Steps To Preparing Your Epro Ps Unit For Online Use; Communicating To A Plc Or Controller - Eaton Cutler-Hammer PanelMate ePro PS Series User Manual

2 0 P a n e l M a t e e P r o P S U s e r s G u i d e

Steps to Preparing Your ePro PS Unit for Online Use

You may find it useful during the initial preparation of the ePro PS unit, to connect both a
USB keyboard and mouse to the unit. After powering up the ePro PS user interface, you
can connect to the ePro PS unit in order to do one or more of the following:
•
Install the latest PanelMate ePro PS Runtime software (included on the ePro
Software Suite CD-ROM)
•
Install an OPC driver (included on the KEPServer_ePro CD-ROM)
•
Download an ePro Canvas configuration (created using ePro Canvas or ePro
Canvas Professional software). If your configuration uses the Data Archiving (76DA)
or Recipe Management (76RM) options, make sure these options have been
registered on your unit.
•
Download a PanelMate Power Pro configuration (PanelMate ePro PS Classic users
only)
Refer to the Preparing Your ePro PS for File Transfers
sections for additional information.
Note: PanelMate ePro PS models are pre-licensed to run with the Kepware OPC server
and drivers. The Kepware OPC server is preinstalled and configured for optimum
performance. For ePro Canvas applications to run correctly online, it is necessary that
the OPC server and drivers installed on the PS unit are the same as the server and
drivers installed on the ePro Canvas development PC. Refer to the
Server and Drivers

Communicating to a PLC or Controller

Your PanelMate ePro PS unit can communicate to a PLC or controller via:
•
A serial connection
•
An Ethernet connection (Refer to the Connecting to Your ePro PS for Data
Transfer/Software Downloads section for more information about setting up an
Ethernet connection)
•
An optional interface card
section for additional information.
and Installing Software
Installing New OPC