*****************************   GP-Pro EX Ver.2.7   ****************************
                                                                     August 2011
                                                 Digital Electronics Corporation

Preface

Thank you for using GP-Pro EX.
GP-Pro EX is software that defines the operation of graphical touch panels.
The Windows environment ensures operability and high performance.
Please visit the Pro-face website (http://www.pro-face.com/) for the latest
information.

Table of Contents
(0) Version
(1) Limitations
 1-1 Editor
 1-2 Display Unit
 1-3 Device/PLC
 1-4 WinGP
(2) When Serial No. and License Key Code are not input
(3) Installation and Uninstallation
 3-1 Installation
 3-2 Uninstallation
(4) User Registration
(5) Manuals
(6) Installation Guide

Contents
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(0) Version
 Editor:         Ver.2.71.000
 Runtime:        Ver.2.71.0
 OS Core:        Ver.1.0.2 (GP4104)
                 Ver.1.2.2 (GP4105, GP4106 and GP4107)
                 Ver.1.2.1 (GP-4201TM(Modular Type),GP-4301TM(Modular Type))
                 Ver.3.4.1 (AGP3200,AST3*** and AGP33*0H)
                 Ver.3.4.0 (Other than above models)
 Memory Loader:  Ver.2.71.0
 WinGP Runtime:  Ver.2.71.0

(1) Limitations
 1-1 Editor
  (Editor)
  - When changing the symbol where the internal address (LS and USR) is 
    allocated from the word address to the bit address, delete the symbol and 
    then make registration again.
  - When all texts on the text table are not displayed under the condition that 
    Stroke Font is specified in Message Display, change the size to "9" (points
    and check the "Automatically Adjust Text Size" checkbox.
  - Although "Display cross-hair cursor" is disabled in Display Settings in 
    offline mode of ST3000 series, it becomes enabled when data is received   
    using the transfer tool and saved using GP-Pro EX screen editor. When this 
    phenomenon occurs, disable "Display cross-hair cursor" again in Display 
    Settings in offline mode.
  - When you log in Windows using an account with User authority, a backup file
    of the memory loader cannot be created using the transfer tool.
  - Data Display where "Specify Location for Keypads" is set in GP-4201TM and
    GP-4301TM can be registered in a package. When this package is used in
    GP-Pro EX V2.70, the Data Display registered in the package can be placed in
    GP-4100 series. However, "Specify Location for Keypads" is disabled.
    The keypad is displayed in full screen.

 1-2 Display Unit
  (Runtime)
  <Data Display>
  - When the following steps are taken, Input Order cannot be operated normally:
     - Security level is specified in text display with Editor.
     - After "Touch" setting is changed to "Bit" in the "Data Entry" tab, data 
      is transferred to the display unit. In this case, delete the security 
      level settings and then select "Bit" in the "Data Entry" tab.
  - When an address value is changed while the pop-up keyboard is displayed in 
    Indirect Address Designation, the pop-up keyboard cannot be closed normally 
    In this case, execute Screen Change.
  <Transfer>
  - When project data transfer is interrupted while the message "Starting 
    password check" is displayed, the transferring screen may be kept on the 
    display unit. In this case, execute data transfer again.
  <Switch Lamp>
  - When "Group with Auto OFF" is set to a function switch and two or more 
    switches in the same group are pressed at the same time, the "Group with  
    Auto OFF" function does not work normally.
  <Screen Change>
  - When Hierarchical Screen Change is executed to the screen where a security 
    level is set and Screen Change is executed from a Device/PLC in the  
    password input screen, the "Previous Screen" switch may not work normally.
  <Operation Switch>
  - After Screen Display OFF is executed using LS0009 in the condition that the 
    operation switch is enabled in GP-33xxH series, the operation switch 
    becomes disabled.

 1-3 Device/PLC
  <Common to Drivers>
  - When a value outside of the ranges is specified and [Enter] is pressed, the 
    dialog may be closed.
  <Pass-through Function>
  - When WinGP is used with the FTP server of IIS at the same time, the pass- 
    through function is not available.
  <Ladder Monitor>
  - Ladder Monitor cannot be started normally using the special switch and the  
    bit switch where "3 seconds" is set for OFF Delay.
  - Do not shift to offline in Device/PLC selection screen.
  <A Series Computer Link PLC Ladder Monitor>
  - Specify "15ms" or lower value for "Wait to Send". If "16ms" or larger value 
    is specified, a communication error occurs.
  <TOSHIBA MACHINE Co., Ltd. TC Series(TCmini/TC200) Data Copy Tool>
  - Do not use a ladder program where "Subroutine Command", "Task Command" and 
    "Interrupt Command" are used. If such a program is used, a sequence error 
    occurs after data is transferred to a PLC and the ladder program cannot be 
    executed.
  - No file name is displayed in the list of the WinGP in GP-Pro EX V2.7. 
  <Siemens AG SIMATIC S7 MPI Direct Connection>
  - When a wrong device code is specified in Indirect Designation, access may 
    be made to an inappropriate device.
  <ODVA DeviceNet Slave>
  - Do not input 32 characters or more for the address input screen of Device  
    Monitor.
  <Siemens AG SIMATIC S7 3964(R)/RK512>
  <Siemens AG SIMATIC S7 Ethernet>
  <PROFIBUS International PROFIBUS DP Slave>
  <Siemens AG SIMATIC S5 CPU Direct Connection>
  <Siemens AG SIMATIC S5 3964>
  - When 3-bit writing is made from Bit Address V65535.6, communication error 
    occurs.
  <Rockwell Automation, Inc. EtherNet/IP>
  - Tag names are case-sensitive. When they are different between PLC and GP- 
    Pro EX, communication cannot be made normally. When an error occurs, import 
    the L5K file again.
 - Do not export the tag data to the read-only file.
  <Mitsubishi Electric Corporation Q series QnU CPU Ethernet>
  - When retry occurs due to communication timeout, the device reading/writing  
    command may stop for 500ms.
  <OMRON Corporation CS/CJ series Host Link>
  <OMRON Corporation CS/CJ series Ethernet>
  - When bit-writing is made to TK devices, device text in the error message is 
    garbled.
  <GE Fanuc Automation Series 90-30/70 SNP>
  - Error may occur during communication. When the error occurs, set "1" or 
    larger value for Retry Count.
  - There are spelling mistakes in English error message.
  <Digital Electronics Corporation Memory Link>
  - Tab key operation may be skipped on the list on the "TCP" and "UDP" tabs in 
    the Ethernet Option screen.
  - When XON/OFF is specified for Flow Control in RS422/485 (4wire), XON is not
    sent from the display unit at its startup.
  - When data read is executed from Device/PLC immediately after the display 
    unit starts up, contents where internal device backup is specified cannot 
    be read.
  <Mitsubishi Electric Corporation Q series CPU Direct Connection>
  - When access is made to PLC after PLC is restarted using the pass-through 
    function in the screen where the display unit does not communicate with PLC
    PLC locks the password entry. In this case, make connection using the pass-
    through function after shifted to the screen where the display unit is  
    communicating with PLC.
  - Do not write the data including the bit address with the extended recipe 
    function. If such writing is made, a communication error may occur.
  <Fuji Electric FA Components & Systems Co., Ltd. MICREX-SX Series Ethernet>
  <Fuji Electric FA Components & Systems Co., Ltd. MICREX-SX Series SIO>
  - Variable names are not checked when CSV file is imported. 
    When you edit a CSV file manually, use the variable name which can be set 
    with Ladder Software.
  - When a task type is FIXED_CYCLE only, the communication error occurs and 
    communication is disabled. Use other task types as well than FIXED_CYCLE.
  <GE Fanuc Automation Series 90-30/70 SNP-X>
  <Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. MHI STEP3 Ethernet>
  - When a bit device is specified in Alarm Summary, alarms where addresses later
    than 17th bit are specified are not displayed normally. If this error occurs, 
    use word devices.
  <Yokogawa Electric Corporation Personal Link SIO>
  - Specify "9ms" or lower value for "Wait to Send". If "10ms" or larger value
    is specified, a communication error occurs.
  <Yokogawa Electric Corporation Personal Link SIO>
  <Yokogawa Electric Corporation Personal Computer Link Ethernet>
  - Use USB connection. When the pass-through function is used in Ethernet
    connection, the communication error may occur.
  - When the program development tool is kept online for a long time with the
    pass-through function used, the communication error may occur.
  <Yaskawa Electric Corporation Inverter/Servo SIO>
  - A part of the English offline series name may be missing on display.
  <ODVA EtherNet/IP Explicit Messaging>
  - Do not write 103 words or more text.
  - When a value other than "0" is specified for String Prefix, do not write 52
    words or more text.
  <Mitsubishi Electric Corporation FREQROL inverter>
  - When the link parameter device is read, an illegal value is displayed for
    communication cycle time.
  <Digital Electronics Corporation General SIO>
  - A part of the communication error message is missing on the system bar.
  <Digital Electronics Corporation General SIO>
  <Digital Electronics Corporation General Ethernet>
  - When a value is set to the control area address in the backup internal 
    device, the direct communication function is activated.
  <Cognex Corporation In-Sight Vision System>
  - Do not execute Bit Invert and Calculation processing by directly specifying
    the device of External Device. When executing Bit Invert and Calculation
    processing, read the target word address once using the script, change the
    read word address and then write it back to External Device.
  <Mitsubishi Electric Corporation FX series CPU Direct Connection>
  - When "19200" is specified for communication speed in GP4100 series:
    The communication error occurs when the clock update function is used at the
    startup of Display Unit.
  <YASKAWA Electric Corporation MEMOBUS Ethernet>
  - When an illegal address is input in Indirect Specification, an incorrect 
    error message is displayed.
  <Master-K Series Cnet>
  - Specify "15ms" or lower value for "Wait to Send". If "16ms" or larger value 
    is specified, a communication error occurs.

 1-4 Win GP
  <Print>
  - In printing Thai, characters are printed in proportional (variable width) 
    fonts and tables/ruled lines such as of CSV Displays are broken.
  <Recipe>
  - In the CSV data transfer, no error occurs even when data is transferred to 
    USB memory with no free space.
  <File Manager Parts>
  - The display of folder/file names in File Manager may become inappropriate 
    when the Default Path feature is used with the root folder ([C:\] etc.) 
    specified in [Destination Folder]-[USB Storage]. Specify a folder other 
    than the root folder when using the Default Path feature.
  <Floating Point Arithmetic>
  - The floating point arithmetic result in WinGP (Simulation) may be different 
    from that of GP-Pro EX Ver.2.10 or earlier.
  <Installer>
  - Delete the following virtual registry if any previous version of WinGP has 
    ever been installed on the installation target PC whose OS is Windows Vista:
    HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\VirtualStore\Machine\SOFTWARE\
    Pro-face\Pro-Server EX\
  <Other>
  - WinGP can work not only on the target IPCs but also on ordinary PCs and 
    other IPCs. However, depending on the specifications of those PCs and IPCs, 
    the software may operate slowly or the CPU utilization may become high. 

(2) When Serial No. and License Key Code are not input
  - Project data cannot be transferred to the operation panels
    (except GP4100 series, IPCs and PC-ATs (Used WinGP)).
  - Transfer using the Transfer Tool is not available for WinGP. However, using 
    ProjectCopy, you can copy screen data and get it to work. 
    To use ProjectCopy, click [Start]-[All Programs]-[Pro-face]-[WinGP]-
    [ProjectCopy] on the Windows desktop screen.
    However, note that ProjectCopy cannot be used in the following cases:
    - When system data has not been transferred
    - When system data has been changed
    WinGP automatically stops after three hours of continuous operation. 
    * It is possible to input the serial No. and the license key code after 
      installation of the software. Start the product and go to [Help]-[Enter 
      Key Code].

(3) Installation and Uninstallation
 3-1 Installation
  - Be sure to quit all application programs and close (disable) all resident 
    programs such as virus detection software before installing the software.
  - Install this software using a user account with Administrator privileges.
  - Refer to our support site "Otasuke Pro!" (http://www.proface.com/otasuke/) 
    for the operating environment.
  - By inserting Disk1 CD into your CD drive, Setup window will appear. 
    If the Setup window does not appear, click the desktop's [Start] button 
    and then click [Run]. In the text input field, enter [D:\ProEX_Setup.exe] 
    and click [OK].
    (As for the "D:\" part, enter your CD drive letter.)
  - Insert Disk2 CD into your CD drive in the same way as Disk 1 CD and 
    complete the installation process.
    * Some of the tools require a license.
      In cases below, USB transfer cables may not be recognized correctly:
      - When you installed the software with a USB transfer cable connected
      - When you started using the software without restarting your computer
 
3-2 Uninstallation
  To uninstall the software, click on [Start], then select [All Programs]-
  [Pro-face]-[***], and execute [Uninstall]. ("***" represents the product 
  name and version.) Project files and files in your package files will not be
  removed by this operation. Delete other tools from [Start]-[Control Panel]-
  [Add or Remove Programs].

(4) User Registration
 Please register your software to help us offer enhanced customer support. 
 Since you can confirm the registered information at anytime once you register,
 you do not have to worry even if you loose it. To register, insert Disk 1 CD 
 into your CD drive, select the User Registration menu in the Set Up Menu screen
 and complete the online Software User Registration. You can also register 
 after installation by starting the product and registering from [Help]-[Online 
 User Registration].

(5) Manuals
 To view PDF manuals, the Adobe Reader software must be installed on your 
 computer. Start the product and select [Manual] from the [Help(H)] menu.
 To view only the manuals, select [Start]-[All Programs]-[Pro-face]-[***]
 -[Manual].("***" represents the product name and version.)
 Some manuals need to be downloaded from our support site "Otasuke Pro!".
 
(6) Installation Guide
 Installation Guide is available for first-time users (Adobe Reader required). 
 The installation Guide explains installation, startup, screen creation,  
 preview, and termination in line with the operation flow to help you create 
 simple sample screens. You can also learn useful functions. Please insert 
 Disk1 CD into your CD drive, display the contents of the CD with Windows 
 Explorer, and start [GP-ProEX Installation Guide.pdf].
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