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Chapter 4: Setting up the VCode
VCode User Guide
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Creating a profile to add a VCode
Introduction
Every VCode on a network requires a profile. The provided “serial” or
“ethernet” profile can be used for the first VCode, but for each
additional VCode you will need to create an additional profile. This is
true whether the VCodes are controlled by PlateTag , VWorks or
BenchWorks .
This topic explains how to create a profile, and when to make the
physical connection to the network.
Adding VCodes to
another company’s
system
If you are using another company’s lab automation system and want to
set up additional VCodes, discuss this option with your system’s design
engineers. Profiles are features of Velocity11 software and may not have
an exact equivalent in another company’s system.
About the Select a
profile list box
When working with profiles, you use the Select a profile list box. It is
important to note that the profile displayed in the list box is unrelated to
the profile that is currently being used to communicate with a VCode.
This is a common cause of confusion.
For example, to have a successful serial connection to a VCode the
value in the list box does not have to be the default “serial” profile or
any other serial profile that you have created. It could be the default
“ethernet” profile. The value bears no relation to the current
connection.
The value in the Select a profile list box only has meaning at the time a
profile is created, renamed, deleted, or selected. At these times, the list
box associates a particular VCode (through the COM port number or
IP address) with a profile.
Creating and
initializing a profile
To create a profile:
1. In the Device Selection group box of PlateTag, make sure that an
Ethernet-based profile is selected if you are connecting using
Ethernet or a serial-based profile is selected if you are connecting
using serial.
2. In PlateTag, select View > Diagnostics.
The VCode Diagnostics dialog box opens after a few seconds and
the plate stage moves.
3. Click the Profiles tab.
4. Click Create new profile.
The text New profile #x appears in the list box.