Step 5 connect with Siemens Field PG, very slow

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Hi Timbo from the UK,

For the rights you must have, please see the FAQ: Standard user and administrator rights in Windows NT/XP/2000 for working with STEP 5 V7.2

STEP5 V7.23 is the newest, I have only some slowedown when I am starting STEP5 but after that it works fine.

There is also the autoexec.nt which is in the properties of the STEP5-icon, there you have to check if this file is still there, I have seen that this file is throw away by other programs and then you get trouble with STEP5. Have you installed other programs then the one that where on the PG?

A complete new install of the PG with the recovery CDs is advisible when you come no further.

REM AUTOEXEC.BAT is not used to initialize the MS-DOS environment.
REM AUTOEXEC.NT is used to initialize the MS-DOS environment unless a
REM different startup file is specified in an application's PIF.

REM Install CD ROM extensions
lh %SystemRoot%\system32\mscdexnt.exe

REM Install network redirector (load before dosx.exe)
lh %SystemRoot%\system32\redir

REM Install DPMI support
lh %SystemRoot%\system32\dosx

REM The following line enables Sound Blaster 2.0 support on NTVDM.
REM The command for setting the BLASTER environment is as follows:
REM SET BLASTER=A220 I5 D1 P330
REM where:
REM A specifies the sound blaster's base I/O port
REM I specifies the interrupt request line
REM D specifies the 8-bit DMA channel
REM P specifies the MPU-401 base I/O port
REM T specifies the type of sound blaster card
REM 1 - Sound Blaster 1.5
REM 2 - Sound Blaster Pro I
REM 3 - Sound Blaster 2.0
REM 4 - Sound Blaster Pro II
REM 6 - SOund Blaster 16/AWE 32/32/64
REM
REM The default value is A220 I5 D1 T3 and P330. If any of the switches is
REM left unspecified, the default value will be used. (NOTE, since all the
REM ports are virtualized, the information provided here does not have to
REM match the real hardware setting.) NTVDM supports Sound Blaster 2.0 only.
REM The T switch must be set to 3, if specified.
SET BLASTER=A220 I5 D1 P330 T3

REM To disable the sound blaster 2.0 support on NTVDM, specify an invalid
REM SB base I/O port address. For example:
REM SET BLASTER=A0

This is all that is in the file, does this look correct?

Re-installing from the recovery discs is not really an option; we had major issues trying to transfer the licenses over to the PG, after Siemens assited us in totally loosing the keys . Then told us we had to buy new licsences!

Even when the PG was brand new, the S5 part was very slow. This is why I am asking if the 2BD20 cable is 100% correct?

Since purchasing the PG there is now, software for many other PLC's *Allen Bradley, Mitsubishi etc)

Hope you can advice further.

This PG has always been very very slow with S5 since new. But I will try it. We are starting to wish we had just bought a Panasonic Toughbook instead!