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1. prse LE x PLC oo 2 Data IrevDec Value ghe nat Micro Greyline 1000 Series microGUS Version 2 0 e 37 Bar Graph Bar graphs are just a special type of string RTM Instead of showing labels the RTM will show block characters s sn n ee m O This RTM is represented the screen as a series of B s If data entry is enabled while the display type is Bar Graph the increment decrement keys may be used to increase or decrease the value of the register that the RTM is monitoring See the section labeled Data Entry Bar Graphs may also be used in conjunction with scaling See the section labeled Scaling Consider the following example ULTIME TI numETL PLC Regale PLC 8 r F j ATH Dipisy hutlification Cig Das m Let C Right 10 Decima 79Leee9me g Dese Enable Dats Eny a el I v 7 pug Dalu T Hide Data Eny Chas i Tuin Dwl u High Enty Lima 3 w Ds a Semple HESEBBBBBH 38 e microGUS Version 2 0 Micro Greyline 1000 Series This example uses a bar graph RTM to monitor a PLC register that will range in value from 0 to 100 The Scaling
2. 18 PLC Comm Tab 5 chier neds eoi ee 19 Keys amp LEDs ELI 20 Screen Triggers Tab ete eden nri e Enos 23 Ea vcri e 25 Startup Register Tab ee SU chee DAT ynd 26 Screen COMMPULAUON EF FER 27 Screen 27 Screen Attributes BOX 4 reete eee Ree Re Re aid nn tud 29 Memory Usage BOX cc tente et etit n re Fines Iber eie 31 Real Time Lear LL80 Sorene YO OO R MNE NWFN 32 PLC EIUS S aee Sea ss Be lene pen Dp e epe dte 33 RTM Attributes sis cerea Ere epis 35 Bar em rmt Ert tt rhe LE eins 36 Data ENY M 39 So M 40 Menu Editing es 41 Quinn 42 Problems oisi ie GUN ID D RUNE DR ERRARE IS 43 Problems withimicroGUS 43 Problems with the Micro Greyline eese 43 REACHING WS e E 43 Micro Greyline 1000 Series Glossary of Terms 45 Appendix A 47 Panel Cut out Dimensions 47 Appendix B 48 Key Legend Insert for 1024 and 1025 eee eene tete tette het eine tpe te 48 Appendix C 49 ASCII Terminal 49 Appendix D 52 ASC
3. The purpose of the operator interface is to provide an easy method of communication between human and machine In order for this interface to be successful the OI must display information that is stored within the PLC s registers when the value is actually present in the PLC The ability to read the data and show it as quickly as it changes in the PLC is referred to as real time data retrieval We call objects that are placed on the screen to display internal PLC registers real time monitors RTMs because they monitor registers inside the PLC and display the data in real time When an RTM is on the currently selected screen the OI will continuously read the value of the PLC register and display it on the OI s screen When data is read from a PLC register it may be displayed on the OI screen in many different ways This allows a number to be displayed to the system operator in a format that is easily read by a human An example would be to display the words On and Off instead of the actual data 1 and 0 32 e microGUS Version 2 0 Micro Greyline 1000 Series The Real Time Monitor Editor is where you can format the way information is displayed for each RTM that is inserted into a screen When an RTM is placed on a screen characters will be placed on the screen editor to indicate how the RTM will appear once downloaded to the Micro Greyline See the following examples Mjo r d
4. A simple example would be to store the following strings in order 0 1 2 into the RTM table Slow Medium Fast When the PLC register contained the number 0 Slow is displayed Likewise when the PLC register is 2 or 3 Medium or Fast is displayed If the value of the PLC register is less than zero or greater than 9 then the RTM will be blank If data entry is enabled while the display type is String the increment decrement keys may be used to select the string See the section labeled Data Entry The value of that string will be written to the PLC This may be useful for selecting modes or like the example in the figure above This works well for items that are easier to identify by a name rather than by a number Strings may also be used in conjunction with scaling See the section labeled Scaling Consider the following example Let s assume that a shaft will be rotating between zero and 600 RPM If you would prefer to display the words Slow 0 199 RPM Medium 200 399 RPM Fast 400 599 RPM and Full Speed 600 RPM this can be accomplished with scaling as shown in the figure below Type Jushhcaton Seg C Bar Graph Leh C Aight 10 Dedma Postar E Us Serg i us Enable Daa Erin Shings wf E _ eqr cma Scaling 3 Low
5. box will divide the value by 10 to convert the range 0 100 to the range 0 10 Then 1 is subtracted to offset the range to 1 9 Remember that just like strings when the value is outside the range 0 9 the RTM will be blank Therefore when the actual value of the PLC is zero then the value for the RTM will be 1 after scaling causing the RTM to blank In order for this to work properly the PLC register format must be Signed Decimal This example also uses the increment decrement keys to ramp the bar graph up and down by 10 per key press See the figure below Data Entry rata Ling Hide Data Entry Charactes Low Entry Limit 100 High Entry Lid E V ale Data entry is used when dual purpose keys on the 1024 and 1025 Micro Greyline are used for entering data to the PLC When a screen is displayed that contains one or more RTMs with Data Entry enabled a flashing cursor will appear at the right most character of the first RTM The left right arrow keys can be used to move the cursor from one RTM to the next Once an RTM is selected by the cursor the CLR key is used to put the keypad into the data entry mode The RTM will blank allowing digits to be entered through the keypad Once a value is typed on the screen the Enter key will send the value to the PLC if it is between the low high entry limits Hide Data Entry Characters Sometimes it is necessary to use RTMs
6. The Screen Trigger Mailbox is any register within the PLC that has a special purpose to allow the PLC to tell the OI what screen to display Each time the PLC wants to display a screen it places the screen number into the OI mailbox it s that simple Current Screen Mailbox The Current Screen Mailbox is a register used by the OI to tell the PLC which screen or screen group number is currently being displayed Micro Greyline 1000 Series Glossary of Terms e 45 System Operator This is the individual s that use the OI to communicate with the machine or process being controlled by a PLC connected to the Micro Greyline System operators in many cases will have no idea how the OI or PLC actually work they simply need to know how get a job done System Programmer This is the person that actually uses the microGUS Windows software to configure the Micro Greyline The system programmer determines the look and feel of the entire system 46 e Glossary of Terms Micro Greyline 1000 Series Appendix A Panel Cut out Dimensions O B O Im 2 2 4 3 5 88 9mm z Appendix A e 47 Micro Greyline 1000 Series Appendix B Key Legend Insert for 1024 and 1025 4 5 4 Micro Greyline 1000 Series 48 e Appendix B Appendix C ASCII Terminal Emulation Units are factory loaded with ASCII Ter
7. Alarms have 4 priorities and will override the display of any other type of display except another alarm screen of higher priority Once the alarm is sounding the operator may press the CLR clear key to silence a continuous alert while leaving the display contents unaltered Pressing the CLR key again will acknowledge the alarm and will remove it from the display returning the screen that was displayed just prior to the alarm being called If an alarm screen is called by function keys linking menus or conditional trigger points the alarm screen will act only as a message screen and will not sound the alert Micro Greyline 1000 Series microGUS Version 2 0 e 27 When the Alarm Screen type is selected the Alarms box is enabled Pronly Level Oz 03 0 Type The radio buttons are used to select the priority level where 1 is the highest priority and 4 is the lowest priority There are 8 alert types selections for alarm screens 5 Seconds alarm sounds for 5 seconds and stops audible warning 30 Seconds alarm sounds for 30 seconds and stops audible warning 60 Seconds alarm sounds for 60 seconds and stops audible warning 3 Beeps alarm beeps 3 times and stops audible warning 5 Beeps alarm beeps 5 times and stops audible warning 1 Hz continuous alarm beeps once per second until CLR is pressed 2 Hz continuous alarm beeps twice per second until CLR is pressed Continuous alarm sounds until CLR is p
8. jwji t h 11 2 3 415 6 8 B R T M w i t h Cjo m m a NAWN Register PLC Hegster PLC Ex ero 3 The following is a list describing each of the formats and what formats may be applied to coils bits in the PLC that can only be in a O or 1 state and registers storage locations capable of holding large numbers Note that the total number of character positions required on the display is indicated in each of the following descriptions These are the maximum sizes for each format the actual number of character spaces used is adjustable see Real time Monitors Attributes PLC Register Type The PLC Register Types vary from one model of PLC to the next In general this will define where in the PLC memory table to look for the data For example many PLCSs have specific labels for integers coils timers counters etc This selection will usually contain a list of these labels Address This field is the address or location in the PLC memory table for the data that is to be monitored Sub Element The sub element field will only be active when the data format is set as binary coil described later This field is used to select a bit position within a register Micro Greyline 1000 Series microGUS Version 2 0 e 33 Register Formats Signed decimal This format is used to display a number from 32768 to 32767 This format re
9. source destination or password the appropriate boxes contain controls for setting each New projects will have default PLC communication settings that are based on the typical settings for each type of PLC If you make changes to any of these settings and then decide to revert back to the defaults simply click the Defaults button It is extremely important that these settings are correct otherwise the OI will not be able to communicate with the PLC The default communication parameters are those we have found that appear to be the default for the PLC so you might want to start with these Refer to your PLC user manual for specifics about the communications parameters Micro Greyline 1000 Series microGUS Version 2 0 e 19 Er keys amp LEDs Tab EMI IE Enable Mailbox Eire 7 l Desble IHCADEC LEDs Enable LED Malbon boon s F3 F4 The Keys amp LEDs tab is used to configure the operation of the function keys and the function key LEDs Function Keys Function keys are used by the system operator to either turn coils within the PLC on and off or display screens Each function key s function is individually programmable as follows Disabled The function key does nothing when pressed Toggle The function key sets a coil in the PLC when pressed and clears the same coil when the key is pressed again Momentary The function key sets a coil in the PLC when the key is
10. 0 When data entry is complete the operator presses the ENTER key and the OI returns to control mode where the function keys become active again 5 Arrow Keys The arrow keys are used to navigate between RTMs and screens When a screen is displayed that contains a real time monitor the cursor will appear on the first RTM the upper leftmost RTM Pressing the right arrow key moves the cursor to the next RTM Once the cursor is residing on the last RTM on the screen pressing the right arrow key again causes the next linked screen to be displayed Pressing the left key works in the opposite direction and when the cursor resides on the first RTM pressing the left arrow again results in changing to the previously linked screen If the currently displayed screen is not linked then the cursor will wrap from the last RTM to the first RTM and vice versa In data entry mode the alternate functions DELETE and become active Delete is used to remove characters from the data entry field when an incorrect digit has been entered The key is used to change the sign of the entered data 6 Increment Decrement Keys A faster method of entering data or jogging a process is to simply press the increment or decrement key When the cursor appears on an RTM each press of the increment or decrement keys will immediately add or subtract the pre programmed amount from the current entry This pre programmed increment decrement value is programm
11. OI repetitively checks the PLC register defined as the screen trigger mailbox and if the data within the mailbox has changed it will change the screen contents accordingly Current Screen Mailbox The Current Screen Mailbox an optional mailbox that is used by the OI to tell the PLC which screen is currently displayed In cases where the operator has selected screens using function keys or menus the PLC loses track of the information on the OI screen There are several advantages to keeping the PLC and OI in sync One of which is changing the operation of the function keys within the PLC based on the screen that is displayed microGUS allows the system programmer to set a Screen Group number that can match the actual screen number or multiple screens can have a common group number Using a group number instead of the screen number reduces the overhead the PLC has in determining which functions the keys should operate on Micro Greyline 1000 Series microGUS Version 2 0 e 23 For example suppose the system programmer wants the function keys to have five different functions within the system but there are 200 screens programmed into the OI For the PLC to determine what function the keys should possess it must perform a large number of comparisons that use excess memory and increase scan time The system programmer could organize the screens in such a fashion as to allow more simple comparisons but this makes the project management fo
12. Off or Off Blink If the LEDs should be controlled by the PLC then the Enable LED Mailbox checkbox should be checked When the LED Mailbox is enabled the individual control defaults to the PLC A combination of PLC and OI control can be accomplished by clicking in the columns of boxes next to the F1 F4 labels The box will highlight red to indicate which one has control LED Mailbox The coils within this mailbox are used to control the four function key LEDs on the OI when they have been configured to be controlled by the PLC The LEDs will follow the state of the coil For example when the coil is set the LED will be on etc The coils reside in the same order as the keys that is the base coil address represents F1 s LED base 1 represents F2 s LED etc 22 e microGUS Version 2 0 Micro Greyline 1000 Series Screen Triggers Tab EN UIDI Seem Stamp Regs RCCem Keys BLED Screen Trigger Curent Screen bl eibos Enable eel 1 2 Conditions Trigger Pointa Tigger Humber 1 Trigger Enabled Trigger Settings Register Type Address Fomai 1 High Lii Value 65535 GamenMunbe 2 8 Low Limit Value o Screen Number 1 pou peas per The Screen Triggers tab is where you define how the PLC will trigger screens on the OI Screen Trigger Mailbox The Screen Trigger Mailbox is the primary method of triggering screens on the OI The
13. Power Supply Connection Siseseinte thier ee tuere Fe arraie ER 5 Serial Port 6 Chassis Ground Connection reir tr e ee tae ted ete 7 microGUS Version 2 0 9 Introduction EE 9 nstallati om 10 microGUS Main Screen EET 11 The Toolbar amp Tool Tips esi eee ctt eene bee sae cete toes pubes 11 The uci FAN 11 Screen Entry BOX RR ee 12 Micro Greyline 1000 Series ei Toolbar BUTON Seen eeen cece anc HF FN CYFN 12 Starting Measure E 12 Retrieving Projects from Disk essen nennen nene 13 Saving Projects to Disk eee ree ete RR EH PEE ose 13 l autre 13 Cutting Copying and Pasting Text sss nennen eene 14 Justifying Text on the Screen 14 Adding Real Time Monitors to a 14 Placing Symbols on the Screen sese 15 Clearing Screen eoe V 15 SSlECUN EA SCLECN E E E E E 16 OLConfiguration au iu BRE GR E S Ha ees 16 Downloading Projects to an 17 Grettinp TAS E 18 OM COMM BUPATIONL
14. adding 25 to the data entered and multiplying by 5 Since linear scaling is the process of converting one unit of measure to another there will be times when incrementing or decrementing a number by small values won t appear to have any effect The reason for this is that the value that is being added or subtracted gets lost in the conversion This is not a problem in the OI but rather a side effect of linear conversion To compensate for this the Micro Greyline will increment or decrement the register until a change is noted regardless of the increment decrement size programmed into the RTM Menu Editing Meru liens Remi 5 5 4 Bema 4i 4 item Mem amp 5 4 Mem lem 4 vo When a screen is configured as a menu screen the Edit button becomes active allowing you to click on it When you click on the Edit button the above form appears Each item in a menu can display a screen when the associated number key is pressed This form allows you to enter the destination screen for each menu item Any menu item with a screen number of 0 is disabled By linking screens and selectively enabling the menu items in this form for each screen you can provide more menu items than will fit on a single screen Enter the screen number directly or use the spin buttons to set the screen number for each menu item Micro Greyline 1000 Series microGUS Version 2 0 e 41 Recipe
15. attribute symbols will be displayed to indicate that the RTM is out of bounds No more than the natural number of digits and formatting commas decimal etc may be programmed into the field width This attribute will restrict the number of used screen positions to the number required For example if a value will always fall between 0 and 10 there is no reason for the RTM to occupy 5 character positions in the case where decimal format is selected Micro Greyline 1000 Series microGUS Version 2 0 e 35 al Decimal Position The system programmer is free to position a decimal point anywhere in the RTM field This allows numbers to be shown to the system operator with varying resolution i e 30 250 inches or 1250 meters etc When the system operator enters data the decimal point is automatically inserted When this attribute is selected the field width increases by 1 character position Use Scaling When this box is checked the information that is displayed by the RTM is first modified by the scaling formula Scaling cannot be used when the PLC register format is Binary Coil See the section labeled Scaling Use Leading Zeros This attribute allows the system programmer to select whether or not leading zeros on a number are displayed or suppressed In cases where multiple registers are placed side by side on the display it may be desirable to leave the leading zeros so multiple RTM
16. first depressed and will clear the PLC coil when the key is released Screen Display When the function key is pressed the programmed screen will be displayed In the example above F1 is programmed as momentary F2 is programmed as toggle F3 is programmed to display screen number 10 and F4 is disabled The operation is as follows When F1 is pressed and held the PLC coil is set and remains set until F1 is released Function keys programmed for momentary operation operate even when alarms are displayed 20 e microGUS Version 2 0 Micro Greyline 1000 Series F2 Each time this key is pressed the PLC coil is toggled If the coil is set pressing F2 will clear it if the coil is cleared pressing F2 will set it Function keys programmed for toggle operation operate even when alarms are displayed F3 Each time F3 is pressed screen 10 will appear on the display unless an alarm screen is displayed on the screen When an unacknowledged alarm is displayed all function keys programmed to display screens are ignored F4 No action is taken when F4 is pressed To adjust the function of a key simply select the desired operation from the Function combo box next to the associated function key label A screen number may be entered into the Screen entry box if the operation for the function key is screen display Only the momentary and toggle functions will change coils in the PLC In order to accomplish this the Enable Key Mail
17. part of this manual may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means electronic or mechanical including photocopying recording or information storage and retrieval systems for any purpose other than the purchaser s personal use without the express written permission of Total Control Products Inc The following logo is registered to Total Control Products Inc abot Total Control Products Inc 2001 N Janice Ave Melrose Park IL 60160 USA Phone 708 345 5500 FAX 708 345 5670 Contents Overview 1 1 DS OIL WANG NN 1 Reliability 2 Operation ans oet ie we DATE EEUU REO ea ea es aa 2 INCUnm 2 2 Function Key 28108 eiecit tes tro tdg ore eet 3 3 UD XE ee Mise anh en ae 3 4 Nuimeric Keys ene aseo teo oerte re 3 De ALLOW KEYS 3 6 Increment Decrement 3 Teclea Key ED 4 8 Function Keys usen RI REN NER ESTEE Gh aH 4 Multi gt Purpose Keys EUER 4 Ol to PEC e nuc 0 nnm 4 Installation 5 Panel Cutout Motuntimg eierens ri ineine ar EEEE EEE EE eE E eN nE E EEEE T 5
18. printing all screen information real time monitor information including location on the screen recipes etc If you wish to print to a printer other than the Windows default printer then click on the File menu and select Printer Setup This menu will allow you to select a specific printer and to modify any of the corresponding properties if desired Cutting Copying and Pasting Text To cut or copy text from one screen to another or from one part of a screen to another highlight the text using the mouse Click on the scissors button Cut the selected range or the two sheet icon to Copy the selected range Cutting will remove the existing text while copying will copy it Select the destination screen and position the cursor where you want to paste the cut or copied text using the mouse Click on the clipboard button E Paste the text into the new location Note that real time monitors may be copied in this fashion as well An alternate approach to using the toolbar buttons is to select the appropriate function from the Edit menu or to right click on the screen entry box and select the appropriate function from the floating menu Justifying Text on the Screen Screen text and real time monitors may be justified or centered on a line Place the cursor on the desired line and click one of the justification buttons The buttons from left to right are Left Justify Center and Right Justify E Left or right
19. project that can be downloaded into the Micro Greyline This sample project does not require that the Micro Greyline be connected to a PLC This sample project demonstrates many of the features of the Micro Greyline Saving Projects to Disk Project data may be saved to disk for later editing or for backup purposes To save a project E click the Save Project button When a new project is saved for the first time you will be prompted for a name to save the project under If the project you are working on already has been saved clicking on the save project button will save the project under the same name To save the same project under a new name click on the File menu and select Save As Once a project has a name its name will appear in the title bar of microGUS each time you edit it Additionally the last four projects edited will appear in the File menu for immediate selection An alternate approach to using the toolbar for this function is to use the File menu then select Save or Save As Printing Projects To send a project to your printer click on the Print Project button 8 A form will appear that will give you the option of selecting the range of screens to be printed Print Project Screen Range Print All PrntRange From EN To 200 2 Micro Greyline 1000 Series microGUS Version 2 0 e 13 Click OK to begin printing the project The project will be printed to the Windows default printer
20. protected so if the wiring is backwards you won t damage the OI Power connector pin out 22 12 It is extremely important that you do NOT connect the chassis ground of the CAUTION H power supply or the OI to the power return negative terminal of the power supply In some cases power supplies have shunts to do this if your power supply has the shunt installed you MUST remove it Micro Greyline 1000 Series Installation e 5 Serial Port Connections The Micro Greyline support RS232 operation and either 3 or 5 wire RS422 RS485 operation The following are the pin connections for the Micro Greyline DB9 female connector on the rear of the unit female o5 04 03 02 o1 Pin Function 1 RXD 2 TXD 3 RXD 4 TXD 5 Sig Gnd 6 RXD 7 N C 8 N C 9 TXD Connect To TXD on PC PLC RXD on PC PLC TXD on PC PLC RXD on PC PLC Gnd on PC PLC TXD on PC PLC RXD on PC PLC Type RS422 485 RS232 RS232 RS422 485 Either RS422 485 RS422 485 Total Control provides power cables and communication cables for use on most supported PLCs Please call us for assistance in ordering the appropriate cable for your use 6 e Installation Micro Greyline 1000 Series Chassis Ground Connection The chassis ground connection is a required safety connection It also provides a means for ESD to return to ground without disturbing the electronics within the OI The panel the OI is mounted in should be solidly
21. requiring a level 2 password is displayed a level 1 or level 2 password will allow access to the screen and so on To enable password protection for the currently displayed screen click on the checkbox to enable the password protection and enter a password level in the text box either directly or using the spin buttons The actual passwords are defined in the OI Configuration form under the System tab Memory Usage Box Memory Usage RTM Usage a String Usage Ege Screen Usage ml The three bar graphs at the bottom of the microGUS main screen display the current memory status Since there are limited resources within the OI the possibility exists although rare for you to use all of the available resource or fill up the OI You can configure 200 screens 1200 RTMs and 1000 strings in a single project Each of the bar graphs indicates what percentage of each you have used Micro Greyline 1000 Series microGUS Version 2 0 e 31 Real Time Monitors PLC PLE EN I E RATH Display Bar i Dats Left Fight ATM wid 4 Desimal Postee 0 4 Use Scaing 7 Lendi Use Comma Enable Daia Enim e O O w Ts TT Hide Data Enty Character re Gu Lus Lini Dea High La 32767 Inc Dec Value
22. screen as they are received at the RS 232 port Non printable characters provide for tabs carriage returns tabs etc Key codes are sent out the port as the keys are pressed The keypads can be configured for function key mode or data entry mode See the Appendix for ASCII Terminal Emulation Micro Greyline 1000 Series Installation e 7 THIS PAGE INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK 8 e Installation Micro Greyline 1000 Series microGUS Version 2 0 Introduction Micro Greyline Universal Software microGUS is a easy to use WYSIWIG message and configuration editor for all Micro Greyline Operator Interfaces OI microGUS provides many powerful programmable features which you would only expect to find in much more expensive operator interfaces These features include alarm menu and recipe screens special characters message linking real time data display programmable setpoints and password protection microGUS was designed so that as new features are added to future versions of microGUS you will not need to upgrade the Micro Greyline OI This is because microGUS will automatically update the operating system OS in the Micro Greyline if it doesn t match the version of microGUS that is being used MicroGUS Version 2 0 Versions 2 0 and higher now support the Micro Greyline 524 and 525 Message Displays These operator interfaces are designed as low cost solutions for applications that only need to provide information to an operat
23. to enter passwords into the PLC Checking this box will hide the password as it is entered This attribute has two effects on a RTM when the RTM is displayed asterisks are substituted for each digit displayed When the system operator enters data each entered digit is displayed as a Low High Entry Limits Two attributes low limit and high limit are used to restrict the data that a system operator may enter into the RTM These limits may not fall outside the natural bounds of the format selected i e you cannot set a low limit of 5 when decimal format is selected negative numbers are not allowed on decimal format Inc Dec Value This attribute allows the system programmer to set the increment decrement rate on each RTM This is the value that is either added or subtracted from the current RTM value when the system operator presses either the increment or decrement keys on the OI Each RTM has programmable rates Note that when the system operator hits an entry limit either low or high the offending increment or decrement key no longer has an effect on the data Micro Greyline 1000 Series microGUS Version 2 0 e 39 ld Scaling Soaking Umm i PLC Data Dats 5 amp Sale Facies The settings within the scaling box are used to alter the units of the PLC register Data read from machine can be converted into terms more useful to the operator For example if a machine is to cut a pipe i
24. unique set of attributes associated with it they are Screen Group Startup Screen Timed Display Link Screen and Password Enabled Screen Group A screen group allows the OI to communicate the currently displayed screen to the PLC The data entered in this box is sent to the PLC each time the current screen is displayed on the OI By default the screen group is the same as the screen number In many applications it is desirable to change the operation of the function keys based on the screen displayed If multiple screens require the same set of functions all of these screens can share the same group number This should reduce the amount of logic the PLC has to use to determine how to react to the function keys For example suppose the system programmer wants the function keys to have five different functions within the system but there are 200 screens programmed into the OI For the PLC to determine what function the keys should possess it must perform a large number of comparisons that use excess memory and increase scan time The system programmer could organize the screens in such a fashion as to allow more simple comparisons but this makes the project management for the OI a mess A better approach is to use the screen group number to place the number to 5 of functions in the system in the Current Screen Mailbox when a screen is displayed In this case the PLC does not need to know what the screen number is and does not hav
25. 4 4 5 o 6 6 7 T 8 8 9 9 DEL 127 ASCII DEL a ENTER 10 ASCII LF or n in the C language To control features of the terminal beyond the displayable ASCII encoding escape sequences are used Escape sequences consist of the ASCII ESC character 27 decimal plus 1 or more of the following decimal character commands These sequences will not be printed instead they are interpreted as commands to the terminal Note The characters after the ESC are decimal not ASCII Ex To set the cursor at line 2 and character position 4 send ESC Ctrl A Ctrl B Ctrl D Do not transmit the commas 50 e Appendix C Micro Greyline 1000 Series ASCII Terminal Emulation Escape Sequences ESC 1 x y ESC Ctrl A x y Position the cursor at line x 1 2 character y 1 20 ESC 2 ESC 3 ESC 4 ESC 5 ESC 6 ESC 7 ESC 8 ESC 9 ESC 10 5 11 5 12 5 13 5 14 5 15 5 16 5 17 5 18 5 19 5 20 5 21 5 22 5 23 5 24 5 25 5 26 ESC 27 ESC 28 ESC 29 ESC 30 ESC 31 ESC 32 ESC 33 ESC 34 ESC 35 ESC Ctrl B ESC Ctrl C ESC Ctrl D ESC Ctrl E ESC Ctrl F ESC Ctrl G ESC Ctrl H ESC Ctrl D ESC Ctrl J ESC Ctrl K ESC Ctrl L ESC Ctrl M ESC Ctrl N ESC Ctrl O ESC Ctrl P ESC Ctrl Q ESC Ctrl R ESC Ctrl S ESC Ctrl T ESC Ctrl U ESC Ctrl V ESC Ctrl W ESC Ctrl X ESC Ctrl Y ESC Ctrl Z ESC E
26. 51 Appendix D ASCII Character Set and Control Codes To use this chart find the character you want add the number at the top of its column to the number at the left of its row For example J is 40 A 4A hex 64 10 74 decimal 01000000 1010 01001010 binary Bin 0000 0001 0010 0011 0100 0101 0110 0111 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 Dec 00 16 32 48 64 80 96 112 Hex 00 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 0000 0 0 Ctr NUL Ctrl P DLE Space 0 P 0001 1 1 Ctrl A SOH Ctrl Q DC1 1 A Q a q 0010 2 2 Ctrl B STX Ctrl R DC2 2 B R b r 0011 3 3 Ctrl C ETX Ctrl S 3 5 8 0100 4 4 Ctrl D EOT Ctrl T DC4 4 D T d t 0101 5 5 Ctrl E ENQ Ctrl U 5 E U e 0110 6 6 Ctrl F ACK Ctrl V SYN amp 6 F V f V 0111 7 7 Ctr G BEL Ctrl W ETB 7 G 9 w 1000 8 8 Ctrl H BS Ctrl X CAN 8 H X h x 1001 9 9 Ctrl l HT Ctrl Y EM 9 Y i y 1010 10 A Ctrl J LF Ctrl Z SUB i J Z j 2 1011 11 B Ctrl K VT Ctrl ESC K k T 1100 12 Ctrl L FF Ctrl FS lt L 1101 13 Ctrl M CR Ctrl GS M F m 1110 14 E Ctrl N SO Ctrl RS gt N n gt 1111 15 Ctrl O 51 Ctrl _ US Del 52 e Appendix D Micro Greyline 1000 Series Index A alarm priority 37 alarm screen 24 alarms box 37 alert type 37 arrow keys 3 attributes 16 auxiliary function coils 6 bar graphs 37 b
27. Editing Recipe Editor Recipe Presel liil Addis Sub Eh Format Preset Value eps 3 3 e af 3 7 eec dem e ef sp af ef 3 sps ehe 3 3 7am 1 mus 9 3 5 J 5 Discite Intemal _ tu Tw s When a screen is configured as a recipe screen the Edit button becomes active When you click on the Edit button the above form appears Up to 8 recipe presets and the gate coil may be entered on this form The gate coil is the last item downloaded to the PLC and is used as the go flag to the PLC The OI will clear this coil download the preset register information and finally set the gate coil The PLC should monitor this coil and when it gets set the PLC can use the downloaded data You must specify the register type the address format and preset data for each recipe preset you wish to use Setting the format to Not Used disables that particular recipe item 42 e microGUS Version 2 0 Micro Greyline 1000 Series Problems If you are experiencing any difficulties with microGUS or your Micro Greyline please follow these steps in determining the cause of your problem prior to calling us for help Problems with microGUS If you are having difficulties downloading projects to your OI make sure the COM port selected in the OI Download form matches the physical connection on your PC Make sure you have th
28. II Character Set and Control Codes 52 Index 53 Micro Greyline 1000 Series eiii Overview General The Micro Greyline operator interfaces OI offer cost effective solutions to industrial control designs requiring the use of a man machine interface between the system and an operator These rugged terminals interface to a wide variety of programmable logic controllers or industrial PCs and offer features that are typically found only on more expensive products The 1024 and 524 offer a 2 line by 20 character LED backlit liquid crystal display for the most cost sensitive applications while the 1025 and 525 offers a 2 line by 20 character vacuum fluorescent display for better visibility in any environment Up to 200 screens of information may be programmed into each Micro Greyline operator interface Each screen may be configured as a message screen menu screen recipe screen or prioritized alarm screen Eight real time monitors RTMs used to display information retrieved from the PLC or industrial PC may be placed on each screen Recipe screens allow the system to be re configured on the fly without having to re program the PLC or operator interface Menus increase the system s flexibility by allowing settings and parameters to be grouped in an efficient manner so that they are more easily controlled by the operator Prioritized alarms and trigger points allow the system to alert the operator to problems detected wi
29. Micro Greyline 500 amp 1000 Series pw CONTR L Hicro Greyline Ifc MICRO GREYLINE 500 amp 1000 SERIES Reference Guide 800 1600 004 C This manual was produced by Total Control Products Inc Melrose Park Illinois Copyright 1997 Total Control Products Inc All rights reserved Manual design and implementation by Glenn Rodgers The following are trademarks of Total Control Products Inc GREYLINE microGUS Information in this document is subject to change without notice and does not represent a commitment on the part of Total Control Products Inc The software described in this document is provided under a license agreement The software may be used or copied only under the terms of the agreement Only one copy of the software may be made for a backup Total Control Products Inc makes no warranty either expressed or implied including but not limited to any implied warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose regarding these materials and makes such materials available solely on an as is basis In no event shall Total Control Products Inc be liable to anyone for special collateral incidental or consequential damages in connection with or arising out of purchase or use of these materials The sole and exclusive liability to Total Control Products Inc regardless of the form of action shall not exceed the purchase price of the materials described herein No
30. SC ESC Ctrl ESC Ctrl ESC Ctrl ESC Ctrl _ ESC SP ESC ESC ESC Micro Greyline 1000 Series Clear the screen and position the cursor home 1 1 Turn off the F1 function LED Turn on the F1 function LED Blink the F1 function LED Turn off the F2 function LED Turn on the F2 function LED Blink the F2 function LED Turn off the F3 function LED Turn on the F3 function LED Blink the F3 function LED Turn off the function LED Turn on the F4 function LED Blink the F4 function LED Disable the cursor Enable the cursor Set keyboard to data entry mode 0 9 del ENTER Set keyboard to function key mode F1 F4 CLR INC lt gt DEC Set the Baud rate of the serial port to 600 BPS Set the Baud rate of the serial port to 1200 Baud Set the Baud rate of the serial port to 2400 Baud Set the Baud rate of the serial port to 4800 Baud Set the Baud rate of the serial port to 9600 Baud Set the Baud rate of the serial port to 19200 Baud Set the Baud rate of the serial port to 28800 Baud Set the Baud rate of the serial port to 38400 Baud Set the Baud rate of the serial port to 57600 Baud Set the Baud rate of the serial port to 115200 Baud Set the serial port parity mode to none Set the serial port parity mode to even Set the serial port parity mode to odd Set the number of serial data bits to 8 Set the number of serial data bits to 7 Disable text auto scroll Enable text auto scroll Appendix C e
31. The following drawing shows the main features of the Micro Greyline operator interface TOT L HU Bg ROL Greyline 1 Display The 2x20 LCD or VFD display is used to convey information to the system operator The PLC or industrial PC may request messages to be displayed or the function keys may be configured to display messages recipes or menus 2 e Overview Micro Greyline 1000 Series 2 Function Key LEDs Each LED is independently configured for operation and may be controlled by the PLC or industrial PC or by the function key s operation The LEDs may be used to display operating modes or guide the user indicate the state of coils within the PLC or they may indicate the state of a function key by remaining on or blinking when the function key has been activated 3 Run LED The RUN LED is the system heartbeat and blinks quickly once every 5 seconds to indicate that the OI is alive and well It will beat rapidly or remain on solid when the OI experiences trouble 4 Numeric Keys The numeric keys are used by the operator to input data that will be sent to the PLC or industrial PC These keys become active once the operator enters the data entry mode by pressing the CLR key when the cursor is located on an RTM During data entry the function keys are not needed so they become the numbers 1 through 5 when pressed To access the upper keys press and hold the shift key and press the desired digit 6 through
32. able per RTM In data entry mode the alternate functions SHIFT and ENTER become active Shift is used to gain access to the numeric digits 6 through 0 and ENTER is used to complete data entry when editing an RTM ENTER may also be pressed when an alarm is displayed on the screen to silence the alert tone Micro Greyline 1000 Series Overview e 3 7 Clear Key The clear key is used to place the OI in data entry mode Once the cursor has been placed on an RTM pressing the clear key causes the OI to enter data entry mode and enables the numeric keys The operator enters a new value and presses ENTER to send the data to the PLC When an alarm is displayed the clear key will acknowledge the alarm removing it from the OI s display and clearing any alert in progress 8 Function Keys The function keys are used by the system operator to control the PLC and OT s operation Each function key may be programmed independently Each key can function as a momentary button where a coil within the PLC is activated when the key is pressed and de activated when the key is released Or it can function as a toggle button where a coil within the PLC is activated by the first press release combination of the key and de activated by a second press release combination Also a key can trigger a screen within the OI system Multi Purpose Keys In order to save space and reduce the confusion associated with many keys the 1024 and 1025 have keys that
33. activated and the timer is restarted To enable the screen saver click on the Screen Saver Enable checkbox and enter text for the screen saver in the text box Set the inactivity time by directly entering a value or using the spin buttons to scroll to the desired value The inactivity time specifies the amount of time after the last key was pressed or the screen was updated before initiating the screen saver System Passwords Up to four system passwords can be set that are used to gain access to individually protected screens Any valid number up to five digits in length is acceptable Alpha characters are not valid Each password provides a different level of access A password of 0 disables that level See the section labeled Screen Configuration for details Micro Greyline 1000 Series microGUS Version 2 0 e 25 Startup Register Tab EMI IE fe a et a 9 l 97 ers mn sfe eta 3 e sf 2 e 7 ela e 3 err IO af e 7 eos J o eue 1 l 10 35 Jl po nue 4 The Startup Registers tab is used to configure a group of up to ten registers that can be downloaded to the PLC whenever the PLC sets the PLC Requests Startup Register Data coil in the Key Mailbox Up to ten registers can be configured with preset values The PLC Requests Startup Register Data co
34. ase address 44 chassis ground 9 CLEAR 4 clear key 4 Clear Screen 34 Com Port Speed 30 45 Commas 39 communication parameters 44 copied text 33 copy text 33 D Data Altered 6 data entry mode 4 DEC 4 Decimal Position 39 decrement 3 DEL 4 DELETE 3 download button 35 download mode 4 download options 30 45 Micro Greyline 1000 Series E ENTER 3 F F1 key 4 function key LED 6 12 function key LEDs 46 function keys 4 46 Function keys 11 G goto screen button 35 H Hide Entry with Password Characters 39 Inactive 11 INC 4 increment 3 Increment Decrement 39 Insert Symbol 34 inserting symbols 40 Invalid Screen Requested 6 J Justification 39 justified 34 K Key coils 6 key mailbox 6 L Leading Zeros 39 LED 2 12 legend insert 3 linear conversion 39 linked screen 37 lower limits 39 mailbox 5 Index e 53 memory status 37 Menu screen 24 message screen 23 Momentary 11 N numeric keys 3 OI Architect 1 29 OI Configuration 35 OI mailbox 5 OI Reset 6 OI Watchdog 6 online help 35 P password protect 22 password protected 37 passwords 47 paste 33 PC communications 45 PLC mailbox 5 PLC Requests Startup Register Data 6 Print Project 33 printer setup 36 project bar 31 protocol 5 R radio buttons 36 read protection 13 read only 39 Real Time Monitor box 38 real time 13 real time monitors 13 Real time monitors 34 recipe scree
35. box checkbox should be checked Once the Key Mailbox is enabled you must select the first of a series of coils that will be used as follows Key Mailbox Key coils are coils in the PLC that the OI sets and clears to tell the PLC that a key has been pressed The key mailbox is the base address of the coils within the PLC In addition there are a few other functions that use the coils to communicate data with the PLC The following is a list of the key coils and auxiliary function coils and a description of each Coil Address Function Base Fl Base 1 F2 Base 2 F3 Base 3 F4 Base 8 Data Altered Base 9 OI Reset Base 10 Invalid Screen Requested Base 11 OI Watchdog Base 12 PLC Requests Startup Register Data F1 F4 Key Coils These coils are set or cleared immediately when a function key is pressed If the key is configured to operate as a momentary contact the coil will be set when the key is depressed and cleared when the key is released Toggle button operation sets the coil when the key is pressed released and clears the coil when the key is pressed released again Data Altered Coil Base 8 This coil informs the PLC that data within the PLC has changed either through the use of the increment decrement keys or by the operator changing a value in the data entry mode This feature allows the PLC to bypass large redundant ladder rungs that are used to re configure the system when parameters are altered OI Reset Coil 9 T
36. change as you select different models to more closely resemble the OI model you are configuring The up down arrows to the right of the screen number box allow you to change the current working screen You may use the PgUp and PgDn keys to scroll through the list of screens as well The number that appears just above the screen entry box is the column identifier that indicates what column the cursor is currently located on This comes in handy for aligning columns or just simply formatting data on the screen in an organized fashion Toolbar Buttons Starting a New Project To start a new project click on the New Project button A form will appear asking for the OI Model and PLC type these will default to the last saved project Heas Proact Select the desired OI Model and PLC type and click OK Starting a new project will clear all screens real time monitors and will reset all system parameters to their default values An alternate approach to using the toolbar for this function is to use the File menu then select New 12 e microGUS Version 2 0 Micro Greyline 1000 Series Retrieving Projects from Disk There are three ways of retrieving a project from disk you can click on the Open Project button B click on the File menu then select Open or simply click on the File menu and select the desired project Remember that the last four projects edited will appear in the File menu Note microGUS comes with a sample
37. creen box is checked the value represents the number of the screen to which it will be linked There are two ways that link screens can be used A chain of messages can be created by using the link screen attribute in conjunction with the timed display attribute For example screens 10 11 and 12 could be chained by checking both the timed display and the link screen attributes of each screen The link to value for screen 10 would be 11 the link to value for screen 11 would be 12 and the link to value for screen 12 would be 10 This would link the three screens together in a circular series Screens do not have to be linked in sequential order The second use utilizes the navigation keys left right arrows on the 1024 and 1025 Micro Greylines If screens are linked without the timed display attribute the arrow keys are used to manually switch from one screen to the next This allows the operator to navigate through multiple screens of information at his or her own pace The link screen value is for the forward link when the right arrow is pressed The reverse link for the left arrow is automatically defined That is if screen 10 is linked to screen 11 pressing the right arrow on screen 10 will cause screen 11 to appear While on screen 11 pressing the left arrow will cause screen 10 to be re displayed Note If multiple screens have the same destination screen for the link screen value the reverse link for
38. ctive interface between a process or machine and a human it must constantly communicate with the device that is controlling the process passing data to the PLC and receiving data from it A specific language or protocol is used for the communications between the two devices and although the protocol specifies how data is transmitted and received additional resources within the PLC are reguired as well For example some logic may be reguired to trigger screens at the appropriate time 4 e Overview Micro Greyline 1000 Series Installation Panel Cutout Mounting Drill four 3 16 holes in the appropriate locations for the four mounting studs Use the provided drawing in the Appendix A of this manual as a guide Cut straight lines between the holes to form an opening for the OI Carefully insert the OI from the front of the panel Use the provided 8 32 nuts to snug down the OI to the panel Be careful not to over tighten the nuts as it may cause damage to the OI Power Supply Connections The power supply used to power the Micro Greyline must provide between 10VDC and 30VDC and must be capable of sustaining at least 2 5W Using the supplied power connector connect 10VDC to 30VDC to the power connector Pin 1 is identified on the plug side of the connector and should have the positive terminal of the power supply connected to it Connect the power supply return negative lead to pin 2 The power input is reverse polarity
39. e cable properly connected between the OI and PC Make sure the OI is in download mode press and hold the CLEAR key and press F1 on power up if the unit s firmware is V1 2 or earlier before attempting to download a project Problems with the Micro Greyline Make sure all connections are solid and have been made correctly Make sure the settings for the baud rate data bits stop bits and parity match those selected on your PLC or industrial PC If the problem is in the PLC sending or receiving data from the OI make sure all of the addresses match those in the ladder logic of the PLC The Micro Greyline will show a character in the lower right hand corner of the display for certain PLC communication errors W write error R read error I initialization error A invalid PLC register address error Reaching Us You can reach us at any of the following web page http www Total Control com email Bob_Honor Total Control com Address Total Control Products 2001 N Janice Ave Melrose Park IL 60160 Telephone 708 345 5500 FAX 708 345 5670 Please have your serial number model number and a detailed description of the problem ready before you contact us This will help us to solve your problem Micro Greyline 1000 Series microGUS Version 2 0 e 43 Glossary of Terms Coil This term is a PLC industry term and represents a single bit within the PLC A coil only has two states set and cleared There are typically three ways o
40. e to perform a large number of comparisons to alter the key functions Note Screen groups are not useful with models 524 and 525 since there is no manual way to change screens Start up Screen The start up screen is the screen that is first displayed when the OI powers up The start up screen typically indicates the model of the machine the OI is installed on the company name and possibly a revision of the device There may only be one start up screen but any of the 200 screens may be programmed as the start up screen When the OI powers up the value of the start up screen will be written to the Screen Trigger Mailbox in the PLC If no start up screen is defined then the OI will display the screen based on the current value of the Screen Trigger Mailbox Screen number one is the default start up screen When you check the box for a start up screen the start up screen check box is cleared on any other screens Micro Greyline 1000 Series microGUS Version 2 0 e 29 Timed Display The timed display attribute is used to set the amount of time in seconds that the current screen will remain displayed before changing to the link screen described next The timed display attribute is only used if the box is checked The timed display setting is ignored if the link screen attribute is not also checked Link Screen Each screen be linked to any other screen When the link s
41. f referring to each of the two states that a coil may have To indicate that a coil is activated it may be said that a coil is on 1 or set To indicate that a coil is deactivated it may be said that a coil is off 0 or cleared Key Coil This term refers to a coil within the PLC that is used by the OI to tell the PLC the state of keys on the OI Depending on how the function keys on the OI are configured the key coil will be written to by the OI when a key is pressed OI Operator Interface The operator interface is the device that communicates with the PLC to get real time information from it and to send real time information to it from the user This is the primary means of communication between the real world and the PLC Register This is the term used to refer to a variable within the PLC that the OI can read or write when communicating with the PLC Whereas a coil can only be on or off a register may have a value put into it The largest value that may be put into a register within the PLC depends on the PLC but typically values from 0 to 65535 may be placed into registers One important use for these registers is to retrieve information and display it on the OI s screen We refer to registers used like this as real time monitors RTMs because the OI continuously reads this data from the PLC and displays the data in real time what I see is what is in the register NOW Screen Trigger Mailbox
42. formation retrieved from the PLC is 5 times larger The variable B is used to adjust what is called the offset Offsets are involved in many conversions and are used when the point of interest in one of the ranges does not fall onto the same numeric position in the other range Consider our previous example Now assume that the sensor still provides the PLC with a value from 0 to 250 but this range now represents 25 C to 25 C We already learned how to use the variable M to convert the ranges but we need some way of taking into consideration that a reading of 0 on the sensor is NOT 0 C We do this by using the variable B M in this case is still 1 5 since the range we get from the PLC is 5 times greater than the range we want to display on the OI but without B we get a range of 0 to 50 as in our previous example Since we want the range to be shifted or offset down by 25 degrees we would set the value B to be 25 40 e microGUS Version 2 0 Micro Greyline 1000 Series Now that we have seen how linear conversion works let s look at our example and see what the OI really does with information received from the PLC and sent to the PLC Data read from the PLC is converted by first dividing the number by 5 and subtracting 25 This data is displayed to the operator in degrees C When the operator enters data she is entering the data in degrees C so the OI performs the opposite conversion on the data before sending it to the PLC namely
43. grounded to an earth ground If the OI is mounted on a door a good solid ground braid must be connected between the panel door and the panel housing an engine grounding strap works well for this Don t rely on the hinges for the chassis ground as over time they will corrode and the earth connection will become higher impedance thereby reducing the effectiveness of the earth connection Connect a heavy braid between one of the OI mounting studs and a good earth connection It is best to use the same grounding strap mentioned above for connection to the OI stud This will not only provide a chassis ground to the door of the enclosure but will also provide a chassis ground to the enclosure of the OI Be sure to use a star washer that will cut through any paint on the enclosure and ensure a solid connection If you are unsure about the connection use an ohmmeter to check for resistance when the connection is made CAUTION You must NEVER return current on the chassis ground The chassis ground is 5 for safety only and must never carry current Doing so will cause damage to sensitive electronics within your system Always use the power supply return circuit to return current to the power supply when using switches motors etc If your system will run without the power supply return connected you have a potentially hazardous installation Units are factory loaded with RS 232 ASCII Terminal software Printable p NOTE characters are displayed on the
44. he OI If the Micro Greyline has never been programmed before the OI will display the message Not Configured Run microGUS Click on the download button in microGUS and the following form will appear PC Serial Poe WI 03 rs Deeninad pire update protocol and 05 dela C Force updele of protocol onis C Force update of protocol and S Fue pem pem PC Serial Port Select the correct serial port for the OI download Download Options The choice for Automatically update protocol and OS will allow microGUS to compare the protocol and OS versions that already exist in the Micro Greyline to the versions that exist in the microGUS folder on the PC If there is a difference the correct version will download automatically This is the recommended setting When you have the correct settings click Start The top of the Status box will say Establishing Communication Channel If the OI has never been configured before the download will begin automatically The bar graph will show you the progress of the download If the Micro Greyline has already been configured at least once you will be prompted to cycle power to the OI Micro Greyline 1000 Series microGUS Version 2 0 e 17 Shas Cocke Power On Unit Tiner 55 Display Yeon OS viene Protocol Protocol Versi microGUS will give you 60 seconds to remove and re apply power to the Micro Greyline The download will c
45. his coil is set by the OI when it comes out of reset due to a power cycle Micro Greyline 1000 Series microGUS Version 2 0 e 21 Invalid Screen Requested Coil Base 10 If the PLC requests a screen for display through the Screen Trigger Mailbox that is invalid the OI will indicate to the PLC that it has requested an invalid screen by setting this bit The PLC should inform the system operator that this type of error has occurred OI Watchdog Coil Basex 11 This coil is set by the OI every 10 seconds to tell the PLC that the OI is still operating normally The PLC should monitor this bit and clear it each time it sees it get set PLC Requests Startup Register Data Base 12 This coil is set by the PLC to tell the OI to send down all of the startup register data See in the section labeled Startup Reg Tab Each time the PLC resets or restores a set of parameters it requests that the OI does so by setting this coil The OI will clear the coil when all data has been transferred You can enable or disable the increment decrement keys on this form as well By default the increment and decrement keys on the OI are enabled To disable them click on the Disable INC DEC Keys checkbox Function Key LEDs The function key LEDs may be individually controlled by either the PLC or the OI By default they are all controlled by the OI Also each LED may be individually programmed to operate in one of the following modes On Off Off On Blink
46. igit hex numbers is 0 to FFFF Note that when the system operator is entering values from the keypad there is no difference between 4 digit hex and 4 digit BCD The letters A through F will only be displayed when the PLC register contains a value to has letters contained within the hexadecimal representation The increment and decrement keys on the OI allow the full range to be entered The 4 digit hex format will read a single 16 bit register from the PLC 6 digit Hex Similar to the 4 digit hex format the 8 digit hex format displays a pair of PLC registers 32 bits in hexadecimal format on the OI screen representing a range from 0 to FFFFFFFF Binary Coil For some applications simply displaying the coil s actual state is important This format reguires only a single character on the display and is used for reporting the state of the coil A real time monitor using this format will toggle between 0 and 1 when the increment or decrement keys are pressed 34 e microGUS Version 2 0 Micro Greyline 1000 Series NOTE The signed decimal decimal and long RTM formats display the number in base 10 what you re used to counting in while the 4 8 digit BCD and 4 8 digit RTM formats display the number in base 16 This is important to remember as the data may not appear on the screen as you might expect RTM Attributes Abbie Disia Type Juntas Shings C Bar Graph Date Let im Fight ATM
47. il is reset by the OI when the data transfer is complete Click on the checkbox next to Enable Startup Presets in order to use the startup registers 26 e microGUS Version 2 0 Micro Greyline 1000 Series Screen Configuration Every screen created in microGUS can have unique settings for the screen type and attributes These options are defined on the microGUS main screen so that you can see the settings for the current screen at a glance A definition of each is described below Screen Type Box Dersa yg fe Message Recipe Alem Meru Each screen programmed into the 1024 1025 OI be configured to operate in one of four modes Message screen Alarm screen Recipe screen or Menu screen All screens programmed into the 524 or 525 OI will only operate as Message screens The radio buttons in this box are used to select the screen type for the current screen Details for each screen type are described below Message Screen message screen is used to convey information to the operator This type of screen is displayed when a function key is pressed or the PLC requests it Real Time Monitors RTMs may be displayed on a message screen and message screens may be linked together to form messages longer than a single screen Message screens may also be called through menus Alarm Screen alarm screen is called by the PLC and will sound an alarm based on the alert type selected
48. justification will position the text against the left or right screen edge Adding Real Time Monitors to a Screen Real time monitors are placed on the screen by placing the cursor on the screen in the location that you desire the RTM to start and then clicking on the Insert RTM button I After the parameters have been configured for the RTM it will be represented on the screen starting at the current cursor location and will correctly reflect the width of the RTM You will be informed of RTMs that are placed too closely to the right edges based on the RTM width RTMs cannot overlap each other Existing RTMs may be edited by either double clicking on the RTM or placing the cursor on the RTM and clicking on the Insert RTM button on the toolbar 14 e microGUS Version 2 0 Micro Greyline 1000 Series An alternate approach to using the toolbar button is to select Insert RTM from the Tools menu or to right click on the screen entry box and select Insert RTM from the floating menu See the section labeled Real Time Monitors for details Placing Symbols on the Screen The displays used in the Micro Greyline can display more characters than you can type on a keyboard Many of these symbols are useful for providing more information to the operator when data is displayed the degree symbol is a good example To place one or more symbols on the screen place the cursor at the desired location on the screen and click
49. minal Emulation software Once you download an application to the operator interface using microGUS the ASCII Terminal software is overwritten The ASCII Terminal Emulation software can be re loaded through a separate download utility Operation Printable characters are displayed on the screen as they are received at the serial port Non printable characters provide for tabs carriage returns etc Key codes are sent out the port as the keys are pressed The keypads can be configured for function key mode or data entry mode The serial port connection defaults to 9600 Baud 8 data bits 1 stop bit and no parity 9600 N 8 1 The normal printable characters encoded as 32 126 are printed on the screen as they are received from the serial port Additional printable characters beyond the ASCII set are encoded in the number range of 128 255 The non printable control characters provide for tabs carriage returns vertical tabs horizontal tabs bells backspaces etc Key codes are transmitted to the serial port as the keys are pressed The keyboard has two modes that can be set data entry and functional When power is applied the functional mode is entered The following ASCII character codes are sent F1 F2 C F4 D CLR x INC LEFT lt RIGHT gt DEC e Micro Greyline 1000 Series Appendix C e 49 If data entry mode is entered the following ASCII character codes are sent 0 O 1 T 2 2 3 3
50. n 24 43 retrieving a project 32 RS232 8 RS422 RS485 8 RTM 13 RTM attributes 38 RTM Width 38 RUN LED 3 54 e Index S save a file 36 save project button 33 scissors button 33 screen display 11 screen entry box 32 screen group 5 20 37 Screen linking 19 screen numbers 36 screen save 21 screen saver 47 screen type 36 screen utilization 36 41 scroll 35 SHIFT 3 Starting a new project 32 Startup register settings 26 Startup Registers 49 startup screen 37 start up screen 23 strings 39 strings box 39 symbols 26 34 T timed display 37 Timed message display 25 Toggle 11 tool tip 31 toolbar 31 trigger number 48 trigger points 48 Triggers 27 U upload options 45 V VFD brightness 47 VFD display 2 47 Micro Greyline 1000 Series
51. nto a 5 foot piece it will need to be told how many turns of the wheel will equal 5 feet of pipe On the other hand the operator may not know how many rotations it takes to cut a length of pipe to five feet Linear scaling is used to convert the number of turns of the wheel into 5 feet Linear scaling may be accomplished with the formula Y MX B where Y is the converted data data shown to the operator X is the original data stored in PLC and the variables M scale factor and B offset are used to convert the data from one form to another The variable M is used to convert the scale or range of the data The easiest method of determining the value to be used in variable M is to figure the ratio of the two ranges For example suppose the PLC reads a temperature gauge that provides it with a count of 0 to 250 which is supposed to represent a temperature range of 0 to 50 degrees Celsius The range of 0 to 250 must be compressed into the range 0 to 50 or compressed by 5x Using microGUS you can set values of M to be 1 or gt 1 which allows the scale to be compressed or expanded any M value less than 1 converts the range to a small range and any value greater than 1 converts the range to a larger range microGUS allows fractions or whole numbers to be entered for the M variable Fractions are entered as the fraction while whole numbers are entered as Number 1 In the above example the M information would be entered as 1 5 because the in
52. o Screen button on the toolbar or click on the screen number box E A form will appear showing you a chart of screen usage The screen usage chart was designed to quickly show you which screens are in use and how they are configured i e message menu recipe alarm or unused Goto Screen r Screen Data 1 20 21 40 41 60 61 80 81 100 101 120 121 140 141 160 161 180 181 200 Unused f Message fl Alarm Recipe Menu Click on the box representing the screen that you want to view After the desired screen appears you are free to edit it An alternate approach to using the toolbar buttons is to click on the View menu and select Goto Screen Ol Configuration There are a number of items that are system wide that is they affect the operation of the OI from a system standpoint These items are adjusted in the OI configuration form which is displayed when you click on the OI Configuration button A form will appear with many tabs on it each of which contains information specific to a particular part of the system See the section labeled OI Configuration An alternate approach to using the toolbar buttons is to click on the View menu and select OI Configuration 16 e microGUS Version 2 0 Micro Greyline 1000 Series Downloading Projects to an Ol Once a project has been entered connect the download cable between the PC and the OI and apply power to t
53. ommence within the first ten seconds of power up IMPORTANT For Micro Greyline models 1024 and 1025 with firmware version 1 2 or NOTE lower you must also hold CLR and F1 when powering up the unit Previous Versions of microGUS Previous versions of microGUS were used to configure the 1024 and 1025 Micro Greylines only If you are still using an earlier version of microGUS you must force the OI into program mode by pressing and holding the CLR and F1 keys until the four LEDs flash Getting Help If you run into any problems you can view the online help by clicking on the help icon 2 on of the screens that it appears Using help you can search for topic within microGUS or you may review help based on the contents menu Ol Configuration When you click on the OI Configuration button a form will appear that has five tabs on it Each tab represents a group of related items that are adjustable on a system level These things include PLC communication settings function key and LED settings screen trigger settings etc This section describes each tab and the functions that are included beneath it To view and edit parameters within any tab simply click on the desired tab 18 e microGUS Version 2 0 Micro Greyline 1000 Series Emil PLC Comm Tab LH Londen alon The PLC Comm tab is used to configure PLC communication information such as baud rate parity etc If the selected PLC has an address
54. on the Insert Symbol icon A table of symbols will appear Use the mouse to select as many symbols as you want each will be positioned at the next location on the screen Click Close when you are finished s a i UFromarina F TEPHDPOSTIAIV TeV see ehh FS jd aa La heal ld i al ea Pa a ald Ll d el lL a IN Note Different sets of symbols are available for LCD models An alternate approach to using the toolbar button is to select Insert Symbol from the Tools menu or to right click on the screen entry box and select Insert Symbol from the floating menu Clearing Screens Clicking on the Clear Screen icon 3 will clear the current screens contents and all real time monitors that have been placed on that screen Note A clear or unused screen is different from a blank screen If the PLC attempts to trigger a unused screen an Invalid Screen message will flash on the Micro Greyline To create a blank screen simply type at least one space into the screen editor Micro Greyline 1000 Series microGUS Version 2 0 e 15 Selecting a Screen There are three ways of selecting a screen for editing You can scroll through the screens one at a time using the up down arrow buttons just to the right of the screen number box or the PgUp and PgDn keys on your PC s numeric keypad may be used To advance to a screen more quickly you can click on the Got
55. ooner Type Screen AIIsbubeu 8 henag C Recipe ta Grou 7 s E Simt up Screen f Timed Display fal P wplewe 3 Co OJ O4 s Type 55 21 PanwedEnaled 1 4 Llanw SI Shing EE 5 EU C Alum Menu The Toolbar amp Tool Tips The toolbar appears just below the menus and contains a number of buttons that allow quick access to the majority of the functions available in microGUS If you are unsure of a button s function simply place the cursor over a button After a short period of time a tool tip will appear that will indicate the button s function The tool tip will change descriptions as you move it across buttons Once the cursor has moved completely off toolbar buttons the tool tip will disappear The Project Bar The project bar appears just below the tool bar and indicates the currently selected OI model the currently selected PLC protocol and the currently viewed screen number In addition to the project bar the main form has a title bar at the very top of the form that indicates the name of the current project Micro Greyline 1000 Series microGUS Version 2 0 e 11 Screen Entry Box Model 1025 PLC GEFanucSNP X Screen 1 4 The screen entry box is the part of microGUS you will become most familiar with as this is where all of the screen text RTMs and symbols are entered The colors will
56. or Since these displays do not have any function keys or status LEDs some of the descriptions in this manual will not apply to these models Therefore we will use icons to distinguish between features that are available for the 1000 Series Micro Greylines and features that are only available for the 500 Series El Micro Greylines Micro Greyline 1000 Series microGUS Version 2 0 e 9 Installation The following instructions will walk you through the installation process of microGUS Installation is easy as long as you follow the instructions in order Windows 3 1 or 3 11 MicroGUS will NOT operate in the Windows 3 1 or 3 11 environments Windows 95 amp 98 amp NT Insert the first microGUS disk into either drive A or B Using the mouse click on the Start button at the bottom left of the screen Select Settings Control Panel on the Start menu bar Double click on the Add Remove Programs icon The installation process will begin Simply follow the instructions on your screen 1 2 3 4 5 Windows will automatically find the installation software for microGUS 6 7 When the installation process finishes remove the disk from the drive 8 Start microGUS by clicking on the Start button select Programs Under the microGUS heading select microGUS 10 e microGUS Version 2 0 Micro Greyline 1000 Series microGUS Main Screen Eck View Tos Heb Model 1026 Fanuc SNP X Sereen 1 l S
57. provide more than one function based on the situation the OI is in In the operating mode the OI s keys act as F1 F2 CLR INC DEC and This 15 the mode the OI is normally in These keys allow you to maneuver through screens set or clear coils in the PLC and quickly adjust RTMs The numeric entry mode changes the function of the keys whenever the operator presses the CLR key to enter data into an RTM when a menu screen is displayed or when the OI is requesting a password prior to displaying a screen When the OI is in the numeric entry mode the function keys and CLR key become number keys and the increment decrement and arrow keys become SHIFT DEL and ENTER Access to the numbers 1 through 5 is as simple as pressing the appropriate key To enter a number from 6 through 0 simply press and hold the SHIFT key and press the appropriate key If you are editing an RTM value pressing ENTER will return the OI to operating mode If you are selecting a menu option simply pressing the key will cause the OI to take action and depending on the screen recalled from memory the OI will either revert back to operating mode or will remain in numeric entry mode if another menu screen is called The DEL key will remove previously entered characters from the RTM field and the key will change the sign of the entered data when allowed only on signed decimal and long RTMs Ol to PLC Communications For the OI to be an effe
58. quires 5 character locations on the screen plus 1 for the sign The system operator may enter a number within the same range when this format is selected unless otherwise restricted by the system programmer When a signed decimal RTM is placed on the screen one register 16 bits is read from the PLC and displayed Decimal This format is used when there are no negative values to be displayed This format displays numbers from 0 to 65535 and requires a maximum of five character positions on the display Long This format reads two registers 32 bits from the PLC and displays them as a single value in the range of 2147483648 to 2147483647 This format is used when extremely large numbers need to be displayed The maximum character positions required is eleven 4 digit BCD This format is used to display a number from 0 to 9999 in binary coded decimal BCD format This format requires a maximum of 4 character positions on the OI screen and requires the OI to read a single 16 bit register from the PLC 6 digit BCD This format is identical to the 4 digit BCD format but allows numbers in the range 0 to 99999999 to be entered and displayed This format requires a maximum of 8 character positions on the OI s screen When an RTM is displayed using this format two registers 32 bits are read from the PLC and displayed as a single number 4 digit Hex This RTM format allows PLC registers to be display in hexadecimal format The range for 4 d
59. r the OI a mess A better approach is to use the screen group number to place the number 1 to 5 of functions in our system in the Current Screen Mailbox when a screen is displayed In this case the PLC doesn t have to care what the screen number is and doesn t have to perform a large number of comparisons to alter the key functions The address of the Current Screen Mailbox is the address of the Screen Trigger Mailbox 1 if the Enable Mailbox checkbox is checked Conditional Trigger Points Conditional Triggers Points are registers within the PLC that the OI monitors for an out of bounds condition as determined by the preset high and low limit values Once a violation occurs the register within the PLC exceeds the high limit or drops below the low limit the OI will display the programmed screen associated with the violation One of the uses for conditional triggers is to monitor system settings for illegal states Due to the nature of the OI PLC relationship and the fact that the OI may not have power when the PLC does etc it must be strongly stated that triggers are not intended for monitoring safety points or things that require fast response Items of this nature MUST be monitored by the PLC Up to 16 conditional trigger points can be monitored When this form is displayed you only view one trigger point at a time The trigger point that you are viewing is displayed in the Trigger Number field To view a different
60. ressed Recipe Screen Recipe screens be used to load preset values into the machine directly from the OI An examples of recipe use is a bagging machine that has many sizes of bags and materials used for the bags Such re configurable items could include bag length imprint enable disable item count sealing temperature sealing time and etc Each recipe screen can have 8 programmed preset values which are not visible to the operator when the OI is running See the section called Recipe Editing for details Menu Screen Menu screens be used to navigate from the currently displayed screen to one of nine destination screens The destination screens are selected by pressing the appropriate numeric digit 1 9 on the Micro Greyline keypad The destination screens can be of any type including recipe screens and other menu screens An example use would be a bagging machine that has nine different sizes of bags menu screen could be used to select one of nine different recipe screens containing the preset data for that size bag If more than nine menu items are necessary multiple menu screens can be linked together See the section called Menu Editing for details 28 e microGUS Version 2 0 Micro Greyline 1000 Series Screen Attributes Box Semen Alinbule Screen 1 Startup Sommer Tamed Display 4 Lrk Screen Password Enabled 1 Each screen has a
61. s appear as a single number Leading zeros cannot be used when the PLC register format is Signed Decimal Long or Binary Coil Use Commas This allows the number displayed the screen to have commas inserted every three decimal locations Numbers that would normally be displayed as 6000 or 100000 will be displayed as 60 000 and 100 000 when comma insertion is selected Note that enabling this attribute will increase the number of character positions required on the screen 1 for every 3 digits Commas cannot be used when the PLC register format is Binary Coil Enable Data Entry This attribute determines whether or not the system operator may alter the contents of the RTM When data entry is not enabled the cursor will not land on it when the arrow keys are used to navigate the screen See the section labeled Data Entry Strings and Bar Graphs Sings niano Strings The most powerful format available to the system programmer is the text string This format allows the system programmer to enter a table of text strings for each RTM that are displayed based on the value of the PLC register The PLC register is used as an index into the table of strings to determine which string to display Up to 10 strings may be programmed per RTM ef o oO ef e sf rf This RTM is represented on the screen as a series of S s 36 e microGUS Version 2 0 Micro Greyline 1000 Series
62. that destination screen will always cause the highest numbered screen to be displayed For example if screens 10 20 and 30 each have the link screen value set to 100 then while screen 100 is being displayed the left arrow will always cause screen 30 to be displayed Password Enabled It is often desirable to password protect screens in the OI to hide them from certain personnel Some examples include supervisory control and system diagnostics A screen that is password protected will not be displayed until a password of equal or higher level is entered by the system operator There are four levels of password protection level lis the highest and will allow access to any screen in the OI while level 4 is the lowest and will only allow access to those screens that are not protected or are protected with level 4 passwords Message menu and alarm screens can be password protected Alarm screens cannot be password protected If a screen requiring a level 1 password is displayed the OI will prompt for a password The password can be any 5 digit number between 1 and 99999 30 e microGUS Version 2 0 Micro Greyline 1000 Series If nothing is entered within about 10 seconds the screen reverts back to the previously displayed screen If an incorrect password is entered the following message will appear If a screen requiring a level 1 password is displayed only the level 1 password will allow access to the screen If a screen
63. thin the system or processes running outside normal parameters Software Configuring a terminal s operation is easy with the use of TCP s microGUS a Windows based configuration software package Using microGUS the system programmer configures the operator interfaces in a WYSIWYG fashion eliminating the guesswork associated with other DOS based products Once projects are created using microGUS they may be saved to disk printed or downloaded to the Micro Greyline operator interface Itis also possible to load an ASCII Terminal Emulation into the Micro Greyline Printable characters are displayed on the screen as they are received at the serial port Non printable characters provide for tabs carriage returns etc Key codes are sent out the port as the keys are pressed The keypads can be configured for function key mode or data entry mode See the Appendix for ASCII Terminal Emulation programming and operation Micro Greyline 1000 Series Overview e 1 Reliability TCP s exclusive Secure FLASH technology ensures your application s data integrity regardless of the environment the terminal is placed in Each key switch used on the 1024 and 1025 products is rated at a minimum of I million operations and provides immediate positive audible and tactile feedback to the operator The all steel enclosure protects the operator interface from the harsh environments commonly found in the industrial control industry Operation
64. trigger point adjust the trigger number On each individual trigger point enter the Register Type Address and Format Note that you cannot monitor coils Also set the high and low limits and the respective screen numbers to be displayed When you have configured a trigger point click on the Trigger Enabled checkbox to enable it 24 e microGUS Version 2 0 Micro Greyline 1000 Series System Tab EN UID PLE Comm 50 Startup Hegs System Settings FO Bri e 1005 5X 5x C 255 Sceen Saver X Screen Saver Enable Insciky Time rine 10 Soren zer mode bah any key bo continue System Level 1 Password 88933 Level 3 Passmoed BT i Level 2 Passwd 12345 Level 4 Passord o pero The System tab allows you to control special system level functions System Settings The VFD Brightness options will only be enabled if you are configuring a 525 or 1025 Micro Greyline Screen Saver The screen saver feature is designed to extend the life of the vacuum fluorescent displays VFDs The screen saver is very much like the screen savers used on personal computers After a programmed period of inactivity the current screen will be removed and the screen saver text message will be alternate scrolling across each line on the display Any time the system operator presses a key or the PLC requests a screen to be displayed the screen saver is de
65. wt 6 amp O Seeing U Commas Enable Date Eniy Real time monitor attributes are options that be enabled to enhance the look or operation of the data being displayed or entered The attributes are unique to each RTM The following is a list of the attributes that may be programmed for each RTM Display Type This allows one of three types of display formats Strings This setting will cause one of nine programmable text strings to be displayed based on the value of the PLC register See the section labeled Strings and Bar Graphs Bar Graph This setting will show a horizontal bar graph up to ten characters wide See the section labeled Strings and Bar Graphs Data This setting will show the numeric value of the PLC register based on the format that was selected for that register ial Left Right Justification This attribute determines the positioning of data within RTM field The data may be left justified 12345 or right justified 12345 In either case entered data will scroll into the field from the right until the enter key is pressed RTM Width The field width attribute allows the system programmer to specify the number of character positions an RTM will occupy on the screen This attribute will dictate the field width If a number after formatting with commas decimal etc requires more space than is allowed by this

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