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Install the Red Lion
™
Crimson
®
3.0/3.1 Software
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Install the Red Lion
™
Crimson
®
3.0/3.1
Software
NOTE:
Use of the term “target device” in this section is
consistent with documentation provided by Red Lion
and refers the Red Lion Gateway Module referenced
earlier in this manual.
Red Lion Crimson 3.0/3.1 software provides access to
the Gateway Assembly hardware. The CD provided
includes a preconfigured database which is essentially a
setup file for the Gateway Assembly for various Graco
System Controllers. Refer to your appropriate Graco
system manual for which of the databases to be used,
or contact Graco for optional preconfigured mapping
databases. The database file has a .cd31 extension.
The Gateway Assembly provides conversions for many
protocols, including the following:
•
All Allen-Bradley protocols
•
DeviceNet
•
Ethernet TCP/IP
•
Ethernet IP
•
Mitsubishi
•
Modbus (ASCII, RTU)
•
Profibus
•
Siemens
NOTE:
Graco provides expansion cards for DeviceNet
and Profibus protocols. DeviceNet setup procedures are
on page 32. Profibus setup procedures are on page 35.
See page 24 for
NOTE:
Contact your Graco distributor or Graco Techni-
cal Assistance for information regarding additional sup-
ported protocols.
System Requirements
Crimson 3.1 is designed to run on any version of Micro-
soft Windows from Windows Vista onward. Memory
requirements are modes and any system that meets the
minimum system requirements for its operating system
will be able to run Crimson 3.1. About 600MB of free
disk space will be needed for installation, and you
should ideally have a display with sufficient resolution to
allow the editing of display pages without having to
scroll.
Installing the Software
Crimson 3.1 is supplied as an executable or .exe file.
You will typically have downloaded this file from Red
Lion’s website, but if you have downloaded it from
another source, please check that Windows is satisfied
with the package’s digital signature so that you are
assured of receiving genuine Red Lion software.
1.
Disconnect power to the Gateway Assembly and
remove the cover.
2.
Connect the USB cable (23, supplied) between the
USB port on the Gateway Module and a USB port
on your PC. See F
IG
. 18.
3.
Connect power to the Gateway Assembly and refer
to the Red Lion Crimson website
(
https://redlion.net/red-lion-software/crimson/crimson-31
)
for download and usage instructions for the Crimson
Software.
NOTE:
The supplied Crimson 3.1 User Manual is
available for download at the Crimson Software web
page at the link in step 3.
F
IG
. 18: Gateway Module USB Port
USB Port
USB Cable Strain Relief