Installation and Upgrade Guide

Publication 1757-IN510A-EN-P - October 2003
Table of Contents vii
Changing the Computer Name on a Windows XP Client 8-24
Configuring a ProcessLogix Client. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-24
Adding 1757-PLX52 Controller Redundancy to R510.0
Non-Redundant 1757-PLX52 Controller Configurations . . . . 8-25
Deleting a Non-Redundant 1757-PLX52 and Unassigning
its Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-25
Installing and connecting Redundant Chassis Pair (RCP)
Hardware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-27
Updating Firmware Revision Levels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-27
Creating a Redundant 1757-PLX52 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-28
Chapter 9
New Functions and Features Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-1
ProcessLogix DeviceNet Wizard. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-1
1757-ABRIO Update . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-2
New PLX Function Blocks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-2
RSView Connectivity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-3
Additional Module Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-3
Chapter 10
Major ProcessLogix Software
Components
Major ProcessLogix Engineering Tools Software
Revisions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-1
Major ProcessLogix Server Software Revisions . . . . . . . . 10-2
Embedded Software Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-3
External, Third Party Qualified Software Components . . 10-4
Miscellaneous SCADA Component Revisions. . . . . . . . . 10-6
Chapter 11
Performance and Capacity
Specifications
Server/Client Performance and Capacity. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-1
PC Platform Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-1
Server Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-2
Platform System Configuration Definitions . . . . . . . . . . 11-2
Client Platform Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-3
Application Usage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-4
User Interface Capacity and Performance . . . . . . . . . . . 11-7
Control Builder Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-8
Server Redundancy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-9
Client/Server Communication Capacity . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-9
Server Notifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-10
Server Data Access. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-10
Controller and Communications Capacity and
Performance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-11
Control Network Capacity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-11
System Communications Load Philosophy and
Guidelines. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-12