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31978PanelViewPlusv5.10andolder:KEPServerEnterpriseReleaseNotesandSupportedDrivers

31978PanelViewPlusv5.10andolder:KEPServerEnterpriseReleaseNotesandSupportedDrivers
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DateCreated:05/18/200512:00AM
LastUpdated:03/30/201503:54PM

Question
WhatdriversareavailableforPanelViewandPanelViewPlus?
HowdoIdownloaddriversforPanelViewandPanelViewPlus?
WherecanIfindadditionalhelponKEPServerEnterprise?

Environment
PanelviewPlus
PanelviewPlusCE

Answer
KEPServerEnterpriseprovidesOPCserverconnectivitywithover40differentPLCsanddevicesforthefollowingFactoryTalkViewproducts:
FactoryTalkViewMachineEdition,SupervisoryEditionorRSView32runningonaWorkstationcomputer.TheOPCserversforWorkstationcomputerssupportthe
MicrosoftWindowsXP,2000,NT,98&95operatingsystems.FactoryTalkViewStudioandRSView32alsousethesedriversduringapplicationdevelopment.
FactoryTalkViewMachineEditionrunningonaPanelViewPlusorVersaViewCE.
IfyouareusingtheKEPServerEnterpriseonPanelViewPlusorPanelViewPlusCE,usetheFirmwareUpgradeWizardtodownloadthedrivers.Thefirmwareupgrade
wizardcanbedownloadedfromtheRockwellAutomationTechnicalSupportwebsite.
KEPServerEnterprisedoesnotrequireanactivationkeyforusewithRSViewMachineEdition.KEPServerEnterpriseisactivatedbytheRSViewStudioapplication
developmentorbytheRSViewMachineEditionStationonPanelViewPlus,PanelViewPlusCEorWorkstationcomputeratruntime.
KEPServerEnterpriserequiresanactivationkeyforusewithFactoryTalkViewSupervisoryEditionorRSView32.AdiskforactivatingKEPServerEnterpriseisprovidedwith
theKEPServerCDwhenorderedforusewithFactoryTalkViewSupervisoryEditionorRSView32.
IncludedontheCDistheKEPServerEnterpriseOPCServerfeaturingthefollowingdrivers.Ifthedriveryourequireisnotlistedhere,contactyourlocalRockwell
Automationofficeordistributortoseeifandwhenthedrivermaybeavailable.

DriversavailableforthePanelViewPlusandPanelViewPlusCEaremarkedwithanasterisk.
*ABBulletin900
*ABBulletin1609
AnalogDevices
Aromat
AromatEthernet
*AutomationDirectEBC
*AutomationDirectECOM
BUSWAREEthernet
Contrex
ContrexMSeries
CutlerHammer
DDEClientDriver
*DIRECTNET
*EtherTRAK
FujiFlex
GECCM
*GEEthernet
*GEEthernetGlobalData
GEFocas1Ethernet
*GESNP
*GESNPX
HilscherUniversal
HoneywellHC900Ethernet
HoneywellUDC
HoneywellUDCEthernet

IASuperSEL
IDEC
IOTechPointscan100
KSequence
MicroDCI
*MitsubushiEthernet
*MitsubishiFX
*MitsubishiFXNet
*MitsubishiSerial
*ModbusAsciiSerial
*ModbusEthernet
ModbusPlus
*ModbusSerial
*ModbusUnsolicitedSerial
*OmronFINSEthernet
*OmronFINSSerial
*OmronHostLink
*OmronProcessSuite
OptimationOptilogic
PartlowAscii
PhillipsP8/PC20
*PLCDirectECOM
*SiemensS5
SiemensS5(3964R)
*SiemensS7MPI

*SiemensS7200
*SiemensTCP/IPEthernet
*Simatic505
*Simatic505Ethernet
*Simulator
*SquareD
ThermoWestronicsEthernet
ThermoWestronicsSerial
*TIWAYHostAdapter
Toshiba
ToshibaEthernet
ToyopucEthernetPC3/PC2
ToyopucSerial
*UniTelway
*UserConfigurableDriver
WagoEthernet
YaskawaMemobusPlus
YaskawaMPSeriesEthernet
YokogawaCX
YokogawaDarwin
YokogawaDarwinSerial
YokogawaDX
YokogawaDXSerial
YokogawaDXP
YokogawaHR

KEPServerEnterpriseadditionalinformation
1. TheKEPServerEnterprisesoftwarecontainscompleteonlinehelptoassistwithKEPServersetupanddriverconfiguration.
2. Whetheryourruntimetargetistheworkstation,PanelViewPlusorPanelViewPlusCE,youwillneedtoconfigureKEPServerEnterprisetocommunicatetoyourdevice
fromtheworkstation.
IfyourruntimetargetisthePanelViewPlusorPanelViewPlusCE,theKEPServerEnterprisedataiscompiledintotheFactoryTalkViewMachineEdition.MERfile
whentheruntimeprojectiscreated.

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TheKEPServerprojectfilewhichgetscompiledintheMERisdependentontheKEPServerDefaultProjectsettingwhichisconfiguredunderTools>Options
>General>ProjectFilesettings.IfyouhavechangedthenameofthecurrentKEPServerprojectyoumustalsochangethenameoftheDefaultProjecttoensurethe
correctprojectfilegetscompiledintotheMERforuseonthePanelViewPlusandPanelViewPlusCE.
WhentheMERisopenedonPanelViewPlusCEtheKEPwareprojectfile(forexample,default.pfe)isstoredalongwiththeprojectstemporaryfilesinthedirectory
KepServer.Seetheexamplebelow:
Example:StorageCard>RockwellSoftware>RSViewMachineEdition~MER.00>KepServer
Thiswillbethelocationoftheserverprojectfileifthetemporaryfileswereconfiguredtobestoredinthedefaultlocation.
3. KEPServerEnterprisecomeswithanOPCtestclientapplication.ForinformationontheWorkstationOPCtestclient,refertotheOPCQuickClientonlinehelp.The
VersaViewCEtestclientapplicationcanbefoundat:StorageCard>KEPServerEnterprise>opcquickclient_ce.exe.
ThisclientrequiresyoutotestKEPServerOPCdataitems.InorderfortheKEPServertousethecorrectprojectfile,youmustfirstopenyourMERwhichcontainsthe
KEPServeritems.ThisextractstheKEPServerprojectfilerequiredbytheserver.TheKEPServerEnterpriseOPCtestclientapplicationisnotavailableforthe
PanelViewPlus.
4. IfyouhaveselectedaserialdriveryouwillneedtoconfiguretheserialportsettingsforKEPServerEnterpriseontheworkstation.Ifyourruntimetargetisthe
PanelViewPlusorVersaViewCEtheserialportswillbeconfiguredwhentheclientconnectstotheserverandtheserverloadstheprojectfile(default.pfe).
5. KEPServereventmessagesareroutedthroughtheFactoryTalkViewDiagnosticsLogSystem.NomessageswillbeloggedtotheFactoryTalkDiagnosticslogifitis
notconfigured.TheabilitytocontrolwhichdiagnosticeventsaredisplayedinFactoryTalkViewisdeterminedbythesettingsintheDiagnosticsSetupeditorin
FactoryTalkViewStudioandnotbytheEventLogsettingsinKEPServerforFactoryTalkView.IntheFactoryTalkDiagnosticsLogsystem,KEPServerforFactoryTalk
VieweventsareaddedtotheOperatorcategory.Therearethreekindsofeventmessagesthatarelogged:Info,WarningandErrormessages.Theusercontrols
whicheventmessagesareloggedtotheDiagnosticsLogsystemfromtheDiagnosticsSetupeditor.

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