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Getting Started with IWS and TwinCAT DRAFT — 8 September 2006 Installing on a Beckhoff PLC (CX1020 or CX1000) Beckhoff offers the CX Series of embedded PCs that are packaged with all of the necessary communication and I/O options to make them fully functional PLCs. The CX Series includes: � The Beckhoff CX1020 with an Intel ® Celeron ® M processor up to 1.0 GHz; and � The Beckhoff CX1000 with an AMD ® Geode processor up to 266 MHz. The CX1020 can be configured with either Windows XPe or Windows CE. The CX1000 can only be configured with Windows CE. Both models come with the TwinCAT runtime software preinstalled, so you only need install the InduSoft software component that is appropriate to the operating system: the full version of IWS on Windows XPe, or the CEView runtime engine on Windows CE. Installing IWS on a Beckhoff CX1020 Running Windows XPe For the purposes of this document, a Beckhoff PLC running Windows XPe is just like any other embedded PC running that operating system. Therefore, to install the full version of IWS, follow the instructions already provided in “Installing on an Embedded PC — Windows XP” on page 8. Please consult Beckhoff’s documentation for more information about the device’s communication options and OS configuration. Installing CEView on a Beckhoff CX1020 or CX1000 Running Windows CE Installing new software on a Windows CE-based device can be tricky because the default system preferences and directory structure vary greatly from manufacturer to manufacturer and from model to model. This is because such devices have extremely specific hardware configurations and limited system resources. When the manufacturer develops the OS load for these devices, it selects only the minimum options required to drive the hardware. The same is true for Beckhoff’s CX Series, but to make things easier for users who want to run TwinCAT and InduSoft together on the same device, Beckhoff has also developed a custom installer that automatically installs InduSoft’s CEView in the correct directory and makes the necessary changes to the system registry. � Note – This custom installer is only available for Beckhoff CX Series devices running Windows CE. There is no equivalent for CX Series devices running Windows XPe; see “Installing IWS on a Beckhoff CX1020 Running Windows XPe” above. CX Series devices can be ordered from Beckhoff with this custom installer already applied; the option is listed in Beckhoff’s catalog as “CX1800-0005 InduSoft HMI CE Runtime.” The installer can also be downloaded from Beckhoff’s Web site and run by the user, in case a device is ordered without the InduSoft option. InduSoft and Beckhoff work together to try to make sure this installer always includes the latest version of CEView. It is important to have the latest version installed on your CX Series device, in order to correctly run your IWS applications. Working with different versions of IWS and CEView may result in serious errors. Unfortunately, it’s still possible for InduSoft and Beckhoff to fall out of sync, so that even a freshly downloaded installer may include an old version of CEView. As such, when you receive a new device with the InduSoft option or when you run the installer yourself, you should still use the Execution Environment tool in IWS to update CEView on the device. Page 10/60 InduSoft Ltd.
DRAFT — 8 September 2006 Getting Started with IWS and TwinCAT In general, the rest of this section describes the following procedure: 1) Check to see if CEView is already installed on the device — that is, check to see if the custom installer has already been applied. 2) If CEView is not installed, then download the custom installer and run it. 3) Use the Execution Environment tool in IWS to connect to the device, and then update CE- View to match IWS. 4) Entire your runtime license for CEView. You may wonder why you should download and run the custom installer if there’s a chance it will install an old version of CEView that needs to be updated anyhow. Why not install CEView from scratch using the Execution Environment tool in IWS? Well, because the installer automatically makes changes to the device’s directory structure and system registry that are more difficult to make manually. In the end, it’s simply easier to run the installer and then update. Before you proceed, make sure that you meet the following prerequisites: � You must have the full IWS development software installed on your workstation; � Your CX Series device should be connected to your workstation by serial or Ethernet. If it is connected by Ethernet, then it should be assigned a valid IP address; � You must have a way to control the device, either through a console window (see page 6) or by physically attaching a display and a mouse; and � You must have a way to transfer files from your workstation to the device, either through Microsoft ActiveSync (see page 5), by manually copying the files onto the device’s Compact Flash memory card, or by copying across the network. For help with meeting these prerequisites, please consult Microsoft’s documentation for Windows CE and Beckhoff’s documentation for the CX Series device. Checking for CEView and Remote Agent Now that you’re ready, check to see if the custom installer has already been run on your CX Series device. You can do this by looking for the \Hard Disk\InduSoft directory which contains the CE- View files. Also, if the installer has been run on the device, then it should already be configured to automatically start Remote Agent on boot. Try rebooting the device — that is, tap the Start button to open the Start menu and then select Suspend. When the device boots up again, the Remote Agent utility should appear: Figure 5. Remote Agent Utility Running in Windows CE InduSoft Ltd. Page 11/60
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