My PC is 10.0.97.xx sub- 255.255.255.0
Panelview is 10.0.98.xxx sub- 255.255.255.0
The ethernet cable runs from the panelview to a N-tron switch.
10.0.97.xx with the subnet mask of 255.255.255.0 means that the starting address for that network is 10.0.97.0 and the ending address is 10.0.97.255. The first and last addresses cannot be used by devices so the usable addresses are 10.0.97.1 through 10.0.97.254.
The PV has the same setup except it is on the 10.0.98.x network. That means your PV and your computer are on separate networks. They might all be cabled together on the same switch, but address-wise, they are on separate networks and cannot talk to each other.
To resolve this would require some device to route data from one network to the other. A router, or what is called a Layer 3 switch could potentially do this, but they are quite expensive and require some expertise to setup.
If you MUST keep using these addresses, then you could make this work without extra hardware by changing the subnet for all devices to 255.255.252.0
With this subnet, your network addresses would start at 10.0.96.0 and end with 10.0.99.255. Any devices within that range would be able to talk without need for a routing device. Just be aware that this is a non-standard mask and it could be confusing to people that tend to use the default 255.255.255.0 for everything.
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EDIT: OK I didn't ask this before, but do your devices have a gateway IP address specified? Usually you would have an IP address, a subnet mask, and a gateway address. If you do have a gateway (something other than 0.0.0.0), then you already have a routing device that would allow the devices to talk across the separate networks. That would explain why you are able to ping other devices.