I am trying to conect to a brand new panel view 1000 with 2 rs232 ports ( one labeled comm / download the other printer ) from a pc to download a program

I am using rslinx lite and have chosen AB_DF1-1 as the driver ( is this correct )
and trying to conect using either com 1 or 2 on pc,

using auto configure it seems to time out while doing error checking bcc / crc
then gives error to check cabels and configuration

I have noted that the panel view at the top of the comms screen says "DH-485 "

Can any one put me right on this ?

Thanks

Andrew

You're probably using a SLC/PLC serial DF-1 cable. A PanelView cable doesn't roll pins 2 & 3 like a SLC/PLC cable does.

If it is the DH-485 PV with a physical DB-9 serial port, use a normal serial cable (not Null-Modem or DF1) and use the 1747-PIC/AIC+ driver. Depending on the version of RSLinx and you PC's OS, you may have to stop running Linx as a service before you can configure the PIC driver.

Hi Both
Thanks for replying:-
Just to comfirm I am using a straight 2-2 , 3-3, 5,-5 searial 9 pin lead and I have stop the rslite running to configure the settings to com2 etc
But I am still not conecting ie cannot see the panel view in the tree of rslinx

what am I doing wrong ?

Andrew

Did you switch from the DF1 driver to the 1747-PIC/AIC+ driver? If so, have you tried COM 1 since you switched drivers?