Allen-Bradley 1747-OC Series User manual

1747-OC Series
Open Controllers
1747-OCE, -OCF
User Manual
Allen-Bradley HMIs

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
safetyrequirements,includinganyapplicablelaws,regulations,codesand
standards.
The illustrations, charts, sample programs and layout examples shown in
this guide are intended solely for purposes of example. Since there are
many variables and requirements associated with any particular
installation, Allen-Bradley does not assume responsibility or liability (to
include intellectual property liability) for actual use based upon the
examples shown in this publication.
Allen-Bradley publication SGI-1.1, Safety Guidelines for the Application,
Installation and Maintenance of Solid-State Control (available from your
localAllen-Bradleyoffice),describessomeimportantdifferencesbetween
solid-state equipmentandelectromechanicaldevicesthatshouldbetaken
into consideration when applying products such as those described in this
publication.
Reproduction of the contents of this copyrighted publication, in whole
or part, without written permission of Rockwell Automation, is
prohibited.
Throughout this manual we use notes to make you aware of safety
considerations:
Attention statements help you to:
•identify a hazard
•avoid a hazard
•recognize the consequences
ATTENTION: Identifies information about practices or
circumstances that can lead to personal injury or death,
property damage or economic loss
Important: Identifies information that is critical for successful
application and understanding of the product.
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European Communities (EC)
Directive Compliance
If this product has the CE mark it is approved for installation within the
European Union and EEA regions. It has been designed and tested to
meet the following directives.
EMC Directive
This product is tested to meet the Council Directive 89/336/EC
Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC) by applying the following
standards, in whole or in part, documented in a technical construction
file:
•EN 50081-2 EMC — Generic Emission Standard, Part 2 —
Industrial Environment
•EN 50082-2 EMC — Generic Immunity Standard, Part 2 —
Industrial Environment
This product is intended for use in an industrial environment.
Low Voltage Directive
This product is tested to meet Council Directive 73/23/EEC Low
Voltage, by applying the safety requirements of EN 61131-2
Programmable Controllers, Part 2 - Equipment Requirements and Tests.
For specific information required by EN 61131-2, see the appropriate
sections in this publication, as well as the Allen-Bradley publication
Industrial Automation Wiring and Grounding Guidelines For Noise
Immunity, publication 1770-4.1.
This equipment is classified as open equipment and must be mounted in
an enclosure during operation to provide safety protection.
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Summary of Changes
Summary of Changes
This manual has been updated throughout to include the new 1747-OCF
266MHz Open Controller.
New Information The table below shows where to find new information on the 1747-OCF
266MHz Open Controller.
For this new information: See Chapter:
comparing the 1747-OCE and 1747-OCF open controllers 1
compatibility issues between open controller models 1
setting the battery enable and scanner configuration jumpers 2
using the 1747-OCF BIOS 3
booting options for the 1747-OCF 4
defining interrupts and drive types 5
operating system considerations 5
installing software 6
using the USB port 7
using the diagnostic utility 8
specifications A
loading Windows NT on your 1747-OCF open controller B
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Preface
Using This Manual
Who Should Use This Manual Use this manual if you are responsible for designing, installing,
programming, or troubleshooting control systems that use the
Allen-Bradley open controller.
This manual is a guide for using the open controller. How you program the
open controller or how your application functions depends on the software
options you install on the open controller.
Additional Open Controller
Documentation
The following documents are available for additional information about the
open controller and its options.
This document:
Has this publication
number:
Open Controller User Manual 1747-UM001A-US-P
1747-OC Open Controller System Quick Start 1747-10.3
1747-OC 266MHz Open Controller System Quick Start 1747-10.6
Open Controller PCI Expansion Bus Installation Instructions 1747-5.16
Open Controller Video Interface Module Installation Instructions 1747-5.15
Open Controller Video and Ethernet Interface Module Installation
Instructions
1747-5.37
Open Controller Ethernet Interface Module Installation Instructions 1747-5.40
Open Controller PCMCIA Interface Module Installation Instructions 1747-5.13
Open Controller A-B Communication Interface Module Installation
Instructions
1747-5.14
Open Controller A-B Communication Interface Module User
Manual
1747-6.18
Adding an Embedded IDE Drive to 1747-OC Series Open
Controllers Installation Instructions
1747-IN002A-US-P
Adding System Memory to 1747-OC Series Open Controllers
Installation Instructions
1747-IN003A-US-P
Open Controller Chassis Fan Installation Instructions 1747-5.23
Open Controller IDE Interface Module for IDE-Compatible ATA
Devices (PC Cards) Installation Instructions
1747-5.29
Open Controller IDE Interface Module for an Internally-Mounted
2.5” ATA Drive Installation Instructions
1747-5.30
1747-OCE Open Controller API Software User Manual 1747-6.19
1746 I/O Interface and 1747-OCF Open Controller API Software
User Manual
1747-UM002A-US-P
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P-2 Using This Manual
Each open controller component ships with installation instructions. The
user manuals and installation instructions are available from The
Automation Bookstore (www.theautomationbookstore.com) so you can
order or download as many copies as you need.
In addition to the above documentation, the:
•1747-OCVGA1 video interface module and 1747-OCVGAE video and
Ethernet interface module include a disk with documentation for the
video drivers
•1747-OCPCM2 PCMCIA interface module includes a disk with
CardSoftdocumentation.
Reference Material The following books might be useful as you develop your open controller
applications:
This document: By: Has this ISBN number:
PC System Architecture Series
PCI System Architecture
MindShare, Inc.
Addison-Wesley Publishing Company
ISBN: 0-201-40993-3
PC System Architecture Series
ISA System Architecture
MindShare, Inc.
Addison-Wesley Publishing Company
ISBN: 0-201-40996-8
PC System Architecture Series
PCMCIA System Architecture
MindShare, Inc.
Addison-Wesley Publishing Company
ISBN: 0-201-40991-7
The PCMCIA Developer’s Guide Michael T. Mori and W. Dean Welder ISBN: 0-9640342-1-2
PCI Hardware and Software Architecture and Design Edward Solari and George Willse ISBN: 0-929392-28-0

Table of Contents
Chapter 1
Introducing the Open Controller
Introducing the Open Controller CPU Module . . . . . . . . . . 1-1
Understanding the Open Controller Architecture . . . . . . . . 1-3
Communicating with the Open Controller . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-5
Using the API software. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-5
Compatibility Issues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-6
Open controller PCI-based option modules. . . . . . . . . . 1-6
Resource allocation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-6
DOS API considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-7
Windows NT API considerations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-7
Software not using the APIs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-8
Hardware differences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-8
Summary of API Differences. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-9
Chapter 2
Installing the Open Controller
CPU Module
Before You Begin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-1
Preparing the Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-2
1747-OCE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-2
1747-OCF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-2
Setting Jumpers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-3
Installing System Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-4
Installing an Embedded IDE (Flash) Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-4
1747-OCE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-4
1747-OCF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-6
Changing the LED mask . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-6
Inserting the Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-7
Chapter 3
Modifying BIOS Settings
Before You Begin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-1
Preparing the Open Controller. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-1
Changing BIOS Settings (using Open Controller Video
Module and Keyboard) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-2
Navigating the menu system. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-2
Using the BIOS main menu on the 1747-OCE . . . . . . . . 3-3
Using the BIOS main menu on the 1747-OCF . . . . . . . . 3-4
Saving BIOS Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-4
Storing BIOS Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-4
Restoring BIOS settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-4
Remote BIOS setup. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-5
Default BIOS Settings for the 1747-OCE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-7
Default BIOS Settings for the 1747-OCF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-12
Configuring BIOS for a Primary Drive in an
IDE Interface Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-15
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Chapter 4
Starting the Open Controller
Before You Begin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-1
Powering Up an Open Controller CPU Module. . . . . . . . . . 4-1
Booting when an operating system is loaded . . . . . . . . 4-3
Booting when an operating system is not loaded . . . . . 4-3
Booting from a remote PC through COM2. . . . . . . . . . . 4-5
Booting from a PC Card in a PCMCIA interface module. 4-7
Booting from an external, parallel-port floppy. . . . . . . . 4-10
Chapter 5
Defining System Settings
Before You Begin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-1
Defining System Interrupts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-1
How ISA/EISA interrupts and PCI/PnP interrupts interact 5-2
Defining the primary IRQ (IRQ 14). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-4
Defining the secondary IRQ (IRQ 15) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-4
Defining the interrupts for PC Cards in PCMCIA
interface modules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-5
Defining interrupts for a 1747-OCKTX,
-OCKTXD module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-5
Defining interrupts for the open controller SCANNER . . 5-7
Defining Drive Types . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-7
Using primary drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-8
Using secondary drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-8
Using 3.5” IDE devices. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-8
Using Memory Managers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-9
Operating System Considerations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-9
Chapter 6
Installing Software
Before You Begin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-1
Installing Software onto a Native IDE Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-1
Installing software from a remote PC through COM2 . . . 6-3
Installing software through DOS interlnk . . . . . . . . . . . 6-5
Installing software from an external, parallel-port floppy 6-6
Installing software from an external, parallel-port
SCSI device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-7
Installing software from a PCMCIA CD-ROM or
ATA memory device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-8
Installing software from an external, IDE-compatible device6-9
Temporarily installing the native IDE drive in another PC6-11
Installing Operating Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-15
Installing Windows NT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-16
Adding hardware to load Windows NT on the
open controller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-16
Adjusting the standard installation procedure to load
Windows NT on the open controller. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-17