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Micro800, CCW – How To Alias IO (M3E45)

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Learn how to alias Micro800 embedded I/O in Episode 45 of The Automation Minute Season 3:


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Micro800, CCW – Create and Download Ladder Logic Programs

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In today’s article I’ll walk you through how to download a program to a Micro800 using Connected Components Workbench version 10.

Preface: If you need a copy of CCW, check out our previous article, Downloading a free copy of Connected Components Workbench.

Step 1) Open CCW, and then open or create a project:

Step 2) Next, it’s recommended you build the project to insure it’s valid and has no errors:

Step 3) If the build is successful, on the bottom left of CCW you’ll see a message stating it has succeeded:

Step 4) At this point you have a valid program which you can download. The next step is to configure the connection path.

Note: If no connection path is listed and you click on download, the connection browser will automatically launch.

Step 5) If an existing connection is listed but is not correct, you’ll want to update it before downloading:

Step 6) To do so, click on the pencil icon as shown below:

Step 7) Then choose the correct path from recent paths, or choose browse to select the target PLC from the network:

Step 8) If you choose browse, the connection browser will open showing you an RSLinx Classic RSWho:

Step 9) From there you would select your target Micro800:

Step 10) And then select OK:

Step 11) Now with the correct connection path set, select the download icon as shown below:

Step 12) At this point you’ll be prompted to confirm you want to download the project to the controller, including putting the target Micro in program mode and if you wish to replace existing variable values with project values:

Step 13) If your Micro800 has Ethernet, and the settings in the project you’re downloading are different than the settings in the target Micro, you’re asked if you want to download the new settings or keep the existing ones:

Step 14) Once the download completes, you’ll see a message on the bottom left of CCW stating your download succeeded:

Step 15) CCW will also ask if you would like to put the controller into Remote Run mode:

Step 16) Now that your program has been downloaded and is running in your controller, the CCW toolbar will show “connected” and the Micro’s current mode as seen below:

Step 17) At this point you can open your program(s) and variables to monitor them online:

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Micro800, CCW – Program Structure: How Programs, Variables differ from other A-B PLCs

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While Rockwell’s Micro800 family of low cost programmable controllers have appealing price points, one look at the programming software is often enough to keep many Logix users away.

But when you have a truly small system, the fact that the Micro800 is so much less expensive than the CompactLogix, and that the MicroLogix 1000 and 1500 are obsolete, there’s a case to be made for learning more about the Micro800.

At first glace it obvious the Micro800 does not use the same Task, Program, and Routine structure that Logix and RSLogix/Studio 5000 does.

The Micro800 also doesn’t use the Main Ladder File 2 with JSRs to Routines 3-x that was so popular with the PLC-5, SLC-500, and MicroLogix.

Instead, the Micro800 uses a very simple and flat Program (aka Program Organization Unit or POU) structure, with no need for multiple tiers or JSRs.

When creating a new Micro800 Program, you first must choose to define it as either Ladder, Function Block, or Structured Text.

Note: The editors for all three languages are included free of charge with the Micro800’s free programming software, CCW.

Once your new program is created, you’ll notice it also includes its own Local Variables, much like RSLogix/Studio 5000 programs have Program Tags (later renamed to Parameters and Local Tags.)

At this point I should mention that every Micro800 Project also contains Global Variables, which like Logix Controller Tags contain all the Micro800’s I/O Tags as well as any user created global variables.

So while it’s obvious the Micro800 doesn’t have the flexibility of Logix’s Task, Programs, and Routines, as a PLC programmer and instructor I have to say there is something refreshing about the simplicity of the Micro800’s flat Program structure, especially when compared to the SLC-500 and MicroLogix.

That, and the fact that you get the Ladder, Function Block, and Structured Text language editors for free makes the Micro800 definitely worth considering on small projects.

If you’d like to see what it looks like to create new Micro800 Programs and Local Variables, check out my short video below.

And if you know anyone who needs to get up to speed on the Micro800 quickly, please pass on a link to my affordable Micro800 / CCW training course Nano Basics Course.


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Micro800, RSLinx Classic – How To Setup Ethernet Communications (M3E44)

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Learn how to communicate with your Micro800 using Ethernet and RSLinx in Episode 44 of The Automation Minute Season 3:


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Micro800, CCW – How To Alias IO

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Rockwell’s Micro800 family of low cost programmable controllers have very appealing price points.

But when it comes to usability, many of us have been reluctant to trade our familiarity and efficiency with RSLogix / Studio 5000 for a few hundred dollars in savings on low I/O count projects.

That familiarity extends to Logix’s naming convention used with local I/O, which is drastically different from how the Micro800’s embedded I/O is defined.

At first look, the Micro800’s _IO_EM_Dx_Ox embedded I/O tags names just look plain odd.

Now I do understand that start starting a tag with an underscore will allow it to be displayed before tags starting with a letter when sorted alphabetically.

That said, anyone who’s ever written a sorting routine knows it’s a fairly simple task to sort by “type” first, and then by “name,” which eliminates any need to use the first character to force a particular sorting order.

So while using the “first letter” to force the sorting order of files and folders on a hard drive can be useful, it seems totally unnecessary to use it for Micro800 embedded I/O tag names.

That said, the good news is that creating aliases for these embedded I/O tags couldn’t be easier.

Unlike Logix, which requires you to create a new alias tag before aliasing it to an existing tag, in CCW you just type in your desired alias to the right of the IO tag name and you’re done.

So while the odd naming convention used for Micro800 embedded I/O makes Logix programmers like myself cringe, the fact that aliasing them is so easy goes a long way to making up for it.

That, and I have to say I’m loving the Micro800’s free FBD editor, but we’ll save that for a future article…

If you’d like to see how aliasing Micro800 embedded I/O actually works, check out my video below.

And if you know anyone who needs to get up to speed on the Micro800 quickly, please pass on a link to my affordable Micro800 / CCW training course Nano Basics Course.


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Micro800, BOOTP, CCW – How To Set The Ethernet Address (M3E43)

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Learn how to assign your Micro800 an Ethernet address using BootP-DHCP or USB in Episode 43 of The Automation Minute Season 3:


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Micro800, RSLinx Classic – How To Setup USB Communications (M3E42)

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Learn how to setup Micro800 USB communications in Episode 42 of The Automation Minute Season 3:


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Set PowerFlex 525 Ethernet IP Address using PC (M3E41)

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Learn how to set a PowerFlex 525’s Ethernet IP address using a PC and the free Boot-p utility in Episode 41 of The Automation Minute Season 3:


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Micro800, RSLinx Classic – How To Setup Ethernet Communications

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To program Rockwell’s Micro820 and Micro850 over Ethernet you first need to know how to setup RSLinx Classic’s Ethernet drivers, and in today’s article I’ll show you step-by-step how to do just that.

Preface: Before proceeding it’s a good idea to insure that the installed copy of RSLinx Classic is at least as new as your Micro800, as using old versions of RSLinx with new products does not always work.

Step 1) Launch RSLinx Classic and then open “Configure Drivers” by selecting the Cable icon on the toolbar, or by choosing “Configure Drivers” in the “Communications” menu.

Step 2) Under the “Available Driver Types” you’ll see two different Ethernet Drivers: “Ethernet Devices” and “Ethernet/IP Driver”

Step 3) In our first example we’ll select the “Ethernet/IP Driver,” and then click on “Add New”:

Step 4) Now select “OK” to accept the default driver name:

Step 5) In the next window it’s recommended to select the Ethernet device in your PC which is connected to your Micro800’s network, and then select “OK”:

Step 6) Now select “Close” to close the “Configure Drivers” window.

Step 7) Back in RSLinx Classic, in the RSWho window select the “+” sign next to the “AB_ETHIP-1” driver (or double click on the “AB_ETHIP-1” driver) to expand it and start browsing:

Step 8) At this point if your PC is connected to the same subnet as your Micro800, and there are no router or firewall settings preventing the Ethernet/IP Driver’s auto-browse feature from working, you should see your Micro800 appear in the RSWho within 10 seconds.

Step 9) If your Micro800 does not appear, perform a Ping test as described in this article.

If you can ping your Micro800 but the “Ethernet/IP Driver” does not find your Micro800 using auto-browse, continue on to the next step.

Step 10) Open the RSLinx Classic “Configure Drivers” window again, and this time select the “Ethernet Devices” driver and click on “Add New”:

Step 11) The click on “OK” to accept the default driver name:

Step 12) Now enter in the Ethernet IP addresses of any Ethernet Micro800 PLCs you would like to connect to:

Step 13) Here you can see we’ve added two addresses, 192.168.1.120 and 192.168.1.150. The next step is to click on “OK:”

Step 14) Now select “Close” to close the “Configure Drivers” window:

Step 15) Back in the RSLinx Classic RSWho window click on the “+” sign next to the “AB_ETH-1” driver (or double click on the “AB_ETH-1” driver) to expand the driver and start browsing:

Step 16) At this point if your PC is connected to the same subnet as your Micro800, you should see it appear in the RSWho window within 10 seconds.

I hope you found this article helpful. If you have any questions please feel free to post them at TheAutomationBlog.com/join which I visit each weekday to reply to reader’s questions.

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Ethernet – How to “Ping” a PLC

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PLCs of all shapes and sizes now come with Ethernet communications built-in.

And one of the easiest ways to insure you have network connectivity between your PC and PLC (or other device) is to “Ping” it.

In today’s article I’ll walk you through the simple steps needed to quickly “Ping” your PLC to see if you do indeed have network connectivity to it.

Preface: The “Ping” command is used to test the reach-ability from one device to another on an Ethernet network using Internet Protocol, and is derived from the Naval term.
For more details about the “Ping” command check out Wikipedia here.

Step 1) The first step is to open a “Command Prompt,” which is found in the Windows Start Menu under Accessories:

Step 2) You can also open a “Command Prompt” by clicking on “Start,” then entering “cmd” and pressing Enter as shown below:

Step 3) Once the command prompt opens, type in the word “ping” followed by a space, and then the Ethernet IP address of your PLC. In the below example I plan on pinging my Micro820 with an IP address of 192.168.1.120:

Step 4) If you have connectivity from your PC to your PLC, you should see a reply from your ping as shown below:

Step 5) After the ping is finished, your screen should look similar to the one below:

Step 6) If you don’t have connectivity to your PLC, you may see a “Request timed out,” “Destination host unreachable,” or similar message as shown below:

Step 7) If you’re not able to ping your PLC then you very likely won’t be able to program it over Ethernet.

Some reasons you may not be able to connect to and ping your PLC include:

  • Loose or bad Ethernet cables, or lack of continuity between the two devices (i.e. the two networks never physically or wirelessly connect to each other)
  • Your PC and PLC are assigned to different subnets with no router bridging the two subnets
  • Your PC and PLC are assigned to bridged subnets, but your PC or PLC has a missing or incorrect “default gateway” setting

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Below you can watch a video of the above procedure:

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Set PowerFlex 525 Ethernet IP Address using Keypad (M3E40)

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Learn how to set a PowerFlex 525’s Ethernet IP address using its built-in keypad in Episode 40 of The Automation Minute Season 3:


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Micro800, BOOTP, CCW – How To Set The Ethernet Address

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Rockwell’s Micro820 and Micro850 both have built-on Ethernet communication ports, and in today’s article I’ll show you two ways to assign these ports an Ethernet Address.

Preface: The first procedure below requires RSLinx Classic, and the second also requires Connected Components Workbench, both of which you can learn how to download in our previous article, Download a free copy of Connected Components Workbench.

Option 1: BootP

Step 1) Start by looking at the label on the front of your Micro820, or the side of your Micro850, and record the Ethernet (MAC ID) Address displayed:

Micro820 FI

Step 2) Next, make sure your Micro820 or Micro850 is connected to the same network as your PC:

Step 3) Now launch the BOOTP-DHCP Tool that is installed along with RSLinx Classic:

Step 4) If this is the first time you’ve launched this utility, at a minimum you’ll need to fill in the subnet mask of your network and click on OK:

Step 5) A short time after the utility loads you should see the MAC ID of your Micro800, similar to what is shown below:

NOTE: If your device does not show up after a few moments, cycle power to your Micro800 as it asks for an address quite often when set for BOOTP/DHCP and is first powered on.

Step 6) Select your Micro800 and click on the “Add Relation” button, or right click on your Micro800 and select “Add Relation”:

Step 7) At a minimum you must enter in the Ethernet Address you would like to assign to your Micro800, and then select OK:

Step 8) Once done, your Micro800 will have a temporary Ethernet address. At this point if you were to cycle power to the Micro800 it would request a new address upon boot.

Step 9) To insure your Micro800 keeps the address you assigned it above, you need to disable BOOTP/DHCP in the Micro800. One way to do this is to select the unit from the lower window and click on the “Disable BOOTP/DHCP” button, or right click on the Micro800 and select “Disable BOOTP/DHCP:

Step 10) Note that the above step does not work with all devices, so make sure you confirm that BOOTP/DHCP has been disabled by reading the confirmation message at the bottom left of the utility.

Step 11) If the above step to disable BOOTP/DHCP fails, you can create a new Micro800 project in CCW for your model of Micro, edit the Ethernet settings to provide a static IP Address and Subnet mask (insuring “Obtain IP automatically” is not selected,) and then download this new project to your Micro800 over Ethernet using the above assigned Ethernet address:

Option 2: Download a program with an Ethernet Address via USB

NOTE: While the Micro850 has a USB communications port built-in, the Micro820 requires an accessory to gain a USB port.

Step 1) Create a program for your Micro800 in CCW with the desired Ethernet settings, insuring “Obtain IP automatically” is not selected and a valid Ethernet Address and Subnet Mask is provided (the Default Gateway setting is optional):

Step 2) Connect your Micro800 to your PC via USB and confirm it shows up in RSLinx. For more information about connecting via USB see our previous article, Setup Micro800 USB Comms.

Step 3) Now in CCW, insure USB is set as the current path. If it is not, select the pencil icon as shown below:

Step 4) Then in the Setup Connection Path popup, select the USB connection by double clicking on it:

Step 5) Now download your program with the correct Ethernet address to your Micro800 over USB:

Step 6) Finally, when prompted select yes to go online with your Micro, double click on the controller and then Ethernet, and check the online settings to insure the correct Ethernet address has been downloaded:

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Micro800, RSLinx Classic – How To Setup USB Communications

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Rockwell’s Micro830 and 850 have convenient USB programming ports built in, and an optional USB programming port can be added to Micro810 and 820.

In today’s article I’ll show you how to setup communications to those USB programming ports, as well as how to avoid some common issues.

Preface: Before plugging your Micro800 into your PC via USB, be sure you have installed a recent version of RSLinx Classic. It can be downloaded and installed separately, or along with Connected Components Workbench:

RSLinx Splash

Step 1) Start by using a standard USB A-B cable to plug your Micro800 into your PC:

Step 2) Once you plug your Micro800 in to your PC via USB, on the bottom right of your Windows desktop you should see a notice that the USB CIP driver is being installed.

After a moment the message should update to say the driver has been installed successfully:

Note: If the driver says it did not install successfully, the most likely reason is the USB CIP driver that came with RSLinx is out of date, and the best solution is typically to install the newest version of RSLinx Classic that is supported by your Windows OS.

Step 3) Next, open RSLinx Classic and you should see two new drivers have been added automatically: The AB_VBP driver and the USB driver:

Step 4) Now expand the USB driver and you should see your Micro800 appear within ten seconds:

Step 5) If your Micro800 does not show up under either the AB_VBP or USB driver, unplug it and wait ten seconds.

Then, manually delete both the AB_VBP and USB drivers. Once deleted, plug your Micro800 back into your PC (sometimes if those drivers are added for other devices RSLinx won’t find the Micro800.)

Step 6) If your Micro800 shows up with a yellow question mark as shown below, it likely has a firmware version that is newer than what your installed copy of RSLinx Classic recognizes:

Step 7) To update RSLinx, upload an updated EDS file from the Micro800 by right clicking on the Micro800 and selecting “Upload EDS file from Device:”

Step 8) If prompted, select Yes to allow the EDS Wizard to run:

Step 9) Run completely through the EDS Wizard by selecting “Next” several times, and then selecting “Finish” at the end:

NOTE: If you would like to learn more about installing EDS files, see our detailed article on the subject: How to install EDS files.

Step 10) Now you should see your Micro800 appear in the RSLinx RSWho window within ten seconds of selecting the driver as long as Autobrowse is checked:

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Set a PowerFlex 525’s Ethernet IP Address using a PC

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Rockwell’s PowerFlex 525 is a popular VFD given the fact that it has a built-in Ethernet/IP port.

And in today’s article I’ll show you how to set the 525’s Ethernet Address from your PC.

Preface: Before you power on your PowerFlex 525, record its MAC ID address. It’s located under the Drive’s terminal cover on the left of the Drive itself:

Also note that when you power on a new PowerFlex 525, or reset one to factory defaults, parameter C128 is set to BOOTP. This allows the PF525 to request an Ethernet IP address from a BOOTP server on the same network:

Step 1) Power on your new (or factory reset) PowerFlex 525.

Note: that if the Drive has been on for quite some time it will not request an address using BOOTP as often as it will after it is powered on.

Step 2) Next, on your PC open Rockwell’s free BOOT-P DHCP Tool that is installed with RSLinx Classic:

Step 3) If this is the first time you’ve launched this utility, you’ll be prompted to enter in “Network Settings” (basic information about your network,) and at a minimum must enter in your Subnet Mask:

Step 4) Now after a few moments you should see your PowerFlex 525’s MAC ID address appear in the top window of the utility as shown below:

Step 5) To assign your PF525 an Ethernet IP address, right click on it and select “Add Relation”:

Step 6) Next, type in the IP address you wish to give the PF525 and click on OK:

Step 7) Now your PF525 should show up in RSLinx.

NOTE: Currently this is a temporarily assigned address, and will be lost if you power cycle your Drive unless you turn off BOOTP as shown in the following steps.

Step 8) Some Rockwell devices like the PF525 can have their BOOTP setting disabled from within the BOOTP DHCP Tool. To do so, right click on the Drive’s MAC ID in the lower window of the utility, and then select Disable BOOTP/DHCP:

Step 9) If it is successful you will see the “Command successful” message as shown below:

Step 10) You can also disable BOOTP and make changes to the PF525’s Ethernet configuration from inside of RSLinx Classic. To do so, right click on the Drive and select Module Configuration:

Step 11) Next select the Port Configuration tab, then Static, and then enter in (or change) the IP address and Subnet mask of the drive:

Step 12) Once you’ve completed making your changes be sure to cycle power tothe PF525 to enable all of the changes:

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Set a PowerFlex 525’s Ethernet IP Address using its Keypad

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Rockwell’s PowerFlex 525 is a popular VFD given the fact that it has a built-in Ethernet/IP port.

And in today’s article I’ll show you how to set the 525’s Ethernet Address using its front Keypad and Display.

Step 1) Start from the main speed display:

Step 2) Next press the “Enter” key:

Step 3) Now press the “Up” arrow until your see the letter “C” followed by a parameter number:

Step 4) Here press “Enter,” and then press the “Up” or “Down” arrow key until you see the number 128:

Step 5) By default, this setting is set to 2 which indicates the Drive is setup for Boot-P:

Step 6) In order for the Drive to use its parameters for its Ethernet IP address, we need to set this parameter to “1” by pressing the “Down” arrow key and then pressing the “Enter” key:

Step 7) Now press “Esc” and “Up” arrow once to display “C129,” and then press “Enter”:

Step 8) Here use the arrow keys to dial in the first number (first octet) of the Drive’s Ethernet IP Address. When done press “Enter”:

Step 9) Now repeat the last two steps to enter in the three remaining Ethernet IP address values in parameters C130, C131, and C132. In our example we entered in 168, 1,
and 55.

Step 10) Now use the same procedure to enter your subnet mask into parameters C133, C134, C135, and C136. In our example we entered 255, 255, 255, and 0:

Step 11) If you have a network bridge or gateway linking your Drive’s subnet to another network subnet, use the same procedure to enter in your default gateway address in parameters C137, C138, C139, and C140. In our example we could have used 192, 168, 1, and 1:

Step 12) With all of the above parameters entered, you now need to cycle power to the Drive for the new Ethernet settings to take effect.

Step 13) Once your PF525 Drive boots up again, you should see it in RSLinx Classic similar to how our’s is shown below:

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You can watch a video of the above procedure below:

I hope you found this article helpful. If you have any questions please feel free to post them at TheAutomationBlog.com/join which I visit each weekday to reply to reader’s questions.

Until next time, Peace ✌️ 

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PanelView Plus – .MER Runtime: Why Your Runtime May Not Run (M3E39)

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Learn the two top reasons your MER runtime file won’t run on your PanelView Plus / 6/ 7 in Episode 39 of The Automation Minute Season 3:


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PanelView Plus 7 – Setup and Use File Server

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So you have a PanelView Plus 7 and want to enable its File Server?

Well in today’s article I’ll show you step-by-step how to use the PanelView Plus Configuration Menu to do just that.

Step 1) Power on your PanelView Plus and return to the main configuration menu as shown below:

Note: If you don’t know how to get back to the main configuration menu, check out my previous article on that topic:

Step 2) Select Exit from the main menu, and if prompted enter in the Desktop Access password, after which you should return to the Windows CE Desktop:

Step 3) Now select Start, Settings, and Control Panel:

Step 4) Next in the Control Panel select Services from the bottom left:

Step 5) Now in the Services screen, select File Server to turn it on and make it change from Red to Green. Then select Done to close the Services screen:

Step 6) Next, select Server Config from the bottom left of the Control Panel:

Step 7) Here select the File Server Tab and make any changes you need to make to the configuration.

Step 8) When done select the OK button on the top right of the Network Server Configuration window, and then Yes if prompted to restart services:

Step 9) Now on your PC open Windows Explorer and enter in you PVPlus 7’s IP address to browse the available files and folders via the File Server:

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PanelView Plus 7 – Setup and Use File Server (M3E38)

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Learn how to setup and use the file server on the PanelView Plus 7 in Episode 38 of The Automation Minute Season 3:


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PanelView Plus 7 – Setup and Use FTP Server

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So you have a PanelView Plus 7 and want to ?

Well in today’s article I’ll show you step-by-step how to use the PanelView Plus Configuration Menu to do just that.

Step 1) Power on your PanelView Plus and return to the main configuration menu as shown below:

Note: If you don’t know how to get back to the main configuration menu, check out my previous article on that topic:

Step 2) Select Exit from the main menu, and if prompted enter in the Desktop Access password, after which you should return to the Windows CE Desktop:

Step 3) Next select Start, Settings, and Control Panel:

Step 4) Now in the Control Panel select Services near the bottom left:

Step 5) Next, in the Services screen select FTP Server to turn it on and make it change from Red to Green. Then select Done to close the Services screen:

Step 6) Now select Server Config from the bottom left of the Control Panel:

Step 7) Here select the FTP Server Tab and make any changes you need to make to the configuration.

Step 8) When done, select the OK button on the top right of the Network Server Configuration window. Then select Yes if prompted to restart services:

 Step 9) Now on your PC, in a FTP client application like Filezilla, add a new connection to your PVPlus using it’s IP address and any required login information you added in step 7. Then select connect and you’ll now have access to your PVPlus 7 via FTP:

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PanelView Plus 7 – Setup and Use FTP Server (M3E37)

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Learn how to setup and use the FTP Server on the PanelView Plus 7 in Episode 37 of The Automation Minute Season 3:


If you’ve found this video helpful, checkout my training courses here.

Check out our Video Collection #1 here, which includes the first five seasons of our shows for just $30!

Until next time, Peace ✌️ 

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