Rockwell Automation 8520-OM Offline Development System User Manual User Manual
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Getting Started with ODS
Publication 8520--UM051A--EN--P --July 2000
Offline Development Manual (ODS) Software User Manual
4. Press any key to continue. A screen similar to this appears:
ODS installs the DOS print driver in RAM, which allows you to
download files to a printer.
Important:
You must first install the print driver to be able
to print files from ODS menus.
If the print driver is:
then:
already installed
the above screen appears for a moment and then is
replaced by the ODS top level screen (page 3--4)
not installed
ODS asks you to select a device name:
Name of list device [PRN]:
5. Select a device name.
If you want to use:
then:
the default device name
press [ENTER]
a different device
1. Type a device name, for example:
•LPT1
•LPT2
•LPT3
•COM1
•COM2
•AUX
2. Press [ENTER]
Refer to DOS documentation for more information about printer
device names.
6. However, if the screen is distorted, follow this procedure:
a. Exit ODS.
b. At the DOS prompt, type:
MODE BW80 [ENTER]
c. Reboot ODS following the instructions on page 3--1 or
3--2. Examine the screen. If the screen is clear, we
suggest that you add the command
MODE BW80
to the batch
file, IMC.BAT.