DeviceNet Communication Card 1784-PCD Installation Instructions
Important User Information Because of the variety of uses for the products described in this publication, those responsible for the application and use of this control equipment must satisfy themselves that all necessary steps have been taken to assure that each application and use meets all performance and safety requirements, including any applicable laws, regulations, codes and standards.
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Summary of Changes This release of the 1784-PCD installation instructions contains new and updated information about Windows Me and 2000. It also contains information about the new PCD Test Utility. You will see change bars, as shown to the left of this paragraph, throughout this manual to help you quickly identify revisions. Other information was revised extensively.
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Preface About the Manual Use this manual to install, configure, and troubleshoot the DeviceNet PC card (PCMCIA interface), catalog number 1784-PCD. This interface enables a computer with PCMCIA slots to communicate on a DeviceNet network.
2 Rockwell Automation Support Rockwell Automation offers support services worldwide, with over 75 sales/support offices, over 500 authorized distributors, and 260 authorized systems integrators located throughout the United States alone, plus Rockwell Automation representatives in every major country around the world.
3 Abbreviations Throughout this manual, we abbreviate some terms. Use the following table to become familiar with our terminology.
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Table of Contents Important User Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . European Communities (EC) Directive Compliance . . . . . . . . . . . EMC Directive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Low Voltage Directive. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 3 3 3 Summary of Changes Preface About the Manual. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Audience . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rockwell Automation Support . . . . .
ii Table of Contents Chapter 3 Install and Use the 16- and 32-bit Drivers for Windows 95 What’s in This Chapter? . . . . . . Guidelines for Using the Driver. Install the Driver . . . . . . . . . . . Stop the PCD Card . . . . . . . . . . Method 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Method 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Remove the Driver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Table of Contents iii Chapter 6 Install and Use the Driver for Windows 2000 What’s in This Chapter? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Install the Driver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Update the 1784-PCD Plug and Play Driver . . . . . . . . . Stop and Eject the 1784-PCD Card. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Unsafe Removal of Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Show the Card Unplug/Eject Icon on the Taskbar . . . . . . . . . . . 6-1 . . . . . . . 6-2 . . . . . . .
iv Table of Contents If the Driver Does Not Work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-4 Troubleshooting on Windows NT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-7 Understand What a Missing PC Card (PCMCIA) Icon Means 10-7 Change Memory and Interrupt Resources. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-8 Troubleshooting on Windows 2000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-10 Check for Incompatible BIOS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-10 If the Driver Does Not Work in Windows 2000 . .
Chapter 1 About the PCD Card What’s in This Chapter? Read this Chapter to familiarize yourself with PCMCIA technology and the PCD card. For information on: See page: What is PCMCIA? 1-1 What is a PC Card? 1-1 What is the PCD card? 1-4 What is PCMCIA? The Personal Computer Memory Card International Association (PCMCIA) developed a standard for credit-card size personal computer (PC) cards. The PCMCIA standard defines an architecture and communication method for these PC cards.
1-2 About the PCD Card Currently there are three types of PC cards: 85.6 mm 3.37 in. Type I 3.3 mm thick 13 in. 54 mm 2.13 in. data storage, such as Flash memory cards Center Type II 5.0 mm thick 197 in. I/O such as modem, LAN, and host communications (the Allen-Bradley 1784-PCD, -PCMK, and -PCC cards are Type II cards) Type III 10.5 mm thick 41 in.
About the PCD Card 1-3 Software interfaces defined by PCMCIA enable communications between an installed PC card and the computer. We call these software interfaces Card and Socket Services. Windows 95/98, Me, NT and 2000 have built-in card and Socket Services capabilities. Once you establish communication, the PC card identifies itself through its Card Information Structure.
1-4 About the PCD Card What is the PCD card? The PCD card is a PCMCIA Type II form-factor card that interfaces between your computer and a DeviceNet network. . IMPORTANT Your computer must be PCMCIA 2.1 compliant to support the 1784-PCD card. To verify that your computer is PCMCIA 2.1 compliant, see your computer’s user manual.
Chapter 2 Pre-installation Procedures What’s in This Chapter? The following table describes what this Chapter contains and where to find specific information. For information on: See page: Verify Your Package Contents 2-1 System Requirements 2-2 Remove Previously Installed Drivers 2-2 Determine Which Driver to Install 2-3 Locate the 1784-PCD Driver 2-3 Verify Your Package Contents Be certain that you have these items before you discard any packing material.
2-2 Pre-installation Procedures System Requirements operating system application software Microsoft Windows 95/98/Me, 2000, or NT 4.0 RSNetWorx for DeviceNet software Windows 95/98/Me/NT: RSLinx 2.00.97 or later Windows 2000: RSLinx 2.2 or later with RSLinx Service Pack 2 installed Note: For RSLinx versions later than 2.2, no Service Pack is required for the 1784-PCD card to work.
Pre-installation Procedures 2-3 Determine Which Driver to Install Before you install the PCD card, you will need to determine which driver to install. Refer to the table below to help you decide. If you are using this operating system: And this software: Do this: Windows 95 (16-bit) • DeviceNet Manager • third-party WinDNet16 • DeviceNet Monitor Install the Windows 95 16-bit driver. Refer to Chapter 3 for more information. Windows 95 (32-bit) • RSNetWorx for DeviceNet • RSLinx (version 2.00.
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Chapter 3 Install and Use the 16- and 32-bit Drivers for Windows 95 What’s in This Chapter? This Chapter describes installation procedures for the 16- or 32-bit Windows 95 drivers.
3-2 Install and Use the 16- and 32-bit Drivers for Windows 95 TIP TIP Depending on the version of Windows 95 you are using, your screens may look slightly differen from the ones shown in this Chapter. If you plan to use DeviceNet Manager software, DeviceNet Monitor software, or other WinDNet16 software, you must install the Windows 95 16-bit driver. If you plan to use RSNetWorx for DeviceNet or RSLinx, you must install the Windows 95 32-bit driver.
Install and Use the 16- and 32-bit Drivers for Windows 95 3-3 • When changing the series of the PCD card in Windows 95: If you change the series of the PCD card, when the PC recognizes the new PCD card for the first time, Windows reports that it has found new hardware and may prompt you to insert the appropriate setup disk. If prompted, insert the setup disk with the driver for your application. Be certain to install the same type of driver (16- or 32-bit) for both cards.
3-4 Install and Use the 16- and 32-bit Drivers for Windows 95 Install the Driver 1. Some earlier versions of the driver do not appear in the Add/Remove Programs utility on the Windows Control Panel and can only be removed by running the pcdupdt.exe program. To verify that an earlier version of the driver is not installed, run the pcdupdt.exe program from the root of the 1784-PCD Installation Windows 95/98/Me 32-bit Setup Disk. a.
Install and Use the 16- and 32-bit Drivers for Windows 95 3-5 5. Click Next. You see a dialog box similar to this one: TIP You may see a message indicating that no driver was found. If you do get this message, type the path where the driver is located (on the disk, or on your hard drive, if you downloaded it). If Windows is still unable to find the driver, reboot your PC.
3-6 Install and Use the 16- and 32-bit Drivers for Windows 95 6. Click Finish. The system begins to load the driver, then prompts you with the following dialog box:. TIP If you see this dialog box, specify the drive letter for your disk drive (usually a:) in the Copy files from... pulldown (see the screen capture shown above). Press Enter or click OK. You may be prompted to restart your computer for the driver to take effect. 7.
Install and Use the 16- and 32-bit Drivers for Windows 95 3-7 Stop the PCD Card Before you remove the PCD card from its socket, you should stop the card, which also stops the driver. There are two methods for stopping the card. Method 1 1.Right-click the PC card icon in the Windows taskbar. 2.Select Adjust PC Card Properties. 3. On the list of PC cards that appears, click on the 1784-PCD card you want to stop. 4. Click Stop. 5.
3-8 Install and Use the 16- and 32-bit Drivers for Windows 95 Remove the Driver You can use the uninstaller provided by Windows 95 to remove the driver from your system. 1. Stop the PCD card as directed above. 2. Click Start ⇒ Settings ⇒ Control Panel. 3. Double-click the Add/Remove Programs icon. 4. Select Allen-Bradley 1784-PCD. 5. Click Add/Remove. Click Next. 6. Before files are deleted, you are prompted to confirm that you want to remove the PCD card.
Chapter 4 Install and Use the 32-bit Driver for Windows 98/Me What’s in This Chapter? This Chapter describes installation procedures for the 32-bit Windows 95/98/Me driver. This Chapter describes how to: For information on: See page: Guidelines for Using the Driver 4-2 Install the Driver in Windows 98 4-3 Install the Driver in Windows Me 4-7 Stop the PCD Card 4-9 Remove the Driver 4-10 TIP TIP 16-bit drivers may work on some Windows 98/Me computers.
4-2 Install and Use the 32-bit Driver for Windows 98/Me The instructions in this Chapter assume that you: • have already determined which operating system you are using, and which driver you need to install • are using Windows 98 or Me • are using RSNetWorx or RSLinx software. RSLinx software must be at version 2.00.97.30 or later. IMPORTANT Always remove PCD drivers you may have installed previously before you install new ones. Refer to Remove the Driver on page 4-10.
Install and Use the 32-bit Driver for Windows 98/Me 4-3 Install the Driver in Windows 98 1. Insert the 1784-PCD Installation Windows 95/98/2000/Me 32-bit Setup Disk into your floppy disk drive. a. Some earlier versions of the driver do not appear in the Add/Remove Programs utility on the Windows Control Panel and can only be removed by running the pcdupdt.exe program. To verify that an earlier version of the driver is not installed, run the pcdupdt.
4-4 Install and Use the 32-bit Driver for Windows 98/Me 4. You see this screen: 5. Click Next. You see this screen: 6.
Install and Use the 32-bit Driver for Windows 98/Me 4-5 • Specify a location if you downloaded the driver file from www.ab.com/support. If you select: Then: Floppy disk drives insert the 1784-PCD Installation Windows 95/98/2000/Me 32-bit Setup Disk into the drive and click Next. Windows 98/Me will search for the appropriate driver. CD-ROM drives insert the RSLinx CD into the drive and click Next. Windows 98/Me will search for the appropriate driver.
4-6 Install and Use the 32-bit Driver for Windows 98/Me 8. Click Next. You see this screen: 9. Click Finish. You see this screen: 10. Click Yes to reboot your computer. 11. Run the PCD Test Utility to verify the installation. Refer to Chapter 9 of this manual.
Install and Use the 32-bit Driver for Windows 98/Me 4-7 Install the Driver in Windows Me 1. Insert the 1784-PCD Installation Windows 95/98/2000/Me 32-bit Setup Disk into your floppy disk drive. a. Some earlier versions of the driver do not appear in the Add/Remove Programs utility on the Windows Control Panel and can only be removed by running the pcdupdt.exe program. To verify that an earlier version of the driver is not installed, run the pcdupdt.
4-8 Install and Use the 32-bit Driver for Windows 98/Me 3. Click Next. You see this screen: 4.
Install and Use the 32-bit Driver for Windows 98/Me 4-9 5. Click Finish. You see this screen: 6. Click Yes to reboot your computer. 7. Run the PCD Test Utility to verify the installation. Refer to Chapter 9 of this manual. Stop the PCD Card Before you remove the PCD card from its socket, you should stop the card, which also stops the driver. Method 1 1. Right-click the PC card icon in the Windows taskbar. 2. Select Adjust PC Card Properties. 3.
4-10 Install and Use the 32-bit Driver for Windows 98/Me Method 2 1.Left-click the PC card icon in the Windows taskbar. 2.On the list of PC cards that appears, click on the 1784-PCD card you want to stop. 3. When you see the message that tells you that you may safely remove this device, click OK. Remove the Driver You can use the uninstaller provided by Windows 98/Me to remove the driver from your system. 1. Stop the PCD card as directed above. 2. Click Start ⇒ Settings ⇒ Control Panel. 3.
Install and Use the 32-bit Driver for Windows 98/Me 4-11 6. Click Add/Remove. If you have not already stopped the card, you see a screen similar to the one below. 7. Before files are deleted, you are prompted to confirm that you want to remove the PCD card. TIP As an alternative, you can run the pcdupdt.exe file from the root of the 32-bit driver disk to remove the driver. a. Place the 1784-PCD Installation Windows 95/98/2000/Me 32-bit Setup Disk into your computer’s floppy disk drive. b.
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Chapter 5 Install and Use the Driver for Windows NT What’s in This Chapter? This Chapter describes how to: To: See page: Use Third-party Windows NT Plug-and-play Software 5-2 Install the Driver 5-4 Test the PCD Card 5-7 Remove the Driver 5-8 The instructions in this Chapter assume that you: • have already determined which operating system you are using, and which driver you need to install • are using Windows NT • are using RSNetworx for DeviceNet software with RSLinx 2.00.97.
5-2 Install and Use the Driver for Windows NT TIP With certain third-party plug-and-play software packages, two PCD cards can be used at the same time. To determine if your system will support two PCD cards, install two cards and configure the PCD driver in RSLinx (select Communications ⇒ Configure Drivers). If your system supports two cards, you will see two serial numbers as shown in this excerpt from the RSLinx PCD Driver Configuration Screen.
Install and Use the Driver for Windows NT TIP 5-3 Whenever you upgrade third-party plug-and-play software, you must also upgrade all associated power management and docking service software, if loaded, to the same version to which you have upgraded the plug-and-play software. SystemSoft’s CardWizard If you have SystemSoft’s CardWizard plug-and-play software, you must upgrade it to version 4.0 or later.
5-4 Install and Use the Driver for Windows NT Unicore/Touchstone Software’s CardWare If you have Unicore/Touchstone Software’s CardWare, you must upgrade to version 2.11 or later. Do not use the Allen-Bradley 1784-PCD card icon in the Control Panel to assign memory and interrupt resources. The Unicore/Touchstone Software PC card controller assigns these resources for you automatically. For more information, contact Touchstone or Unicore: • Touchstone: Internet: www.touchstonesoftware.
Install and Use the Driver for Windows NT 5-5 If you get this message, do the following: a. Choose the Do not install any driver for this card radio button. b. Check the Do not display this dialog for the PC card again checkbox. c. Press Enter or click Ok. You still need to install the driver. Go on to step 5. • If you have SystemSoft’s CardWizard, you may see a screen that tells you the PCMCIA card is not configured. Click Exit and continue with step 5.
5-6 Install and Use the Driver for Windows NT If you see this screen: Do this: Click Done. If you do not, you will see this screen every time you reboot your pc. Click OK. Click No. 5. Insert the 1784-PCD Installation Windows NT 4.0 Setup Disk into the floppy disk drive. 6. Access the Run window by selecting Start ⇒ Run. 7. In the Run dialog box, type the path a:\setup.exe Substitute for a:\ the drive letter of your floppy disk, (for example, b:\).
Install and Use the Driver for Windows NT 5-7 8. Click OK. The InstallShield Wizard starts up. You see a progress bar advance as the installation progresses. 9. Click Next. 10. At the Setup Complete screen, click the Yes I want to restart my computer now radio button. 11. Click Finish. IMPORTANT If CardWare displays a message saying the driver could not be started, you may have a resource conflict. Refer to Chapter 10 for troubleshooting information.
5-8 Install and Use the Driver for Windows NT Remove the Driver You can use the uninstaller provided by Windows NT to remove the driver from your system. 1. Click Start ⇒ Settings ⇒ Control Panel. 2. Double-click the Add/Remove Programs icon. 3. Close the Control Panel. Doing this allows you to completely uninstall the driver without rebooting your computer. 4. Select Allen-Bradley 1784-PCD Driver from the Add/Remove Programs list box. 5. Click Add/Remove.
Chapter 6 Install and Use the Driver for Windows 2000 What’s in This Chapter? This Chapter describes how to: To: See page: Install the Driver 6-2 Update the 1784-PCD Plug and Play Driver 6-7 Stop and Eject the 1784-PCD Card 6-8 Show the Card Unplug/Eject Icon on the Taskbar 6-11 In order to follow the instructions in this Chapter, you must: • have Windows 2000 loaded • have the Windows 2000 driver for the PCD card • have RSLinx version 2.
6-2 Install and Use the Driver for Windows 2000 IMPORTANT If you are using Windows 2000, we strongly recommend that you verify that your system BIOS supports Windows 2000. If you have problems using the 1784-PCD card with a system running Windows 2000, check that you have the latest system BIOS installed. You can download BIOS updates from most computer manufacturers’ websites. Contact your computer manufacturer for details.
Install and Use the Driver for Windows 2000 TIP IMPORTANT 6-3 If you insert multiple PC Cards, you may hear more than one tonal notification per card. Windows 2000 detects devices during the power up process, and adjusts the device resources accordingly. This results in sounding multiple tones. When the system changes settings, for example, when removing a card, the tones will sound again for each change. If a PCD driver is already installed, remove it by running the pcdupdt.
6-4 Install and Use the Driver for Windows 2000 Windows 2000 displays: 4. Click Next.
Install and Use the Driver for Windows 2000 6-5 5. Select Search for a suitable driver and click Next. At this point you need to select where the file is located. 6. Select one of the following: • Floppy disk drives if you are going to use the floppy disk that ships with the 1784-PCD card • CD-ROM drives if you are going to get the file from the RSLinx CD-ROM, Version 2.2 Service Pack 2 or later. • Specify a location if you downloaded the driver file from www.ab.com/support/products/pccards.html.
6-6 Install and Use the Driver for Windows 2000 7. Click Next. TIP You may see a message indicating that no driver was found. If you do get this message, type the path where the driver is located (on the disk, or on your hard drive, if you downloaded it). If Windows is still unable to find the driver, reboot your PC.
Install and Use the Driver for Windows 2000 6-7 8. Once Windows 2000 installs the driver, the following displays. 9. Click Finish. You may be prompted to restart you computer for the driver to take effect. 10. Run the 1784-PCD Test Utility to verify the installation. Refer to Chapter 9 of this manual. Update the 1784-PCD Plug and Play Driver Perform these steps to update the driver to a newer version: 1. Run the pcdupdt.exe utility from the root of your driver installation disk. a.
6-8 Install and Use the Driver for Windows 2000 Stop and Eject the 1784-PCD Card Before you remove the PCD card from its socket, you should stop the card, which also stops the driver. 1. Double-click on the card unplug/eject icon on your task bar. . TIP If you don’t have the icon on your taskbar, go to page 6-11 to activate the icon. 2. Click on the PCD card you want to stop from the list of cards.
Install and Use the Driver for Windows 2000 6-9 3. Click Stop. You see this screen: 4. Click OK. 5. When you see the window that states you may safely remove this device, click OK. 6. Remove the card.
6-10 Install and Use the Driver for Windows 2000 Unsafe Removal of Card If you do not stop the communication to your card before you remove a card from your computer, Windows 2000 displays: To stop the card, refer to Stop and Eject the 1784-PCD Card on page 6-8. IMPORTANT Use the Unplug/eject icon on the taskbar to insure you do not damage your card.
Install and Use the Driver for Windows 2000 6-11 Show the Card Unplug/Eject Icon on the Taskbar If you frequently need to eject the PCD card, be sure to check the Show Unplug/Eject icon on the taskbar box in the Completing the Add/Remove Hardware wizard page. You can check the box the first time you install the card. The next time you want to unplug or eject the device, you can use the icon on the taskbar instead of the Add/Remove Hardware wizard. 1. Double-click My Computer on your desktop. 2.
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Chapter 7 Insert and Remove the 1784-PCD Card What’s in This Chapter? Read this Chapter to understand how to insert and remove the card from your laptop computer. To: See page: Insert the PCD Card 7-1 Remove the PCD Card 7-3 Insert the PCD Card IMPORTANT If you are using Windows 95/98/Me or 2000, you can insert or remove the 1784-PCD card from a powered computer. Be sure to stop the card first. Refer to the Chapter for each operating system for the procedure for stopping the card.
7-2 Insert and Remove the 1784-PCD Card 1. Open the door to the PCMCIA slot. Some slots do not have doors. 19869 IMPORTANT If you have more than one slot in your computer, you can insert the 1784-PCD card into any empty slot. Check your computer’s documentation for the slot numbers. You can use the other available slots for other PC cards such as network or modem cards. 2. Grasp the card by the edges with the logo facing upward and the 68-pin connector facing into the PCMCIA slot. 3.
Insert and Remove the 1784-PCD Card 7-3 Multiple Tones If you insert multiple PC cards, you may hear more than one tonal notification per card. Windows 95/98/Me, and 2000 detect devices during the power-up process, and adjust the device resources accordingly. This results in sounding multiple tones. When the system changes settings, for example, when a card is removed, the tones will sound again for each change. IMPORTANT Do not remove the card under power on a Windows NT system.
7-4 Insert and Remove the 1784-PCD Card Notes: Publication 1784-IN029C-EN-P - June 2001
Chapter 8 Connect the Card to the DeviceNet Network This Chapter describes how to connect the PCD card to a Devicenet network. These instructions assume that you have installed: • your application software • the card (Chapter 7) • the 1784-PCD drivers (Chapters 3 through 6) and restarted Windows TIP If you need additional information about connecting cables, see the DeviceNet Cable Planning and Installation Manual, publication DN-6.7.2. The following diagrams show a PCMCIA-2.1-compliant system.
8-2 Connect the Card to the DeviceNet Network Connect the card to the network in any of the following ways: Connect to the network using a: Catalog or part no.
Connect the Card to the DeviceNet Network 8-3 3 1784-PCD1 to 5-pin linear plug to DeviceNet network Notebook computer with 1784-PCD card installed 1784-PCD1 To DeviceNet network 1787-PLUG10R 20725c-M 4 1784-PCD to 1787-OPCAB/A five loose pins black blue clear white red This cable does not ship with the 1784-PCD card. 31227-M 3. Verify that you can go online with the card and your application software.
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Chapter 9 Run the 1784-PCD Test Utility and Access Diagnostics Before You Begin The 1784-PCD Test Utility lets you verify and troubleshoot the installation of your 1784-PCD card on Windows 95/98/Me/2000 and NT platforms. Follow the procedure in this Chapter to run the test utility and access diagnostics. IMPORTANT This utility does not work with the Windows 95 16-bit driver. Use the PCD_Test.exe program to test the card and driver.
9-2 Run the 1784-PCD Test Utility and Access Diagnostics Run the PCD Test Utility 1. Navigate to the location of the PCD Test Utility, for example, A:\PCD_TEST\pcd_test.exe. 2. Double-click on the pcd_test.exe file to start the PCD Test Utility. The 1784-PCD Installation Test Utility automatically looks for your card and begins the tests. As the tests are completed, a green check mark appears, showing that the particular test was successful. If there is an error, you will see a red X and an explanation.
Run the 1784-PCD Test Utility and Access Diagnostics If you: 9-3 Follow the directions specified in a failure message you may receive, or: do not see all green check marks or you do not see the message stating that the 1784-PCD completed all tests successfully • In Windows NT, adjust system resources. Refer to Change Memory and Interrupt Resources on page 10-8. • In Windows 95/98/Me and 2000, go to Device Manager and adjust resources. Refer to Chapter 10 for details.
9-4 Run the 1784-PCD Test Utility and Access Diagnostics c. When you click Yes, you see the PCD Configuration screen. These fields show the resources the card is using. d. Click OK to run the test.
Run the 1784-PCD Test Utility and Access Diagnostics 9-5 If you are properly connected to your network, the test utility will browse your network to find active nodes. You will see a node table with the active nodes checked: TIP If you get an error message telling you the 1784-PCD card does not appear to be connected to a network, check or replace your network cabling.
9-6 Run the 1784-PCD Test Utility and Access Diagnostics Access Diagnostics Whenever you configure the PCD card, you will see the 1784-PCD Driver Configuration screen. This screen lets you access diagnostics by clicking the Diagnostics button. To cause the Diagnostics window to appear automatically when a system problem occurs, check the Activate Diagnostic Window on Error checkbox.
Run the 1784-PCD Test Utility and Access Diagnostics 9-7 You can also access diagnostics in RSLinx with the following procedure: 1. Click on the 1784-PCD entry to highlight it. 2. Right-click your mouse button and select Driver Diagnostics. An RSLinx PCD Driver Diagnostics window will appear. To activate the PCD Detailed Diagnostic window: 3. Select the Network Interface tab.
9-8 Run the 1784-PCD Test Utility and Access Diagnostics 4. Click on the Display Driver Specific Details button at the bottom of the window.
Run the 1784-PCD Test Utility and Access Diagnostics 9-9 5. You see a Diagnostics window similar to the one shown below.
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Chapter 10 Troubleshoot the Card Occasionally, you may need to modify your system to help the PCD card to function properly. Use the tips and suggestions that follow to help you set up the PCD card and driver(s) successfully. TIP The first step in troubleshooting is running the PCD Test Utility and viewing diagnostics. Refer to Chapter 9 for more information on running the utility and viewing diagnostics.
10-2 Troubleshoot the Card Understand What Hearing Multiple Tones Means If you insert multiple PC cards, you may hear more than one tonal notification per card. Windows detects devices during power-up, and adjusts the device resources accordingly. This results in multiple tones sounding. When the system changes settings, for example, when you remove a card, the tones sound again for each change.
Troubleshoot the Card 10-3 Enable the PC Card Icon in the Taskbar The PC card icon in the taskbar informs you about the status of your PC card and lets you stop any processing before you remove or change PC cards. Follow this procedure to configure your system to display this icon within the taskbar: 1. Select Start ⇒ Settings ⇒ Control Panel. 2. Double-click on the PC card (PCMCIA) icon. 3. When the PC Card Properties dialog box appears, click on Show control on taskbar. You see: 4. Click OK.
10-4 Troubleshoot the Card If the Driver Does Not Work Use the following procedure to resolve other driver issues. 1. Access the Device Manager by right-clicking on My Computer and selecting Properties. 2. Select the Device Manager tab. 3. Scroll through the device list until you see the Allen-Bradley PCD family entry. 4. Double-click on the + sign to the left of this entry to expand it. 5. Click on Allen-Bradley 1784-PCD card to select it. 6. Click the Properties button.
Troubleshoot the Card 10-5 7. In the Properties dialog box, click on the Resources tab. 8. Do the following: • check for conflicts listed in the Conflicting Device list • verify that you have assigned resources to the PCD card. You should have, at minimum, an interrupt and memory range assigned.
10-6 Troubleshoot the Card 9. If there are no conflicts, continue with step 10 below. If there are conflicts, you may need to alter the settings of the conflicting devices to get the PCD card to work properly. First try unchecking the Use Automatic Settings box and then changing the memory or interrupt resources. TIP To find free memory and interrupt resources on Windows 95/98/Me systems, in the Device Manager window, right-click on Computer and select Properties.
Troubleshoot the Card 10-7 12. Double-click on PCMCIA sockets to expand it. 13. Click on the PCMCIA controller used by your system. 14. Click on Properties. Verify that the socket controller is enabled in the hardware profile you are using.
10-8 Troubleshoot the Card Change Memory and Interrupt Resources If you experience difficulty in configuring the PCD card, you should change the memory and interrupt resources.
Troubleshoot the Card 10-9 If you are using pure NT (no third-party plug-and-play software) or SystemSoft’s CardWizard, follow this procedure to assign available resources with the PCD card configuration tool. 1. Select Start ⇒ Settings ⇒ Control Panel. Double-click the Allen-Bradley 1784-PCD icon. You see the Allen-Bradley 1784-PCD Configurator screen. You can use this screen to assign available resources. 2. To find available resources in your system, do the following: a.
10-10 Troubleshoot the Card Since Windows NT may be using a resource and may not report it in Windows NT diagnostics, always run the PCD Test Utility after configuring resources. TIP If the driver will not start or cannot find a card, try reconfiguring the resources. • If the IRQ test fails, try another IRQ. • If the memory test fails, try another memory range. You can also access diagnostics in RSLinx. Refer to Chapter 9 for information on accessing diagnostics.
Troubleshoot the Card 10-11 2. Select the card. 3. Click Properties.
10-12 Troubleshoot the Card 4. Click the General tab. If: the device status displays this message: This device is not present, not working properly, or does not have all drivers installed. Then: • click on the Resources tab and check the Conflicting Device list for possible hardware conflicts • try disabling the Automatic Settings option. Go to Step 5, below.
Troubleshoot the Card 10-13 5. Click on the Resources tab. TIP The majority of the time, we recommend that you use the automatic settings. The card will assign an interrupt (memory location) for you. An interrupt must be assigned to the 1784-PCD card. Verify that there is an interrupt assigned and no resource conflicts display in the Conflicting Device list.
10-14 Troubleshoot the Card 6. In the unlikely event that you have a resource conflict, you may need to assign a specific interrupt to free the resource for another device. TIP On Windows 2000 systems, you can find free memory and interrupt resources with this procedure: 1. Right-click on My Computer and select Manage. 2. Click the + sign to the left of System Tools to expand it. 3. Click the + sign to the left of System Information to expand it. 4.
Troubleshoot the Card 7. To a. b. c. 10-15 manually assign an interrupt: Deselect the Use automatic settings box. Click on Interrupt Request. Click Change Setting... and select an interrupt location. TIP You may need to disable another device, such as an unused serial or parallel port to make an interrupt available for the PCD card. 8. In some cases, a device other than the 1784-PCD card may be determined to use the interrupt that the PCD card wants.
10-16 Troubleshoot the Card 3. On the Computer Management screen that appears, select Device Manager. TIP Alternately, you can access Device Manager by selecting My Computer ⇒ Properties ⇒ Hardware ⇒ Device Manager. 4. Click on the + next to Allen-Bradley PCMCIA Family to display the available Allen-Bradley cards.
Troubleshoot the Card 10-17 5. Double-click on 1784-PCD. You see this screen. 6. Check the Device Status field. You should see a message indicating the device is working properly.
10-18 Troubleshoot the Card Notes: Publication 1784-IN029C-EN-P - June 2001
Appendix A Specifications 1784-PCD Communication Card (Series C) PCMCIA Type PCMCIA Standard Card and Socket Services Standard Power Requirements Environmental Conditions Slot Temperature Humidity Vibration Shock Agency Certification (when product or packaging is marked) Type II form-factor network adapter card Compliant to PCMCIA Standard, release 2.1 Compliant to PCMCIA Card and Socket Services Standard, revision 2.
A-2 Specifications Figure A.1 1747-PCD1 Cable pin assignment PC card plug DeviceNet header 3 1 5 9 2 13 SHLD 3 SHLD 10 4 14 4 6 5 Figure A.
Glossary adapter The hardware that connects the computer bus to the 68-pin PC card sockets in the PCMCIA slot. See also socket. application programming interface (API) The set of services that an operating system makes available to programs that run under it. binary file A file consisting of a sequence of 8-bit data or executable code, as distinguished from files consisting of human-readable ASCII text. Card Identification Structure A PC card that complies with the PCMCIA standard.
2 Glossary socket The 68-pin physical connection in the PCMCIA slot in your computer that connects to the 68-pins on the PC card. Socket Services The software interface that manipulates the PC cards, sockets, and adapters. See also PC cards, sockets, adapters. type Refers to the physical size of the PC card. There are three types of cards that have the same length and width (54 mm x 85.6 mm).
Index Numerics I 1784-PCD card about 1-1 communication 1-2 connecting to DeviceNet network 8-1 driver determining which to install 2-3 enabling icon in taskbar 10-3 inserting into PCMCIA slot 7-1 package contents verifying 2-1 purpose 1-4 removing from PCMCIA slot 7-3 stopping 3-7, 4-9, 6-8 system requirements 2-2 testing 5-7, 6-7, 9-1 troubleshooting 10-1 unsafe removal of 6-10 important user information M manual about P-1 multiple tones 6-3, C Card Executive 5-3 CardWare 5-4 CardWizard 5-3 communica
I-2 unplug/eject icon 6-11 unplug/eject the card 10-10 W Windows 2000 driver downloading for Windows 2000 installing 6-2 updating 6-7 Windows 95 driver installing 3-1 removing 3-8 Windows 98/Me driver installing 4-1 removing 4-10 Windows NT driver installing 5-1 removing 5-8 2-3 Publication 1784-IN029C-EN-P - June 2001
Publication 1784-IN029C-EN-P - June 2001 Supersedes Publication 1784-5.29 - June 1999 PN 957464-46 © 2001 Rockwell International Corporation. Printed in the U.S.A.
