Rockwell Automation 8520-OM Offline Development System User Manual User Manual

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Getting Started with ODS

Publication 8520--UM051A--EN--P --July 2000
Offline Development Manual (ODS) Software User Manual

4. Press any key to continue. A screen similar to this appears:

ODS installs the DOS print driver in RAM, which allows you to
download files to a printer.

Important:

You must first install the print driver to be able
to print files from ODS menus.

If the print driver is:

then:

already installed

the above screen appears for a moment and then is
replaced by the ODS top level screen (page 3--4)

not installed

ODS asks you to select a device name:

Name of list device [PRN]:

5. Select a device name.

If you want to use:

then:

the default device name

press [ENTER]

a different device

1. Type a device name, for example:

•LPT1

•LPT2

•LPT3

•COM1

•COM2

•AUX

2. Press [ENTER]

Refer to DOS documentation for more information about printer
device names.

6. However, if the screen is distorted, follow this procedure:

a. Exit ODS.
b. At the DOS prompt, type:

MODE BW80 [ENTER]

c. Reboot ODS following the instructions on page 3--1 or

3--2. Examine the screen. If the screen is clear, we

suggest that you add the command

MODE BW80

to the batch

file, IMC.BAT.