Rockwell Automation 1400-SP PowerMonitor Software - Manual (Page 13)

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System Requirements
The Powermonitor Software software package is designed to run on a
Personal Computer AT, 286, 386, or a true IBM compatible. The computer
must have a minimum 256K of RAM, an 80 column monochrome or color
monitor, and either a 5–1/4” (360KB or 1.2MB) or 3–1/2” (720KB or
1.44MB) floppy disk drive. A hard disk drive is optional. The computer
must also have a communications interface capable of supporting the
required number of sites. See the paragraph on communications system
hardware requirements.
The specific computer hardware required depends upon the size of the
system, the number of substation sites, and the number of Powermonitors.
For large systems, an IBM–PC/AT or PC/286 class computer or better is
recommended.
A dot matrix printer is optional. A wide carriage model dot matrix printer
capable of compressed mode is recommended to retain the proper page
formatting of the Powermonitor Software output. A standard width dot
matrix printer may be used; however, proper page formatting will not be
retained in some cases.
DOS versions 2.0 or greater can be used with the Powermonitor Software.
The computer running the Powermonitor Software utilizes one serial port to
communicate with the Powermonitors at each site in the system. Each
computer serial port can be connected to one or more Powermonitors via a
wide array of communications interface hardware options. Examples of
communications options supported by Powermonitor Software include direct
connection to single Powermonitors or telephone modem links via RS–232C,
and direct connection to multiple device sites via RS–485 local area
networks.
The Powermonitor Software supports dual RS–232C or RS–485 serial ports
(COM1 and COM2). COM1 must be set to IRQ4 and COM2 to IRQ3.
The number of serial ports required by the computer varies from system to
system and will depend on the size of the system to be monitored.
Computer Requirements
Printer
Version Of DOS Required
Communications System
Hardware Requirements
Number Of Serial Ports
Required