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User Manual PLC-ANALYZER pro 5

1. 03 Sp SIMATIC S 04 SA03 SIMATIC S7 05 SRO03 SIMATIC S7 08 SROG SIMATIC S7 07 MK SIMATIC S7 320 1 320 SIMATIC S7 321 READ SIMATIC S7 322 READ SIMATIC S7 323 READ SIMATIC S7 324 READ SIMATIC S7 325 READ SIMATIC S7 Wisinnigger 326 READ SIMATIC S7 327 READ SIMATIC 57 Stoptrigger B 0 BO SIMATIC S7 IB 32 IB 32 SIMATIC S7 FW 3 FW 3 SIMATIC S7 T 20 T 20 SIMATIC S7 FW 3 120 SR 1 D 21 MKz1 AND OR LA Trigger 1 Description v Trigger active Trigger time Fi v Save Before Trigger After Trigger 30 s I gis v v TOE EEE EE EEE EEE EE SOOO OO OO OH CO CO CO CO CO CO CO CO CO CO CO CO CO CO CO CO CO Co CO CO CO CO CO Co CO CO CO CO Co Fig 4 5 Entering trigger conditions A new trigger is generated by activating the button Add Give the trigger a name and assign it a Description You can define several triggers By using the control field Trigger active you can activate or deactivate the selected trigger With a deactivated trigger no trigger will be activated even if the trigger conditions are performed Data acquisition 4 7 The Trigger time of a trigger indicates how many times the trigger conditions must be per formed in order to activate a trigger The activation of the control field Save leads by the controlled trigger record see chapter 4 5 Modes of data acquisition to the fact that PLC signals are saved in
2. tered user you are eligible to receive new information and updates about your product 2 1 Installation 2 Installation 2 1 Hardware and software requirements To operate PLC ANALYZER pro the following system configuration is necessary PC with 1 GHz Microsoft Windows 98SE 2000 XP Vista 7 256 MB RAM ca 100 MB of available hard disk space Depending on the PLC driver additional requirements may have to be met by the computer such as the installation of a network card and supplementary device drivers In this case please read through the chapter nstallation in the corresponding driver addendum 2 2 Installation Install the PLC ANALYZER pro on your PC e Insert the CD of PLC ANALYZER pro in your CD drive e Click on the Windows Start button on the task bar e Select the menu item Run e search for SETUP EXE on CD and start the installation program with OK After the installation program starts several dialog windows appear in which you are asked to make settings Simply follow the instructions of the installation program After successful installation the licenses have to be activated Insert the USB License Key Dongle into a free USB port of your PC and click the button Activate licenses now The License Management will start immediately NOTE 35 It is possible to activate the licenses after the installation Therefore start the License Management of PLC ANALYZER pro 5 License Key Management Fle L
3. SIGNAL DISPLAY AND ANALYSIS Opening a signal tile Signal selection Signal scaling of register values Signal cursor Time information pesch Noo gogo ro IS Ss el d i a sl AARUN LA I ee SECH SEENEN JS Jm SS EHH ph HR A NO Table of contents 5 5 Absolute and relative time display 5 5 2 Setting the time base 5 5 3 Time measurement 5 5 3 1 Time difference measurement 5 5 3 2 Bit measurement 5 6 Search functions 5 6 1 Find trigger 5 6 2 Find time 5 6 3 Find bit pattern 5 6 4 Find analog value 5 6 5 Find edge 5 6 6 Find note 5 Adapting signal display 5 7 1 Moving of signals 5 7 2 Change signal color 5 3 Insert notes 5 4 Changing symbol addresses and symbol comments 5 7 5 Mark area 5 8 Signal file comparison 5 9 Signal statistics 5 10 Project info 5 11 Saving a signal file 5 11 1 Saving an extract 5 12 Printing a signal file 5 13 Exporting of signal files 5 13 1 Export as a graphic bitmap 5 13 2 Export as a HTML Site 5 13 3 Exporting signal files as a text 5 13 4 Graphical evaluation of signal data in Microsoft Excel 5 14 Import of signal files BLACKBOX 2 FOR PLC ANALYZER PRO 5 ol Autarkic PLC data acquisition and remote control 6 2 BLACKBOX fields of application DRIVER ADDENDUM SIEMENS SIMATIC S7 Installation 7 1 1 Installing additional hardware 1 2 Installing additional software 2 Configuring the PLC driver 3 Data acquisition 7 3 1 Supported PLC models and CPUs 7 3 2 R
4. IBx Input byte x IB127 IWx Input word x IWI2 IDx Input double word x D124 Fx z Flag byte x bit z F3 7 FBx Flag byte x FB250 FWx Flag word x FW 24 FDx Flag double word x FD134 FWAx Flag word analog X FW A26 PWx I O word x only input PW214 SX Z Special flag x bit z S1010 1 SYx Special flag x SY2027 SWx Special flag word x SW 1423 SDx Special flag double word x SD1028 Tx Timer x T2 Cx Counter x C5 yDLx Left data byte x from DB y 20DL15 yDRx Right data byte x from DB y 21DR53 yDWx Data word x from data block y 12DW5 yDDx Data double word x from DB y 27DDO yDXx Data word x from DX module y 22DX15 Table 8 2 Address syntax SIMATIC S5 NOTE 35 The automation devices of the SIMATIC S5 family allow only byte oriented data acquisition PLC ANALYZER pro automatically converts a given bit address to a byte address All bits are available for display The address type FWA flag word analog can be used to acquire analog output values which are directly trans ferred in a flag word in the user program to left justified output format and finally to the analog periphery without using a standard functional module Backward formatting to the right justified two complement form takes place 8 5 SIMATIC S5 8 3 3 Number of recordable addresses Up to 20 addresses can be recorded The term address means a byte or a word address The recording of a double word address results in transferring of 2 words so 10 double word addresses c
5. This value also can be changed at any time during acquisition Choose under Display online window if the online window shall be displayed during the acqui sition When the control field Grid 1s activated a raster grid appears in the display area of the online window Indicate whether discrete signals binary signals are to be displayed as Bar display or as lines Under Display sample points you can activate the display of sample points which are then dis played as small points on the signal curve The sample interval can be set in the window Prop erties of the PLC driver More information on this item can be found in the driver addendum for the corresponding PLC driver The selected window can be deleted with Remove 4 2 2 Choose addresses for online display All signals which are registered with the actual project are indexed under Addresses Drag all addresses which are displayed in the online window with the mouse into the list Addresses in online window Alternatively the buttons All gt and gt can also be used Position the addresses in the list Addresses in online window with the mouse in the order in which they shall appear in the online window Adjust if necessary apart from the Position also the Height and the Color of the signals 4 6 Data acquisition Under Reset all signals Position Height and Color are reset to default values see chapter 3 2 1 Options Signals If previously selected addresses are no lon
6. Addresses all addresses are listed which are available for formatting of trigger conditions 4 3 1 AND OR combination of trigger signals In order to specify complex trigger conditions PLC ANALYZER pro allows you to combine individual conditions with logical AND and OR operations The AND blocks are combined with logical OR The individual conditions within each block are combined with logical AND 4 8 Data acquisition 4 3 2 Trigger on bit signals Drag with the mouse a bit signal address on the desired position in the Trigger list As soon as you let go of the address the window Trigger value will open Now choose 1 TRUE or 0 FALSE Confirm your selection with OK Now the address appears with its trigger value m the trigger list By a double click on the address the trigger value can also be changed later With Del the selected address will be removed from the trigger list Trigger value Fig 4 6 Entering the trigger value of a bit signal 4 3 3 Trigger on analog signals Drag with the mouse an analog value address to the desired position in the Trigger list As soon as you let go of the address the window Trigger value will open Select one of the four compari son operators under Operator than enter the corresponding number value under Trigger value The Hysteresis can be set in order to prevent trigger bouncing resulting from small signal fluc tuations The program determines the Upper cut off and Lower cut off automat
7. Fig Fig Fig Fig Fig Fig Fig Fig Fig Fig Fig Fig Fig Fig Fig Fig Fig Fig Fig Fig Fig Fig Fig Fig Fig Fig Fig Fig Fig O 2 oo sl E Qi ENNO R 00 zl E Qi d Q0 N2 OO zl OS Qi d ROO Or Kit Ki QC Cere Kit Or e Oi Kit En Or Cn Cn Cn Qi Cn de d d AAAA A A ARA c Lui ko ti CO CO GO ke bt bie PLC ANALYZER pro 5 License Key management The initial screen Options menu Configuration of the PLC driver Selecting the PLC driver Setting signal options Selecting the standard directories Language selection Configuring toolbars Tools menu Definition of a new project Entering signals to acquire Generate pseudo signals Selecting signals for online display Entering trigger conditions Entering the trigger value of a bit signal Entering trigger value of an analog signal Principles of analogue triggering lt gt lt gt Setting trigger properties Register scaling for online display Setting the acquisition mode Signal acquisition with graphics and text online window Opening a signal file Signal file display Time information Activated time difference measurement Find trigger Find time Find bit pattern Searching for an analog value Find edge Find note Signalinfo Signal file comparison Signal statistics Signal statistics register values Printer selection window Printout of a signal file not to scale Export in ASCII format Example of an exported signal file extract Logarithmic r
8. KR KR y y T ym oad keng keng keng y ba ba q y time Fig 5 19 Logarithmic representation of PLC analog signals with Excel Furnace 6 700 600 500 BFW 130 400 BT 3 300 10 DW 10 Se mZ 11 100 11 47 40 800 11 47 50 800 11 48 00 800 11 48 10 800 11 48 20 800 11 48 30 800 11 48 40 800 11 48 50 800 Fig 5 20 3D representation of PLC analog values with Excel Impulse plan 25 sz a 7 lt 32 1 Q 3 1 Ss 3 2 0 e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e LO e LO O LO e T T N N co Fig 5 21 Discrete signals with Excel Signal display and analysis 5 20 5 14 Import of signal files With PLC ANALYZER pro it is also possible to import data in a text format The import format has same structure as the format for the signal export see chapter 5 13 3 Exporting signal files as a text Separating characters Data format of calumns 8 Semicolon O Relative time in ms Comma Absolute time Tab Date Space 8 Measured value Name v Data definition in the first line Unsigned Decimal w Don t import calumn Relativzeit Datum Absolutzeit AB 0 YROS YA05 oU vADO YRO4 110 07 04 2003 10 34 35 110 SES 200 0 177 02 04 2005 10 34 35 177 BECER 202 234 07 04 20053 10 34 35 234 Weis 203 z208 07 04 2003 10 34 35 208 Ee 206 342 07 04 2003 10 34 35 342 Re V Fig 5 22 Importing Data Click the mport button m the
9. Printout of a signal file not to scale 5 17 Signal display and analysis 5 13 Exporting of signal files Signal data can be exported as a text CSV comma separated values as a graphic or as a Web Site HTML In text form the measuring data can e g be processed in a spread sheet analysis HTML exports are very useful for showing the signal files to third parties via Web Browser e g Internet Explorer Via the menu item Export in the menu File the export selection window will be opened Export file canalyzerexport csy m Export as Range all A Graphic DM CO Current page Web Site HTML Marked Rage Fig 5 17 Export in ASCII format 5 13 1 Export as a graphic bitmap Enter the name of the export file under File Export and activate the control field Graphic Under Properties you are able to specify the graphic format By using Export the signal file will be exported as a graphic in the specified format 5 13 2 Export as a HTML Site Activate the control button Web Site and select under Export folder the path of the HTML site and the attached JPEG pictures Signal file sector By clicking on Properties the properties window will be opened Here you can create a Description and the Size of thumbnails and you can define the Number of pictures in which the signal file shall be separated Clicking the button Export generates a Web Site and exports the signal file areas as a JPEG picture The Web Site
10. System 3 2005 05 25 17 04 50 sps z7 DUU s 15 000 z O l NENNEN Ti mebase pum EC Cursartimne 200 ms_ B B 17 05 27 289 gt Fig 5 4 Activated time difference measurement 5 5 3 1 Time difference measurement The time difference measurement allows you to measure the time difference between two arbi trary positions First position the signal cursor on a reference point Now activate the time dif ference measurement and choose under Signalfile the menu item Time measurement time difference or click on the symbol in the toolbar The reference point is marked by a fixed reference cursor Click with the mouse on the second measuring point The time difference will now be shown If you like to change the measuring points later drag with the left mouse button to the new measuring point If you like to change the measuring points with the keyboard navigate the cur sor to a measuring point and press the button lt Ctr gt Hold the button lt Ctr gt and change the posi tion of the measuring point with the arrow keys and gt Mark a time difference measurement with the mouse to remove it and press lt Del gt 5 5 3 2 Bit measurement With the bit measurement bit signals can be measured easily The time between two edges of a bit signal will be measured Activate the bit measurement and choose under Signalfile the menu item Time measurement time difference or click on the symbol in the too
11. after control stop depending on the setting you have made in the PLC driver window Properties see chapter 7 4 3 Configuration of PLC driver for cycle precise acquisition One of the following information windows will appear 7 8 SIMATIC S7 Information AJ The following modifications will now be made in the PLC Mew FE S CDE 1 DE 2 Modification OB 1 For safety resons stop the connected processimachine The PLC ANAL YZER sets PLC into stop state for a few seconds PROCESS STOPPED NOVY Fig 7 3 Message before modifications in the PLC for pre setting With PLC safety stop Information The folowing modifications will now be made during operation of the PLC Mew ECO CE 1 DB 2 Modification OB 1 Process behaviour may be affected Put the system into a safe state MAKE MODIFICATIONS IN THE PLC NOW Fig 7 4 Message before modifications in the PLC for pre setting No PLC safety stop Confirm with Yes only after you have stopped the process or if it 1s 1n a safe state Make sure that damages to property and person by impairment of the function of the control is impossible PLC ANALYZER pro searches in the PLC for free module numbers and creates a function module and two data modules for data recording In addition a call to the new function module is appended to the end of OBI The controller is now in the RUN state or is switched to the RUN state The cycle precise acqui sition begins The signal changes wil
12. current signals to be dis played can be chosen Data acquisition 4 5 Project options Addresses Online Scaling Trigger Acquisition mode Online windows Addresses Addresses in Online window Name Absolute Symbol Comment Driver Position Signal 5 0 5 0 SIMATIC S 5 1 5 1 SIMATIC S 5 2 SIMATIC S7 5 3 SIMATIC S7 5 4 SIMATIC S 5 5 SIMATIC S 5 6 SIMATIC S 5 7 SIMATIC S 5 SIMATIC S 32 0 SIMATIC S 32 1 SIMATIC S 32 2 SIMATIC S7 32 3 SIMATIC S7 32 4 READY 4 SIMATIC S Add 32 5 READY 5 SIMATIC S 32 6 READY 6 SIMATIC S Display 32 7 READY 7 SIMATIC S7 8 t graph IB 0 IB 0 SIMATIC S IB 32 IB 32 SIMATIC S O Text PW 3 FW 3 SIMATIC S7 T 20 T 20 SIMATIC S7 v System 3 Flag 3 Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q CO CO CO CO CO CO CO CO CO CO CO CO CO CO CO Co CO CO CO CO CO Time base 20 IE b v v Display online window Change symbol address Position Height Color Gria Absolute o0 3 0 IS p amm Reset all Signals Bar display Symbol SA0 Fig 4 4 Selecting signals for online display 4 2 1 Define online window You can define several online windows and even indicate them simultaneously in need Click ing on the New button causes a new online window Give the online window a name and under Display select the type of display 1n the online window The Time base displays the time per screen pixel
13. for the next trigger in the given search direction and positions the signal cursor on it 5 6 2 Find time Select the menu item Find Find time to find a specific point in time in a signal file Find time Time 25 05 2005 1704500980 4 Fig 5 6 Find time Enter the desired time It is also possible to use the spin controls to find a specific point in time The time search will be done according to the setting in the signal window absolute or relative time The time search will be started with Find The program searches for the corresponding time stamp and positions the signal cursor on it 5 7 Signal display and analysis 5 6 3 Find bit pattern In order to search for a particular binary signal pattern se Find bit pattern 3 lect the menu item Find Find bit patterned Addresses Pattern SANI All bit addresses displayed in the active signal window are listed under Addresses Now enter the desired search pattern in the text fields right of the addresses Permitted signal conditions are 1 0 and X 1 TRUE 0 FALSE X don t care Alternatively you can change the search val ues by using of the spin controls on the appropriate spin field SRO sae SRZ SAI SB SRO 1 PR 1 Js PR x IS m9 E o E P xX p If you like to scan all signal files in the directory of the cur rent signal file choose the menu item Search in all signal files in this directory Search directi
14. gt Close all programs which interfere with the choosen COM interface e g Step5 Appendix A FAQ 9 3 Allen Bradley A connection via DH is not possible Did you insert the right DH address settings of that card into the driver properties KTXD Card Enter the address which you entered on the card PCMK Card Open in the system control the program PCMKInfo Enter the driver properties shown in the PCMK Info gt If you use a PCMK Card the PLC ANALYZER pro will only operate under Win9x CoDeSys A connection is not possible gt Under Online communication paramter the CoDeSys programming software lists all parameter necessary for a correct communictaion with the PLC These parameter have to be set in the PLC ANALYZER driver settings as well For recording it 1s necessary to enable the export of variables in the programming software and all symbolic identifiers have to exist in the PLC s chapter 1 5 Enable variable export in CoDeSys programming software Driver Addendum gt Select category Symbol configuration and activate Dump symbol entries By choosing the button configure symbol file the window Set object attributes will be opened AD USB Box It is not possible to start data recording gt Check if your operating system supports USB AD USB Box Interruptions during recording gt Perhaps there are problems with other USB units you use Remove all other USB units from your PC e g your USB mouse etc and try
15. help window of PLC ANALYZER pro and indicates a list of the help themes e E3 E IH C Hb Aa ES CSS DR ED k el Starts context sensitive help Click this button and select a menu item or a toolbar button in order to display a corresponding help text Table 3 1 Toolbar icons 3 3 Tools Extras Window Step7 Set PG PC interface Customize Fig 3 8 Tools menu The Tools menu can be used to start external programs via PLC ANALYZER pro The pro grams are free selectable and can by modified at any time by using Customize Clicking on an existing menu item causes the corresponding program to be started from PLC ANALYZER pro Data acquisition 4 1 4 Data acquisition This chapter describes how to acquire data from a PLC With PLC ANALYZER pro every data acquisition is navigated by a so called project In a project all settings will be stored Start a project with Assistant New project in the File menu The project assistant leads you step by step through the new project In the first dialog window of the assistant you give the project an appropriate name and if necessary some descriptive comments With Continue you can move to the next item Enter the data appropriate to your new project on each page The menu item New project in the File menu offers another possibility of defining a project In the Create new project window you give the project an appropriate name with descriptive comments Go to project settings with clickin
16. indicated 1n pseudo signals if voltage and current are present as measuring signals Choose Pseudo signal and click on Add in order to generate a pseudo signal Now create a for mula for this signal through selection of the appropriate buttons Now this pseudo signal will continuously be calculated and indicated during the registration 4 4 Data acquisition Pseudo signals Name Pseudo 1 Formula gt prp 32 W 3 Fig 4 3 Generate pseudo signals 4 1 3 Address sets With the PLC ANALYZER pro you are able to define several sets of addresses so called ad dress sets You can assign specific signals to each address set By selecting the New a new ad dress set can be generated Give the address set a name and choose the online window in which the address is supposed to be displayed With the control field Generate address set you decide if the signals of the ad dress set shall be generated With Remove the selected address set can be deleted 4 1 4 Assign given addresses to other drivers If you want to assign given addresses to another driver mark these addresses in the list Set of addresses and choose the new PLC driver under Driver If the desired driver is not in the list you must load the driver first s 5 7 PLC driver 4 2 Online signal selection A particular feature of PLC ANALYZER pro is the online display of recorded values in a con tinuous line recorder and or an oscilloscope In the Online window the
17. it again General help for problems with connecting to the PLC gt fitis not possible to make a connection to your PLC via your programming software Concept Medoc Modsoft check the hardware connection first gt Did you make the right settings under Extras PLC driver properties COM Port Baudrate PLC address gt Close all programs which are using the same interface these were set under Extras PLC driver properties gt Error Invalid address means that there 1s a connection to a PLC but some addresses you have entered are not available in your PLC Please delete all addresses which are not available in PLC under Project Project settings Addresses Addresses in Set There are interruptions during the recording gt nturruptions while using cycle precise recording be possible Reduce the number of variables you like to record and or use a faster PLC PC connection chapter 7 4 Cycle precise recording gt Deactivate the Powermanager via the system control of your PC Check the hardware connection Take care for electromagnatic shielding against electrical and magnetical fields
18. recording Simultaneous acquisition on several PLC systems e g SIMATIC S7 S5 or SIMATIC S7 Allen Bradley Software solution no additional hardware necessary No modifications in the PLC program necessary Cycle precise acquisition for SIMATIC controls Recording of the signal waveform on hard disk Trigger controlled creation of signal files or continuous recording Time controlled signal recording Online signal display similar to an oscilloscope Comfortable definition of trigger per drag amp drop Substantial trigger features with an and or linkage and cascading Pre trigger and post trigger time can be set by user Start and stop trigger Trigger on binary and register value Automatic alarm in case of trigger event E Mail or send SMS acoustic announcement Comparing signal files Search for trigger edge bit pattern time and advices over several signal files Relative and absolute data time Flexible register scaling and conversion to physical units Use of symbolic address names and comments from the PLC programming software Project files for pre configuring and automating data acquisition runs Printout and storage of project settings for documentation of measurements Printout of signal files Export of signal files as image format text CSV Excel or HTML file Import of measured values in text format CSV Multilingual German English French S7 PLCSIM supporting AD USB Box optional Recording of exter
19. the display fields such as current level and time are always in respect to the current cursor position You simply move the cursor to the signal position you wish to investigate and then read the corresponding measurement values The signal cursor can easily be moved either with the mouse or the keyboard You can move the cursor to a desired position e g by moving the mouse If you move the cursor through the left or right border of the signal display window the signal file view will scroll slowly forward or backward The same effect can be achieved by clicking in the address display or on the current values Key Function gt cursor steps forward e cursor steps backward Ctrl gt scroll forward by 10 pixels cursor does not move Ctrl e scroll backward by 10 pixels cursor does not move Page tt page up PageU page down Home cursor to beginning of screen on left End cursor to end of screen on right Ctrl Home cursor to beginning of signal file Ctrl End cursor to end of signal file Table 5 1 Use of the keyboard Signal display and analysis 5 4 5 5 Time information On the bottom of the graphics signal window important information and options in respect to time display are shown Timebase vom 0519 0 0 170529 Lursartime 100 los JS 17 05 23 589 lt i E Fig 5 3 Time information 5 5 1 Absolute and relative time display In the Cursor time text field the current time at the signal cursor position is displayed c
20. to 4 bit values 8 4 3 Start acquisition Select the option Cycle precise acquisition 1n the Properties windows of the PLC driver WARNING It is absolutely necessary that the system in a safe state before making any modifi cations With the setting With PLC safety stop PLC ANALYZER pro switches control of module transfer or modification into the STOP state The operation after the end of the recording will be analogously 8 7 SIMATIC S5 Now select in the menu Project the menu item Start acquisition The modules are transferred either during operation or after control stop depending on the setting you have made in the PLC driver window Properties see chapter 6 2 Configuring the PLC driver Information J The following modifications will now be made in the PLC Mew FE 4 DB 7 Modification OB 1 For safety resons stop the connected processimachine The PLC ANAL YZER sets PLC into stop state for a few seconds PROCESS STOPPED NOVY Fig 8 2 Message before modifications in the PLC for pre setting With PLC safety stop Information The following modifications will now be made during operation of the PLC Mew FE 4 DB 7 Modification OB 1 Process behaviour may be affected Put the system into a safe state Fig 8 3 Message before modifications in the PLC for pre setting No PLC safety stop Confirm with Yes only after you have stopped the process or after it 1s in a safe condition Make sure tha
21. to the right of the addresses Permitted entries are B and X posi tive edge negative edge B any edge X don t care Alternatively you can change the search values by using of the spin controls on the appropriate spin field SRO SAI aH positive edge SADI SR 3 negative edge SRDB FK Edges ir Ak Ak Ak dh dh Ak Ah If you like to scan all signal files in the directory of the current signal file choose the menu item Search in all Search direction signal files in this directory forward Specify the search direction with forward and back CO backward ward Click on Find to start the search The program now searches for the next edge pattern in the given search direction and positions the signal cur sor on it Fig 5 9 Find edge 5 6 6 Find note To find already inserted notes you have to choose the menu item Find Note see also chapter 5 7 3 Insert Note Find Note Note All Notices v search direction forward backward Fig 5 10 Find note First choose the note you are looking for If you select All Notices all notices will be searched for Set the search direction via forward and backward Set Find to start the search The program will search for the next note in the search direction and positions the signal cursor on it 5 9 Signal display and analysis 5 7 Adapting signal display PLC ANALYZER pro allows you to make an individual configurat
22. with this directory in case you don t explicitly indicate something else Options Signale Directories Language Toolbars Projects CAPragrammeyALITEMNSPS ANALYZER pro BPYProjects Fig 3 5 Selecting the standard directories You can change the directory paths by clicking on the buttons right of the text fields 3 5 Configuration 3 2 3 Language This window is used to set the menu language of PLC ANALYZER pro Choose a language and then click the OK button to switch to the desired language while using PLC ANALYZER pro Options Signale Directories Language Toolbars Used Language English Fig 3 6 Language selection 3 2 4 Toolbars PLC ANALYZER pro offers several toolbars enabling the user to directly select important functions through the corresponding icons You can configure the toolbars according to your needs on the Toolbars tab page Icon small symbolic graphic Options Signale Directories Toolbars Froject file Configuration 3 6 Language Toolbars Drag a symbol to a toolbar Description Create a new project Fig 3 7 Configuring toolbars The available toolbars are listed under Toolbars Activate the control box next to the specific corresponding name in order to visualize the toolbar Individual icons can be moved from the selected toolbar to another toolbar simply by dragging the desired symbol with the mouse onto the corresponding toolb
23. 0 867 5 55 29745 0 ter ar eet iz i i of op sse a7 s sso o opes of oj o op ew s se sw c apeo i v vo op ew va so zews o o Slam A e o o sw az coy zezs o laang ofa o oy sme es e ze op o speson ip i op op sme se ep et o 9 eran i i v o ss se es zn o o speson o o ff sir s e zw o 9 Lj Fig 5 18 Example of an exported signal file extract 5 13 4 Graphical evaluation of signal data in Microsoft Excel The following examples illustrate the graphical evaluation of signal data 1n a spread sheet program Microsoft Excel The examples shown are designed to give you ideas Interesting results can also be obtained by using other analysis programs e g mathematics and statistics programs Start Excel and open the CSV file exported by PLC ANALYZER pro After you have responded to some queries regarding import e g used separators Excel reads the data format ted into cells see Fig 5 18 Now you can use the built in graphic functions of Excel to obtain useful eraphical representa tions for various application purposes 5 19 Signal display and analysis Revolution turbine SLK04 100000 4 10000 1000 4 FW 3 10 DW 100 4 123 CH CH CH CH CH CH CH CH CH CH CH CH CH CH CH CH re re re re Ke re re re e e CH CH CH CH e e x LO e N eo BA To N N co co co co co co Yt t KR KR KR KR
24. 05 25 17 01 01 sps 120 KB 25 05 2005 17 04 E JInput sps 11e KB 25 05 2005 17 01 E 2005 05 25 16 57 23 sps 11 amp KB 25 05 2005 17 01 E 2005 05 25 16 54 22 sps 11e KB 25 05 2005 17 01 E 12 04 2005 123225 sps IOI KB 25 05 2005 14 52 FJSYSTEM 17 02 2003 5PS Jo KB 29 04 2003 02 32 Dateityp siqnalfile SPS v Abbrechen Comment 25 05 2005 Fig 5 1 Opening a signal file The signal files are listed chronologically in the file selection window Comments with notes on the contents of a signal file are displayed under Comment To open a signal file select it and then simply click on the Open button Signal display and analysis 5 2 Pm AUTEM PLC ANALYZER pro 5 System 2 pr File Project Signalfle Find View Tools Extras Window D Gd eh S we o Flag 3 2005 05 25 17 04 50 sps D 10s Om 9s 900ms 5s Ims Timebase 17 05 19 17 05 20 17 05 39 05 Cursortime Timebase 17 04 50 17 05 50 170550 Cursortime 100 ms o 17 05 26 489 Ken tms 17 06 01 769 lt B Fig 5 2 Signal file display The name of the opened signal file is displayed in the title bar of the signal window You can have several signal files open simultaneously so that a direct comparison is possible A signal window is opened with the signal selection and scaling contained in the signal file In a signal window the left side displays the address identifiers of the displayed signals in absolute or symbolic form The right side sho
25. 33 TIMER 33 34 T34 35 T35 36 T36 37 T3 38 T38 39 T39 40 T40 41 T41 Remove S EEEEEEEER v Address SIMATIC S MPI 3 wl Absolute FB 245 Cl ran Update Symbols symbol SYSTEM SEN Jager Comment Fig 4 2 Entering signals to acquire NOTE 353 The simultaneous acquisition of signals from different PLC controllers with sever al drivers 1s possible Simply load all necessary drivers and make sure that the cor rect driver for each address has been selected The following table shows for instance the address syntax for the Siemens SIMATIC 57 family Syntax Qx z QBx QWx QDx Ix z IBx IWx IDx Fx z FBx FWx Address type Example Output byte x bit z Q32 4 Output byte x QB9 Output word x Qw 14 Output double word x QD98 Input byte x bit z I17 0 Input byte x IB127 Input word x IWI2 Input double word x ID124 Flag byte x bit z E53 Flag byte x FB250 Flag word x FW24 Data acquisition 4 3 Syntax Address type Example FDx Flag double word x FD134 FGx Flag x floating point representation FG104 Tx Timer x T2 Cx Counter x C5 DByDBXx z Data byte x bit z from data block y DB23DBX2 5 DByDBBx Data byte x from data block y DB2DBB5 DByDBWx Data word x from data block y DBI2DBWS5 DByDBDx Data double word x from data block y DB27DBDO PIBx Periphery input byte x PIB 123 PIWx Periphery input word x PIW 124 PIDx Periphery input double word x PED 126 Table 4 1 Address sy
26. 4 Uninstallation If you do not need a license on your PC anymore re transfer it to the USB License Key Dongle Insert the USB License Key Dongle into a free USB port of your PC and start the License Man agement of PLC ANALYZER pro 5 Select those licenses from the list Licenses on your PC you want to uninstall Press and hold the button Ctrl if you want to select several licenses Press button to uninstall the licenses from your PC The button A uninstalls all licenses at once In both cases the licenses will be transferred back to the USB License Key Dongle NOTE 353 The licenses can only be transferred back to that License Key Dongle from which they were installed originally The License Key Dongle and the license s to be transferred back must have the same serial number Installation 2 4 2 5 Starting the program NOTE 35 Please make sure that time and date in your PC are set correctly Correct the val ues if necessary Start PLC ANALYZER pro simply by a double click on the PLC ANALYZER pro 5 1con in the program group PLC ANALYZER pro p 1 zu Ti LA 1 rH AUTEM PLC ANALYZER pro 5 P File Project Signalfle Find View Tools Extras Window Fig 2 2 The initial screen After successful activation of the licenses the above screen should appear figure 2 2 If not you will see a message window with the request to install the correct licenses After you have successfully installed PLC
27. ALYZER pro 5 1 1 Overview PLC ANALYZER pro is a software tool for logic analysis and registration of measured values on equipment operated with a PLC Programmable Logic Controller PLC signals of all kinds can easily be collected displayed and evaluated Among others these signals include inputs and outputs flags timers counters and data words 1 2 Introduction Equipped with the capability of a traditional logic analyzer PLC ANALYZER pro normally requires no software or hardware modification of the PLC for the capturing signal data This 1s the result of using the existing PLC protocol for data acquisition whereby PLC ANALYZER pro simply uses the typical hookup of programming units via serial connection or automation network A to the PLC connected programming device PC can be used directly for data acqui sition without further modification With PLC ANALYZER pro the user 1s also able to record all internal PLC signals e g flags or timers which are normally not accessible from outside the PLC Additionally by using the special measurement interface AD USB Box external voltage and current signals which are not available in the PLC can also be recorded In this manual the MPI PPI PROFIBUS driver for Siemens SIMATIC 57 was selected in order to demonstrate the program operation The essential facts apply also to all other available PLC drivers e g the ETHERNET driver for Siemens SIMATIC S7 or the AS511 driver for Siemens SIM
28. ANALYZER pro you have to make several appro priate basic settings in the program You will find a detailed description on the settings in the next chapter 3 1 Configuration 3 Configuration Before you can start to acquire and analyze data you must configure PLC ANALYZER pro The general settings are performed in the menu item Extras Choose an adequate PLC driver and configure the program under Options according to your guideline During installation the program was already pre configured according to your specifications Window 7 The options set are saved when exiting PLC PLC driver CoD ANALYZER pro The saved options are automati Optioris cally set when starting the program again Fig 3 1 Options menu NOTE 353 All options are also saved in the project files 3 1 PLC driver PLC driver The following drivers are loaded Orivername Connection ersion SIMATIC S7 MPI 3 h n Description Siemens SIMATIC 5S7 Records data from Siemens SIMATIC S7 over MPI PROFIBUS Fig 3 2 Configuration of the PLC driver In the window Extras PLC driver all PLC drivers that have already been loaded are listed You can select further PLC drivers with Add and define the necessary attributes for communication Configuration Select driver Driver Driver SIMATIC ER Cancel Fig 3 3 Selecting the PLC driver In Fig 3 3 the selection window for loading a PLC driver is shown with all avail
29. ATIC S5 You will find specific comments on the characteristics of other PLC drivers in the corresponding driver addendum It is important that you read through the appropriate driver addendum before using a PLC driver Please pay attention to the highlighted warnings on possi ble dangers associated with the use of PLC ANALYZER pro WARNING Errors that may occur in the automated device endangering humans or causing large scale material damages must be prevented by additional external precautions These precautions e g independent limit monitors mechanical interlocks must guarantee safe operation even in a case of dangerous errors 1 2 Fields of application PLC ANALYZER pro e Fault analysis in PLC systems e Finding and localizing sporadic errors e Analysis and optimization cycle time reduction e Short term and long term registration of measured values e Documentation and support for your quality assurance system e g QA TPM OEE e Installation maintenance development training TPM Total Productivity Management OEE Overall Equipment Effectiveness Introduction 1 3 1 3 Technical features Data acquisition via the PLC programming unit interface or automation network fieldbus Acquisition of input output flags timers counters peripheral data words data block etc Signal display in bit byte word or double word formats Creating of pseudo signals Adding of additional addresses or trigger conditions while
30. Absolute Symbol Comment Range Signal file Binaries 1 min 24s 32 1 z Signal at High Longesthighphase 2 249 s Longest low phase emin 50s 67 9 25 Signal at Low Shortest high phase Shortestlow phase 1 745 s 85 Changes Cycle time High cycle from rising edge ta next rising edge O Low cycle fram falling edge to next falling edge Longest cycle 4251 s Shortest cycle 3 8885 Average 4005 s Registers Fig 5 13 Signal statistics Select under Absolute the address over which statistical information is to be obtained Symbol name and comments of the selected address are adapted automatically Select under Range the desired range of the signal file to which the analysis is to refer If you have marked the desired range of the signal file already see chapter 5 7 5 Mark area only the marked range will be valuated statistically 5 13 Signal display and analysis The following table explains the statistical evaluation for a discrete signal bit address Field Explanation Signal high Shows the period of time during which the signal in the selected range was HIGH TRUE logical 1 signal low Shows the period of time during which the signal in the selected range was LOW FALSE logical 0 State change Number of signal edge changes in the selected range Longest high phase Shows the longest period of time during which the signal in the selected range was HIGH TRUE logical 1 Shortes
31. PLC addresses The following table shows the recordable addresses and the corresponding address syntax Syntax Address type Example Qx z Output byte x bit z Q32 4 QBx Output byte x QB9 QWx Output word x QW 14 QDx Output double word x QD98 Ix z Input byte x bit z I17 0 IBx Input byte x IB127 IWx Input word x IWI2 IDx Input double word x D124 Fx z Flag byte x bit z F3 7 FBx Flag byte x FB250 FWx Flag word x FW24 FDx Flag double word x FD134 Tx Timer x T2 Cx Counter x C5 DByDBXx z Data byte x bit z from data block y DB23DBX2 5 DByDBBx Data byte x from data block y DB2DBB5 DByDBWx Data word x from data block y DBI2DBWS5 7 4 SIMATIC S7 Syntax Address type Example DByDBDx Data double word x from data block y DB27DBDO PIB x Peripheral input byte x PEB 231 PIW x Peripheral input word x PEW 232 PID x Peripheral input double word x PED 304 Table 7 1 Address syntax SIMATIC S7 NOTE 353 The automation devices of the SIMATIC 57 family allow only byte oriented data acquisition PLC ANALYZER pro automatically converts a given bit address to a byte address All bits are available for display 7 3 3 Number of recordable addresses Up to 1000 addresses can be recorded Per scan 20 addresses are transferred simultaneously If more than 20 addresses are selected blocks of 20 addresses will be transferred 7 3 4 Time behavior and particularities NOTE 35 Acquiring data with PLC ANALYZER pro results in a small increase in
32. TIC S7 Error occurs connecting by Ethernet TCP IP gt For a correct connection via Ethernet Softnet has to be installed gt f you made the right settings for an Industrial Ethernet connection under PG PC set interface you have to enter the MAC address in the S7 driver of the PLC ANALYZER pro Format XX XX XX XX XX XX If you use the connection TCP IP a TCP IP address has to be entered in the S7 driver of PLC ANALYZER pro Format XXX XXX XXX XXX gt Pay attention that you enter under slot the slot of the CPU and not the slot of the CP gt Activate Gateway only if there indeed a cross over occurs e g from Ethernet to PROFIBUS MPI USB Cable Error occurs by using a MPI USB cable gt If you like to make a connection via USB you need at least STEP7 Version 5 0 SP3 or 5 1 SP2 SIMATIC S7 200 A connection cannot be made c Step 7 has to be installed S7 Micro Win is not enough Choose under PG PC interface an MPI connection or a PPI connection gt f you use MPI you have to adjust the MPI speed to 19200 Baud Check if you can see the S7 200 via the accessible notes in STEP7 Use the shown address and enter it in the PLC driver of the PLC ANALYZER pro under the station address SIMATIC S5 A connection cannot be made If you are not able to make a connection to your PLC via Step5 check the hardware connection between PLC and PC gt Did you choose the right COM port under Extras PLC driver properties
33. User Manual AUTEM SPS ANALYZER pro 5 Default Onlineset 10 04 2009 123224 5PS Datei Projekt zgnaklate Suche Ansicht Werkzeuge Extras Fenster T 1g d Sa wea 252295 S 32400 s E Ree a V 5 118e 003 hPa GE M ERG KN Ki 1 E N i ke K Zeitbasis S tetto t tapa tae x EG i t Cursorzeit 3 0 w ms 12 36 37 003 3 30 055 PLC ANALYZER pro 5 The logic analyzer tor programmable logic controls www autem de V User Manual PLC ANALYZER pro 5 Copyright 1995 2011 AUTEM GmbH All rights reserved No part of this user manual including excerpts may be reproduced photocopied or electronically stored without the expressive written permission of AUTEM The software described in this manual is subject of a software license agreement and may only be used according to the terms of this agreement AUTEM GmbH Dithmarscher Stra e 29 D 26723 Emden Germany Telephone 49 0 4921 9610 0 Telefax 49 0 4921 9610 96 Email info autem de Web www autem de AUTEM does not give any warranty for this manual as well as no express or tacit warranties on commercial quality and suitability for a particular use AUTEM does not take over adhesion for errors contained in it or for damages that may occur as a result of using or applying this material The soft and hardware designations mentioned in this book are in most cases also registered trademarks an
34. a signal file only if all the trigger conditions are performed You can also define how many times before and after the trigger occurrence information will be saved The save reaction depends on the activating of the control field start trigger and stop trigger Activated control fields Save reaction Start trigger The saving starts when the trigger condition is performed It ends when a stop trigger occurs or if the storage is ended manually Stop trigger If a start trigger was activated before the stop trigger will end the storage of signals Otherwise the stop trigger has no influ ence on the data storage Start trigger and Stop trigger At first appearance of a trigger condition the storage will be started and at a second time it will be ended Neither start trigger nor stop Data around trigger event will be saved Adjust how long trigger before the trigger and how long after the trigger signals have to be saved Table 4 2 Saving behaviour at trigger recording By activating the control field Create new signal file if trigger occurs a new signal file will be created on each trigger Otherwise all files will be saved in one signal file NOTE 35 In the record menu Manual see chapter 4 5 Modes of data acquisition the trigger options which are set under Save are annulled Under Action a dialogue window in which settings for events at trigger release can be made appears see chapter 4 5 4 Trigger actions In the window
35. able drivers listed In case the de sired driver is not on the list the driver license has to be installed via the Li cense key management see also chap ter 2 2 Installation Select a driver and click on the Add button in order to load it After loading the desired drivers set all important parameters of the selected PLC driver with Properties you will find a description of these parameters in the corresponding driver addendum under Configuring the PLC driver Already loaded PLC drivers can be removed from the list of the loaded drivers with Delete Note PLC ANALYZER pro can load the same or different PLC drivers more than once E g to acquire signal data from two different SIMATIC 57 controls via Ethernet simply load PLC driver for 57 TCP IP twice and parameterize both accordingly TCP IP address etc To acquire signal data from a SIMATIC S7 and a SIMATIC S5 simultaneously just load the PLC driver SIMATIC 57 and the PLC driver SIMATIC 55 3 2 Options Under Options PLC ANALYZER pro can be configured according to your conception Your configuration settings are stored and will be used when the program is restarted 3 3 Configuration 3 2 1 Signals Under Signals you set the signal display and the scope of signal information Options Signale Directories Language Toolbars Addresses Address display Font SES Arial v J Absolute L Comment signals standard Signal color standa
36. an be recorded 8 3 4 Time behavior and particularities NOTE 35 Acquiring data with PLC ANALYZER pro results in a small increase in cycle time in the automation device to the same manner as it happens with STEPS in the operating mode STAT VAR The intervals between scan transfers from the SIMATIC PLC to the computer are depending on the PLC CPU and the number of acquired signals For the SIMATIC 55 115U CPU942 and the 95U the interval for a byte 1s approximately 30 ms i e for a cycle time gt 30 ms there is one scan for each cycle For a longer PLC cycle time data transfer is synchronized with the PLC cycle For a shorter cycle time the computer does not obtain a scan for each cycle resulting in a partial loss of information In the normal acquisition mode this loss can be made up by repeated meas urements of the signals in question If you request more signal addresses than one byte the minimal transfer interval increases by about 4 ms per byte The scan interval for the S5 155U has been fixed in the automation device by Siemens to 150 ms The CPU 921 S processor 135U is the second slowest CPU with regard to the transfer rate about 70 ms scan interval for the first byte SIMATIC S5 8 6 8 4 Cycle precise acquisition WARNING For cycle precise acquisition PLC ANALYZER pro programs a small extension to the PLC program in the connected automation device Please pay attention to the fact that an effect on the operatio
37. ar in the PLC ANAYLZER pro main window Use Reset to re establish the original state of the selected toolbar The following table describes the toolbar icons Button x bu zi E m A E HB WE CO Meaning Creates a new project Any open project will be closed Loads a project Any open project will be closed Stores the current project Loads a signal file Stores the active signal file under its current name Exports the current signal file as a graphic a text or a HTML page Compares two signal files with each other Activates a time difference measurement Activates bit measurement Inserts a note into the online window 3 7 Configuration Button Meaning j Stores a selected range of the active signal file L Prints the signal file of the active online window Starts the signal recording in the current project Stops the signal recording in the current project Opens the Project settings window Opens the Bit pattern search window Opens the Signal edge search window Opens the Analog value search window Opens the Trigger search window Opens the Time search window Displays all open online windows as overlapping All opened online windows are arrange next to each other Switches the grid on off in the active online window Switching between relative and absolute time display Graphical display of the signals Signal display in text mode Loads a PLC driver and the corresponding settings Opens the
38. can be opened with each Web Browser e g Internet Explorer With the Web Site you get an overview and it shows the signal file divided in sectors as little thumbnails Click on the thumbnails to display the pictures in original size Signal display and analysis 5 18 5 13 3 Exporting signal files as a text Specify under Export file the name of the export file and activate the control field Text CSV Under Range you can choose the desired area of the signal file which shall be exported You only can activate Mark if you have marked an area in the signal window before see chapter Mark area Click on the Properties button to open the properties window Determine the Separating char acters between each measured value If you activate Data definition in the first line the data column will be captioned with headlines With Interval you set the time lag between the signals you like to export Choose Export when signal changes only if you like to export signal changes The export file will be much smaller then By choosing Every scan point data will be exported if a scan point appears Clicking on Export exports the signal file Relative time absolute time signal values trigger as well as occurred errors during the data recording will be exported The export file is formatted in such a way that a processing for instance with Microsoft Excel is possible Lam 1 343 4 3 m led ie a eg eg time EE ofiz 12 50 40 000 40 000 D 0
39. ciate the time with the data during cycle precise recording Deactivate this option when you have so much data to record that data loss can not be prevent ed In this case there will be no time information available during signal analysis In addition you can choose if the PLC is to be stopped before and after the transmission of the modules to the PLC by selecting With PLC Security Stop you can select whether a conditional module end BEB should be checked with a corresponding notification Such a command in OBI can result in the required modules for cycle precise acquisition not being executed Choose in Time stamp if the data shall be stored in signal file continuously for each cycle or only if the signal changes The following settings are recommended Setting Description continuously Choose this setting if the desired signals will probably change in each cycle Only if signal changes Choose this setting if the desired signals will probably not change in each cycle You enable PLC ANALYZER pro to optimise the re cording of signals and to acquire more signals continuously cycle precise Table 7 2 Time stamp settings SIMATIC S7 7 7 NOTE 353 If more addresses are stored to the memory than can be read from the PLC at one time an overflow of the circular memory will occur and data will be lost This can be avoided by reducing the number of addresses to be recorded 7 4 4 Input of addresses Up to 200 addresses byte w
40. cycle time in the automation device to the same extent as with STEP7 in the operating mode Watch and control variable The intervals between scan transfers from the SIMATIC PLC to the computer are dependent on the PLC CPU the number of acquired signals and the transmission speed of the Ethernet PROFIBUS or the MPI network For the 7 300 the scan interval with MPI board for a byte is approximately 25 30 ms i e for a cycle time 30 ms there 1s one scan for each cycle For each an additional acquired byte the scan interval increases by about 2 ms With Industrial Ethernet TCP IP the minimum scan interval 1s about 10 ms SIMATIC S7 7 5 7 4 Cycle precise acquisition WARNING For cycle precise acquisition PLC ANALYZER pro programs a small extension to the PLC program in the connected automation device Please pay attention to the fact that an effect on the operation of the automation device or the PLC program cannot be completely ruled out Cycle precise signal acquisition guarantees an acquisition of selected signals of each PLC cycle without gaps During cycle precise signal acquisition a limited number of signals are acquired in the memory of the PLC The selected signals are stored in the memory during each PLC cycle and are transmitted to the PC in such way that a continuous cycle precise acquisition is possible There is no visible difference in contrast to a normal acquisition Even the online display can b
41. d are subject to the legal regulations as such For references suggestions and improvement suggestions we are always grateful Please send these to AUTEM 1 Edition 2011 SIMATIC SINUMERIK SIMOTION S5 57 C7 M7 Siemens LOGO STEPS STEP7 S7 200 S7 300 S7 400 and S7 PLCSIM are registered trademarks of Siemens AG Table of contents Table of Contents 1 naa wN ne 4 4 2 4 3 4 4 4 5 4 6 INTRODUCTION Overview Fields of application PLC ANALYZER pro Technical features Typical operation Help Technical Support INSTALLATION Hardware and software requirements Installation Installation of additional licenses upgrades Uninstallation Starting the program CONFIGURATION PLC driver Options 3 2 1 Signals 3 2 2 Directories 3 2 3 Language 3 2 4 Toolbars Tools DATA ACQUISITION Address selection 4 1 1 Use of PLC symbol files 4 1 2 Pseudo signals 4 1 3 Address sets 4 1 4 Assign given addresses to other drivers Online signal selection 4 2 1 Define online window 4 2 2 Choose addresses for online display Trigger 4 3 1 AND OR combination of trigger signals 4 3 2 Trigger on bit signals 4 3 3 Trigger on analog signals 4 3 4 Trigger action 4 3 4 1 Activate and deactivate address sets and trigger cascading 4 3 4 2 Send an E Mail 4 3 4 3 Send an SMS 4 3 4 4 Acoustic signaling Scaling of register values Modes of data acquisition 4 5 1 Cycle precise acquisition Starting data acquisition
42. ddress selection window Selecting the control field in front of an address set causes the corresponding set to be selected If a trigger fires during signal acquisition the selected address sets in the lists are acti vated or deactivated After the trigger has fired the addresses of the activated address sets are thus seized whereas the collection the deactivated sets stops Under Trigger activate and Trig ger deactivate triggers can be activated and deactivated in the same way 4 12 Data acquisition 4 3 4 2 Send an E Mail Activate the control field Sending E Mail in order to send an E Mail during a trigger event Un der Configure you set the options to send an E Mail from your computer The E Mail will be send either over the fitted Standard Mail program e g Outlook or over a SMTP server Enter one or more E Mail addresses Under Subject the PLC ANALYZER pro enters a subject line automatically which can be changed if necessary Now enter under Text an E Mail text Through activating Attach signal file to E Mail the signal file which has been produced by the trigger event will automatically added be to the E Mail With Test you can test 1n advance if all settings are correct and if the E Mail has been sent duly 4 3 4 3 Send an SMS Activate the control field Send SMS in order to send an SMS during a trigger event Under Configure you set the options for sending an SMS First choose how a connection to the SMS exchange has to b
43. displayed area in the active signal window Select AL in order to print the entire signal file with the time base set in the cur rent online window If you like to print a very specific range please mark the range first see chapter Mark area then choose Current page in the printer menu to print this area The option field Copies indicates how many copies of the signal file shall be printed Start printing with OK An information window appears during printing In figure 5 16 you can see an example of a printout 5 16 p 15 60 f Signal display and analysis A ap wajo RAR WE w 0 T TS T 760 T L0 TS oe o o Mi Mi ul ui un o e o wi gt Lal J J J j P m s 009 16 08 Il L umu su 00S STSeq Tez Cad sS5VINVZ TIVM axetoag 60 T LT OS 05 60 S 66760 H L 0 t GA 1 eo be MO D gt Ve Uu J DI eo e e CH Ka L L Zrepren 23 ss um uq L O a KR 9 0 8 sows EN 3 POS DN a COM 0 a cous E O a zovs Lo 8 TONS 0 0 8 m borgo s TOWS 0 aa edu DE aW S L1 Lg s u eme st t MIN Mu Se qnt 283OA ENZ j S00Z2 v0 61 Z 9SS9J21pV IdW LS OILLVWIS ebeqQuez eM ue uoe qoad4ieza3 xer xegzu wwoy 9 TS 60 SOO0C v0 80 LC 6vV 60 SO0C T0 80 sds 926 60 SO0Z T0 80 G Old MQ3ZA TVNV SdS Bunuug2rszjny eueurejed Fig 5 16
44. e used as usual 7 4 1 Installation of additional software For using the SIMATIC 57 driver the STEP7 Software at least version 3 0 must be installed on your computer You also have to install SIMATIC NET if you want to establish a connec tion with the SIMATIC Industrial Ethernet driver 7 4 2 Installation of additional Hardware We strongly recommend the usage of a PROFIBUS Ethernet or MPI card for cycle precise acquisition otherwise you may get gaps in the acquisition 7 4 3 Configuration of PLC driver for cycle precise acquisition You can set important parameters for the cycle precise S7 driver in the menu Options PLC driver under Properties The base configuration of the driver is described in chapter 7 2 Config uring the PLC driver SIMATIC S7 200 doesn t support cycle precise acquisition 7 6 SIMATIC S7 Properties Name Siemens SIMATIC S Destination Station Time performance Station address Time stamp only when signal changes Slot number of CPU 0 8 continuously Gateway Scan interval v Cycle acquisition symbolism Project path symbolset C Siemens Step S proj s _Pro Symbols Generate timestamp v With PLC Security Stop Check for BEB Fig 7 2 Driver settings for cycle precise driver SIMATIC S7 For recording of very brief signal changes activate Cycle acquisition see chapter 7 4 Cycle precise acquisition Generate time stamp 1s used to asso
45. e connection to the PLC see driver addendum After successful connection PLC ANALYZER pro records the selected PLC signal data and creates depending on the acquisition mode one or more signal files If you have selected online signals these are displayed on the screen either in an oscilloscope like manner or in text form Otherwise the signal display area of the screen remains empty For online display the left column shows the address identifier in absolute or symbolical form as well as the y axis of the signals In the right column the currently measured values are dis played Occurring triggers are displayed immediately as vertical dashed lines on the screen The time base can be changed during acquisition Signals and their scaling can be changed when data acquisition is running To do this select the menu item Project Project settings H Data acquisition is not interrupted however The set tings are stored in the signal file P AUTEM PLC ANALYZER pro 5 System 2 prij File Project Signalfle Find View Tools Extras Window Qu Timebase 2s 100ms a 100 e ms m C ps uu runtime 1021 20 line BR lt Trigger 0 Permanent acquisition active 0001 15 Fig 4 12 Signal acquisition with graphics and text online window Data acquisition 4 17 NOTE 35 An analog signal is displayed in grey if the signal falls outside the range of the scaling limits With automatic scaling the scale is corr
46. e established Depending on the equipment of your computer the PLC ANALYZER pro can produce a connection over DUN Dial Up Networking adapter analog modem or ISDN CAPI Choose an SMS Center Enter if necessary your MSN number and activate the control field Modem at an extension line as long as your DUN adapter is connected to an extension Confirm the input with OK NOTE 35 Other settings for DUN adapter have to be made if necessary in the control sys tem of Windows Now enter the telephone number of the receiver as well as the text of the SMS With Test you can test in advance if all settings are correct and if the SMS has been sent duly 4 3 4 4 Acoustic signaling Activate the control field Acoustic signaling in order to announce a trigger event acoustically via a sound file WAV file or alternative via audio response First choose a path to the WAV file or enter the text the computer should pronounce With Test you can test in advance if all settings are correct and if the acoustic signaling has been sent duly Note 353 The installation of Microsoft Text to Speech Engine is required for a text an nouncement as well as a soundcard with online speakers Free download of Mi crosoft Text to Speech Engine under http www microsoft com Data acquisition 4 13 4 4 Scaling of register values With the help of online scaling you can influence the display of analog values in respect to their number value and t
47. e machine per manently or temporarily Via remote control it is possible to access the recorded signal data for analysis and evaluation even during running data acquisition The BLACKBOX is optimized for autarkical stand alone operation An integrated Watchdog ensures that the BLACKBOX is automatically rebooted in the case of a recording fault The operating status of the BLACKBOX can also be requested at any time from outside by a float ing contact LIFE INDICATOR Extensive operating informations can be transferred by E mail SMS optional also via GSM modem REMOTE STATUS INDICATOR 6 3 SIMATIC S7 The high degree of operational reliability enables a practically continuous recording of signals over several years When the storage capacity of the internal hard disk has been reached the oldest signal file is automatically deleted to create space for new signal data The system is delivered ready to use with PLC communication adapter and software license PLC ANALYZER pro 5 for BLACKBOX Bundles for different PLC systems are available 6 2 BLACKBOX fields of application Long term PLC process data recording Failure diagnosis Determine cause of production loss arranty case Objective inspection of operating parameters Preventive maintenance Condition monitoring System documentation QS TPM OEE CMS Remote Service Fi AUTEM PLC ANALYZER pro 5 Transformer WAZ3 2011 02 25 19 24 26 sps File Project Signalfle Find Vi
48. e text of a note can be changed by a double click on the note If you like to remove an existing note move the mouse on the not press the right mouse button and choose menu item Delete 5 7 4 Changing symbol addresses and symbol comments Position the mouse cursor on the PLC address whose symbol or comments you wish to modify Right click the mouse and select the menu item Signal info Signalinfo Senle T op Bl Runtime o Comment Runtime of system 2 Fig 5 11 Signalinfo Via the window Signalinfo it is possible to change the symbol and the comments Signal display and analysis 5 10 5 5 Mark area For specific features of PLC ANALYZER pro it is necessary to mark an area of a signal file e g if you like to store export print zoom an area or make a statistic analysis Position the signal cursor on the beginning of the part which you like to be marked Choose Area Mark in the menu Signal file and drag the cursor to the desired end of the marking The marked area will be displayed in blue Make a left click to end the marking or choose the menu item Area Mark via right click It is also possible to press and hold the shift button Shift and move the signal cursor with the mouse or through the keyboard Press right mouse key in the marked area to choose more options under the menu item Area 5 11 Signal display and analysis 5 8 Signal file comparison PLC ANALYZER pro also gives you the opportunity
49. echanical interlocks must guarantee a safe operation even in the case of dangerous errors 8 1 Installation The PLC driver can be installed while PLC ANALYZER pro is operating Select PLC driver in the menu Extras In the window PLC driver click the button Add If the desired driver is not on the list you have to install a new driver via the License key management s content 2 2 Instal lation With PLC ANALYZER pro you can load the same or different PLC drivers more than once You can for example acquire simultaneously signal data from two SIMATIC S5 which are connected to two different COM ports of the PC 8 1 1 Installing additional hardware If you have already connected your programming unit or your PC for programming under STEP 5 or alternative programming software with the automation device over a serial cable usually nothing else must be done Otherwise connect a free COM port serial connection of your programming unit or PC with the PG interface of the automation device Because the serial PG interface on the automation device functions as a current interface TTY 20mA you will need for the connection of you PC an appropriate connecting cable with integrated RS232 TTY converter AUTEM item no ANA1500 or Siemens item no 6ES5 734 1BD20 8 1 2 Installing additional software In addition to the PLC ANALYZER pro basic module and the PLC driver no other software is necessary SIMATIC S5 8 2 8 2 Configuring
50. ecordable PLC addresses 7 3 3 Number of recordable addresses 7 3 4 Time behavior and particularities 4 Cycle precise acquisition 7 4 1 Installation of additional software 4 2 Installation of additional Hardware 4 3 Configuration of PLC driver for cycle precise acquisition 4 4 Input of addresses 4 5 Start acquisition 4 6 Particularities in signal display and analysis DRIVER ADDENDUM SIEMENS SIMATIC S5 8 1 Installation 8 1 1 Installing additional hardware 8 1 2 Installing additional software cooooopoopoongo NO OO SO SO CO OD JJ CC 0 O 10 Pern ee E Be 10 9 2 8 3 8 4 Table of contents Configuring the PLC driver 8 2 Data acquisition 8 3 8 3 1 Supported PLC models and CPUs 8 3 8 3 2 Recordable PLC addresses 8 4 8 3 3 Number of recordable addresses 8 5 8 3 4 Time behavior and particularities 8 Cycle precise acquisition 8 8 4 1 Address entry 8 8 4 2 Trigger condition entry 8 8 4 3 Start acquisition 8 8 4 4 Particularities of signal display and analysis 8 APPENDIX A FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS FAQ 9 DRIVER ADDENDA SIMOTION PILZ FESTO BOSCH CoDeSys PHOENIX JETTER B amp R MITSUBISHI ALLEN BRADLEY GE Fanuc HITACHI OMRON SCHNEIDER BECKHOFF AUTEM AD_USB Box please refer fo special reference book Table of contents Table of Figures Fig Fig Fig Fig Fig Fig Fig Fig Fig Fig Fig Fig Fig Fig Fig Fig Fig Fig Fig Fig Fig Fig Fig Fig Fig
51. ected after every pass of the signal over the screen Communications trouble also causes the signal color to change to grey In this case the current values are not displayed The name of a signal file is dependent on the time of the first recorded PLC signal entry The name is made up of day month year hour minute and second plus extension SPS e g 2005 04 21 12 45 00 SPS created on 21 April 2005 at 12 Acquisition is terminated by selecting the menu item Project Stop acquisition or by the symbol Am the icon toolbar After ending acquisition the last signal file created will automatically be opened The time base is automatically chosen so that the entire recorded signal is visible in the online window 5 Signal display and analysis 5 Signal display and analysis The evaluation of recorded signal data 1s described in this chapter Various tools are available from PLC ANALYZER pro for detailed analysis e g time measurement various search func tions and signal statistics 5 1 Opening a signal file After data acquisition PLC ANALYZER pro automatically loads the last signal file created You can also open a signal file in the File menu either with the History list contains the four most recently loaded signal files or with Open signal file Load signalfile KIES Gr e Ge ndert am 33 KB SENGER F 2005 05 25 17 04 50 sps SIkKB 25 05 2005 17 07 E 2005 05 21 11 02 53 sps 91KB 25 05 2005 L 07 E 2005
52. epresentation of PLC analog signals with Excel 3D representation of PLC analog values with Excel Discrete signals with Excel Importing Data BLACKBOX 2 BLACKBOX 2 compact solid varied interfaces BLACKBOX 2 Recording of machine cycles Settings PLC driver SIMATIC S7 Driver settings for cycle precise driver SIMATIC S7 Message before modifications in the PLC for pre setting With PLC safety stop Message before modifications in the PLC for pre setting No PLC safety stop Message before modifications in the PLC for pre setting With PLC safety stop Message before modifications in the PLC for pre setting No PLC safety stop vi js duo deese ase APA AR AS ee EE que ur EE NT OONN AN gt i 0 O O0 000 Qi I I2 OO I C02 AND Oo OO OO OO On On On On Ak EE WN O O O O 004 KWH SLE EE O 40 0 00 0 ND vil Fig Fig Fig Fig Fig Fig Table of contents 8 1 Driver settings SIMATIC S5 8 2 Message before modifications in the PLC for pre setting With PLC safety stop 8 3 Message before modifications in the PLC for pre setting No PLC safety stop 8 4 Cycle precise acquisition status 8 5 Message before modifications in the PLC for pre setting With PLC safety stop 8 6 Message before modifications in the PLC for pre setting No PLC safety stop List of Tables Table 3 1 Toolbar icons Table 4 1 Address syntax SIMATIC S7 Table 4 2 Saving behaviour at trigger recording Table 4 3 Trigger op
53. erator Table 4 4 Modes of data acquisition Table 5 1 Use of the keyboard Table 5 2 Statistical evaluation of a bit address Table 5 3 Statistical evaluation of a register address Table 7 1 Address syntax SIMATIC S7 Table 7 2 Time stamp settings Table 8 1 Overview of the supported SIMATIC S5 models Table 8 2 Address syntax SIMATIC S5 Table 8 3 Status display cycle precise recording S5 Mu ee ee OO ONNN amp KR BR C1 O3 I ERR ER CO CO CO C O N CO N Introduction 1 1 1 Introduction Welcome to the new PLC ANALYZER pro 5 the software logical analyzer that gives you val uable help in solving automation problems The program is very easy and intuitive to use Nevertheless please read through the manual in order to familiarize yourself with the numerous applications of PLC ANALYZER pro This manual informs you about installation operation and application areas of this program P AUTEM PLC ANALYZER pro 5 Production LTC 2009 02 26 1918 P P sps Fie Project Signalfie Find View Tools Extras Window lagmw S Halt wiEtNesz g e s5 2222 am Eo re 00 13 21 248 DB 121DBG 24 22 1788 70TE72 DB 121DBG 36 a KS 3Prod ST CipR KS 2Water F D OG OO eh OO eh eh GO e 8 DB 121DBG 32 124 3055 T TE74 E gt ud UA mt CA70 P03 Timebase 48 55 58 02 05 03 20 12 00 Cursortime 2 leis i 19 47 16 749 3 lt gt Fig 1 1 PLC AN
54. ew Tools Extras Window ams Zua wEt ez e jssases emsolB m es 11 100 s ei nd 11 3505 gh 11 200 s ___ va N ON NN a Bee egen M RS Vorspannung DB 12DBW 22 Gegendruck DB 12DBW 12 Y32 BS3 230bar Y33 BS3 110bar Y34 BS3 420bar Y21 BA5 50bar Y24 BA5 250bar Y25 BA5 450bar Y53 Ventil ZV Y54 Ventil ZZ il CH e e e e e e e e 4 5860 s ee ee E 8 JE ONE Vorwartsschub VS5 20 D8 12DBW 50 a 38 e Y65 Endventil V3 Y67 Endventil V5 Y68 Endventil V7 Y13 S55 oben E OO wh E e GO e ee e H Timebase Cursortime 50 ms 18 25 28 300 y gt Fig 6 3 BLACKBOX 2 Recording of machine cycles SIMATIC S7 7 1 7 Driver addendum Siemens SIMATIC S7 This driver addendum describes the particularities of the following PLC drivers and gives you hints on using them e Siemens SIMATIC S7 MPI PPI PROFIBUS cycle precise e Siemens SIMATIC S7 Industrial Ethernet TCP IP PROFINET cycle precise The listed driver SIMATIC S7 MPI PPI PROFIBUS allows acquisition of PLC signals through PROFIBUS and all usual MPI PPI PLC circuits from Siemens The SIMATIC 57 In dustrial Ethernet driver makes a recording of data via Industrial Ethernet TCP IP or PROFINET possible In addition to normal recording a cycle precise recording is possible Chapter 7 4 Cycle precise acquisition explains special character
55. file menu to start the importing of data Choose the data file which shall be imported and click Open The window Import will appear The settings for the import can be made from here In the bottom part of the window data preview is shown Here you can see how the settings af fect themselves Set the Separating character which separates the measured values in the data file By activating Data definition in the first line the first line will be ignored when importing the data because normally the headlines of the columns are positioned here Under Data format of columns you can assign the appropriate format to each column Mark in the data preview those columns where you would like to change the format Change to the de sired format A column can include the Relative time the Absolute time a Date or a Measured value For a measured value determine the Name of the measured value as well as the Format Choose Don t import column if a column shall be ignored Click mport PLC ANALYZER pro will take over the data form from the text file and indicates it in an online window The created signal file can be changed and stored at any time 6 1 SIMATIC S7 6 BLACKBOX 2 for PLC ANALYZER pro 5 Gearbox damage on a press Faulty batch in cosmetics production A bottling system produces excessive waste Who is at fault Who is going to have to pay for the damages Long term recording of PLC signals is not only a good idea but is mandatory for
56. g on Continue Create new project Name Description Continue Cancel Fig 4 1 Definition of a new project 4 1 Address selection In the Addresses window you specify which signals you want to record First select the PLC driver under Driver for the desired addresses Then enter the desired addresses sequentially into the text field Absolute according to the syntax of the PLC driver Clicking on the Accept button or pressing lt ENTER gt causes the entered address to be included in the Addresses in set list If several addresses shall be recorded in sequence e g IBO IBI IB2 click on the Next address button Already inserted addresses can be changed with Replace With Remove the signal addresses that should not continue to be recorded will be deleted 4 2 Project options Data acquisition Addresses Online Scaling Trigger Acquisition mode Address sets Name v Default Set Symbol addresses Adresses in set Ahsolute Symbol Comment Absolute symbol Comment Driver FB 238 COMPR QB 5 QB 5 SIMATIC S FB 239 DELETE IB 0 IB 0 SIMATIC S FB 240 COD B4 IB 32 IB 32 SIMATIC S FB 241 COD 15 Fw 3 PW 3 SIMATIC S FB 242 MUL 16 IP T al SIMATIC S7 FB 243 CONTROL FB 244 RESET FB 245 SYSTEM FB 246 POSITION FB 247 STATUS FB 248 DELETE T 30 TIMER 20 31 TIMER 31 Properties v Acquire address set Insert Addresses in Default Onlineset Vv PLC Add Driver 32 TIMER 32
57. ger displayed in the online window please drag them with the mouse out of the list Addresses in online window or use the button all and Under Change address symbol you can change the symbolic designator and the comment of an absolute address Select the desired Absolute address and register the Symbol as well as the Comment of the address With Accept the changes will be stored 4 3 Trigger The PLC ANALYZER pro offers the possibility to trigger on certain events e g sporadic aris ing errors With this feature you can create signal files containing a specific event with the sig nal history leading up to and following the event You can trigger on binary and analog signals For binary signals you can trigger on either logi cal 0 or I For analog signals you can trigger on the relations greater than gt less than lt equal and not equal gt Trigger conditions can be combined with the logical operators AND and OR enabling you to specify complex trigger conditions Project options Addresses Online Scaling Trigger Acquisition mode Trigger Addresses Trigger definition Name Absol Symbol Comment Driver cen ISROB 1 1 iv Trigger 1 5 0 5 0 SIMATIC S7 CL 5 1 5 1 SIMATIC S7 52 52 SIMATIC S7 53 53 SIMATIC S7 54 54 SIMATIC S7 55 55 SIMATIC S7 5 6 5 6 SIMATIC S7 5 7 57 SIMATIC S7 5 OB 5 SIMATIC S7 00 Sam SIMATIC S7 01 SRO SIMATIC S7 02 sade SIMATIC S7
58. guration of your STEP7 project for these settings Note SS 353 For SIMATIC S7 Ethernet driver you can enter either the TCP IP address or the MAC address of the CP Pay attention to enter under slot the slot of the CPU and not the slot of the CP SIMATIC S7 7 3 Use Time stamp to specify whether the time stamps should be entered into the signal file contin ually at every scan point or only for signal changes For a continuous time stamp the exact scan points are documented even for a signal which does not change The signal files are there fore larger Under Scan interval enter the length of time between read out of data from the PLC A longer scan interval may be chosen for non critical time signals e g temperature The signal files thus created then become smaller Under Symbolism you can refer a symbol file for the loaded driver This makes it possible to use symbolic identifier for the address definition see chapter 4 1 Address selection Besides the absolute addresses the symbolic identifier and the comments will be shown and stored in a sig nal or a project file For recording of very brief signal changes activate Cycle acquisition see chapter 7 4 Cycle precise acquisition 7 3 Data acquisition 7 3 1 Supported PLC models and CPUs The drivers for the SIMATIC 57 family support the CPUs for the PLC 57 200 87 300 87 400 857 1200 M7 C7 SINUMERIK S7 SAIA xx7 VIPA S7 and also S7 PLCSIM 7 3 2 Recordable
59. he graphical representation For example you can convert signal values to physical units m kg hPa and display them correspondingly on the screen You can specify unit factor and offset of an analog value The analog signal is converted according to the fol lowing formula Display value Factor Measured value Offset Project options Addresses Online Scaling Trigger Acquisition mode Adresses Absolute Symbol Comment Driver Format Unit Factor Offset Offset Unsharpness Min QB 5 SIMATIC S Unsigned Decimal Analog auto IB 0 SIMATIC 57 Unsigned Decimal Analog auto SIMATIC 57 Unsigned Decimal Analog auto SIMATIC 57 Signed Decimal SIMATIC S7 SIMATIC Time SSTIME Analog Format Signal display Scaling Signed Decimal v Factor 0 001 8 Analog Auto scaling ku Decimal places 2 E Offset 0 Bitpattern Fix scaling Display as floating point A Low order bits ignore Unit mis D al Fig 4 10 Register scaling for online display Select the signal to be scaled and change if necessary the default values in the corresponding text boxes First change the Format of the selected address Depending on the selected address different number representations can be chosen Enter the number of Decimal places With choice of Display as floating point the numerical value of the address will be indicated as a floating point number If you are interested in seeing the bit patter
60. ically according to the entered hysteresis value When triggering on equal or unequal gt the entered hyste resis is used as the fuzzy value Trigger value Upper cut off 122 Operator Trigger vale pes m je Je Lower cut off Fig 4 7 Entering trigger value of an analog signal Data acquisition 4 9 The following table explains the function of the various trigger operators Trigger operator Description lt Triggering occurs if the trigger value is exceeded Triggering can occur again only if the signal falls below the lower cut off value gt Triggering occurs if the signal falls below the trigger value Triggering can occur again only if the signal exceeds the upper cut off value Triggering occurs if the measured value lies in the range between the lower and upper cut off values Triggering can occur again only if the signal goes outside the range lt gt Triggering occurs if the measured value leaves the range between the lower and upper cut off values Triggering can occur again only if the signal enters the range Table 4 3 Trigger operator 4 10 Data acquisition trigger trigger upper cut off hysteresis trigger value trigger trigger trigger value hysteresis lower cut off trigger trigger upper cut off hysteresis trigger value hysteresis lower cut off trigger trigger upper cut off A hysteresis
61. icenses on the License Key Dongle Product PLC ANALYZER pro 5 base module PLC Driver Siemens SIMATIC S5 PG interface PLC Driver Siemens SIMATIC S MPI PPI Profibus PLC Driver Siemens SIMATIC S Industrial Ethernet S N 10036091 AA01 available Installation 2 2 Licenses on your PC 5 1 10036091 5 1 10036091 5 1 10036091 5 1 10036091 Fig 2 1 License Key management Select those licenses from the list Licenses on this License Key Dongle you want to install on your PC Press and hold the button Ctrl if you want to select several licenses Then press the button gt to transfer the selected licenses to your PC The button All gt transfers all licenses to your PC once Warning Formatting or re installation of your hard disk causes a loss of activated license s Insure that all activated licenses are re transferred to License Key Dongle before deleting your hard disk 2 3 Installation of additional licenses upgrades After purchasing additional licenses or upgrades you will get a license file e g 123456 lic This license file contains all necessary data required to update the licenses on your USB License Key Dongle Start the license management and choose Load Dongle License file Select the license file in the file selection window and press Open After positive confirmation of the information window your licenses on the USB License Key Dongle will be updated 2 3 Installation 2
62. ion of the signal display The signal colour shift signals and title signals can be changed 5 7 1 Moving of signals Choose from the left column of the online window the identifier of the PLC address with the mouse then drag the signal with the left mouse button to the desired position It is also possible to change the height of analogue signals Drag the upper or lower gage of the signal scale with the left mouse button upward or downwards The signals can also be moved directly in the online window see chapter 5 2 Signal selection 5 7 2 Change signal color Choose from left column of the online window the identifier of the PLC address which colour you want to change Press the right mouse button and select the menu item Change signal color Choose the desired colour It is also possible to change the colour of the signals directly in the online window see chapter 5 2 Signal selection 5 7 3 Insert notes Choose the menu item Notice New in the signal file menu and click on a point in window where the signals are shown and where you want the note to be shown A text field will appear Fill in your desired text By pressing lt ENTER gt you can jump to the next line With the mouse you can click in this text field or press lt ESC gt to accept the note Already existing notes can also be moved Drag the note with the left mouse button to the de sired position The position of the arrowhead can also be moved in the manner Th
63. istics of this recording method It is important that you read through the driver addendum before using a PLC driver Please pay attention to the WARNINGS that advise you on possible dangers when using PLC ANALYZER pro WARNING Errors that may occur in the automated facility endangering humans or causing large scale material damage must be prevented by additional precautions These precautions e g independent limit monitors mechanical interlocks must guaran tee safe operation even in case of dangerous errors 7 1 Installation The PLC driver can be installed while PLC ANALYZER pro is operating Select PLC driver in the menu Extras Click Add in the PLC driver window If the desired driver is not on the list you have to install a new driver via the License key management see chapter 2 2 Installation PLC ANALYZER pro can load the same or different PLC drivers more than once E g to acquire signal data from two different SIMATIC S7 controls via Ethernet simply load PLC driver for S7 TCP IP twice and parameterize both accordingly TCP IP address etc To acquire signal data from a SIMATIC S7 and a SIMATIC 55 simultaneously just load the PLC driver SIMATIC 57 and the PLC driver SIMATIC 55 also suitable for SIMATIC C7 SAIA xx7 and VIPA 7 2 SIMATIC S7 7 1 1 Installing additional hardware If you have already connected your programming unit or your PC for programming under STEP7 or alternative programming soft
64. l now be displayed online Recording is stopped with Stop acquisition You should now stop your system process or bring the system into a safe condition Removal of the modifications 1s now done analogously in the stop state or online One of the following message windows will appear SIMATIC S7 7 9 Information i The following modifications will now be made in the PLC Delete FC 8 CE 1 DB 2 Modification OB 1 For safety resons stop the connected processimachine The PLC ANAL v ZER sets PLC into stop state for a few seconds PROCESS STOPPED NOW Fig 7 5 Message before modifications in the PLC for pre setting With PLC safety stop Information The following modifications will now be made during operation of the PLC Delete FC 8 DE 1 CB 2 Modification OB 1 Process behaviour may be affected Put the system into a safe state MAKE MODIFICATIONS IN THE FLE Woy Fig 7 6 Message before modifications in the PLC for pre setting No PLC safety stop Confirm the message after you have stopped your system or bring it into a safe condition The original state in the PLC is restored now After the end of acquisition the last signal file created is automatically opened for display The time base is chosen in such a way that the entire file fits on the screen 7 4 6 Particularities in signal display and analysis Evaluation of cycle precise acquired signal files 1s nearly identical to normal signal files If no
65. lbar Click with the signal cursor on a bit signal The corresponding bit signal will be measured au tomatically Finish the measurement via the menu item Time measurement time difference or click on the symbol in the toolbar Mark a bit measurement with the mouse to remove it and press Del Signal display and analysis 5 6 5 6 Search functions PLC ANALYZER pro supports the search for certain bit patterns signal slopes triggers specif ic points in time or notes within a signal file Activate the search function with the menu Find by clicking the right mouse button in the dis play area of the signal window keyboard Ctrl 4 or by choosing the adequate symbol in the toolbar 5 6 1 Find trigger The triggers set within a signal file are displayed as vertical dashed lines Select the menu item Find Find trigger in order to activate the Find trigger window Find trigger Trigger All trigger v search direction Search in all signalfiles in this directory 8 forward backward Fig 5 5 Find trigger Enter the name of the trigger in the Trigger text field With the option All triggers all arising triggers will be searched for Specify the search direction with forward and backward If you like to scan all signal files in the directory of the current signal file choose the menu item Search in all signal files in this directory Click on Find to start the trigger search The program now searches
66. n for a particular measured value switch under Sig nal display to Bitpattern In order to reduce the amount of recorded data for lightly fluctuating analog values choose Low order bits ignore Variation of measured values in these bits will not be considered The vertical scale of an analogue signal can be adapted automatically with Auto scaling The signal is scaled in such a way that the maximum value lies at the upper end of the scale and the minimum value at the lower end Automatic scaling is preset as default 4 14 Data acquisition If you desire fixed scaling of the displayed values you can choose the Automatic scaling Now you can manually enter the scaling limits for the display under Min and Max Entry takes place according to the format set under format Fixed scaling is useful for example if you would like to zoom small changes of a measured value in a particular value range Please note that changing the sign interpretation may cause the minimum and maximum values to be reversed 4 5 Modes of data acquisition Three different types of acquisition are available You can specify the type of data acquisition under Acquisition mode Project options Addresses Online Scaling Trigger Acquisition mode Acquisition mode signalfile size Bingbuffer Days 8 No limit Free Space on Harddisk O Trigger Maximum length C Time controlled Maximum size Description Manual acquisition The ac
67. n of the automation device or the PLC program cannot be completely ruled out NOTE In the properties window of the PLC driver see chapter 8 2 Configuring the PLC driver you can select if a conditional module end should be checked with a corre sponding notification Such a command in OBI can result in the fact that required modules for cycle precise acquisition cannot be executed During cycle precise signal acquisition a limited number of signals are acquired in a circular memory within the PLC The selected signals are stored in the circular memory during each PLC cycle Acquisition will only be done trigger controlled After triggering the acquired signals are trans ferred to the PC and are saved as a signal file The so created signal file can be displayed and evaluated at any time Online display 1s not possible 8 4 1 Address entry For cycle precise acquisition you can acquire up to 8 addresses byte or word values simulta neously This restriction 1s a result from the limited storage capacity of the PLC The fewer ad dresses you enter the more cycles can be acquired in one run 8 4 2 Trigger condition entry A trigger condition must be entered for cycle precise acquisition In contrast to the other acqui sition modes only two AND blocks are available for entering the trigger conditions For each AND block you can insert a maximum of 8 bit values or 2 analog values in the trigger combina tion one analog value corresponds
68. nal voltage and current by means of external box which will be connected to the USB Port e BLACKBOX optional Ultra compact Mini PC for installation in switching cabinet long term recording of measured values over several years e Available PLC Driver Siemens SIMATIC 87 C7 M7 SAIA xx7 VIPA SIMATIC S5 siemens LOGO SINUMERIK SIMOTION BOSCH CoDeSys PILZ Phoenix Jetter Allen Bradley GE Fanuc HITACHI OMRON Mitsubishi Schneider AUTEM AD_USB Box Beckhoff TwinCat a o Varying terminology and restrictions possible according to PLC model An exception is cycle precise acquisition 1 4 Introduction 1 4 Typical operation A typical control expiration of the PLC ANALYZER pro looks as follows e Connect PC with the PLC programming unit interface e Select signals to record e Select signals to be displayed on the screen e Set trigger combinations to freeze the data being recorded e Start data recording e End data recording e Evaluate and analyze recorded signals in a graphical display e Use recorded signals to calculate the time intervals 1 5 Help You have access to a convenient online help for PLC ANALYZER pro To activate help just select the menu item Help topics in the help menu A help window appears with important in formation and comments on program operation If you need detailed help on a specific window simply press the F1 key when the window is active Direct help on individual dialog eleme
69. ng the start or other errors appear during the start remove the following key in the registry Start Run insert regedit OK HKEY CURRENT USERWSoftwarevAUTEMWLC ANALYZER pro 5 DRIVER Start the PLC ANALYZER pro again No drivers can be loaded gt Make sure that you have installed a PLC driver gt In the registry Start Run insert regedit OK the key DriverPath is defined under HKEY CURRENT USERNSSOFTWARENAUTEMWPLC ANALYZER pro 5 Settings Check if the PLC driver of PLC ANALYZER pro is present in this path If not change the path or copy the driver into the directory 9 2 Appendix A FAQ Connection establishment to PLC and data recording SIMATIC S7 Error occurs connecting by MPI PROFIBUS GG STEP7 min Version 3 0 has to be installed gt f you are not able to make a connection to you PC by STEP7 check the hardware connection between PLC and PC GO Check if the right settings for the connection under PG PC set interface STEP7 have been made Do not use the AUTO connection here but use the direct connection e g CP5611 MPD and not CP5611 AUTO gt Did you make the right settings for the PLC address in the PLC ANALYZER pro under Extras PLC Driver Properties MPI Profibus or TCP IP address gt Did you make the right settings for the slot of the CPU under Extras PLC Driver Properties gt Activate Gateway only if there indeed a cross over occurs e g from PROFIBUS to Ethernet SIMA
70. ns a PLC cycle is 10 screen pixel wide Appendix A FAQ 9 1 9 Appendix A Frequently asked questions FAQ Installation and License key management During the installation following error message appears File xxx cannot be opened GG The Installation CD is defect You can start the License key management but there are no licenses visible following message appears Licenses not found GO Check if there are data files in the installation directory Data 000 Data 001 If there are no data files install the PLC ANALYZER pro on another PC but do not activate and copy the data files to the first PC afterwards PLC ANALYZER pro cannot be deinstalled gt Pay attention that during the deinstallation the license medium is connected to the PC gt There is a posibility of forced deinstallation NOTE All activated licenses get lost Start License Key Management Press button Strg lt Alt gt D simultaneously By confirmation of the information window all licenses will be deleted irrecoverably Following it is possible to deinstall PLC ANALYZER pro under control panel software program Dongle malfunctioning gt Download the WIBU KEY Runtime Kit Win 32 under www wibu de download user php and install it Start PLC ANALYZER PLC ANALYZER pro cannot be started gt Did you activate the license of the ANALYZER An errors appears while starting PLC ANALYZER pro gt If the PLC ANALYZER crashes duri
71. ntax SIMATIC S7 Please have a look at the appropriate driver addendum for the address syntax of other PLC sys tems 4 1 1 Use of PLC symbol files With PLC ANALYZER pro you can use the PLC symbol files produced by the programming software For this purpose load from PLC driver setting the desired symbol file You will find the exact procedure in the corresponding driver addendum under Configuration of PLC Driver If a symbol file is loaded all symbolic identifiers and comments of the symbol file will be in dexed in the Symbol address list Now you can also insert symbolic addresses in the text field Symbol or address comments in the text field Comment Alternatively you choose a symbol ad dress while making a double click on it or drag the symbol address with the mouse from the list Symbol addresses to the list Addresses in set NOTE 35 Some programmable controllers e g SIMATIC 57 only allow byte wise data acquisition In such a case PLC ANALYZER pro converts a given bit address automatically into a byte address All bits are available for display 4 1 2 Pseudo signals With PLC ANALYZER you have the possibility to generate pseudo signals from chosen ad dresses Pseudo signals are artificial signals which calculate themselves by means of any math ematical formula by existing signals According to the formula P U x I performance voltage x current for example the perfor mance of a machine can permanently be calculated and
72. nts can be obtained by positioning the mouse over the element and clicking the right mouse key 1 6 Technical Support If you have problems while using PLC ANALYZER first try the online help or have a look at the specific pages of this manual There is a FAQ list at our Web site http www autem de containing answers to frequently asked questions Please contact our technical department for support if you cannot solve the problem r r WIARE L ARE A ARE T ARE A ARE L BREE ARE I ARE L ARE FORE L ARE A ARE L ARE I ARE L ARE L ARE A ARE L ARE A ARE I ARE I ARE L ARE L ARE A ARE L BRE A ARE L BREE AREL BREE Technical support AUTEM Tel 49 0 4921 9610 0 Fax 49 0 4921 9610 96 Email support autem de AP ABE Z ARE E ARP E BRE I ARE ARE IZ ARP PARV I ABIT ARE ARP I ARP E ARE E ARE I ARP E ARP HABET ARE E ARE I ARP HABET ABE I ARE I ARP ARP ABIT ARP 2 ARP AREL AE Introduction 1 5 In case you need assistance from our technical department the following information needs to be at hand e Exact error description e Version and serial number of PLC ANALYZER pro e Model and exact type description of the PC or programming unit release number e Amount of memory RAM and free space on the hard disk e Exact version of operating system e g Windows XP ServicePack2 e PLC model and CPU type e g SIMATIC 57 300 CPU 314 and release number NOTE 353 Don t forget to register the software with the enclosed recording form As a regis
73. on Specify the search direction with forward and backward Click on Find to start the trigger search forward CO backward The program now searches for the next bit pattern in the S h in all signaliles in this direct SA j Geen given search direction and positions the signal cursor on it Fig 5 7 Find bit pattern 5 6 4 Find analog value To find a specific analog value in a signal file use the analog Gerbe SE value search Select the menu an Runtime T 20 item Search analog value 7 Search direction Search Value Search in all signalfiles in this directory 8 forward backward Fig 5 8 Searching for an analog value First select under Address the signal to be examined and then enter the Operand and the Value you wish to find If you like to scan all signal files in the directory of the current signal file choose the menu item Search in all signal files in this directory Specify the search direction with forward or backward Start the search with Search The program now searches for the next analog value in the given search direction and positions the cursor on it Signal display and analysis 5 8 5 6 5 Find edge Find edge In order to search for a particular signal edge select Addresses the menu item Find Find edge E sea All bit addresses displayed in the active signal window are listed under Addresses Now enter the desired edge form in the text fields
74. ontinu ously Two different displays can be selected 1 Relative Time display relative to the beginning of the signal file 2 Absolute System time computer time from the moment of incoming data You can change the time display under menu item Relative time display in menu View or via the symbol E in the toolbar The general format for time display is hh mm ss xxx hh hour mm minute ss second xxx millisecond 5 5 2 Setting the time base The time base shows the time per screen pixel The setting has to be made under Time base Activate the left spin field with the mouse in order to modify the time base Alternatively you can enter the new time base directly into the text field Confirm your entry with lt ENTER gt The time base unit is automatically adapted to the number value entered When the number val ue moves outside certain limits the unit is automatically changed to the next lower or higher unit If the signal file is long enough you can also manually change the unit by using the right spin field In cycle precise signal files the time base ZP cycle per pixel resp mZP milicycle per pix el is used too Refer to 7 4 6 Particularities in signal display and analysis for detailed infor mation 5 5 3 Time measurement For making a time measurement of signals via PLC ANALYZER pro it is possible to accom plish a time difference measurement and a bit measurement 5 5 Signal display and analysis EI
75. ord or double word values can be acquired simultaneously in the cycle precise acquisition mode This restriction is the result of the restricted memory capacity of the PLC and the transmission speed of the PROFIBUS Ethernet or MPI Interface An acquisi tion without gaps is not guaranteed for if too many addresses are recorded The number of ad dresses which will be recorded continuously depends on the following e Cycle time of the PLC program e Setting of the time stamp option see chapter 7 4 3 Configuration of PLC driver for cycle precise acquisition e Transmission speed of the PROFIBUS or MPI Interface e Frequency of the signal change e Recording with without time stamp For a cycle time of 10 ms with a S7 300 CPU315 2 DP you can acquire approx 40 bytes without gaps if the bytes change each cycle If the bytes change only each 10th cycle you can continuously acquire approx 200 bytes without gaps 7 4 5 Start acquisition Select the option Cycle precise acquisition 1n the Properties windows of the PLC driver WARNING It is absolutely necessary that the system 1s 1n a safe state before making any modi fications With the setting With PLC safety stop PLC ANALYZER pro switches control of module transfer or modification into a STOP state The operation after the end of the recording will be analog Now select in the menu Project the menu item Start acquisition The modules are transferred either during operation or
76. quested to specify the Start time and Stop time for the recording The selected PLC signals are recorded between these points in time Recording stops when the stop time 1s reached Table 4 4 Modes of data acquisition 4 5 1 Cycle precise acquisition In addition to the acquisition modes already explained some PLC drivers e g SIMATIC S7 and S5 allow cycle precise data acquisition Selected signals within the PLC are pre acquired cycle precise More detailed information can be found in the corresponding driver addendum 4 6 Starting data acquisition Make sure that the data acquisition attributes have been set correctly Exit the Project options window only by clicking on the OK button The online windows you have defined appear on the screen Save your project with Save project in the File menu so it can be used again later If you want to modify your project again select the menu item Project options in the Project menu or confirm Start acquisition with Start acquisition in the Project menu or by the symbol in the icon toolbar PLC ANALYZER pro tests the communication with the automation device first in order to test the connection and to determine any particularities of the connected PLC driver or its CPU 4 16 Data acquisition NOTE 35 If the communication test fails you are notified with the message Error during connection attempt In this case check the settings of the PLC driver under Extras PLC driver and hardwar
77. quisition is started manually and terminated manually All signals are stored fig I The signals are stored in a signal file only limited by the disk size or in several signal files with adjustable size Manual acquisition with ringbuffer ignals are saved in signal files with adjustable firm size Signal files which are older than the adjusted ringbuffer size are deleted fig II Fig 4 11 Setting the acquisition mode Data acquisition 4 15 The signal data acquired by the PLC are saved in a signal file according to the acquisition mode The following table shows the differences Acquisition mode Description Manual The selected PLC signals are recorded from manual start to end with out breaks Under Signalfile size you can limit the size of the signal file If the limit 1s reached the current signal file is saved and a new signal file will automatically be created With the control field Ringbuffer you can activate the ring memory function The signals are saved in signal files under Signal file size with adjustable fixed size When the ring memory is full the oldest signal file will be deleted Trigger The standby of recording will be started and ended manually Accord ing to the trigger conditions set see also chapter 4 3 Trigger the measuring data will be saved around one trigger or between a start trigger and a stop trigger in a signal file if a trigger occurs Time controlled When acquisition starts you are re
78. rd height of binary signals 15 Pixel m GE standard height of analog signals 100Pixel black oignal line width signal file Open signal file with saved time base Open signal file with saved cursor position Print Iv Adjust signal height Fig 3 4 Setting signal options Select under Address display the display for the address indication Here you have the choice to select besides the absolute display also symbolic or comment In order to do so it is necessary that a symbol file has been loaded see also Driver Addendum The desired font and font size can also be set Under Standard Signal Colour the signal display can be set By choosing the option colored each address type input output flag etc will be displayed in a different colour By choosing the option black all signals to be displayed are shown in black The signal colour can be changed at any time The Standard height of binary signals the Standard height of analogue signals as well as the Signal line width can also be set With Signal file you can choose if the last stored cursor position and time base shall be set au tomatically By selecting the control field Adjust signal height the height of the PLC signals will be chosen automatically so that all signals can be printed on one page Configuration 3 4 3 2 2 Directories Now the standard directory path for project files and signal files have to be set The PLC ANALYZER pro works
79. some industrial processes Besides tracing sporadic errors the archived measurement data can clarify other es sential questions as well Therefore AUTEM offers the new BLACKBOX 2 a perfect and complete recording system for PLC signals This Mini PC archives all decisive PLC variables of your machinery for several years Fig 6 1 BLACKBOX 2 6 1 Autarkic PLC data acquisition and remote control The BLACKBOX from AUTEM provides an ultra compact data acquisition computer for the long term recording of PLC signals and external electrical values PLC process data archiving and also remote maintenance using the PLC ANALYZER pro 5 Due to its small dimensions the system can be integrated in a switching cabinet without any problem The BLACKBOX can continuously record and archive processing data several hundred sig nals over a longer period of time typically in excess of 3 years The BLACKBOX automatically begins recording signals after being switched on and then op erates autarkical This kind of continuous recording is relevant for system and machine manufacturers and users because the data obtained is applicable for localizing faults as well as documenting operating behavior of a machine Maintenance construction and quality assurance get valuable information concerning the sys tem SIMATIC S7 6 2 The recorded data also serves as incorruptible evidence in searching for the cause and the elimi nation of faults and the clarifica
80. t high phase Shows the shortest period of time during which the signal in the select ed range was HIGH TRUE logical 1 Longest low phase Shows the longest time during which the signal in the selected range was LOW FALSE logical 0 Shortest low phase Shows the shortest time during which the signal in the selected range was LOW FALSE logical 0 Table 5 2 Statistical evaluation of a bit address Under Cycle time cycle times of single bit signals will be shown First adjust the type of cycle Choose either Signal at High from rising edge to next rising edge or Signal at Low from trail ing edge to next trailing edge The longest high phase the shortest high phase the longest low phase and the longest low phase will be displayed For register values byte word or double word the following information 1s displayed Field Explanation Maximum value Maximum value of the signal in the selected range Minimum value Minimum value of the signal in the selected range Average Average value of the signal in the selected range Table 5 3 Statistical evaluation of a register address Registers Maximal value Minimal value HN Average 65 905 42 498 s 15 2 Fig 5 14 Signal statistics register values When selecting a register value you can also calculate how often a particular signal value has occurred Enter an operand and a signal value Click on Calculate and the result will be dis played Signal display and anal
81. t injury or damage cannot happen by affecting control operation PLC ANALYZER pro searches in the PLC for a free module number and creates a function module and a data module for data recording In addition a call to the new function module is appended to the end of OBI SIMATIC S5 8 8 The controller is now in RUN condition or is switched to RUN condition Cycle precise acquisi tion will start The following display will appear m AUTEM PLC ANALYZER pro 5 PROJECT35 PRJ Default Onlineset File Project Signalfle Find view Tools Extras Window du Trigger Mem full Transfer T1 active T2 active EC Trigger 21 Permanent acquisition active 00 01 26 Fig 8 4 Cycle precise acquisition status The displayed signals serve as a status display for cycle precise recording Their meaning is shown in the following table Signal Meaning Trigger Signals if the trigger condition is fulfilled Mem full Transfer T1 active T2 active Shows that the circular memory is full The circular memory is transferred from the PLC to the PC and a signal file is created The trigger combination from AND block is activated The trigger combination from AND block 2 is activated Table 8 3 Status display cycle precise recording S5 Recording is stopped with Stop acquisition You should now stop your system process or put the system into a safe condition Removal of the modifications 1s now done analogousl
82. the PLC driver After installing the driver you can change important parameters under Properties If you have loaded several drivers you can set the properties for each driver individually Properties Mame SIMATIC S45 Connection Time perormance Port Time stamp C only when signal changes continuously Cycle acquisition Scan interval minimal v symbolism c Adataxprajectsimk gezll zeg Fig 8 1 Driver settings SIMATIC S5 Choose a Name for the driver first than specify under Connection the COM Port serial inter face of the PC which is connected by a cable to the PLC For recording of very brief signal changes activate Cycle acquisition see chapter 7 4 Cycle precise acquisition This setting has priority over the choice of the acquisition mode s chapter 4 5 You can also specify if for safety reasons the automation device should be stopped before and after the transfer of the acquisition modules Additionally you can specify if a conditional module end shall be checked Use Time stamp to specify if the time stamps should be entered into the signal file continually at every scan point or only for signal changes For a continuous time stamp the exact scan points are documented even for a signal which does not change The signal files are therefore larger Under Scan interval enter the length of time between read out of data from the PLC A longer scan interval may be chosen for non cri
83. tical time signals e g temperature The signal files thus created become smaller Under Symbolism you can refer a symbol file for the loaded driver This makes the use of a symbolic identifier for the address definition possible see chapter 4 1 Address selection Be sides the absolute addresses the symbolic identifier and the comments will be shown and stored in a signal or project file 8 3 SIMATIC S5 8 3 Data acquisition 8 3 1 Supported PLC models and CPUs The following models of the SIMATIC S5 family are supported by the AS511 driver PLC CPU Particularities 90U No acquisition of PW No cycle precise acquisition 95U No acquisition of PW 95F No cycle precise acquisition no acquisition of PW 100U 100 102 103 Cycle precise acquisition only with CPU 103 101U No cycle precise acquisition 115U 941 942 943 944 945 115F 942 No cycle precise acquisition 135U 921 922 928 928B 150U No cycle precise acquisition 155U 946 947 948 Table 8 1 Overview of the supported SIMATIC S5 models Other automation devices and CPUs from the S5 family are generally compatible with PLC ANALYZER pro but have not been explicitly tested SIMATIC S5 8 4 8 3 2 Recordable PLC addresses The following table shows the recordable addresses and the corresponding address syntax Syntax Address type Example Qx z Output byte x bit z Q32 4 QBx Output byte x QB9 QWx Output word x QWIA QDx Output double word x QD98 Ix z Input byte x bit z I17 0
84. time stamp is generated during signal recording see 7 2 Configuring the PLC driver no exact time is assigned to the data In this case the time will be specified in cycles The time base 1s MZP milli cycle per pixel resp ZP cycle per pixel Example A time base of 100 mZP means a PLC cycle is 10 screen pixel wide If more addresses are recorded than can be read from the PLC continuously an overflow of ring buffer will occur Some data will be lost These gaps in the acquisition are displayed as grey lines 8 1 SIMATIC S5 8 Driver addendum Siemens SIMATIC S5 This driver addendum describes the particularities of the following PLC drivers and gives you hints on the usage e Siemens SIMATIC 55 PG Interface cycle precise The listed driver makes the acquisition of PLC signals through the programming interface of the PLC possible In addition to normal operation the cycle precise data acquisition 1s also possible Chapter 8 4 Cycle precise acquisition describes the particularities of this recording mode It is important that you read through the driver addendum first before you use a PLC driver Please pay attention to the WARNINGS that advise you on possible dangers when using PLC ANALYZER pro WARNING Errors that may occur in the automated facility endangering humans or causing large scale material damage must be prevented by additional external precautions These precautions e g independent limit monitors m
85. tion of warranty claims The BLACKBOX can also be used as a condition monitoring system CMS It is connected to the PLC by means supported by the PLC ANALYZER pro 5 i e via connec tion to the PU interface or automation network MPI PROFIBUS Industrial Ethernet TCP IP PROFINET Modbus Am KA OO ONNNNNNSNSNSNNNS eege 1 EE COM1 COM4 gum amp 2 9 9 ee 444 m Fig 6 2 BLACKBOX 2 compact solid varied interfaces The BLACKBOX can be directly equipped with a PCI card This also ensures a high perfor mance bus connection e g using CP5611 for MPI PROFIBUS with SIMATIC 57 or PCI 85 for Modbus with Schneider A simultaneous data acquisition from several also different PLCs is possible The optionally available AD_USB Box even enables the additional simultaneous acquisition of external electrical measured values The power supply for the BLACKBOX is 12 30 V DC An external AC mains power supply 100 240 V AC 1s also provided in the scope of delivery If necessary a keyboard mouse and display can be connected to the BLACKBOX A particular ly sophisticated feature is remote operation from any PC via a LAN connection The remote software and an appropriate 3 m LAN patch cable crossover adapter for direct connection are contained in the materials supplied with the BLACKBOX It is also preconfigured for remote control via a modem or Internet VPN The BLACKBOX can be installed in th
86. to compare two signal files By doing so it is for instance easy to find out creeping wear and tear of machines Open the signal files which you like to compare one after another Now choose Compare 1n the signal file menu The signals of both signal files will be shown superimposed in one online win dow P AUTEM PLC ANALYZER pro 5 Default Onlineset SYSTEM 2 17 02 2005 SPS File Project Signalfle Find View Tools Extras Window au zm id glg ud Wi 2 e a 11 58 15 11 59 28 11 59 41 11 59 54 12 00 07 12 00 20 Timebase Active Signalfile Cursortime 130 ms O SYSTEM 2 17 042005 8PS 11 59 38 579 remm x SYSTEM 2 17 02 2005 SPS lt Fig 5 12 Signal file comparison The signals of the non active signal file are displayed in grey The signals of the active signal file appear in the previously set color Under Active signal file the active signal file can be changed if needed All signal file functions e g cursor time time difference search functions refer to the active signal file With Offset you can shift the signals of the active signal file horizontally This enables you to specify a common reference point Signal display and analysis 5 12 5 9 Signal statistics With PLC ANALYZER pro you can create a statistical overview of the signals over a period of time Select the menu item Signal statistics in the signal file menu in order to obtain various Statistics on a given signal Signal statistics
87. trigger value hysteresis lower cut off Y Fig 4 8 Principles of analogue triggering lt gt lt gt Data acquisition 4 11 Confirm your selection with OK Now the address appears with your trigger value in the trigger list With a double click on the address you can also change the trigger condition later With Del the selected address will be removed from the trigger list 4 3 4 Trigger action With Action in the window Trigger you can open the action window of the selected trigger Here all actions can be set which should be carried out during the trigger action Trigger action If trigger occured then Trigger aktivate deaktivate Address set aktivate deaktivate aktivate deaktivate aktivate deaktivate Trigger 1 Trigger 1 Default Set iw Default Set Number To E Mail Addresses Comment D16012345678 abcintest com Customer d il Technici ef mail com EG Text max 160 Characters Problems in System 3 Subject PLC ANALYZER pra Trigger 1 Text Acoustic signaling Problems in System 3 Play WaAY file C data alarm wavy a Say text Jatt signal fle to E Mail MEM Cancel Fig 4 9 Setting trigger properties 4 3 4 1 Activate and deactivate address sets and trigger cascading A fired trigger can activate or deactivate trigger addresses as well as triggers The list Address set activate deactivate displays the address sets that were defined before in the A
88. ware with the automation device through a PROFIBUS Ethernet an MPI or a PPI interface normally nothing else must be done All conventional programming interfaces are supported 7 1 2 Installing additional software To use the S7 driver STEP 7 at least version 3 0 must be installed on your computer You also have to install SIMATIC NET if you want to establish a connection via Industrial Ethernet TCP IP PROFINET 7 2 Configuring the PLC driver After installing the driver important parameters can be set under Properties If you have loaded more than one driver you can set the properties for each driver individually Properties Name Siemens SIMATIC 57 Destination Station Time performance Station address 2 Time stamp only when signal changes SlotnumberofCPU Ip 8 continuously Gateway Station address of Gateway Scan interval 140 80 0 1 minimal 57 subnet ID of destination network 002D 0004 Cycle acquisition Symbolism Project path Symbolset C Siemens Step S proj S _Pro Symbols Fig 7 1 Settings PLC driver SIMATIC S7 Choose a Name for the driver first Set the Station address and the slot number of the desired CPU Depending on the PLC driver the Station address can be an MPI PPI PROFIBUS or an ethernet address If the CPU is only reachable via a gateway acivate Gateway Enter Station address of Gateway and S7 subnet ID of destination network Refer to the hardware confi
89. ws the signal values at the current cursor position The time base for the display is always chosen so that the contents of the entire file fit in the signal window For a detailed analysis it is useful to set an appropriate time base s chapter 5 5 2 Setting the time base 5 2 Signal selection When a signal file is opened the PLC signals are displayed according to the online selection in the signal file If you wish to change the signal selection then click on the menu item Selection in menu Signal file Alternatively you can click the right mouse button in the display area of the signal window and choose the Selection menu item in the context menu Signal file Now make the adequate settings see chapter 5 2 Signal selection and press the button OK Now the signal process is displayed in the signal window 5 3 Signal display and analysis 5 3 Signal scaling of register values While opening a signal file the PLC signals will be displayed as set by the stored online selec tion If you like to change the signal selection choose under Signal file the menu item Signal selection You also can use the right mouse button in the current signal display and select Signal selection Now make the adequate settings see chapter 4 4 Scaling of register values and press the but ton OK The signal course will now be displayed in the signal window 5 4 Signal cursor The vertical green line blinking is the signal cursor All values displayed in
90. y in the stop state or online One of the following message windows appears 8 9 SIMATIC S5 Information AJ The following modifications will now be made in the PLC Delete FE 4 DE 7 Modification OB 1 For safety resons stop the connected processimachine The PLC ANAL YZER sets PLC into stop state for a few seconds PROCESS STOPPED NOVY Fig 8 5 Message before modifications in the PLC for pre setting With PLC safety stop Information The following modifications will now be made during operation of the PLC Delete FE 4 DB 7 Modification OB 1 Process behaviour may be affected Put the system into a safe statel Fig 8 6 Message before modifications in the PLC for pre setting No PLC safety stop Confirm the message after you have stopped your system or put it into a safe state The original state in the PLC 1s restored now After the end of acquisition the last signal file created is automatically opened for display The time base is chosen in such a way that the entire file fits onto the screen 8 4 4 Particularities of signal display and analysis Evaluation of cycle precise acquired signal files 1s nearly identical to normal signal files How ever no time stamp is generated during signal recording so no exact time is assigned to the da ta Therefore the time will be specified in cycles The time base is mZP milli cycle per pixel resp ZP cycle per pixel Example A time base of 100 mZP mea
91. ysis 5 14 5 10 Project info With PLC ANALYZER pro it 1s also possible for the documentation of a project to create a general view of all project settings Select the menu item Project info in the project menu All project data will be shown by Project info If you select Save all project settings will be stored in a text file Use Print to print all pro Ject data 5 11 Saving a signal file To save changes in a signal file select in the menu File the menu item Save signal file or Save signal file as 5 11 1 Saving an extract PLC ANALYZER pro enables you to also save extracts of a signal file Simply select the de sired area with the help of the time difference measurement see chapter 5 7 5 Mark area and select the option Area Save under the menu Signalfile Specify a name for the extract and click Save 5 12 Printing a signal file You can either print the entire signal files or extracts of the signal files Via the menu item Print in the File menu the printer selection window will be opened Print Printer Status Ready Type HP LaserJet 1200 Series PCL Where LPTfT Comment Frint range Copies O AI Number of copies O Pages Rom 1 oi S BE Gei Current page Fig 5 15 Printer selection window 5 15 Signal display and analysis Select under Printer the desired printer Enter the desired range to be printed from the signal file Click on the option Current page if you would like to print the

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