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14. Now the “Hardware - Assistent“ should show a dialog which is equal to the picture below. Click on
“Next“ to start the installation.
15. After the installation finished successful click on “Ready“ to end this installation.
16. The installation is finished successfully after you have restarted you system.
The virtual COM-Port is only view-, select- and accessible when the PLCVCOM is in the „connected“ state,
that means a cable is present and usable.
10.3 Overview
Beside your watch, in your Windows – Taskbar, appears a new Symbol. This one is for the PLC – VCom
software.
It shows the actual connection status with your cable/module MPI-II, MPI-USB, MPI-LAN, S7-USB, S7-LAN or
S5-LAN.
10.3.1 Status description:
PLC – VCom is connected with your cable/module and operational.
PLC – VCom is not connected.
The red symbol indicates that sending/receiving data has been failed.
Send status: (left field):
Data is send to the cable/module if this one is green.
Receive status: (right field):
Data is received from the cable/module if this one is green.
10.3.2 Main Window