Required Materials; Devicenet Network Software Configuration Tools Requirements; Slc 500 Plc Programming Tools Requirements; Pc Hardware Requirements - Control Techniques UD77 DeviceNet Startup Manual

DeviceNet Network Software Configuration Tools Requirements

DeviceNet Manager for Windows (P/N 1787-MGR available from Allen Bradley)
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Version 3.01 is the minimum usable
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Ver 3.04 is current product
• Ver 3.02 is used in this guide
• RSNetWorx for DeviceNet (is also usable, but not described in this guide)
Generic Electronic Data Sheets, bitmap and icon files for the Unidrive
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*.EDS, *.BMP and *.ICO files for Unidrive and Mentor 2 are available for free from the
Control Techniques SSPD support site and any Control Techniques Drive Center. These are
usually distributed as a single compressed file, "DEVNET.ZIP".

SLC 500 PLC Programming Tools Requirements

SLC 500 PLC Program Development Software
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RSLogix500 (P/N 9324-RL0300ENx is English/Standard edition available from Allen
Bradley)
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Version 3.01.09 is illustrated, Ver 3.0x.0x is current product
RSLinx Lite (is included on RSLogix installation CDROM)
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Version 2.0.18 minimum for use with DeviceNet

PC Hardware Requirements

Recommended PC minimums reflect the guide's use of a single serial port for both configuring
the fieldbus and programming the SLC 500.
PC - Pentium Class PC @100 MHz or better with:
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32 MB available RAM with Win95 or Win98 for OS
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64 MB available RAM with NT4.0 for OS
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120 MB Total Hard Disk Space free (20 MB for Applications, and 100 MB for OS swap
use)
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CDROM quad-speed or better (for loading of RSLogix500 and RSLinx Lite)
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3 ½ " 1.44 MB floppy drive (needed for RSLogix500 and loading DeviceNet Manager)
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1 available serial port, 16550 compatible UART
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Mouse and suitable port (PS-2 style requires PS-2 port, serial mouse requires a second
serial port)
Note that NT4.0 requires "Local Administrator" or "Power User" privileges to install software
on the machine. Use the latest applicable OS Service Release(s) available.
Also note that, while this guide has not been tested with Windows 2000, the requirements
should be similar to the NT 4.0 requirements, and it is assumed that the tasks described in
this guide can also be accomplished under Windows 2000 Professional.
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