PiCPro for Windows V11.0 Monitor Edition ========= IMPORTANT ========= It is important to read this document. It provides late breaking product information about Service Pack 1 (SP1) and PiCPro for Windows Version 11.0 that could be critical to your application. ================= TECHNICAL SUPPORT ================= For technical support call Giddings & Lewis at 1-800-558-4808 to speak to an engineer or e-mail to tech.support@ac.giddings.com. ================================ SERVICE PACK 1 (SP1) INFORMATION ================================ NOTES ===== Update all copies/installations of PiCPro for Windows 11.0. PiCPro CHANGES ============== ==>Compress project temp files are now cleaned up. ==>SERCOS digitizing axes - Slave number is no longer reset to 1 when the .SRV file is opened. ==>SRC files with startup IDN lists can now be printed. ==================================================== PiCPro for WINDOWS V11.0 MONITOR EDITION INFORMATION ==================================================== TUTORIAL ======== There is a tutorial on the Monitor Edition CD. This tutorial demonstrates the features available for PiCPro for Windows Professional and MMC Editions. Please be aware that not all features demonstrated in the tutorial are available in the Monitor Edition. Refer to the software manual or the on-line help for information specific to the Monitor Edition. REASONS TO UPDATE YOUR CPU FIRMWARE =================================== Contact your vendor to determine if you should upgrade your CPU's firmware. HOW TO UPDATE CPU FIRMWARE ========================== NOTE: Only update firmware if your vendor agrees. If the current firmware in the control is dated newer than the .hex file that you want to download, do **NOT** update the control's firmware with this file unless you're sure you want to downgrade. You can determine your control's firmware date by selecting Online | Status from the main menu in PiCPro for Windows. Use Explorer to find the hex file in the Utilities directory to determine its date. 1. For CPUs with loadable firmware (MMC, 94X or 904X), download the appropriate hex file by selecting the following from PiCPro's main menu bar: Online | Download Hex. The hex files are installed in the Utilities directory ==>If you have an MMC, use the MMC01.hex ==>If you have a PiC with a 486 processor, use the P94X08.hex ==>If you have a PiC904X, use the P904X4.hex file 2. For older style CPUs, please contact Giddings & Lewis for an EPROM update kit. Please provide the part number of the CPU you will be using. MANUALS ======= The following version 11.0 manuals can be found in the Folder "Manuals" on your CD: PiCPro for Windows Software Manual, PiCPro Function/Function Block Reference Guide, PiC900 Hardware Manual and MMC Hardware Manual. They are pdf files and can be opened, read, and printed using Adobe Acrobat Reader. You MUST use Acrobat Reader 4.0 or newer. It can be downloaded free of charge from Adobe at http://www.adobe.com/supportservice/custsupport/download.html. If you would like to order a hard copy of any manual, call 1-800-558-4808 from within the US or 920-921-7100 from outside the US and Canada. Part Numbers for the hard copies are: 108-31048-00 PiCPro for Windows Software Manual 108-31005-00 PiCPro Function/Function Block Reference Guide 502-03633-00 PiC900 Hardware Manual 108-31050-00 MMC Hardware Manual NOTES ===== ==>During your installation there is now a field to enter a serial number. We recommend that you enter the serial number from your registration card. ==>PiCPro defaults to serial communications on restarting. ==>Use the DOS 8.3 format naming convention for Project compressed files if you will be saving those on FMSDISK. ==>Do NOT move, rename, replace, or delete PiCPro Library files (.LIB) from outside of PiCPro while PiCPro is running. If you do this, you MUST open the Libraries dialog (File|PiCPro Libraries) and click on the OK button to rescan the Library files; otherwise unpredictable results may occur. After rescanning, close and reopen all open files. BEFORE RUNNING PiCPro for Windows ================================= ==> It is helpful to have your extensions appear on your files. Ensure that Explorer is setup to display three-letter extensions on all filenames. Follow these steps to do this: 1. Right click My Computer or the Start menu and choose either Open or Explore. 2. Click View, Options in the window's menu bar. The Options box appears. Click on the View tab and choose "Show all files" and uncheck "Hide MS-DOS file extensions for file types that are registered". 3. Click OK. Your extensions will now appear on your files. ==> If you are opening an .LDO file created in the DOS version of PiCPro in this PiCPro for Windows version, you need to establish the library path before you attempt to run your ladder program. Follow these steps to do this: 1. In PiCPro, choose File, PiCPro Libraries from the menu bar. 2. Press Add. 3. Locate the library directory in the Directory Picker. 4. Click OK in the Directory Picker to accept your selection. 5. Click OK in the PiCPro Libraries box to define the path. ==> If you want to open a ladder by clicking on the .LDO file in Explorer, you will have to follow these steps after installing a new version of PiCPro so that the application can be found: 1. In Explorer, choose View, Folder Options. 2. Click on the File Types tab. 3. Find the PiCPro Ladder Document in the list and double click to Edit it. 4. Click on Edit. 5. Click on Browse and find the location of your PiCPro.exe (default installation location is C:\Program Files\Giddings & Lewis\PiCPro for Windows...). 6. Select Open. 7. Select OK. 8. Select Close. 9. Repeat Steps 3 to 7 for all PiCPro file types (srv, src, prj). ==>Infrared Communications Drivers If your system PC has Infrared Communications Drivers, you need to be aware that under Windows default settings, COM1 and COM3 use the same interrupts, and COM2 and COM4 use the same interrupts. The communications settings option in PiCPro for Windows, when checking for valid communications ports, may initiate execution of some Infrared Drivers. Communications problems will occur if the Infrared Driver is using one member of the above pairs and PiCPro for Windows is using the other. To avoid communication problems, either 1. disable the Infrared Driver in the control panel or 2. change the communications port used by the Infrared Driver so that it does not conflict with the communications port used by PiCPro. KNOWN PROBLEMS AND WORK AROUNDS =============================== ==>Saving .G&L Files from Email Please be aware that if you attempt to save a compressed project file (.G&L) from within an email by right-clicking and then selecting "Save As" from the popup menu, the "&" is removed from the filename extension in the Save Attachment dialog. To fix the problem, you must manually add this "&" back in. This problem has been diagnosed in Microsoft Email and has not been observed in other email packages. To avoid this problem, save a .G&L file attachment by double-clicking on it and selecting "Save it to disk" on the Opening Mail Attachment dialog. ==>Serial or Ethernet Connection Icons May Disappear If your connection icon, Node #, or IP address does not appear on the status bar, there is a registry problem. Display the Communication Settings dialog (Online | Comm Settings) and select OK to remedy the situation.