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Download Method
Select Serial download to use the standard method of connecting a PC directly to a Quick Panel using
an HMI-CAB-C49 cable. Select Pass-Through to download the application file through the Data
Highway Plus and Remote I/O network. If you select Ask, the download operation will stop and ask
you to select Serial or Pass-Through.
The first time you create a pass through application, it must be downloaded to the QuickPanel using
serial download. Subsequent downloads can then be done using pass through.
DH+ Card Name
Name of the card type used for access to the Data Highway Plus. The following name is the default
name found in the PT.INI setup file.
SD2 (Sutherland and Shultz)
The PT.INI file contains the Sutherland and Shultz DH+ card setup information. See the PT.INI section
for more information.
Destination DH+ Node
This is the node address of the destination PLC.
Note: The node address of the DH+ card in the PC is set to the default address of 61. This address is set
in the PT.INI file.
Block Transfer Address
This must be the same address selected as the quarter rack emulation. In the previous example, Rack 2,
Group 2, Slot 0 was selected as the slot to use for the Block Transfer operations. Therefore:
Rack = 2
Group = 2
Slot = 0
At this point, Pass Through is assigned to a BTW/BTR. Click Ok to accept the settings and close the
dialog box. Click OK in the AB Remote I/O dialog box to complete the setup.
PT.INI File
This file contains setup information for the Sutherland and Shultz DH+ card. The default settings are
shown in the following listing. To change the node address of the SD2 card, you must edit the PT.INI
file. A download operation will read the file for DH+ card setup information.
Note: If you are running QD3 and other PLC programming software on the same system, make sure
only one program is running at a time. If other PLC programming software uses the DH+ card assigned
to QD3, then the PT.INI file should be modified to match the settings for the other software. This will
allow the card to always appear the same way on the network.
[SD2]
(DH+ Card Name)
;SourceNode, this is an octal #, DH+ node # of the SD2 card.
SourceNode=61
;BoardAddress, this is a hexadecimal #, address segment of the SD2 card.
BoardAddress=C800
(see CONFIG.SYS section to configure this address)
;IOport, this is a hexadecimal #, IO port required by the SD2 card.