GE workmaster substitute

[Buzz 0]

Can a older laptop running on DOS, with the original Workmaster software be used in place of the GE Workmaster to program a Series 6? Thanks Gary

[Steve Bailey 118]

It depends on how you're going to communicate with the Series Six. The Workmaster from GE had a parallel interface card for programming the Series Six through the 37-pin port on the CPU rack. using the parallel version of Logicmaster Six software. There is also a serial version of Logicmaster Six that only requires a serial port on the PC, but it also requires a serial communications module in the PLC. If the serial communications module is located in the proper slot (#5 I think) of the CPU rack, you need only match the port setups on the PC and the module. If the module is located anywhere else in the PLC, there must be logic in the PLC program to support the communications. I have successfully communicated serially with a Series Six from my Windows XP laptop running Logicmaster in a DOSbox.