PLC Backup station
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| - | 4) Increase screen resolution. If you have some station on line with increased resolution, increase resolution of backup station too. To be able run this workplace on backup. To do it edit file /boot/grub/grub.conf. Find line | + | 4) Increase screen resolution. If you have some station on line with increased resolution, increase resolution of backup station too. To be able run this workplace on backup. To do it edit file /boot/grub/grub.conf. Find line starting by "kernel" and add parameter to end of this line " vga=<mode_number>". List of possible <mode_number> follows. Mode 771 seems to be a reasonable first-choice setting. |
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Current revision as of 09:36, 15 December 2011
Backup station is a universal station which can be used as a temporary replacement of any station in assembly line. So that this station should be hardware universal too.
To configure PLC backup station follow these steps:
1) Install the station PC as a common station
2) Install package plc_backup_station
yum install plc_backup_station
Optional steps:
3) Update configuration file /etc/rc.d/plc.cfg.
NoSort - Don't sort the workplace IDs, leave them in the plan order instead
TimeOut - Workplace selection timeout in seconds, waits one year by default
RememberLastRole - Pre-select the last role in the workplace selection menu
4) Increase screen resolution. If you have some station on line with increased resolution, increase resolution of backup station too. To be able run this workplace on backup. To do it edit file /boot/grub/grub.conf. Find line starting by "kernel" and add parameter to end of this line " vga=<mode_number>". List of possible <mode_number> follows. Mode 771 seems to be a reasonable first-choice setting.
| Color depth | 640x480 | 800x600 | 1024x768 | 1280x1024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 256 (8bit) | 769 | 771 | 773 | 775 |
| 32000 (15bit) | 784 | 787 | 790 | 793 |
| 65000 (16bit) | 785 | 788 | 791 | 794 |
| 16.7 Mill.(24bit) | 786 | 789 | 792 | 795 |
