Let me start off by saying I know I need to get a 1747-UIC, but I can't get one in for a couple days and I'm working on something time sensitive.
I have a fairly ancient PV300 Micro setup for DH485 over RS232. I've been trying to find a way to upload the program off the panelview all weekend (since I can't just flash it to DF1 without losing the program). All my laptops/desktops are running Win 7 64-bit except for one that is running XP sp2, but that one does not have a true serial port. I tried getting the xp laptop to work using a PCMCIA serial card, but after many hours of fiddling and reading in forums/Rockwell knowledgebase I could never get the 1747-PIC/AIC driver to load properly to the serial port (I know it works with some PCMCIA serial cards, but I'm guessing it just wont work on this setup due to the card or the laptop). RSLinx always comes back on startup with "Fatal error initializing PIC driver" and Linx is never able to commandeer the assigned COM port. I tried all the recommended tricks and nothing would allow that driver to initialize on the PCMCIA card (although the card works fine for DF1).
So I saw the XP sp3 patch that dmroeder, Dustin, did to help get the 1747-PIC driver working for sp3, so I thought I would give that a shot on one of my Win 7 laptops (true serial port) in the virtual desktop which can only run xp sp3 (technically sp2 can be installed on the virtual desktop, but I use it almost everyday and it's already nicely setup the way it is). The patch loaded successfully, and bingo, the 1474-PIC/AIC driver could be added. I can see the driver/protocol running and I can see in the the device manager that RSLinx is commandeering the port. FYI I've used the true COM port in virtual desktop all the time, just usually using DF1. What does seem a little weird is the 'START' and 'STOP' options in Configure Drivers are still grayed out.
Anyway, the driver is successfully added and running, it's configured properly in RSLinx, I made sure the baud rate matches in the COM1 properties in device manager (I haven't messed with stop bits and parity), and I check the PV300 micro's DH485 settings to make sure they match. But the PV300 micro never shows up in RSLinx as a node. And here's the really weird thing .... my laptop is node 0 and the status message in linx says "Browsing - node 0 found" but every now and then it flips to saying "Browsing - node 3 not found". Node 3 is my PV300 micro. If I change the PV to node 2 periodically I get "Browsing - node 2 is not found" instead. Clearly some communication is happening. I reviewed the driver comm diagnostics and it is clear that the transmit and receives are happening with no errors/packet losses.
Under driver properties, advanced browsing settings, there is an option to 'force network type to ...' with DH485 and direct serial connection as options, but neither work.
I am using a straight through cable, 2711-CBL-PM05. I also tried a 1761-CBL-PM02 just in case cable was bad (same pinout). And no, the PV300 micro has no CF card slot, so that isn't an option.
Can anyone think of something I'm missing to get this point to point connection working so I can upload? Thanks in advance, and thanks to all those before me who battled with this 1747-PIC/AIC driver. I've fought this thing for about 8 hours now and I feel like I'm so close I can taste it, but still not there yet.
I have a fairly ancient PV300 Micro setup for DH485 over RS232. I've been trying to find a way to upload the program off the panelview all weekend (since I can't just flash it to DF1 without losing the program). All my laptops/desktops are running Win 7 64-bit except for one that is running XP sp2, but that one does not have a true serial port. I tried getting the xp laptop to work using a PCMCIA serial card, but after many hours of fiddling and reading in forums/Rockwell knowledgebase I could never get the 1747-PIC/AIC driver to load properly to the serial port (I know it works with some PCMCIA serial cards, but I'm guessing it just wont work on this setup due to the card or the laptop). RSLinx always comes back on startup with "Fatal error initializing PIC driver" and Linx is never able to commandeer the assigned COM port. I tried all the recommended tricks and nothing would allow that driver to initialize on the PCMCIA card (although the card works fine for DF1).
So I saw the XP sp3 patch that dmroeder, Dustin, did to help get the 1747-PIC driver working for sp3, so I thought I would give that a shot on one of my Win 7 laptops (true serial port) in the virtual desktop which can only run xp sp3 (technically sp2 can be installed on the virtual desktop, but I use it almost everyday and it's already nicely setup the way it is). The patch loaded successfully, and bingo, the 1474-PIC/AIC driver could be added. I can see the driver/protocol running and I can see in the the device manager that RSLinx is commandeering the port. FYI I've used the true COM port in virtual desktop all the time, just usually using DF1. What does seem a little weird is the 'START' and 'STOP' options in Configure Drivers are still grayed out.
Anyway, the driver is successfully added and running, it's configured properly in RSLinx, I made sure the baud rate matches in the COM1 properties in device manager (I haven't messed with stop bits and parity), and I check the PV300 micro's DH485 settings to make sure they match. But the PV300 micro never shows up in RSLinx as a node. And here's the really weird thing .... my laptop is node 0 and the status message in linx says "Browsing - node 0 found" but every now and then it flips to saying "Browsing - node 3 not found". Node 3 is my PV300 micro. If I change the PV to node 2 periodically I get "Browsing - node 2 is not found" instead. Clearly some communication is happening. I reviewed the driver comm diagnostics and it is clear that the transmit and receives are happening with no errors/packet losses.
Under driver properties, advanced browsing settings, there is an option to 'force network type to ...' with DH485 and direct serial connection as options, but neither work.
I am using a straight through cable, 2711-CBL-PM05. I also tried a 1761-CBL-PM02 just in case cable was bad (same pinout). And no, the PV300 micro has no CF card slot, so that isn't an option.
Can anyone think of something I'm missing to get this point to point connection working so I can upload? Thanks in advance, and thanks to all those before me who battled with this 1747-PIC/AIC driver. I've fought this thing for about 8 hours now and I feel like I'm so close I can taste it, but still not there yet.
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