************ GP-PRO/PB3 for Windows ML ************ ******************************************** ** ** ** Version:V3.04b ** ** ** ******************************************** Digital Electronics Corporation Foreword Thank you for purchasing the GP-PRO/PB3 for Windows ML software. This software allows you to use your personal computer to create graphical control panel screens for any GP-*70 and GP-*77 Series device. Table of Contents (1) Product Usage Cautions (2) Problems Fixed (3) New Functions Overview (4) Differences from GP-PRO/PB3 DOS Version (5) About the Program Group (6) About the Uninstall (7) About the Setup for each PLC (1) Product Usage Cautions 1) If, while you are using this product, a "General Protection Error (Forced Shutdown)" occurs, performing the following steps and restarting your PC may allow you to avoid a forced shutdown. 1. When a Forced Shutdown message appears while you are creating screens, modifying your hardware accelerator may allow you to avoid an actual forced shutdown. To modify your settings: Select the following [Start]->[Settings] ->[Control Panel]->[System]->[Performance]->[Graphics] area's. Hardware Accelerator Settings: Here, select the [Standard] setting and click on OK to record the change. 2. When Forced Shutdown occurs during Printing Re-installing the Printer's driver may allow you to avoid a forced shutdown. 3. When a Data Transfer Error Occurs If, during the GP's attempt to perform handshaking with the GP, the GP will not change over to Data Transfer mode, changing the Communications Port may allow you to avoid an error. ĄTo change these settings: Select the [Start]->[Settings] ->[Control Panel]->[System]->[Device Manager]->(this window's "Port(COM&LPT)"->[Communication Port]->[Port Settings]-> [Details]-> Lower the "Communication Buffer" value. 2) Warnings when using Windows NT 1. Regarding Preview Screen If you preview the screens that uses the three speed Blink type, the blink speed and the color may differ from what you see on the actual GP screen. 2. Retrieving an image data When your PC's display color is set other than 256 Colors, and you paste an image a base screen from the clip board, you will get an error at the image data conversion. This problem will not occur when you set to 256 colors. 3. When converting an application data made with GP-PRO2 "Memory Error" will occur if you attemp to import a screen that has an object extended outside the screen. You can convert it properly, if you move that extended object inside the screen. 3) When converting data made with GP-PRO2 and GP-PRO3 If rotation is set for A, a, Q and X tags, the figure will shift 1-dot above at 90 degrees setting, 1-dot to the upper left at 180 degrees setting, and 1-dot to the left at 270 degrees setting. 4) When changing attributes When selecting more than two mark images, the handle display does not match with the mark images. The data is correctly converted, so re-selecting them will display the handle correctly. 5) When rotating an object Alarm Display part 1. When rotating an Alarm Display part to 180 degrees, it will shift one dot. 2. If you rotate an a-tag or an A-tag to 90 or 180 degrees and save the screen, the display will shift 1-dot when you re-open that screen. (2) Problems Fixed /**** V3.04b ****/ 1) When a Screen List is printed out from the GP-PRO/PBIII software, the date will appear as "0000", instead of "2000". /**** V3.04a ****/ 1) The M8128 character registration file cannot be displayed. /**** V3.04 ****/ /** EDITER **/ 1) Using "Send Screen to Clipboard" with the H70 will cause a portion of the pasted data to be cut, or clipped off. 2) The Logging Display cannot be printed. 3) If a Project's GP type is a *70 series unit, the Simulation feature may quit unexpectedly. 4) The Gpanalyz.exe feature, due to a lack of memory, may quit unexpectedly. 5) If the "Refresh" feature is used repeatedly on base screens that contain called up Mark screens, the screen may freeze. 6) If screen printout is performed of a High Color (65535 colors) screen, the result will be blurred. Switching the screen display to 256 colors will solve this problem. 7) If Logging and Filing data displays are placed on multiple base screens at the same time and those screens are then closed in succession, one after the other, the screen display may freeze. 8) If the user PC's screen setting is set to High Color 16-bit display, text strings will not be printed. /** Protocol **/ 1) YOKOGAWA FACTORY ACE 1:1 The GP-PRO/PBII software cannot use File Register settings in excess of B8193. /**** V3.03 ****/ 1) When the Window Registration dialog box is maximized, the screen display becomes grey. 2)After the Project Manager screen is switched, and when multiple screens are opened, the program will "freeze". 3)Multiple alarm message data items will not print; only the first. 4)When a Message Display Part's shape/style is changed, the "Bit" setting may change to "Word". 5)When a 2-byte character is used in a PRO-PBIII project's file name and the Explorer program is used to select that character and start the Pro-PBIII program, the program will not start. 6)When the copy command is used for a Lamp or Bit Switch's name, 2-byte characters entered with the "1/2" setting may change to the next larger size. 7)When using the "Print Preview" feature to view a Text page's data, the Print Preview area's Title Bar display will flicker briefly. 8)When a screen's data is saved as an external bitmap file, the colors displayed in the resulting bitmap may be slightly different from the original screen's. 9)When an alarm message is designated as a symbol, the automatic incrementation feature (I.e. +1, +2) may not activate. 10)When screens are changed while using the "Simulation" feature, the data in the PC and GP LS areas may differ. 11)When using the Simulation feature and the PLC type is set to SLC500, depending on the number of addresses used, a bit's ON condition may not be displayed. 12)When the "Filing Setting" item's "Filing Data" setting is selected, the Simulation feature cannot be used. /**** V3.02 ****/ 1) When you change a screen number of a mark image from the screen list, the mark image does not display on the GP screen. 2) When you enlarge the size of a mark image placed on a base screen, the mark image will display in black. 3) In the Filing Data List, if you repeatedly switch the setting between "Internal Memory" and "CF Card", the software will forcely shutdown. 4) Will not display year 2000 from the Project Manager - Hierarchical Display. 5) If the T-screen of H70 is set to 200%, the screen will not display clearly. (3) New Functions Overview 1) Filing Data (Recipe) Feature (*1) Writes designated data (block) from the GP to the PLC. 2) Logging Feature (*1) In response to the designated trigger, designated PLC device address data is written to the GP as a data block and stored in the GP's internal SRAM. 3) Sound Output Feature (*1) WAV sound data is output (from a GP's attached speakers), in response to a designated bit address trigger. 4) Expansion I/O Unit [Multi Unit S] Can store sound data, image screens, as well as GP internal Logging Data on a CF Card. 5) Global D-Script Feature Brings D-Script functionality to screens with no existing D-Script. 6) Q-tag Block(ing) Feature Allows the grouping of alarm messages into up to three types of blocks - Very important, important and semi-important. 7) Supports Windows 98 and NT(ver. 4.0) GP-PRO/PB3's OS platform has been expanded to include Windows 98 and NT (4.0). 8) Additional Simulation Features GP Internal LS Device display, Global Simulation and Help have all been newly added. 9) Standard Support of Japanese GP System Program It is now possible to create a Japanese System environment under a PC's English OS. 10) Project Comparison (PrwComp) Feature Two different projects can be compared and the differences printed out in a file. 11) Placing a Screen Image on the Clipboard The Editor's current GP screen can be captured on the GP-PRO/PB3 for Windows 3.0 clipboard and then output as a .bmp file 12) Screen Data List Items Increased 1. A selected screen object's data will appear in the Screen Data List, allowing easy checking. 2. Data/Items can be copied from the Screen Data List to the current screen. 3. Creation Order of Screen Data List objects (includes Parts and Tags) can be changed. 4. When a called-up object is edited, the object's original screen is called up(moved to). 5. When editing a D-Script listed in the Screen Data List, a directly selected D-Script will start. 13) Expanded A-tag Functionality (*1) Indirect designations of screen numbers are now supported. (*1) Only with GP77 Series Units. (4) Differences from GP-PRO/PB3 DOS Version 1) Text Drawing Order In the DOS version, the TEXT string is always displayed last. For example, when another object overlaps a text string, the text is always drawn on top of this object. In the Windows version, the text string will overlap the same as with the other objects. It will not be drawn on the top all of the time. If a rectangle is drawn on top of the text, the text will be behind the rectangle. It will not automatically be moved to the front. 2) About the Label Setting In the DOS version, each switch and lamp could have a label made up of four different lines of text. Each line could be individually moved, and the color/size changed. The Windows version combines the 4 labels into one text object. The labels are grouped together and the individual attributes cannot be changed. It is possible to center/justify the text as a whole. 3) About Tag name features that are not supported by the DOS version 1.This software allows Tags to have the same name. When you put some K-Tags on the same screen, it is adviseable that you have unique names so that you will not get confused with these K-tags. Please read the manual for more details. 2.Tag name is automatically placed on the upper-left corner of an object. Thus, you cannot move the Tag name's position. 3.The character size of the Tag name can be changed from 8x8 to 16x8. 4) How to create X screen within the Windows version Because it is possible to copy directly from other editors with the cut & paste features, there is no need for a file conversion like the Dos version. 5) In the DOS version, the 'Alt' key is used for drawing a perfect circle. In the Windows version, the 'Ctrl' key is used instead. 6) In Windows version when inputting numbers, you can select a button and a pop-up keypad will appear. 7) Auto Redraw function is only supported within the DOS version. (5) About Program Group ProPB3Win --|-- 1.Project Manager:Pmgr.Exe | |-- 2.File Convertor:Pbwfc.Exe | |-- 3.Rebuild:Rebuild.Exe | |-- 4.Pack Tool:Pbwpack.Exe | |-- 5.Project Compare:PrwComp.Exe | |-- Guided Tour | |-- ReadMe:Readme.Txt--This File | |-- Uninstall:See below \Mdostr.Exe -- DOS Transfer Tool \Gpanalyz.Exe -- Project file Separation file \Oscheck.Exe -- Creates a report of your PC's system setup for troubleshooting. These 2 executable files are installed in the Folder (Default folder: ProPBWin). (6) About the Uninstallation >How to uninstall Execute [Start]->[Program]->[PROPB3WIN]->[Uninstall], GP-PRO/PB3 files will be deleted. Any files created by the user will not be deleted. The [Uninstall] command deletes all the library files(CPW and MRK files) included in this software, even after these files are edited, if their names have not been changed before the Uninstall is performed. (7) About the Setup for each PLC GP-PRO/PB3 supports the following PLC with their corresponding table file names: PLC Table File Name PLC Machine Type ------------------- -------------------------------------------- MTOMSIO.TBL Digital Memory Link MTOMETH.TBL Digital Memory Link Ethernet MELSECN.TBL Mitsubishi MELSEC AnN MELSECNP.TBL Mitsubishi MELSEC AnN(CPU Direct Connection) MELSECA.TBL Mitsubishi MELSEC AnA MELSECAP.TBL Mitsubishi MELSEC AnA(CPU Direct Connection) MELSECAE.TBL Mitsubishi MELSEC A Ethernet MELSECF2.TBL Mitsubishi MELSEC F2 MELSECFX.TBL Mitsubishi MELSEC FX(CPU Direct Connection) MEL_FX2.TBL Mitsubishi MELSEC FX MELSECQ.TBL Mitsubishi MELSEC Q2A MELSECQP.TBL Mitsubishi MELSEC Q2A(CPU Direct Connection) SYSMACC.TBL Omron SYSMAC-C SYSMACCV.TBL Omron SYSMAC-CV SYSMACCS.TBL Omron SYSMAC-CS1 NEWSATJW.TBL Sharp NewSatellite-JW FA_ACE1.TBL Yokogawa Electric FA-ACE 1:1 FA_ACE2.TBL Yokogawa Electric FA-ACE 1:n MICREXF.TBL Fuji Electric MICREX-F TMICREXF.TBL Fuji Electric MICREX-F T-link FLEXPC.TBL Fuji Electric FLEX-PC FLEXCPU.TBL Fuji Electric FLEX-PC CPU Direct Connection AMICREXF.TBL Fuji Electric Micrex-F(FLT) TOYOPC2.TBL Toyota Machine Works TOYOPUC-PC2 1:1 TOYOPC2M.TBL Toyota Machine Works TOYOPUC-PC2 1:n TOYOPC3.TBL Toyota Machine Works TOYOPUC-PC3 1:1 TOYOPC3M.TBL Toyota Machine Works TOYOPUC-PC3 1:n MEMCOSC1.TBL Yaskawa Electric MEMOCON-SC MEMCOSC3.TBL Yaskawa Electric GL120,130 PROGIC8.TBL Yaskawa Electric PROGIC8 CP9200SH.TBL Yaskawa Electric CP9200SH HIDICS.TBL Hitachi HIDIC-S10 Alpha HIDICH.TBL Hitachi HIDIC-H(HIZAC-H) HIDICH2.TBL Hitachi HIDIC-H2 HIZACEC.TBL Hitachi HIZAC-EC PROSECEX.TBL Toshiba PROSEC EX2000 PROSECT.TBL Toshiba PROSEC T PROSECEN.TBL Toshiba PROSEC T Ethernet MEWNETFP.TBL Matsushita Electric Works MEWNET-FP KOSTACSG.TBL Koyo Electronics Industries KOSTAC-SG KOSTACSR.TBL Koyo Electronics Industries KOSTAC-SR DL405.TBL Koyo Electronics Industries DL205/405 DL305.TBL Koyo Electronics Industries DL305 TC200.TBL Toshiba Machine TC200 GEF_SNPX.TBL GE-Fanuc Series90 SNP FANUCNC.TBL FANUC Power Mate IDEC_1.TBL IDEC Izumi PF2-CPU1 IDEC_2.TBL IDEC Izumi PF2J-CPU1,PF3S-CP11 IDEC_3.TBL IDEC Izumi PF2-CPU5M,PF3S-CP12,PF3S-CP13 MICRO3.TBL IDEC Izumi MICRO3 S5_115.TBL SIEMENS S5 90-115 S5_135.TBL SIEMENS S5 135-155 S5_3964R.TBL SIEMENS S5 3964R PROFIBUS.TBL SIEMENS Profibus SIES7PPI.TBL SIEMENS S7 PPI S7_MPI.TBL SIEMENS S7 MPI S7_3964R.TBL SIEMENS S7 3964R AB_PLC5.TBL Allen Bradley PLC-5 SLC500.TBL Allen Bradley SLC500 ABSLC500.PTO Allen Bradley SLC500 DH485 ABPLC5DH.PTO Allen Bradley DataHighWay+ ABRIO.PTO Allen Bradley Remote I/O KZ300.TBL Keyence KZ 300 Series KZA500P.TBL Keyence KZ A500 Series(CPU Direct Connection) KZA500.TBL Keyence KZ A500 Series SHINKO.TBL Shinko Electric SELMART P7000.TBL MATSUSHITA Panadac-7000 MODICON.TBL Modicon Modbus Master MODICONS.TBL Modicon Modbus Slave MODBPLUS.PTO Modicon Modbus Plus ORIM_E1.TBL ORIM VEXTA E1 FACONFB.TBL FATEK FACON FB series 2OMC DEV_NET.TBL Device Net CCLINK.TBL CC-Link * Setup for PLC will be selected when creating a Project. If you need to change to a different PLC type, save an existing project file with a different name and different PLC type. Once the PLC type is changed, you must confirm or change the addresses of the Parts, Tags, D-scripts and alarms, and perform the GP system setup again. ************ README.TXT **********