Obtaining the Ladder

Program Electronically

from BBS or the Internet

You can obtain ladder logic electronically and download it to your

SLC processor conveniently without the worry of data-entry errors.

About the Rockwell Bulletin Board System (BBS)

You can access the Rockwell Software Bulletin Board System (BBS)

by modem. Anyone is welcome. The BBS provides utilities, examples,

and technical information on Rockwell Software products and on

selected Allen-Bradley products.

• new users may:

– send and receive messages

– download General Access files

– upload files for review by technical support specialists

• verified customers may:

– search for new and existing files

– download files such as utilities, example programs, tech info

– access software bulletins

• subscribers to tech bulletins, DataDisc CD-ROM may:

– download tech bulletins of the Tech Bulletin Subscription series

User accounts are automatically generated online. We use our product

data base to verify BBS accounts at your initial log-in, and we adjust

your security level according to your support status. Should your

registration information change, you www.abb-drive.com can update your account from the

“Configure System Defaults” menu.

To Access BBS:

1. Set your modem to no parity, 8 data bits, and 1 stop bit.

2. Dial (216) 646-ROCK (-7625).

3. Follow prompts to log in. New users must create a new account.

4. Look for 1746QV in the Allen-Bradley Products Library. The manual

is formatted in Microsoft Word and compressed with PKZIPE. The

ladder program, VELMOD, is SLC code.

5. Download ladder program VELMOD (65 Kbyte SLC code) into the

subdirectory on your hard drive where your programming software

looks for files. With RSLogix: C: . . . RSLogix 500 EnglishProject.

6. Download the ladder program to your SLC processor.

7. Download the manual into a hard drive subdirectory. You must

decompress the Word version with PKUNZIPE available on BBS.

To Access the Internet:

1. Access the Allen-Bradley webpage at:WWW.AB.COM

2. To access the member area, you must log in. If you do NOT have

an account, click Join Now and follow the prompts to register.

3. Search for QV: on homepage, click Search Our Site, insert QV into

the window, and click Search button. The manual is PDF format and

requires Adobe AcrobatE viewer. The ladder program is PDF format

and must be entered manually.