Device Configuration -
Special Considerations for EPM 7700 only
The EPM 7700 Device Configuration dialog box contains two extra fields, which must be completed during configuration. The Node Name field requires that you enter the name of the computer running the Communications Server that connects to this particular device. Depending on the configuration of the EPM 7700 network, this can be either the Primary node computer, or a computer setup as a "Full Station" Secondary node. Refer to
Also, the Application Name field must be completed as ION_LINK rather than GE32MODB or GE32ENET for the EPM 7700 device. The ION LINK program is installed during initial PMCS setup if the EPM 7700 software option is selected.
When configuring Wizards on Secondary nodes, the Application Name field entry does not follow the PMCS wizard convention of “\\RemoteComputer\ION_LINK”. EPM 7700 Secondary nodes run a local copy of the ION LINK server, thus the application name for EPM 7700 Large Faceplate wizards is always “ION_LINK” whether the wizard is installed on the Primary node or a Secondary node. The Node Name entry determines if the wizard is on a Secondary node.
The Gateway Name field must be completed with GE77GTWY, the application name of the GE 7700 Gateway Server program. When configuring the EPM 7700 Tabular wizard on a Secondary node, the Gateway Name does follow the PMCS wizard convention of “\\RemoteComputer\GE77GTWY” in the Gateway Name field, where ‘RemoteComputer’ is the name of the PC where the GE 7700 Gateway application is running – the Primary Node. The previous figure shows a Tabular Data Dialog box as it would appear when configuring a Tabular Data wizard on a Secondary node. The Node Name field contains the name of the Primary Node computer, the Application Name field is ION_LINK (as it is for ALL EPM 7700 wizards on ANY node) and the Gateway Name field points to the GE 7700 Gateway Server running on the Primary Node PC.
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14 ∙ Configuring and Using PMCS Wizards | PMCS Interface Toolkit |
