Created Date: March 21,2020

Created by: mikeexplorer

Our company purchased a copy of C-more EA9 programming software so I can backup and modify the HMI's. I come to find out that some of the machines still have the EA7 series HMI Panels.

The software naturally does not communicate to these older panels. I went online and found Cmore V2.78 which is apparently for the older EA7 Panels and downloaded it.

When I was installing it, I did tell it I wanted it as a new installation so it would not overwrite the current EA9 Software. Instead it created a second copy of the EA9 software which I verified by looking at the version number. (Version 6.53) I did go into the extracted folder and verified that it is the 2.78 version.

I went and looked at the program files folder on the C drive and sure enough it made a second installation of 6.53 and added a _2 to the end of it.

So how can I read the projects from the older EA7 panels and since these panels are now retired, is there a way to convert them to a EA9 project in the event one of these older panels fail?

Mike

Created Date: March 23,2020

Created by: mikeexplorer

Here is the page with the download links.

https://support.automationdirect.com/products/cmore.html

First one is the current EA9 software (which I already have) Second one is the file you noted (2.78) and it does say it supports the EA7. (Legacy version) This is what I downloaded.

After it installed I went into the folder it installed to and it was a second copy of the EA9 software, not the 2.78 ??

Mike

Created Date: March 23,2020

Created by: kewakl

I re-downloaded that file (2.78SP2). It matches the 121,576 KByte (118MB - from within Explorer file properties)size of the file that I downloaded Oct 2017. That file worked as intended.

Maybe clear any browser cache and do it all again.

Both files appear to be identical.

If you are interested:

https://www.nirsoft.net/utils/hash_my_files.html

To check against what I posted below.

Info for file downloaded Oct 2017

{ "data-align ": "none ", "data-size ": "large ", "data-attachmentid ":129530}

Info for file downloaded Mar 2020

{ "data-align ": "none ", "data-size ": "full ", "data-attachmentid ":129531}

Created Date: March 24,2020

Created by: mikeexplorer

The file I downloaded matches as far as file size and name. I will check again on the laptop when I return to work. The only thing I can think of is since I already had the newer version installed first, it used that downloaded file. Perhaps I need to remove the EA9 software and install the older one first, then install the newer one as a new install instead of overwrite.

Hopefully the serial number that was purchased will work with the older version so I can read the older EA7 Panels.

Mike

Created Date: March 25,2020

Created by: mikeexplorer

I un-installed the EA9 Software (V 6.43). I then installed the EA7 Software (V2.78) first, it took the serial key we have. After completed, I then installed the EA9 Software (V6.43) and used the same serial key. I noticed that during installation of the 6.43 version, it did NOT ask to overwrite the older version or make a second installation. It installed to a different folder in the Program Files folder. I also have two desktop icons, one for each version. I went out on to the floor and used the 2.78 version to read from the older EA7 Panels and saved them. It worked correctly.

I am also having no issues reading or writing to the EA9 panels with the 6.43 version. Everything is working well now.

One question, since the EA7 Panels are retired, is an EA9 Panel the direct replacement? Is all I have to do is load the EA7 project into the newer software (V6.43) and will it convert it to the newer panel format? (EA9). If not, how can I convert the EA7 projects to the EA9 format?

Mike