits you to change your mind and have the Install program modify them for you Press Y for automatic update or press N if you still want to modify them yourself In either case the Logicmaster 90 70 Ethernet files will begin installing on your hard disk at this time While the Logicmaster 90 70 Ethernet software is being installed a screen will appear indicating that the install is WORKING When all the files from a diskette are installed you will be prompted to insert the next diskette and press Enter to proceed Do this step for diskette 2 After the Install program writes all the files to the destination drive Logicmaster 90 70 is installed If you elected to modify the AUTOEXEC BAT and CONFIG 5YS files yourself do
53. ption Log press F1 clear Save Function To save the cleared Exception Log to the file press F2 save Otherwise the faults will reappear the next time the Exception Log is displayed 4 8 Logicmaster 90 70 Ethernet User s Manual April 1993 GFK 0780 GFK 0780 Zoom Function For an explanation of a particular log entry select the entry using the up and down arrow keys and press F10 zoom A window will be displayed as shown below describing the log entry PLcLsT LOG TALLYS PARAMS DNLOAD CT IAN NEED EXCEPTION LOG Log Entry Explanation Event 11H LAN Driver detected problen Entry 1 User ID Entry 2 1fH Exception Code Bad status from NDIS on open Report problem to GE Fanuc field service Press any key to continue REPLACE Item Concern Figure 4 7 Network Exception Log Zoom Window Error Conditions There are over fifty error conditions that are checked by the software The majority of these conditions are not expected to occur If they are reported on the Log screen it is a result of a hardware or software failure and an analysis of the problem should be referred to GE Fanuc Field Service The three errors that should be investigated by the user are described below LAN Driver Unable to Find PLC on the Network Event 11H Entry 2 2C This entry is caused when Logicmater attempts to connect to a PLC and the PLC does not respon
54. s 080019010101 through 080019010200 but you want to browse only 080019010130 080019010139 Set the begin after to 080019010129 and end at to 080019010139 Assigning Nicknames After the first time you execute the browse function the PLC List contains only MAC addresses You can locally assign a nickname to the MAC address to make it easier to use the list to establish communications with PLCs This nickname is local to the personal computer running the Logicmaster 90 70 Ether net software The nickname can be 8 characters long and can include any printable character To assign a nickname move the cursor to the line containing the desired MAC Address and type the nickname Be sure to save the nicknames by pressing F2 save Recommendation for Assigning Nicknames Since the nickname is local to the personal computer running the Logicmaster software and is not displayed on any Logicmaster screen except for the Select PLC Connection screen described later in this chapter we strongly recommend that you use the SNP ID of the PLC when assigning nicknames to MAC Addresses PLCs By following our recommendation for assigning nicknames you will be able to tell which PLC you are connected to in other parts of the Logicmaster programming or configuration packages simply by viewing the ID field that appears in the status lines Refer to GFK 0263 Logicmaster 90 70 Programming Software User s Manual for instructions on ho
55. st Once the list is complete it will include all Logicmaster 90 70 PLCs on the Ethernet network The PLC list is built by executing the browse function in the PLC List Screen which is part of the Network Utilities The browse function when executed searches the Ethernet network for all Series 90 70 PLCs with 802 3 Ethernet Interfaces which can support a Logicmaster connection This includes Interfaces containing either the complete MMS Ethernet communications software or the Logicmaster only communications software If the Ethernet Interface for a PLC has not been downloaded with communications software it will not respond to a browse But a message will appear on the screen indicating that on or more PLCs on the Ethernet network needs a download GFK 0780 3 1 Accessing the PLC List Screen To access the PLC List Screen follow the steps below 1 First access the Logicmaster 90 70 Main Menu as shown below Eg ETTNT 6 BconenuSetup fi Exit LOGICMASTER 98 SOFTWARE FOR SERIES 90 Cc PROGRAMMABLE CONTROLLERS Shift F5 Series 98 78 Programmable Controller Logicmaster 98 Programmer Package Logicmaster 38 Configuration Package PCM Development Package CPCOP Axis Positioning Module Package Operator Interface Utilities Logicmaster 90 Utilities User Command Menu Logicmaster 98 Setup Package Exit to DOS Use the Shift fu
56. sure to save the nicknames by pressing F2 save Recommendation for Assigning Nicknames Since the nickname is local to the personal computer running the Logicmaster software and is not displayed on any Logicmaster screen except for the Select PLC Connection screen described later in this chapter we strongly recommend that you use the SNP ID of the PLC when assigning nicknames to MAC Addresses By following our recommendation for assigning nicknames you will be able to tell which PLC you are connected to in other parts of the Logicmaster programming or configuration packages simply by viewing the ID field that appears in the status lines A screen illustrating the use of this field is shown below Refer to GFK 0263 Logicmaster 90 70 Programming Software User s Manual for instructions on how to set the SNP ID Logicmaster 90 70 Ethernet User s Manual April 1993 GFK 0780 GFK 0780 LIB XHIN SO SEM SE INPUT STATUS PRocRM 7855 STATUS 2107 4188801 BBB64 18118888 80128 11111111 11111111 10888800 88192 88880000 11111111 00888800 88256 11111111 11111111 18888888 88324 BBABBBBB 11111111 08888800 00384 11111111 11111111 10888808 00448 88888888 11111111 88888000 80512 11111111 11111111 10888808 88576 81118881 01110008 01101001 88646 01111001 81111888 81118111 00744 18888111 10000118 10080101 887
57. to complete configuration of the Network Support Software You must now set up the PC as explained below before the Logicmaster 90 70 Ethernet software will run properly GFK 0780 Chapter 2 Installing and Starting Up the Software 2 5 Setting Up the PC The PC must be set up properly before Logicmaster 90 70 Ethernet will run Before you set up the PC you must first determine whether another NDIS network application has been installed on your computer To do this check your CONFIG SYS file for a PROTMAN DOS device definition If this definition is in CONFIG SYS then a network application does already exist In this case skip the section below and refer to the section Adding Logicmaster 90 70 Ethernet When a Network Application Already Exists When Logicmaster 90 70 Ethernet is the Only Network Application on the PC 1 To set up your PC you must ensure that your CONFIG SYS file and AUTOEXEC BAT file contain certain commands The commands needed have been created for you during the installation procedure The commands are located in the CONFIG LOE and AUTOEXEC LOE files inthe NLM90 LOE directory sample contents are shown below You may enter these commands individually into your existing CONFIG SYS and AUTOEXEC BAT files using an editor CONFIG LOE FILES 20 BUFFERS 48 DEVICE DOS HIMEM SYS DEVICE DOS EMM386 EXE RAM 800 DOS HIGH UMB DEVICE GEFNDIS PROTMAN DOS I LM90 DEVICEHIGH GEFNDIS ELNKII 005 DEVICEHIGH GEFNDIS
58. ure 4 12 PLC Download Screen Note If the message Station MAC Address requested a load for an MMS Stack appears in the message line then the PLC to which it refers has been configured to accept a download of the full MMS communications software only Download to this PLC must be done by the GEnet System Manager software Logicmaster 90 70 Ethernet software will not download to such a device 4 14 Logicmaster 90 70 Ethernet User s Manual April 1993 GFK 0780 Set Password Screen The Set Password screen allows you to change the password that allows you to enter the Network Utilities The screen displays the password prompt as shown below Enter current password Enter new password xxxxx Verify neu password Password set Press any key to continue Figure 4 13 The Set Password Screen To change the password 1 Type in the current password at the Enter current password prompt and press Enter The New password prompt will be displayed Enter new password 2 Type ina new password and press Enter The Verify password prompt will be displayed Verify new password 3 in the new password and press Enter The following messages will then be displayed Password set Press any key to continue GFK 0780 Chapter 4 Network Utilities 4 15 Appendix Network Tally Descriptions A The following table describes the meaning of the Tallies listed in the Talli
59. w to set the SNP ID GFK 0780 Chapter 4 Network Utilities 4 7 Network Exception Log The Logicmaster package uses a DOS software driver to communicate on the network This driver maintains a log of exceptions This log is displayed on the Exception Log screen The log is displayed in a format similar to the log displayed by the Station Manager of the Series 90 70 MMS Ethernet Interface It is important to remember that the exception log displayed by the Network Utilities is local to the PC running Logicmaster and is not the log in the PLC Ethernet Interface An English language explanation of each exception is available on line using the Zoom function The exception log is used in two ways 1 The Logicmaster package has been unable to connect to the PLC or communication to the PLC is intermittent In this case the operator should use the exception log to diagnose the problem 2 The operator refers to the exception log to get a general picture of the health of the network In general the exception log should be empty The following figure shows an example of the Exception Log screen PLcLsT LOG TALLYS PARAMS DNLOAD CE IAS IL EXCEPTION LOG REPLACE Item Concern Figure 4 6 Network Exception Log Screen Log entries of concern are marked with an and should be investigated Clear Function To clear the Exce
60. x eibi vir eg A 1 T ble Az1 cont Tally Descriptions ver REUS USE RN ELIS S OXON SENE reae A 2 Table B 1 Parameter Descriptions B 1 Table 1 cont Parameter Descriptions B 2 GFK 0780 Logicmaster 90 70 Ethernet April 1993 viii Chapter Introduction The802 3 Ethernet version of Logicmaster 90 70 software provides a central location from which to program and configure Series 90 70 PLCs attached to the 802 3 Ethernet network Logicmaster 90 70 Ethernet software includes all the features of the standard Logicmaster 90 70 software package In addition it includes a set of Network Utilities which facilitate the start up of a system and provide troubleshooting data for the Logicmaster 90 70 station The following figure shows the major components of an Ethernet network designed to program and configure Series 90 70 PLCs using Logicmaster 90 70 Ethernet software 802 3 Ethernet a45231 Network Transceiver Transceiver Ethernet Card or Interface Transceiver MMS Ethernet Interface 111 1 Ll INL INL 7 NI C C P P U U L L 111 Series 90 70 PLC Series 90 70 PLC Station Station Logicmaster 90 70 Ethernet is installed on Logicmaster
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