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PLC BL2500 User’s Manual
Loading or Upgrading the Firmware Kernel
OEM Technology Solutions
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2. Enter the desired Modbus Slave Number (Default is 1). Select
Use Modbus TCP
radio button and fill
the Modbus TCP configuration parameters if you want to use Modbus TCP as communication
protocol. Otherwise select
Use RS232
or
Use RS485
radio buttons. Once all the configuration
parameters have been entered press
OK
. The communication protocol and slave number are used to
communicate the Target PLC with the ISaGRAF Workbench and Modbus master.
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Note:
The Modbus Slave Number parameter corresponds to the Target Slave Number on
ISaGRAF Workbench (Default is 1). In order to communicate the ISaGRAF Workbench with
a specific Target PLC, both numbers must be the same. This is also valid for
communication between the Target PLC and a Modbus master using Modbus protocol.
3. After
pressing
OK
the following message
dialog box is shown. Press
OK
and your
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PLC Firmware Kernel will be
active and ready to be used with the
ISaGRAF Workbench (The DS2 red LED
is turned OFF and the DS1-yellow LED
starts flashing every second).
6.2
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PLC UTILITY SOFTWARE REFERENCE
To use the
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PLC Utility you must have an
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PLC Firmware Kernel (.bin file) to load to
your Rabbit-based controller. Click on
File
→
Load Flash Image
; enter the .bin file’s location in the
dialog box and click
OK
.
This Utility works only with serial connection and it requires the programming cable for the Rabbit-based
controller (1.27mm programming cable for Rabbit 3000 microprocessor based controllers).
This Utility downloads ONLY
EMBEDDED
PLC Firmware Kernels. If you want to download another binary
file generated with Dynamic C use the Rabbit Field Utility (RFU) that comes in the Dynamic C installation.
6.2.1 Menu Commands
6.2.1.1 File
→
Load Flash Image
Allows a
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PLC Kernel (.bin file) to be chosen as the file to be loaded. Clicking the ellipses
button (
…
) brings up an Open File dialog box to browse for a file’s location.
6.2.1.2 Setup
→
Communications
This version of the
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PLC Utility only supports Serial Connection.
The default com port is COM1.
The default baud rate is 115200 bps.
If the host PC is using a different com port, change the default to match the port being used by the PC. If
the BIOS is using a different baud rate, change the default to match the baud rate being used by the
BIOS.
6.2.1.3 Setup
→
File Locations
The first time
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PLC Utility runs, it assumes that
coldload.bin
,
pilot.bin
and
flash.ini
are located in the
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PLC Utility subdirectory. Those files are installed by the
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PLC
installation process.
The Rabbit Field Utility can be run from a different location if the location of
coldload.bin
and
pilot.bin
are specified using
Setup
→
File Locations
.