Setup guide

OSx Migration Cookbook August 30, 2006

Appendix E – System Evaluation Tool Survey Questionnaire

Do TP-to-AUI converters need to be purchased?

Comments:

5. Printers

Older OSx/PCS/Tistar systems may be using printers that are no longer directly

supported in MS Windows and would need additional drivers installed. These are

of OSx/PCS/Tistar may not support newer printers.

hese older printers with newer ones.

oes the customer need to replace the printers they use with OSx/PCS/Tistar?

. PLCs

add a channel to PCS 7 for TI505 controllers.

being used because those versions

This may be a good time to replace t

Comments:

PCS 7/505 was designed to

OSx/PCS/Tistar systems can also communicate with other controllers.

Tistar

: These systems can communicate to older obsolete TI controllers such as

TI520, TI530, TI560, TI565, and PM550. These are not supported by PCS 7.

OSx/PCS

: These systems can communicate with S5 and S7 controllers.

ommunicating with S7 controllers from PCS 7/505 requires additional software be

inCC (standalone version) has an S5 channel, but that does not support RBE.

Does the system have S7 or S5 controllers?

hat have older firmware.

ist all the PLCs applicable to this system conversion in the form: PLC Table, below.

installed.

PCS 7/505 requires all 505 series PLCs to have the latest firmware. Older

OSx/PCS/Tistar systems can communicate with PLCs t

Are there PLCs that will need firmware upgrades?