Specifications

59Installation

Installation

Before You Begin

Important Notice:

This software is protected by copyright. By opening the distribution disks package

you automatically accept terms and conditions of the license agreement.

You are only permitted to make one single copy of the original distribution disks for your

own backup and archiving purposes.

Software Purpose

This software is a configuration utility software package which will be used to configure the following

PROFINET I/O network interface modules of MELSEC System Qn series PLCs:

PROFINET I/O master module ME1PN1FW-Q

4.1 System Requirements

To install the GX Configurator-PN software package your computer has to meet the following require-

ments

Minimum Hardware Requirements

Pentium II 350 Mhz processor (for Vista: 1 GHz processor)

256 MB RAM for Microsoft ® Windows XP

1 GB RAM for Microsoft ® Windows Vista

VGA compatible graphics adapter

17"/43 cm diag. VGA monitor

At least 200 MB free hard disk space

CD-ROM drive

interface for communication with the PLC system

Software Requirements

GX Configurator-PN is a 32-bit software that runs on the following operating systems

Microsoft ® Windows XP Home or Professional Edition

Microsoft ® Windows Vista Home (or higher)

Microsoft ® Windows 7 Home (or higher), both 32- and 64-bit versions

Microsoft ® Windows 8, both 32- and 64-bit versions

Related MELSOFT Software

GX Configurator-PN is typically used together with one of the PLC programming packages for

MITSUBISHI PLCs

'GX Developer' (GD)

'GX IEC Developer' (GID)

'GX Works 2' (GXW2) (version 1.501X or higher)

Certain functions of GX Configurator-PN are restricted or not available for specific PLC programming

packages.