Usingcontrolguardianinaw indowsenvironment, Using controlguardian in a windows environment – Rockwell Automation 9330-CC ControlGuardian User's Guide User Manual

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Installing and Starting the Software

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Using ControlGuardian in a Windows Environment

The Microsoft Windows operating system offers a graphical interface for consistent
access to applications and multitasking of those applications. By running

ControlGuardian under Windows, you can have multiple sessions active at one time.

Note

If you intend to run multiple sessions of ControlGuardian (except when using the
WinLinx/RSLinx driver), use a separate communication device for each session.
For example, you can have multiple 1784-KT cards in the programming terminal, or
run one session from a 1784-KT card and another session from a serial device. For
more information about configuring communication devices, see chapter 3.

If you are new to Windows, refer to the definitions in Table 2.C.

Table 2.C

Windows Terminology

This item:

Has these characteristics:

group

contains program items (which are icons that represent applications)

.GRP file extension

represented by group icon

Start an application from a group by opening the group window and

choosing the program-item icon for the application you want to run.

program item

represents the application

.ICO file extension

Choose the program item for ControlGuardian to start the software.

Rockwell Software Inc. doesn’t supply a .ICO file for ControlGuardian.

Either use the standard icon that MicroSoft Windows creates or create

your own .ICO file.

program information file

Whenever you start a non-Windows application, Windows looks for a

program information file. It contains information about the application,

including how much memory the application needs and how it uses

components of your computer, such as communication ports.

.PIF file extension

initialization file

contains information that defines the Windows environment

.INI file extension

Note

ControlGuardian is a DOS application.

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