Programmable Device Support User's Manual and Utilities Guide

This manual serves as a user's guide and utilities guide for Programmable Device Support (PDS), a system designed to manage and maintain programmable devices on a shop floor. Published in November 1984, it targets individuals in database administration, operations, and programmers familiar with the VAX/VMS operating system and high-level programming.

The document outlines PDS's core functions, including:

• Device Services: Uploading, downloading, and comparing device logic, as well as creating, displaying, and editing ladder listings and documentation.
• Library Services: File management operations such as copying, deleting, renaming, displaying directories (brief and detailed), printing, and comparing logic or documentation files within a user's library or the production library.
• Network Status: Displaying overall device status and detailed status for individual programmable devices.
• Read/Write/Monitor Device Operations: Modifying and monitoring device memory, including coils and registers.

The manual also provides an overview of PDS screen layouts, keypad key usage, file specification rules, authorization levels, and a comprehensive list of informational, warning, error, and fatal messages the user might encounter. Supported programmable devices include Allen-Bradley PLC-2/30, PLC-3, and Modicon 484, 584. An appendix details specific keyswitch positions required for downloading programs to Allen-Bradley devices.