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April 2010

MANUFACTURED and MARKETED

by

UTICOR TECHNOLOGY, L. P.

4140 Utica Ridge Rd. • Bettendorf, IA 52722-1327

Phone:

1-563-359-7501

• Fax:

1-563-359-9094

•

www.UTICOR.net

Getting Started

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Summary of Contents for ToughSmartMarquee

Page 1: ...April 2010 MANUFACTURED and MARKETED by UTICOR TECHNOLOGY L P 4140 Utica Ridge Rd Bettendorf IA 52722 1327 Phone 1 563 359 7501 Fax 1 563 359 9094 www UTICOR net Getting Started ...

Page 2: ...which they are used Failure to comply with any of the above installation requirements will invalidate the device s qualifications for service in CLASS I DIV 2 hazardous locations WARNING EXPLOSION HAZARD substitution of components may impair suitability for CLASS I DIVISION 2 WARNING EXPLOSION HAZARD do not disconnect equipment unless power has been switched off or the area is known to be non haza...

Page 3: ... to contact Technical Support Chapter 2 Wiring and Connection Information Provides information about preparing the marquee for operations such as connecting Power and how to interface Marquee for Serial and Ethernet communication Chapter 3 Programming the Marquee Describes how to configure various PLC tag dependent Messages in the Programming software to be sent to the ToughSmartMarquee These mess...

Page 4: ... 2 3 ACCESING CONNECTORS AND SWITCHES 6 2 4 CONNECTING POWER 7 2 5 MARQUEE COMMUNICATION 7 2 5 1 Serial Port1 SP1 Wiring 7 2 5 2 Serial Port 2 SP2 Wiring 8 2 5 3 Ethernet Port 9 2 6 MARQUEE MESSAGES SEEN ON POWER UP 10 3 PROGRAMMING THE MARQUEE 11 3 1 ENTER PROJECT INFORMATION 11 3 2 ADDING PLC MESSAGES TO THE MARQUEE 12 3 3 SETTING THE MARQUEE ETHERNET PARAMETERS AND UNIT NUMBER 12 3 4 TRANSFERRI...

Page 5: ...un terminated 3 stripped wires to connect to the ToughSmartMarquee terminal strip Ethernet cables as required PC requirements a IBM or compatible PC Pentium or better with a mouse and separate serial port USB port may be used with a Serial to USB converter b Display with at least 800 x 600 resolution 1024 x 768 recommended c Standard Windows XP Vista operating system Software ToughSmartMarquee Sof...

Page 6: ...trol system comprises of a PLC Programmable Logic Controller to drive the logic and a Master Slave Marquee to display the messages based on the PLC logic The Master Marquee itself can drive a network of several Slaves Note A PC is only required to initially program the Marquee and the PLC Fig 1 3 1 A Typical Marquee System 2 2 MOUNTING THE TPRLS Please refer to Chapter 3 in the ToughSmartMarquee H...

Page 7: ...e plate you have access to wiring terminals required for marquee communication See picture below Fig 2 1 1 Marquee Board Fig 2 1 2 Connectors for User s Wiring Purpose Dip Switches Ethernet Port CAUTION Please DO NOT TOUCH any of the DIP switches They are for factory use only Changing DIP switches may make the product inoperable CAUTION If there is a second Ethernet Port available on the Marquee b...

Page 8: ... to L1 White or Blue to L2 Green or Green w Yellow stripe to GND Fig 2 2 Power connector pin out 2 5 MARQUEE COMMUNICATION 2 5 1 SERIAL PORT1 SP1 WIRING Serial Port 1 SP1 is pre wired in the factory as shown below i e Pins 1 2 on SP1 are jumpered together This jumper connects the serial port on the Message Controller board within the marquee to the serial port of the Message Display board in the m...

Page 9: ...ernet no wiring is required on this port See Fig 2 3 2 below for Marquee to PLC connections Fig 2 3 2 SP2 Pin out and PLC wiring Pin Number Pin Function from the Marquee s perspective Marquee serial Communication 1 N C 2 TXD RS 232 3 RXD RS 232 4 N C 5 GND RS 232 422 485 6 N C 7 N C 8 N C 9 RD Receive Data RS 422 485 10 RD Receive Data RS 422 485 11 SD Send Data RS 422 485 12 SD Send Data RS 422 4...

Page 10: ...The user can change the IP address using the Marquee programming software see section 3 4 If you have trouble communicating over Ethernet If for some reason you are unable to communicate over Ethernet you can try communicating to the marquee over the Serial port SP1 instead The latter allows you to change IP address download a new user program or upgrade Marquee application firmware over the seria...

Page 11: ... its nonvolatile memory The Marquee should start its normal operation and get into run mode Remove the PC to Marquee serial connection Note If there are no messages stored in the Marquee then it would continue to show the In Setup Mode message even after exiting the Setup Mode 2 6 MARQUEE MESSAGES SEEN ON POWER UP When the Marquee is initially powered up it automatically displays a series of Messa...

Page 12: ... and Protocol to view the list In this example select EZ PLC Ethernet TCP IP Connecting to an EZ PLC via Ethernet TCP IP protocol 4 Click on the View Edit PLC Com Setup to edit the PLC attributes The PLC Attributes dialog box applicable to the type of PLC selected in Step 3 above will appear Here you can make changes to the PLC communication setup If communicating over Ethernet Add PLC Details alo...

Page 13: ... programmed through the PC using the Marquee s Ethernet port But under certain cases serial port SP1 may also be used to configure the same a Via Ethernet connection between the Marquee and the PC In the Marquee software s Main programming window Click on menu Marquee Ethernet Setup Read the current Ethernet settings from the Marquee You can also configure the following Ethernet Parameters IP Addr...

Page 14: ...e that occurs you would be prompted to exit the Setup Mode 2 GROUP AND UNIT NUMBER Each ToughSmartMarquee is assigned a unit address A unit address is programmed into each message to specify which unit or units should display that message Each unit address consists of two identifiers a Group and a Unit Number A group may contain up to 4095 slave units connected serially or via Ethernet to the Mast...

Page 15: ...e s IP address and press Start Fig 3 4 Write Program to Marquee 4 TECHNICAL SUPPORT If you are still having difficulty with a particular aspect of installation or messaging technical support is available at 1 800 TEC ENGR 832 3647 or FAX us at 1 563 359 9094 You can also contact technical support through our website at www uticor net Green when Marquee is connected to the PLC else red ToughSmartMa...

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