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1. 67 8 2 Password Change 68 8 3 Management of Users Groups and Permissions RE PR DR LE RD EP ED EEE D LRU LES COLE Permission list Grouplist we USeFist isa manner A enr e List of logged in users 71 Dialogue Descriptions 71 Web access permissions 74 9 Trend Server Management 77 9 1 Built in tasks of the trend server 77 10 Alarm Server Manage ment 79 10 1 Built in tasks of the alarm server 79 11 Toolbar Options 81 11 1 Automatic Login RE PR rere ee I TE er 81 112 Applications seniem ie ON Re See ts 81 11 3 Access Permissions cccesccscesceeeeeceeceteeeeeesenees 82 114 Other Settings 11 5 Data Server 11 6 Trend Server 11 7 Alarm Servers cscs ead ieee 11 8 Toolbar Identity 84 6 ProCop 3 5 11 9 Web Access Privileges 11 10 Web WebVieW nn 11 11 Web WebTrends ed 11 12 Web WebAlarms Index 87 2015 ALFA Mikrosyst my s r o 1 1 1 Introduction Introduction This manual describes the operation of monitoring parts for the visualisation system ProCop 3 5 which allows staff to monitor and operate the technological process using technological schemes displays 21 notify of alarm states and situations 511 trend values of quantities 39 in time
2. 8 1 3 Installation of the ProCop System 9 Installation type Lowering ProCop user privileges 1 4 Uninstalling the ProCop System 2 ProCop Toolbar 2 1 Description of Toolbar Functions 2 2 Advanced Menu 2 3 Changing the Toolbar Appearance 17 2 4 Connecting to a Data Server eee El 2 5 Working on a Project 17 2 6 Project Archiving 18 2 7 Stopping Work with the Program 19 2 8 Designer Mode 19 3 Display Browser 21 3 1 Description of the Display Browser Window nn een ATANA 21 Buttons for browsing displays 21 list of displays ssi jcc iets tee eeu een doen 22 History of displays visited 22 Interconnecting groups of displays 22 Dialogue technological display 23 3 2 Technological Schemes 23 Statements of values text colours sensors 24 Aggregates pumps valves 26 Ventilation systems 27 Operating technology 28 Information about variables displaying trends 29 3 3 Dialogues of Operator Controls 3
3. Module Control control of communication with external technical means by managing input output modules ProCop Options permissions for adjusting settings in the ProCop system Trend View permissions for viewing graphic and textual historical trends including archives e Trend Management access permissions for management of trend server archiving backup saving and exp orting trends ProCop Exit right to exit the ProCop Toolbar client application e Debug Scripts right to debug Bara scripts e Trace System right to monitor progress and debugging printouts of the ProCop system 8 3 1 2 Adding removing privileges Adding new permissions can be done upon selection of the folder Permissions with the key Removing permissions can be done upon selection of the appropriate permission with the key Note In the current version of the system it is not possible to use and assign user defined permissions in any way for parts of the system or technology All permissions concern the embedded access areas 6g 8 3 1 3 Change permision name amp description assigning permisions to user groups Changing the name and description of permissions just as with adding or removing permissions to a group of users is possible in the dialogue displayed upon pressing the Enter key or upon right clicking the mouse in the tree list In the dialogue displayed you can switch between the following using the tabs at the top editing of the na
4. gt Insert Delete A Edit Cu a avr 2 Cancer 2 Help For illustrative purposes go gradually down the individual rows of the example from top to bottom as is implemented by the Access Server for browser access The first row forbids us access if we access from the computer with the IP address 192 168 1 12 The second row is skipped it has no effect whatsoever acting as temporarily deactivated 2015 ALFA Mikrosyst my s r o ProCop 3 5 8 3 6 8 3 6 1 without needing to delete it The third row permits access from the computer with the IP address 207 46 197 101 The fourth row is interesting which forbids access from a computer with any IP address which is named Secretary in the DNS system We use this option only for dynamic allocation of IP addresses The last row finally permits us access from all computers on the network 192 168 1 0 with subnet mask 255 255 255 0 Access from a computer which does not match any record is automatically forbidden Copying configuration of access between permissions For easier configuration of access from computers there are Copy and Paste buttons in the dialogue Restricting access by computer The Copy button saves the full list of accesses on the clipboard The Paste button deletes the current list and enters the list from the clipboard In this way you can transfer configurations between permissions via the clipboard If it is useful
5. input The fault is probably meaningless imprecise or neutral correction x Note The displayed values are from the time displayed in the top right hand corner of the technological display 2 as Last refresh Sensors Sensors are positioned schematically in places where they are in reality The symbols represent the measured quantity Analogue sensors temperature pressure humidity etc are round and grey with the quantity symbol If the sensor is faulty or the limit is exceeded they can change the colour to red If several limits and whether they are exceeded are being monitored text max min is added which is displayed by the sensor Analogue thermometer faulty outside of limit Thermostat with excessive temperature 29509 Binary two state sensors thermostats manostats level sensors etc are symbolised with a square cube A change in colour of the sensor colour indicates Gray idle state Red fault e Green Blue active state flooding for level sensors 2015 ALFA Mikrosyst my s r o z ProCop 3 5 Tip Some machines require confirmation of sensor faults Even if the fault is removed the sensor is still in fault mode After scrolling the mouse to the sensor the cursor changes to the hand symbol and after pressing the button a menu appears for confirming the fault It may also be necessary to confirm the associated fault fault areal 23 in the top right hand part of the display
6. 3 2 2 Aggregates pumps valves For displaying aggregates such as pumps and valves they are usually displayed in the scheme with an appropriately styled technological marking The following description is general used usually but can be depending on the given technology and specific project completely different Similarly compressors boilers and other components are disp lay ed like pumps and valves Valves Valves can be varied analogue servo valves binary solenoids two way three way four or multi way with indication of the position manual etc In general we can say that a machine operated valve is e Black closed idle e Green open partially open active e Red faulty Example of three way valves closed open faulty Valves with analogue measuring of the position have the percentage displayed in text 24 of the opening They can also be manually set then the hand symbol appears close by In the chapter Operating technology 28 the general operating technology will be described in more detail Pumps For pumps as with compressors fans and ventilators rotation is also used to indicate operation If a pump is idle a triangular arrow shows the direction of flow In general we can say that the pump background is e Light grey if it is idle Green the automatic machine has set command for the operation of the pump or is in operation Red faulty e g the automatic machine has set a r
7. In the list of logged in users there is a list of users who currently have made a connection with the access permissions server Apart from the user name it is also possible to find out the computer name or computer IP address and the name of the application which made the connection with the access permissions server 8 3 5 Dialogue Descriptions This chapter contains descriptions of individual dialogue windows for user permission management In general it can be said that control corresponds to standard Windows usage controls Common meanings of buttons e Clicking the OK button saves changes and closes the dialogue e Clicking the Apply button saves changes without closing the dialogue e Clicking the Cancel button leaves the dialogue without saving the implemented changes 8 3 5 1 Dialogue for forced password change If you have the right to administer the list of access permissions you can change the access password of any user even without knowledge of their current password The procedure is as follows In the row User select your user login name e In the New password row write your new user password In the row Verify password write the new password again for verification e To change the password click the button OK To exit a dialogue without changing the password press the Cancel button at any time 8 3 5 2 Dialogue for connecting to the access privileges server Management of the monitoring system permissions
8. logs out the user currently logged in Change password opens a dialogue window for changing the password of any user Special Options opens the settings of all the installed parts of the ProCop monitoring system requiring ProCop Options rights View shows the ProCop Toolbar selection view Buttons shows the list of buttons on the ProCop Toolbar and allows them to be displayed or hidden Full screen shows the current browser in full screen to return to the original view press Tile verticaly organises windows only in expert or Designer modes Help Allows you to display and search the help The final option is information about the manufacturer and program version Connect network printers If you use printers directly connected to a local computer you must secure access of ProCop users for printing on the necessary printers After installation users are authorised to print on local printers as long as they do not have lower permissions then access to printers in printer security must be permitted to ProCop users If it is necessary to print on a network printer it is necessary to search for these network printers using the option Connect network printers and by entering the appropriate network permissions allow the ProCop users on these printers If the printer is not displayed in the list the full printer name must be filled in via the input window usually in the format server printer Printer setup By selecting Prin
9. Example of two level tree of displays Celek Forward Print Celek Kotelna Spot eba OPS VSOPS kotelna VZT gt Infek n pavil n Tabulka Spot eby Plicn pavil n Tabulka Spot eba CVS t Monoblok U1 Tabulka Spot eba Traumatologie a PS2 Monoblok U2 re a wae ls reran Note A multi level tree architecture is usually only used for large control centres with many substations which links the levels geographically or using other organisational structures 3 1 3 History of displays visited When browsing displays the displays shown are saved to the history of displays visited Using the button Bac k you can return to the previous display in the display history at any time The button Forwa rd allows us to go through this history forward to the latest visited displays The whole history of visited displays in the given direction can be viewed by pressing the cursor for the appropriate button clicking the appropriate display from the history shows the given display Tip History is useful particularly in order to go back to a display quickly from which you switched using a button or a field e g map in a technological display 3 1 4 Interconnecting groups of displays Displays are organised in a tree list Each group of displays has a defined level of integration The level of integration of the group of displays is determined in the design
10. Setting colour and width of line for plotting individual trends assigning to a primary or secondary value axis More Switching on off the bubble help in the key Other selections in this menu are related to the graphic display Print Setting the title headers and footers when printing graphic and text trends Trends key The trends key contains a list of all the currently displayed trends In the key it is possible to display these parameters Trend name Item containing descriptive name of trend Example line Example line which is plotted by the trend The arrow at the end signifies to which value axis the trend relates By double clicking you can associate the trend from the secondary axis and back Trend period Current period of samp ling the given trend Maximum trend Maximum value of trend from currently displayed interval Minimum trend Minimum value of trend from currently displayed interval Measured values Trend value in points where time measuring cursors are positioned 2015 ALFA Mikrosyst my s r o Trend Browser 4 9 Tip list of items for trends can be switched on or off by selecting Properties More tab Left panel of the key in text trends In the left part of the key in the text trends additional information about filtration of displayed samples is shown with period of filtered samples and maximum time tolerance of samples from required periods during their absence Also info
11. Time amp state ol Turquoise setpoint f comunication Yellow measured Flew Servo valve percentage Green open f Pressure sensor The area of common control Plate heat Yellow measured exchanger time schedules Solenoid valve Expansion tank service settings refilling F Tip The mouse curser with the arrow symbol changes to a hand symbol over the areas that allow some kind of action to be made With a single or double left or right click of the mouse depending on the specific application you can for example open settings dialoguel 3 open the local menul 36 switch displays 3 etc a Important warning The ProCop monitoring and visualisation system displays values and states obtained from autonomous industrial controllers The specific behaviour of technology and regulation is dependent on the software of the controller software itself not the visualisation This only shows the technological data of the scanned controllers and allows their parameters to be set in a convenient way Any unreliable states and faults must first be verified in reality and in the controller diagnostics floating or fixed control panels 3 2 1 Statements of values text colours sensors Technological schemes are made up of active and passive elements Passive elements such as pipes steam water gas ventilation etc walls rooms arrows as well as manual valves or manually operated pumps do not change their properties co
12. confirmed in any way etc e WebControl allows values to be set in technological displays users and computers must also have WebView rights A user must be included in a group which has the appropriate permissions assigned to be able to use the given service A computer from which the user accesses it must have access permitted for the given permissions Note These permissions are useful only when the control centre makes the web extension ProCopWeb available and it is accessed via Internet Explorer Otherwise these permissions will not be valid Configuration of access by web users Each user group from the ProCop monitoring system can be entitled to access individual modules of the web extension To this end the embedded WebView WebTrends and Web Alarms are available If a given user group should have access to view the output of a given module it is necessary to assign it the appropriate permissions Anonymous access to all For general unrestricted access to the web extension the Anonymous Internet User This user is logged in from the web extension automatically but has now default viewing rights 2015 ALFA Mikrosyst my s r o Access Privileges If we want to allow viewing of all modules without authentication we must put the Anonymous Internet User into a group e g Everyone and give this group rights to view the individual modules WebView WebTrends and Web Alarms First we open the permission management fr
13. for simplicity it does not distinguish between upper and lower case letters 8 3 Management of Users Groups and Permissions This part describes the control of the administrator of access permissions which is to define and edit access permissions of users for individual parts of the monitoring project The administrator of access permissions is part of the ProCop Toolbar which makes the functions of the monitoring and visualisation system clearly and simply available displayed by default see selection of buttons 13 or in the advanced menul 1 by selecting View 5 You can open the administrator of access permissions by clicking the Permission button not Px Permission management You can also initiate this management at any time using the Permission keyboard shortcut GENRES af Note User management is only available to users with Access Management permissions by default User Administrator and Designer The main window for the administrator of access permissions contains an expandable list of defined permissions 6d users 70 user groups 70 and a list of currently logged in users 711 2015 ALFA Mikrosyst my s r o Access Privileges e The right of access to individual parts of the system is not assigned directly to individual users but a group of users So that users have the given permissions they must be a member of the group which has the given permissions assigned A newly created user has the password define
14. time or both date and time together Dialogue for entering date and time alternatively for entering date or time Date and time setting Control unit date and time vyx Dae 2412202 Or Time 20 30 00 The dialogue is made up of an entry row and set of buttons The new value can simply be written in the entry field while it is possible to use the keys and to delete old values The old value is automatically rewritten if it is selected e g immediately after opening the dialogue The date can also be selected from the calendar after pressing the arrow symbol in the row with the date or calendar symbol In special cases it is possible to enter a time higher than 24 hours if it is in a technology with a time slot not a time within a day Dialogue with a table of values The dialogue with a table of values allows you to set several values at once in one dialogue These values are put in a table You can move the mouse between individual entry rows in the table or use the key to move forward or move back Individual entry rows can be complete with the set limit and unit The grey rows are read only so you cannot enter a value in them and they are for information about the value of a quantity which may be necessary to input other values Example dialogue with table of values the second value cannot be set it is just for informational purposes F Value table Air conditioning control parameters Cv x Exhaus
15. zoom to enlarge zj D Events A System Y Fiter Options Print Export 100 Unaccepted W Accept Current LA 4 Alarms Available information about the alarm In the list of alarms this information about the alarm is optionally displayed e Type type of alarm report alarm event system event e Id alarm identifier serial number entered into the alarm database Date date of the alarm Time time of the alarm e Source source of the alarm usually the name of the controller or part of technology e Write date date of arrival of the alarm at the alarm server Write time time of arrival of the alarm at the alarm server Level Alarm level 1 origin 0 expiry Priority One of five levels of the alarm priority very low low medium high very high e Text Text describing the given alarm or event Accept date Date of confirming the given alarm Accept time Time of confirming the given alarm e Accepted by Name of the user who implemented the confirmation of the given alarm e Note Text entered when confirming alarm Alarm column headers The header for alarm list columns allows e Double clicking changes the classification 56 according to the selected column and when repeated then 2015 ALFA Mikrosyst my s r o Alarm Browser 53 reverses the order of classification Right clicking the selection of displayed columns and the method of printing t
16. If the user left in the system is an Administrator without a password the system does not implement login or leave the Administrator logged in Tip Ifyou use login to Windows under a username define the same named user to the ProCop monitoring system and switch on the option Use Windows user for monitoring After logging in to the computer you will be automatically logged in to the monitoring system as well XX Tip The Original button allows you to set applications in the basic settings after installation Other Settings In the tab Other in the dialogue window Settings E you can preset the directory for archiving the monitoring project This directory will be offered by default in the archiving window of the technological project The Search button allows you to select the folder using the system dialogue window F Tip The Original button allows you to set applications in the basic settings after installation Data Server In the tab Data server in the dialogue window Settings F8 you can set up automatic opening of the technological project on starting monitoring and later opening the data project Options for settings of the data server e Automatically open the last project only for the service after opening the project from the ProCop Toolbar the given project is saved in the settings of the data server and will be automatically opened again when the service is next launched This option is not functional with instal
17. Sunday FR Legend Off M Economic M Comfort CAL CO een Pew J On the right hand side the current operating mode of the time program can be displayed If set to Auto the time program is used and the controller is governed according to it by the technology If in Manual mode the time program is disabled and the technology is still in one state and in the defined level in manual mode To reset the time program to a previously saved profile just select it from Profile settings In the selection only the profiles which can be applied to the given type of time program are displayed with the same number of levels and the same meanings Profiles can be saved and deleted in the tab time program advanced settings BA For predefining a time program in a larger scope it is sometimes necessary to use time program advanced settings 34 Colours of individual levels can be predefined En z Notes The time catalogue can be switched to manual operation in the basic settings mode With manual operation you can manually set the values Level Stage 1 and Stage 2 in the manual operations part Colours for individual levels can be predefined against their basic states in the third tab of the dialogue for a time program 38 3 3 6 2 Time program advanced settings In this tab you can define any time catalogue for any day When selecting several days the user can edit the time program for these days at once With batch editi
18. and press the button Save profile Ifyou want to delete a profile just select it and press the button Delete profile Cancelling a dialogue does not have an impact on the adjusted profiles changes in the profiles are immediately adjusted by the system without confirming the dialogue with the OK button Graphic display 3 at the bottom part of the dialogue displays the current settings of the time program M Notes The time catalogue can be switched to manual operation in the basic settings mode With manual operation you can manually set the values Level Stage 1 and Stage 2 in the manual operations part In the advanced settings mode the current settings of the time program can be saved under a specified name and these settings can later be used and applied to another time program with the same parameters levels stages In the time catalogue you can in some cases set the time program not only for individual days of the week Monday Sunday but also the time program for special days marked as Anniversaries Holidays and Periodical 3 3 6 3 Predefining level colours for the time program To unify it and better orientate yourself you can define user colours for the levels of time programs These colours are then displayed in the graph and key 381 in tabs for the time program dialoguel 3 The level text is assigned a specific colour 2015 ALFA Mikrosyst my s r o ProCop 3 5 3 3 6 4 3 3 7 Example of setting le
19. backup or just launch backup immediately After making the adjustments it is necessary to press Apply in order to save the settings to the trend server Sleep Pauses the performance of all other processes in the alarm server for a defined period This is for testing and diagnostic purposes 2015 ALFA Mikrosyst my s r o Toolbar Options s 11 Toolbar Options You can open a dialogue window with settings for application parameters logging in to Windows setting servers and extension in the advanced menu 1 of the ProCop Toolbar by selecting Special Options aa Note The majority of settings appear after exiting the ProCop Toolbar or afier restarting the computer Tabs with the name beginning Web are only displayed if the installation typel 9 Web server was selected during installation Settings only effect the access from the web extension of the monitoring system It is not necessary in other types of installation Important warning Incorrect changes to the settings of the functional monitoring system may result in the monitoring not working which can occur after the computer is restarted 11 1 Automatic Login In the tab Automatic login in the Settings 84 dialogue window you can permit Windows to launch on startup with the username and password set without having to enter this authenticating information every time This parameter is recorded in the registration database The user under whose name the moni
20. be changed in the visualisation it must be manually switched on the switchboard into automatic mode From the principle function it can happen that the aggregate is switched on the switchboard and on the controller to manual mode Then both symbols are displayed there at the same time Important warning Switching aggregates to manual modes without sufficient knowledge of the technology can cause dangerous technological states or even damage to the equipment 3 2 5 Information about variables displaying trends A joint function of all technological displays is the possibility to select variables displaying detailed information about variables and appropriate historical trends We select variables by pressing the key and left clicking the mouse on dynamic parts of the display The selected parts of the display are denoted in a light colour Selecting one area can be done in the same way as a selection To select all areas of the display just click the mouse anywhere in the display without pressing OEM The local menu with the available functions is displayed by right clicking the mouse on the entity Controls e select Left mouse button on an unselected entity e deselect Left mouse button on a previously selected entity local menu of functions Right mouse button on entity 2015 ALFA Mikrosyst my s r o ProCop 3 5 e select all Left mouse button anywhere in the display without sil Example of selected part
21. be damaged for example during a power failure With more detailed tests reliability increases but the time for testing increases unavailability of trends on system startup Newly arriving samples are saved in the cache during the testing Index block starts this option adds an index database to speed up viewing of huge volumes of sample but increases demand on the disk space for trends to double JY Tip The Original button allows you to set applications in the basic settings after installation 11 7 Alarm Server In the tab Alarm server in the dialogue window Settings 8 you can set parameters for the alarm server Data files of the trending trend project and delay Automatically open the last project after opening the project in the data server the given project of the alarm server saves the settings and it will be automatically opened again when the alarm server is next launched e Delay after startup only for the service delays opening and launching of the project by a defined amount of time e g due to decreasing the load on the computer when starting the system e Project the whole path to the alarm server project which is to be opened the Search button allows you to select the file using the system dialogue window Setting server parameters Maximum number of alarms allows you to set the maximum number of continuous alarms alarms are archived daily and none can be lost Delay when closing the databas
22. can also be done remotely To connect to a remote server with access permissions it is necessary to select the name of the computer on which the access permissions server has been launched If you do not know the computer name you can use the initiated dialogue to search for it by clicking the Find button 8 3 5 3 Dialogue for logging on to the access privileges server To connect to the access permissions server it is necessary to have Access Management permissions management of user permissions and accounts i e to know the username and password of the user with these permissions By default this user is Administrator with a blank password 2015 ALFA Mikrosyst my s r o ProCop 3 5 8 3 5 4 Dialogue for selecting privileges The dialogue is for assigning permissions to a user group In the list only the permissions that the user group does not yet have assigned are displayed e If you want to assign more permissions to the user group select it from the list and click OK e By clicking Cancel you quit editing without saving changes adding selected permissions 8 3 5 5 Dialogue for adding privileges to groups This dialogue is for assigning permissions to user groups In the list all the defined user groups are displayed The list contains the name and description of the group If a group has given permissions assigned to it the row containing the given permissions is ticked Adding or removing permissions can be done by clic
23. controller It does not mean that the record was not successful or will not be implemented In the top right hand corner you can monitor whether after setting the values communication has been established and made Operating aggregates in the technological scheme It is possible directly in the technological scheme in individual aggregates by clicking the mouse to get the local menu for setting the state and operating mode of the aggregate In certain cases it is possible to set detailed service parameters for the aggregate such as the time of the run down for pumps hysteresis and the required value for inlet solenoids etc Signalling manual mode from the controller If we remove the aggregate from automatic operation managed by a controller for example setting the mode or state a green hand symbol appears there This notifies us at a glance at the technological scheme that the aggregates the controller is not directly managing are converted to the given mode or state manually by the user You can switch back again to the automatic aggregate in its local menu and after a short time the hand symbol disappears Signalling manual mode from the switch on the switchboard wy In some cases technologies are equipped with manual mechanical switches and reports about their states When switching the actual switch a symbol of a red hand appears in the technological scheme which informs of the switch of the aggregate into manual mode This mode cannot
24. editing the database of variables displays alarms historical trends etc The description of the designer part of the ProCop monitoring system is not however necessary for monitoring needs so is not included in this documentation z Note To enter Designer mode it is necessary to have sufficient access permissions specifically Visual Designer permissions 2015 ALFA Mikrosyst my s r o Display Browser 21 3 Display Browser This part describes the control of the browser for technological displays The display browser is part of the ProCop Toolbar which simply and clearly makes the functions of the monitoring and visualisation system accessible The display browser allows staff to monitor and control the technological process using technological schemes displays The specific list and appearance of displays is defined in the visual project The display browser can be opened by pressing the button Displays or in the advanced menu A by selecting View Displays Trends can also be enabled at any time using the keyboard shortcut Displays The display browser allows staff to monitor and control the technological process using technological schemes displays m Note specific list and the appearance of displays is defined in the monitoring project in designer mode This forms a configuration part of the ProCop visualisation system However working on the program in monitoring mode does not require knowledge of this
25. events too unless expressly noted otherwise 5 2 Unconfirmed amp Current Alarms Service All alarms delivered to the alarm server can be displayed in the alarm service However for staff it is often extremely important to display a list of newly arrived alarms or a list of alarms which still exist For greater clarity they are divided into three views Z Unaccepted displays a list of alarms not yet confirmed by staff With the button Accept or the option in the local menu you can accept one or several unaccepted alarms An accepted alarm is acknowledged and will no longer be displayed in the list of unaccepted alarms Confirmation of alarms has no effect on the list of Current alarms or the service The confirmation time and currently logged on user is observed with the alarm Current an alarm report that has occurred and not yet expired and can be displayed by switching the view to Current If verified that the alarm no longer exists and has not yet expired despite that or it is a known long term state you can Cancel it with the appropriate button The reason can be for example removing a device sensor or expiration of the alarm when monitoring is switched off for some devices Cancelling an alarm has no effect on the record about an alarm in the service view 2015 ALFA Mikrosyst my s r o 52 ProCop 3 5 5 3 a Service in the service view all alarms events system events are always displayed unless some
26. faults which indicates the industrial controller Usually related and general faults are indicated here Aggregate faults are displayed directly in the scheme 2015 ALFA Mikrosyst my s r o 24 ProCop 3 5 Common control area contains control buttons for setting common operating modes time programs and various regulation parameters Individual aggregates can have their own controls and settings directly in the technological scheme e Technological scheme displays the schematic diagram of a specific technology Typically it displays the scheme for pipe connections ventilation pipes rooms pools reservoirs and other equipment The scheme typically includes sensor symbols which display the values measured indicators of the setpoints and corrections On the pipes servo valves solenoids and pumps are displayed while on the ventilation pipes fans valves and other ventilating components are displayed All these components can be made dynamic their appearance can change according to the specific real time state Behaviour of components will be described in detail in the following subchapters It is possible to have service control or setting confirmation of faults etc for individual components Regular technological scheme with typical layout Usually the name of the control room and station E Controler unit date amp time T Outside temperature sensor z 2 Yellow measured value Station temperature thermostat
27. given month and year Selection of the displayed alarm set can be implemented by changing the selection in the list of available alarm sets m Note If an alarm set other than the Current one is selected it is not possible to implement any adjustments to the alarms such as confirmation resetting deletion or changing the note 5 5 Accpeting Alarms Every alarm that arrives at the alarm server needs accepting Confirmation of alarms is an event carried out by control centre staff With alarm confirmation the staff indicate to the alarm server that the given alarm report has been acknowledged 2015 ALFA Mikrosyst my s r o sa ProCop 3 5 5 6 5 7 5 8 Procedure for confirmation of alarms For confirmation of the given alarm it is first necessary to display the list of unaccepted alarms 54 in the alarm report window by choosing Zu naccepted It is further necessary to mark all the alarms we want to confirm and then click the V Ac cept button e When accepting alarms for each accepted alarm the date and time of confirmation and the name of the currently logged on user who has confirmed it are recorded af Notes Confirmation of alarms can also be implemented by right clicking the mouse on selected alarms and by choosing Accept or Accept with note When confirming with a note it is possible to enter any text This text is recorded in the Note column for the confirmed alarms It is not possible to confir
28. of operators it is possible in expressions to use the name of technological variables At the moment of evaluating the expression the momentary value of the variable is reached We can access the tree of technological variables and Bara function list by pressing key while editing a cell Functions are split into three basic groups converse for transfer between individual data types mathematic for mathematical calculations functions for work with the data and time 7 3 Conversion Functions Conversion functions ensure data conversion between individual types of variables or expressions Conversions of all data types between each other are available The name of the conversion function is always created with the name of the parameter type the figure 2 and the name of the type of value to which we are converting as is visible in the following table Type Analog Binary Counter Discrete A Analog2Binary Analog2Counter Analog2Discrete B Binary 2Analog Binary 2Counter Binary 2Discrete C Counter2Analog Counter2Binary Counter2Discrete D Discrete2Analog Discrete2Binary Discrete2Counter 7 4 Mathematical Functions Basic mathematical and goniometrical functions working only with the Analog data type are implemented in the calculator 2015 ALFA Mikrosyst my s r o e ProCop 3 5 Function Mathematical Pi 3 1415 Sqr x2 S qrt x 1 2 Exp ex Pow yx Pow10 10x Log logl0x In In x logex Rad2Deg Deg2Rad Sin sin x
29. of the visual project in Designer mode The level of integration can be thought of as the number of displays from the given group which is displayed when browsing displays in the parent group Displays without connecting to other groups of displays A group of displays can be separated from the others When browsing displays of a parent group using the buttons Previous N ext etc it is not possible to get to this separate group of displays The only way of getting to the browsing mode for this separated group of displays is by showing a display form this group using the list of displays or via a link to this display from another display of the monitoring project Again from such a group it is not possible to go 2015 ALFA Mikrosyst my s r o Display Browser 23 between other displays other than by a link or selecting it in the displays tree Connecting the first display to the parent group The first display of this group will be displayed when browsing with the buttons Previous and Next in the parent group If when showing this display you press the button bSlave the second display of this nested group is shown From this moment you can browse all the displays of this nested group using the buttons N ext and gt Previous You can get back to the parent group of displays by pressing the button PMaster After pressing this button the first display of this group is shown again and using the buttons Previous and Next you can b
30. other filters are active The service is used for supervising any documented state which has occurred in the monitoring system If the list is already long it is possible to Delete it from the given alarm back You can only delete those alarms previously archived from the regular database Alarms events and system events will be deleted from the regular database but they are still available in the archive for an individual month which we can switch to by selecting the displayed set 4 Local menu with choice of view for alarms database Te Unaccepted 5 M Current 4 Service I Note An alarm event or system event CANNOT be definitively deleted from the system they are always archived and archives cannot be modified Description of Alarm Browser Window The window with the list of alarms contains alarm reports matching the required filter At the top of the alarm browser there is a set of buttons to work with the list of alarms The alarm toolbar allows Selection of displayed list of alarms 5 e Button for acceptat ion 53 cancellation 5 or deletion of alarms 5A e Selection of alarm set 5 Filtration by alarm typel5 e Filtration by occurrence time source or priority of alarm 54 e Printing 56 of alarms by the set parameters e Zoom for enlarging alarms to improve readability Alarms bar Display option acceptation displayed set selection of alarm type events filtration printing export and
31. special days marked as Anniversaries Holidays and Periodical 2015 ALFA Mikrosyst my s r o m ProCop 3 5 The time program is set in the controller The controller manages the technology according to the time program and separate clock of the real time independent of the monitoring computer It is therefore necessary for the time and date and where appropriate the day of the week to be entered correctly in the controller for the time programs to function correctly 3 3 6 1 Time program basic settings In this display it is possible to edit predefined rows in the time program while for the same days of the time program they are always automatically merged into one row If for example the time program is defined in such a way that individual working days will have the same number of rows including their parameters only one row called Monday Friday appears in the basic settings mode In the basic settings you cannot add further rows for the time program or define a special time program for a certain day Example of time program basic settings with adjustable time and level F Cas prog UT Jidelna Default setup Default setup Advanced view Redefinion of step colors TSP mode x Auto Manual Setup profile In manual mode Stage Graphic visualization 000 300 600 00 1200 1500 1500 2100 24 00 Monday NS Tuesday ll ednesday l Thursday SR RS Friday i Sauda SRE
32. time only allow sorting by the date and time at the same time The arrow is already indicated for the column with the date R Note The column by which the list is sorted is marked in the header with an arrow which also indicates ascending or descending order Classifying new alarms By default sorting is set so that the alarms are classified by date and time of occurrence in descending order so the newest alarms are in the first row then followed by the older alarms The oldest ones are at the end of the list Due to the possible differing communication delays in transfer it is possible that the alarm is delivered to the server later than an alarm that occurred after it and is therefore sorted to the middle of the list The Date and time of arrival at the server column may not be displayed give the time of the server when the alarm was delivered and recorded in the database Lt Note Ifan alarm has occurred in the technology a while ago and is only delivered to the visualisation now it is sorted by the date and time of occurrence Alarms also have the time of write at the visualisation recorded which can be displayed by selection of the appropriate columns 5A I Tip If we want to get all the settings in the initial state it is enough to display another browser displays trends and go back to the alarms 5 10 Printing Alarms Printing alarms events and system events can be carried out on printers which are available in the Win
33. to have the same or similar access configurations for all permissions set one permission according to need and copy it to the clipboard Insert this permission into other permissions and if necessary adjust it according to need b Important warning For safety reasons we recommend permitting access to the module WebControls only from specific computers not from the network or even the internet Tip Detailed information about configuration permissions for web access 74 is available in the chapter of the same name Web access permissions ProCop Web is available with permissions for web access These permissions are verified by the Access Server Configuration of permissions groups and users is implemented from the ProCop Toolbar by selecting View gt Permission management Web permissions and users are part of the permissions system of the ProCop monitoring system For WebView WebControl WebAlarms and WebTrends permissions it is possible to restrict access only to a specific name or computer IP address or to the range of addresses defined by an IP address and subnet mask In this way it is possible to restrict or grant access to the ProCop Web web visualisation Permissions are as follows WebView allows viewing of the technological display does not allow values to be set e WebTrend allows historical trends to be viewed WebAlarms allows alarms events and system events to be viewed does not allow them to be modified
34. 1 Direct setting of the value Dialogue for entry of a value Dialogue with preset constants 32 Dialogue for entry of date and time 32 Dialogue with a table of values 32 Time Program Dialogue Initiating floating menus Switching the display 37 4 Trend Browser 39 4 1 Description of the trend browser window 39 4 2 Groups of settings 39 4 3 Selection of trends for display 40 4 4 Selection of time interval 41 Absolute range 41 Relative range Floating range o oo ceeeccesesncneeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeennnneeee 41 Filter of samples in text trends 42 4 5 Selection of displayed set 4 6 Graphic Trends Browser Description of the window of graphic trends 43 Area for plotting trends Time axis of trends Value axis of trends Value and time measuring Cursors 46 2015 ALFA Mikrosyst my s r o 4 7 4 8 4 9 4 10 5 Alarm Browser 5 1 5 2 5 3 5 4 5 5 5 6 5 7 5 8 5 9 5 10 5 11 6 Module Control 6 1 6 2 7 Calculator 7 1 7 2 7 3 7 4 7 5 7 6 8 Access Privil
35. 3 5 Monitoring and Visualisation System gt ProCop Toolbar 3 5 du ProCop Toolbar Monitoring works without user login Actual communication with industrial controllers the collection and archiving of data creation of historical trends and evaluation of alarm states and events is implemented using several servers for the ProCop monitoring system These servers run as services in the background of the Windows operating system and work communicate and collect data even when there is no user logged in to the computer The ProCop Toolbar accesses all communication with the user such as disp laying data alarms and trends locally on the same computer or remotely from another computer in a 100M bps LAN network If the ProCop Toolbar application is exited monitoring continues but the user does not see the realtime state and is not notified of newly arising alarm states z Note The ProCop Toolbar can be exited at any time and relaunched without losing any data A computer with the ProCop monitoring system can be restarted at any time it is set up implicitly to launch everything automatically After the restart there may be a short term drop of data from the historical trends Main components of the ProCop monitoring system For completeness let us introduce the basic components of the ProCop monitoring system These components work together to collect technological data and alarms their archiving and presentation to the user wh
36. 35 Graphic display 36 in the lower part of the dialogue displays the current settings of the time program Settings profiles Setting time programs profile can be saved in the monitoring system under the selected name in the tab advanced settings 34 or deleted In the basicl 34 and the advanced 34 settings you can select a profile at any time and redo the whole time program for the saved scheme x Note Profiles can be used between different time programs but only if they have the same level a profile will not be offered in the list if the time program that was saved with another number or level meaning Joint control of the time program dialogue In all tabs buttons with the following functions are available e The OK button implements settings of changed values into the technology and closes the dialogue e The Apply button implements the settings of the changed values into the technology but the dialogue is not closed e The Cancel button closes the dialogue without the changed values being set in the technology e The Help button displays the help for the relevant tab at Notes All tabs and graphic displays are only a different view of the same time program if an adjustment is implemented in any tab or graph the others are also adjusted according to the given change In the time catalogue you can in some cases set the time program not only for individual days of the week Monday Sunday but also the time program for
37. 5 11 This dialogue is for setting the name and description of an item The same dialogue is used to set parameters e user name and description of user e groups name and description of group e permissions name and description of permissions Dialogue for restricting access Select permissions for which we want to configure access WebView WebAlarm WebTrends and select Edit Edit the SEET key or the blue key symbol in the toolbar A dialogue window opens to configure permissions Select the tab Restricting access by computer At the top is a list of computers and networks from which access is permitted forbidden This list is evaluated from top to bottom and evaluation ends when the first condition is met computer address network name of computer with the exception of the local computer from which access is always permitted If none of the conditions is met access is denied If the list is empty access is always denied with the exception of the local computer In the list three types of records can occur with three types of access Records are in the type Name computer network name Address computer IP address and Network IP address of the network and subnet mask Accesses are Forbid Permit Do not use The bottom part of the dialogue window is designed for entering cancelling and editing these records On the right the buttons Up and Down which allow items in the list to be moved and therefore determine the orde
38. Cos cos x Tan tgx ASin arcsin x ACos arccos x ATan arctg x Abs x Sign sign x Round RoundDown RoundUp Min minimum x y Max maximum x y Select Select p x y LA Example Analog2Counter 2 Pa Description Pi no parameter square square root Exponential e to the power x y to the power x two parameters 10 to the power x decimal logarithm natural logarithm conversion of radian no to degrees conversion of degrees to radian no sine x parameter v rad cosine x parameter v rad tangent x parameter v rad arcsine x result v rad Arccosine x result v rad Arctangent x result v rad absolute value x signum 1 for positive number 1 for negative number Rounding off Always rounding down Always rounding up minimum from specified arguments maximum from specified arguments if the expression p of the value is TRUE returns x otherwise y Time gt 3 7 5 Functions for Date and Time The last group of functions are those for processing the date and time The Bara language uses the second date format i e the number of seconds which have passed since 00 00 00 Ist January 1980 The advantage of this method is the possibility of adding and subtracting the date and time All functions return the Counter type Function Year Month Day Hour Minute Second Time Date DateTime GetSecCount GetTickCount GetYear GetMonth GetDay GetHour GetMin GetSec Parameter Description Returns current year
39. Dialogue for entry of a value During monitoring it is sometimes necessary to change the value of a certain variable e g required temperature etc For this purpose clicking in the given place on the screen can create a dialogue for entry of the value Dialogue for setting the value in given limits of given unit Value setup Room temperature setpoint v ok Limits lt 10 35 gt XM Cancel 22 Cl ter The dialogue is made up of an entry row and set of buttons The new value can simply be written in the entry field while it is possible to use the keys and to delete old values The old value is automatically rewritten if it is selected e g immediately after op ening the dialogue 2015 ALFA Mikrosyst my s r o 32 ProCop 3 5 3 3 3 3 3 4 3 3 5 3 3 6 For entering decimal values you can use a comma or point depending on your Windows local settings Dialogue with preset constants The dialogue with preset constants is like the dialogue for entry of a value 311 but the difference is that it contains a free number of predefined constants in the form of radio buttons After clicking a specific constant the value is written in the entry line Dialogue for setting a value with preset constants with content checking Value setup Control parameters Laundry Open air tempr 5 manually Off manually On Dialogue for entry of date and time This dialogue allows the input of data
40. ProCop 3 5 Monitoring and Visualisation System ProCop 3 5 User s Guide IN LIEN MI PR PA MY ALFA Mikrosyst my s r o Ostrava 2015 ProCop 3 5 User s Guide ALFA Mikrosyst my s r o ProCop 3 5 Monitoring and Visualisation System is specialized sofiware for monitoring technological processes user management of technologies archiving of historical trends technological quantities and alarm states It includes experience from previous system versions which began back in 1993 when the first predecessor of the current monitoring system was first deployed Many years of experience in the field of monitoring technology primarily in the heating industry thanks to the experience and requests of customers and the system operators themselves have helped us to develop the product which you now have in your hands Copyright 2015 ALFA Mikrosyst my s r o Ostrava Microsoft Windows Windows 7 Windows Vista Windows XP Windows 2000 and Internet Explorer are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation Intel is a registered trademark Pentium is a trademark of Intel Corporation ProCop is the registered trademark of ALFA Mikrosyst my s r o Printed 2015 Obsah 5 Table of Contents 1 Introduction 7 1 1 ProCop3 5 eessssesseseseersessesrssresrenreesesresresnesnennenrenreeness 7 1 2 Program Software Requirements eeeseeeee eree 8 Locales eah aa a E A haan aaa ony 8 Cooperation with other programs
41. Returns current month Returns current day Returns current hour Returns current minute Returns current second Returns current daily time in seconds since midnight Returns current date in seconds since 1 1 1980 Returns current date and time Returns number of seconds since start of Windows Returns number of milliseconds since start of Windows Returns year from date specified by parameter Returns month from date specified by parameter Returns day from date specified by parameter Returns hour from hour specified by parameter Returns minute from hour specified by parameter Returns second from hour specified by parameter If the specified parameter is the date or time it is possible to also use the functions of returning date and time together e g DateTime Given the internal representation of date information as number of seconds since Ist January 1980 it is possible to freely add or subtract the date and time 2015 ALFA Mikrosyst my s r o Calculator e me Example If I want to get the date and time DateTime Date Time If I want to get the number of tomorrow GetDay Date 86400 If I want to get the time an hour after the immediate time Time 3600 7 6 Link to Value of Other Cells In the calculator we can link to the resulting values of other rows on the spreadsheet and indeed via the pseudovariables with the name of the cell X Y where X marks the letter from the column and Y the number of the row t
42. The dialogue is for including members in user groups In the list all the defined users are displayed The list contains the name and description of the user If the user is a member of the given user group the row with the given user is ticked Including or removing a user in from a group can be done by clicking the mouse on the ticking field or using the Spacebam sh Note By adding a user to a group all rights assigned to the given group are assigned to the user If the user is a member of several groups then all the rights that are assigned to the individual group are also assigned to the user 8 3 5 9 Dialogue with a list of user groups with the given rights The dialogue is for assigning rights to a selected user group In the list all the defined permissions are displayed The list contains the name and description of the group If the selected group is assigned the given rights the row with these rights is ticked Including or removing permissions in from a selected user group can be done by clicking the mouse on the ticking field or using the SERETET z Note By assigning the rights to a group gives rights to all members of the given group If the rights are removed from the group they are taken from all users who belong to this group and do not have these permissions assigned by another group 2015 ALFA Mikrosyst my s r o Access Privileges 8 3 5 10 Dialogue for editing name and description of an item 8 3
43. alculator is for evaluating numerical expressions in a way users know from table calculators User login The name of the currently user is always displayed in the notification field of the ProCop Toolbar Logout of the current user After logging out a pseudo user Everyone is automatically logged in with minimum access rights Shows administration of access permissions Allows administration of lists of users groups and their access permissions Shows the active window in full screen mode You can exit this mode only by pressing the F11 key Shows the help for the ProCop monitoring system The contents of this help correspond to this user manual Exits the ProCop Toolbar application Implement selection of buttons in the taskbar by right clicking the mouse on any button e g Displays and in the local menu select the button you want to continue display ing or hide Toolbar notification area The ProCop Toolbar contains a notification area on the right hand side in monitoring mode The following indicators which express the state of certain parts of the system and possess the following functions are located in this notification area e Icons to minimise and exit in the top right hand corner there are icons to minimise the Toolbar and exit the toolbar 19 this does not end communication or data collection it only closes the user interface e Bells for unaccepted alarms and events if there are any new as yet u
44. ameters time programs and other e g servicing settings Using the mouse button the local menu ap pears 36 or the dialogue for setting values 3 table for setting values 32 or the dialogue of the time program 32 If there is not a mode time program or other settings in the automatic mode on the button or near to it there is usually a symbol for the manual mode from the controller a green hand 2015 ALFA Mikrosyst my s r o Display Browser Signalling manual mode from the controller Manual mode means that the operating mode state or time program is converted to the manual fixed state not managed by the controller The controller will therefore not change the mode according to the set time program it will not manage the technology or individual aggregate according to need they will remain in the set state a Important warning All values set appear in the visualisation until the change can be set in the controller Given the differing communications paths the intervention in the technology may be significantly delayed If the settings are successful they are displayed in the notification area with the symbol of a green bell and in the events a record of the values is made If the record is not possible an alarm occurs and is recorded Therefore if we convert the parameter with a dialogue window and we reopen the window the original value will stay here until the record can be implemented and confirmed in the
45. and fan blades Turn return report from the technology indicates the ventilator is operating does not have to mean the real movement of the ventilator e g if no return report Stand return report indicates the pump is idle does not have to mean the ventilator is really idle e g if the wire with the return report is interrupted Fans and ventilated space idle operating and faulty Power of ventilators and fans can be managed in various ways own management frequency converter controller In the event of availability of the measured quantity of the ventilator performance a text indicatorl 24 near by is displayed with the current performance frequency of the converter or level of operation In the chapter Operating technology 28 the general operation of the technology will be explained in more detail af Note Usually the transfer to manual operation of the given device is also indicated with a hand symbol next to the symbol of the given device 3 2 4 Operating technology Methods and options for operating the technology can differ significantly depending on the specific technology project and access permissions We will focus on the usual methods for operating technology Communication with the controller In the top right hand corner of the technological display is the time of the last refresh of values This time tells us at what time the values were refreshed that are displayed in the technological scheme Under this
46. atic archiving and backup 10 1 Built in tasks of the alarm server Built in task of the alarm server allow you to plan or custom implement a task directly in the alarm server Typical processes are archiving and backing up alarms Archive An embedded process allow automatic archiving of alarms to the subdirectory to be planned for individual months which are further accessible from the alarm browser 57 These directories can be custom archived on CD DVD In the planning parameters the day of the week and time are defined for when the process should be implemented as well as the number of days retroactively when they should pass for cases when alarms arrive at the server with a delay It is also possible to set the appropriate path for archiving or just launch archiving immediately After making the adjustments it is necessary to press Apply in order to save the settings to the alarm server Backup The embedded process allows automatic backup of continuous alarms to be planned for the subdirectory just as they are This backup is mainly for any renewal of the entire database of continuous alarms in the event that they are damaged Just stop the service ProAlarm for the trend server recopy data from backup to the directory with continuous trends and relaunch the service In the planning parameters the day of the week and time are defined for when the process should be implemented It is also possible to set the appropriate path for
47. button to return to the current day or the scroll button to change the date to the previous or next day Entering the time can again be implemented either by entering the specific time using the keyboard or using the scroll button next to the field for entering the time If necessary you can use the button Midnight for setting the time to 0 00 00 or the buttons for changing the time in hours 442 Relative range The relative time range allows you to enter the time period relatively to the important calendar point in relation to the current date e g against the start or end of the day week month year etc When defining the relative time interval you can select some of the preset relative time intervals or define your own When defining y our own relative time interval you can proceed from a predefined interval Editing the range is done by clicking Adjust The start and end of the interval are edited at the same time by selecting the default moment and any time shift When selecting the time shift you can select both positive and negative time shifts x Note The resulting entered time interval that corresponds to the current date and time is displayed in the field Current time range 44 3 Floating range A floating time range in comparison with a relative time interval is always defined against the current time It is a time period of the specified length shifted against the current time by the defined value and rounded off to th
48. can be in the air pipes or water pipes In the case of active frost prevention the snowflake symbol is red Filters Filtration of supplied and removed air is done with technological filters Clogged filters are checked by measuring the difference in pressure before and after the filter When the permitted limits are exceeded the filter is displayed as red in the visualisation it is probably clogged In some cases instead of the colour change of the actual filter a bypass hose with a manostat is drawn around the filter which can indicate the filter is blocked when red Humidifiers dehumidifiers To adjust the relative humidity of the air there are units which can display their working current performance and fault state Grey shows idle state green means the device is operating and red is a fault The percentage performance of the device may be displayed close by Ventilators fans Ventilators and fans and similarly pumps compressors etc can also use rotation to signify operation Marks on the ventilator show the air flow direction In general we can say that the background for the ventilator or fan is Light grey ifidle Green automatic machine has set command for operation of the ventilator or it is operating 2015 ALFA Mikrosyst my s r o ProCop 3 5 e Red faulty e g automatic machine has set requirement for pump operation but the return report indicates that the pump is still Ventilator
49. cting View Calculator You can also initiate the calculator window at any time with A K Spe the keyboard shortcut MERI The calculator is for evaluating numerical expressions It is formed with a window containing a table Each cell in this table can contain any mathematical expression made up of constants operators functions and technological variables Each cell in the table may also link to the result from another cell in the table The entire contents of the table is periodically recalculated with an optional period or on command by the staff The syntax used for the calculator operation is the same as the Bara syntax Furthermore it is possible to use technological variables in the calculator whose list is initiated by double clicking the mouse on the entry row of the calculator or by pressing the key Adjusting the formula or text of the cell can be done by pressing the 22 key Deleting the contents of selected cells is done with the DASE key or by selecting Delete from the local menu If a row starts with a semi colon or quotation mark the text is regarded as a commentary and is printed in blue If an expression is written wrong when compiling an error is discovered in the B ra language expression or the entered variable is not found the text is also printed in blue like the commentary e Ifa displayed variable or expression is invalid it is written in red and its value followed by the symbol mom JY Tip The conten
50. d automatically as with the username This initial number can be changed at any time by initiating the advanced menul 15 Access rights Change password 8 3 1 Permission list Permissions in the ProCop 3 5 monitoring system can only be assigned to groups not individual users A list of permissions can be distributed with further items In the current version of the system however it is not possible to custom define the permissions to parts of the system or the technology 8 3 1 1 Predefined access areas In the current version the system differentiates these access areas Access Management management of user permissions and accounts Visual Designer using the Visual Designer development tool WebView WWW display browser WebControl WWW control of technology WebAlarms WWW alarm browser e WebTrends WWW trend browser e Change Trivial setting values of unimportant technological variables Change General setting values of regular technological variables Change Important setting values of especially important technological variables Alarm Accept confirmation of received alarm reports and events alarm confirmation Alarm Service access and work in the service mode for alarms resetting alarms deleting alarms e Logbook Service work with the archive of the system log viewing deleting or printing it Alarm Management access permissions for management of the alarm server archiving backup of alarms
51. d with one or more variables which are replaced with the value only when printed TEMPLATENAME name of the template setting e US ER logged on user DATE current date e TIME current time e DATEFROM date of the start of printed trends TIMEFROM time of the start of printed trends e DATETO date of the end of printed trends e TIMETO time of the end of printed trends Tip Variables can be used on the row several times added to with any text e g Printed on SDATES 4025465440664 x Note Print settings are saved in a template It is possible therefore to define and save the required template for example for the calculation of monthly consumption with the descriptions and name and in this way document the subtracted values from the measuring gauges Exporting trends With the Export button in the toolbar of the trends window you can export the selected samples to a file which can then be further processed for example in text editors or table calculators and databases It is first necessary to select a file into which the data should be exported It is further possible to select various parameters such as e Export header allows export of the header for trend columns e Export date exports the date as well Unit in header adds unit in header Unit for each value a unit given for each value during import may interfere with calculations e Prefixing columns sel
52. designer part 3 1 Description of the Display Browser Window The display browser window is made up of toolbars and the window desktop The window desktop displays the currently selected technological display and its appearance therefore depends on the specific monitoring project Above the window desktop is a toolbar The display browser toolbar contains controls necessary to browse the displays Navigation and technological display print buttons G Home Pervious S Next Master Slave Refresh Back RTG2NP VZT gt Forward Print Browsing displays is possible in various ways The G Home button always displays the first main display of the whole technological project e The simplest and quickest way is to browse the displays using the buttons Prev ious 24 Next lat PMa ster 2M and bslav e 27 Using these button it is usually possible to display all the monitoring project displays one by one Separate displays are organized in a tree list This display tree can be displayed via the item Display list F2 By selecting display from the list you can view the selected display When browsing displays the displays viewed are saved in the history of display s visited 2 Using the Previous and Forward buttons you can browse and view separate displays one by one from the history of displays visited Tip Turning the mouse wheel browses the displays in the same way as the Previous and ON ext buttons on the t
53. dows operating system to the ProCop user The network printers can be connected in the advanced menu T of the ProCop Toolbar by selecting Connect network printers For the printer settings then select Setup printers Methods of printing columns In the header of individual columns small icons can be displayed that signify the print format for individual columns The format option is carried out by right clicking the header of the appropriate column This procedure and meanings can be found in the description of the alarm browser window 5A Selecting alarms for print If we want to print just a restricted range of alarms before clicking the Print button we first select the rows We do this by left clicking the mouse and dragging it over individual rows marking the first and last row while holding down the Smi button or selecting individual rows with the mouse while holding down the button Similarly you can also select the range of the alarms for printing by using the keyboard cursors combined with the Aim button in accordance with Windows operating system usage Preview and printing of alarms In the bar over the name of the alarm columns there is a Print button available which displays the system dialogue window to select the printer and setting print parameters format of paper orientation quality etc and displays the 2015 ALFA Mikrosyst my s r o Alarm Browser In the preview you can select the size of the page displa
54. dual components and system settings We only recommend using this in the event of detailed knowledge of the system or after consultation with the manufacturer Incorrect choices may result in failure of the monitoring or non functioning of some subsystems After selecting the installation folder you must enter or confirm 7 Installed components of the monitoring system The system component tree allows users to choose which parts of the monitoring system input output modules tools examples documentation and advanced options will be installed Program folder in the Start menu Users can select in which folder on the Start menu the shortcuts will be located for launching the ProCop M onitoring System and various tools 7 User identity The username and password must match as when installing standard monitoring at the main control centre in the event of the domain user the domain name should also match If there has been no interference with the identity when installing the main control centre even with installation of a network workstation it is enough to leave the default values and a blank password n Installation of drivers and adaptation for Windows The final steps prior to the actual installation is the selection of installation of hardware key drivers user manufacturing registration and settings of components and services configuration of Windows and the web server Only the events that have been selected will be implemented Du
55. e the parameter defines the delay upon arrival of an alarm after which the database is automatically closed and saved to the hard drive This eliminates loss of data during any power failure F Tip The Original button allows you to set applications in the basic settings after installation 2015 ALFA Mikrosyst my s r o sm ProCop 3 5 11 8 11 9 11 10 Toolbar Identity In the tab Identity in the dialogue window Settings IsAyou can set the user under whose permissions the ProCop Toolbar will run By default upon installation a ProCop local user is created with administrator permissions a machine generated undisclosed password and an identity entered in this tab Setting identity in the ProCop Toolbar e Launch ProCop as another user this option allows you to change the identity of the toolbar process when launching as below Username the ProCop Toolbar is launched under the set name of the local or domain user e Domain the domain of the local computer point or blank text for a local user or the domain name for a domain user e Access password the password for logging in the above user is entered here A Important warning Incorrect changes to the settings of the functional monitoring system may result in the monitoring not working which can occur after the computer is restarted W Tip The Original button allows you to set applications in the basic settings after installation Web Access Privil
56. e and password therefore getting access to information and permissions assigned to them by the system administrator In the ProCop Toolbar a fast select button may be displayed to log in to or out of the system Toolbar buttons The toolbar buttons and options in the advanced menu for logging in and out of the system Advanced menu 15 Permissions gt Login Login amp Permissions Logout Logout In the notification areal 13 the name of the current ly logged in user or Everyone if nobody has logged in yet Dialogue for the user to log in to the system ProCop 3 5 j Login dialog Permission authentication User Smith bd Password CCS Je Cancel Help In the dialogue for logging the user in it is necessary to write or select the username and enter the access password When writing the password only asterisks asterisks points commas are shown for security purposes e After entering the password press the button Login With the button Cancel you can close the dialogue without logging in 2015 ALFA Mikrosyst my s r o e ProCop 3 5 z Note It is possible to log in anytime without needing to log out under the new username Previous access rights are thus cancelled and only the access rights pertaining to the newly entered user are valid 8 2 Password Change If necessary every user can change their personal password at any time using the advanced menu
57. e entire monitoring system checked b Important warning For adjustment of user permissions it is necessary to have administrator permissions for the computer and sufficient knowledge of the issue Mis setting permissions can result in entirely non functional monitoring After each change of this type we recommend restarting the computer and re checking the required system functionality 1 4 Uninstalling the ProCop System ProCop 3 5 Monitoring and Visualisation System can be uninstalled using Start Control Panel In the window of the Control Panel shown select Programs Remove program Add or remove programs for XP In the list select the row Monitoring system ProCop 3 5 and select Remove program Add Remove for XP In the menu that appears select Remove Continue according to the instructions in the installation program When uninstalling files and directories are gradually removed that were created on the drive during installation Shortcuts and registration database entries are also removed If it is also necessary to remove the monitoring project and collected data just remove the Project folder in Explorer from the hard drive C or D It is also possible to remove the installation package C Program Files ProCop 3 5 Install Files 2015 ALFA Mikrosyst my s r o ProCop Toolbar 13 2 ProCop Toolbar The ProCop Toolbar is a client application combining an environment for creating and editing a monitoring project Desig
58. e of the operating system Functions available from the toolbar Out of the range of all functions that can be displayed in the toolbar it is only possible to select those users need for their work The selection of the functions displayed can be done by right clicking the mouse on any icon or from the advanced menul 18 by selecting Special Buttons In the list displayed only tick the buttons which are to be displayed in the toolbar Toolbar background appearance The ProCop Toolbar application allows various backgrounds to be set for the toolbar in Monitor model 131 The image with the background must be saved as a Windows Bitmap bmp file Several predefined toolbar views are saved in the directory ProCop 3 5 Skins More competent users can create the own background image with the same dimensions and resolution in any image editor by adapting any of the predefined views Changing the view can be done in the advanced menul 13 by selecting Special View In the submenu displayed just select one of the files of views offered and the toolbars will immediately change Advanced mode In normal display mode separate windows to view displays trends alarms etc are disp layed across the entire remaining free space of the screen In this mode it is therefore impossible to have several windows displayed at the same time When switching the mode in the expanded menul 18 from View Advanced mode or using the keyboard shortcut the window b
59. e selected unit e g hour day month etc When selecting the floating time interval you can select either one of the predefined intervals or define your own while when defining y our own floating range you can start from one of the predefined time ranges Edit your own time range by pressing the Edit button 2015 ALFA Mikrosyst my s r o 2 ProCop 3 5 4 4 4 The actual floating time range is thus defined by Length range unlike the absolute and relative time interval the floating time range is not defined as the time of the start and end but the length of the time axis The time of the end is always the current time plus any shift see below Rounded to whole nr by rounding off the interval we actually define after what period the time axis is automatically shifted When setting the rounding off to seconds the time axis displayed will change every second when rounding off to whole minutes the time axis will change every minute etc Offset by back towards current time the offset of the whole displayed interval against the current time It is usually a good idea to set the time axis shift as a certain percentage of the interval displayed In this way you can ensure that the current time is not exactly the same as the right edge of the displayed cutout but is far enough from it which creates a much clearer impression overall nal Note The resulting specified time interval which corresponds to t
60. ects marks for prefixing individual columns e Column separator allows the option of separating columns with commas spaces and tabs Numerical format of date and time allow numeric processing after import into table calculators Text format of date and time is immediately readable not possible to process further Export invalid samples chooses whether to export invalid samples as well and how to identify them X Tip Exported data can be used for processing in foreign systems or office applications e g Microsoft Excel etc 2015 ALFA Mikrosyst my s r o Alarm Browser 51 5 Alarm Browser The alarm browser allows staff to display a list of alarm reports events and system events for the monitoring system alarms It is a part of the ProCop Toolbar which makes the function of the monitoring and visualisation system clear and easy to access The alarm browser can be opened by pressing Alarms or in the advanced menul 18 by selecting View gt Alarms You can also initiate trends at any time with the keyboard shortcut ING Alarms Alarm reports arise mainly in the data server which interprets the data part of the monitoring project The data server evaluates conditions for an alarm to be raised and in the event of fulfilling these conditions it generates an alarm report The specific list of alarm conditions is defined in the monitoring project in designer mode This forms a configuration part of the ProCop visualisatio
61. ed set The trend server provides the option for automatic archiving and backup of trends When browsing trends you can switch from browsing current trend files to browsing trend archives for the given month and year at any time The selection of the displayed set of trends can be done by changing the selection in the list of available sets of trends This option is still available in the historical trends toolbar 39 Setting the displayed trends does not change when changing the trend set If the selected set of trends does not contain the chosen trend the trend is not depicted When there is a change to the displayed set the time axis automatically switches to the relevant range of the archive When returning to the current trends the range of the time axis switches to the current day 4 6 Graphic Trends Browser Individual quantities are displayed in graphic trends in the form of linear graphs This display method gives the user a very good idea about the behaviour of values of the monitored quantities In the graphic trends it is possible to differentiate curves by colour thickness and type of line It is possible to roughly subtract values directly from the graph according to the set grids or more precisely measure the values using the value and time measuring cursors or ascertain the values directly in the table XX Tip If we pause the cursor over the graph of the trends a bubble with a name of the close trends and precise valu
62. eges In the tab Web Access Permissions in the dialogue window Settings 8 you can set the computer name with remote server access permissions blank for the local computer configure parameters for web access and logging access from the web Remote server access rights e Computer name name of the computer where standard monitoring with the server of access permissions is installed this does not have to be on the same computer as the web server e Using Find you can select a neighbouring computer e If monitoring and the web server are on the same computer the computer name is not filled in Configuration of access Period of maintaining the connection the time set is reserved by settings for the connected user from the web browser even after closing the website min 30 seconds Allow setting of values immediately upon startup this option allows settings of values immediately after starting the system it is suitable to switch on when installing the WebControl extension Logging directory e File directory LOG all access from the web browser can be recorded in the system in the files of a selected directory Using Find you can select it easily Setting logging Further options allow you to switch on off the record of access to a given type of web extension and set the values The actual value setting is also always recorded in the events of classic monitoring with the identity of the user who entered the settings Setting lo
63. eges Properties of the graphic display 46 Text Trends Browser Description of the text trends window 00000000s 47 Table of text trends Time axis of text trends Properties of text trends Trends key Printing trends Exporting trends Alarms Events System Events 51 Unconfirmed amp Current Alarms Service 51 Description of Alarm Browser Window 52 Selection of the Displayed Set 53 Accpeting Alarms ccececseeeeeceseeeeeeeseeteeeseneeeeenens 53 Cancellation of Alarms 54 Deletion of Alarms Filtration of Alarms Sorting Alarms Printing Alarms Export Alarms Module Update Advanced Functions in the Module Local Menu Data Types nete E EE EE E Expressions and Operators sseesseeseesssessessseeseesse Conversion Functions Mathematical Functions Functions for Date and Time Link to Value of Other Cells 8 1 User Login
64. eing viewed is closed and the windows that are then opened in the display alarm trend browsers etc behave as standard windows in the Windows operating system so you can handle them in any way i e change the position and size cover them by each other move to another monitor etc Connecting to a Data Server So that ProCop Toolbar can make separate parts of the monitoring system available it must be connected to a data server 7 This data server provides the ProCop Toolbar the appropriate visual project If the data project is launched in the data server the current values of technological quantities are displayed in the visual project and the dynamic elements correspond to the state according to the current technological values The data server may run on the same computer as the user console local data server or on any of the computers in the local computer network remote data server network workstation For connection to a local data server go to the option in the advanced menul 18 Connect For connection to a remote data server there is the option Connect remotely which requires the name of the computer with the remote data server to be entered Disconnecting from the data server can be done using the option from the advanced menul 18 Disconnect Disconnecting from the data server does not cause the data server to stop running The data server remains in operation and continues to provide all monitoring functions from data col
65. em all selected and on the right there are options for data alarm trends and external files Alarms and trends cannot be archived while the project is running At the bottom there is an actual list of archived files By pressing Archive archiving is implemented in the default directory while the button Archive as allows you to select the target for archiving View Home displays the browser of technological displays and switches to the main display 2015 ALFA Mikrosyst my s r o 6 ProCop 3 5 Displays displays the browser of technological disp lays Trends displays the trend browser Alarms displays the alarm browser Module control displays module control Calculator displays the calculator Permission management displays the console for the access rights server Trend management displays the console for the historical trends server Alarm management displays the console for the alarm server events and system logging System tracer launches the application for monitoring the running of the ProCop system Advanced mode switches the ProCop Toolbar to separate windows mode and can display several browsers and consoles at the same time Designer switches ProCop Toolbar to Designer mode requires designer permissions a list of currently opened windows is also displayed in the Advanced mode QU NEENEIEDS allows to switch windows Access rights Login opens a dialogue window for the user login Logout
66. emporary adjustments to the time catalogue The selection is available only in Advanced settings Stage In the stage column you can enter the required value for the specific technological variable Opt The parameter Optimum Start Stop is part only of the TSP3 time program and can be used for example for optimising a change to the required value You can find more information in the documentation for the specific monitoring project Stage2 Apart from the required value it is possible in TSP3 to enter a second required value for a specific technological variable in the column Stage 2 af Note The majority of time programs only have some of the above options depending on the controller type and time program used in it The dialogue for a time program has three tabs e Basic settings It is only possible to edit previously defined rows of the time program while the same days for the time program are always automatically merged into one line There is a more detailed description in the topic basic settings for a time program 34 e Advanced setting In this tab you can define any time catalogue for any day There is a more detailed description in the topic advanced settings for a time program 34 e Predefined level colours If the colour scheme for individual groups is not suitable you can assign any colour to each level There is a more detailed description in the topic predefined level colours for a time program
67. equest for the pump operation but the return report indicates that the pump is still inactive The pump arrow e Turns return report from the technology indicates the pump is operating does not have to mean the real movement of the pump e g if no return report e Stands return report indicates the pump is idle does not have to mean the pump is really idle e g if the wire with the return report is interrupted Illustration of pumps standing idle faulty 38 0 Pump performance may be managed in different ways own management frequency converter controller In the event of availability of the measured quantity of the pump performance a text indicator 24 by the pump is displayed with the current performance frequency of the converter or level of operation In the chapter Operating technology 28 the general operation of the technology will be explained in more detail af Note Pumps can turn even when the technology seems to be idle These properties should be described in the documentation for 2015 ALFA Mikrosyst my s r o Display Browser the regulation itself Please note that it can usually mean slow down of the pumps after stopping the technology or automatic spinning of pumps in frost protection mode to prevent freezing of the medium in certain cooler places 3 2 3 Ventilation systems The ProCop monitoring system is equipped with components for the schematic display of the state and control of ventilat
68. er the list of trends of the selected group there is a list of disp lay ed trends Adding trends to the list of displayed trends Mark the trends you want to display and press the dialogue button Add or the MEF key or drag the selected trends with the mouse to the list of trends displayed Another option is tapping the left mouse button on the trend you want to add Removing trends from the list of displayed trends Mark the trends you want to remove and press the button Remove or the BABE key Another option is tapping the left mouse button on the trend you want to remove In the dialogue you can also influence the order of displayed selected trends using the buttons Up and Down or using the keyboard shortcuts and GE 7e Eee Te I Tip The order of the trends displayed can be changed by dragging the names of trends in the key to the necessary location 2015 ALFA Mikrosyst my s r o Trend Browser s 4 4 Selection of time interval The dialogue for selection of the time interval can be opened from the toolbar using Select date and time or by selecting from the same menu from the floating menu initiated by clicking the left mouse button anywhere on the desktop of the window for graphic or text trends An extremely quick method of initiating this dialogue is also clicking the left mouse button anywhere on the time axis of the window for graphic or text trends or pressing the S RETE The dialogue contains three tabs
69. eriod max 50 Consumption In the filter of samples it is possible to select the option Consumption This option displays the difference of the value following from the current one in place of the actual measured values of trends Therefore if we select a filter e g Every day we get a table of daily consumptions i e the differences between values of the current and following day With this option the time is displayed as an interval December 2006 or the start of an interval to which the consumption pertains The end is the time of the next row Let us give some examples of usage For each we first select the required time period for which we want to calculate the consumption tick Consumption and set a filter Hourly consumption we select the filter With period shift and enter in the period hg 0 85 Daily consumption we select the filter Every day at and enter the hour of the reading e Weekly consumption we select the filter Every week and enter the day of the reading e Monthly consumption we select the filter Every month and enter the day of the reading Selection of tolerance allows the approximate consumption to be displayed even when at the given moment the sample was not available If we cancel this option in places where there is no sample available the sample with the precise period does not display any data 2015 ALFA Mikrosyst my s r o Trend Browser 4 5 Selection of display
70. es these can be large T External sengt F Options and parameters ix Files for aschiving F 5 75 Project parts selection to archive Foor files needed to run the system Ditplays absorpce pwd Displays c_ut_hospod pwd Dinplays c ut infek pud Dinglaye o_ut_patal pwd Moplayehe 14 ui pw Manual insert remove file s buttons opera ed Dpiayete_ uil pk Dnpleysc utl 1 VAI nf Crie x Tip By default archiving is set so that after opening the dialogue window you just press the button Archive Upon completion of the archiving just close the dialogue by pressing Close Stopping Work with the Program If you want to stop work with the monitoring program use the usual combination Nigam to end a program in Windows or select Exit from the advanced menul 18 DA ProCop Toolbar can also be exited by pressing the optional button Exit or the cross button in the top right hand corner of the Toolbar Exit x Note Exiting the ProCop Toolbar application does not stop the data server from running The data server remains in operation and continues to provide all monitoring functions from data collection to archiving of historical trends to evaluating alarm states and sending them to the alarm server Designer Mode Designer mode is designed to create and edit the monitoring project In Designer mode all the functions we know from Monitor mode are available along with functions available in this mode that are necessary for
71. es and units at the given time is displayed 4 6 1 Description of the window of graphic trends The window for the browser of graphic trends is made up of several parts The description of individual parts of the window for the browser for graphic trends is described in separate chapters Preview of the window of graphic trends Historical tends oi lid W EKG z kha Selecttrends T Select dete and ime Cumeni bernd bd Text views D Pu ertes Fin D Expat U Dit tisk OPS UF Tepl TI Toolbar Tepl T2 Active data set archive f ut Tepl OTI UF Tepl venkovni va _re ype Trends Key Unewoe CE Lre oe Cove CE oe Cure CE Penod oe Pes 10m Penot 10m Perd 5 Mak 246 Mac 0 9 Max B2 Max 29 1 Max Arrow points to relevant value axis side Mr 33 Me 23 4 Min WS Mn 65 Mn primary secondary one zs m 184 238 23 4 439 MS WE 355 402 trend line sample 42 Primary value axis 4 5 re ype Ta Point to any trend by mouse and wait shows names and values of trands nearby the cursor 8 Primary value axis scroll bar BR ty amp 4 tj EDDAN Value cursor displays W Binary axis Measure cursor lines default green are dragable to the required Drawing area with grid Primary value axis control buttons 3 Vertical measure cursors time indicators Time Axis control buttons Date and time of the beginning of the displayed trends time slot fo sist
72. es appearance e Adjustment of TSP is implemented jointly on days with the same time change or the same position for the time interval e Adjustment of TSP on one day is implemented the same way as in the previous case but prior to pressing the left mouse button we hold the key thus adjusting only one day LA Note Changes in the graphic illustration immediately appears in the text values in the top part of the dialogue and vice versa By pressing OK the settings of the changed values are implemented into the technology and the dialogue is closed Apply implements the settings of the changed value into the technology but the dialogue is not closed The Cancel button closes the dialogue without setting the changed values into the technology Initiating floating menus Buttons aggregates and objects can initiate the local menu upon clicking the mouse button It can be a single or double click of any button depending on the project Usually one click of either mouse button is used and for special or service settings the right mouse button or double clicking either of the buttons Example of floating menu including button to initiate it Pumps Pump 1 gt OK Pump 2 Pump 3 By clicking on a dynamic part of the technological display you can initiate the floating menu containing a variety of commands This floating menu can also be multilevel i e after selecting from the first command level the menu develops to another level S
73. explicitly stated otherwise 1 2 1 Locale In order to avoid problems with locales concerning screen and print fonts system reports dialogues captions and help we recommend working with the corresponding localised EN versions of the operating system Language versions ProCop 3 5 Currently there are other language versions of the ProCop 3 5 application also available such as English and from version 3 3 also a Slovak version You can check which languages the system has been translated into with the system manufacturer or on the website http www alfamik cz 1 2 2 Cooperation with other programs The Windows environment is designed for applications to run in parallel It therefore provides users with much more opportunities in regard to tasks working with each other in collaboration data exchange or usage of joint system resources such as computing performance memory etc Sharing computer resources however puts greater demand on the correct running of tasks and their seamless integration In the event of an error some applications tasks may cause conflicts or even other tasks to collapse To make it possible to ensure the reliable and correct functioning of the ProCop monitoring system it is appropriate to 2015 ALFA Mikrosyst my s r o Introduction 9 use the monitoring computer exclusively for this program only If you do not keep to this condition it is not possible to guarantee the flawless running of the ProCop sys
74. f the activity depending on the different controller types but it always refers to a serious fault not a normal state With the OK button we confirm the change in the settings for filters and we switch on the filter and the dialogue window closes With the Cancel button we cancel all the adjustments and everything stays in the original state FY Tip At the same time as the above filters filters for displaying alarms events and system events 51 are also active but also Unaccepted existing and service alarms 511 It also applies with the selected set archive 5A from which the given alarms are displayed You should not forget to set these other filters correctly too to get the correct result FY Tip If we want to get all the settings in the initial state it is enough to display another browser displays trends and go back 2015 ALFA Mikrosyst my s r o s ProCop 3 5 to the alarms 5 9 Sorting Alarms Alarms can be sorted in ascending and descending order by all columns Just click on the header of the appropriate column and the alarms are reordered according to the selected column The column and direction of sorting is indicated by a grey arrow on the left in the column header by which the records are sorted By clicking the mouse again you can reverse the order the alarms in the same column Filtration of alarms is retained when sorting changes and pre filtered records are sorted Columns containing the date and
75. for the definition of the time range e Absolute time range 47 Fixed time range defined by the time and date of the start and end of the time interval Relative time range 44 Time range defined relatively against the start of the day week month year etc Floating time range 4A Time rang defined relatively against the actual time Under the definition of the time interval the currently displayed time range is shown for checking purposes In the case of relative or floating time intervals this range can change At the bottom of the dialogue it is possible to switch off the displayed time axis and set the time to finish reading the data from the trend server and the time delay for portray ing trends FY Tip To enlarge a cutout of the trend area you can drag the mouse on the trends desktop on the time or value axes You can go back with the a button in the bottom right hand corner by the time axis The whole range of the given axis can then be displayed by pressing L by the given axis 441 Absolute range The absolute time range is defined with a fixed start and end of the time interval In entering the start and end of the time interval the procedure is exactly the same Entering the date can be implemented either directly by entering a specific data using the keyboard or more conveniently by opening the calendar by clicking the expansion button and selecting the specific date If necessary you can use the Today
76. ft of enlarged cutout to the past Enlarged range of value axis to the future 2 Shift of enlarged cutout to the future ic Setting the time start end of the time axis e Operating components of the time axis for enlarging or shrinking the range of the time axis or stopping the automatic shift of the time axis Enlarging the area to half range Shrinking the area to double range L Displaying the whole range of the time axis u Indication of the automatic shift of the time axis stopping automatic shift 2015 ALFA Mikrosyst my s r o Trend Browser 4 D Indication of stopping the time axis switching off automatic shift a Return to the previous range of the time and value axes Time axis Displays the current time mark on the time axis By marking the part of the time axis with the mouse it is possible to enlarge the selected area to the whole width of the display area When enlarging the area of the time axis the automatic shift of the time axis is stopped at the same time XX Tip Back to the display of the whole range it is possible to switch cancel cutout enlargement by pressing the button with the symbol of a green square E Jor the relevant axis 4 6 4 Value axis of trends The value axis is composed of several parts Scrollbar of the value axis for shifting the displayed cutout in the range of the value axis when enlarging a specific area The scrollbar also contains these two icons 4 En
77. fter the display validity period has expired the image is created again with the current values The longer the period the lower the strain on the monitoring computer and web server during concurrent access by a larger number of users The refresh period of the website display each browser automatically requests the image of the technological display once this period has expired This period should always be larger than the period of validity of the display so the same user is not provided the same image again an unnecessary transfer 11 11 Web WebTrends In the tab Web WebTrends in the dialogue window Settings 8 you can set the computer name from the remote trend server blank for a local computer Remote trend server Computer name name of the computer where standard monitoring with the trend server is installed this does not have to be on the same computer as the web server e Using Find you can select a neighbouring computer If monitoring and the web server are on the same computer the computer name is not filled in 11 12 Web WebAlarms In the tab Web WebAlarms in the dialogue window Settings ef you can set the computer name with the remote alarm server blank for a local computer Remote alarm server Computer name name of the computer where standard monitoring with the alarm server is installed this does not have to be on the same computer as the web server e Using Find you can select a neighbouri
78. g communication refresh of values with connected devices outside of the usual period of making contacts If the communication path is shared by several devices this request for communication has the highest priority If Disable update is set Normal update mode is set automatically upon pressing the Start button Stop Stopping communication with the device A further connection will run during the next regular period or upon pressing the Start button Normal update The normal mode establishing contact and refresh of values in regular predefined intervals e Disable update Forbidding communication with the given device If at that point in time communication with the given device is underway the communication ends the same way as when pressing the Stop button Permanent update Refresh of values takes place continually without ending the connection with the controller If the device is not communicating at that point in time with the control centre it starts communication just as with pressing the Start button Find With this button you can search for modules by name which can be useful in extensive monitoring systems with hundreds of modules Any of the mentioned operating buttons can be inactive This way the input output module tells users that this function is not necessary for their activities and the function is not supported 2015 ALFA Mikrosyst my s r o amp ProCop 3 5 Tip Module
79. gging e Login and logout e Viewing technological screens Setting technological variables e Viewing graphic trends e Viewingtext trends e Viewing alarms Web WebView In the tab Web WebView in the dialogue window Settings 8 you can set the computer name with a remote data server blank for the local computer configure access parameters from the web and set display validity 2015 ALFA Mikrosyst my s r o Toolbar Options as Remote data server Computer name name of the computer where standard monitoring with the data server is installed this does not have to be on the same computer as the web server If monitoring and the web server are on the same computer the computer name is not filled in Name of the visual project for the Web e For the web extension you can create a special visual project with other technological displays than in standard monitoring The name of such a project must be entered accurately into this item e Ifthe web visualisation is supposed to match the standard one the name of the visual project should be left blank Setting displays e Display directory cache all displays provided to web browsers are saved in a file as an image into the directory set here Using Find you can select it easily Period of display validity cache all web browsers users which request the same technological display by the set time after saving it in the file receive a pre created image A
80. hanging the type of axis value percentage logarithmic setting the manual range of the axis Y axis right secondary Switching on off the display of the left primary value axis changing the type of axis value percentage logarithmic setting the manual range of the axis Text Trends Browser Text trends are for displaying the progress of the technological quantities in table format After selecting the displayed trends and time interval the values are shown organised in a table where the columns correspond to individual trends and the table rows represent values taken at the given time 2015 ALFA Mikrosyst my s r o Trend Browser The window for the browser of text trends is made up of several parts The description of individual parts of the window for the browser of text trends is described in the separate chapters 4 7 1 Description of the text trends window Toolbar 39 joint operating components for graphic and text display of trends Key 4 name of trend and its most important parameters e Table with times and values of samples F4 table containing trending values Time axis scrollbar 4 scrollbar for moving in the time axis e Operating components of the time axis A operating components for work with the time axis Textual display of historical trends GD Historical rends e u3 v Selecttrends We Setectdaie andtme Cumert kend Gieghic view Properties SP hat Emmat UF Dif tisk UF Te
81. he Y Filter button A pressed button symbolises that filters are active The normal button state then means that filters are dormant Filtration by time of alarm occurrence Ticking the Time option in the dialogue window Setting a custom filter turns on a filter by the time of the alarm and displays the tab of the same name It is possible in the tab to select one of the defaults scales set by the filter by time of occurrence to the scale from several days back up until the present time or a custom scale In this case it is necessary to enter the date and time of the start and end of the required interval in which the alarm occurred Alarms occurring outside of this interval will not be disp layed Filtration by source Ticking the Source option in the dialogue window Setting a custom filter turns on a filter by the source of the alarm A tree of sources that an alarm event system event has already reported is displayed Alarms with the ticked source in the tree are displayed in the list of alarms while unselected ones are not The buttons All and None can mark or cancel the marking of all available sources in the tree Filtration by alarm style Each alarm event and system event has an alarm style assigned to it This style specifies how in which colours and when the alarm will be displayed etc Based on the alarm style various events can be implemented upon occurrence or expiration of an alarm Styles relating alarms with the same pro
82. he column Local menu of the Source column Hide lt Source gt f ID v Type Date vV Time Source Write date Write time lt Level Priority Alarm event system log text Accept date Accept time Accepted by LISISISISISIS Note Style Print automatically Disable column printing Wrap column Multiline print Multiline with note IA IN mi We lt Right clicking the mouse on any column header displays the local men which allows you to display hide any column and set the method of printing the column Printing columns Methods of printing 56 columns e Print automatically the column is printed with the set width Disable column printing the column is not printed Wrap column wraps text within the width of the column in several rows a further alarm will be indented so that it does not cover the wrapped text Multiline print selected column will be printed as another row not a column under the appropriate alarm Multiline with note selected column will be printed as another row under the appropriate alarm at the start of the row the original name of the column will be written suitable for columns with long text alarm text note 5 4 Selection of the Displayed Set The alarm server provides the option of automatic archiving and backup of alarms When browsing alarms you can switch at any time from browsing the current file of alarm reports to browsing the archive of alarms for the
83. he current date and time is displayed in the area Current time range Filter of samples in text trends In the middle part of the dialogue for setting the date and time there is a filter for samples in text trends This allows the user to set the period samples are displayed in the text trends independent of the actual trending of values by the system It is possible to select from these filters All samples displays all samples from the database no filters applied e With period shift allows the user period with which individual samp les are displayed to be entered Then the shift of the period against midnight also Entering is accepted in the format when the period and its semi colon is first introduced and then it is possible to introduce the shift of the period and its unit Units can be used as follows s second m minute h hour d day Example 1 h 15 m Every day displays one sample per day in the hour entered e Every week displays one sample per week at midnight on the selected day e Every S in the month displays one sample per month at midnight on the entered day Tolerance ofthe time for samples Tolerance of the time for samples allow a sample to be displayed that does not have a precise time according to the selected period shift not functioning when selecting All samples The value tolerated of the time deviation is relative against the entered period and is entered in percent of the p
84. he entire web extension These will on viewing the website asked to enter a username and password when accessing generally inaccessible modules The user password cannot be changed via the web extension for security reasons only from the ProCop Toolbar Important warning For security reasons we recommend permitting access to the WebControls module only to certain authenticated users with sufficiently complicated passwords and further limit access to be from specific computers not from the network or even from the internet using the dialogue for restricting access A 2015 ALFA Mikrosyst my s r o Trend Server Management 9 Trend Server Management This part describes management of the trend server which is for saving historical trends i e the progression of values of technological variables in a time usually with a defined period their archiving backup and export The trend server manager can be opened in the advanced menul 18 of the ProCop Toolbar by selecting View gt Trend management Trends can also be initiated at any time with the keyboard shortcut GREYNRESI The main window of the trend server manager contains a tree with the following groups Project in the subtree a tree of continuous trends is displayed with parameters which is saved in the trend server Archive in the subtree there are archives for individual months and year with trends and parameters which are saved in the database Backup in the s
85. ic application and the given technological project The technological displays may also contain photographs of objects overview maps tables of values etc A Important warning From now on only general practices will be given which are used in the majority of cases when creating specific projects Scheme can be entirely different in regard to layout colours and meanings depending on the specific technological project It is then necessary to request documentation and an explanation from the specific project creator Layout of the technological scheme Areas of technological screens Title name of control centre station name two left fields at the top of the screen Date and time in the controller shows the date and time in the industrial controller during the last refresh of values can be it is possible to set date and time setting dialoguel 32 with a simple click Communication with the controller displays the date and time of the last refresh of values communication with the controller values on the technological screen are from this time Clicking on the communication state makes it possible to launch communication outside of the regular period or change the refresh typel 59 It can display the fault red state of communication it is not possible to connect with the controller and obtain or set data The problem is probably in the connection between the control centre and the controller Fault area displays
86. imple network workstations connected to the main control centre via a fast LAN at least 100M b After selecting the installation folder you must enter or confirm User identity The username and password must match as when installing standard monitoring at the main control centre in the event of the domain user the domain name should also match If there has been no interference with the identity when installing the main control centre even with installation of a network workstation it is enough to leave the default values and a blank password 7 Network name or static IP address A further required option when installing a network workstation is entering the network name of the computer at the main control centre or its IP address This of course must be static it cannot be changed C Web server This option installs monitoring for publishing monitored data using a web server Installation is the same as in version A Standard monitoring expanded to include the parts needed for publishing on the web and configuration of the web server The web server must be installed in the computer prior to the ProCop Monitoring System e D Developers Practical configuration for project developers is offered by this installation For example automatic launching is not implemented when the computer starts and the system runs without the identity of the user who launches it etc e E User installation The user selects installation of indivi
87. in Designer mode e System language allows the ProCop Toolbar language to be chosen or Windows Auto which automatically selects the language of the closest language of the operating system FY Tip The Original button allows you to set applications in the basic settings after installation 2015 ALFA Mikrosyst my s r o s2 ProCop 3 5 11 3 11 4 11 5 Access Permissions In the tab Access permissions in the dialogue window Settings Ei you can define parameters for ProCop Toolbar access permissions Settings for client behaviour with access permissions Login dialogue upon starting after launching the ProCop Toolbar the login dialoguel 67 is automatically displayed to verify access permissions e Login dialogue with insufficient rights switches on the option of automatic opening of the login dialogue when selecting an event for which the user currently logged in does not have sufficient access permissions e Automatic login as the user Everyone after logging out the user or prior to the first login the user Everyone is automatically logged in e Automatic logout after being inactive for a defined period if no actions are made after a defined period seconds minutes hours then the user is logged out Zero means that the automatic logout is not implemented e Use the user from Windows for monitoring implements automatic login of the Windows user to the monitoring system as well if defined with the same name
88. ing data or volumes of transferred data and other information It is also possible to force refresh of values 59 download trends from the concentrator and refresh their project even outside of the normal update period It is also possible to remove communications modules disconnected from the controllers or measuring gauges from the periodic refresh or vice versa include it in the permanent up datel 59 for example when starting up a station 6 1 Module Update For input and output of data to a monitoring system special program blocks called input output modules are used These modules communicate with the technological devices usually via protocols and communications paths by which they ensure the supply of current values of technological quantities and in return allow staff to operate technological devices For management of input output modules ensuring the state of communication or setting their parameters there is a special service window The window contains a tree list of all connected communications modules and paths together with their names information about their state and several buttons The buttons allow communications to be launched or stopped the module monitor to be opened and parameters of a selected module to be set Buttons for service of input output modules Stat Stop Normal update Disable update Permanent update A Find These buttons always cover the marked modules Start Launchin
89. initively removed from the system It will always be available in one of the monthly archives Deletion of alarms is implemented in the 4 service list of alarms 5 by clicking the Mbdelete button z Notes To prevent an unwanted increase in size of the alarm reports file when filling the alarm reports database to the given limit the oldest alarms are automatically overwritten with new ones To search for older alarms there are the alarm archives 5 It is not possible to delete alarms which have not yet been archived The x Delete button is inactive Filtration of Alarms In the list of alarm reports only alarms matching the required filter are disp lay ed Apart from the basic filtration of alarms by alarm type 5A you can further filter alarms by e Date and time occurred only displays alarms with date and time of occurrence in the selected interval Source only displays alarms from selected sources Style displays alarms in the given style communication alarms warnings e Priority and level only displays alarms with the selected or higher priority Filtration of alarms by these criteria can be switched on or off in the dialogue after clicking the Vite r button You can change the settings without switching a filter on or off with the Esett ings button 2015 ALFA Mikrosyst my s r o Alarm Browser 55 Tip Filters can be switched off individually by deselecting filters individually or in batches with t
90. ion Locking the cursor is implemented by tapping the left mouse button on the indicator of the value of the cursor The locked cursor remains for example when enlarging a specific area of the graph on the selected value whereas an unlocked cursor stays in the selected position within the screen Properties of the graphic display The properties of the display of graphic trends can be set in a dialogue window which can be initiated by pressing the Properties button in the toolbar or the same option from the floating menu opened by right clicking the mouse anywhere on the desktop In this dialogue you can set e Key Switching on off the display of the key or individual key items Grid Switching on off the value and time marks and lines setting their colours width and spacing Trends Setting colour and width of line for plotting individual trends assigning to a primary or secondary value axis More Setting the background colour switching on off the bubble help in the key and the grid switching on off the display of the binary axis Print Setting the title headers and footers when printing graphic and text trends e Value cursors Switching on off the display of the value measuring cursors setting colour setting locks e Time cursors Switching on off the display of the time measuring cursors setting colour setting locks Y axis left primary Switching on off the display of the left primary value axis c
91. ion systems and their individual aggregates The individual usual components for ventilation systems colour meanings and states will then be described in more detail Operating technology 28 is described in the next chapter Example of different states of ventilation components vents coolers antifreeze thermostats filters humidifiers ventilators and ventilated space MONS EE T T Vents fire vents Regulation of air flow is implemented with various types of vents with colour coding Grey Closed vent usually perpendicular to the direction of the air flow e Red Fault in the vent mechanism state is unknown Green Open partially open vent usually parallel to the direction of the air flow Vents may be analogue or binary For analogue ones the opening percentage is displayed close by Fire vents usually with the abbreviation FV are displayed as red if closed Heaters coolers recuperators Ventilation systems are usually equipped with water or electrical heaters coolers and various types of recuperators These components are static from the perspective of regulation Individual aggregates that serve these components vents pumps valves are dynamic change their state can be controlled In some cases the percentage of performance by the recuperator or level of electrical heating and cooling are display ed Freezers Ventilation systems are equipped with protective thermostats antifreeze thermostats They
92. isp layed in the whole range of the value axis according to the actual local maximum 100 and minimum 0 Values on the axis are therefore expressed in percentages of this range e Logarithmic axis graphs are displayed only in positive numbers values are recalculated as a decimal logarithm of the given number and displayed similarly to the value axis The grid is displayed in the same way This can be useful when displaying quantities of sensors with a logarithmic course e g pressure Graphic display of trends allows for the case of displaying two trends with lineally different range to display the secondary value axis and any trend simply added to this secondary value axis Adding a given trend to the primary or secondary value axis is implemented in the key by tapping the left mouse button on the arrow in the example line Tip You can go back to the display of the whole range quickly on the axis cancel cutout enlargement by clicking the button with the symbol of the green square E Jor the relevant axis Primary and secondary value axis In the trend key next to the example line there is an arrow displayed which goes towards the values axis to which the 2015 ALFA Mikrosyst my s r o 4 ProCop 3 5 4 6 5 4 6 6 4 7 given trend is associated By default all trends are associated with the primary axis the secondary right axis is not displayed The exception is with binary trends which are always associated
93. king the mouse in the tick field or with the key Note By assigning the rights to a group gives rights to all members of the given group If the permissions are removed from the group they are taken from all users who belong to this group and do not have these permissions assigned by another group 8 3 5 6 Dialogue for selecting a user group This dialogue is for sorting users into user groups In the list only the groups of users which the user is not yet a member of are displayed e Ifyou want to include a user in another user group select the name of the group from the list and click OK By clicking Cancel you quit the editing without saving changes without including the user in the group 8 3 5 7 Dialogue with a list of user groups The dialogue is for including a user in user groups In the list all the defined user groups are displayed The list contains the name and description of the group If the user is a member of the given user group the row with the given group is ticked Including or removing a user in from a group can be done by clicking the mouse on the ticking field or using the Spacebam al Note By adding a user to a group all rights assigned to the group are assigned to the given user If the user is a member of several groups then all the rights that are assigned to the individual group are also assigned to the user 8 3 5 8 Dialogue with a list of members users belonging to a given group
94. l 18 by selecting Access rights Change password Periodically changing your password is important for security reasons Dialogue for changing the password of any user Password change een Sr Permission authentication User Smith Old password CELLLLLELIL I New password 0 Password verification eeeeeeeee x Cancel Help This dialogue allows the user to change the password To change your password you must know the current password The procedure is as follows In the row User select your login name e Write your current password in the Old password row for the selected user Write new password in the New password row e Write your new password again for verification in the Password verification row e To change the password click OK e To close the dialogue without changing the password click Cancel at any time In the dialogue for changing the password it is necessary to enter your username your original password and the new password with verification to prevent the password being changed by an unauthorised person or mistyping the new password af Note You must remember your password because otherwise you will not have access to operations defined by the system administrator Only the system administrator can provide the settings of a forgotten password for a new one in the Permission managementl 68 Important warning When entering passwords in the ProCop system
95. l phases and the change of gradient exactly at the measured value DISCRETE Stepwise rectangular function in several phases and the change of gradient exactly at the measured value TEXT Not displayed in graphic trends Along with the trends displayed this space contains a grid and cross hair cursors 48 Marking any area with the mouse enlarges this area to the full viewing area At the same time the value axis 48 switches to manual scale and pauses the automatic shift of the time axis 4 Tip You can switch back to the automatic scale by clicking the M button or the green square L by the value axis which also removes the enlargement and sets to the whole axis scale This option is also available with the time axis If the cursor is paused over one of the trends displayed the sample time is displayed with the trend name and its value If there are several trends near the cursor the names and values of all these trends are displayed Time axis of trends The time axis is composed of several parts Rapid access buttons for quick switching of the display mode and switching display ed measuring cursors a8 Switching to textual display of trends l Switches off on display of measuring cursors e Scrollbar for time axis for the shift of the displayed cutout in the range of the time axis when enlarging a specific time area The scrollbar also contains these icons Increasing the range of the time axis to the past al Shi
96. larging the range of the value axis towards higher values a Shift of the enlarged cutout up wards Enlarging the range of the value axis towards lower values zi Shift of the enlarged cutout downwards Operating components of the value axis enlargs or shrinks the range of the value access or switches between manual and automatic range of the value axis Enlarging the area to half range Shrinking the area to double range Displaying the whole range of the value axis Indication of the automatic shift switch to manual mode of the range of the value axis E gt m I Indication of the automatic range switch to automatic mode of the range of the value axis Value axis Displays the current value and the value mark on the value axis M arking the part of the value axis with the mouse allows you to enlarge the selected area to the whole height of the display field When enlarging the area of the value axis the range of the value axis automatically switches to manual The range of values of the value axis by default sets automatically according to the rang of the displayed values of trends By choosing Properties from the toolbar or by right clicking the mouse on the value axis you can set the required range of the appropriate value axis manually There are also three types of value axis available Value axis displays the graphs of all trends in absolute values mutually comparable e Percentage axis individual graphs are d
97. lation for developers 9 e Delay after startup only for the service delays opening and launching of the project by a defined amount of time e g to wait for the drivers of the necessary devices OPC servers etc to launch e Project the whole path to the monitoring project which is to be opened launched the Search button allows you to select the file using the system dialogue window A Important warning Incorrect changes to the settings of the functional monitoring system may result in the monitoring not working which can occur after the computer is restarted IY Tip The Original button allows you to set applications in the basic settings after installation 2015 ALFA Mikrosyst my s r o Toolbar Options s 11 6 Trend Server In the tab Trend server in the dialogue window Settings Ei you can set parameters for the trend server Data files for the trend server project and delay Automatically open the last project open the last project after opening the project in the data server the given project of the trend server saves the settings and it will be automatically opened again when the trend server is next launched e Delay after startup only for the service delays opening and launching of the project by a defined amount of time e g due to decreasing the load on the computer when starting the system e Project the whole path to the trend server project which is to be opened the Search button allows you to
98. lection to archiving of historical trends to evaluating alarm states and sending them to the alarm server Working on a Project The specific job of the monitoring system is part of the monitoring project This project must be opened on the data server to which we connect Opening the project is possible from the ProCop Toolbar by selecting Open from the 2015 ALFA Mikrosyst my s r o ProCop 3 5 2 6 advanced menul 151 Lai Note Closing the project is only possible if the user logged in has been assigned the right to exit monitoring If the staff member does not have this right the system does not allow the project to close Project Archiving Project archiving can be done in the advanced menul 15 by selecting Archive or at any time with the keyboard shortcut CTRL ALT BR A dialogue window will open with the preset of the currently open project and automatic inspection of the project is implemented with a search of files for archiving Dialogue window for project archiving After opening the dialogue window analysis of the currently selected project and a search of all files selected for archiving is implemented automatically If it is necessary to archive a project other than the open one it is necessary to switch the project selection switch and find the required project for archiving A note is automatically attached to the archive with the optional path for default project expansion Archiving is done in a folder
99. llbar also contains these icons Increasing the range of the time axis to the past Shift of enlarged cutout to the past Enlarged range of value axis to the future Shift of enlarged cutout to the future L L amp EL Setting the time start end of the time axis Operating components of the time axis for enlarging or shrinking the range of the time axis or stopping the automatic shift of the time axis Enlarging the cutout to half the current cutout Shrinking the cutout to double the current cutout Displaying the whole range of the time axis Indication of the automatic shift of the time axis stopping shift Indication of stopping the time axis switching off automatic shift kt Z m i Return to the previous range of the time and value axes Time axis Displays the current time mark on the time axis By marking the part of the time axis with the mouse it is possible to enlarge the selected area to the whole width of the display area When enlarging the area of the time axis the automatic shift of the time axis is stopped at the same time Properties of text trends Properties of the display of text trends can be set in a dialogue window which can be initiated by pressing the button Properties in the toolbarl 39 or by the same selection from the floating menu opened by right clicking the mouse on the desktop In this dialogue you can set Key Switching on off the display of the key or individual key items Trends
100. lour position visibility and only indicate the technology Pipes heat exchangers and arrows are in various colours Non managed pumps valves and other aggregates are in grey black Active technology elements and their usual schematic representation follows Measured values setpoints and corrections Sensors of measured values are usually displayed according to the schematic markings with a symbol value in a circle or globe Next to it is a value indicator 2015 ALFA Mikrosyst my s r o Display Browser 25 Meanings of colours of letters for value indicators Sensor of outside temperature invalid e Grey Invalid value Value which is too old or unreliable en 5 Position of servo valve e Yellow Measured value Valid real value from technology reliable J Thermometer setpoint and measured e Turquoise Setpoint Required value to which the machine adjusts It can change depending on the controller calculations and its mode e g attenuation comfort ei Room temperature sensor with correction e Green Correction of value Correction is usually entered in the space device by turning the knob or button pom or from the visualization D Green may also be the measured value corrected by a constant or measured correction correction Room temperature sensor with fault Ri e Red Fault in sensor pom Red text symbolises a fault with the sensor converter or other fault in the given
101. m alarms in the archive only if the selection of the set of alarms is switched to Current Cancellation of Alarms For multi level alarms in exceptional situations it can happen that an alarm was sent to the alarm server but despite the alarm already having rung a report about the alarm occurring does not reach the alarm server In such a situation it can happen for example when adjusting a monitoring project etc In such cases it is necessary to cancel the alarm manually When cancelling an alarm a missing alarm report about the alarm finishing is sent to the alarm server with information that it is about Resetting an alarm Cancellation of an alarm has no relation to deleting an alarm Procedure when cancelling an alarm e To cancel a given alarm it is first necessary to display the list of current alarms 5M by selecting Current in the window of alarm reports e Cancellation of an alarm is carried out in the list of existing alarms by pressing the Cancel button e When cancelling an alarm it is possible to enter text with more information To this text the name of the user currently logged in is added and it is recorded in the note column Deletion of Alarms Due to securing the system against unwanted interventions the alarm browser does not allow alarms to be deleted freely only all the alarms older than the selected alarm Alarms which have not yet been archived cannot be deleted at all An alarm therefore cannot be def
102. m events received in the appropriate files It provides a list of alarm reports to the user interface e ProTrend trend server Archives values of selected technological variables in the appropriate trend files It provides data of historical trends to the user interface ProAcs access permissions server Administers user lists user groups and their access permissions It implements authorisation of access to individual parts of the monitoring system ProCop toolbar The main user console which serves as access to individual parts for monitoring from administration of data alarm trend server and the access permission server to viewing displays alarms and trends Entry exit modules allow the ProCop system to be connected to various technical media type of programmable automatic machines controllers etc and to communicate with them 1 2 Program Software Requirements ProCop 3 5 Monitoring and Visualisation System is a suite of object oriented programs which was created as the original application for the M icrosoft Windows operating system Currently Windows XP Windows 2000 Server and Windows 2003 Server from ProCop 3 2 Windows Vista Business and Ultimate and from ProCop 3 3 Windows 7 Professional and Ultimate and Windows 2008 R2 Server are supported When we speak about the Windows operating system or environment due to the similar or same method of work in the environments mentioned we mean any of the options given unless
103. me and description of the permission adding permissions to groups 2015 ALFA Mikrosyst my s r o ProCop 3 5 8 3 2 8 3 2 1 8 3 2 2 8 3 2 3 8 3 3 8 3 3 1 Group list The tree of access permission management contains a Groups branch in which all the available groups in the ProCop 3 5 system are displayed Several groups are embedded 70 permissions are assigned to groups not users and users are assigned membership in any number of groups Predefined user groups Except for user defined groups the list always contains these embedded groups Administrators group of administrators they have all rights except for Visual Designer permissions anyone can be a member e Designers group of system developers they only have Visual Designer permissions only designers can be group members Users group suitable for standard system users by default the assigned rights can be freely changed e Everyone by default a logged in user the rights of this group can be freely changed only the user Every one is a member You can add or remove freely from the defined permissions and define a list of their members users for each group Adding removing user groups In the list of user groups you can freely add or remove user groups Adding a new group can be done upon selecting the folder Groups with the key Removing a group can be done upon selecting the appropriate group with the key Changing gr
104. n be freely changed e Anonymous Internet User anonymous internet user by default has no rights this use can be put in any group and thus can be assigned any rights Data Server 3 x embedded user of the data server e Way Server 3 x embedded user of the access paths e ProCop 3 x embedded user of the ProCop Toolbar 3 x e ProWeb 3 x embedded user of the web extension of the ProCop application 3 x These users cannot be removed from the system 2015 ALFA Mikrosyst my s r o Access Privileges 8 3 3 2 Adding removing users Adding a new user can be done upon selecting the folder Users with the key Removing users can be done upon selecting the appropriate user with the key 8 3 3 3 Changing user name and description assigning a user to a group Changing the name and description of the user just like adding or removing a user from a group or putting a user in user groups can be done in the dialogue displayed upon pressing AME or upon right clicking the mouse in the tree list In the dialogue displayed you can switch between the following tabs at the top e editing the name and description of a user e changing the groups in which the user is a member Adding and removing a user to from a group can also be done upon selecting the user via the key and the key in the list of groups of which the user is a member on the right of the main window of the access permissions manager 8 3 4 List of logged in users
105. n system Working on the program in the monitoring mode does not however require knowledge of the designer part 5 1 Alarms Events System Events Differences between alarms events and data in the system record log are only significant a Alarms these are information about error or out of tolerance states of quantities or technical means signify states and situations for which the staff must be notified or to which they must react in a specific way because if not it can lead to an emergency situation a Events these are reports without a warning or alert nature but have informational and additional functions they make it known that certain states have been achieved or that a defined situation has occurred or an intervention was implemented in the technology by a user setting values a System events a summary of records from internal system states and reports from internal diagnostics for regular staff it has no importance it is just for the systems administrator e g for locating errors or diagnostics of interventions by specific users The buttons a Alarms 4 Events and a System allow you to select which of the records are displayed together The operation and control of alarms events and systems does not differ so all three types of information will continue to be described together For greater brevity we will talk together about alarms or alarm reports but it should be noted that we always mean events and system
106. naccepted alarms or events red and green bell symbols appear in the notification area By clicking on the bell the Alarm browser 57 appears After confirmation 5 of all alarms events the appropriate bell disappears 2015 ALFA Mikrosyst my s r o ProCop Toolbar 15 System date and time the current date and time of the local computer is displayed in the notification field e Logged in user 6 the name of the user currently logged in to the ProCop monitoring system is disp lay ed under the date and time Accessing the advanced menu Given that the main menu in the taskbar is freely configurable and does not contain all the functions from the monitoring mode it is possible to right click in the left part of the taskbar to access the advanced menu 13 Using this advanced menu it is possible to connect to any data server or to open or close the z required monitoring project change the appearance of toolbars and select other functions rocon Monitor which are not part of the main menu You can access the ProCop Toolbar advanced menu by right clicking the mouse anywhere in the toolbar except on buttons AA Note The specific job of the monitoring system is the contents of the application monitoring project which is obtained as output of the designer part of the ProCop application However knowledge of the design part of the ProCop application is not necessary for work with the monitoring par
107. ner with an environment for the operating part of a monitoring and visualization system Monitor The ProCop Toolbar can switch between these two modes Monitor model 13 a p The operating part allows staff to monitor and manage the technological process via technological schemes displays 21 notify of alarm states and situations view and process alarm lists 51 and view and analyse historical trends 3 of technological quantities Displays Switching from Designer to Monitor modes can be done by selecting View Monitor or pressing aiky Nea Designer mode A ProCop Designer 3 3 ProCop Web File Project View Users Window Help The developers part of the monitoring system provides access to the project editor and alarm server administration of the server for access permissions etc Switching from Monitor to Designer modes can be done by selecting View Designer from the advanced menul 18 or pressing SMENE 2 1 Description of Toolbar Functions The environment of the actual ProCop application in the monitoring mode is very simple It is made up of just the toolbar at the top of the screen This panel allows access to individual parts of the monitoring system Display ing individual buttons can be selected according to need Meanings of ProCop Toolbar buttons The ProCop Toolbar displays buttons for quick access By right clicking certain buttons or selecting Special Buttons any of the foll
108. ng the differences in settings of the time program are highlighted with a colour icon for the selected day in the time program 2015 ALFA Mikrosyst my s r o Display Browser 35 Time program advanced settings when selecting several rows while holding the SM ta a colour icon is displayed for differing rows r as prog T J delna Advanced view es Default setup Advanced view Redefinion of step colors TSP catalog setup Monday Time Stage Act a Tuesday a Wednesda 05 00 Comfort v L Economic h V E Saturday off H Sunday off EJ off o off E Setup profiles Graphic visualization 0 00 3 00 6 00 300 1200 5 00 i Monday SR a Tuesday M wednesday M T Thursday Fic T Saturday gt E k Sunday Eq Legend Off M Economic M Comfort F Cu ok LO Aey 38 cance 2 Heb Entering the time levels stages TSP2 TSP3 and activity of the row is implemented together for the selected rows The row does not appear it is not active unless the Act activity mark is ticked To reset the time program to a previously saved profile just select it from Profile settings In the selection only the profiles which can be applied to the given type of time program are displayed with the same number of levels and the same meanings If you want to save the current settings of the time program just fill out the new name in the selection
109. ng computer If monitoring and the web server are on the same computer the computer name is not filled in 2015 ALFA Mikrosyst my s r o Index A Absolute scale 41 access areas 69 Access Privileges 67 Access rights 15 82 Add or remove programs 11 Adding removing privileges 69 Adding removing user groups 70 Adding removing users 71 Administration of privileges 15 Administrator of access privileges 13 Advanced display 15 17 Advanced menu 13 Aggregates 26 Alarm administration 15 alarm browser 52 Alarm server 83 alarm service 51 Alarms 15 51 Allocate files in full length 83 ANALOG 61 Analogue thermometer 24 AND 62 Anonymous access to all 74 Anonymous Internet User 74 antifreeze thermostats 27 Applications 81 Archie 15 18 Archive as 15 Archiving 18 archiving and backup of alarms 53 archiving and backup of trends 43 Area for plotting trends 44 assigning a user to a group 71 assigning group privileges 70 Automatic login 81 Automatic logout 82 Automatically open last project 83 Automatically open the last project 82 sBs Back 21 22 basic functions 81 BINARY 61 Binary sensors 24 Button selection 13 Buttons 13 2015 ALFA Mikrosyst my S r o C Calculator 15 61 Cancellation of alarms 54 cells 65 Child 21 Column separator 50 Communicates 28 Communication with automated machine 28 Communication with the regulator 23 Computer name 84 85 Confirmation of alarms 53 Confi
110. ngs to be viewed quickly at any time by clicking on the arrow by the name the local menu is displayed with a list of trend templates and other functions Selection of trends 4 allows you to select the list of currently displayed trends from the list of all trends Selection of time interval 4 allows you to select the type of time interval absolute relative floating and the extent of this time interval for displaying trends Selection of displayed setl 431 switching between the current trends displayed and the archive of trends for a specific month and year Textl47 Graphic view 4 this option allows you to switch between a graphic and text view of trends Properties of graphic 481 text viewl 48 settings for a variety of properties of the browser for graphic and text trends such as the background colour of the window grids value and time markings measuring cursors the type and extent of left and right value axes etc e Trends key 48 description of the key for graphic and text trends row meanings e Print 49 print of selected text or graphic trends Export 50 allows the displayed trends to be exported to a file in the relevant format 4 2 Groups of settings Settings for the graphic and text trends window including the selection of displayed trends and the time interval can be saved at any time and later launched quickly In the toolbar of the trend browser on the far left the current group of set
111. o which we want to link gt Example If we need to add double the result from cell A2 of the table with the resulting value in cell C12 we use the expression 2 SA2 C12 The pseudovariables XY take on the immediate value of the result in the give Xth column Yth row of the table and their data type is the same as the data type of the result of the term of the given cell 2015 ALFA Mikrosyst my s r o Access Privileges 8 Access Privileges In order to secure the monitoring system against unwanted unauthorized intervention with the technology a component is included for administration of access permissions Every user can get access from the system administrator for a certain range of information together with restricting operational power i e defining those activities which they are permitted to implement For this it is necessary for the system staff to identify themselves with their username and password known only to the user personally 8 1 User Login Upon launching the monitoring project either no user is logged in or the user Everyone is logged in with minimum permissions depending on the settings of the system The system therefore for example provides only a very narrow range of information with no option for active intervention in the technology If staff want to use all the available options they must via the advanced menul 1 by selecting Access rights Login log in to the system using their usernam
112. odified the group is given at the top Saving settings After setting the displayed trends time interval or other properties by right clicking the mouse on the graphs or table you can open the menu with the option Save template IE or Save template as SARAS This option saves the settings in the selected group or opens a dialogue window with the newly created group of settings where you can enter their name Refreshing settings By clicking in the toolbar on the arrow by the template settings name a tree menu is expanded with quick selection of all previously saved groups of settings the option to save the current settings in the groups and opening the dialogue window for management of the groups of settings XX Tip After deleting the template Default settings and reopening the browser of historical trends a template is created with the default settings in the original state after installation 4 3 Selection of trends for display The dialogue for the selection of trends can be initiated from the toolbar via Selection of trends or with the same selection from the local menu which opens after right clicking the mouse anywhere on the desktop of the window for graphic or text trends The same option can be implemented using the keyboard shortcut iz EIA The dialogue contains an expanded tree of all groups of trends After selecting the group of trends a list of trends from this group is shown in the right part of the dialogue Und
113. of settings 39 H Help 15 History 22 Home 21 Hourly consumption 42 humidifiers 27 VO module 59 Identity 84 Information about variables 29 input output modules 59 Installation type 9 integer 61 Interconnection 22 Introduction 7 J Joint control area 23 pe language 81 language version 8 Launch ProCop as another user 84 Level 24 52 Link to value of other cells 65 List of previously opened projects 15 List of privileges 69 Local menu of variables 29 Locale 8 Locking the cursor 46 Logarithmic axis 45 logged in users 71 logical value 61 login 81 Login dialogue on starting 82 Lowering privileges 10 Main display 15 manostats 24 manual mode 28 Matematical functions 63 Maximum number of alarms 83 Measured 24 measuring cursors 46 Mobile scale 41 Module Management 15 59 Module refresh 59 Monitor regime 13 Monthly consumption 42 multiple launch 81 N Name of the visual project for the web 84 Network name 9 network workstation 9 17 Next 21 Normal refresh 59 Note 52 Notification area 13 numeric constants 62 2015 ALFA Mikrosyst my s r o O Offset by 41 OPC 9 Open 15 operand 62 Operands 62 Operating technology 28 OR 62 P Parent 21 password 10 Password change 68 Percentage axis 45 Period of maintaining a connection 84 Pi 63 Predefining level colours time program 35 Predefining level colours for the time program 35 Prefixing columns 50 prin
114. ogram 32 Time program advanced settings 34 Time program basic settings 34 Time program graphic illustration 36 Time program advanced settings 34 Time program basic settings 34 Time program dialogue 32 s ProCop 3 5 Time Switch Program 32 Tolerance of time of samples 42 Toolbar background appearance 17 Trend administration 15 Trends 15 39 Trends key 39 48 TRUE 61 TSP 32 Type 52 U Unconfirmed 51 Uninstalling the ProCop system 11 User administration 68 user groups 70 User identity 9 User installation 9 User login 67 Username 84 users 70 V Value axis 45 values 31 valves 26 ventilated space 27 Ventilation systems 27 ventilators 27 vents 27 Viewing alarm reports 13 Viewing historic trends 13 Viewing technological schemes 13 Visual project 84 W Waiting for communication path 28 WDC 32 Web serer 9 Web Access rights 84 Web WebAlarms 85 Web WebTrends 85 Web WebView 84 Website refresh period 84 Weekly consumption 42 whole positive number 61 Working on a project 17 2015 ALFA Mikrosyst my s r o
115. om the ProCop Toolbar by selecting View Permission management We must know the administrator password for the ProCop system or a user password with administrator permissions Open the branch Groups select the group Everyone and edit properties by selecting Edit Edit or the S RETET in the toolbar the key with the blue key symbol In the tab Members tick Anonymous Internet User putting the anonymous internet user into this group In the Permissions tab tick the rights WebView WebTrends and WebAlarms or just the one which should be generally accessible and confirm by clicking OK We can close permission management by for example switching to Displays Test the access from the web functionality Restricted access If it is necessary to have authenticated access to the website of the ProCop monitoring system we will proceed in similar fashion to the previous chapter except the appropriate permissions are assigned to the user group to which however an Anonymous Internet User cannot belong for general access If for example we want general access to be only for viewing technological displays we again add the Anonymous Internet User to the group Everyone with the difference that the group is only allocated WebView rights Similarly for example the group Users or others we create ourselves is assigned all web permissions We then add already an authenticated user existing or created for this purpose to this group who has access to t
116. ome rows can be inactive grey in relation to the current state of the monitoring technology 2015 ALFA Mikrosyst my s r o Display Browser x Tip Objects and areas which implement some kind of event after pressing the mouse button are recognised through the mouse cursor changing the appearance from an arrow to a hand symbol when scrolling the mouse cursor in this area 3 3 8 Switching the display By clicking on a dynamic part of the technological display another display is shown Usually its name or description is written directly in the display as the button name or the dynamic area e g HVAC1 CH Boiler or the arrow or double arrow symbol can be seen here to navigate displays ir Tip Using the Ba Ck button you can return to the previous display in the display history 2 at any time 2015 ALFA Mikrosyst my s r o Trend Browser 4 Trend Browser The trend browser allows the historical development of scanned quantities to be displayed in the form of graphs and tables The trend browser is part of the ProCop Toolbar which makes the functions of the monitoring and visualisation system available in a clear and simple way The trend browser can be opened by pressing the button Trends or in the advanced menul 13 by selecting View Trends You can also initiate trends at any time with the keyboard shortcut Trends LTT The trend browser allows staff to browse historical trends of technological variable
117. oolbar 3 1 1 Buttons for browsing displays After selecting the a Home button or the keyboard shortcut R SEMS NE the monitoring project homepage is displayed This is the display in the display tree as first Displays are organised in a tree list Using the buttons Previous Next PMaster and Slave you can browse this tree and view all the monitoring project displays one by one 2015 ALFA Mikrosyst my s r o 22 ProCop 3 5 Keyboard shortcuts for movement between displays are based on the cursor arrows on the appropriate buttons For movement in the tree the following combinations are available Afi Eds IME CEE CEE and ued To move in the history there are the combination keyboard shortcuts and NES z Note When browsing the tree on several levels the method of browsing using the buttons Previous N ext P Master and Slave is governed by the type of connection settings for the given group of displays The method of browsing depends on the specific visualisation project 3 1 2 List of displays Displays are organised in a tree list The whole displays tree can be viewed using the item List of displays By selecting the display in the list of displays the given display is shown In the list of displays the level of integration 22 of the group of displays is shown simultaneously e group without interconnections group with interconnection of the first display e group with interconnection of all displays
118. ose access permissions 2015 ALFA Mikrosyst my s r o 3 ProCop 3 5 are checked and verified according to the settings Usually all the components are located on a single monitoring computer but there are cases primarily for performance reasons where several parts are divided and work together on a local network on several computers e A typical reason for dividing the monitoring application among several computers into the user and data parts is the simultaneous access by multiple users to the given visualisation Using the ProCop Toolbar it is possible to connect from the client computer to a remote data server on a local 100Mbps network i e a network workstation me Note Remote access from network workstations is restricted by licensing conditions Restrictions are calculated according to the number of simultaneously connected workstations not applications installed Licences can be shared amongst users We can divide the ProCop system into several parts e ProDat data server The data server provides communication with individual controllers and renewal of technological variables It checks alarm states of technological variables and sends alarm reports to the alarm server implements archiving of selected technological variables on the trend server Contains a list of visual designs which however it does not interpret it only provides them for user consoles ProAlarm alarm server Archives the alarms events and syste
119. oup name and description adding group members Changing the name and description of a group as with adding or removing group permissions or adding or removing a user from the group can be done in the dialogue display ed upon clicking the Enter key or upon right clicking the mouse in the tree list In the dialogue displayed you can switch between the following using the tabs at the top e editing the name and description of the group e assigning group permissions adding and removing members users Adding or removing permissions is possible upon selecting the group using the key and in the list of permissions on the right in the main window for access permission management User list Each user can be a member of any number of user groups User permissions are then given as a summary of permissions of all groups of which the user is a member In the system there are always predefined users 70 who are necessary for the system to operate and cannot be removed Predefined users Except for user defined users the system always contains these users e Administrator system administrator belongs to the group of Administrators and Everyone i e has all rights except Visual Designer Designer designer of the monitoring project only a member of the Designers group i e only has Visual Design rights e Everyone default logged in user by default is the only member of the Everyone group the rights of this group ca
120. owing buttons can be disp layed or hidden 2015 ALFA Mikrosyst my s r o m ProCop 3 5 Displays Trends Alarms 6 Module control Calculator Login EJ Logout By Permission Full screen 2 Help Exit Advanced Menul View gt Displays Display Browser 2 View Trends Trend Browserl 39 View Alarms Alarm Browser 5 View Module control Module Controll 5A View gt Calculator Calculatorl 6 Access rights Login Access Permissions 67 Access rights Logout View Permission management Permission Management 6 Special Full screen Help Help Exit Button selection Keyboard shortcut ALT D 5 ALT ALT M L CTRL ALT L CTRL ALT R NERZ Shows displays of the display technologies using technological schemes with listed current values of quantities symbols expressing technology states etc Shows a window of historical trends Trends for selected technological quantities Can be shown in both table format and clear linear graphs Shows alarms events and system events In the window showing alarms it is possible to implement confirmation deletion and filtration of alarms according to a whole variety of criteria Shows the window for module control The module control window allows you to stop start and set parameters for separate communications modules in the monitoring system Shows the window for the calculator The c
121. perties but with a different origin such as communications alarms alarms that launch a siren send to an SMS events about setting values etc The name and description of the style is introduced in the list Only the styles which have already occurred in the alarms are disp lay ed Ticking the option Style in the dialogue window Setting a custom filter turns on a filter by the style of alarm By ticking individual rows styles we define which alarms will be displayed with which style The buttons All and None can mark or cancel the marking of all available sources in the tree Communications alarms are the kind of reports which do not come from the technology but can occur during faults in data transfer between machines measuring and the ProCop monitoring system With the buttons you can permit or forbid their display marking or deselection of the appropriate styles is implemented Filtration by priority and levels Ticking the option Priority and level in the dialogue window Setting a custom filter turns on a filter and displays the appropriate tab with its setting Alarms currently have five priority levels and we can filter them according to the with intuitive settings of the filter selection Alarms also have a level which defines their activity Activity 0 Alarm has rung is inactive return to normal expiration e Activity gt 1 Alarm has expired changed level exists still Note that alarms can also take on higher values o
122. pl o Toolbar U tept Active data set archive f uz tepl OT U Tepi OPS venkovn vat O ioun Lretype CE ieuo CEN Line type Sample filter 10e Pesiod Trend line example arrow is useful 2 242 231 Max f r parameters me 3 gt 29 Mn only in graphical trends 0 2 k 22 3 2 9 Date of the following lines 22 9 x 2 2 o and an arrow for going to 22 Valid black font value with a unit of the the previous time period technological variable time at first column 2 source in header trends key Not valid red value with a Bold font and green background unit of the technological indicates the start of block first variable time at first column __ sampleadter monitoring starts source in header trends key Date of the following lines and an arrow to go the next time slot 24 0 fi 24 1 2 23 Date and time of the beginning of the displayed trends time slot 11 06 2008 07487 The window for the browser of text trends is made up of several parts The description of individual parts of the window of the browser for text trends is described in separate chapters 4 72 Table of text trends In this part of the window of text trends the select trends are listed The list format in the text trends is governed by setting the list format of the given technological variable This list format is set in the configuration part of the ProCop visualisation system it is not user adjustable Optionally in the prope
123. r of evaluation The list is always evaluated fromtop to bottom the rules Do not use are left out and the first rule to which the given computer matches is applied If no rule is applied access is denied from the given computer The bottom part of the dialogue window is designed for entering cancelling and editing these records On the right the buttons Up and Down which allow items in the list to be moved and therefore determine the order of evaluation The list is always evaluated from top to bottom the rules Do not use are left out and the first rule to which the given computer matches is applied If no rule is applied access is denied from the given computer Access from computers and networks The next image documents an example of access settings from the entire local network with the exception of several computers and one computer from another network Permission and restriction of access to the ProCopWeb from various computers and networks F Permission WebAlarms Access restriction by computer cs Name and description Access restriction by computer Assigned to groups Access Computer Network Type O Deny 192 168 1 12 Addr 2 Disable 192 168 1 25 Addr V Permit 207 46 197 101 Add rae O Dery Secretary Name Down oA Perit 192 168 1 0 255 255 255 0 Netw 2 Copy E Paste Access Permit Computer name Computer address Network Dery IP address 192 168 1 12 Disable
124. r of days retroactively when they should pass For example for archiving a collection of data from the stations with which there is only occasional communication in the order of days or weeks different measures It is also possible to set the appropriate path for archiving or just launch archiving immediately After making the adjustments it is necessary to press Apply in order to save the settings to the trend server Backup The embedded process allows automatic backup of continuous trends to be planned for the subdirectory just as they are This backup is mainly for any renewal of the entire database of continuous trends in the event that they are damaged Just stop the service ProTrend for the trend server recopy data from backup to the directory with continuous trends and relaunch the service In the planning parameters the day of the week and time are defined for when the process should be implemented It is 2015 ALFA Mikrosyst my s r o ProCop 3 5 also possible to set the appropriate path for backup or just launch backup immediately After making the adjustments it is necessary to press Apply in order to save the settings to the trend server Saving This process allows you to save a specific section of historical trends under a name in the subdirectory for a certain date and time retroactively This process can be useful to select and archive a phenomenon that occurred at a given time It is used especially when
125. retain and transfer data for further processing and analysis and more The specific job description is the contents of the so called application monitoring project the design of which is made using designer parts of the ProCop program This forms a further configuration part of the visualisation system ProCop 3 5 A description of the creation of a monitoring project is not included in this manual Since the ProCop system is created as an application for the Microsoft Windows environment work with it requires basic knowledge of work in this operating system primarily operation of the user interface A description of this operation however is beyond the job of this publication If necessary you can find the information required in your reference manual and the Help for Microsoft Windows ProCop 3 5 ProCop 3 5 Monitoring and Visualisation System is divided into several collaborating parts The user client part is called ProCop Toolbar 3 5143 and brings together all the necessary tools for monitoring and visualisation of the technology 2 notification of alarm states viewing alarms events and system events 54 historical trends 39 and archives their administration administration of access rights 68 to the system and more This manual will from now on only be concerned with this user part JY Tip ProCop Toolbar 3 51 1 can be launched with the icon of the same name on the desktop or by selecting it from Windows Start ProCop
126. ring configuration changes it may lead to non functioning of the whole monitoring system or parts and functions within it a Note For applications with OPC server client E User installation must be selected and installation of OPC components ticked If support for web monitoring is not necessary it is advisable to deselect the components 1 3 2 Lowering ProCop user privileges ProCop 3 5 Monitoring and Visualisation System runs after default installation with the identity of the locally created ProCop user who is assigned administrator permissions within the local computer The user s password is machine generated by default extremely complex and not published The need may arise where it is necessary to restrict permissions even to this user This is possible assuming that certain manual settings are fulfilled We explicitly grant read and write permissions to the ProCop user for the following files and folders including subfolders C PDOXUSRS NET or the entire C BDE directory 2015 ALFA Mikrosyst my s r o Introduction 1 e C ProCop3 5 or other folder where the system is installed e C Projekt or other folder where the monitoring project has been copied In the administration of users and groups it is possible to remove ProCop users membership of the Administrators group and add membership to the Users group After these settings are implemented the computer must be restarted and the correct functioning of th
127. ripts are added according to customer requirements with the appropriate monitoring project Sleep Pauses the performance of all other processes in the trend server for a defined period This is for testing and diagnostic purposes 2015 ALFA Mikrosyst my s r o Alarm Server Management 10 Alarm Server Management This section describes management of the alarm server which is for saving alarms events and system events alarms The alarm server allows the database of alarms to be archived after months and backed up The alarm server manager can be opened in the advanced menul 15 of the ProCop Toolbar by selecting View Alarm management Trends can also be initiated at any time with the keyboard shortcut CAE ZNSEZ The main window of the alarm server management contains a tree with the following groups Archive in the subtree there are archives for individual months and years with alarms which are saved in the database e Backup contains backup copy of the database of continuous alarms Built in tasks individual built in tasks and their parameters 79 planning and the option to launch them e Running tasks processes currently running for processing alarms their state and progression z Note In alarm management you cannot define alarms or change their parameters These are part of the monitoring project and itis not possible to adjust them without Designer permissions You can set parameters here for autom
128. rmation if the consumption is displayed difference between the following from the previous sample not the original value Assigning to primary secondary value axis By double clicking the left mouse button on the left or right end of the example line you can switch the trend assignment to the primary left or secondary right value axis Changing the order of trends Clicking on the key to any trend and dragging to a new position on the left or right can influence the order of trends in the key and also orders the trends for plotting Displaying detailed information about a trend When stopping the mouse cursor over a trend in the key further detailed information about the trend such as data type trend variable trend file minimum and maximum number of samples hysteresis etc Further options Right clicking on the key for a selected trend displays the floating menu with the options adjust properties of displayed trend colour type lines e adjust key properties e add another trend to the list of displayed trends e remove the selected trend from the list of displayed trends switch the trend assignment to primary or secondary value axis Printing trends The displayed text or graphic trends can be printed at any time on the selected printer Start printing by clicking Print on the toolbar In the dialogue displayed you can select a printer other than the default one to print or set further print parameters page orienta
129. rmed by 52 Connect 15 Connect network printers 15 Connect remotely 15 Consumption 42 Continuous refresh 59 Conversion functions 63 cooler 27 correction 24 COUNTER 61 D Daily consumption 42 Data server 82 Data types 61 Date and time in the regulator 23 Date of arrival 52 Date of confirmation 52 DateTime 64 Delay on startup 82 83 Delay upon startup 83 Delete trend tree 83 Deletion of alarms 54 Demanded 24 Designer 15 Designer regime 13 Developers 9 Dialogue for entry of date and time 32 Dialogue for setting value 31 Dialogue technological display 23 Dialogue with a table of values 32 Dialogue with preset constants 32 Directory of files LOG 84 Disconnect 15 DISCRETE 61 Display 15 Display Browser 21 Display directory 84 Display validity period 84 displaying trends 29 ProCop 3 5 Displays 15 21 Domain 9 84 Drivers 9 E entering decimal values 31 entry of a value 31 events 51 existing 51 Exit 15 19 Export alarms 57 Exporting trends 50 Expressions and operators 62 2B FALSE 61 fans 27 Fault area 23 Filter of samples 42 filters 27 Filtration of alarms 54 fire vents 27 floating menus 36 Floating range 41 Forbid permit transfer of alarms 59 Forbit permit trend transfer 59 forced password change 71 Forward 22 Full screen 15 Functions available from the toolbar 17 Functions for date and time 64 GC gt Graphic illustration of the time program 36 Groups
130. rowse through the displays of the parent group Connecting all displays to the parent group All the displays in the group are shown within the parent group The group therefore does not have any impact on the sequence of browsing displays and is only here for increased clarity or logical grouping of several related displays Note The order of the displays is part of the specific technological project and cannot be changed by the user 3 1 5 Dialogue technological display Some technologies or their parts are usually displayed in a dialogue window An example of this is detailed information on individual parts of the technology such as thermometers queries for the user information dialogue windows windows with incoming SMS messages user parameters for communication and the like It is necessary to close this kind of window prior to displaying another technological display or other monitoring parts with the Cross or by pressing the button Close The Print button allows the dialogue technological display to be printed 7 Note Buttons may be hidden in relation to visualisation needs and replaced with buttons within the display 3 2 Technological Schemes The basis of technology monitoring is the technology scheme with printing of current values of technological quantities with measuring devices symbols expressing the states of the technology etc The specific scheme and the graphic implementation depend on the specif
131. rties you can set whether the unit for each quantity is displayed This is also not adjustable by the user it is defined in the technological project If invalid samples are displayed they are listed in red and the sample value is followed by the symbol Invalid samp les arise when saving an invalid value of a technological variable The value of the technological variable is invalid for example when there is a communication failure for a longer period of time than the set validity period for these technological variables etc Each data block is separated by a green tinged line The data block is understood to be a related area without setting monitoring Data blocks in trends start for example during a monitoring failure ending the monitoring by the user computer restart power supply failure stopping or closing the monitoring project etc A grey line separates individual days On the left the sample times are displayed In the event of calculating consumption time periods may also appear here 2015 ALFA Mikrosyst my s r o ProCop 3 5 Time axis of text trends 4 7 3 4 7 4 4 8 The time axis is composed of several parts Rapid access buttons for quick switching of the display mode and switching displayed measuring cursors kA Switching to graphic display of trends Scrollbar for time axis for the shift of the displayed cutout in the range of the time axis when enlarging a specific time area The scro
132. s can also be selected in batch format and the appropriate action such as Start can be performed in batch mode launching communications or changing the refresh of values a Important warning Permanent update can result in higher fees for the transferred data if they are paid Disable update entirely cancels all communication with the device and until the module is included back in the normal update no data or trends or alarms will be available Advanced Functions in the Module Local Menu You can initiate the advanced menu upon selecting one or more modules and right clicking the mouse If selecting several modules however there are only basic functions available as described above Advanced functions from the local menu of certain modules e Request for modules import from other control centre implements refresh and addition of modules from imported control centre useful if automatic imp ort of modules is forbidden Request for displays import from other control centre implements refresh addition of modules from imported control centre useful if automatic import of modules is forbidden Disable Enable trends transfer import AlfaBox with further connections historical trends will not be transferred speeds up communication significantly decreases amount of transferred data e Request for trends import AlfaBox forces transfer of trends since last transfer of trends trends can be transferred with another period
133. s i ile gt ile mel Toolbar 39 joint operating components for graphic and textual display of trends Keyl 48 Name of the trend and its most important parameters Scrollbar for primary value axis 48 scrollbar to move in primary value axis Parameters of primary value axis 45 operating components for primary value axis 2015 ALFA Mikrosyst my s r o a ProCop 3 5 4 6 2 4 6 3 Scrollbar for secondary value axis 45 scrollbar to move in secondary value axis Parameters of secondary value axis 43 operating components for secondary value axis e Area for plotting trends T4 area with grid for plotting selected trends e Value measuring cursors 4 measuring cursors for precise calculation of values and their differences e Time measuring cursors 46 measuring cursors for precise calculation of time and interval lengths Scrollbar for time axis 44 scrollbar to move in time axis e Parameters of time axis 44 operating components for work with time axis Area for plotting trends The selected trends are portrayed in the central part of the graphic trends window The values are illustrated in the graph in relation to the type of variable in several ways Trend type Illustration method ANALOG Polyline joining the measured values BINARY Step wise rectangular function binary variables are always displayed above each other COUNTER Stepwise rectangular function in severa
134. s in the form of clear graphs and tables The specific scope of trending technological variables is defined in the monitoring project in Designer mode This forms a configuration part of the ProCop visualisation system For work with the program in the monitoring mode however knowledge of this designer part is not necessary In the browser for historical trends we can display several graphic 40 histories at the same time we can set the the properties of what is shown 4 deduct values scanned at a certain time and if desired print 4 and export 50 the results It is also possible to create consumption overviews 42 for the given period even within monthly archiving of historical trends 4 1 Description of the trend browser window The trend browser window is made up of a toolbar and the window desktop The window desktop displays the selected trends in the selected time interval either in the form of a table or a graph There is a taskbar above the desktop The toolbar of historical trends selection of settings templates selection of trends date and time trend archive displays properties etc X Default settings Select tends Select date and time Current trends Text view 8 Properties Print Export The toolbar contains operating components necessary for browsing trends e Groups of settings 3 allows the current trend browser settings displayed trends time interval etc to be saved and these setti
135. s of the display with the local menu Graphical historical trends Text historical trends Informations about variables Local menu of variables After selecting variables and opening the local menu jgi8 the right mouse button displays the local menu Options in the local menu of variables e Graphic trends of all variables opens graphic historical trends with the selection of all available trends of selected variables e Text trends of all variables opens text historical trends with the selection of all available trends of selected variables e Information about variables opens a dialogue window with detailed information about variables Dialogue window with information about variables In the dialogue window with detailed information about variables in the top part a list of variables from selected areas of the technological display is shown The column for each variable then contains The name of the variable with icons of the direction and data type of the variable D analogue 8 binary counter 7 0 discrete text a Description of the variable with indication of the active alarm e Value Live value of the variable e Unit of the variable amp Information that the variable is trending Configuration connection to the technological variable of the controller e Last update the date and time of the last variable refresh a Note If the variable is invalid the texts are printed in gre
136. select the file using the system dialogue window Setting server parameters Delete the trend tree on every launch this option restricts accumulation of old trends which have already been removed from the project they will no longer be displayed in the trend browser 39 in the tree but trends existing in the data project will still be available e Save cache on exit samples which have been added to the data server and have not yet been put in the ap propriate trends are saved in the temporary memory i e the cache This memory is suitable when exiting the trend server to save to the hard drive and when the trend server is launched again with the given project you can fetch it there will be no loss of previously scanned samples e g on restarting the computer Save the cache every 5 minutes samples in the cache are saved automatically to the hard drive with a five minute periodicity to prevent their loss in the event of for example a power failure Allocate files in the full length database files of continuous historical trends are created in the maximum length that can be needed even the first time it launches This database will no longer grow thereby decreasing disk fragmentation and disk space cannot run out when recording trends during monitoring Test files on startup Never Existence Open Read on launching the trend server and opening the project with the defined method they test and repair the database which could
137. t my s r o amp ProCop 3 5 7 2 simply write 1 and 0 COUNTER signed integer 32 bits long Constants of this type must be written as a whole decimal or hexadecimal number in the mentioned range DISCRETE unsigned integer 8 bits long This means its range is only 0 to 255 TEXT any text chain Expressions and Operators As mentioned previously mutually changing the type of variables is only possible using conversion functions These will be described below Expressions in the language that are strictly syntactic and type controlled are made up of operands and operators Parts of the expressions with the precedence in the evaluation can be enclosed in round brackets x Example NOT PX KLAPA POL 5 gt Counter2Analog PX KLAPA TEST Binary operators are implemented that always have two operands of this type one in front of the operator and one after the operator The resulting type of operator together with the permitted types of operands are organised in the table abbreviations A B C amp D mean Analog Binary Counter and Discrete gt 2 Operator Level of operands Types of operands Type of result 1 1 A C D same as operand 1 C D same as operand 2 A C D same as operand AND OR 3 B C same as operand lt 5 lt gt lt gt 4 A B C D B For the level of operators these basic rules apply an operand between two operators of different levels is evaluated first by the operator wi
138. t 39 Printer setup 15 Printing alarms 56 Printing trends 49 Priority 52 ProAcs access privilege server 7 ProAlarm alarm server 7 ProCop 7 ProCop Toolbar 7 13 ProDat data server 7 Program software requirements 8 Project 82 83 Properties of graphic trends 46 Properties of text trends 48 ProTrend trend server 7 pumps 26 R real number 61 Refresh project 59 Refreshing settings 39 Relative scale 41 Remote reboot 59 Remove the program 11 Removed from refresh 59 Request alarms 59 Request all alarms 59 Request all trends 59 Request displays 59 Request modules 59 Request trends 59 2015 ALFA Mikrosyst my S r o required 24 Restricted access 74 Rounded to 41 S Save table 61 Saving settings 39 Search 59 Selection of displayed set 39 43 Selection of the displayed set 53 Selection of time interval 39 41 Selection of trends 39 40 sensors 24 Server trends 83 setting value 31 Settings 15 Settings identity 84 Sin 63 Sorting alarms 56 Source 52 Special 15 Sqr 63 Standard monitoring 9 Start 59 Statements of values 24 Static IP address 9 Stop 59 Switching display 37 system events 51 System language 81 System Tracer 15 dTe Table of text trends 47 Table of values 32 Technological scheme 23 Technological schemes 23 Test files on startup 83 TEXT 61 text chain 61 text colours 24 Thermostat 24 Time axis 44 48 Time of arrival 52 Time of confirmation 52 Time pr
139. t air temperature setpoint lt 10 35 gt 23 G x Cancel winter air temperature setpoint compensation 00 Hel Help Minimum supply air setpoint lt 10 30 gt 18 Maximum supply air setpoint lt 20 40 gt 28 Time Program Dialogue The dialogue for a time program is for easy entering and editing of weekly time catalogues known as TSP Time Switch Program 2015 ALFA Mikrosyst my s r o Display Browser 33 In the weekly time program you can designate up to six changes to the required value for each day There can be three types of time catalogues Individual types are marked as TSP1 TSP2 and TSP3 The difference between individual time catalogues is in the number and type of parameters For this reason the method of managing only the most common time catalogue TSP3 will be described further Parameters of the other time programs are only a subset of this In the general time program the following values can be changed Time In the time column you can enter the required time for changing the entered value e Level In the level column you can select one of the offered values required e g switched off normal attenuated Act Selecting the field in the act column means the given row of the time catalogue is active This way you can delete or activate one of the changes of the required value for any day without having to shift individual rows in the time catalogue This option is particularly interesting for t
140. t of the system 2 2 Advanced Menu Given that the main menu in the taskbar is freely configurable and does not contain all the functions from the monitoring mode it is possible to right click in the left part of the taskbar to enable the advanced menu This menu provides access to functions that are not included in the main menu on the taskbar m Note The menu may provide only certain functions for simplicity it depends on the system settings and user permissions Connect Using the menu Connect you can connect to the data server on the local computer The data serverl 7 is an operative part which interprets the data part of the monitoring project and provides a visual project of the user console Connect remotely It is also possible to connect to the data server 7 lremotely using the option Connect remotely Disconnect You can disconnect from the given server with the Disconnect option on the ProCop Toolbar Open This option opens or closes the monitoring project on the data server to which ProCop is connected If other users are connected to the data server at that moment the opening or closing project appears on all connected user consoles Archive With this option or the keyboard shortcut SIENNE you can open the tool for project archiving It is possible to archive an open project or other selected project In the middle part there are options on the left for source files for archiving it is a good idea to leave th
141. tem due to possible overload and disruption of the system integrity by other tasks If using other communications software conflicts when accessing individual communications devices COM ports LON modem etc are also possible 1 3 Installation of the ProCop System If ProCop 3 5 Monitoring and Visualisation System is not yet installed on the computer just insert the installation CD in the CD DVD drive and wait for the installation to launch Any request for an automatic launch should be confirmed If the installation program does not launch on its own open Windows Explorer and find the folder ProCop System on the CD DVD drive and launch Setup exe Continue according to the instructions in the installation program If for any reason e g accidentally erased or corrupted files on the drive etc the ProCop monitoring system needs reinstalling just open the Control Panels using Start Control Panel In the window of the Control Panel shown select Programs Add or remove programs for XP In the list select the row Monitoring system ProCop 3 5 and click Uninstall or change Change or remove in Windows XP In the menu that appears select Repair Reinstall new version Continue according to the instructions in the installation program m Note If it is also necessary to install the monitoring project just copy the Project folder using Explorer from the CD DVD drive to the C or D hard drive This will only need to be done when installing
142. ter setup it is possible to select the printer used for printing and set up its parameters Printing switches automatically from portrait to landscape depending on which part of the system is being printed These parameters can be set when printing specific output If the operating system reports that a default printer has not been set you must assign permissions to the ProCop user for printing on local printers or connect a network printer with the appropriate network permissions List of previously opened projects In this part of the menu a list of several of the last opened projects is displayed This list automatically updates according to when the projects were last opened or if they still exist 2015 ALFA Mikrosyst my s r o 2 3 2 4 2 5 ProCop Toolbar Exit Closes ProCop Toolbar monitoring does not finish this way it continues on the servers which work as operating system services However no information is available for users Monitoring can be finished either in Designer mode or by stopping the relevant services Exiting ProCop Toolbar requires ProCop Exit permissions and can also be implemented with the cross in the top right hand comer of the toolbar or with the Exit button on the toolbar if display ed Changing the Toolbar Appearance The appearance of the toolbar can be changed depending on user requirements In the various operating systems the appearance differs in colour to correspond with the styl
143. th a higher level e g the expression 5 3 2 is evaluated as 5 3 2 an operand between operators of the same levels is transferred for evaluation to the left operator e g the expression 3 2 1 is the same as 3 2 1 the part of the expression enclosed in brackets is evaluated as a separate expression with the highest level It is possible to consider operands of expressions as constants simple numeric constants variables identifiers of already declared variables function call identifier of function with appropriate parameters expression enclosed in brackets It is possible to consider numeric constants as decimal integers sequence of decimal digits 0 1 9 hexadecimal numbers sequence of hexadecimal digits 0 1 9 A B F preceded by the characters 0x number in exponential format which can generally be written as XX XX E XX where o the parts enclosed in square brackets are not compulsory o the sign may always be used only once o X characters mean any decimal digit LA Example 789 decimal integer OxFFFF1111 hexadecimal numbers 0x01234 OxABCDEF OxFG incorrect record of hexadecimal number 1 235E 24 number with floating decimal point GOT 2E 02 2015 ALFA Mikrosyst my s r o Calculator 63 me Example Negative numbers must be enclosed in brackets in these cases when two operators follow each other e g 6 In the places
144. than the date e Request for all trends import AlfaBox forces transfer of all available trends large volume of data can take a long time e Disable Enable alarms transfer import AlfaBox with further connections alarms will not be transferred e Request for alarms import AlfaBox forces transfer of alarms since last connection e Request for all alarms import AlfaBox forces transfer of all available alarms large volume of data can take a long time Remote reboot AlfaBox forces remote restart of AlfaBox AlfaBox may not respond for several minutes depending on connection type Update project AlfaBox implements update of the monitoring project in AlfaBox useful if the automatic update for the project is switched off in AlfaBox b Important warning Advanced functions of the local menu for trends can have significant results on the transferred volume of data functionality of the monitoring part of the technology availability of data trends alarms and displays Without detailed knowledge or recommendations it is not advisable that you use it nor is it necessary 2015 ALFA Mikrosyst my s r o Calculator s 7 Calculator ProCop Toolbar allows you to use the functions of a calculator which allows calculations to be implemented over the current values of the technological variables You can open the calculator using the Calculator button in the toolbar or in the advanced menu 15 by sele
145. time the current communication state is shown most often OK last communication was successful at the moment there is no refresh of values under way Waiting for communication path the system is going to communicate but is waiting for the communication path to be released another controller is communicating the modem is dialling a connection connecting to GPRS e Communicating values from the controller are currently being refreshed e Communicating CONTINUOUS LY values from the controller are currently being refreshed continuous refresh is set the data will be refreshed continually until another refresh ty pel 5 is selected or the maximum period of continual refresh expires usually 1 hour depending on the project Communication error the last communication was unsuccessful there was no connection established the cable is interrupted or there is another communication error e Disabled periodic communication with the controller has been disabled the data will not be refreshed until the communication typel 5 is changed JY Tip After clicking the mouse in the area with the communication state the local menu can display options for manual launch and stopping communication or changing the update type 5A Joint operations parameters In the right part of the technological display you can usually find the area for joint operations 23 In this part there are buttons to display and set the operating mode par
146. tings is displayed By default the group with the name Default settings opens which can be freely adjusted by 2015 ALFA Mikrosyst my s r o 0 ProCop 3 5 changing the trend properties selection of trends and the time scope and if wished saved When opening the browser of historical trends these settings open automatically By clicking in the toolbar on the name of the template settings by right clicking the button on the trend desktop and by selecting Setting groups in the local menu or the key a dialogue window opens to manage groups of settings Groups of settings may be organised in a tree With the File button you can create and name a new file and with the Template button create new blank settings with the same template Default settings Tip Templates can be moved individually between files using the mouse Just grab the template with the left mouse button and drag it to the group where it should be moved You can select and open any group of settings with the Open button Files and templates can be renamed using the Name button or deleted with the Delete button You can copy the selected template with the Copy button and then name it or move it elsewhere All changes implemented in the way described above are saved using the Save button or Open after selecting a newly displayed template Cancel then returns all the adjustments to the original state For selecting a group of settings the system user who last m
147. tion print quality etc The letter size for printing text trends is set in the dialogue Properties under the More tab This dialogue is opened by clicking the Properties button in the toolbar You can print all the rows in the table of trends or just the ones you select e Print all rows in table of trends all displayed rows are printed if one or no table row is selected Print selected rows in table of trends selected rows are printed if their number is greater than one User defined headers title and footers In the trend properties in the Print tab you can define two rows of user defined headers among them the title and one row of user defined footers In the case of modification compared with basic or blank settings these setting for adjustment are displayed prior to each specific print run Each row is composed of three pairs of texts The first of the pairs is printed in bold The texts are positioned in pairs on the left middle and right on the page The title is located in the centre of the page between two rows of headers The footer is positioned at the bottom If only one text from a pair is completed the whole thing is aligned to the left centred or aligned to the right depending on the position In the text trends the title and second header is printed only on the first page The footer is only on the last page 2015 ALFA Mikrosyst my s r o s ProCop 3 5 4 10 Each row can contain predefined text combine
148. to a clean computer to which the project has not yet been copied In the application ProCop Toolbar 3 5 just select Open in the advanced menu 18 and select the appropriate file in the Project directory on the hard drive or restart the computer See Working on a project Installation procedure After launching the installation program on a computer that has not had the monitoring system installed on it previously these steps will occur Information about the customer It is necessary to enter information about the user and the company that will be using the monitoring system and leave the option to install for all users Type of installation Selection of the type of installation allows the system to install in different operating modes as is explained in more detail in the sub chapter Type of installation 9 The installation procedure can vary according to the type chosen e Destination folder The monitoring system can be installed in a selected hard drive folder It is convenient to leave the predefined one e Various options according to type of installation 9 Installation and restart After setting the parameters the actual installation will run and if necessary you will be asked to restart the computer mn Note If the installation requires the computer to be restarted this option will be offered automatically If you choose not to restart the computer you may find that some parts of the system do not work correctl
149. toring system is launched must have sufficient access permissions to write this otherwise an error is displayed and automatic login will not be functional amp Important warning If automatic login to Windows is turned on the computer will not be protected from unwanted interventions The password entered is then detectable using system resources 11 2 Applications In the Applications tab in the dialogue window Settings IsAyou can define parameters for the ProCop Toolbar ap plication Parameters when starting the ProCop Toolbar e Permit multiple launches allow the Toolbar to be launched several times which can be necessary during network access on several monitoring sy stems e View full screen launches the monitoring system in full screen mode no Windows operating components are available as the whole desktop is used Forbid minimising of the Toolbar the toolbar cannot be minimised it will always be visible on the desktop View only basic functions in the monitor in the advanced menu the Toolbar will only display basic or all the advanced functions according to the currently logged in user e Display Monitor M onitor separate windows Designer on startup upon launching the ProCop Toolbar the appropriate preset mode is displayed Other parameters e Close the project when exiting in Designer mode this option is suitable for developers who automatically also close the project on the server when finishing monitoring
150. ts of the calculator can be saved at any time with the button Save table under the chosen name for later use The calculator always opens automatically with the last saved settings To download and save contents of the calculator there is a set of icons over the calculator desktop Using the right mouse button you can initiate a floating menu containing in part the event for working with the Windows clipboard and then you can choose the format of the extract of the displayed expression or technological variable 7 1 Data Types To evaluate numerical expressions the Bara process language is used This language recognises four types of variables which are closely linked to the types of database variables Individual data types are mutually incompatible therefore it is necessary to implement type conversion using conversion function calls Data type Bits Description Scope ANALOG 32 real number 3 4 x 10e 38 3 4 x 10e 38 BINARY 1 logical values TRUE FALSE COUNTER 32 integer 2 147 483 648 2 147 483 647 DISCRETE 8 whole positive number 0 255 TEXT text chain e ANALOG four byte number with floating decimal point in other languages e g float or real and with accuracy of 6 to 7 significant digits e BINARY represents only logical values 1 or 0 To record constants of this type there are dedicated key words TRUE takes the value of logic high and FALSE which represents the value logic low or you can 2015 ALFA Mikrosys
151. ubtree a tree of continuous trends is displayed with parameters which were saved during the last backup Saved in the subtree a tree is displayed of custom saved trends according to the parameters that were defined at the time of saving Built in tasks individually built in tasks and their parameters A planning and the option to launch them e Running tasks currently running processes for processing trends their state and progress there is always a process here for recording the trend queue in the database Flush zaf Note In trend management you cannot define trends or change periods of their sampling and other parameters These are included in the monitoring project and cannot be changed without Designer permissions You can control functions of the trend server here and define export scripts or set parameters for automatic archiving saving and backup 9 1 Built in tasks of the trend server Built in tasks of the trend server allow you to plan or custom implement a task directly in the trend server Typical processes are for example archiving backup or export of trends Archive An embedded process allow automatic archiving of trends to the subdirectory to be planned for individual months which are further accessible from the trend browser 39 These directories can be custom archived on CD DVD In the planning parameters the day of the week and time are defined for when the process should be implemented as well as the numbe
152. using monitoring for quick short term measuring where the whole length of the continuous trends is very short due to the speed of sampling e g just hours and old records would be overwritten This process is usually launched dynamically from a technological disp lay In the settings the name of the process is defined under which it will be displayed in the trend browser the length of the section that will be retroactively saved from the defined date and time It is also possible to set the appropriate path for saving or saving can be launched immediately After making the adjustments it is necessary to press Apply in order to save the settings to the trend server Export Automatic or custom exports of historical trends to a file is for saving values from a given time to a file in any format which is defined with the appropriate script The process can be planned and implemented automatically at a given time or launched manually dynamically in the technological display The preview of the resulting export file is displayed in the last tab The format of the extract of values can be set from the settings or left as it is set in the monitoring project for individual variables After making the adjustments it is necessary to press Apply in order to save the settings to the trend server To edit the script or parameters you must Save or Save and launch Note The description of the scripting language is not part of this documentation Sc
153. value in the entry fields of the settings dialogue is written and entered in the national format setting in Windows With the OK button confirm the set value e With the Cancel you end the dialogue without the set value being accepted e The Help button takes you to this help section x Note After clicking the OK button the requests for setting the value are ordered in a communications queue Until the request is dealt with and the value is back newly calculated from the controller the value does not change when next opened in the dialogue window The record implemented for the value is usually indicated in the events 5 a record not implemented is declared as an alarm 5 usually communications Until the record of the value is recorded in the events 5 the value does not change in the dialogue window XX Tip Any dialogue can be cancelled and no change is then sent to the technology even if adjustments have been made in the dialogue window 3 3 1 Direct setting of the value By clicking on the entity the given technological variable is set directly The meaning of this variable is usually clear from the context or is printed as a tip when resting the mouse cursor over the entity The mouse curser changes to a hand over this kind of entity This method of control is only used for simple and safe operations such as switching the display etc For more complex settings a dialogue window or local menu will usually be used 3 3 2
154. vel colours each level of the time program can have any colour set Fr as prog UT J delna Redefinion of step colors Default setup Advanced view Fedefinion of step colors Step name Off Step color change Economic Tmav modr Comfort Cm bien Delete Cu ok EO Aei 3 Cancel Help When setting colours by pressing Fetch level names from the open time program The NeW button allows you to create and name the row of the assigned level name and required colour In the list the jointly predefined level colours of all time programs are displayed You can Delete or Renamethe selected row with assigned colour for the name level using the buttons After selecting any level the added colour is shown on the right By simply switching the colour the required colour is assigned after clicking the arrow the list of colours offered is expanded af Note Changes in colours and names of levels appear immediately the buttons OK Apply and Cancel have no effect on the adjustments Graphic illustration of the time program A graph of the time catalogue displays the time program and allows the changes to be implemented using the mouse Changes in TSP can be implemented in batches in the same interval or separately e Adjustment of TSP on several days is implemented by dragging the mouse to the interface for changes or by the whole time interval in the graph the cursor chang
155. with the binary axis which automatically shows on the right next to the trends field A secondary right value axis acts exactly the same as the primary axis left Its type ranges etc can be set by selecting Properties XX Tip The association of trends to the value axis can be changed in the properties or quickly with a double click on the example line of the trends The secondary axis is automatically displayed or hidden if at least one trend is associated with it Value and time measuring cursors The window for the browser of graphic trends can contain value and time measuring cursors These cursors serve for precise subtraction of values and times from graphs Switching on off the display of measuring cursors can be done by clicking the H symbol in the operating components of the time axis Time and value measuring cursors are made up partly of a cross hair cursor and from a box displaying the calculated value on the time or value axis The difference in values of both measuring cursors is displayed in the box between both measuring cursors Dragging the cross hair cursor or the value indicator of the cursor can shift the cursor to any place in the time or value axis and subtract the required value Dragging behind the indicator of the difference can shift with both measuring cursors at the same time without changing their distance Locking the time and value cursors The time and value cursor can be locked in a selected posit
156. with the project name by the connected archiving date optional to the selected directory W Tip Using the Browse button it is possible to simply select the appropriate path or file In the dialogue window the separate parts of the project can be selected for archiving The left part of the options is for selecting the source files for the project The right part contains the files with collected data which is not necessary to archive in this way and they are usually quite large After changing the selection it is necessary to refresh the file list by pressing the Update button A full list of archived files is displayed below and using the buttons Insert Remove and Delete all it is possible to modify this list according to need Using the Archive button archiving into the default directory is launched The Archive as button allows the archive to be saved according to the following file selection The archive is a standard compressed ZIP file 2015 ALFA Mikrosyst my s r o ProCop Toolbar 19 Dialogue window for project archiving 2 7 2 8 Project Achre opened proc fuchree selected poct Y Append sual date lo achive name Active proyect ore emoc Hav pe Delauk folder lor unpacking O Pregnnr bowe Dalat folder for mehiving Ineo Le J Sousce Mes Data fies a S Fi Pictures Trond les Project parts selection to F Sounds FPE as archive collected data 7 Uses thranes E E Hetnal thes fil
157. y If the variable has an active alarm the row is printed in red K Tip By selecting the row with the variable the lower part shows further details about the variable alarm limits connected trend and the like 2015 ALFA Mikrosyst my s r o Display Browser 31 3 3 Dialogues of Operator Controls Not only does the ProCop monitoring system allow monitoring of the technology state it also allows a variety of interventions in the technology An example can be controlling transmissions pumps ventilators etc opening and closing valves setting the required values etc All these events are implemented via dynamic actions using the mouse on individual display entities You can recognise the display entity that can undergo this by the changing mouse cursor Instead of an arrow a hand symbol appears over this entity The entity usually reacts to clicking with the left or right mouse button e Direct setting of values Fan Create a dialogue for entry of valuel 37 e Create a dialogue with preselected constants 32 Create a dialogue for entry of date and time 3A e Create a dialogue with a table of values F3 Dialogue of a time program 32 Create a floating menu 36 e Switch displays 3 The entity however may also react to other mouse events It can be for example setting values using the pull button The entity should be handled with the mouse and dragged to another place expressing the set value The
158. y browse individual pages adjust printer settings and with the Print button print the required pages Close the preview using the Close button preview of individual pages of paper with alarms 5 11 Export Alarms With the Export button it is possible to save all the displayed or selected alarms in a CSV file This can then be further processed e g in table calculators or text editors If we want to export just a restricted rang of alarms before clicking the Export button we first select the rows We do this by left clicking the mouse and dragging it over individual rows marking the first and last row while holding down the SMA button or selecting individual rows with the mouse while holding down the button Similarly you can also select the range of export alarms by using the keyboard cursors combined with the Sia button in accordance with Windows operating system usage 2015 ALFA Mikrosyst my s r o Module Control s 6 Module Control The ProCop Toolbar allows communications to be managed with individual devices with the appropriate permissions A Module control can be opened by pressing Module control on the toolbar or in the advanced menul 19 by selecting View Module control You can also initiate the module control window at any time with the keyboard shortcut NESW Module control Communications paths and modules from the ProCop monitoring system display their current states addresses periods for up dat
159. y until a restart is done 1 3 1 Installation type Given the multiple possible uses of the monitoring system the installation program allows you to select the installation type In relation to this depending on the selected installation type further required settings and parameters can be required Installation types related settings A Standard monitoring Installs ProCop as the main monitoring system with a hardware key to which the necessary communications channels are brought This installation is also utilised for branch control centres via a slow communications line with its own hardware key Upon selection of the installation folder an identity request is made the user to know who the monitoring system is to be working with L Username If the username does not exist in the domain entered below it will be created if sufficient permissions are available Password The user will be authenticated by entering a password Windows if the user does not 2015 ALFA Mikrosyst my s r o 10 ProCop 3 5 exist it will be created with the password entered If the field is left blank the system will generate a very complex password that will never be published which is not needed recommended option Domain The user domain shall remain unchanged for the local user If we use a previously created account of the domain user we enter the appropriate domain B Network workstations The installation type for s

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