PG2000 installation

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Sure… you should have a private message

best regards
Oliver

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Hello. Please help with the PG2000 software. I really need it, I can’t find it anywhere.

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@Leonid_Epifanov You should have got a private message
best regards
Oliver

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Hello, can you send me the pg 2000 installation file?

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@oliver.doberer
Hello Oliver.
Quite an impressive endevour - kind of a supporting these ‘‘ancient’’ BR plc’s.
I will be one of those Random guys who came to this forum serching for PG2000,

I also would like to get the PG2000 software, if its possible?
Also In few words: Whats the diference between PG2000 ans ProSys software?

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@Ozy_P welcome to B&R :slight_smile:
I will send PG2000 via a private message to you

The main difference is that ProSys is even older and is used to program the so called Mini- and Multicontrol PLCs of B&R (the so called “black series”)
PG2000 on the other hand is (or was) the program for B&Rs 2003 and 2005 system based on MS DOS. In simpler words it is the grand-grandfather of Automation Studio AS4.x (although it is not compatible)

Basically This is the line of software for programming PLCs
ProSys
PG2000
Automation Studio 1.x (never released officiallly)
Automation Studio 2.x
Automation Studio 3.x
Automation Studio 4.x
Automation Studio 6.x
Automation Studio Code

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I hate to jump on the bandwagon, but you seem to be the only source for this old software.
If I could get the link, that would be most appreciated.

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I am ashamed to admit, but I was under impression that PG2000 is for Minicontrol?
Thats what I get when spending late night googling stuff.

Is the ProSys available?

Back in 2010, I first saw the Minicontrol PLC, and after quick google search I understood that theres no uploading software from PLC’s, however due to my curiosity, I set out, on a crusade to aquire a ‘‘BR minicontrol Diagnostics skill’’ :rofl:
programming adapter:

BR BRADOL-0 aquired :white_check_mark: (best 100eur spent on ebay ever)

However the software has eluded me for quite a while now!

And theres probably nothing realistically worth my time, that I could do with it exept finishing an ‘‘unfinished task’’ thats still ocupying my brain!

Anyway. Thanks.

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Hello @Ozy_P
ProSys is for Mini and Multicontrol PLC series (the so called “black series”)
PG2000 is for 2003, 2005 and 2010 PLC series (the “blue series”)
So google seems to be incorrect here :frowning:

ProSys would be availabe if you would need it. Just send me a private message and I will send it to you
Nevertheless you are right that ProSys needs a so called “online adapter” which does 2 things:

  1. It is a converter for the PLCs TTY interface to either serial or parallel interface of a PC
  2. it acts as a dongle to “unlock” ProSys
    Unfortunatly neither the parallel nor the serial adapter is available nowadays (apart from expansive offers from sellers on ebay and co)

If spending time for 30+ year old hardware and software is worth your time can only be answered by you but I do understand the point of the “unfinished task” :slight_smile:
Please et me know if you would like to have ProSys and its manual