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Paragon Upgrades
This page lists common Paragon upgrade routes
and provides procedures for each.
General Guidelines
Paragon Control v3.51/3.52
to v2.36 Paragon500/550 for DOS
Paragon500/550 v1.x/2.x
to v2.36 Paragon500/550 for DOS
Paragon500/550
for DOS to Paragon for Windows/OS2
Paragon TNT v2.x (OS/2) to Paragon
for Windows/OS/2
Paragon TNT V3.x and later to
Paragon for Windows/OS2
General Guidelines
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It is highly advisable to maintain your current installation of
Paragon until the conversion has been completed and tested. |
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The conversion utilities were designed to work with standard components.
If you have special drivers and/or user blocks built with BDKs, DDks, PDKs etc., these will generally require recompiling
for use in the new version. |
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Verify that the hardware driver you are currently using is supported
in the new version. |
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If you have questions about a particular conversion, contact Nematron Software Support for guidance. |
Paragon Control v3.5x to Paragon500/550
v2.36 for DOS
The default installation path for Paragon Control is \Paragon. The table bellow lists the types of files this directory
will contain.
| File Extension |
Type |
Description |
| .CI |
control |
Control connections |
| .DB |
database |
Control database |
| .GI |
graphics |
Operator displays |
| .ERR |
Expert |
expert output |
| Hnn |
History |
Historian data |
| .CMP |
Compound |
User defined Compounds(7 max) |
| .SHP |
Symbol |
User defined Symbols( 6 max) |
1. Start up
Start the new Paragon500/550 Installation and select Configure, Environment from the main menu. Set block scan
rates, trend rates, loadable modules, directory paths, historical file size etc. to match the Paragon Control Strategy.
2. Strategy Conversion
Select Utilizes, Convert Strategy from the Main menu and enter the name of the source directory, containing the
old strategy, and Convert the Strategy. Start the strategy builder by selecting Configure Strategy from the Main
Menu and load the newly converted strategy. Save the strategy and exit the Strategy builder.
3. Display Conversion
From the Main Menu, select Utilities Convert, Display. Enter the source directory containing the old displays.
Select ALL for both the displays and the strategies. Click on OK to perform the display conversion. . Note that
some displays might grow in the conversion Each display will print the memory size it requires. If 32k bytes is
exceeded (the maximum size of the display RAM size), you must reduce the display first in Paragon Control. Otherwise,
adjust the display RAM size (between 26K and 32K) in Configure, Environment Operator Interface.
The ALL setting will convert all display listed
in the display directory of the Main Graphic Display. Displays that can only be accessed though pick fields must
be individually converted by selecting their name in the Convert menu.
Paragon 500/550 V1.x/2.x to Paragon
5005/550 v2.36
This utility allows you to convert the Environments, Strategies, Displays, Symbols, and Compounds designed in other
Paragon systems to the current version of Paragon 550. Be sure to convert strategies BEFORE their corresponding
displays.
If you are converting from an earlier version of Paragon 550 or Paragon 500, follow these steps.
1. Copy your old Environment file to the directory in which you have installed the new version of Paragon 550 using
the DOS COPY command. The Environment files have file extension .CFG (e.g. MOLASSES.CFG). Type PARAGON to enter
Paragon and select this Environment (SELECT, SELECT ENVIRONMENT from the Main Menu).
2. Set up the file paths (SELECT, CHANGE FILE PATHS) correctly for the new directory and then exit Paragon.
3. If you plan on using individual subdirectories, create Strategy, Display, History, Recipe, and Network directories.
Using (DOS) COPY, copy your old Strategy file(s) from the Paragon 500/550 directory into your new Paragon 550 Strategy
directory (if any). The strategy file extension is .DB (e.g., DEMO500.DB). Also, copy your Compound files (*.CMP)
to the new Paragon 550 Strategy directory and, if you have any, your report text files (*.RPT). If you want to,
you can also copy the .SAV and .DEF files, which contain the "parameter save" settings. Finally copy
the *.PRC file(s), which contain the process table(s).
4. From the old Paragon 500/550 Display directory, copy the Symbol files (*.SHP) to the new Paragon 550 Display
directory. Do NOT copy the graphic display files (*.GI); the conversion utility will copy these.
5. Copy the old Recipe files from the Paragon 500/550 Recipe directory (*.RCP and *.IRC) into the new Paragon 550
Recipe directory.
6. Copy the Network files (*.NET) from the old Paragon 500/550 Network directory to the new Paragon 550 Network
directory.
7. Start Paragon 550 by going to the directory in which the new version is installed and typing PARAGON. Select
CONFIGURE,STRATEGY from the Main Menu, and load in the old strategy. Then SAVE the strategy. This will accomplish
the conversion. Exit the Strategy Builder.
8. Select UTILITIES, CONVERT DISPLAY, and enter the old Paragon 500/550 Display directory as the Source Directory.
Select ALL to convert all displays of all strategies. Click on OK to perform the display conversion. Note that
some displays might grow in the conversion. Each display will print the memory size it requires. If 32 Kbytes is
exceeded (the maximum size of the Display RAM Size) you must reduce the display first in the previous version's
Display Builder. Otherwise, adjust the Display RAM Size between 26K and 32 K) in CONFIGURE, ENVIRONMENT, OPERATOR
INTERFACE -The"ALL" setting will convert all displays listed in the Display Directory of the main graphic
display. Displays that can only be accessed through pick fields must be individually converted by selecting their
name in the convert menu.
9. Finally, browse through the Environment configuration to set new parameters, such as the new printer port numbers,
the number of look-up tables, or the Display RAM Size.
You are now ready to run your strategy in the new version of Paragon 550.
Paragon 500/550 for DOS to
Paragon for Windows/OS2
Strategies and Operator interface displays created in Paragon 550/550 for DOS can be converted for use in Paragon
for Windows/OS2. Note that the Paragon 500/500 application must be at V2.2 or later.
For details on converting your strategy refer
to the Paragon 500/550 to Paragon for Windows/OS2 conversion
document and the 550 Convert Command help document
(menu Item in CS builder).
Note on Displays
The Operator Interface Import command will import a display built in Paragon 500/550 to Paragon for Windows/OS2
format.
Note that trend objects, PID faceplates, and
(dynamic) color fills are not converted from Paragon 500/550 displays. Dynamic update connections are defaulted
to the Continuous Strategy. Also, fonts used in the Paragon 500/550 display are not converted; text will automatically
be displayed in the System Proportional font once converted. See 550 Convert.
Paragon TNT v2.x (OS2) to Paragon for Windows/OS2
If remaining with OS2:
Load the current Version of Paragon for Windows/OS2
1. Open the Graphical Strategy Builder and from
the File menu activate the TNT Convert Utility using the v2.x Strategy .CSD file. After the conversion. Save the
new strategy.
2. Convert the 2.x Operator Interface displays
by Recompiling (saving) the Displays in the Operator interface Builder. The Batch Compile feature can be useful
in carrying out this operation.
3. PIO and DM files do not require any conversion
and may be used directly in the new version.
If moving to a Windows NT/Windows 95 system:
1.It will be necessary to first convert the Strategy under OS2 using the TNT Convert Utility as in step 1 above.
After the conversion, do a FILE Save Portable Format to create a strategy file with a .csl extension that will
be subsequently opened in the Windows system.
2. On the Windows system, copy the .csl file,
created above, to the Paragon working directory(\paratnt\app by default). Invoke the strategy builder and do a
FILE Open Portable Format to open the .csl file. Ignore the "Invalid Configuration file" error and save
the strategy. This completes the strategy conversion.
2. Convert the 2.x Operator Interface displays
by recompiling (saving) the displays in the Operator Interface Builder. The Batch Compile feature can be useful
in carrying out this operation.
3. PIO and DM files do not require any conversion
and may be used directly in the new version.
Paragon TNT V3.x and later to Paragon for Windows/Os2
1. In your original Paragon installation invoke the Graphical Strategy Builder and open the strategy you want to
convert. Do a save FILE, Save Portable format. This will create a strategy file with a .csl extension that will
subsequently be opened in the new version.
2. In the new installation, copy the csl file,
created above, to your Paragon working directory (\Paratnt\APP by default). Start Paragon, invoke the Graphical
Strategy builder. and do a FILE Open Portable format to to open the.csl file. Ignore the "Invalid Configuration
file" error and resave the strategy. This completes the conversion process for the strategy.
3. Convert the 3.x or later Operator Interface
displays by recompiling (saving) the displays in the Operator Interface Builder. The Batch Compile feature can
be useful in carrying out this operation.
4. PIO and DM files do not require any conversion
and may be used directly in the new version.
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