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MAN0051-01 30 JUN 2000 PAGE 7 Table of Contents PREFACE................................................................................................................................................3 ABOUT PROGRAMMING EXAMPLES ...........................................................................

MAN0051-01 30 JUN 2000 PAGE 9 CH. 1 CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION Congratulations on your purchase of the Horner APG PC CPU for the GE Fanuc Series 90-30 PLC. This product brings the power of a complete personal computing system to the Series 90-30 backplane. This product was designed utilizing state-of-t...

PAGE 10 30 JUN 2000 MAN0051-01 CH. 1 1.3 What you need The PC CPU module will require at least the following for dev elopment: ; Keyboard (PS/2 TM Style connector) ; Monitor (VGA) ; External Floppy/CD drive accessory, PCMCIA Flash Disk or, Serial Transfer Program (i.e. LapLink™ or Windows95/NT™-base...

MAN0051-01 30 JUN 2000 PAGE 13 CH. 2 CHAPTER 2: PERSONAL COMPUTER HARDWARE The PC CPU is a highly integrated package, consisting of 4 main components, listed below: ; CARDIO™ integrated package ; Hard Drive ; PCMCIA socket ; Series 90-30 Bus Interface 2.1 CARDIO Integrated Package The Epson™ CARDIO™...

MAN0051-01 30 JUN 2000 PAGE 15 CH. 2 Figure 2.3 - Example PCMCIA Type II Peripheral PCMCIA cards are typically provided with software drivers from the manufacturer. These should allow the peripheral to operate with most computers. Howev er, because PCMCIA is a fairly new standard, compatibility prob...

PAGE 16 30 JUN 2000 MAN0051-01 CH. 2 Figure 2.4 - Front Panel Layout. 2.4 I/O Connections 2.4.1 Printer Port The Parallel Port features a 26-pin high density D-sub connector. Included with the PC CPU is a short adapter cable to conv ert this connector into a standard 25-pin D-sub Parallel Port. This...

PAGE 18 30 JUN 2000 MAN0051-01 CH. 2 2.4.7 External Power Connector Due to the significant power consumption of the PC CPU (up to 2A @ 5VDC), the module has been designed to accept external power. A three-position terminal strip is located on the bottom of the module and may be used to connect an ex...

MAN0051-01 30 JUN 2000 PAGE 19 CH. 3 CHAPTER 3: BACKPLANE COMMUNICATIONS The PC CPU utilizes the standard Series 90-30 backplane. This chapter is a description of the capabilities of the PC CPU on this backplane. 3.1 Backplane Description The PC CPU is intended to replace a CPU331-style CPU. Therefo...

PAGE 20 30 JUN 2000 MAN0051-01 CH. 3 3.2 IOCM The PC CPU utilizes a GE Fanuc IOCM-Master chip. This silicon chip acts as a bridge between the PC CPU and the Series 90-30 backplane. This is the same type of chip that is in other CPU modules (like the CPU331). 3.3 Software Interface The PC CPU communi...

MAN0051-01 30 JUN 2000 PAGE 21 CH. 3 In addition to the Visual C++™ Demo program, a 32-Bit Visual Basic™ Diagnostic Demo program has also been written by Horner APG. This program was written in Visual Basic™ 32-Bit Version 4.0. The purpose of the program is to demonstrate how Visual Basic™ can be us...

PAGE 22 30 JUN 2000 MAN0051-01 CH. 3 3.4 Software Locations The files for the Visual Basic™ Demo, Visual C++™ Demo, 32-Bit DLL libraries, and DOS libraries (with demo included), are located on the Hard Drive (drive C). These files are located (from Windows Desktop) at My Computer/C:\Pif Software. Pe...

MAN0051-01 30 JUN 2000 PAGE 23 CH. 4 CHAPTER 4: INSTALLATION AND WIRING The installation and wiring of the Horner APG PC CPU was intended to be just as easy to wire as a typical personal computer system. Like a typical PC, the PC CPU has a Serial Port, Parallel Port, Video Port and Keyboard Port. In...

MAN0051-01 30 JUN 2000 PAGE 25 CH. 4 4.3 Video Port The PC CPU provides a standard DE15 female connector for connection to VGA Monitors (CRTs). This is sometimes known as a 15-pin “high density” connector; as 15 pins reside in a connector the same width as a DB9 connector. This VGA Video Port is loc...

MAN0051-01 30 JUN 2000 PAGE 27 APPENDIX A APPENDIX A: PINOUT DIAGRAMS In order to provide as much information as possible on the ports of the PC CPU, this chapter, Appendix A, describes in detail the pin configurations and descriptions of COM1 (RS-232 port), COM2 (RS-422 port) and the Parallel Port....

MAN0051-01 30 JUN 2000 PAGE 31 APPENDIX B APPENDIX B: PIF DOCUMENTATION Included on ev ery PC CPU Hard Drive are two demonstration programs (written in Visual C++  Version 4.2 and Visual Basic  32-Bit Version 4.0), 32-bit DLL libraries and DOS libraries. These programs are av ailable to the custom...

PAGE 32 30 JUN 2000 MAN0051-01 APPENDIX B The following diagram (Figure B.1) shows how the demonstration software appears. Each of the “buttons” will be explained below. The diagnostic software allows the user to choose a module on a certain rack in a “chain” of expansion racks. The module is select...

PAGE 34 30 JUN 2000 MAN0051-01 APPENDIX B B.2 Visual Basic  Demo This program was written in Visual Basic  32-Bit Version 4.0. The purpose of the program is to demonstrate how Visual Basic  can be used in a practical application. The Visual Basic  source code is included with the demonstration s...

MAN0051-01 30 JUN 2000 PAGE 37 APPENDIX B 11. Approximately a quarter of the way through the download a window will appear asking for disk 2. Remove disk 1 and insert disk 2. Press “Enter” or click on the “OK” button. 12. When the “Set Up Complete” window appears choose if computer is to be shut dow...

MAN0051-01 30 JUN 2000 PAGE 39 APPENDIX C APPENDIX C: DIRECT CABLE CONNECTION INSTRUCTIONS Due to the compact design of the PC CPU, there are no internal 3.5” floppy or CD-ROM drives. In order to download or upload data from the PC CPU, it is necessary to use an external 3.5” floppy drive or CD-ROM ...

MAN0051-01 30 JUN 2000 PAGE 41 APPENDIX D APPENDIX D: PC CARD INSTALLATION PROCEDURE This chapter, Appendix D, describes in step-by-step format the procedure to install a 3Com  Etherlink  III PCMCIA. This particular network card, a card that Horner APG has thoroughly tested, may be utilized with t...