Technical information

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230V FX Series Positioning Drive Reference Manual
PCX2.SCN
This file is displayed when exiting from PCX and contains important information about how
to contact EMERSON Motion Control. If this file is missing or not in the current directory,
this window will not be displayed, however, this will not affect the operation of PCX.
PCX-READ.ME
This file contains last minute information about PCX and command line options that might
not be included in this manual. Use any text editor to view this file.
Note
If any of the above files are missing, contact EMERSON Motion Control Customer
Service.
Installing on a Hard Drive
To operate PCX software from your computer’s hard drive, simply copy all of the files on the
PCX disk to your computer’s hard disk drive. We recommend that you create a directory
called EMERSON and a subdirectory called PCX to store the files from this disk and operate
PCX from this directory only.
To copy the PCX program files from the PCX diskette to your computer’s hard disk, insert
PCX diskette into the computer’s floppy disk drive. At the C:\ prompt in the root directory
type:
<Enter> means press the Enter key.
1. MD EMERSON <Enter>
2. CD EMERSON <Enter>
3. MD PCX <Enter>
4. CD PCX <Enter>
5. Copy A:*.* <Enter>
(Type Copy B *.* if you are copying from the B:\ drive.)
Once the program has been copied to your computer you can remove the PCX diskette from
your PC’s floppy drive. To start the PCX program, type the letters “PCX” at the operating
system prompt in the directory where PCX.EXE is located.
PCX automatically generates two types of disk files (*.PCX and *.LST) when you save a file
in PCX. Both file types are described below:
Data File (*.PCX)
Data files contain all the data in an FX drive’s memory in a transportable disk file. The
Upload, Download, Edit and Create options all work with data files. Data files are