Manual
Rockwell Automation Publication 1756-UM007C-EN-P - November 2011
94 1756-HSC Module History
1756-HSC Profile Overview
There are three profiles available for programming your 1756-HSC module
depending on your module’s firmware, software, and the desired functionality.
As shown in the table on
page 93
, you will use either a:
• Full profile
• Thin profile
• Generic profile
Full profile support, for software versions 15 and later, include separate
Counter and Output Configuration tab dialog boxes that make it easier to
enter 1756-HSC operational data via a user-interface that provides error
checking and user-friendly data entry. See
Chapter 5
for configuring a module
with a full profile.
This section describes procedures for using a generic profile and modifying
tags with a thin profile.
Software versions prior to 15 do not include a user-interface that provides
error checking and user-friendly data entry. Instead, configuration tags have to
be manually entered during the initial set-up. This is referred to as a
thin profile.
A generic profile lets a prior software version use the functionality that’s
available only for the latest software. For example, a 1756-HSC module, with
software version 13, could use a generic profile to gain the output
functionality, available in software version 18, that lets you modify the outputs
in real-time by changing the rollover and preset values in the
output tags.
A generic profile will create non specific tags, with a name related to the
modules slot location. The tag names created will not reference any specific
1756-HSC module terminology.
IMPORTANT
To download firmware revisions for your module, go to
http://www.rockwellautomation.com/support
and choose
Downloads.
Do not backflash your module’s firmware from firmware
revision 3.x to 2.x or 1x. Attempting to backflash or downgrade
a module’s firmware from 3.x to 2.x or 1x will irreversibly
damage the module.
1756-HSC modules at firmware revision 2.x or 1x cannot be
flash upgraded to any firmware revision 3.x because 3.x
modules have a hardware update.