Logic Import Dialog Box showing BASEstar Connectivity.

 

Description

Digital Equipment Corporation's BASEstar product is part of the Network Application Support (NAS) Environment for Manufacturing, offering software for integrating manufacturing equipment and applications.

Direct program upload and download is possible from the LADDERS interface with a run-time link to the BASEstar Integration Platform. The screen pictures below show the user selecting NETWORK as his UPLOAD source. This causes LADDERS to connect to BASEstar and create a POPUP MENU of the DEVICES from the BASEstar Device Connect Manager (DCM) Database.

 

Features

 
bulletUpdate LADDERS documentation files directly from floor devices

bulletDirectly compare floor device logic to Production Library

bulletConvert between DOS and Host file formats

bulletLADDERS Batch Compare Reports (LBCR) - unattended compares from a DCL command

bulletLADDERS Automated Compare Reports (LACR) - user scheduled up to 3 times daily, activated by actual logic changes

bulletLearn and use just one User Interface

bulletIntegration example...

 



The alert "CONNECTING to BASEstar" appears momentarily and then the user can pick his GLOBAL NAME SERVER and DEVICE NAME as shown here...

 

 

bulletFile format conversions

The EXPORT TO parameter offers the user several choices of FILE TYPES as shown below. This simple interface allows the user to convert a job to any file format supported by LADDERS by simply selecting the new format during a compile.


 

 

Hardware Requirements

bulletAny VAX, MicroVAX, VAXstation, AlphaWorkstation or AlphaServer.

Supported Terminal. (See LADDERS Shared Image 'Features'.)

Supported Printer.  (See LADDERS Shared Image 'Features'.)

 

 

Software Requirements

bulletDigital Equipment Corporation OpenVMS Operating System.

OpenVMS Version 4.7 - 7.1 supported.

 

bulletBASEstar for VMS, Version 3.0 or higher

DIGITAL BASEstar

 

 

BASEstar is a registered trademark of Digital Equipment Corporation

 
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