August 2010 GFK-1671P IMPORTANT PRODUCT INFORMATION READ THIS INFORMATION FIRST Product: VersaPro™ Programming Software Release 2.
Important Product Information GFK-1671P Caution You should back up VersaPro 1.x folders before installing VersaPro 2.04 because saving any of these folders with VersaPro 2.04 will prevent the folder from being used with VersaPro 1.0x, 1.1x and 1.50. Folders saved with VersaPro 2.04 are compatible with VersaPro 2.00, 2.01, 2.02 and 2.03. Caution When using the 90-30 Profibus Master Module (HE693PBM101 or HE693PBM101F) with VersaPro 2.
Important Product Information GFK-1671P Operating Systems Supported · Windows 95B · Windows 98 (First Edition Service Pack 1, Second Edition) · Windows NT 4.0 (Service Pack 5, Service Pack 5 international version, Service Pack 6) · Windows 2000 (64MB minimum memory required) · Windows Millennium Edition (Me) · Windows XP Professional Note: VersaPro supports only the English (United States) regional settings.
Important Product Information GFK-1671P Installation Note VersaPro must be installed on a hard drive in your computer. Do not attempt to install VersaPro on removable media such as Jaz® or Zip® drives. 1. It is recommended that you close all applications including virus checking, Internet Explorer 5.0,and CIMPLICITY HMI software that might be running in the background. You may need to check the task manager to determine if other applications are running.
Important Product Information 5 GFK-1671P VersaPro 2.03 New Features Series 90-30 Changes VersaPro 2.03 now supports the following Series 90-30 CPU: Description Catalog No. Minimum Version Required (Corresponding Firmware Revision in parentheses) CPU374, Series 90-30 CPU IC693CPU374 11.00 VersaMax Nano/Micro Changes VersaPro 2.03 now supports the following VersaMax Nano/Micro CPUs: Description Catalog No.
Important Product Information GFK-1671P VersaPro New Features The following usability improvements are included in VersaPro 2.03: Usability Function/Feature Write to Flash option – Folder contents can now be stored to Flash memory as a part of the Store to PLC process. The Store to PLC dialog contains an additional option to store Program Logic, Hardware Configuration, and Stored Values to Flash. This Write to Flash checkbox will be enabled for all the PLCs that support Flash memory.
Important Product Information 7 GFK-1671P VersaPro 2.02 New Features The following usability improvements are included in VersaPro 2.02: Usability Function/Feature PBM101F – A new Profibus Master module, HE693PBM101F has been added with support for 125 bytes of Extra Parameter data. Load of EGD for CPU364: Support for Load from PLC of Ethernet Global Data (EGD) for 90-30 CPU364 DSM Zip file size: The maximum size allowed for the DSM Motion Zip files is increased to 64k from 32k.
Important Product Information GFK-1671P VersaPro 2.01 New Features VersaMax Nano/Micro Changes The following VersaMax Nano/Micro CPUs are supported by VersaPro 2.0x versions: Description Catalog No. Minimum Version Required (Corresponding Firmware Revision in parentheses) NDD010, Nano-10pt DC/DC/DC IC200NDD010/101 1.00 NDD101, Nano-10pt DC/DC/DC IC200NDD010/101 1.00 NDR001, Nano-10pt DC/DC/Relay IC200NDR001/010 1.00 NDR001, Nano-10pt DC/DC/Relay IC200NDR001/010 1.
Important Product Information 9 GFK-1671P The following VersaMax Nano/Micro Expansion Units are supported by VersaPro 2.01and 2.02: Description Catalog No. Minimum Version Required (Corresponding Firmware Revision in parentheses) UEX011, 8 IN, 6 OUT AC/DC/Relay IC200UEX011/012/013 1.00 UEX012, 8 IN, 6 OUT DC/DC/Relay IC200UEX011/012/013 1.00 UEX013, 8 IN, 6 OUT DC/DC/Relay IC200UEX011/012/013 1.00 UEX014, 8 IN, 6 OUT DC/DC/DC IC200UEX014/015/122 1.
Important Product Information GFK-1671P Special Operational Notes Opening VersaPro 1.x created folders When opening VersaPro 1.x folders, the following dialog will be presented asking if you want to re-check the folder. The purpose of the re-check is to flag any syntax errors that were not being caught by 1.x versions and to update the folder to support the new functionality provided in VersaPro 2.0x.
Important Product Information 11 GFK-1671P 6. For some 90-70 CPUs, you will need to update the hardware configuration before it will store correctly to the PLC ("Store Error. 0x05C0 - Bad OMF record checksum in store"). You can update the hardware configuration by opening hardware configuration, adding any module to an empty slot, deleting the module and then saving hardware configuration. The folder should then store without error (CR75804). 7.
Important Product Information GFK-1671P Series 90-70 Features Not Supported in VersaPro The following Series 90-70 features are not supported in VersaPro: Standalone C Programs User protocol files Load of EGD for Series 90-70 CPUs Word-for-word change for Series 90-70 CPUs Configuration of GMR CPU790 SFC, IL, FBD, ST Configuration of Genius Remote I/O racks (BEM733) Configuration of FIP modules Execution of Logic driven by VME Interrupts Configuration of Redundant IP Address Parameterized Subroutines (
Important Product Information 13 GFK-1671P Resolution: Add an ALW_ON contact in front of any single coil that has a vertical wire immediately in front of it. For details, see CR73144 later in the document. Ethernet Global Data (EGD) Issues 1. EGD configuration Compatibility Issue: VersaPro does not allow you to configure EGD exchanges for one byte of data (or an odd number of bytes) when using word type memory such as %R, %AI or %AQ. These exchanges are always even byte exchanges (2, 4, …).
Important Product Information GFK-1671P Installation Issues · After installing VersaPro 2.0x and then subsequently installing VersaPro 1.0x or 1.1x, you may receive the following error during the installation process: In addition, you may not be able to connect to PLCs after the installation completes and the following error message may appear. Resolution: A VersaPro 2.0x user wishing to install VersaPro 1.0x or VersaPro 1.1x can avoid this problem by following these steps: · a.
Important Product Information 15 GFK-1671P · When installing on Windows 95/98, you may receive the following error: “Isuninst has performed an illegal operation and will be shutdown.”. Resolution: You should simply close the dialog. The install will proceed normally and VersaPro will be installed correctly. · When installing on Windows 95/98 and selecting “Yes” to re-boot the PC to complete the installation, the PC may lock-up rather than power down correctly.
Important Product Information GFK-1671P Profibus Issues Caution When using the 90-30 Profibus Master Module (HE693PBM101 or HE693PBM101F) with VersaPro 2.0x, you must upgrade the PBM module firmware to the latest version in order for the configurations produced by VersaPro 2.0x to be usable by the module. PBM firmware revision 3.03 or later is required for HE693PBM101 Profibus module. PBM firmware revision 3.08 and 90-30 CPU Firmware revision 10.60 are required for HE693PBM101F module. 1. 2.
Important Product Information 17 GFK-1671P 2 If VersaPro crashes, some processes may remain in memory and need to be ended via the task manager. Details: If VersaPro crashes, there are a few VersaPro server applications that still may continue to run because they are spawned in their own process space. This may prevent VersaPro from communicating correctly to the PLC after restarting VersaPro, or you may get a message “Only one instance of the CAM editor can be open at one time.
Important Product Information GFK-1671P 3. Click on the I/O Config tab and check whether the Rack and Slot entries for all the Segments match their actual location of the modules in the Rack. Resolution: If the Rack and Slot entries do not match, delete and reconfigure the modules. The Rack and Slot entries will now match their actual location of the modules in the Rack. 4. Configuring communication timeouts for use with EZ program store device.
Important Product Information GFK-1671P Problems Resolved by Version 2.04 24338, 36286 27346 27349 30918 31303 31847 32173 32355 32770, 34236, 36016 33359 Problem with reference address and length parameters for genius mixed devices Details: When user configures length as zero for genius mixed devices then reference address associated and length parameter will become invisible. Same problem exists after import from LM90 and also after upload.
Important Product Information GFK-1671P 34200 Error 502 comes up while validating projects with motion & local logic blocks Details: Few VersaPro projects, which have valid motion and local logic blocks included threw error 502 during validation. Resolution: VersaPro 2.04 will not report this error for valid case.
Important Product Information GFK-1671P Problems Resolved by Version 2.03 Hardware issues resolved: 24498 24636 25334 25473 26251 22975 23171 25945 VersaPro incorrectly reports a fatal overlap when configured for %GB,%GC,%GD & %GE references for BEM731 Details: VersaPro 2.02 erroneously indicates a fatal overlap when a Genius Bus Controller IC697BEM731 is configured to receive global data from two other 90-70 GBCs.
Important Product Information GFK-1671P Miscellaneous issues resolved: 24270 CR71758 22167 21710 VersaPro online cross-reference and Use table reports do not specify the scope of the report Details: The Online Cross Reference and Usage table do not specify the blocks for which the report is being generated Resolution: The scope of the report is mentioned at the end of the report to indicate whether the report is generated for the entire folder or specific blocks. Load to a new folder Not Equal.
Important Product Information 23 GFK-1671P Problems Resolved by Version 2.02 Hardware issues resolved: 17581 19888 21359 21688 21251 22275 22166 GSD file import error Details: When importing a GSD file into HE693PBM100 or HE693PBM101 module, the import will result in an error message 'Unexpected value' if a semi-colon is present at the end of 'Ident_Number' line. Resolution: Import works correctly in VersaPro 2.
Important Product Information GFK-1671P Problems Resolved ID Description hdrvsnp.exe process. Resolution: This problem is resolved in VersaPro 2.02. 19987 Unable to read Bulk Memory Area (BMA) size for 90-70 CPX CPUs Details: After configuring BMA size>0 and storing the hardware configuration to PLC, attempts to read BMA results in error “05E4 – Memory type for this selector does not exist”. Resolution: This problem is resolved in VersaPro 2.02 and BMA size can be read.
Important Product Information 25 GFK-1671P ID Description type. If he un-installs Professional and install Standard edition, he cannot create a folder until he selects an hardware type other than 90-70. Resolution: VersaPro 2.02 sets a default option of Series 90-70, Series 90-30 and VersaMax Nano/Micro for the Professional, Standard and Nano/Micro editions respectively.
Important Product Information GFK-1671P Problems Resolved Problems Resolved by Version 2.01 Print issues resolved: ID Description CR74863/ Printout of long rungs results in undesirable output . CR72266 Details: If the length of a rung in Ladder Editor exceeds the page width, then the rung will be printed across two pages. Resolution: VersaPro 2.01 now has a ‘Fit to Page’ feature to fit the rung in the width of a single page in the Ladder printouts.
Important Product Information 27 GFK-1671P Communication issues resolved: ID Description 17024 Error when storing to UDR001 VersaMax Micro Details: When a folder is stored to UDR001 in VersaPro 2.00, a store error “store error 0x6D09 -Unknown Target com error” is displayed. Loading into a folder in which the retentive state of some variables have been changed from retentive to non-retentive. Details: If you store a folder from VersaPro 2.
Important Product Information GFK-1671P Problems Resolved ID 16880 CR75970 Description A stop fault error is produced when the internal switch on ACC300 Input simulator module is in 8-bit position Details: ACC300 input simulator (switch module) contains 16 switches plus and internal switch to disable the second group of 8 switches leaving only 8 switches active. VersaPro allows the number of %I points to be either 8 or 16. This would indicate it is reading the internal 8/16 switch position.
Important Product Information 29 GFK-1671P ID Description configuration, you may get an error stating that the data length should be 64 if you have configured the GBC for more than 64 bits of %G or %GA memory. However, this should not be an error condition. The 64 limit only applies to word type variables (%R, etc.
Important Product Information GFK-1671P Problems Resolved Online Help issues resolved: ID Description 16661 Incorrect information in "Scan Sets Tab, 90-70 CPUs" online help page Details: The Scan Sets Tab, 90-70 CPUs help screen gives incorrect information on how to define a new scan set. It says " To define a new scan set, click the Add button". Resolution: The Online help in VersaPro 2.01 specifies the procedure to add a new scan set by using the Parameter->Add menu item.
Important Product Information 31 GFK-1671P Miscellaneous issues resolved: ID CR73125 16834 CR75510 18454 17717 CR75721 19129 Description VersaPro crashes when putting focus on Find/Replace dialog after closing folder Details: Start VersaPro and create a new or open an existing folder. Select Edit®Find/Replace which brings up the Find/Replace dialog box. From VersaPro, select File®Close and then click on any part of the Find/Replace dialog box.
Important Product Information GFK-1671P Open Issues and Problems Open Issues and Problems Open issues in VersaPro 2.04 1. If you load a hardware configuration from the PLC with the Hardware configuration window open, that hardware configuration is not automatically saved. If you close the folder at this point without saving the configuration, the loaded hardware configuration will be lost.
Important Product Information 33 GFK-1671P Open Issues and Problems Communications Issues ID Description Association of Device Feature in CCU Not Used by VersaPro. Details: The CCU is a shared software component with the Control programmer. This utility includes a feature called Association of device which is used by Control. This feature is not supported in VersaPro. Resolution: The Association of Device feature in the CCU should not be used with VersaPro.
Important Product Information GFK-1671P Open Issues and Problems ID CR75914 CR76447 CR75957 Description Ethernet communications problems after upgrading to LM9070 Release 7.05. Details: After installing LM9070 Release 7.05, you may find that VersaPro will not connect with the PLC when using an Ethernet connection. Resolution: You should re-install VersaPro and this will resolve the problem. Host Driver Timeout when storing Maximum size C program to flash.
Important Product Information 35 GFK-1671P Open Issues and Problems ID CR72374 Description Store of Program Logic that contains a large number of Jump Instructions may cause the store to fail. Details: When you try to store a LD or IL program that contains a large number of Jump instructions, the store may fail.
Important Product Information GFK-1671P Open Issues and Problems ID Description Insert of CAM blocks from other folders, Drag and Drop, Cut/Copy/Paste of CAM blocks between Multiple instances of VersaPro is not supported. Details: If you attempt to insert CAM blocks from another folder or drag and drop, cut/copy/paste CAM blocks from other instances of VersaPro, the operation may be successful but the CAM profiles will not be copied to the new folder.
Important Product Information 37 GFK-1671P Open Issues and Problems Hardware Configuration Issues: ID Description CR71631 Incompatibility between MS IntelliPoint Mouse S/W and VersaPro H/W Config. Details: The IntelliPoint software enables you to expand Mouse properties. Under the Visibility Tab, one of the parameters is Hide Pointer While Typing. If this parameter is selected and you attempt to edit CPU or module parameters, the mouse pointer disappears.
Important Product Information GFK-1671P Open Issues and Problems ID Description CR74424 Loading autoconfigured VersaMax modules results in similar but wrong module. Details The following list of modules have the same board IDs and VersaPro is unable to distinguish between them when loading an autoconfigured module.
Important Product Information 39 GFK-1671P Open Issues and Problems HMI Interaction Issues ID Description CR71605/ DCOM for Windows 95 version conflict between VersaPro and CIMPLICITY HMI CR71607 Details: There is a version conflict of DCOM for Windows 95 between VersaPro and CIMPLICITY HMI (version 4.01). Steps to Reproduce: 1) Install VersaPro. 2) Install HMI.
Important Product Information GFK-1671P Open Issues and Problems Import of LM90 or Control Folder Issues ID Description CR71941/ Control Version 2.20 VersaMax Configurations can’t be imported into VersaPro. CR71940/ Details: Control Version 2.20 VersaMax folders can’t be imported into VersaPro. CR71976 Resolution: Control VersaMax folders should first be opened with Control Release 2.3 and then saved. The updated folder can then be imported into VersaPro.
Important Product Information 41 GFK-1671P Open Issues and Problems ID CR73532 Description VersaPro will not Import 90-30 Control Folder. Details: VersaPro will not import a Control 2.30 Series 90-30 351 folder containing a block with the following rung: ---|/|------|/|------| |-----------(S)| | | +-------(S)| +--| |------------(S)| | | +-------(S)| +---------------(R)-When the import fails, VersaPro displays a dialog box stating “The import operation has failed due to unsupported content.
Important Product Information GFK-1671P Open Issues and Problems ID CR73856 Description VersaPro 2.0x Imports Additional Variables from Control. Details: When importing a Control folder into VersaPro, duplicate variables will be added in the VDT. The “correct” variable in Control was assigned a type word, a length of 50 with 50 stored decimal values in %AI memory.
Important Product Information 43 GFK-1671P Open Issues and Problems Installation/Licensing Issues: ID Description CR72511 Convert File system from FAT to NTFS and defrag of disk remove VersaPro license. Details: 1. Install and License VersaPro 2. Open Control Prompt 3. Type at the Prompt convert c: /fs:ntfs 4. In response to the prompt “Do you want to convert at start up?” type y for “yes.” 5. Restart your PC. 6. Observe conversion during OS Loader7.
Important Product Information GFK-1671P Open Issues and Problems ID Description CR73149 VersaPro 1.0 appears non-functional if login profile used with Nano/Micro Edition. Details: If the Default Hardware Configuration was set to 90-30 Low End in VersaPro 1.0, after upgrading to VersaPro 1.1, when you create a new folder, you will get the message “Cannot Create Hardware configuration” and the folder will not be created.
Important Product Information 45 GFK-1671P Open Issues and Problems Internationalization Issues: ID CR73556 Description Can’t create configuration for CMM321 when regional settings are Swedish or if decimal separator is different than a period.
Important Product Information GFK-1671P Open Issues and Problems Miscellaneous Issues ID Description CR74577 Grid Repainting issue when opening and closing many windows within VersaPro. Details: If you open and close approximately 2200 or more windows within VersaPro, you may notice that grids in certain Windows will not be re-drawn particularly if the window is made larger. Resolution: You can make the window smaller or close and re-open VersaPro.
Important Product Information 47 GFK-1671P Open Issues and Problems Print Issues ID Description CR71970 Printing to HP8000 Series Printer Does Not work on Windows 95/98. Details: When trying to print the Information Window to an HP8000 series printer, the following error is reported: “A printer initialization error was encountered. Unable to execute print command.” This is due to an HP printer driver problem.
Important Product Information GFK-1671P Open Issues and Problems Store/Load/Clear/Write Flash, EEPROM/Equality Issues ID CR71034 Description Failure to achieve logic equal after load and verify of default program with VersaMax Nano/Micro. Details: Clear logic in PLC. Load logic. Verify logic but logic remains unequal. Since the logic is just loaded, the verify step should say that the logic is equal.
Important Product Information 49 GFK-1671P Open Issues and Problems ID Description CR72406 After storing a folder, the status reads Logic Not Equal. Details: With some folders created with VersaPro 1.0, the folder will intermittently be not equal with the PLC after a store. This is due to a problem in the file that indicates whether blocks have changed and need to be sent to the PLC (smart store document .ssx). Resolution: Delete the smart store document “ ..
Important Product Information GFK-1671P Open Issues and Problems ID CR75101 CR75600 Description Cannot perform simultaneous loads from PLC to two different PCs running VersaPro. Details: While running with VersaPro on two PCs connected to both serial ports of the PLC, the following error occurred while trying to perform simultaneous loads on one of the PCs: Lost communications with com server.
Important Product Information 51 GFK-1671P Open Issues and Problems ID Description CR72374 Store error for IL folder between 17.3 and 18K. Details: Storing an IL file that is greater than 17.3K but less than 18K, to a VersaMax Micro PLC, may cause the PLC to get disconnected from the Programmer. Following this loss of communication, the following message is displayed: “Store Error. 0x6D02 – Unknown TargetComm Error”. Storing an IL folder that is less than 17.
Important Product Information GFK-1671P Open Issues and Problems ID Description Logic/Configuration From and Registers parameters in Nano configuration in VersaPro 2.02 or 2.03: Two new parameters, Logic/Configuration From and Registers, have been added to the CPU Settings tab of Nano CPUs (NDD010/101, NDR001/010 & NAR010). The option ‘Last’ has been added to the choice list for Power Up mode parameter. To use these new parameters, firmware Release 2.00 is required.
