Programming Siemens TP 177A

Just joined a new maintenance department and have got a few TP 177A hmi's to play with 2 with non responding screens and one brand new and a few on machines.

There is win cc ... and pro tool and pro safe... but i cant find a programming cable WHAT CABLE DO I NEED ?

can i make it ! is it just a 485 to 232 .... has anyone got a picture of the pin outs please.

Cheers Will.

Here's a link to the manual showing the pin outs and how to configure the interface etc.

http://support.automation.siemens.com/WW/skm/frameset.asp?url=%2FWW%2Fllisapi%2Edll%2F21084461%3Ffunc%3Dll%26objId%3D21084461%26objaction%3Dcsopen%26siteid%3Dcseus%26skm%3D1%26lang%3Den%26query%3Dtp177a%26ehbid%3Dhtml%255F76%252Fehb%252F21084461%252Ehtm%26nodeid%3D&Query=tp177a&SearchArea=alle&id=21084461&F11Marker=true&siteid=cseus&query2=&modelled=&lang=en

thanks for the link .... had already downloaded a copy of that ... but managed to miss the pages showing the pin outs...opps!!!!


Cheers