Protocol
Control
System
Users
Manual
2/12/01
and asking you if you want to continue the installation.
Select Yes and the installation will continue.
After the installation, a dialog box will be displayed
asking you to reboot the computer. Select Yes and the
PC will be rebooted.
10.5 Hardware Installation
There are two pieces of hardware that must be installed
on the PC for the PCS Supervisory system to operate.
The first is an adapter that converts the RS485 signals
from the PCS supervisory network into RS232 signals
that can be connected to the PC. The second is a software
Key that the must be installed. The following paragraphs
describe how to install each of these devices.
10.5.1 RS485 Adapter
The RS485 Adapter converts the RS485 signals from the
PCS Supervisory network to RS232 signals. The RS485
adapter comes with a transformer and a RS232 cable. To
install the adapter do the following:
1) Connect one end of the RS232 cable to the DB9
connector (left side of the adapter) on the Adapter
and connector the other end of the cable to the DB9
connector for COMM1 on the PC.
2) Connect the RS485 PCS Supervisory network cable
to the 3 pin RS485 connector. Depending on the
network wiring, a terminating resistor may also
need to be applied at this connector. See Appendix
A for details.
3) Connect the power supply (12 VAC) to the adapter.
Note that there is power LED that should light up
when power is applied.
The adapter has LED’s that light to represent serial
network traffic being sent and received (RX and TX
LED’s). Under normal operation these LED’s should
flash at an intermittent rate. TX represents the PC
attempting to communicate to the controller’s and RX
represents the controller’s answering. Note that if the
RX LED does not flash, this indicates a problem on the
Supervisory network (wiring, controller addressing).
Figure 89- RS485 Adapter
RX-/TX-
RX+/TX+
GND
RS485
Network
Computer
RS232
PWR
RX
TX
Power Supply
12 VAC
DB9 connector
(to PC RS232
serial Port)
RS 485 3
pin
connector
(to
Supervisory
network)
Power Supply
Connector
10.5.2 PlantVisor Software Key
The PCS Supervisory system requires that a software
Key (referred to as a SmartKey in the documentation) be
installed on the USB port for the software to operate.
See Figure 90 for a picture of the Key. If the Key is not
installed , the PlantVisor Engine will run in Demo mode
as indicated by the letters DEMO MODE at the top of
the PlantVisor Engine screen (See Figure 91 ).
Figure 90- PlantVisor Software Key
Note that if the SmartKey is not present or recognized
by PlantVisor the program will run in Demo Mode and
will terminate in approximately 3 hours- all logging,
alarming and other functions associated with
PlantVisor will stop when PlantVisor terminates.
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