TACC
Installation Manual
December 2014
Installation Manual TACC - TH AMS Communication Components
Emerson Process Management and Softing Industrial Automation GmbH (Softing) have collaborated to
develop the TACC (TH AMS Communication Components) for use with AMS Device Manager. If you
have any questions about the operation of the TACC, please contact the Emerson Global Service
Center at:
E-Mail: ap-sms@ap.emersonprocess.com
Internet: http://www.emersonprocess.com/systems/support
Emerson Process Management reserves the right to make changes and enhancements to this
Install Guide and/or hardware and software specifications at any time and without prior or
subsequent notice.
Disclaimer
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effort has been made to ensure their accuracy, they are not to be construed as warranties or
guarantees, express or implied, regarding the products or services described herein or their
use or applicability. We reserve the right to modify or improve the designs or specifications of
such products at any time without notice.
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AMS®, SNAP-ON™, and ValveLink® are marks of one of the Emerson group of companies.
HART® is a registered trademark of the HART Communications Foundation of Austin, Texas,
USA.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
1.0
About this Installation Manual .................................................................................... 4
2.0
TH AMS Communication Components ...................................................................... 4
2.1
3.0
System Requirements................................................................................................ 5
3.1
3.2
3.3
4.0
Parts of the TH AMS Communication Components .......................................................... 4
General ............................................................................................................................. 5
Operating Systems ............................................................................................................ 5
AMS Device Manager ....................................................................................................... 5
TACC Installation ....................................................................................................... 6
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1.0 About this Installation Manual
Please read this installation manual before you start the installation. It will help you with your
software installation and provides essential information.
2.0 TH AMS Communication Components
TACC includes the HART Over PROFIBUS technology.
HART Over PROFIBUS works with AMS Device Manager to provide a communication solution
for customers with HART instruments connected to PROFIBUS over Remote I/Os.
2.1 Parts of the TH AMS Communication Components
The TH AMS Communication Components includes the following:

HART Over PROFIBUS
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3.0 System Requirements
3.1 General
There are 50 MB free hard disk space required.
3.2 Operating Systems
The following 32-bit operating systems (English-language version) are supported:
Operating System
Version
Windows Server 2003
Standard Edition Service Pack 2
Windows Server 2003 R2
Standard Edition Service Pack 2
Windows 7
Professional/Enterprise Service Pack 1
Windows 8
Professional/Enterprise Edition
Windows Server 2008
Standard/Enterprise Edition Service Pack 2
The following 64-bit operating systems (English-language version) are supported:
Operating System
Version
Windows 7
Professional/Enterprise Service Pack 1
Windows 8
Professional/Enterprise Edition
Windows Server 2008
Standard/Enterprise Edition Service Pack 2
Windows Server 2008 R2
Standard/Enterprise Edition Service Pack 1
Windows Server 2012
Standard Edition
3.3 AMS Device Manager
AMS Device Manager 13.0 with AMS ValveLink SNAP-ON application 12.1 is supported.
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4.0 TACC Installation
Important: AMS Device Manager must be installed before installing the TACC software.
For tips and notes for hardware use and parameterization, refer to the HART Over PROFIBUS
user manual. This document will be available in PDF format after installation.
Step 1. Insert the TACC installation CD into the CD drive of your PC.
Note: If the installation process does not start automatically, open My
Computer and select the CD drive. Double-click SETUP.EXE to start the
installation process and follow the instructions.
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Step 2. Select Next to install the TACC application on your system.
Note: Any earlier versions of TACC will be uninstalled automatically.
Step 3. Please read the license agreement carefully, click on I accept the terms in the
license agreement and then Next.
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Step 4. Enter a user name and your organization name. Enter a user name for the user that
will be operating the application. Click Next.
Step 5. You can install the program into the default folder or click Change to select another
location. Click Next to continue.
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Step 6. Click Back to change your installation settings. Decide to install the application for
Anyone who uses this computer or Only for me.
Click Install when all settings are correct.
The progress of the installation is displayed by the status bar.
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Step 7. After installation of the TACC application completes, click Finish to close the wizard.
Step 8. You must restart your computer to save the installation settings. Click Yes to restart
your computer now, or No to manually restart your computer later.
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