CTC Union POWERSTATION RS User manual

P
OWER
S
TATION
RS PC
PowerStation RS PC User Guide

CTC Parker Automation Phone: [phone]
50 W. TechneCenter Drive, Milford, Ohio 45150 Technical Support: 513-248-1714
A3-05729-100
P
OWER
S
TATION
RS PC
PowerStation RS PC User Guide

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tion may be reproduced, transmitted, transcribed, stored in a retrieval system, in any form
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mation and the author assume no responsibility for errors or omissions. Neither is any
liability assumed for damages resulting from the use of the information contained herein.
All product and company names are trademarks of their respective companies and licenses.
Product Warranty Information
CTC Parker Automation providestopquality products through rigidtesting and the highest
quality control standards. However, should a problem occur with your hardware or with the
software protection key, CTC’s standard product warranty covers these items for 15
months from the date of shipment from CTC. Exceptions appear below:
• PowerStation RS backlight bulbs have a 90-day warranty. Push-button lamps are
not covered under warranty.
• Third-party products carry the manufacturer’s specified warranty.
• For all displays, image retention (burn-in) is not covered by warranty.
• Software revisions that occur within 60 days after purchase are available, under
warranty, upon request. Please review the Interact License Agreement for addi-
tional software warranty information.
Should you have any questions about your application or need technical assistance, please
call CTC’s Product Technical Support department at 513-248-1714, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.,
Eastern Time. You may call this same number after hours for emergency assistance. See
Customer Support Services on page 10 for more information about CTC’s support products
and services.

Table of Contents
PowerStation RS PC User Guide
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Chapter 1 Manual Overview and Support Services . . . . . . 1
Using this Manual. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Documentation Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Software Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Getting Started . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Unpack the PowerStation RS PC. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Find and Prepare a Location . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Connect the PowerStation RS PC to a Monitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Start Up. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Documentation Standards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
ISO Symbols. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Customer Support Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Product Technical Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Technical Support Products . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Product Support Pro
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ram. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Chapter 2 Introducing the PowerStation RS PC. . . . . . . . 13
Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Physical Specifications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Environmental Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Electrical Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Testin
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Specifications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Safety Instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Available Connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Serial Ports. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
COM1 pinouts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
COM2 and COM3 pinouts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
COM1, COM2, and COM3 cable dia
g
rams . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

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Connecting to Another Computer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Connecting a Serial Mouse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Connecting to a Serial Printer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Parallel Port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Connecting to a parallel printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
PS/2 Port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Connecting a keyboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Connecting a mouse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
VGA Video Port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Ethernet Port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Compact Flash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Drive Definitions and Memory Map . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
RS PC Memory Map. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Memory Guidelines. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Adding Adapter Cards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Safety Precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Address and IRQ Considerations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Jumper Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Communication Cards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Design Issues. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Using a Touchscreen with Interact . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Flash Units vs. Hard Drive Units. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Chapter 3 Installing the RS PC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Selecting a Location. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Underwriters Laboratories Approval. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Environmental Guidelines. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Electrical Guidelines. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

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Temperature Guidelines. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Enclosure Guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Preparing the Location . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Mounting the Unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Connecting to a Monitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Connecting to a PowerStation RS Monitor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Connecting to a non-PowerStation RS Monitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Installing the Compact Flash. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Starting Up the RS PC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Chapter 4 Maintaining and Troubleshooting
the RS PC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Reformatting the Compact Flash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Configuring the Ethernet Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Installing the CD-ROM Driver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Preparing for Installation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Installing the CD-ROM Driver and MSCDEX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Creating New Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Completing the Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Performing Internal Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Electrostatic Discharge Precautions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Cleaning the Fan Filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Opening and Closing the PC Cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Opening the cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Closing the cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Removing and Installing DRAM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Removing a DRAM module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Installing a DRAM module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Changing the Jumper Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65

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Resolving Common Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Resolvin
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Problems When Startin
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Up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Durin
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startup, the fan does not come on, and the display is blank. . . . . . . 71
Durin
g
startup, the fan starts, but the display does not . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Durin
g
startup, the RAM test fails, or the total
memory installed does not match the total
conti
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uous RAM listed in the display followin
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the RAM test . . . . . . . . 72
The RS PC locks up while startin
g
and will not restart. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Resolvin
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AUTOEXEC.BAT and CONFIG.SYS problems. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Resolvin
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Problems After Startin
g
Up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
A PS/2 mouse does not work. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
A serial mouse does not work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
A keyboard does not work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
The Ethernet port does not work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Appendix A RS PC Dimensional Drawings . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
RS PC Bottom View. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
RS PC Front View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
RS PC Side View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Index. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81

Chapter 1
Manual Overview and
Support Services
Thank you for purchasing a PowerStation RS PC. The RS PC is a
stand-alone PC designed to be used with CTC’s PowerStation RS
Monitor. It also can be used with any other industrial monitor.
The RS PC is small — only 15.7” x 7.8” x 8.5” — and can be
placed in an enclosure up to 50’ from the RS Monitor. Thus, it can
be placed closer to existing I/O devices, reducing the amount of
wiring to the PC. The RS PC has an open PC architecture that
allows you to run CTC’s Interact software and other programs
compatible with MS-DOSor Windows. Please take time to
review this manual and all other documentation included with the
RS PC before operating the unit.
Chapter Contents
Using this Manual 2
Documentation Components 3
Software Components 4
Getting Started 7
Documentation Standards 9
Customer Support Services 10

Using this Manual Chapter 1: Overview and Support Services
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PowerStation RS PC User Guide
Using this
Manual This manual is designed to help you set up and use your PowerSta-
tion RS PC. The manual lists the PC’s specifications. It also
explains how to install the PC and optional components, how to
maintain the PC in good condition, and how to solve common
problems that may occur in operation. Please read the information
presented in this manual before setting up and using your PC.
This manual is divided into the following chapters:
Chapter 1 — Manual Overview and Support Services:
Presents an overview of this manual, theother documentation and
software provided with the RS PC, and the steps necessary to get
your PC up and running. This chapter also includes a description
of CTC’s customer support services.
Chapter 2 — Introducing the PowerStation RS PC:Describes
the PC’s specifications and the ports available to connect the PC
to other devices and to a power source.
Chapter 3 — Installing the RS PC: Explains how to install the
PC in a control enclosure and how to configure the PC so that it
will run your HMI and control software and work with other
devices.
Chapter 4 — Maintaining and Troubleshooting the RS PC:
Explains how to maintain the PC and how to solve problems that
may occur in operation.
Appendix A — RS PC Dimensional Drawings: Displays dimen-
sional drawings of the PC that will be useful in mounting the PC
in an enclosure.