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GE Fanuc Automati on Progr ammable Co ntrol Prod ucts Panel C Indust rial Computer Hardware User's Manual GFK-2251 May 2003.
GFL-002 Warnings, Ca utions, a nd Notes as Used in this P ublication Warni ng Warning notices are used in this publication to emphasize that hazardous voltages, curre nts, temperatures, or other conditions that could cause personal injury exist in this equipment or ma y be associated w ith its use.
Preface GFK-22 51 iii Content of This Manual This manu al describes the features and operation of the follow ing Panel C industrial com puter products: 15.
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Conte nts GFK-22 51 v Chapter 1 Panel C Industrial Computer Fe atures ............................................................. 1-1 Feature Summary ................................................................................................ 1-2 Removable Hard Disk Drive.
Contents vi Panel C I ndustria l Com puter Hard ware U ser's M anual–M ay 20 03 GFK-22 51 USB Ports ...................................................................................................................... ... 4-3 Compact Flash Port .
Contents GFK-22 51 Contents vii Comm unications ............................................................................................................... 7- 4 PLC/PC Connection ....................................................................
Contents viii Panel C I ndustria l Com puter Hard ware U ser's M anual–M ay 20 03 GFK-2251 Figure 1- 1. Ethernet port and sid e expansion slots ............................................................................ ........... 1-5 Figure 3- 1.
Contents GFK-22 51 Contents ix Table 3- 1. I/O Port Range Table.................................................................................................................... 3-6 Table 5- 1. Membrane Key pad Scan Cod es [Rev iewers: Veri fy AT Characte r and sc an codes h ere] .
GFK-2251 1-1 Panel C I ndustri al C omputer Fe ature s The Pane l C in dustria l com puter is a high perf ormanc e work station d esigned prim aril y for use as a hardwar e platfor m for Human Mac hin.
1-2 Panel C Indus trial C omputer Har dware User's Manual – May 2003 GFK-2251 1 Feature Summary W hen you purchase a Pane l C, you rece i ve: ■ Industrial c om puter with t he oper atin g system sof tware insta lled.
GFK-2251 Chapter 1 Panel C Indus trial C omputer Featur es 1-3 1 Removable Hard Disk Drive The Hard Dis k Drive ca n be qu ick ly rem oved for s ervic ing or s ubstitut ion. Warni ng Before installing or remov ing the Hard Di sk Drive, re move pow er from the unit.
1-4 Panel C Indus trial C omputer Har dware User's Manual – May 2003 GFK-2251 1 Front Access Panel The Pane l C is eq uippe d with a front ac cess panel t hat pro vides ac cess to the Com pact Flash por t and t wo USB ports.
GFK-2251 Chapter 1 Panel C Indus trial C omputer Featur es 1-5 1 Network Interface The Pane l C incl udes an autose nsing 10 /100 E thernet a dapter th at pro vides a RJ-45 connector f or s hield ed twis ted pair cab le.
1-6 Panel C Indus trial C omputer Har dware User's Manual – May 2003 GFK-2251 1 Expansion Slots The Pane l C in dustria l com puter pr ovides m ultiple exp ansi on slots . • One PCI s lot • One shared expa nsion s lot f or either PCI or I SA All the ex pansio n slo ts within the s ystem use the s tandar d PC c ard clam ping s ystem .
GFK-2251 2-1 Powerup and Software Installation This chapter cont ains infor m ation you nee d to se t up your Pan el C in dustri al com puter’s operatin g s ystem and n etwork comm unic ations. Setup Before you attem pt to power up th e system for the f irst tim e, inspect th e unit f or loose or damaged c om ponents.
2-2 Panel C Industrial Computer Hardware User's Manual – May 2003 GFK-2251 2 Startup f or Windows NT Systems Connectin g a PS /2 ke yboard and Mouse is recom m ended bef ore you g et starte d. The s oft ke yboard and touc h pan el will not work until t he W indows 20 00 oper atin g system is license d.
GFK-2251 Chapter 2 Powerup and Software Installation 2-3 2 Startup for Windows 2000 Systems Before you get star ted, you need to con nect a P S/2 ke yboard. A PS/2 m ouse is recom mended to help na vigate throu gh the set up scr eens. 1 . Plug in th e k eyboard, PS/2 m ouse ( if avail able), a nd power c ord.
2-4 Panel C Industrial Computer Hardware User's Manual – May 2003 GFK-2251 2 Configur i ng the Industri al Computer to Run on a Micr osof t Network Before c onfigur ing your Pane l C com puter for a net work , you shou ld cons ult your net work adminis trator.
GFK-2251 Chapter 2 Powerup and Software Installation 2-5 2 4 . To m odif y the T CP/IP pr operti es, A . Go to the Protoco ls T ab, highlig ht T CP/IP prot ocol, and c lick Proper ties. B . In the Micr osoft T CP/IP Prop erti es, chan ge the Addres s fr om 111.
2-6 Panel C Industrial Computer Hardware User's Manual – May 2003 GFK-2251 2 Note: The f actor y setting for the IP is 111.11 1.111.1 11 and f or the S ubnet is 255.0.0 .0. If neces sar y , cons ult your net work eng ineer to s elect ap pro priate a ddresses .
GFK-2251 Chapter 2 Powerup and Software Installation 2-7 2 Note: It is recom m ended that af ter the s ystem acc esses the or igin al W indows NT instal l files, the W indows NT Servic e Pack be reins talled to upda te an y files th at were added or overwr itten.
2-8 Panel C Industrial Computer Hardware User's Manual – May 2003 GFK-2251 2 Installing Application Software The W indows oper atin g system and GE Fanuc sof tware are loa ded ont o the i ndustri al computer at manuf actur e.
GFK-2251 Chapter 2 Powerup and Software Installation 2-9 2 Image Recovery The f ollowing procedure pro vides instr uc tion on ho w to us e the Fi eld Im age Recov ery Disk (44A749 863-G0 1Rxx) . This disk will enab le you to r ecov er all s oft ware on your computer as rec eived i nitia ll y from GE Fanuc.
GFK-2251 3-1 Hardware Installation This chapter desc ribes the proc edures for the s afe l ocation and secur ing of the Pane l C industr ial com puter. T he Panel C indus trial c omputer s have been d esig ned to ens ure sim ple insta llatio n of the system .
3-2 Panel C Indu strial Compu ter Hardw are User's M anual – May 200 3 GFK-2251 3 Installation Guidelines AC Input Power ■ The Pane l C in put po wer shall b e con nected to no gr eater tha n a 20 Am p branch circui t. ■ To rem ove power from the unit, t he proper m ethod is to s witc h off power at the circ uit break er.
GFK-2251 Chapter 3 Hardw are Insta llation 3-3 3 Figure 3-1. Panel C Industr ial Computer Dimensions Install ing Panel Mo unting C lips 1. Position the Front Panel in th e cut-out and f it the 10 r etain ing cli ps into th e slots on the industr ial com puter.
3-4 Panel C Indu strial Compu ter Hardw are User's M anual – May 200 3 GFK-2251 3 Figure 3-2. Installing Retai ning Clips.
GFK-2251 Chapter 3 Hardw are Insta llation 3-5 3 Installing Expansio n Cards The Pane l C in dustria l com puter pr ovides m ultiple exp ansi on slots . • One PCI s lot • One Shared ISA/ PCI slot Note: If y our c ard is a Legac y ISA t ype, fol low the instructi ons o n page 3-6, then proceed wit h installat ion.
3-6 Panel C Indu strial Compu ter Hardw are User's M anual – May 200 3 GFK-2251 3 Configu ring Expan sion Cards (L egacy ISA Onl y) Caution For most applicatio ns an IRQ o r address canno t be shared by more than one resource.
GFK-2251 4-1 Connectors and Cabling This chapter desc ribes the connector la yout and c ablin g requ irem ents on th e standar d Panel C industr ial com pute r. Power and com m unicatio n conn ectors ar e des cribed in this secti on. Comm unication c onnectors are pr ovided from the m ain CPU m otherboar d.
4-2 Panel C Industrial Computer Hardware User's Manual – M ay 2003 GFK-2251 4 Power Input The po wer suppl y input to the i ndustr ial com puter us es a stan dard I EC cable , whic h is provide d with the unit. For po wer requ irem ents, ref er to s pecific ations in chap ter 8.
GFK-2251 Chapter 4 Connec tors and Cabl ing 4-3 4 Communications Ports Two USB p orts an d a Com pact Flash port are loc ated behind the f ront acces s cover in the lower r ight-han d side of the uni t (Figur e 4-1). T o open t he co ver, loose n the th um b screw.
4-4 Panel C Industrial Computer Hardware User's Manual – M ay 2003 GFK-2251 4 USB Video COM1 COM2 Mouse Keyboard Ex terna l F loppy Disk Drive External CD-ROM Drive External Power Printer Port, LPT Figure 4-2.
GFK-2251 Chapter 4 Connec tors and Cabl ing 4-5 4 Floppy Disk Drive and CD-ROM Ports Connector s for an extern al f loppy disk drive an d an ex ternal CD-ROM drive ar e lo cated on the right si de ac cess pane l. T hese por ts are l abele d acc ordingl y.
4-6 Panel C Industrial Computer Hardware User's Manual – M ay 2003 GFK-2251 4 Printer Port LPT1 A 25-pin D-type f em ale prin ter port (L PT1) connector is av ailable on the r ight s ide acc ess panel. T he port is lab eled ac cording ly and is not i ntended to be co nnect ed conti nuousl y to printers.
GFK-2251 Chapter 4 Connec tors and Cabl ing 4-7 4 Serial Communicati on Ports The COM1an d COM 2 seria l ports ar e availa ble o n the side pane l. The CO M3 ser ial por t is used b y the touchs creen and is not ac cess ible to the user. T he standar d 9-p in D-s ub connector p in out is sho wn bel ow.
4-8 Panel C Industrial Computer Hardware User's Manual – May 2003 GFK-2251 4 a45528 Stri p wire to ex pose shie ld. User-provided clamp Figure 4-4. Cable Cover Shielding Ethernet Communi cation Port The Panel C provides an RJ-45 (10Base T/100BaseT) Ethernet conn ector on the left side of the unit.
GFK-2251 Chapter 4 Connec tors and Cabl ing 4-9 4 2.95" (75 mm) 19.00" (483 mm) .250"(6. 35 mm ) dia. (QT Y.2) Mounti ng Surfac e 4.25" (108 mm) 18.
4-10 Panel C Industrial Computer Hardware User's Manual – M ay 2003 GFK-2251 4 Ground Plate Cable Clamp Figure 4-6. Example of Cable Shield Clamping Assembly I nstallation The m aximum diam eter cable that can b e used with th e cable c lam p is 0.
GFK-2251 Chapter 4 Connec tors and Cabl ing 4-11 4 The ins ulating c over o n the shielde d cab le m ust be re m oved to allo w max imum contact between t he cable shield and th e cab le clam p as s hown in Fig ure 4-6. Cable Clam p Foot a45523 1.58" 40mm Shield Figure 4-8.
GFK-2251 5-1 System Operation This chapter pro vides d etails of s ystem operation. T he follo wing to pics ar e cover ed: • System Periphera ls • Externa l Keybo ard and M ouse • Graphic System.
5-2 Panel C Industrial Computer Hardware User's Manual – May 2003 GFK-2251 5 System Peripherals Removable Hard Disk Drive The Pane l C in dustria l com puter s ystem has a sin gle rem ovabl e har d disk drive. T he dr ive is locat ed on t he side of the u nit.
GFK-2251 Chapter 5 System Operation 5-3 5 Operator Interfaces Keypads The Pane l C in dustria l com puter i ncorporat es a k eypad with 75 f ront p anel k eys to pr ovid e a wide ra nge of alphan um eric and contr ol f unctions .
5-4 Panel C Industrial Computer Hardware User's Manual – May 2003 GFK-2251 5 Table 5-1. Membrane Keypad Scan Codes [Reviewers: V erify AT Character and scan codes here] Without SHIFT Key With S.
GFK-2251 Chapter 5 System Operation 5-5 5 Table 5-1. Membrane Keypad Scan Codes – Conti nued Without SHIFT Key With SHIFT Key With CAPS LOCK Key Keypad AT Character Scan Code (Hex) AT Character Scan.
5-6 Panel C Industrial Computer Hardware User's Manual – May 2003 GFK-2251 5 Control a nd Sta tus LED s The Pane l C in dustria l com puter i ncludes five st atus L EDs, loc ated in a vert ical c olum n above the arro w ke ys on the lo wer righ t-hand s ide of the unit.
GFK-2251 Chapter 5 System Operation 5-7 5 Communications Your ind ustria l com puter has b een conf igure d with network ing com ponents that ena ble you to es tablish new net work s or c onnect to exis ting network s eas ily.
GFK-2251 6-1 BIOS Settin gs It is nor mall y not neces sar y to change t he har dware c onfigur ation sett ings in the CMOS mem ory. If settings becom e cor rupted, fol low the proced ures here to reloa d the f actor y configur ation. 1 . Power do wn the com puter , connec t a ke yboard and t urn on th e po wer.
GFK-2251 7-1 Diagno stics and Troub leshooting This chapter cons ists of “Self -T est Diagnostic s,” “ Tr oubleshooti ng,” and “ Corr ective Actions .
7-2 Panel C Industrial Computer Hardware User 's Manual – M ay 2003 GFK-2251 7 Troubleshooting Powerup Symptom Possible Caus es Solution Computer do es not pow er up. Power not on (PWR ind icator is not lit or dis play com pletely dark). Make sure th at computer is plugged in.
GFK-2251 Chapter 7 Di agnostics and T roubles hooting 7-3 7 Memory Symptom Possible Caus es Solution Memory count during pow erup self-test is incorre ct. Optional D IMM is install ed incorrect ly or is in compat ible with the Pane l C indu strial computer C PU.
7-4 Panel C Industrial Computer Hardware User 's Manual – M ay 2003 GFK-2251 7 Communi cations PLC/PC Connection Symptom Possible Caus es Solution PANEL C does not communic ate with a P LC that has been autoco nfig ured (AUTOCONFIG/DEFAULT/I/O error).
GFK-2251 Chapter 7 Di agnostics and T roubles hooting 7-5 7 Network Communications Symptom Possible Caus es Solution Conflicts on network. IP Address not uniq ue. Change the IP addres s to a unique addre ss. (Conta ct your system ad ministr ator if th is or other sett ings need t o be changed.
7-6 Panel C Industrial Computer Hardware User 's Manual – M ay 2003 GFK-2251 7 CMOS Checksum Error If the CMOS batter y has fai led, th e follo wing error m es sages wil l be dis played on the .
GFK-2251 8-1 Technical Data Monitor System Display TFT LC -Color Touch Disp lay Diagonal 383.5 mm (15.1") Resolution (Pixel) XGA (1024 x 768) VGA controller Integra ted 3-D G raphics C ontroller .
GFK-2251 A-1 Product Agency Approvals, Standar ds, and General Specifications Agency Approvals Description A gency Standard or Marking Comments N.A. Safety for Industrial Co ntrol Equipm ent Certification by Und erwriter's Laboratories t o UL508 s tandard a nd equivalent CSA C 22.
A-2 Panel C Industri al Computer H ardware U ser's Manual – M ay 2003 GFK-2251 A Government Regulations U.S., Canadian, Aus trali an, and Europea n regulati ons are inten ded to prevent equipm ent form interf ering with appr oved tra nsm iss ions or with the oper ation of ot her equipm ent throu gh the AC power s ourc e.
GFK-2251 Appendix A Product Agen cy Approv als, Standard s, and Ge neral Specifi cations A-3 A General Specifications GENERAL SPECIFICATIONS Standard(s) Conditions ISOLATION Dielectri c W ithst and UL 508, UL 840 , IEC 664 1.5KV DC (input p ower to se condary ou tputs) ENVIRONMENTAL Vibration IEC 68-2-6 10 - 57 Hz, 0.
A-4 Panel C Industri al Computer H ardware U ser's Manual – M ay 2003 GFK-2251 A Nonincendive Field Wi ring (Control Drawing #DR00) 1 USB Port PL6 USB P or t PL 6 USB Port PL10 Ethernet Port Ke.
Index GFK-22 51 Index -1 A Agency approvals, A-1 Air fl o w, 3-2 Application software, 1-6 Audible w arnin g, 2-1 Autologon, 2-2 B Battery CMOS, 7-6 BIOS settings, 6-1 Blank ing plates, 3- 5 C Cards i.
Index Index- 2 Panel C I ndustria l Com puter Hard ware U ser's M anual–M ay 2003 GFK-22 51 M Memory troubles hooti ng, 7-3 MODBUS RTU co mmunications troubles hooti ng, 7-4 Monitor system tech.
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