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1. amp Device 1 amp Device 2 E Device 3 rok ee Device 1 settings Logging Period Datatime Time Zone Daylight Saving Time Figure 80 Edit Control Group Dialog The Settings section contains the buttons to set individual parameters of all types of data view for the group These parameters redefine the general settings please refer to the Types of Data View section of the manual By default the values of these parameters inherit the general settings The Group button opens the Control Group Settings dialog box Figure 80 The Graph button opens the Graph View Settings dialog box Figure 81 The Table button opens the Table View Settings dialog box Figure 83 The Control button opens the Control Page View Settings dialog box Figure 84 The Alarm Conditions opens the Alarm Conditions dialog box with the filter for the control group Figure 74 Control Group Settings Dialog The example of the Control Group Settings dialog box is shown in Figure 80 The dialog contains a list of parameters which will be displayed in the group window The parameters in the list are in the order in which they are displayed This order corresponds to the sequence in which the checkboxes were selected in the Parameters section of the Edit Control Group dialog box To change this order select the parameter in the list and press the Up or Down button at the bottom of the dialog 68 TechnologSoft a Control Group Setting
2. Repeat until done Figure 100 SMS Mailing Task The Task Name section represents the name of the task The name can be used in the text of SMS message The Parameter section is used to select the parameter the value of which must be included in the message To select a parameter click the button of the section which opens the Parameter Selection dialog box Figure 100 The Scheduled Run Time section specifies the date and time of the task The Period section specifies the period of sending the message The section contains the Repeat checkbox If the checkbox is on the task will be periodic the task is performed repeatedly with a specified period If the checkbox is off the task is considered one time and will be stopped after finish By default the checkbox is off Also there are several checkboxes to select the period in this section By default the Day checkbox is selected which means that the message will be sent every day at a specified time if the task is periodic The Include To SMS Text section indicates the name which should be included to the SMS message text Three options are available They are Task Name specified in the Task Name section Full Parameter Name and Short Parameter Name specified in the Parameter section By default the Task Name option is selected NOTE When choosing the option don t forget that the maximum SMS length is 70 characters 88 TechnologSoft The Phone Groups section is used to selec
3. 10 GB for database Protocol TCP IP Printer for reports or and if printing module is installed GSM modem if alarm SMS module is installed Database size depends on many factors such as the number of used devices data archiving period data hold time etc AS soon as TechnologSoft is installed the database size is very small but over time the files will grow Depending on the intensity of program use database file size can reach a lot more than indicated in this manual 6 TechnologSoft Organization of RS485 Communication Line It is important to perform a quality installation of RS485 communication lines In the process of wiring it is forbidden branching link The network topology for the connection of devices is a common bus See the example in Figure 1 K i Device m Communication line Computer Figure 1 Example of RS485 Installation The wiring circuit is shown in Figure 2 The ends of the link must be terminated Terminator in this case is a resistor of 120 ohms which is connected between two signal lines A and B Communication line Yes INV A V To device Figure 2 Wire Connection The line is connected to the computer via RS485 RS232 adapter directly to a physical COM port or via RS485 USB adapter into the USB port virtual COM port TechnologSoft 7 For critical facilities with continuous polling of devices it is strongly recommended to connect
4. 5 0 E 64 E 2650 E ii E m 5 6 53 459 45 a Hestore Ww Ww Ww Ww Ww Ww Wy Wy Wy x TT y y y Ti mi 2 LE e t Ww C4 Ww a e ds Ww 2 T cg a LE A A a A a i I i a A _ a i a A A A A a Ci a a a a a a a a Ka a a a a a a ce Data table view also allows the user to monitor how parameters are changing numerically Table columns are control parameters and table rows are the values of these parameters at specific times The most recent data are in the top row and the oldest are at the bottom When new data is added to the data table the rows will move downward If necessary a new line is added at the top and the last line is removed at the bottom The example of data table is shown in Figure 48 42 Date and Time 01 10 2014 13 14 09 01 10 2014 13 29 05 01 10 2014 13 44 09 01 10 2014 13 59 07 01 10 2014 141405 01 10 2014 14 29 12 01 10 2014 14 44 12 01 10 2014 14 59 11 01 10 2014 15 14 10 01 10 2014 15 29 11 01 10 2014 15 44 11 01 10 2014 15 59 11 01 10 2014 16 14 11 01 10 2014 16 29 12 01 10 2014 16 44 12 01 10 2014 16 59 11 01 10 2014 17 14 10 01 10 2014 17 29 10 01 10 2014 17 44 10 01 10 2014 17 59 11 PA A Wied A ADA dee T Ready 19 60 19 95 19 96 20 11 20 16 20 16 20 17 20 18 20 16 20 16 20 18 20 19 20 16 20 19 20 16 20 14 20 14 20 13 AN na Control Page available for control The example of control page is shown in Figure 49 T10 19 63 19 69 19 72 19 51 19 5
5. alarm after getting a parameter back to normal Figure 77 Bounce Protection Settings The Alarm Cancel Delay section contains the Delta t2 parameter which is a minimum time needed to cancel an alarm after returning a parameter back to normal The alarm delay is set in seconds If Delta t2 is zero the alarm appears immediately after the violation If Delta t2 is greater than zero the alarm will be cancelled only after the parameter is normal for longer than specified in this delay If the parameter is again out of the norm before the Delta t2 delay time expires the alarm will not be cancelled Link of Logical Project Structure with Data Source Links between the data source and the logical project structure are the channels through which the data is transferred Links are established between the data source OPC tags and the parameters of the logical project structure l e the parameter will receive its values from the OPC tag One OPC tag may be linked with multiple parameters To create these links it is necessary to open two panels Data Source and Project Figures 57 and 65 The links are created with the help of drag and drop technology l e to create a link between the OPC tag and the parameter left click the OPC tag in the Data Source panel and while holding the button drag the tag to the Project panel Move the mouse to the desired parameter and release the button As soon as the link is created the colors of the OPC ta
6. Device 1 Temperature Temperature Sensor 1 Project Device 1 Temperature Temperature Sensor 2 Project Device 1 Temperature Temperature Sensor 3 Project Device 1 Temperature Temperature Sensor 5 Project Device 1 Temperature Temperature Sensor 6 If Execution Fails Figure 104 Data Export Task The Period section specifies the period of the task The section contains the Repeat checkbox If the checkbox is on the task will be periodic the task is performed repeatedly with a specified period If the checkbox is off the task is considered one time and will be stopped after finish By default the checkbox is off Also in the section there are several checkboxes to select the units and the field to enter the period By default the period of one day is selected which means that the message will be sent every day at a specified time if the task is periodic Besides the period also defines the time interval during which data will be exported EXAMPLE The following parameters are defined Scheduled Run Time 14 00 Start Delay 5 minutes Period 1 hour The task will start at 14 05 In this case the data will be exported for 1 hour from 13 00 to 14 00 The File Name With Full Path section specifies the file in which the export data will be stored lt is necessary to indicate the full path to the file and make sure that the file is writeable If the file doesn t exist it will be created during the ta
7. Figure 16 To continue click Next 16 TechnologSoft 15 Setup Firebird Information Please read the following important information before continuing When you are ready to continue with Setup dick Next Windows Build Introduction Intended Users Known Issues Features in this release all platforma Installation Reporting Bugs Figure 16 Installing Firebird Step 9 Step 10 is the final step of installation Figure 17 It displays information about the installation and offers two tasks to perform after the wizard has been completed Check Start Firebird Service now and uncheck After installation What Next To complete the wizard click the Finish button 15 Setup Firebird Eon ee Completing the Firebird Setup Wizard Setup has finished installing Firebird on your computer The application may be launched by selecting the installed icons Click Finish to exit Setup 2 Start Firebird Service now Figure 17 Installing Firebird Step 10 The Firebird is now installed on your PC Firebird Configuration Wizard For TechnologSoft operation it is necessary to create the database and configure Firebird To facilitate this process the Firebird Configuration Wizard program is used Figure 18 This program is launched automatically after Firebird has been installed if Firebird installation was launched via startup interface of installation disk TechnologSoft 17 lf the wizard does not sta
8. View main menu between the commands Table Graph Mnemonic Control Page Mnemonic Mnemonic allows the user to present real time information in the usual human form This may be an image of room control equipment sensors etc Image schematically reflects the actual equipment In some places the image displays the sensor readings and control signals the state of control equipment and others The example of the mnemonic is shown in Figure 46 For setting a mnemonic it is necessary to create an image open it in TechnologSoft and place the sensor readings and other objects of the logical project structure to the desired locations o a D LES i D oo a D oo A a E Tr D TF T1 32 1 C T2 32 1 C T 32 C T4 32 C T5 32 1 C Administrator Figure 47 Mnemonic TechnologSoft 41 Graph 7 The example of graph is shown in Figure 47 The example shows how the parameter is changing during the specified period There is always X axis the axis of time in the graph Axis values are created by the administrator There may be several In the real time mode graph is dynamically shifted to the left along the time axis at a speed corresponding to the selected scale The most recent data are added to the right side The time interval which is shown on the X axis is indicated in the settings The graph has two modes auto scale and a scale specified for each value axis The default mode is auto scale t2 8 C 1 5 T 1
9. a new value of the data source the TCS generates a communication event regarding this parameter If the connection has been restored it is considered that there was no break The information about loss of communication is written in the loss of communication log The information is similar to the alarm information These are time of loss and restoration time of acknowledgement as well as the user who was on duty when the event occurred lf the parameter which has loss of communication with its data source is displayed in the group window its value will be displayed in Alarm Color 2 Figure 77b Communication Dialog The Communication dialog box Figure 88 is very similar to the Alarm Acknowledgement dialog box It appears on top of all windows and cannot be minimized or blocked by another window The frame of the dialog flashes drawing the attention of the user At the same time this alarm sounds through the built in speaker of PC system unit and external speakers if they are connected to the PC sound card LOSS OF COMMUNICATION Appeared Date and Time Project Device3 Channeli 18 11 2014 15 00 24 Project Device3 Channel2 18 11 2014 15 00 24 Project Device3 Channel3 18 11 2014 15 00 24 Parameter Close Figure 89 Communication Dialog The dialog box contains a list of parameters which have loss of communication The list contains the names of parameters time of
10. a user who has administrative rights please refer to the Administration of User Rights section of the manual ATTENTION First set up OPC Server then TechnologSoft To create a project manually launch a display module and run the Project New command in the main menu The new project will be created and the Configuration Wizard will start Next run the Project Save in the database command in the main menu to name the new project Enter the name in the dialog box and click Save The project setup includes setting the data source the logical project structure the links between them and display Data Source setting the level of the data source includes the following 1 Specifying the list of computers which are connecting to devices 2 Specifying OPC servers on the selected computers 3 Receiving of the namespace of the OPC servers The structure of this level is a tree of objects At the root of the tree there are objects that correspond to computers The root objects can be several On the second level there are objects that correspond to OPC servers The next levels contain group objects and tags of the OPC server namespace The example of data source setting is shown in Figure 57 In this example the data source is a single computer that has one OPC server The namespace of the OPC server has three nested OPC groups and about two dozen OPC tags Some of OPC tags are arrays The Datasource toolbar is used for configuring a
11. ae a de Pe ee 85 SIISE A AA T e ds De tre ee wT eee Tee 86 READING FEARDW ARE ARCHIVE atada a ues it diese latine then line titane dette ete it idees 89 BAT T POR Dalias artists raso anios ela a dae cera dass osa 90 TechnologSoft 5 Short Description The TechnologSoft Control System further the TCS is a software product and is part of the hardware software complex The TCS allows the user to control monitor and manage devices in remote locations in real time and view historical data and generate reports for a selected period of time The TSC can work with devices from any manufacturer for which there is an OPC server supports DA1 DA2 DA3 specifications Device communication with the TCS can be both wired Ethernet R8485 MicroLAN etc and wireless X Bee GSM etc It allows controlling the objects located at a considerable distance from the dispatch centers The TCS has a flexible differentiation of user access rights Available simultaneous data access for multiple users on the local network This document is the Administrator s Manual and contains only information on configuring the TCS How to work with the TCS please refer to the Users Manual Before reading this guide is recommended to study the User s Manual System Requirements Windows 2000 XP pro 2003 Vista 7 8 for Light Net versions Windows XP Home only for Light version Processor 1 GHz Memory 512 MB RAM Free hard disk 50 MB for program files Free hard disk
12. are transferred between the lists in the same way as for a user group please refer to the Editing a User Group section of the manual Click OK to save changes Click Cancel to close the dialog box without saving changes If the dialog box was opened to create a new user but the password was not set then when the changes are being saved the program prompts to set a password Figure 41 Click No to create a user without a password Click Yes to set a password in the dialog box Figure 43 34 TechnologSoft TechnologSoft q i Ey default users are created with empty password i Set a password for New user user Figure 42 Request for password setting For the Control action remote change of parameters in the devices specify additional settings Control button at the bottom of the dialog It is possible to distinguish control of different devices between different users lf the Control action is allowed for the user then the Control button is active Clicking this button opens the Extended Control Rights dialog box Figure 39 The dialog contains the list of all parameters which are active for control Check the boxes next to those parameters which should be allowed for control for this user Changing the User Password Any user can change his password Besides the password of any user can be changed by a user with permissions of administration of user rights please refer to the Administration of User Rights secti
13. case of its successful completion If the task is one time it will be stopped SMS Mailing SMS mailing tasks allow you to configure the periodic sending of SMS messages with the critical parameters These tasks are performed by SMS alarm module paired with SMS mailing task manager SMS alarm module is a service SMS mailing task manager is a part of display module and starts stops simultaneously with the real time mode To perform the tasks the service of SMS alarm module must be running and display module should operate in the real time mode Besides GSM modem is required TechnologSoft 87 After changing the settings of SMS mailing tasks there is no need to restart the service of SMS alarm module The module will automatically refresh the list of tasks as soon as the changes are stored to the configuration database The text of SMS message includes a project name time stamp of message creation current value of the parameter and text name of the parameter or task according to the settings SMS message should be limited to one SMS The maximum SMS length is 70 characters SMS Mailing Task dialog box is shown in Figure 99 SMS Mailing Task Task Name Temperature at the control point 1 Parameter Project Device 1 Temperature Temperature Sensor 1 Scheduled Run Time 20 Hosbpa 2014r Ar Indude To SMS Text Task Name _ Full Parameter Name Short Parameter Name Phone Groups Phone group 1 If Execution Fails
14. drive Figure 31 Installing TechnologSoft Step 5 Step 6 is a review of the selected installation options Figure 31 If there is a mistake somewhere return to the appropriate step by clicking the Back button and correct it To continue click Next TechnologSoft InstallShield Wizard Start Copying Files Review settings before copying files Setup has enough information to start copying the program files IF you want to review or change any settings click Back IF you are satisfied with the settings click Next to begin copying files Current Settings Destination Folder C Program Files RS 6 TERAST echnologs oft Setup Type Custom Figure 32 Installing TechnologSoft Step 6 Step 7 is the last page of the installation Figure 32 Press Finish and the Wizard is finished 24 TechnologSoft TechnologSoft InstallShield Wizard InstallShield Wizard Complete The InstallShield Wizard has successfully installed Technolog5oft Click Finish to exit the wizard lt Back Finish Cancel Figure 33 Installing TechnologSoft Step 7 TechnologSoft 25 TBus OPC Server Installation Installation of the TBus OPC Server consists of three components They are a device memory cards library server general settings file and namespace configuration file All settings are located in the installation folder of the server NOTE Before configuring the OPC Server first install all the us
15. ep ne Device Name LanUSBRegiFT Device Identifier LanUSBRegIFT v4 14 0528 Figure 68 Save Device Template NOTE This function is supported only for OPC server of TERA company The Unlink command breaks the connection between a parameter and OPC tag of the datasource It is not available for group objects The Properties command opens a dialog box to edit the properties of the specified object The dialog box contains one or more tabs with properties Depending on the type of object the dialog will contain a different set of tabs Below is an explanation of each of these tabs Add Tab The Add tab Figure 68 adds the logical project structure of child objects to the tree A child object can be added only to a group object 54 TechnologSoft The menu contains a list of commands with the help of which the user can add main components to the tree and the Library submenu which contains a list of components from the library The library can have both the components which are the one object and the components which consist of a plurality of objects The component library is filled by the user at runtime After installing the software the component library is empty Main components may also consist of one object or set of objects Components differ from each other by behavior and display Let s consider each component in detail Growing Chamber Device 8channel Time Group Value Sensor Humidity Sensor Temperature Se
16. start and recovery of communication if it was restored before the user acknowledged the event The dialog box will not be closed until the user acknowledges the loss of communication even if the connection has been restored This ensures that the user will be informed 76 TechnologSoft about all communication problems All the parameters in the list are acknowledged As soon as the user acknowledges the alarm the dialog will automatically close and the audible alarm will turn off Communication Monitor Settings The Communication Monitor Settings dialog box is called by the Settings Alarm and Alerts Loss of Communication command in the main menu Figure 89 Communication Monitor Settings settings The time during which the loss of communication is allowed seconds Figure 90 Communication Monitor Settings The Enable communication monitor checkbox disables communication monitor If the checkbox is on the communication will be monitored If the checkbox is off the communication will not be monitored In this case losses of communication will not be fixed in the communication log and the communication dialog box will not appear But the color of the parameter value in the group windows will change all the same By default this option is enabled The Time during which the loss of communication is allowed box specifies the time in seconds If loss of communication lasted less than the time specified in the box th
17. structure tree as well as in a variety of settings dialogs Short name is displayed in the mnemonic graph data table and other places where you want to save a space If necessary short and full names may be the same In the Software Archive and Hardware Archive sections the user specifies archive settings By default archive settings are inherited from a parent parameter They can be redefined for software archive To do this in the Software Archive section select the checkbox next to Individually specify one of the logging types and the logging period Hardware archive settings cannot be redefined for a parameter only for a group object The Display section contains the Show On Mnemonic checkbox which enables disables the display of the parameter in the mnemonic TechnologSoft 57 a Properties for Parameter Temperature Sensor 1 Name Full Name Temperature Sensor 1 Short Name Ti Software Archive Hardware Archive Logging Immediate Value Period sec 300 Display Show On Mnemonic Figure 71 Properties for Parameter Dialog Common Tab The Alarm Conditions button opens the Alarm Conditions dialog box Figure 74 Editing Parameter Properties Value Tab The Value tab contains all parameter properties associated with its value so this tab is included to the Properties for Parameter dialog box The example of this tab for Temperature Sensor parameter is shown in Figu
18. the user to receive the namespace of OPC server and save it in the datasource tree At the same time the nodes of OPC groups and OPC tags are created in the tree The Delete command deletes OPC server node from the tree Context Menu of OPC Group Object The context menu of OPC group object is shown in Figure 62 This context menu is called only for OPC group that does not have any other nested OPC groups Find Template Figure 63 Context Menu of OPC Group Object TechnologSoft 51 The Find Template command opens the dialog box to select a template for work with a definite device Figure 63 Device type is determined by a unique identifier which is available in the properties of the OPC tags of the OPC group NOTE This function is supported only for OPC server of TERA company The Template Selection dialog box contains the list of templates which are available in the database for this type of devices If there are several of these templates select one of them To apply the selected template click OK As a result the settings for the selected template will be added to the project The template includes the logical project structure for the device links between OPC tags of the OPC group and the logical project structure as well as the display settings If there are no templates for the specified device type in the database the program will show the appropriate message about it Figure 64 Template Selection The Configuration Wi
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20. 8 9 2014 10 52 AM File folder do Firebird 8 9 201410 52 AM File folder InstallDBHelper 9 25 2014 2 47 PM File folder L Manual 8 9 2014 10 52 AM File folder Ji OPC 8 9 2014 10 52 AM File folder Je Preset Configuration 8 9 2014 10 52 AM File folder d TS 8 9 2014 10 52 AM File folder autorun 19 21 2010 7 06 PM Setup Information 1 KE U3 run 2 3 2003 3 27 PM Application 484 KE 5 setup 10 21 2010 6 35 PM Windows Batch File 1 KB _ setup dbd 12 26 2013 2 25PM DBD File 443 KB Figure 3 List of folders and files of TechnologSoft installation pack Table 1 List of folders and files of TechnologSoft installation pack Set of third party support programs Folder for files with predetermined settings files of device memory cards and image files which were not included to the installation pack setup dbd Other files required to run the startup disk interface setup txt 10 TechnologSoft run exe autorun inf Startup Interface of Installation Disk The installation is recommended to perform via startup interface of installation disk If the interface does not open automatically tt can be opened using a setup bat batch file from the root of the installation pack Figure 3 NOTE You can install without using the startup interface simply run the setup file manually Startup interface begins with language selection Figure 4 Select your language from the list and click OK The Main Menu will open Choose Demonstration Langu
21. 9 Installing TBus OPC Server Language Selection The Wizard welcome page opens Figure 20 To go to the next page click Next TBus OPC Server InstallShield Wizard pa Welcome to the InstallShield Wizard for Bus OPC Server The InstallShield Wizard will install TBuz OPC Server an your computer To continue click Next Ba Figure 20 Installing TBus OPC Server Step 1 In step 2 select the folder for the OPC Server installation Figure 20 By default it will be installed on the C drive C Program Files TERA T Bus OPC Server In most cases there is no need to change it Simply click Next TBus OPC Server InstallShield Wizard Choose Destination Location Select folder where setup will install files Setup will install TBus OPC Server in the following folder To install to this folder click Nest To install to a different folder click Browse and select another folder Destination Folder C Program Files Roel TERA TEU OPC Server InstallShield Figure 21 Installing TBus OPC Server Step 2 TechnologSoft 19 Step 3 is a summary page which displays the selected installation options Figure 21 To start the installation process click Next During this process the DCOM component of OPC server will be registered The Wizard will inform about the result of registration with the help of message Figure 23 In addition the __tera_opc__ local user group and the _ tera opc user local use
22. Alarm Reaction 0 15 00 F Send messages about alarm Time hh mm ss e acknowledgment Minimum SMS Pause 0 10 00 El Send messages about alarm hh mm ss aoe cancel Loss Of Communication Processing Send messages about loss of communication Critical level of loss of communication messages Figure 91 SMS Alarm Settings Parameters Tab Turn On SMS Alarm There is a checkbox to enable disable SMS alarm If the checkbox is on the SMS alarm will work If the checkbox is off the SMS alarm will not work By default the checkbox is off Number of Repeated Messages lt is a number of repeated messages of active unacknowledged alarms Repeated messages are sent in a time equal to the interval between retries This option is used for both general and critical alarms By default the number of repeated messages is two Interval Between Repeated Messages For general alarms this is the time since the last message sent after which the repeated message of active alarms will be sent if there are still any and they are not acknowledged by the user For critical alarms this is the time since the previous message of the alarm was sent after which the repeated message will be sent By default the interval between repeated messages is an hour Include project name to the SMS text There is a checkbox to include or exclude the name of the project from the message text Project name in the text increases the information content of the message b
23. Edit Control Group dialog box Figure 79 is used to create new control group and edit the Current control groups The Group Name section specifies the name of the group The Project Tree section is used to select the group project from the logical project tree Left click selects the group project Double left click minimizes and maximizes the group project When selecting the group project the Parameters section forms a data table containing parameters with the group project The Mnemonic section contains mnemonic display parameter for the group The When a group is selected display on mnemonic field displays the group project which mnemonic will be used for the group To specify this project select it in the tree of the Project Tree section and press the gt button in the Mnemonic section To cancel mnemonic display for the group select the node in the project tree and press the gt button in the Mnemonic section The Parameters section contains a list of parameters of the group project selected in the Project Tree section This section is used for the parameters that should appear in the group window graph data table and control page of the group The table contains the names of the parameters and the checkboxes for each type of data view If the checkbox is selected then this parameter will display in the appropriate type of data view TechnologSoft 67 Edit t 2 8 C Control Group Group Name t 2 8 C Project Tree E
24. Font For E Alarm 2 y Alarm 4 Cancel Figure 78 Control Group Windows Display Settings Fonts are specified separately for the group header parameter names parameter values and parameter values while alarm Color settings consist of two groups background color and font alarm color The group window background sets the base color This color will fill the windows of all groups in the normal state The background color when selected is the background color of the group which is selected by the user The window background color while alarm is not yet used There are four font alarm colors Alarm 1 Alarm 2 Alarm 3 and Alarm 4 The parameter value will be in Alarm 1 color if the fault alarm type is activated The parameter value will be in Alarm 2 color if the offline alarm type is activated The parameter value will be in Alarm 3 or Alarm4 colors relatively if the upper bound violated or lower bound violated alarm type is activated Control Groups Menu Groups can be controlled using the context menu of the Group panel or the Control Groups main menu These menus are identical The Group context menu is shown in Figure 78 66 TechnologSoft The Add command opens the Edit Control Group dialog box Figure 79 to create a new group The Edit command opens the Edit Control Group dialog box Figure 79 to change the current group The Delete command deletes the current control group Edit Control Group Dialog The
25. Limit T5 Low Limit Project Device 1 Temperature Low Limit T6 Low Limit Project Device 1 Temperature High Limit T1 High Limit Project Device 1 Temperature High Limit T2 High Limit Project Device 1 Temperature High Limit T5 High Limit Project Device 1 Temperature High Limit T6 High Limit Figure 85 Control Page View Settings Dialog The dialog contains a table with the list of parameters which will be displayed in the control page of the group The parameters in the list are in the order in which they are displayed This order corresponds to the sequence in which the checkboxes were selected in the Parameters section of the Edit Control Group dialog box To change this order select the parameter in the list and click the Up or Down button at the bottom of the dialog TechnologSoft 71 Changing the Order of Control Groups The list of available control groups is displayed in the Group panel New control groups are added to the end of the list But the order of groups in the list can be changed using a drag and drop technology To change the order of groups the user must have the right to configure the project To change the order of the group Select the group you need to move Hold down the left mouse button over the group Without releasing the left mouse button drag the pointer Release the left mouse button over the place the group is to be moved NOTE Only the curren
26. MS Mailing Task ES Hardware Archive Downloading Task Data Export Task Figure 97 Context Menu The following tasks are available in the menu o Print Task o SMS Mailing Task o Hardware Archive Downloading Task o Data Export Task Below we will consider each of these types of the tasks in detail The Delete button deletes the selected task The Edit button opens the dialog to change the task The Close button closes the dialog box ATTENTION Do not forget to save the project Project Save To Database The tasks which are not stored in the database after modification are marked by before the name of the task TechnologSoft 85 Report Printing Print task allows you to configure the automatic printing of reports at a specified time These tasks are performed by the printing module which is a service This service must be running Besides it is necessary to have a printer on the computer where the printing module is installed After printing task settings have been changed there is no need to restart the printing module The module automatically refreshes the list of tasks as soon as the changes are stored to the configuration database The Report Printing Task dialog box is shown in Figure 97 Report Printing Task Refrigerator Printer HP LaserJet 1022n Report er Report gt Archive Type Page Orientation Period Hardware Table Portrait Hour Software 4 Graph C Landscape Day Week E Month Schedul
27. TERA 000 0 advanced automation technologies Te C a a O O QS oft TechnologSoft Control System Version 2 00 00 Admunistrator s Manual es WWW do tera com ua TechnologSoft 3 Contents SHORT DESCRIPTION Sn Rif td M ida 5 ORGANIZATION OF RS485 COMMUNICATION LINE cccccccccscccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccsccccccccccccceccese 6 HOW TO SET UP THE MONITORING SYSTEM cccccccccccsccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccceess 8 INSTALLATION OF CONTROLS YSTEVL dia 9 GENERAL INFORMATION AND RECOMMENDA TION ts 9 INSTALLATION PACKOVER VIEW sat 9 STARTUP INT REACE OF INSTALLATION DISK SR a ee te nine teens 10 FIR BIRD srt LD a a ae De an tn dl De un Gnluste 11 FIREBIRD CONFIGURATION WIZARD is 16 OPOE SERVER ceiba ts sio adas 17 TECANODOGSO E E aci ta a dias 20 TBUS OPC SERVER INSTALLATION curada 25 DEVICE MEMORY CARDS LIBRAR Y ui M a a A AS di a ae 25 SERVER GENERAL E a tea acca aa a ees ered arse hed han nv al ns 25 INAMES PAC EE OR nidos TG a E E Te IPT UREN DD eT UR ee 25 Device NETWORK Sein WACO Sie i Fg ALANA ANG ee 26 CON O T OTE EAEE E ties EOS ad 26 CONFIGURING LOCATION OF DATABASES esesescscecesescsoecesesoscesesecocoesecccoesesecccoesesocoeseccsoesesesosoesesesocoesesesseseseseeoesesee 27 CONFIGURATION DATABASE o a a a O es e a que 27 SOPTW ARE ARCHIVE DATABASE a a EEE 28 HARDWARE ARCHIVE DATABASE iia 28 FEMPDA TES DATA EASE sede
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29. ads from the settings ini file parameters of the COM port to communicate with the modem and configures the modem At the end of this operation the module is ready to send SMS messages As soon as the task of sending SMS to the configuration database appears the module reads and executes it Settings for SMS alarm module are in the settings ini file in the SMSModule section The following are the default settings SMSModule section of SMS alarm module parameters port COM1 serial port connected to the modem boud 1 15200 serial port baud rate parity none parity data_bits 8 data bits stop_bits 1 0 stop bits flow_control none flow control Usually the changes are only required for the serial port parameter SMS Alarm Settings Basic settings of SMS alarm are required for SMS generator This setting is done from the display module by using the Settings SMS Alarm command in the main menu NOTE Before setting SMS alarm it is required to stop the real time mode The SMS Alarm Settings dialog box has four tabs parameters phones phone groups and alarms The Parameters tab is shown in Figure 90 The description of the parameters is below TechnologSoft 79 Parameters Phones Phone Groups Alarms Turn On SMS Alarm Number Of Repeated Messages Interval Between Repeated Messages hh mm ss Indude project name to the SMS text W 1 00 00 ar Common Level Alarms Critical Level Alarms SMS
30. age 5 Select the language for this demonstration from the choices below Figure 4 Startup Interface of Installation Disk Language The Main Menu of startup interface is shown in Figure pr echnolo eS SSC TERA E ON TAC TE Figures ue intertace of Installation Disk Main Menu To start the installation choose the Install option which opens the Install Submenu Figure 6 This menu contains three items Each of them corresponds to one of the 7CS parts To install one or another part of the 7CS click on the appropriate menu item TechnologSoft 1 Install Select the program you want to im t LE FE OPC SERVE Recommended to install the program it arder A LI from top to bottom nn rograms can be installed omone PC but ar tall each program on eT RER Gia A Re a Pe 1 gt re lig ss er i PA eee Figure 6 Startup Interface of Installation Disk Install Firebird Firebird is used as database management system DBMS Installation file is in the same folder in the root of the distribution Firebird should be installed on a PC with a reliable hard drive This computer will store the database files TCS configuration as well as stored data and logs After starting the Firebird installation the following dialog box will appear Select the language when prompted for a language selection and click OK Figure 7 Select Setup Language Select the language to use dur
31. an RS485 communication line to search for connected devices and determine their type and function of device address change It is recommended to use Device Network Setup Wizard for the first configuration of namespace Device Network Setup Wizard Before running the Setup Wizard it is necessary to mount RS485 communication line to connect devices to the line to power devices as well as to energize the RS485 RS232 adapter The user can run the Setup Wizard using the appropriate shortcut in the Start All programs TERA TBus OPC Server menu The user manual for the Device Network Setup Wizard is in the Doc folder where the server is installed Configurator The Configurator is designed for manual adjustment of the OPC server namespace or change of the existing configuration The user can run the Configurator using the appropriate shortcut in the Start All programs TERA TBus OPC Server menu The user manual for the Configurator is in the Doc folder where the server is installed TechnologSoft 21 Configuring Location of Databases The TCS uses four databases o MAINDB Configuration database stores all TCS settings o ARCHDB Software archive database o DEVARCHDB Hardware archive database o DEVTEMPLATEDB Device template database It is necessary to inform to each module of TechnologSoft where the configuration database is The DB coordinates are in the i ntfile The coordinates of the remaining bases are stored in the config
32. an power valve position etc Secondly the existence of such a level allows the user to make changes to the data source without modification of the project For example the replacement of a device for a similar instrument or changes in the scheme of connecting devices to the computer will not affect the logical project structure and the existing display settings The Point to point connection type is created between the logical level and data source and it indicates to the logical object from which device and using which variable it should receive the data The display level is display settings of the logical project structure At this level the entire project is divided into groups of controls enabling to control process in the most convenient form For each of the control group the list of logical objects is set to display in one or another type of data view graph data table mnemonic and control page A set of logical objects in each control group can be completely arbitrary The same logical object can be included in several control groups The task of project configuration includes setting all levels of the project and creating links between them setting the parameters for all types of data view and if necessary setting tasks on schedule and SMS alarm 40 TechnologSoft Types of Data View TechnologSoft display module can display data in a graph a data table a mnemonic and a control page The types of data view are switched in the
33. arly the hardware acknowledgement event will be fixed by the control system logged in the alarm log and the alarm acknowledgement dialog box closes The Deny Software Acknowledgement checkbox is necessary when the alarm is allowed to acknowledge only from the device This checkbox is active only if the hardware acknowledgement is enabled By default the checkbox is unchecked If the checkbox is on the software acknowledgement is prohibited At the same time the acknowledgment dialog box will still appear but the software acknowledgement event will not be transferred to the device and appear in the alarm log Bounce Protection The Bounce Protection Settings dialog box is shown in Figure 76 To open this dialog box press the Bounce Protection button in the Alarm Conditions dialog box The Alarm Delay section contains the Delta t1 parameter which is a violation of time allowed before the alarm appearing The alarm delay is set in seconds If Delta t1 is zero the alarm appears immediately after the violation If Delta t1 is greater than zero the alarm will appear only after the duration of the violation exceeds the specified delay If the parameter is back to normal earlier than the Delta t1 delay time has expired then there will be no alarm 64 TechnologSoft Bounce Protection Settings Alarm Delay Delta ti sec i Allowed violation time before alarm appearing Alarm Cancel Delay Delta t2 sec 0 Minimum time needed to cancel
34. at least one control group Control group is a control object of display level which represents a logical grouping of parameters and their display settings Each control group has its own display settings for each type of data view as well as the window for displaying values of main parameters The control group is represented as a small window on the Control Groups toolbar This window displays values of the group main parameters If a project has several control groups the user selects one of them for monitoring The workspace of the program will provide information according to the settings of the selected group At the same time the values of main parameters for all groups will be displayed on the Control Groups toolbar The Control Groups toolbar is designed for displaying control groups The user can switch on and off this toolbar in the View Toolbars main menu This toolbar displays windows of all available in the project groups The toolbar may take an arbitrary size specified by the user and the groups windows are automatically scaled so that they occupy the entire area of the toolbar There are no limits for the maximum group window size but there are minimum size limits If the windows do not fit on the toolbar some of the windows will be hidden At the same time a special marker will be drawn on the toolbar Figure 50 shows the example of Control Groups toolbar which contains seven control groups The current group selected by t
35. ates of templates database are stored in the configuration database They can be changed using the display module To do this run the display module menu Start All Programs TERA TechnologSoft TechnologSoft and the command in the Settings Templates Database main menu As a result the Templates Database Settings dialog box will appear Figure 36 This dialog is similar to the Configuration Database Settings dialog Templates Database Settings Computer Name or IP address Localhost Dalaba Name DEVTEMPLATEDE Figure 37 Templates Database Settings 30 TechnologSoft Administration of User Rights The TCS has a flexible system for allocating user rights All users are divided into groups depending on the authority Each group is assigned individual rights The user who belongs to the group automatically receives all the rights of the group The user may belong simultaneously to several groups and thus he receives the rights of all groups In addition the user can assign additional personal rights besides group rights After the TCS has been installed there is only one user Administrator The default password for this user is admin This user is a part of the Administrators group which has full rights Accordingly the Administrator user has also full rights too This user is used to administer the rights of users and program settings WARNING It is strongly recommended to change the password for the Administrat
36. brary command saves the specified object with current settings to the library The object is saved with all its child objects and alarms conditions Links with datasource are not saved to the library In the future the stored object can be used as a child object in the tree The components library is located in the Components folder where TechnologSoft was installed Each component is stored in cmp extension After installing the program the components library is empty The Save as Template command saves a template for work with a specific device Device type for which the template is saved is defined by a unique identifier This identifier is extracted from the properties of the datasource OPC tag which is linked with this object or any child object This implied a necessary condition for creating a template the object on the base of which the template is created or its child objects should have links with the datasource The Save as Template command opens a dialog box to save a device template Figure 67 The user can store a template in the database or in the file The template includes the logical device structure a part of the logical project structure tree on the base of which the template is created links with the datasource and display settings Template specification includes a template name device name and device identifier Template name can be arbitrary Save Device Template Template Specification Template Name EE
37. checkbox in the Off column SMS Alarm Settings Parameters Phones phone Groups Alarms 22292292222 Subscriber 2 3333333333 Subscriber 3 Figure 92 SMS Alarm Settings Phones Tab The Phone Groups tab Figure 92 is used to separate groups of subscribers The group includes one or more subscribers and specifies a list of alarms to be monitored by this group of subscribers Each message about one of these alarms will be duplicated to all subscribers of the group TechnologSoft 81 SMS Alarm Settings _ Phone group 1 1111111111 1222929971 Phone group 2 292929999372 Figure 93 SMS Alarm Settings Phone Groups Tab The group can include any number of subscribers Any subscriber can be included to one or more groups The same alarm can be controlled by one or more groups NOTE Before setting up the groups it is recommended to create all subscribers as well as set all codes names and importance level of all required alarms To add a new group click the Add button The Edit Phone Group dialog box will open Figure 93 To change an existing group select it in the list and click the Edit button The Edit Phone Group dialog box will open Figure 93 To delete an existing group select it in the list click the Delete button and answer Yes when prompted for confirmation of deletion The Edit Phone Group dialog box is sho
38. computers in the local network The list of TechnologSoft modules is shown in Table 2 Table 2 List of TechnologSoft Modules Display Module Program with a graphical user interface It is used for the 7CS configuration orocess monitoring device control in real time analysis of stored data Archive Module Program which can operate interactively or as a service Designed to maintain the software archive as well as to perform tasks of reading hardware archive on schedule according to the settings of the TCS Service which is designed to perform print tasks on schedule i e automatic print reports The module requires a printer Module GSM modem Module the TCS TechnologSoft installation file is located in the TS in the root directory TechnologSoft_setup exe It can be installed using the file or via the startup interface of installation disk After starting the installation of TechnologSoft the software will prompt the user to select a language FigureFigure 25 TechnologSoft 21 TechnologSoft InstallShield Wizard Select the language for the installation from the choices below English United States Co Figure 26 Installing TechnologSoft Language Selection Welcome to the InstallShield Wizard for TechnologS oft The InstallShield Wizard vall install TechnologS oft on your computer To continue click Next T Figure 27 Installing TechnologSoft Step 1 Step 2 provides the information about
39. ct alarms Each alarm has its code name level of importance and the Signaling checkbox All these parameters can be changed in this tab TechnologSoft 83 10055 T2 low limit violation 0056 T2 high limit violation i0058 T3 low limit violation i0059 T3 high limit violation 10061 T4 low limit violation 0062 T4 high limit violation i0064 TS low limit violation i0065 TS high limit violation i0067 T6 low limit violation i0068 T6 high limit violation 10070 T low limit violation 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 Fi a 9 10 11 12 13 14 Figure 95 SMS Alarm Settings Alarms Tab Alarm codes are unique codes of the project The unique code is automatically assigned to each alarm This code will be included in the text of the message about this alarm Automatically assigned code is always a five digit identifier the first character is and the remaining four characters are digits If necessary the administrator can change these codes so that they induce a certain association Entered code can consist of letters and numbers a maximum length of four characters The Loss of communication alarm has its own DCF code To change the alarm code double left click the cell with the identifier The edit box will appear The Signaling column contains the checkbox which enables disables SMS alarm To change the importance level of the alarm open the drop down list in the Level column and select the required level To save the changes of th
40. d time interval 72 TechnologSoft In the Title section there is the Display Title checkbox which is responsible for displaying the graph title If this option is chosen the graph displays the title graph that corresponds to the name of the current control group Table Settings The Table View Settings dialog box is shown in Figure 86 To open it run the Settings Table command in the main menu Table View Settings Time range which must be shown O1h Figure 87 Table View Settings The Time range which must be shown section specifies a time interval during which the data in the table must be shown Click one of the buttons 1 Hour 8 Hours 12 Hours 1 Day 3 Days or 7 Days which set the appropriate time range and the buttons 2 and 2 which double and halve the specified time range In the Decimal places field choose the number of decimal places to display the values in the table In the Maximum Rows field specify the maximum rows in the table If there is a need in more rows to display the data for the specified time range it will show as many first rows as permissible and the rest will be dropped TechnologSoft 73 Alarms Alarm conditions are set for the parameters These conditions are checked by the control system in the data collection mode Depending on the results the events of alarm activation and acknowledgement are generated and logged in the alarm log Each alarm must be acknowledged by the user A
41. device name and its version A device may have multiple templates To access the template manager a user should be logged in to the program as a user who has administrative rights please refer to the Administration of User Rights section of the manual The template manager is a part of the display module To open it launch the display module menu Start All Programs TERA TechnologSoft TechnologSoft log in as a user with administrative rights main menu User Login and select the command Tools Template Manager in the main menu After starting the template manager loads from the database available templates and presents them in a list The Template Manager dialog box is shown in Figure 44 Template Name Device Name Device Identifier C1PT AYNEZLEZA v1 000 01 C1PT FYNEZL EZA v1 000 01 C1PT FYNEZL EZA v1 000 01 DRDYTOIHSCRST2Z57 v1 0140908 DRDYTOIHSCRSTZ5 DRDYTOIHSCRSTZ57 1 0140908 HIH_toRST v3 09 13 8 LanRegIFT v4 1511 13 TC_toRST v4 0131213 USB Logger ZBGSMDev v4 002 00 ZBGSMDev v4 002 01 ZbC v04 004 06 7b5 v04 004 06 1 2 3 4 2 6 F 9 10 SHT25toRST_v4 0140910 Sensor with R5485 interface HIH_toRST v3 09 13 8 LanRegIFT v4 1511 13 SHT25toR5T TC_toRST v4 0131213 USB Logger ZBGSMDev v4 002 00 ZBGSMDev v4 002 01 ZbC 404 004 06 Zb5 404 004 06 HIH_toRST v3 09 13 8 LanRegTFT v4 1511 13 SHT25toRST v4 0140910 TCx R5 v 1 002 04 TC_toRST v4 0131213 USE Logger v00 000 01 ZBGSMDev v4 002 00 FBGSMD
42. ditions command in the main menu There is a list of parameters at the top of the dialog in the Parameter section At the bottom of the dialog in the Alarm conditions for selected parameter section there is a list of alarm conditions for selected parameter and control buttons The Add button opens the Edit Alarm Condition dialog box to create a new condition Figure 75 The Edit button opens the Edit Alarm Condition dialog box to edit an existing alarm condition Figure 75 To activate the button select the condition in the list The Delete button deletes the existing alarm condition To activate the button select the condition in the list TechnologSoft 61 a Alarm Conditions PP gt Parameters Project Device 1 Temperature Temperature Sensor 1 Bounce Protection Alarm conditions for selected parameter Ti sensor fault Project Device 1 Temperature Status T1 Status 0 00 T1 high limit violation Project Device 1 Temperature Temperature Sensor 1 lt Project Device 1 Temperz T1 low limit violation Project Device 1 Temperature Temperature Sensor 1 gt Project Device 1 Tempera Figure 75 Alarm Conditions Dialog The Additionally section contains the global parameters which affect all alarm conditions and their process The Bounce Protection button opens the Bounce Protection Settings dialog box please refer to the Bounce Prot
43. e 1 Humidity Rh128 Project Device 1 Humidity Rh129 Project Device 1 Humidity Rh 13 Project Device 1 Humidity Rh 130 Project Device 1 Humidity Rh2 TLS Project Device 1 Humidity Rh2 Project Device 1 Humidity Rh20 Project Device 1 Humidity Rh21 Project Device 1 Humidity Rh24 Project Device 1 Humidity Rh3 TLS Project Device 1 Humidity Rh3 Project Device 1 Humidity Rh4 TLS Figure 99 Parameter List Selection The List Of Parameters section displays the list of the parameters which will be included in the report To change the list click the button and the Parameter List Selection dialog box will open Figure 98 There are two lists in the dialog The left window contains the list of all parameters of the project the right window contains the list of the parameters selected for the project The parameter is moved from one list to another by the gt and lt buttons or by double left click on the parameter The OK buttons saves the changes The dropdown list of the If Execution Fails section contains steps that can be taken after an unsuccessful attempt to perform a task By default Repeat until done is selected In this case the printing module will try again to print a report until it is printed If Skip period is selected the printing module will postpone the time of the next task start as in the
44. e Control action remote change of parameters in the devices specify additional settings Control button at the bottom of the dialog It is possible to distinguish control of different devices between different groups of users lf the Control action is allowed for the group then the Control button is active Clicking this button opens the Extended Control Rights dialog box Figure 39 The dialog contains the list of all parameters which are active for control Check the boxes next to those parameters which should be allowed for control for a group of users issions to change parameter values Project Device 1 Temperature Low Limit Low Limit T1 Project Device 1 Temperature Low Limit Low Limit T2 Project Device 1 Temperature Low Limit Low Limit T3 Project Device 1 Temperature Low Limit Low Limit T4 Project Device 1 Temperature Low Limit Low Limit T5 Project Device 1 Temperature Low Limit Low Limit T6 Project Device 1 Temperature Low Limit Low Limit T7 Project Device 1 Temperature Low Limit Low Limit T8 Project Device 1 Temperature Low Limit Low Limit T9 Project Device 1 Temperature Low Limit Low Limit T 10 Project Device 1 Temperature Low Limit Low Limit T11 Project Device 1 Temperature Low Limit Low Limit T 12 TT Figure 40 Extended Control Rights TechnologSoft 33 Editing Users Users are ed
45. e SMS alarm settings click OK and save the project Project Save to Database ATTENTION Do not forget to save the project after changing the SMS alarm settings 84 TechnologSoft Scheduled Tasks Scheduled tasks are set by using the Scheduled Tasks dialog box Figure 95 This dialog is called by the Settings Scheduled Tasks command in the main menu E Scheduled Taske A Task Name Frequency Task Type Read archive from Device 1 20 11 2014 0 00 00 0 Day Hardware archive Read archive from Device 20 11 2014 0 00 00 0 One time Hardware archive Temperature at the control point 1 20 11 2014 15 00 00 0 Hour SMS mailing Refrigerator data 20 11 2014 15 00 00 3m Od00h15m Data export Refrigerator Report 20 11 2014 18 00 00 0 Figure 96 Scheduled Tasks The dialog box contains the table of already created tasks which show name start time frequency and task type If the task has been finished the Start Time column shows Stopped instead of time otherwise it shows date and time of the task start The start delay is specified in parentheses immediately after the time The Frequency column specifies the task period If the task is not periodic this column will show One time The tasks modified by the user and not yet stored in the database are marked by before the name of the task The Create button opens the context menu to select the type of the task for creation Figure 96 Print Task o S
46. ection section of the manual and Figure 76 Edit Alarm Condition Dialog The Edit Alarm Condition dialog box Figure 75 contains a lot of parameters and requires special attention while setting At the top of the dialog there is a parameter for which the alarm condition is created The Alarm Name field specifies the name of the alarm condition This name will appear in the alarm log and in the alarm acknowledgement dialog box The importance level of alarm type is a priority of condition Several alarm conditions with different alarm types can be set for a single parameter Conditions are checked in order of decreasing importance level of alarm type lf a condition with a high level of importance activated the alarm the conditions with a lower priority will not be checked However conditions with the same level of importance will be checked all lt is possible that several alarms with the same importance level will be activated for a single parameter The drop down menu lists the importance levels of alarm types in decreasing order Fault Offline Upper bound violated Lower bound violated The importance level also affects the display of the parameter for which the condition is created lf the alarm condition with the Fault alarm type is activated then fault will be displayed instead of the parameter In the group control window this word will be displayed in the Alarm 1 color Figure 77 lf the alarm condition with the Offline alarm type i
47. ed Run Time 20 Ho 2014T 0 00 00 Hosbpa r Er FlReneat List Of Parameters Project Device 1 Temperature Temperature Sensor 1 Project Device 1 Temperature Temperature Sensor 2 Project Device 1 Temperature Temperature Sensor 3 Project Device 1 Temperature Temperature Sensor 5 Project Device 1 Temperature Temperature Sensor 6 If Execution Fails Repeat until done Figure 98 Report Printing Task The Task Name field indicates the name of the printing task The dropdown list of the Printer field contains the list of printers available on the computer The printer selected in the list will print the tasks The dropdown list of the Report field contains the list of reports available in the project If the list is empty switch to the archive view mode and create an arbitrary report please refer to the User s Manual of the TCS As a result the Default Report appears in the project The Archive Type section indicates the type of the archive from which the data is taken By default the hardware archive type is chosen The information about archive types is described in the Archive Types section of the manual The Print section specifies the form in which data should be presented in the report table or graph lf the Table checkbox is on the report will include the table with the data for the specified period If the checkbox is off there will be no table with the data in the report Si
48. ed devices and pave links if devices require a wired connection Device Memory Cards Library The Device Memory Cards Library is a set of files and is located in the devmaps folder Each file is a memory card per a single device To configure the server for operation with a specific device the device memory card is required The OPC Server installation package includes memory cards of many devices However if you bought the device which has not been previously produced it is likely that a memory card for it will not be in the library To check for the memory card use the Device Network Setup Wizard please refer to the Device Network Setup Wizard section of the manual lf there is no memory card of the required device in the library check for it on the installation CD ROM in the folder Preset Configuration TBus OPC Server devmaps If there is no card there please contact us opc ao tera com ua and we will send it by e mail After receiving the required memory card copy it to the library Server General Settings In most of the cases there is no need to change server general settings The server general settings file settings ini is in the root It is inffile lt contains three sections Log CheckSumTypes FixReadError The Log Section is logging options The Level option is a level of logging detail or minimum severity of the messages which will be included in the log Possible values are from 0 to 4 inclusive 0 if lo
49. edly with a specified period If the checkbox is off the task is considered one time and will be stopped after finish By default the checkbox is off 90 TechnologSoft Hardware Archive Reading Task Task Name Read archive from Device 1 Scheduled Run Time 20 Hoa pa 2014r fe 0 00 00 W Repeate Control Groups Hourly t 2 8 C Daily t2 6 C t 8 15 C Rh lt 40 J Weekly Monthly TLS t 15 25 C Rh lt 60 t 15 25 C Rh lt 60 part 1 t 15 25 C Rh lt 60 part 2 t 15 25 C Rh lt 60 part 3 40 90 O7 mk eco feaet AU If Execution Fails kg A e Figure 103 Hardware Archive Reading Task The Control Groups section contains the list of all control groups of the project The following list indicates the group to which the hardware archive reading task must be done The group of checkboxes Hourly Daily Weekly and Monthly sets the period of the task By default the Daily option is selected which means that the archive module will read the hardware archive of the specified group every day at a specified time The dropdown list of the If Execution Fails section contains steps that can be taken after an unsuccessful attempt to perform a task By default Repeat until done is selected In this case the archive module will try again to perform a task until it is done If Skip period is selected the archive module will postpone the time of the next task start as in the case of its successful com
50. er To select a marker for channel parameters open the dropdown list in the Marker column and select one of the available options The dropdown list is opened by the button Available marker options Without marker Circle Square Rhomb and Cross If Without marker is selected the channel parameters are not marked in the graph TechnologSoft 69 a Graph View Settings Project Device 1 Temperature IN oa Project Device 1 Temperature CI i Project Device 1 Temperature CI E Without rm Project Device 1 Temperature Lo fi sE Without rm Project Device 1 Temperature A ma Without rm Figure 82 Graph View Settings Dialog To attach a channel to the axis open the dropdown list in the Axis column and select the desired r axis The dropdown list is opened by the button The list of axes is edited in the Graph Settings dialog box please refer to the Types of Data View section of the manual and Figure 85 C Default Figure 83 Dropdown Color Panel Table View Settings Dialog The example of the Table View Settings dialog box is shown in Figure 83 The dialog contains a list of parameters which will be displayed in the table for the group The parameters in the list are in the order in which they are displayed This order corresponds to the sequence in which the checkboxes were selected in the Parameters section of the Edit Control Group dialog box To change this order select the
51. ev v4 002 01 fbC v04 004 06 b5 v04 004 06 Co Date Figure 45 Template Manager The Template Manager dialog contains a list of templates buttons and status bar The list of templates has the ability to sort and filter by each column To sort the list left click on the first line of the column header Double clicking on the same column changes the sort direction To create a filter left click on the second line of the column header The cell displays an input field for entering the characters of the filter Text case in the filter is ignored To specify the coordinates of templates database click the Templates Database button and the dialog box with the parameters will open Figure 36 In the dialog box specify the computer on which the database is installed and the name of the database To download a template from the database file click Load From File This opens a standard file selection dialog Templates files have tmpl resolution Select the file and click Open The template from the file will be added to the database To edit the parameters of the template from the database select it in the list and click Edit This opens the dialog box for editing the template Figure 45 The template name and device name can be changed The device identifier cannot be changed Click Save To Database to save changes to the database Click Save To File to save this template to the file This opens a standard file selec
52. from devices to support the archiving function Moreover a software archive does not depend on the device settings and has its own highly flexible configuration However a software archive is completely dependent on the stable link with the devices In case of lack of communication or computer failure current readings do not fall into the archive database and so called holes areas of time with no data will appear A hardware archive is maintained by the device and stored in its internal memory This is a more reliable way to archive because the data is always saved until the device is turned on The holes have much smaller probability to appear than in the software archive There is also no need for constant communication between computer and devices However the hardware archive should be read from time to time and stored in the database Besides this type of archive depends on device settings which do not provide sufficient flexibility Depending on the object of control either software or hardware archive or both together can be used TechnologSoft 37 Template Manager Template Manager is a tool for manipulating templates of devices that are stored in the database Device template is a typical TechnologSoft setup for working with a specific device Templates are used for initial configuration as the starting material Templates for device are selected by a device ID The device identifier is a unique string that consists of an internal
53. g and parameter icons will be changed To delete a link call the context menu on either the OPC tag Figure 64 or the parameter Figure 66 b and select the Unlink command As soon as the link is deleted the colors of the OPC tag and parameter icons will be changed To define which OPC tag the parameter is linked with select the Properties command in its context menu Figure 66 This command opens the Properties for Parameter dialog box The information about the linked OPC tag is in the Value tab in the Data Source section Figure 71 TechnologSoft 65 Display Level General Information Project display is divided into control groups The project must have at least one control group please refer to the Control Groups section of the manual To set the display level means to create the required number of control groups and their configuration The Control Group panel is used for work with control groups Figure 50 Open or close it using the View Toolbars Groups command in the main menu Control Group Windows Display Settings The Control Group Windows Display Settings dialog box is shown in Figure 77 To open it run the Settings Control Groups command in the main menu The window s minimal width and height colors and fonts are set in this dialog Control Group Windows Display Settings settings Window s Minimal Width Window s Minimal Height Base Background al J Calor When Selected T
54. ge repeats for active unacknowledged alarms and the interval between such repeats The following messages can be sent for critical alarms depending on the settings o messages about a new alarm o repeated messages about the active alarm if it has not yet been acknowledged by the user o messages about alarm acknowledgment if at the moment of acknowledgment the alarm has not yet been cancelled or if the option of sending messages about alarm cancel is disabled o message about alarm cancellation The message text of a new alarm will include the name of the project the time of message creation the current value of the parameter for which the alarm was triggered the code and text name of the alarm The text of repeated messages of active alarms will contain the same information as well as the number of repetitions The message text of alarm acknowledgment will include the name of the project the time of message creation the alarm code and the user who performed the acknowledgment In the case of hardware acknowledgment the user is not specified The message text of alarm cancellations will contain the same information except for the current value of the parameter for which the alarm was triggered General Alarms The alarms of general level are processed together Only one message is sent for all active general alarms 78 TechnologSoft The SMS Alarm Reaction Time and Minimum SMS Pause parameters are set for general level of alarms plea
55. gging the most detailed The CheckSumTypes section is a list of all types of checksums allowed to use The server supports four types of checksums and this section contains four relevant parameters CRC16 CRC8 XOR SUM To allow the use of a particular type of the checksum set the corresponding parameter to 1 A value of O prohibits the use of this type of checksum By default it is possible to use all types of checksums However most of the devices use the CRC16 checksum If you do not have devices with another type of checksum it makes sense to prohibit the use of other types of checksums In this case the server will quickly find your devices after launch The FixReadError section is action parameters used to correct read errors The Repeate parameter is the number of repeat readings Possible values are O and more If failed reading the tag value from the device the server performs as many attempts to re read as this parameter indicates The default value is 2 NameSpace The namespace configuration file Config xml is located in the root directory of the server 26 TechnologSoft The structure of the server includes two tools to configure the namespace These are Device Network Setup Wizard and Configurator The first one can significantly reduce the human involvement in the process of setting up the server and the second gives the most flexible configuration In addition the Device Network Setup Wizard includes the ability to sc
56. he user is highlighted In this example it is the third group A special marker is displayed in the windows of the last two groups This marker indicates that the window size does not allow the group to display all options To display all the parameters it is necessary to increase the size of the window Control Groups Figure 51 Control Groups Toolbar 44 TechnologSoft Setting a Project with TechnologSoft Configuration Wizard TechnologSoft Configuration Wizard hereinafter Master can facilitate the process of setting the TCS and significantly reduce the time spent on this process The Wizard will walk through six installation steps to install the project To set up the project log in to the program as a user who has administrative rights please refer to the Administration of User Rights section of the manual ATTENTION First set up OPC Server then TechnologSoft The Wizard will launch automatically when creating a new project Select the computers which are connected to the devices Selected Computers E E Bca ceTte Gal 45KLAD cE ALEXEY HE DARKROOM H E KATE HE KAZEMIROVNA JL KEN EE KONSTR1 EE KONSTRUKTOR ol KSENIA1 nAi LABORATORIYA MabopaTtopma cE LEHAJIPC ol LEON E E MECHANIC H W o YA Figure 52 TechnologSoft Configuration Wizard Step 1 The first step of Configuration Wizard is shown in Figure 51 In this step select the computers which are connected to the devices Find them in the list
57. iguration database They can be changed using the display module To do this run the display module menu Start All Programs TERA TechnologSoft TechnologSoft and the command in the Settings Software Archive Database main menu As a result the Software Archive Database Settings dialog box will appear Figure 34 This dialog is similar to the Configuration Database Settings dialog Software Archive Database Settings Computer Name or IP address Localhost Database Name Figure 35 Software Archive Database Settings Hardware Archive Database The hardware archive database stores the data downloaded from the devices that support hardware archive The coordinates of the hardware archive database are stored in the configuration database They can be changed using the display module To do this run the display module menu Start All Programs TERA TechnologSoft TechnologSoft and the command in the Settings Hardware Archive Database main menu As a result the Hardware Archive Database Settings dialog box will appear Figure 35 This dialog is similar to the Configuration Database Settings dialog TechnologSoft 29 Hardware Archive Database Computer Name or IP address Localhost Database Name DEVARCHDE Figure 36 Hardware Archive Database Settings Templates Database The templates database stores all templates of TechnologSoft settings to work with the devices manufactured by TERA company The coordin
58. igure 29 Installing TechnologSoft Step 3 Step 4 is a selection of the program installation folder Figure 29 This step is only available for the Custom option By default TechnologSoft is installed on the C drive in the folder C Program Files TERA TechnologSoft There is no need to change the installation folder in most of the cases To continue click Next TechnologSoft InstallShield Wizard Choose Destination Location Select folder where setup will install files Setup will install TechnologS oft in the following folder To install to this folder click Hest To install to a different folder click Browse and select another folder Destination Folder C Program Files W86 TERAST echnologs oft Browse Back Next gt Cancel Figure 30 Installing TechnologSoft Step 4 Step 5 is a selection of modules Figure 30 This step is only available for the Custom option Select the checkboxes next to the modules to be installed and click Next to continue TechnologSoft 23 TechnologSoft InstallShield Wizard Select Features Select the features setup will install Select the features you want to install and deselect the features you do not want to install Description Graphical user interface Software for project configuration technological process monitoring and data alalvsis Installed on user s PC 0 00 ME of space required on the C drive 1180 00 MB of space available on the C
59. in ita ii tods a 29 ADMINISTRA TION OF USER RICHES v ii 30 Ee DIFING USERGROUPS o daa ese elle Sanar e tod le 31 EDTING USERS es a a da letal les Meat enlatados 33 CHANGING THE USER PASS WORDS ia 34 ARCHIVE EN PES Os 36 TEMPLATE MANAGER lt lt A ene 37 PROJECT STRUCTURE cuan ia oe 39 TYPES OE DATA VIE Wins ao 40 NINE MONTO a a tal lr lt a dla eee AS a dl e e E iol ca di ne 40 A 41 DA E RA ENE EEE A O be 41 CONTROL PAGE O E Su De nee CE EC Ne 42 CONTROL GROUPBS iia an ride 43 SETTING A PROJECT WITH TECHNOLOGSOFT CONFIGURATION WIZARD ccccccccccscccccccccccccccccccces 44 MANUALLY SETTING A PROTECT uni SA ia 48 PAA OURO pr teeter che hea tye cs A O NG 48 Context Mentor D tasonr e LOOP A Lae Pete 49 Context Menu OF Computer ODIA AA AA A Ss 50 Context Mentor ORG SCI ClO CCK ER cote et ye nie acte nt ete a nn 50 Conte Menu of OPC Group ODI C ti AAA AA A Taw E asie 50 Context Menmo FORC TOS ODIE a A A A A T 51 LOGICAL PROJECT STRUCTURE 000 a ca das de tele 52 GENCTOAU II O EMANAN A AAA AAA O T E T 52 COMEL MENCO Pro ear LODO N RE 32 AUD A Re CD A E E A A a a E E A 53 Properties TOET TOLC DIOS ia ice 55 Editing Parameter Properties CCOMMNOWNTOD DAA AAA AAA NS 56 Editing Param ter Properties Value TD fine I iod 27 Editing Parameter Properties Enumeration Tab sise serres 58 Editing Parameter Properes Lorie State TAD inertse ei ne dei RS 59 ACON LON S EEE ces ee 60 4 TechnologSoft LINK OF LOGICAL PROJECT STR
60. ing the installation Figure 7 Installing Firebird Select Language The Welcome to the Firebird Setup Wizard window will appear Figure 8 This is the first step of the installation Click Next TechnologSoft a Setup Firebird Co a Welcome to the Hrebird Setup Wizard This will install Firebird 2 1 5 18497 Win32 on your computer Itis recommended that you dose all other applications before continuing Click Next to continue or Cancel to exit Setup Figure 8 Installing Firebird Step 1 The License Agreement is Step 2 Figure 9 Choose l accept the agreement and click Next jE Setup Firebird License Agreement a a Please read the following important information before continuing ES Please read the following License Agreement You must accept the terms of this agreement before continuing with the installation INTERBASE PUBLIC LICENSE Version 1 0 1 Definitions 1 0 1 Commercial Use means distribution or otherwise making the Covered Code available to a third party 11 1 Contributor means each entity that creates or contributes to the creation of Modifications 11 2 Contributor Version means the combination of the Original Code prior Modifications used by a Contributor and the Modifications made by that particular Contributor 1 3 Covered Code means the Original Code or Modifications or the combination 5 I do not accept the agreement Figure 9 Installing Fireb
61. ion Tab Editing Parameter Properties Logic State Tab The Logic State tab is included to the Properties for Parameter dialog box and is used to specify text values to on and off parameter state The example of this tab is shown in Figure 73 This tab contains the only Switch Position section where there are two fields On State and Off State In each of these fields enter the text to be displayed as the parameter value in a certain state The parameter is in on state if it received a non zero numeric value from the data source The parameter is in off state if it received a zero numeric value from the data source 60 TechnologSoft a Properties for Parameter Logic State Common Value Logic State Switch Position On State Off State False Figure 74 Properties for Parameter Dialog Logic State Tab Alarm Conditions General Information Alarm conditions can be set to the parameters Depending on the result of the check alarm can be activated or deactivated Activation and deactivation events are recorded in the alarm log The condition may contain the value of the parameter for which the condition is created the value of other parameters and constants Alarm Conditions Dialog Alarm conditions are controlled using the Alarm Conditions dialog box which is shown in Figure 74 This dialog can be called via the Settings Alarms and Alerts Alarm Con
62. ird Step 2 In Step 3 the information about installation is provided Figure 10 To continue click Next TechnologSoft 13 15 Setup Firebird Information gt Please read the following important information before continuing ES When you are ready to continue with Setup dick Next Firebird Database Server 1 5 This document is a guide to installing this package of Firebird 1 on the Windows platform These notes refer to the installation package itself rather than Firebird 1 in general In addition these notes are primarily aimed at users of the binary installer It is assumed that readers of this document are already familiar with Firebird 0 If you are evaluating Firebird 2 1 as part of a migration from Fb 1 5 you are advised to review the Fb 2 0 documentation to Figure 10 Installing Firebird Step 3 The next step provides a choice of installation directory Figure 11 In most cases there is no need to change it Simply click Next 15 Setup Firebird Select Destination Location Where should Firebird be installed Setup will install Firebird into the following folder To continue dick Next If you would like to select a different folder dick Browse Browse At least 1 4 MB of free disk space is required Figure 11 Installing Firebird Step 4 Step 5 allows you to choose which program components to install Figure 12 By default this is a full install version and Su
63. is case the Template column will have a drop down list with suitable templates Configuration Wizarc Step 3 of 6 Template Device Identifier Address Connection Select Computers 1 pm Registrar 32 channels LanUSBRegTFT v4 14 0528 1 COMPORT TBus LanUSERegT Select Templates Logging Display Communication Control Figure 54 TechnologSoft Configuration Wizard Step 3 To go to the next step click Next gt gt 46 TechnologSoft The fourth step of Configuration Wizard Figure 54 is logging settings In this step specify the parameter of software archive logging period in seconds The default value is 10 minutes Select Templates Logging Display Communication Control Figure 55 TechnologSoft Configuration Wizard Step 4 To go to the next step click Next gt gt The fifth step of Configuration Wizard Figure 55 is display settings Specify the time interval for which data is to be displayed in the graph and table The default value is 8 hours It means that the user will see the data for the last eight hours on the real time graph at any time To go to the next step click Next gt gt Time range which must be shown Select Computers 08h Select Templates 2 Logging Display Communication Control Figure 56 TechnologSoft Configuration Wizard Step 5 The sixth and the last step of Configuration Wizard Figure 56 is communication control settings If the communication moni
64. is event is not recorded TechnologSoft 17 SMS Alarm SMS alarm consists of o SMS generator SMS alarm module o GSM modem NOTE GSM modem is not supplied with the TCS GSM modem must be purchased separately In addition to SMS alarm settings a number of conditions should be performed to send SMS messages o PIN less SIM card with a positive balance in the account must be installed in GSM modem O o GSM modem should be connected to a COM port on your computer and powered o SMS alarm module must be configured to work with the COM port connected to the GSM modem o SMS alarm module must be launched o Display module should operate in the real time mode SMS Alarm Algorithm SMS alarm system is designed with top priority on minimizing the number of messages and at the same time with the possibility of a more flexible configuration There are two levels of SMS alarms general and critical alarms During configuration of the TCS administrator specifies a list of alarms for SMS Alarms that were not included in this list will not be sent by SMS All other alarms that are not marked as critical are considered as general alarms The length of the message in the SMS alarm module is limited to one SMS The maximum length of SMS is 70 characters Critical Alarms Every critical alarm is processed separately and immediately by SMS A separate message is sent immediately after the event was recorded The Administrator sets the number of messa
65. ited by using the dialog box which is shown in Figure 40 The title of the dialog specifies what action is being performed creating a new user or editing an existing one In the User Data section enter the user s name and initials but the last name is the only required Also there is the Set Password or Change Password button in this section depending on what action the dialog was opened for If the dialog box is opened to create a new user set a password for a new user by clicking the Set Password button It opens the Change Password dialog box Figure 43 lf the dialog box is opened to edit an existing user change the user s password by clicking the Change Password button It opens Authorization Check dialog box Figure 42 For more information please refer to the Changing the User Password section of the manual 8 Edit Admintstrator User Y o N User Data Last Name First Name Patronymic List of unauthorized actions List of allowed actions Acknowledgment Configuration Browsing alarm log Login Browsing the user s event log Open project Control save project Turn of running mode User rights administration Turn on running mode Extended control rights Figure 41 Editing Administrator User The dialog box also has two lists List of unauthorized actions and List of allowed actions If the user needs to set personal permissions place the appropriate actions to the list of allowed actions The actions
66. l be the following files in the specified directory MAINDB FDB configuration database file stores all settings of the TCS ARCHDB FDB software archive database file DEVARCHDB FDB hardware archive database file DEVTEMPLATEDB FDB template database file of TechnologSoft configuration to work with devices manufactured by TERA OPC Server The TCS supports OPC DA 3 specification and the communication is organized by the OPC servers The distribution includes the OPC server of TERA production which communicates with the devices by the TBus protocol TBus OPC Server Most often devices are connected to the computer via COM port In this case the OPC server should be installed on the computer connected with the devices If the devices are connected by Ethernet install OPC server on any computer in the local network Please note that if it is required to maintain a continuous communication the computer must be turned on permanently TBus OPC Server installation file is in the OPC folder in the root directory TeraTBusOpcServer setup exe You can start the installation using this file or via the startup interface of installation disk After starting the installation of TBus OPC Server the software will prompt the user to select a language Figure 19 Select the language and click OK 18 TechnologSoft TELE OPC Serer installshield Weard Select the language for the installation from the choices below 8 Canes Figure 1
67. larm Acknowledgement Dialog When the alarm is activated it sounds through the built in speaker of PC system unit and external speakers if they are connected to the PC sound card Also the dialog box of alarm acknowledgement will appear on top of all windows Figure 87 It cannot be minimized or blocked by another window The frame of the dialog will be flashing drawing the attention of the user The Alarm Acknowledgement dialog contains a list of active alarms and cannot be closed until the user acknowledges all alarms Each alarm is acknowledged separately Even if the alarm has been cancelled it must still be acknowledged This ensures that the user will be informed about all alarms When all alarms are acknowledged the dialog box automatically closes and the audible alarm will turn off Press the Acknowledge button to generate the event of software acknowledgement The temperature at the control point 1 has exceeded the allowable limit Project 8 Channel Device Channel Appeared 18 11 2014 14 48 20 Figure 88 Alarm Acknowledgement Dialog NOTE The Alarm Acknowledgement dialog will not appear if the current user is not allowed to acknowledge the alarm please refer to the Administration of User Rights section of the manual NOTE The Alarm Acknowledgement dialog will not appear if there is no connection with the database Alarm Acknowledgement Alarm acknowledgement is a confirmation that the user is
68. logSoft 15 15 Setup Firebird Select Additional Tasks pitas Which additional tasks should be performed ES Select the additional tasks you would like Setup to perform while installing Firebird then dick Next Run Firebird server as 0 Run as an Application Run as a Service Start Firebird automatically everytime you boot up V Install Control Panel Applet Copy Firebird dient library to lt system gt directory 4 Generate dient library as GDS32 DLL for legacy app support Figure 14 Installing Firebird Step 7 Step 8 is the page which shows all the selected installation options Figure 15 If there was a mistake somewhere in your choice you can go back to that page and fix it If everything is correct then click Install to start the installation process 15 Setup Firebird Ready to Install as Setup is now ready to begin installing Firebird on your computer ES Click Install to continue with the installation or dick Back if you want to review or change any settings Destination location C Program Files FirebirdlFirebird_2 1 setup type Full installation of Server and development tools Selected components server components Super Server binary Developer and admin tools components Client components Start Menu folder a lt Back Install Cancel Figure 15 Installing Firebird Step 8 Step 9 offers to review the information for your Firebird
69. lt Skip period is selected In this case the time of the next task will be postponed as in the case of its successful completion If the task is one time it will be stopped If Repeat until done is selected the data export module will try again to perform a task until it is done
70. milarly the Graph checkbox enables disables the display of the graph in the report At least one of the checkboxes should be turned on By default both of them are on 86 TechnologSoft The Page Orientation section specifies the page orientation for the report By default the Portrait option is selected The Period section specifies the period during which the report is created There are several checkboxes in this section By default the Day checkbox is selected which means that the report will include the data per day Also the section contains the Repeat checkbox If the checkbox is on the task will be periodic the task is performed repeatedly with a specified period If the checkbox is off the task is considered one time and will be stopped after finish By default the checkbox is off The Scheduled Run Time section represents the date and time of the task Parameter List Selection All Parameters Selected Parameters Project Device 1 Humidity Rh11 Project Device 1 Temperature Temperature Sensor 1 Project Device 1 Humidity Rh12 Project Device 1 Temperature Temperature Sensor 2 Project Device 1 Humidity Rh125 Project Device 1 Temperature Temperature Sensor 3 Project Device 1 Humidity Rh126 Project Device 1 Temperature Temperature Sensor 5 Project Device 1 Humidity Rh127 Project Device 1 Temperature Temperature Sensor 6 Project Devic
71. mperature Status Humidity Status fall Logging Period ja Datatime el Time Zone ni E Daylight Saving Time H Device 2 5 4 Device3 j Channell ofall Channel 7 j Channel ioe j Channel l Channels 51 Channel x l Channel sees el Channel heii Channell status yr Figure 66 Example of Logical Project Structure Context Menu of Project Toolbar The context menu is used for all objects of the Project toolbar Figure 66 b The only exception is the menu for the Project object This menu is shown in Figure 66 a The Rename command opens the edit field in the place of the tree node The Delete command deletes the object from the tree If it is a group object and contains child objects at the same time all child objects will be deleted The Add submenu is used to add child objects to the tree A child object can be added only to the group object This menu will be viewed later The Offline command disconnects the specified object and all its child objects from the survey If the object is already offline it will have a tick and the repeated command will make it online again If the command is inactive it means that one of the parent objects was disconnected TechnologSoft 53 Rename Delete Add d Rename Save to Library Delete Save as Template A F Add Offline Offline Unlink Properties Properties a b Figure 67 Context Menu of Project Toolbar The Save to Li
72. mputer Refresh All Computer Delete All Figure 59 Context Menu of Datasource Toolbar When adding a new computer it automatically searches for the OPC servers If any are found they are also added to the tree The Refresh All command repeats the search for OPC servers on all computers available in the data source At the same time all existing nodes of OPC servers are first deleted and then the new ones are created The Delete All command deletes all computers at once i e cleans the datasource 50 TechnologSoft New Computer Computer D 0 Figure 60 New Computer Dialog Context Menu of Computer Object The context menu of computer object is shown in Figure 60 The Rename command renames a computer name It opens the edit field in the place of the computer node The Refresh command repeats the search for OPC servers on this computer Rename Refresh Delete Properties Figure 61 Context Menu of Computer Object The Delete command deletes a computer from the tree The Properties command changes parameters of this computer It opens the dialog box to edit properties of a computer Figure 59 Context Menu of OPC Server Object The context menu of OPC server object is shown in Figure 61 Connect Disconnect Get Namespace Delete Figure 62 Context Menu of OPC Server Object The Connect and Disconnect commands are used in this menu to verify communication with the OPC server The Get Namespace command allows
73. n Figure 101 The left window contains the list of all groups available in the project The right window contains the list of the selected groups To select a group find it in the left list and click the gt button To cancel the selection select the group in the right list and click the lt button The gt gt button selects all the groups at once and the lt lt button cancels the selection of all the groups Click OK to confirm NOTE Creating a list of subscribers and their distribution by groups is described in the SMS Alarm Settings section of the manual Reading Hardware Archive Hardware archive reading tasks allow you to automate the process of reading the archive from the devices The tasks are performed by the archive module To perform the tasks the archive module must be running The archive module can operate as an interactive application or as a service After changing the settings of hardware archive reading tasks there is no need to restart the archive module The module will automatically refresh the list of tasks as soon as the changes are stored to the configuration database The Hardware Archive Reading Task dialog box is shown in Figure 102 The Task Name section represents the name of the hardware archive reading task The Scheduled Run Time section specifies the date and time of the task The Repeat checkbox controls the period of the task lf the checkbox is on the task will be periodic the task is performed repeat
74. name of the computer where the configuration database is installed After that restart all Technologsoft modules which were installed on the computer Computer Name or IP address Localhost Database Name maindb Check Connection Cent Figure 34 Configuration Database Settings lf the display module is installed on the computer it is possible to change configuration of the database location using the graphical user interface To do this run the display module menu Start All Programs TERA TechnologSoft TechnologSoft and the command in the Settings Configuration Database main menu As a result the Configuration Database Settings dialog box will appear 28 TechnologSoft Figure 33 In the dialog box specify the required coordinates and click OK In addition there is a button in the dialog to check the connection to the database the coordinates of which are specified Software Archive Database The software archive database collects data on certain parameters with a certain logging period The list of points and logging period is specified in the configuration database The archive module stores data from time to time The data is logged in software whenever the archive module is working If the archive module is not working the software archive does not accumulate If the user changed the settings of logging then the archive module must be restarted The coordinates of the software archive database are stored in the conf
75. nd displaying Datasource object tree Figure 57 The user can open it via the View Toolbar Datasource command in the main menu All operations with the tree are performed using the context menu Select the object in the tree and right click to call the context menu TechnologSoft 49 Datasource nx Tera TBus OPC Server 2 16 C1 COMPORT C3 TBus 3 23 LanUSBRegTFT vee a Current date time 5 Position of points a Param 1 a E Param 2 02 Status of param 1 Status of param 2 Low alarm level pl Low alarm level p2 Hig alarm level pl Hig alarm level p2 gt Polarity inputs 3 Polarity outputs gt State of dinputs me State of doutputs vee Period of archive 28 UTC offset time Summer winter time E F FF sa gt Type of scale 28 Mode show measure Figure 58 Example of Datasource Setting Context Menu of Datasource Toolbar The context menu of Datasource Toolbar is shown in Figure 58 The Add menu is used for adding new computers to the datasource The Add My Computer command adds a local computer to the tree The Add Computer command opens a dialog box to edit properties of a new computer Figure 59 In this dialog box enter computer parameters and click OK Name is the name of computer within the project This name will be used for the node signature in the tree IP addr is a computer address according to IP protocol Add y My Co
76. notified of active alarms Only the user can confirm that he is notified by pressing the button The TCS supports hardware and software alarm acknowledgement Alarm acknowledgement through the dialog box is called software acknowledgement Alarm acknowledgement from the device keyboard is called hardware acknowledgement 74 TechnologSoft If a device supports hardware alarm acknowledgement the same alarm message can be acknowledged either by hardware or software If the alarm is acknowledged by hardware software acknowledgement is not required and the dialog box will close without a user if there are no more alarms in the list which require acknowledgment lf the alarm is acknowledged by software the device will turn off the alarm sound It is true only under the condition that no more alarms require acknowledgment There is a special variable called Word of acknowledgement in the device for hardware acknowledgement Each bit in this variable is responsible for acknowledgement of a specific alarm please refer to the users manual of the specific device If the value of the bit is one the alarm is acknowledged If the value of the bit is zero the alarm is not yet acknowledged TechnologSoft controls the value of the specified bit When the user acknowledges the alarm from the device keyboard the Word of acknowledgement changes bit to 1 TechnologSoft reads the Word of acknowledgement finds that the bit was changed to 1 and generates the e
77. nsor CO2 Sensor Setting Array of Settings Enumeration String Logical State Percent State Clock Group of objects which describe a growing chamber Group of objects which consists of eight sensors and eight values describing the state of sensors Object which displays device date and time Group object Object which displays a device variable as a value Object which displays a device variable as a sensor value Group of objects which describes a humidity sensor The group consists of two temperature sensors two values describing temperature sensors and a humidity sensor Object which displays a device variable as a temperature sensor value Object which displays a device variable as CO2 sensor value Object which displays a device variable as well as records a new value to a device variable Similar to the Setting component with the difference that the device variable IS an array Object which displays a device variable as a text description of each value Object which displays an array variable as a set of symbols Object which displays a device variable as an ON OFF switch Object which displays a device variable as a program animation from O to 100 Object which displays the system time of the computer TechnologSoft 55 Rename Delete Add gt Growing Chamber Save to Library Device channel Save as Template Time Offline Group Unlink Value Properties Sensor Humidity Sensor Temperat
78. of available computers For quick selection of the local computer click the My Computer gt gt button When the computers are selected click the Next gt gt button The second step of Configuration Wizard Figure 52 is the search and selection of OPC servers among those which are installed on the selected computers By default the Wizard includes all OPC servers found on the selected computers To remove OPC server select it in the tree and click the Remove button To repeat the search and select all the servers found on the computer select the computer in the tree and click the Refresh button When the selection is finished click the Next gt gt button TechnologSoft 45 Step 2 of 6 select Computers el Tera Bus OPC Server 2 16 Select OPC Servers Select Templates Logging Display Communication Control Figure 53 TechnologSoft Configuration Wizard Step 2 The third step of Configuration Wizard Figure 53 is the selection of templates to be used in the devices The Wizard scans the namespace of the selected OPC servers and specifies a list of connected devices Next the template is searched in the database for each device The user will see the result of these actions in the form of a data table each row of which describes one device If the template for the device is found the row will be green If the template for the device is not found the row will be red There can be several templates for each device In th
79. on of the manual To change the password the user must log in to the program and run the User Change Password command in the main menu In response the Authorization Check dialog box opens Figure 42 Enter the password and click OK If the password is correct the dialog box closes Th Authorization Check User Administrator Password Figure 43 Authorization Check lf the user s authority is confirmed successfully the Change Password dialog box opens Figure 43 TechnologSoft 35 Figure 44 Change Password Enter the new password twice and click OK If the entered passwords match the dialog box closes and the message about successful change of password appears 36 TechnologSoft Archive Types There are two types of archive software and hardware The first one means a constant connection between the computer and devices continuous operation of archive module and is used in cases where process technology is continuously monitored or there is a need for operational archiving or devices do not support archiving The second one is used in cases where there is no way to ensure constant communication between the computer and devices or there is a need for duplication of information for greater reliability A software archive is formed by continuous communication with devices and recording the current values in the archive database It provides operational update of data in the archive and does not require
80. or user to avoid unauthorized access and change of settings To administer user rights log in to the program as the Administrator user or another user with the same rights and run the Settings gt User Rights command in the main menu As a result the Administration of user rights dialog box will open Figure 37 E Administration of User Rights Administrators 4 BE Group members Es Group memberships E Administrator bb Administrators 2 4 Group permissions E B 63 User permissions a Acknowledgment e Configuration i 2 Browsing alarm log e Login oa 0 Browsing the user s event log Open project 0 Configuration 3 Save project veus 2 Control a User rights administration 0 Login a ill Open project l 5 Save project 2 Turn off running mode sen 2 Turn on running mode yall User rights administration Figure 38 Administration of User Rights There is a tree with a list of user groups in the left part of the dialog and a tree with a list of users in the right part of the dialog When opening the node of User Groups in the tree the user can see two child nodes Group Members and Group Permissions Group Members contains all users included in this group Group Permissions contains a list of actions allowed for the group When opening the node of Users in the tree the user can see two child nodes Group Memberships and User Permissions Group Memberships contains a list of groups in which
81. parameter in the list and click the Up or Down button at the bottom of the dialog The Use own settings checkbox redefines the time interval during which the data is displayed in the table By default the general settings set in the Table View Settings dialog box are used please refer to the Types of Data View section of the manual and Figure 86 If the checkbox is off the general settings are used If the checkbox is on the buttons are activated in the Time range which must be shown section With the help of these buttons specify the required time interval The 2 and 2 buttons double and halve the specified time interval 70 TechnologSoft me mee IN Project Device 1 Temperature Temperature Sensor 1 2 Project Device 1 Temperature Temperature Sensor 2 3 Project Device 1 Temperature Temperature Sensor 5 4 Project Device 1 Temperature Temperature Sensor 6 A Use own settings Time range which must be shown _ 1 Hour 8 Hours 12 Hours 1Day 3Days 7Days Figure 84 Table View Settings Dialog Control Page View Settings Dialog The example of the Control Page View Settings dialog box is shown in Figure 84 Project Device 1 Temperature Low Limit T1 Low Limit Project Device 1 Temperature Low Limit T2 Low Limit Project Device 1 Temperature Low
82. per Server binaries In most cases this is the best choice However if you are not connected to the local network it makes sense to choose Classic Server binaries In this case the database will work more efficiently Click Next to move to another step 14 TechnologSoft nel Setup Firebird Select Components Which components should be installed Select the components you want to install dear the components you do not want to install Click Next when you are ready to continue Server components 5 Classic Server binary E Super Server binary Developer and admin tools components Client components Current selection requires at least 21 8 MB of disk space Figure 12 Installing Firebird Step 5 Step 6 allows you to select a folder in the Start Menu to place the shortcuts Figure 13 Name which is offered by default is quite acceptable To continue click Next i Setup Firebird Select Start Menu Folder Where should Setup place the program s shortcuts E E Setup will create the program s shortcuts in the following Start Menu folder To continue dick Next If you would like to select a different folder click Browse irebird 2 1 Win32 Browse Don t create a Start Menu folder Figure 13 Installing Firebird Step 6 Step 7 is the choice of additional post installation tasks Figure 14 All necessary parameters are selected by default To change anything is not necessary Just click Next Techno
83. pletion If the task is one time it will be stopped Data Export Using data export tasks it is possible to automate periodic data export from the software and hardware archives The tasks are performed by the data export module To perform the tasks the module must be running The data export module is a service After changing the settings of tasks there is no need to restart the data export module The module will automatically refresh the list of tasks as soon as the changes are stored to the configuration database The Data Export Task dialog box is shown in Figure 103 The Task Name section represents the name of the task The Scheduled Run Time section specifies the date and time of the task NOTE The actual time of the task may be different from that specified in the Scheduled Run Time section The Start Delay section specifies the start delay of the task in hours and minutes The actual time of the task will be equal to the amount of time that is specified in the Scheduled Run Time section and the time specified in the Start Delay section TechnologSoft 91 Data Export Task Task Name Refrigerator data Scheduled Run Time Period 20 Hosbpa 2014r ale 15 00 00 Repeate Start Delay Minutes Hours Days 0 h 3 i 15 minutes File Name With Full Path d temp csv File Rotation Archive Type Overwrite File a Software Add Timestamp Hardware List Of Parameters To Export Project
84. ptions of the parameter value display The Data Type field is not used at the moment The Decimal Places field specifies the number of decimal places to display the parameter value in the group control window mnemonic and control page Editing Parameter Properties Enumeration Tab The Enumeration tab is included to the Properties for Parameter dialog box and is used to set Value Text match This is to ensure that the parameter will display some string when receiving a specific numerical value another string when receiving the second string etc The example of this tab is shown in Figure 72 This tab contains the only Match Values section which in turn contains a table of matches The number of matches is not limited To add a new row in the table of matches right click on the table to call a context menu and select Add In the new row specify a numeric value and a text that corresponds to this value A numeric value must be unique Text can be arbitrary To delete a match right click on it to call a context menu and select Delete The software will prompt the user to confirm deletion Select Yes To change a text or a numeric value of the existing match left double click on it The table cell will enter an edit mode Make your changes and press Enter to save TechnologSoft 59 a Properties for Parameter Enumeration Enumeration String 1 2 String 2 String 3 Figure 73 Properties for Parameter Dialog Enumerat
85. r will be created The Wizard will inform about identification with the help of message Figure 24 In case of successful installation both of these messages will appear After that the Wizard will go to the final page Figure 22 To complete the Wizard click Finish TBus OPC Server InstallShield Wizard Start Copying Files Review settings before copying files Setup has enough information to start copying the program files IF you want to review or change any settings click Back IF you are satisfied with the settings click Next to begin copying files Current Settings Destination Folder C Program Files 86 TERASTBus OPC Servers 4 InstallShield E _ E Figure 22 Installing TBus OPC Server Step 3 TBus OPC Server InstallShield Wizard InstallShield Wizard Complete The InstallShield Wizard has successfully installed TBus OPC Server Click Finish to exit the wizard Back Cancel Figure 23 Installing TBus OPC Server Step 4 20 TechnologSoft Tera TBus OPC Server Tera OPC Server has been successfully registered EE A Figure 25 Identification Message TechnologSoft TechnologSoft is a set of modules Each of the modules is a separate program and performs its functions All modules are synchronized using the configuration database Depending on the particular problem the required modules can be installed either on the same computer or on separate
86. re 71 The Data Source section contains information about the OPC tag connected with the parameter as well as the settings that allow you to use a single bit of the tag value as the parameter value The Host field specifies the name and IP of the personal computer where the OPC server containing the tag connected with the parameter is installed The OPC Server field specifies the name of OPC server containing the tag connected with the parameter The Tag field specifies the full name of the OPC tag connected with the parameter The Index field specifies the value index from the OPC tag array whose value gets the parameter This option makes sense if the OPC tag is an array Otherwise the Index field will be set to O The Data Type field specifies the value type of the OPC tag connected with the parameter lf the OPC tag is an array it will be also specified in the field The Cut Single Bit option allows the user to extract a single bit from the OPC tag value and use it as the parameter value The Bit Number parameter is activated when the Cut Single Bit option is selected This parameter is used to select the bit that you want to extract from the OPC tag value 58 TechnologSoft 8 Properties for Parameter Temperature Sensor 1 My Computer 10 8 0 3 Tera Bus OPC Server 2 16 COMPORT TBus ITOS2IVARSTRSTZHK_1 T1_ Remote D Array Float Figure 72 Properties for Parameter Dialog Value Tab The Value section contains the o
87. res Acknowledgement checkbox is selected The Critical checkbox enables disables the critical level of alarm importance within the SMS alarm This checkbox is activated only when the Under the SMS alarm checkbox is checked If the checkbox is activated then the alarm is assigned to a critical level If the checkbox is not activated the alarm is assigned to a general level By default this checkbox is unchecked Some devices support hardware alarm acknowledgement l e alarm can be acknowledged by pressing one of the buttons on the device The Hardware Acknowledgement section is used to support these devices The hardware acknowledgement may be activated only when the Requires Acknowledgement checkbox is checked By default this checkbox is unchecked There is a special variable Word of acknowledgement in the device used to realize hardware acknowledgment Every bit in this variable corresponds to a specific alarm acknowledgement please refer to the user s manual for the device To enable a hardware acknowledgement activate the checkbox inside the section press the button select the parameter of hardware acknowledgement and specify the bit number numbered from zero The parameter of hardware acknowledgement is a parameter connected with the Word of acknowledgement variable from the device lf the hardware acknowledgement is enabled the software acknowledgement event will be transferred to the device via the Word of acknowledgment Simil
88. rt automatically it must be run manually To do this open the folder in the InstallDBHelper root directory and double click the idh exe The Wizard creates the necessary databases and configures Firebird to operate with them The upper part of the Wizard window displays the Firebird state If the server is OK the OK green LED labeled lights If there is a problem with the server the red LED labeled ERROR lights In this case pay attention to the message and fix the problem In the central part of the wizard the user specifies the folder for the database files By default it is Databases folder on the D drive Optionally it is possible to specify a different folder however it is strongly recommended not to choose a folder on the C drive system drive As when reinstalling the operating system most likely these files will be lost Firebird Configuration Wizard Firebird State Firebird found It installed to C Program Files Firebird Firebird 2 14 Is running as service FirebirdserverDefaultinstance i ox Database Settings Please select the folder for database files D Databases Ready ooo S SEY cane Figure 18 Firebird Configuration Wizard for TechnologSoft To make the Wizard perform all the necessary actions click OK The installation progress will be displayed in the bottom part of the window After that the Finish button will appear Click it to complete the Wizard The result of the Wizard success wil
89. s Project Device 1 Temperature Temperature Sensor 2 Project Device 1 Temperature Temperature Sensor 5 Project Device 1 Temperature Temperature Sensor 6 Figure 81 Control Group Settings Dialog Graph View Settings Dialog The example of the Graph View Settings dialog box is shown in Figure 81 The dialog contains a table with the list of parameters which will be displayed in the graph for the group The parameters in the list are in the order in which they are displayed This order corresponds to the sequence in which the checkboxes were selected in the Parameters section of the Edit Control Group dialog box To change this order select the parameter in the list and click the Up or Down button at the bottom of the dialog Each parameter in the list of the dialog box is a graph channel Each channel has individual display settings line color and width marker and axis to which it is attached If the channel is not attached to the axis it will not be displayed in the graph By default channels have pre defined line colors the second line width and the Without marker type of marker By default the channel is not attached to the axis To change the channel color press the button in the Color column The dropdown color panel will appear Figure 82 Select the pre defined color in the panel or press the Custom button to open the standard Color Selection dialog box Specify a desired width and click Ent
90. s activated then off will be displayed instead of the parameter Conditions with this type of alarm do not appear in the alarm log O O O 62 TechnologSoft lf the alarm condition with the Upper bound violated or Lower bound violated type is activated then the parameter will be displayed in the Alarm 3 or Alarm 4 color relatively in the group control window Figure 77 For Parameter Project Device 1 Temperature Temperature Sensor 1 Alarm Name re Alarm is off when next condition is satisfied a 1 Temperature Temperature Sensor 1 lt Project Device 1 Temperature High Limit T1 High EN Device 1 H Device 2 Device 3 a an Requires Acknowledgment Under the SMS alarm Critical Hardware Acknowledgment E Deny Software Acknowledgment Figure 76 Edit Alarm Condition Dialog The Alarm is off when next condition is satisfied section specifies the condition itself The name of the condition says that the condition must be satisfied If the condition is not satisfied the alarm will be activated This section contains an area which displays the condition logical project structure tree list with the signs of equality inequality and comparison list of users constant field bit buttons and buttons for editing conditions Condition consists of atoms Atom may be a parameter comparison sign user or a constant The current atom is highlighted If no a
91. se refer to the SMS Alarm Settings section of the manual Also the administrator sets the number of SMS repetitions for the active unacknowledged alarms and the interval between repetitions The SMS regarding new alarms and repeated messages about current unacknowledged alarms are only sent for general level of alarms Messages about alarm acknowledgement and cancellation are not sent Messages of active alarms that have been acknowledged by the user are not sent Messages of unacknowledged alarms that have already been canceled are not sent either The SMS text of the general alarm will contain the name of the project the time of message creation the number of active unacknowledged alarms and codes of these alarms The text of repeated messages will contain the same information as well as the number of repetition SMS Generator SMS generator monitors active alarms and forms SMS text according to SMS alarm settings SMS generator sets tasks and SMS alarm modules perform them SMS generator is included in the display module and starts stops simultaneously with the real time mode Tasks of SMS sending are transferred to the SMS alarm module through the configuration database SMS Alarm Module SMS tasks are performed by SMS alarm module Messages are sent via GSM modem SMS alarm module is a service and can be installed on any computer in the local network By default this service starts automatically with Windows After starting the module re
92. sk The File Rotation section contains the checkbox to select the way of file rotation when the task is periodic The following options available o Overwrite File The file with the previous data will be overwritten during the next task o Add Timestamp The new file will be created during each task The file will consist of the name which is indicated in the File Name With Full Path section and the timestamp of the next task 92 TechnologSoft The File Format section contains the csv checkbox CSV is a delimited text file format in which the export data should be saved This is a common file format that can be opened with any text editor or by using MS Excell The Archive Type section contains two checkboxes to select the type of the archive from which data will be exported The List of Parameters To Export section represents the list of parameters which data will be exported To change the list click the button which opens the Parameter List Selection dialog box Figure 98 There are two lists in the dialog The left window contains the list of all parameters of the project the right window contains the list of the parameters selected for export The parameter is moved from one list to another by the gt and lt buttons or by double left click on the parameter The OK buttons saves the changes The dropdown list of the If Execution Fails section contains steps that can be taken after an unsuccessful attempt to perform a task By defau
93. t group can be dragged While moving the mouse the new position of the group is highlighted by special markers A N Graph Settings The Graph Settings dialog box is shown in Figure 85 To open it run the Settings Graph command in the main menu This dialog creates and sets the graph axes Axes Section time axis Time range which must be shown on X axis section and other graph parameters Graph Settings Tite Display Title Temperature Display Axis Name Decimal Places add Delete Time range which must be shown on X axis Figure 86 Graph Settings There is a list of axes values in the Axes section As soon as a new project is created the four axes are automatically created They are Humidity CO2 Temperature and Management If it not enough the user can create additional axis To add a new axis click the Add button and enter the name To delete the axis select it in the list and click Delete To change the name of the axis select it in the list and click Rename Each axis has its specified name color decimal places on the scale and the Display Axis Name option To edit these parameters select the axis in the list and specify the required value Time X axis parameters are specified in the Time range which must be shown on X axis section Click one of the buttons 10 min 30 min 1 h 3 h and 8h which set the appropriate time interval and the buttons 2 and 2 which double and halve the specifie
94. t the subscribers of SMS mailing Choose one or more telephone groups in the section by pressing the button which opens the Phone Groups Selection dialog box Figure 101 NOTE Creating a list of subscribers and their distribution by groups is described in the SMS Alarm Settings section of the manual The dropdown list of the If Execution Fails section contains steps that can be taken after an unsuccessful attempt to perform a task By default Repeat until done is selected In this case the SMS alarm module will try again to send a message If Skip period is selected the SMS alarm module will postpone the time of the next task start as in the case of its successful completion If the task is one time it will be stopped Parameter Selection Temperature Low Limit Temperature High Limit Humidity Low Limit Humidity High Limit Temperature Status Humidity Status mi Logging Period fa Datatime ja Time Zone E Daylight Saving Time Device 2 E Device 3 e Channeli Channel ote Channels Figure 101 Parameter Selection The Parameter Selection dialog box is shown in Figure 100 This dialog contains the object tree of the logical project structure To select a parameter find it in the tree and click OK TechnologSoft 89 a Phone Groups Selection Selected Phone Groups Phone group 1 Figure 102 Phone Groups Selection The Phone Groups Selection dialog box is shown i
95. the link to the physical COM port using RS485 RS232 adapter as virtual COM ports can hang sometimes because of Windows It stops the data exchange and it cannot be retrieved without human intervention 8 TechnologSoft How to Set Up the Monitoring System Before setting up the 7CS first install all the used devices and pave links if devices require a wired connection This is the order how to set up the TCS Install the TCS Set up OPC Server Set up database location Create and configure the TechnologSoft project Sh Nm 4 2 3 4 TechnologSoft 9 Installation of Control System General Information and Recommendation The TCS consists of 3 parts database management system DBMS OPC Server set of TechnologSoft modules Freely distributed Firebird further Firebird is used as DBMS Each is installed separately Depending on the particular problem all parts may be installed either on the same computer or on separate computers in the network The purpose and installation recommendations for each part are described below It is recommended to install the TCS with the help of interface startup installation disk ATTENTION Installation of TechnologSoft requires administrator s rights Installation Pack Overview A list of folders and files of TechnologSoft installation pack is shown in Figure 3 and described in TableTable 1 Mame Date modified Type SIZE d Addons 10 27 2014 10 33 File folder Lo Drivers
96. the user Figure 27 Enter names of a user and organization as well as specify for which users the program should be installed By default the For all users of this computer option is selected There is no need to change it Then click Next TechnologSoft InstallShield Wizard Customer Information Please enter your information User Marne Admin Company Name MyCompany Install this application for O Only for me Admin InstallShield 7 p a Figure 28 Installing TechnologSoft Step 2 22 TechnologSoft Step 3 is a selection of the installation type Figure 28 There are three options Typical Compact and Custom The Typical and Compact options allow the user to skip the next 2 steps but differ in the set of modules included The first one includes the entire set of modules and the second one includes only display and archive modules The Custom option offers the user to specify manually the required set of modules Select the appropriate type of installation and click Next TechnologSoft InstallShield Wizard Setup Type Select the setup type to install Click the type of setup you prefer then click Next Program ill be installed with the most common options Recommended for most Users Compact Program will be installed with minimum required options Custom Tou may select the options you want to install Recommended for advanced UZETE lt Back Next gt Cancel F
97. the user is a member User Permissions contains a list of actions that are allowed to the user in addition to the group permissions TechnologSoft 31 Three buttons are located under each tree Their availability depends on which node in the tree is currently selected All three buttons are active if the group node or user node is selected respectively in the tree lf the user presses the Create or Edit button under the User Groups tree the Edit a User Group dialog box opens Figure 38 to create a new group or edit an existing one If the user presses the Delete button the program will ask to confirm deletion of the user group and in the case of confirmation the group will be deleted lf the user presses the Create or Edit button under the Users tree the Edit a User dialog box opens Figure 40 to create a new user or edit an existing one If the user presses the Delete button the program will ask to confirm deletion of the user and in the case of confirmation the user will be deleted NOTE It is forbidden to delete the user who is logged in the program at the moment The and buttons between the trees are used to add users to the groups and delete users from the group respectively The activity of these buttons depends on which nodes are highlighted in the trees at the moment lf the user selects the Groups node on the left and the Users node on the right the button will be active Clicking this button adds the selected
98. tion dialog Specify the file and click Save Soo TechnologgSoft x h X Template Specification Template Name RDYTOIHSCRS1757 v1 0140908 Device Identifier DROYTOIHSCRSTZ57 v1 0 140908 Figure 46 Save Device Template To remove a template from the database select it in the list and click Remove Then select Yes to confirm the deletion TechnologSoft 39 Project Structure Project is the TCS configuration for a particular object or process Projects are stored in the configuration database At the same time there may be several projects in the configuration database The project has a layered structure These are the lower level or the data source level the logic level or the logical structure level the upper level or the display level The data is exchanged by the communication channels which are created between adjacent levels The data source level is a hardware configuration that is used in the project It includes computers which are connected to devices or which communicate with devices the devices themselves and the namespace of the devices measuring channels variables The logical structure level is the intermediary between the data source and display This level is created for two main reasons Firstly to get away from operating such specific terms as a device a measuring channel a variable etc And replace them with more common and familiar to the working Stuff abstract concepts such as air temperature f
99. tom is highlighted then the current atom is the last atom of the condition The new atom is added after the current The Delete button deletes the current atom The lt lt Back and gt gt Forward buttons make current the previous or next atom To add a parameter to the condition find it in the logical project structure tree and left double click To add a comparison sign or user to the condition left double click on it To add a constant to the condition enter the required value in the Constant section and press the Add button or press one of the buttons in the Add Bit section The Requires Acknowledgement checkbox enables or disables the user control for this alarm If the checkbox is on the alarm acknowledgement dialog will open while alarm activation And the events of activation deactivation and acknowledgment will be logged in the alarm log If the checkbox is off the alarm acknowledgement dialog box will not open while alarm activation and the event of activation deactivation will not be logged in the alarm log But the display of the parameter at any type of checkbox will vary according to the importance level of the condition By default this checkbox is unchecked TechnologSoft 63 The Under the SMS alarm checkbox is used to place this condition under the SMS alarm If the checkbox is checked then the condition is under the SMS alarm By default this checkbox is unchecked The Under the SMS alarm checkbox is on only when the Requi
100. tor is enabled TechnologSoft will show the Loss of Communication alarm TechnologSoft 47 dialog in the event of communication failure with any of the devices Also TechnologSoft will record the events in the loss of communication log lf the communication monitor is disabled communication failures will not be logged Besides the user specifies the time during which the loss of communication is allowed by default it is 1200 seconds This parameter is entered in the event of short term communication failures If communication with the device was broken but then was restored before the expiration of that time such a case is not registered as a loss of communication Configuration Wizard EL Step 6 of 6 Communication control settings S Enable communication monitor The time during which the loss of communication is allowed seconds SAN Figure 57 TechnologSoft Configuration Wizard Step 6 Click Ready to finish the Configuration Wizard The wizard creates the configuration of all three levels of the project and the links between them according to the template settings After finishing the Wizard save the project in the database To do this run the Project Save in the database as command in the main menu and name the project The Configuration Wizard does not include setting user rights SMS alarm and tasks on schedule 48 TechnologSoft Manually Setting a Project To set up the project log in to the program as
101. uration database and are configured using the display module Database coordinates are an IP address or the name of the computer that hosts the database and the database name Database names are fixed and do not require changes By default the coordinates of all databases refer to the local computer If the TCS is not installed on the same computer it is not required to configure location of databases After the location of the database has been configured restart all modules of TechnologSoft Configuration Database The Configuration Database is the basic and most important database It stores all TCS settings These are coordinates of other databases project settings display settings tasks for each module In addition all modules of TechnologSoft are synchronized through this database Therefore each module must know the coordinates of the configuration database The coordinates of database are specified in the MainDB section of the settings ini file This file IS in the root folder where TechnologSoft is installed By default it is C Program Files TERA TechnologSoft Below are the contents of the MainDB section of the settings ini file by default MainDB Section of configuration database parameters server 127 0 0 1 IP address and name of the computer with the database database MainDB Database name If the TechnologSoft modules are distributed by local network then the server parameter must be assigned to the address or
102. ure Sensor CO Sensor Setting Array of Settings Enumeration String Logical State Percent State Clock Library Figure 69 Add Tab Properties for Project Dialog The Properties for Project dialog box is shown in Figure 69 There is only the Properties tab in the dialog box It contains all parameters of the Project object The user specifies the name of the project node in the tree and the software archive properties 56 TechnologSoft B Properties for Project Project Properties Software Archive Hardware Archive Logging Immediate Value Period sec 3600 Period sec 30 Figure 70 Properties for Project Dialog The Common section allows the user to enter the name for the project node in the tree The Software Archive section allows the user to enter the type and period of logging for archive module The available options are Immediate Value Average Value Maximum Value and Minimum Value The Hardware Archive section allows the user to enter a logging period lt displays only hardware archive but it does not affect the device archiving settings Editing Parameter Properties Common Tab The Common tab contains a set of basic parameters of the parameter so it is included to the Properties for Parameter dialog box The example of this tab is shown in Figure 70 In the Name section enter full and short names of the parameter Full name is used in the logical
103. user on the right to the group highlighted on the left The program preliminary asks for confirmation lf the user opens the Group Members node and selects the user in the appearing list the button will be active Clicking this button removes the user from the group The program preliminary asks for confirmation Editing User Groups A user group is edited by using the dialog box which is shown in Figure 38 The title of the dialog specifies what action is being performed either creating a new group or editing an existing one In the User Group Name section enter the group name The main part of the dialog box has two lists List of unauthorized actions and List of allowed actions The actions allowed for a group should be moved to the list of allowed actions To move actions from one list to another use the buttons between the lists The gt and lt buttons move only those actions that are selected at the moment The gt gt and lt lt move immediately all actions Also the user can move an action from one list to another by left double clicking on the action list Click OK to save changes Click Cancel to close the dialog box without saving changes 32 Edit Administrator User Grou Acknowledgment Browsing the user s event log Configuration Control Login Open project save project Turn off running mode User rights administration Figure 39 Editing Administrators User Group TechnologSoft For th
104. ut on the other hand it takes place This option is used for both general and critical alarms By default the checkbox is off SMS Alarm Reaction Time For general alarms this is the time since the alarm appeared after which the message of active alarms will be sent if there are still any and they are not acknowledged by the user during this time If before the expiration of this time the user acknowledges all active alarms the message will not be sent If before the expiration of this time all alarms are cancelled the message will not be sent For critical alarms reaction time is ignored as the message of critical alarm is sent immediately By default the reaction time is 15 minutes Minimum SMS Pause This is the minimum time before sending the next message that should pass since the last message sent or the last event of any alarm acknowledged by the user The minimum SMS pause must be less than the interval between repeated messages For critical alarms the minimum SMS pause is ignored as the message of new critical alarm is sent immediately regardless of whether other messages have been recently sent or not By default the minimum SMS pause is 10 minutes 80 TechnologSoft Send messages about alarm acknowledgement There is a checkbox to enable disable sending messages about alarm acknowledgement This option is active only for critical level of alarms By default this checkbox is off Send messages about alarm cancel There is a checkbo
105. vent of hardware acknowledgement This event is written in the alarm log and if there are no other unacknowledged alarms the Alarm Acknowledgement dialog closes without a user When the user acknowledges the alarm by hardware the Word of acknowledgement with the changed bit is recorded in the device The device turns off the alarm sound The alarm log records the event of hardware acknowledgement lf hardware acknowledgment is supported the software acknowledgment can be disabled In this case when the alarm appears the user can click Acknowledge in the Alarm acknowledgement dialog and thus close the dialog box but this event will not be recorded in the alarm log and device Event acknowledgment will be logged only if it is the hardware acknowledgment lf hardware acknowledgment is supported cancellation of unacknowledged alarm is at the same time hardware acknowledgment This rule is based on the fact that the device does not cancel the alarm without acknowledgement TechnologSoft 75 Loss of Communication with Devices For various reasons the communication with the devices can be disrupted for example the loss of device power break or interference in the communication line and others The TCS reveals the loss of communication with data sources and reports it to the user through the Loss of Communication dialog box This dialog does not appear immediately but only after a specified time If during this time the parameter fails to obtain
106. wn in Figure 93 This dialog specifies the group name list of subscribers and list of alarms A Edit Phone group 2 Phone Grou i Group Name Phone group 2 Subscriber 1 1111111111 Subscriber 3 3333333333 10055 T2 low limit violation 10052 T1 low limit violation 10056 T2 high limit violation 10053 T1 high limit violation 10058 T3 low limit violation Le 10059 T3 high limit violation i006 1 T4 low limit violation i0062 T4 high limit violation 10064 T5 low limit violation 10065 T5 high limit violation i0067 T6 low limit violation i0068 T6 high limit violation i0070 T7 low limit violation i0071 T7 high limit violation 10076 TS low limit violation nl Tr bimba emit a niele A Figure 94 Edit Phone Group Dialog Box The left part of the dialog contains the lists of all available subscribers and alarms The right part contains the lists of the subscribers and alarms of the selected group To add a subscriber to the group select it in the list and click the gt button To delete the subscriber from the group select it in the list and click the lt button To add or delete all the subscribers click gt gt or lt lt respectively To add or delete the alarm from the group do the same actions as described above but with the list of alarms The OK button confirms the changes and the Cancel button cancels them The Alarms tab is shown in Figure 94 The tab contains the list of all proje
107. x to enable disable sending messages about alarm cancel This option is active only for critical level of alarms By default this checkbox is off Send messages about loss of communication lf the checkbox is on the Loss of Communication alarm will be added to the list of alarms set for SMS alarm This alarm has a special DCF code By default this checkbox is off Critical level of loss of communication messages This checkbox sets the importance level for Loss of Communication alarm If the checkbox is on the alarm will have a critical level If the checkbox is off the alarm will have a general level By default this checkbox is off The Phones tab is shown in Figure 91 In this tab the user specifies all phone subscribes to which SMS messages should be sent Phone number and text description are specified for each subscriber It is also possible to temporarily deactivate subscriber without removing it from the list To add a new subscriber right click the table area and select Add from the context menu There will be a new line and the cursor to enter the phone in the table To change the phone number left double click the phone or right click it and select Edit in the context menu To change the text description left double click the Description cell To delete the subscriber from the list right click the desired line and select Delete in the context menu To temporarily disable the sending SMS messages to a certain number select the
108. zard performs similar actions in the process Context Menu of OPC Tag Object The context menu of OPC tag object is shown in Figure 64 The Unlink command breaks the links between this OPC tag and the object from the logical project structure If the tag does not have such a link this command is ignored Figure 65 Context Menu of OPC Tag Object Technolog Soft Logical Project Structure General Information The logical project structure is the object tree the root of which contains the object of the project The object tree of the new project consists only of the root object The task of setting the logical project structure is to create such an object tree and the formation of alarm conditions The tree objects are divided into two types group and listed Group objects can contain other objects as children Child objects can be both group and listed Listed objects can not contain other objects they can only be child objects Listed objects are also called parameters To display the object tree of the logical project structure use the Project toolbar Figure 65 The user can open it using the View Toolbar Project command in the main menu All tree operations are performed through the context menu Select the tree node and right click to call the context menu 3 14 Project e Device 1 ME Temperature E Humidity amp Temperature Low Limit amp Temperature High Limit Humidity Low Limit O Humidity High Limit amp Te

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