6 Installation
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Version: 2.0.0
MS205Equ
C-863 Mercury Controller
Updating PIStages2.dat on Linux
1. Open the PI website (http://www.pi-portal.ws).
2. Click
Downloads
.
3. In
User login
area on the left margin, enter your username and password
from the "C-663.11_Releasenews_V_x_x_x.pdf" file on the product CD.
4. Click
Login
.
5. Click on the
General Software
category.
6. Click on
PI Stages
.
7. Click on
pistages2
or on the
Download
button below it.
8. Log onto the PC as a superuser (root rights).
9. Install the downloaded pistages2.dat file on the PC. You can select between
the following options:
−
Save the pistages2.dat file in the /usr/local/PI/pi_gcs_translator/ directory.
−
Save the pistages2.dat file in the directory where you unpacked the Linux
software from the product CD. The path is
/<UnpackingDirectory>/pi_stages2_dat. In this subdirectory start the
INSTALL.pi_stages2_dat script.
6.1.3 Installing a Custom Stage Database
With a custom stage, you will receive, if necessary, a file from PI with a custom stage
database. You have to install this file on your PC so that you can load the parameter
values for the custom stage in the C-863.
Installing a custom stage database on Windows
1. Open the \PI\GCSTranslator directory on your PC:
If you are working with PIMikroMove:
a) From the main window of PIMikroMove open via the
Connections
>
Search for controller software
menu item the
Version Information
window.
b) In the
Version Information
window, click on the
Show GCS PATH…
button to open the \PI\GCSTranslator directory in Windows Explorer.
The path where the \PI directory is located was defined during the installation
of the PC software, normally C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application
Data (Windows XP) or C:\ProgramData (Windows Vista, Windows 7).
2. Copy the stage database file to the \PI\GCSTranslator directory on your PC.
