Rockwell Automation 57C620 AutoMax Programming Executive Version 3.8 - Manual (Page 279)

PĆ1 Version Control Library (VCL)
Appendix P
Version Control Library (VCL)
The Version Control Library (VCL) provides an interface to the Polytron Version
Control System  (PVCS) by Intersolv  . PVCS is not required to use AutoMax
and is not distributed as part of the AutoMax Programming Executive. However,
you must have PVCS Version 5.0 (or later) installed on your network (or local)
drive in order to use the VCL features in AutoMax Executive V3.4 and later.
If you have specified in AutoMax Setup that you have PVCS installed, Version
Control Library will appear as a menu item on the System, Section, and Rack
menus in the System Configurator, and on the Tasks menu in the Task Manager.
When this menu item is selected, a subĆmenu listing two items, Fetch and
Snapshot, will be displayed. These two commands are described in detail in the
sections that follow.
As you develop your system, you may find it useful to snapshot all or part of the
system, either as milestones are reached, or when files are handed off to another
user. You can use VCL to save versions of systems, sections, racks, or tasks. You
can view the contents of the Version Control Library and fetch previous versions
(or the most current version) of the files contained in the VCL. You can retrieve
anything that has been previously stored in the library.
Version Control Library Setup
You must have PVCS installed on your network (or local) drive in order to use the
Version Control Library feature in AutoMax V3 and later. In addition, the directory
where PVCS is installed must appear in the PATH statement in your
AUTOEXEC.BAT file. VCL can then be enabled as part of the AutoMax Setup
procedure.
Step 1. Select AutoMax from the Setup menu.
Step 2. Enter the letter of the drive and the name of the VCL directory
in the box labeled Version Control Library".
Step 3. Select the PVCS Installed box. If this box is not selected, the Version
Control Library selections on the AutoMax menus will be dimmed
(inactive).
Note that a PVCS configuration file (VCS.CFG) will be generated by AutoMax and
will be added to the directory that contains the AutoMax V3 software (default =
AMX3). This file is used by PVCS to find configuration parameters for its
commands. If the PVCS configuration file is not in this directory, Fetch and
Snapshot operations will return errors.