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1. hotmix 1 6 WATS e MIXERS MI ERS RCP temp hiabs loabs o LOAD SAVE Figure 5 6 temp variable tag references assigned 8 Assign the remaining variable tag references as in step 7 according to Table 5 5 Start by pressing the hiabs cell Variable RCP Tag Reference Hotmix Warmmix Coolmix Reset temp pid SL 80 00 50 00 30 00 0 00 hiabs pid HAA 90 00 55 00 31 00 80 00 loabs pid LAA 70 00 45 00 29 00 20 00 Table 5 5 vat2 data in the MIXERS recipe set 9 When you have finished press the Option key to cycle the softkeys until you see the SAVE key then press it to save your edited recipe set file OK the save which will overwrite the existing MIXERS UYR file 10 Ifyou wish take a look at the MIXERS UYR file in Notepad to see what difference the additional line has made Chapter 5 HA029587 Page 5 10 Issue 1 Jul 07 VISUAL SUPERVISOR TUTORIAL USER GUIDE 5 4 RUNNING THE TWO LINE RECIPE APPLICATION Now that you ve added the second line to your recipe set try using it to control the two vats 1 Start by downloading the coolmix recipe to vatl To do this press the recipe pane then STATUS to access the Recipe Status page This shows you the recipe set file currently loaded MIXERS the current line vatl or vat2 and the recipe currently selected for download to that line hotmix warmmix coolm1x o
2. 2 Click the Ellipse tool and draw drag a circle of diameter equal to four grid squares The snap to grid should make this operation very easy Note You can toggle the visibility of the grid lines by clicking the Toggle Gridlines button i But even with the grid invisible its snap to action still works To switch off snap to use the Grid Settings button H 3 Click the Selection tool wl at the bottom left corner of the editor window then right click in the circle you have just drawn to pop up a context menu Select Properties to see the Ellipse Item Properties dialog 4 Inthe Appearance page set the Line Text Weight to 3 Leave the other fields at their defaults and click OK HA029587 Chapter 7 Issue 1 Jul 07 Page 7 7 VISUAL SUPERVISOR TUTORIAL USER GUIDE 5 Now select the Line tool A and draw a vertical line 3 grid squares high to form the left side of the vat Repeat for the other side of the vat then draw the base of length 4 grid squares Figure 7 4 shows some stages in the drawing of the vat Ras the nae rid switche on he default d three lines 3 the circle to form the vat outline Draw a rectangle just inside the lower part of the vat to represent ___ the vat contents Link the rectangle to pid PV to make it dynamic With the snap to action now off stale the wiat the circle to fit nicely _ fo the vat sides Drag a handle
3. Instead of the usual Overview the Mixer Vat user screen appears containing the representation of the vat and the various readouts that you configured 8 5 1 Editing the recipe set If you correctly updated the recipe file seq uyf earlier on in this tutorial to run with the sequence application you won t have much to do now In any case access the recipe set as follows 3 Press the Menu key then RECIPE RECIPES to see the Load Save Recipe screen Select the appropriate recipe file in the File Name field If you updated it earlier and saved it as seq uyr select the SEQ recipe file Otherwise select the old BATCH recipe file for updating 4 Press LOAD to pop up the Recipe window then EDIT to open the recipe table for inspection editing Figure 8 10 shows the SEQ recipe table as it should look after editing SEQ TRUE TRUE TRUE _LOAD SAVE SAVE AS CREATE Figure 8 10 The fully updated recipe set edit table 5 Ifyou need to edit the recipe set according to the data given in Table 8 9 If you want reminding how to do this refer to the Creating a recipe set section in Chapter 5 Variable RCP Tag Reference Hotmix Warmmix Coolmix hiabs pid HAA 100 76 51 loabs pid LAA 98 74 49 hidev pid HDA 10 5 2 lodev pid LDA 10 5 2 soaktmp an_conn PV1 99 75 50 standtmp an_conn PV2 20 15 10 soaktim an_conn PV3 120 90 60 standtim an_conn PV4 90 60 30 i Mixers Filepath hotmix warmmix coolm
4. Chapter 8 Page 8 4 HA029587 Issue 1 Jul OZ VISUAL SUPERVISOR TUTORIAL USER GUIDE 8 2 CREATING A SEQUENCE Figure 8 2 shows the sequence SFC you are about to build You can see that each stage or state in the vat heating process is represented by a sequence step one of the labelled boxes in the SFC Apart from the first top most step an initialisation step where nothing much happens each step corresponds to one of the batch phases you defined in Chapter 6 Batches Initial step Indicated by a double outlined border An initial step becomes active as soon as the a IE IDLE Wire A directed link sequence starts to run p between steps Represents the path the sequence may take through the steps Wait p A e Wire symbol Click this to start a l wire Click lt Escape gt to abort the Step Represents a discrete stage wire operation in the process i e one of its possible states Associated with i S Heat_up each step are Actions p Actions are user specified operations on LIN database fields that happen while the step is Bi l active Actions are not shown on Transition Represents a logical the SFC Soak TRUE FALSE condition or event r When TRUE a change of state occurs i e activity passes to a new step ae p Step name You usually name steps to reflect the states they represent as in this case In this sequence activity returns to the initial step when the last
5. action Now create another action using the editor s built in ST prompter to help you This action will set the PID block s remote setpoint to zero C and set the timer period to 60 seconds the wait time 4 Click the Make Action tool again and create a text action called wait Right click in the blank action window to pop up a context menu then click Variable A pick list of LIN block fields appears from the associated the LIN database seq dbf see Figure 8 4 5 Double click the rate item The text rate appears in the action window and the pick list now shows all the rate block s fields Double click PV to add it to the action as rate PV i Rightclick in the blank action window to pop up a context menu then click Variable il Select PV to add it to the Picklist Fa to show all action as ate PV Ie Picklist F8 to show all PY rate a Mode A pick list of LIN block appears from 4 a Fallback the seq dbf database a ias AF reader Select the symbol beside the rate E aieea Track block to reveal the fields in this block aie dy fgg OP y shc_ mori iw HR aS SFEDI LA E e sim iw EqualB nid E FH SP_rerd fy Alarms gy timer RateUp a STEP VARIABLES iy RateDown iii Right click and highlight Operator in ih oe Then e context menu Then click i A i Ea g E5 El o gt p assign t
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7. Get me started what can do in LINtools Help offering a selection of commonly required operations if not disabled during a previous H O Create a LIN instrument folder session i Open a recent file CANEuroPS Wte550 w Browse for an existing LINtools file 2 On the Get me Started wizard click the Create a new LINtools file to display a Select File Type for New Editing Session dialog Create a new LINtools file O Go Online without files If files are available please open those first 3 In the dialog select New LIN Database FBD and hit OK LINtools Engineering Studio opens with blank default windows displayed ready for you to start the F vantshowlarscrt tn configuration O Read LINtools Help manual orbe Note Ifyou try to create a new configuration while an unsaved configuration is already open you will be asked if you want to save the current file HA029587 Chapter 2 Issue 1 Jul O7 Page 2 1 VISUAL SUPERVISOR TUTORIAL USER GUIDE 2 2 CREATING THE PID CONTROL LOOP STRATEGY Figure 2 2 shows the simple strategy that you will create in LINtools Engineering Studio and summarises the LIN block functions Once you have accessed the LINtools Engineering Studio you will be able to get help on all aspects of building up the strategy by pressing the lt F1 gt help softkey What follows is therefore only a brief outline of the steps you need to take A full worki
8. PV_rerd GROUP pidloop Chan2 SP_rerd GROUP pidloop Chan3 OP_rerd GROUP preplot Update 10 GROUP preplot Diso spp_ramp GROUP preplot Chanl PV_prog GROUP preplot Chan2 SP_prog Function Selects remote mode of operation for the PID block needed to allow the program s remote setpoint to be used Enables remote mode of operation for the PID block Enables the high absolute alarm on the pid block s PV output Enables the low absolute alarm on the pid block s PV output Enables the high deviation alarm on the pid block s PV output Enables the low deviation alarm on the pid block s PV output Sets the PID integral time constant to 5 seconds to improve control in this simulated strategy Sets the pid block s PV output high absolute alarm at 80 Sets the pid block s PV output low absolute alarm at 20 Sets the SIM block s 1st filter time constant to 25 seconds to simulate lag in the plant s process variable Allocates area number only Area 1 currently implemented No OVERVIEW appears in the instrument unless an area number has been allocated Assigns the pidloop GROUP block to this area This specifies that pidloop will appear in the OVERVIEW and enables data recording for this group Assigns the preplot GROUP block to this area This specifies that preplot will appear in the OVERVIEW and enables data recording for this group Enables
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10. Band from the list Hit lt Return gt to enter the data Note Holdback is a way to extend the duration of a program segment to allow a measured process variable PV to catch up with its setpoint SP if it has deviated from it by more than a certain amount If at any time during the segment a PV differs from its SP by more than the specified Holdback Value in a direction specified by Holdback Mode then the program enters a hold state until the condition clears In this state all SP ramps in the segment are frozen so that they stay in step Setting Holdback Mode to Band triggers holdback action when any PV is above or below its SP by more than the Holdback Value 20 in this case Heat Up O00 00 00 Fearne seg 3 Hew 000 01 00 Set to 0 000 Segment Command Seg 4 Hew 0000 01 00 Set to 0 000 Click to see the Command Segment Setpoint dialog Commands menu Select Ramp at Rate for the Heat Up segment Figure 3 4 Configuring the Heat Up segment 6 Next single click the Seg 1 New cell The Properties dialog changes to a Segment dialog where you can edit the Profile Name field to ZeroOP Leave the Duration field at its default value of 1 minute and hit lt Return gt to enter the data 7 Access the Seg 2 New cell Properties dialog Edit Profile Name to Heat Up leaving Duration at its default Click the default Set to 0 000 cell in this row of the table
11. It s Run field should now be FALSE again 5 Now try running the coolmix recipe To get the batch from the COMPLETE state back to the RESET state press the top left batch pane then RESET RESET Press BATCHES and reload the SEQ batch If you need reminding about the various batch states take a quick look at the batch state diagram in Figure 6 4 6 Select the coolmix recipe and start the batch running Follow its progress in the Mixer Vat user screen Towards the end of the Heat_up phase an operator message flags up in the Alarm banner as a flashing question mark Press the banner to pop up the Alarms window and press MESSAGES You are warned that the batch has become unstable and are invited to abort the batch Press the ABORT button 7 The batch pane at the top left goes red and indicates ABORTED but you will quickly see that the sequence has not stopped running The vat temperature continues to be controlled according to the current sequence step phase despite the fact that the batch state is reported as ABORTED by the State readout Note This is not too surprising because we have not yet arranged for the batch engine to tell the sequence that the batch has been aborted 8 Abandon the batch sequence by pressing the batch pane then RESET RESET Load and start the batch again watch it in the user screen and wait for it to reach the RUNNING state 9 Now put the batch into t
12. SIM sim OP PID pid PV SIM block s lagged output OP into the PID block s PV input to simulate the plant s PV PID pid OP DR_ ANCHP OP_rcrd CurrVal PID control output OP into the OP_rerd DR_ANCHP block to enable data recording onto Visual Supervisor s local flash storage PID pid PV DR_ ANCHP PV_rerd CurrVal PID process variable PV into the PV_rcrd block to enable data recording PID pid SP DR_ ANCHP SP_rcrd CurrVal PID setpoint SP into the SP_rcrd block to enable data recording RATE_LMT rate OP PID pid RemoteSP RATE_LMT block s ramped output into the PID block s remote setpoint to ramp the setpoint up or down Note Block type blockname field subfield format referring to Figure 8 1 New wiring is listed below the dashed line Table 8 1 Sequence strategy wiring data Note The Configuration Header block and the AREA GROUP SFC_CON SFC_MON SFC_DISP and TIMER blocks don t need to be wired up They are associated with other blocks via field values see next 8 1 2Editing the block fields Table 8 2 lists the fields that should as a minimum be edited from their default values For completeness all such fields are shown in the table including those edited in the original PID loop strategy Note In the table the fields below the dashed line are the new ones so you need only edit these if you are starting from the existing PID loop strategy created in Chapter 2 You must also
13. Ssoaktup an conn P 1 99 00000 75 00000 50 00000 standtmp an conn P e 20 00000 15 00000 10 00000 Ssoaktin an conn P S 120 00000 90 00000 60 00000 standtin an conn P 4 90 00000 60 00000 30 00000 id Mixers Filepath hotmix warmmix coolmix seq 3fc_ con Run TRUE TRUE TRUE Figure 8 8 The edited recipe file seq uyr viewed in Notepad EDITING THE RECIPE SET IN THE VISUAL SUPERVISOR This can only be done when you are running a recipe application in the Visual Supervisor i e later on in this Chapter Please refer to the Running the Sequence Batch Application section below for details Chapter 8 HA029587 Page 8 16 Issue 1 Jul O7 VISUAL SUPERVISOR TUTORIAL USER GUIDE 8 4 3Modifying the batch and form files The batch file you developed in Chapter 7 shown in Figure 7 9 does not need changing except for its filename Edit this to seq uyb to be uniform with the batch filename Similarly the report form file you created in Chapter 6 shown in Figure 6 9 needs only its filename changing to seq uy 8 4 4Modifying the user screen In Chapter 7 User Screens you built a screen to represent the simulated vat This needs very little modification to run with the sequence application just a change of linked variable because the setpoint program is no longer present Figure 8 9 shows the Vat user screen modified for the sequence application Notice that the Phase readout no
14. The Steps in the SFC represent states and the wires between them determine which state s can be adopted from a given state and the events that will trigger these state changes Note This chapter explores only a very few of the Sequence Editor capabilities Consult the LINtools Engineering Studio Help file Part no RM 263 001 U055 for full details of all the features The main sections in this chapter are Modifying the PID loop strategy for sequence Creating a sequence Running the sequence application Adding batch and recipe to the sequence strategy Running the sequence batch application Adding Hold Abort and Skip to the application Running the enhanced sequence batch application HA029587 Chapter 8 Issue 1 Jul O7 Page 8 1 VISUAL SUPERVISOR TUTORIAL USER GUIDE AL_UIO Pi F 2 RATE_LMT block i al Timing Category FEE Limits the rate of change of an output eee as it tries to attain a target input value Ramp up and ramp down rates are individually specified TIMER TIMER block timer Timing Category ee ae ey Resettable incremental up timer with digital flag set when timing is complete ORAM HF SP_rerd SFl_COn SF l_MOW SF_OI SP SFC_CON block 7 a D fr Batch Category a sfc mon S m p SFC control block lets sequences be selected loaded initialised held and run by the control strategy SFC_MON block SFC_DISP block Batch Category Batch Category SFC monitor
15. VISUAL SUPERVISOR TUTORIAL USER GUIDE 2 2 3 Editing the block fields Many of the block fields in this strategy can be left at their default values but some should as a minimum be edited Table 2 2 lists these fields apart from the Name fields Start by naming the blocks 1 Click or double click on a block symbol in the worksheet to access the block s BLOCK pane If a BLOCK pane is already open a single click will do 2 Click the white NoName field once to highlight it then type in the name of the block Figure 2 2 suggests block names Alternatively double click the white field to insert a text cursor and use this to edit the existing name Hit lt Return gt to enter the new name 3 Continue editing the other block fields according to Table 2 2 or to your particular application 4 Save the completed strategy LINtools help gives information on the Save operation You will notice that the strategy automatically builds This automatically adds these changes to the Project Database Note You can get help with editing function block fields by pressing lt F1 gt while a text cursor appears in a field Field Value Function Al_UIO PV DBase lt remote database name gt Identities the origin of this cached block creating a link from the values in this block on the T2550 to this instrument AO_UIO OP DBase lt remote database name gt Identifies the origin of this cached block creating a link from the val
16. it Figure 2 3a Testing the PID control loop strategy 2 3 1 Modifying the strategy 1 Delete the wire between the AI_UIO PV block and the PID block To do this simply click on the wire to highlight it then press the lt delete gt key 2 Place a SIM simulation block on the worksheet as shown in Figure 2 3a SIM blocks are in the Control function block category 3 Wire the SIM OP field into the PID PV input and PID OP into SIM PV This forms a closed loop indicated by the small red circle 4 Name the SIM block sim and edit both its NoiseMax and Lag fields to 25 0 Note The SIM block generates pseudo random noise at its output OP which simulates a varying process variable input to the PID control block s PV field The PID block s resulting control output OP is fed back to the SIM block s PV input where it is delayed and added to noise to simulate the plant s response to the control input 5 Save the modified strategy under a different name Chapter 2 HA029587 Page 2 6 Issue 1 Jul O7 VISUAL SUPERVISOR TUTORIAL USER GUIDE 2 3 2 Running the application To run the PID loop simulation strategy and try out some instrument features do the following 1 Download the saved modified strategy file to the instrument Only the dbf file is required by the instrument the other two files that appear when you save a strategy grf and dtf are only used by LINtools Note If you need help with downlo
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18. s E drive Only the dbf file is required by the instrument the other two files that appear when you save a strategy in LINtools grf and dtf are not used in the instrument Note If you need help with downloading see Chapter 1 Getting started 2 Also download the setpoint program file e g program1 uys that you configured in the previous section Chapter 3 HA029587 Page 3 10 Issue 1 Jul O7 VISUAL SUPERVISOR TUTORIAL USER GUIDE 3 Inthe instrument load and run the simulation programmer application The area overview appears containing the pidloop and preplot group faceplates that you specified in the AREA block E If you press the pidloop faceplate you will see the pid faceplate that you explored in Chapter 2 Running the application You can get back to the area overview at any time by pressing the Menu key then OVERVIEW in Pressing the preplot faceplate accesses faceplates representing the SPP_RAMP and SPP_DIG blocks that you allocated to the preplot group Press these to explore further Note If you need reminding Chapter 1 Getting started describes how to select and run applications Program pane Shows the current program status expected completion time and name of segment currently executing Press to access the Programmer menu Analogue setpoint faceplate 1 H Represents the profile1 analogue setpoint Heat Profile a The upper bold
19. s PV output high absolute alarm at 80 Sets the pid block s PV output low absolute alarm at 20 Allocates area number only Area 1 currently implemented No OVERVIEW appears in the instrument unless an area number has been allocated Assigns the pidloop GROUP block to this area This specifies that pidloop will appear in the OVERVIEW and enables data recording for this group Specifies the pidloop group s recording sample rate seconds The default rate of zero disables recording Specities the PID block pid as the source of the data that will be displayed in the faceplate and trends for the pidloop group Assigns the recorder channel block PV_rcrd to channel 1 of the pidloop recording group Assigns the recorder channel block SP_rcrd to channel 2 of the pidloop recording group Assigns the recorder channel block OP_rcrd to channel 3 of the pidloop recording group Sets the SIM block s 1st filter time constant to 25 seconds to simulate lag in the plant s process variable Enables the horizontal trend display needed for this application Disables the vertical trend display which is not required in this application Selects remote operating mode for the PID block to allow the remote setpoint generated by the RATE_LMT block to be used Enables remote operating mode for the PID block Enables the high absolute alarm on the pid block s PV outp
20. screen now reports the end date and time 8 Take a look at the preplot screen press the program pane then PRE PLOT You will clearly see the action of the warmmix recipe 10 setpoint trim Chapter 6 HA029587 Page 6 6 Issue 1 Jul O7 VISUAL SUPERVISOR TUTORIAL USER GUIDE 6 3 1 Exploring batch states If you have let the batch run its course your screen should look like Figure 6 3 with the batch engine state at COMPLETE Now only the RESET button is active Heat Profile PTA Pet ae Batch Status DLE File Name BATCH Recipe Name warmmix Batch Id FIRSTONE State COMPLETE Started At 25 02 02 11 68 89 f ao In the COMPLETE state Ended At 25 82 62 11 66 29 RESET IS Ike only active Figure 6 3 Batch Status screen batch in the COMPLETE state Figure 6 4 shows the instrument batch engine state diagram The different states are shown in boxes linked by labelled arrowed lines In most cases you can get from one state to another by pressing the button identified by the relevant label E g the only way to get from RESET to IDLE is to press the LOAD button In the RESET state no other button is active Note Some states are transitory i e they move on to another state spontaneously after a delay which is often too small to notice That s why not all arrowed lines are labelled Strictly the RUNNING state is transitory but it usually lasts a considerable time as long as the batch RESET
21. the program is frozen at its current point In this state you can make temporary changes to any program parameter e g a target setpoint a dwell time or the time remaining in the current segment These changes only remain effective until the program is reset and run again when they are overwritten by the stored program values Note When a program is running you are not permitted to edit a called program until it becomes active within that program Holdback In Holdback the program is waiting for the process to catch up because the measured value has deviated from the setpoint by more than the preset amount and the program is in Hold In End the program has completed Chapter 3 HA029587 Page 3 2 Issue 1 Jul O7 VISUAL SUPERVISOR TUTORIAL USER GUIDE 3 2 ADDING PROGRAMMING TO THE PID STRATEGY Figure 3 1 shows the PID loop strategy created in Chapter 2 but with extra function blocks added at the bottom of the figure to allow a setpoint program to be run Eycon 10 E10_03 E ALT_UTO FIO AO_UTO PY FID OF SPP_RAMP Ge ee setpoint programmer local ramp block Programmer Category ae Allows local analogue setpoint OP_rcrd it generated by setpoint program to be ramped locally 5 in the Instrument 7 a OR _AN CHF SP_rcred fu DR_ANCHP data recording analogue channel point blocks Allow trending of database DR ae a floating point values and also use aT EAF P prog G of Instrument s Preplot
22. to channel 4 of the vat2 recording group GROUP vat2 Chan5 LAA_red2 Assigns the recorder channel block LAA_rcd2 to channel 5 of the vat2 recording group Note Block type blockname field subfield format referring to Figure 5 5 Table 5 4 Field edits for blocks in the two line recipe strategy 5 3 2 Adding a second line to the MIXERS recipe set The next stage is to add a second line to the existing MIXERS recipe set This will use the same set of variables and recipes as does line 1 but the variables will have different tag references as they are to be downloaded to a different part of the LIN blocks strategy Specifically the line 1 recipes download to pid fields controlling vat1 and the line 2 recipes will download to the corresponding pid fields controlling vat2 To edit the recipe set 1 Stop and unload the currently running application press the Menu key then SYSTEM APPLN APP MGR STOP UNLOAD 2 Inthe Application Manager window select the new two line recipe application then load and run it press LD RUN The area overview appears with two faceplates vatl and vat2 Press one of the faceplates then the Down key until you reach the horizontal trend display This is now the set view 3 Press the blank recipe pane top left corner of screen then press RECIPES in the Recipe popup and select the MIXERS filename from the Load Save Recipe page LOA
23. 1 AREA area Group1 pidloop GROUP pidloop Update 10 GROUP pidloop Disp1 pid GROUP pidloop Chan1 PV_rerd GROUP pidloop Chan2 SP_rerd GROUP pidloop Chan3 OP_rerd AREA area Group2 preplot GROUP preplot Update 10 GROUP preplot Disol spp_ramp GROUP preplot Disp2 spp_dig GROUP preplot Chan PV_prog GROUP preplot Chan2 stirrer GROUP preplot Chan3 SP_prog DR_ANCHP SP_prog ZoneA_LO 11 DR_ANCHP PV_prog ZoneA_LO 11 DR_DGCHP stirrer ZoneA_HI 10 SPP_CTRL RqNxtPrg program Sets the PID integral time constant to 5 seconds to improve control Sets the pid block s PV output low absolute alarm at 20 Enables the low absolute alarm on the pid block s PV output Allocates area number only Area 1 currently implemented No OVERVIEW appears in the Instrument unless an area number has been allocated Assigns the pidloop GROUP block to this area This specifies that pidloop will appear in the OVERVIEW and enables data recording for this group Specifies the recording sample rate seconds for the pidloop group The default rate of zero disables recording Specities the PID block pid as the source of the data that will be displayed in the faceplate and trends for the pidloop group Assigns the recorder channel block PV_rcrd to channel 1 of the pidloop recording group Assigns the recorder channel block SP_rcrd to channel 2 o
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25. 2 6 1 2 Editne he block TCI 0S c scsinrhieresarocarecerseatacarainzarersiareca cole tararaiataia tam roatoletarcaiataigenterontetaeee 6 3 er eI ated aaecartratrr rere cerre atc etre ed darned caeelotod AAE a 6 4 6 2 1 Editi the Gerault recipe LUC sea cateasneoatensienedendslanedendlenciien deen aiiendalvnadnnddancdsnddenadeaddenaaenaiactes 6 5 6 2 2 Replacing the default setpoint program file ccc eeeesesseeeeececeeeeeceecaaseeseeseeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeas 6 5 RUNNING THE BATCH APPLICATION o oo cccccceessssesssnnneeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeseseessnnnaaaeeeeeeeeeeeeesseeeeeags 6 6 6 3 1 Exploring batch states aisicicsnesnncssncnnnsiesanendsandnennenensetasdetesdeinabendasanneetneneseatasauiantainaneneaenemcuiis 6 7 ENHANCING THE BATCH APPLICATION sicsecacenesesssenssenssesedarosecadacssasasenssesssessdenntecnceautesssenesesssuaes 6 9 6 4 1 Modifying the batch strategy cccccccccccccccccccececeeeeessssseesseeecceeeeeeeeeeasaaaessesseeeeeeeeseeeeeeaaas 6 9 6 4 2 Modifying the batch file cosa cacaessccctacetonduc sata send saceeseaceserncsaseuanacasacsescctasees aasecesacasacaescceates 6 10 6 4 3 Chea asc CICTIOMARY ea E A EE AE E A E 6 12 6 4 4 Creating a form file for batch reports sssssisisserisssiisssdiis sissie aidons i ei eiit 6 12 RUNNING THE ENHANCED BATCH APPLICATION 0 cccccccsssesesssnnneeeeceeeeeeeeesceseseeeeees 6 14 IV TNT E AE ie sy settee T E E E E E ee 6 16 HA029587 Issue 1 Jul OZ CHAPTER 7 CHAPTER 8 INDEX HA029587 Issue
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27. 2 To select an application file for loading running or deleting press the yellow File field to pop up a menu of the available application files Select and enter the required file Its name appears in the File field You can now operate on the selected file or on a running application according to Table 1 2 which summarises the actions of the various Application Manager buttons Press To STOP Stop the running application SAVE Save the stopped application to the E drive under its current name SAVE AS Save the stopped application to the E drive under a new name UNLOAD Unload the stopped application from RAM LOAD Load the selected application to RAM START Run the loaded application LD RUN Load the selected application to RAM and then run it DELETE Delete the selected unloaded application Note Press Save You can save an application under its current name while it is still running by setting the Options FullSave bit to TRUE in the instruments LIN database header block However stopping the application and using the SAVE button is the recommended method Table 1 2 Application Manager window buttons HA029587 Chapter 1 Issue 1 Jul 07 Page 1 9 VISUAL SUPERVISOR TUTORIAL USER GUIDE Intentionally left blank Chapter 1 HA029587 Page 1 10 Issue 1 Jul O7 VISUAL SUPERVISOR TUTORIAL USER GUIDE CHAPTER 2 A PID LOOP This chapter shows you how to build a simple PID loop control application for
28. A blank action window appears for entering the structured text and the Contents pane on the left lists the name of the new text action Note The contents pane lists all the actions in the sequence in order of creation The sequence itself is also actually an action a chart SFC action If you cannot see the contents pane for any reason click Contents in the View menu 2 Type the following text exactly as shown into the action window timer Reset 1 zero and inhibit timer This has the effect of assigning the value 1 TRUE to the Reset field of the block called timer 1 e the TIMER block This resets the timer function and inhibits any timing action Note You must use in an assignment statement not just and end the assignment with Optional comments can be added enclosed by brackets and asterisks and are ignored when the sequence is run 3 Inthe action window right click to pop up a context menu and select Compile zerotime Text This causes the sequence editor to run a compilation check on the zerotime action s ST to see if contains any detectable errors You should see a zerotime Text No Errors message in the pane below the action window assuming you ve made no mistakes Check carefully if any errors are flagged up HA029587 Chapter 8 Issue 1 Jul 07 Page 8 7 VISUAL SUPERVISOR TUTORIAL USER GUIDE Using the ST prompter the wait
29. Duration field to 00 00 30 i e 30 seconds soak time Press DONE Inspect the result in the PREVIEW window and note that the Soak segment has shortened to your new specification If you want to save your edited program return to the edit window and press the Option softkey below the screen Press the SAVE AS key and enter a new filename in the File Name field Press OK to carry out the save Note For amore complete list of programmer functions please refer to the Eycon 10 Eycon 20 Handbook Part no HA 029 280 HA029587 Chapter 3 Issue 1 Jul 07 Page 3 13 VISUAL SUPERVISOR TUTORIAL USER GUIDE Intentionally left blank Chapter 3 HA029587 Page 3 14 Issue 1 Jul O7 VISUAL SUPERVISOR TUTORIAL USER GUIDE CHAPTER 4 DATA LOGGING 4 1 This chapter shows you how to add Data Logging functionality to the setpoint programming strategy you built in Chapter 3 You test run simulations of the strategy and try out some of Instrument s logging features Note Data Logging can be used in many applications setpoint programming is chosen here as just one convenient example The main sections are E Adding data logging to the programming strategy E Testing the data logging strategy mM Adding a second log group ml Charting logged data WHAT IS DATA LOGGING Data Logging or Archiving is a method of automatically storing incoming recorded data to an archive device for Performance Quality Contro
30. E in x Add a 1 in field 2 to File Edit F Sy ee 5 specify the state adopted by the E deena elp batch when RESET U B 1 is activated L 12 02 02 16 535 51 ENGINEER O or blank RESET D e J r bat ctriyl ee 1 IDLE l pidloop U1 41 8 802 02 20 03 ga 20 gg eNd bat log bat ctrl BatchId bat rept linel Add a 1 in field 1 to Wait specify that the user screen with page ID Heat Up s to be associated with the Soak tae O or blank means no Cool Down associated user screen a Cand 6 Figure 7 9 The modified batch file batch uyb HA029587 Chapter 7 Issue 1 Jul 07 Page 7 13 VISUAL SUPERVISOR TUTORIAL USER GUIDE 7 5 RUNNING THE BATCH APPLICATION WITH USER SCREEN To run the simulated batch user screen application and see the results of your labours do the following 1 2 Stop and unload any currently running application Force the edited user dictionary to be recognised by power cycling the instrument Alternatively press Menu SYSTEM SETUP INTERNAT CHANGE which works in this case In the AppI n Manager screen select the BATCH file and LD RUN it After a short delay your Mixer Vat user screen appears instead of the usual Area overview To get a batch going press the Menu key then BATCH BATCHES In the Load Batch screen select the BATCH file and press LOAD The customised Batch Start screen appears Edit any of the yellow editable fields if you wis
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32. Inactive Acknowlegded tick the Change Background Fill box and select Pastel green as the fill colour Then set Value to Active Ack tick the Change Background Fill box and select Red This will mean that when the high absolute alarm is inactive the circle s fill colour will be pastel green But when the alarm is active the fill colour will be red Now use the Text tool to create the HiAbs legend and position it alongside the lamp see Figure 7 2 Locate the graphics near the top left of the vat Create the three other lamps in the same way linking them to the relevant pid Alarms output pid Alarms LowAbs pid Alarms HighDev and pid Alarms LowDev Note It is often quicker to copy and paste an existing graphic then edit its properties rather than draw a series of similar graphics from scratch Use the copy and paste B toolbuttons or lt Ctrl C gt and lt Ctrl V gt 7 2 5Creating the PV and SP bargraphs Use the Bar Chart tool l it for this 1 Click the Bar Chart toolbutton locate the cursor on the screen and drag out a horizontal rectangle about 12 grid units long by about a half unit high Release the button and click on a blank area of the grid to deselect the bar then right click on it and open up its Properties dialog In the Variable page link the bar to the LIN block field pid PV In the Appearance page select the Foreground colour as Red and the Background Fill colour a
33. Variable Item Properties dialog In the Variable page select the LIN Variable radio button Hit Browse and click the box next to sfc_disp in the LIN Database Browser window Double click the ActStepB item This selects it as the source of the second Phase readout Hit OK to close the dialog 11 Repeat the previous step for the first Phase text variable readout but link it to the sfc_disp ActStepA field 12 Save the finished user screen under its new name of seq uxp To do this select Save As in the File menu edit the filename to seq uxp and click Save A Save OIFL dialog pops up Click Yes to output a seq ofl file This is the file needed by the Visual Supervisor Note You should not see any errors in the Build Window that appears If you do get errors reported they are usually self explanatory Carefully check through the above steps to see if you have omitted anything Chapter 8 HA029587 Page 8 18 Issue 1 Jul O7 VISUAL SUPERVISOR TUTORIAL USER GUIDE 8 5 RUNNING THE SEQUENCE BATCH APPLICATION To test run your new sequence batch application 1 Download the latest seq dbf database seq sdb sequence seq uyr recipe seq uyb batch seq uyf report form and seq ofl user screen files to the Visual Supervisor s E drive 2 Inthe Visual Supervisor s AppI n Manager screen load and run the sequence application called SEQ
34. and customisation listed above LOGDEV logging device block Organise Category Controls access to an archive medium and up to 16 groups of points log groups for logging Each log group is specified via an LGROUP block T LGROUP log group block Organise Category Defines the DR_REPRT block as a log group and collects data from it to pass to the logging device block DR _ANTHF OF_rcrd 4 DR_REPRT block Recorder Category Generates user specified text reports and sends them to print or to file SPP_RAMP GROUP preplot E Figure 6 5 The enhanced batch strategy To enhance the strategy do the following 1 In LINtools open up the existing batch strategy add the three new blocks and parameterise them according to Table 6 4 Note that you must also edit the Name fields in all blocks according to Figure 6 5 if you wish Source Function LOGDEV logdev State OFF Prevents access to the storage media device when application starts running The batch engine itself enables access when the batch is started LOGDEV logdev Group1 bat_log Assigns the bat_log LGROUP block to Group 1 of the LOGDEV logging device block LGROUP bat_log UpdateA 10 Specifies the bat_log block s standard logging interval as 10 seconds the minimum time for a single group The default rate of zero disables logging LGROUP bat_log Point bat_rept Assigns the bat_rept report block to Point 1 of the bat_lo
35. as the uyb batch file and extension uyf One use of a form file is to customise the layout and formatting of information in the group reports generated by a DR_REPRT block The form file can specify the inclusion of LIN database variables system variables e g current date and time and text optionally internationalised Chapter 6 HA029587 Page 6 12 Issue 1 Jul O7 VISUAL SUPERVISOR TUTORIAL USER GUIDE One of the fields parameterised in the DR_REPRT block FormFile referred to the batch uyf file see Table 6 4 To create this file 1 Open a blank text editor window e g in Notepad and type in the text exactly as shown in Figure 6 9 To successfully format a batch report the file must be partitioned into three sections identified by report numbers I1 I2 and I3 The first section formats a report generated when the batch engine enters the STARTING state the Start Report The second section Stop Report activates when the COMPLETE state is entered and the third Abort Report if and when ABORTED is entered This arrangement is mandatory for batch report form files The contents of each report section is optional In the example in Figure 6 9 Report number 1o Cue Onno NG Il a Report 1 START PEPORT R L generated at TIME 8 pasne o STARTING Batch bat ctrl BatchID 6 R L Newilne command state Actual temperature pid F 6 2 sRsL GREF TSP tempera
36. at once Select the two recipe blocks and simply drag them across into the batch strategy window They are copied along with their field values Alternatively you can copy and paste the blocks 4 Wire up the new blocks according to Table 6 1 which as usual lists all the necessary strategy connections for completeness in case you are starting from scratch Source Destination PID pid OP PID pid OP AO_UIO OP OP DR_ ANCHP OP_rerd CurrVal PID pid PV DR ANCHP PV_rerd CurrVal PID pid SP PID pid PV DR ANCHP SP_rerd CurrVal SPP_RAMP spp_ramp PV PID pid OP SIM sim PV SIM sim OP PID pid PV SPP_RAMP spp_ramp Out PID pid RemoteSP SPP_RAMP spp_ramp Out DR_ANCHP SP_prog CurrVal SPP_RAMP spp_ramp PV DR ANCHP PV_prog CurrVal SPP_CTRL spp_ctrl CurrSeg BAT_CTRL bat_ctrl CurPhase Function PID control output OP to the remote output module PID control output OP into the OP_rcrd DR ANCHP block to enable data recording onto instrument s local flash storage PID process variable PV into the PV_rcrd block to enable data recording PID setpoint SP into the SP_rerd block to enable data recording PID process variable PV into the spp_ramp block to include PV in the preplot group PID control output OP into the SIM block s PV input to simulate output to the plant SIM block s lagged output OP into the PID block s PV input to simulate the plant s PV setpoint generated
37. block monitors up to SFC display block displays active eight steps of a running sequence step and action name s in the Reports step name activity status running sequence and active time Figure 8 1 The simple PID loop strategy adapted for sequence Chapter 8 HA029587 Page 8 2 Issue 1 Jul O7 VISUAL SUPERVISOR TUTORIAL USER GUIDE 8 1 MODIFYING THE PID LOOP STRATEGY FOR SEQUENCE Figure 8 1 shows the simulation PID loop strategy you created in Chapter 2 but with five new blocks SFC_CON SFC_MON SFC_DISP RATE_LMT and TIMER added to give the strategy sequence and timed ramping capability The AI_UIO and AO_UIO blocks have been deleted as they are not needed in this simulation strategy 8 1 1 Configuring the strategy 1 Open the simulated PID loop strategy you built in Chapter 2 in LINtools by double clicking its icon in Explorer view Delete or ignore the AJ_UIO and AO_UIO blocks then add the five new blocks as shown in Figure 8 1 2 Wire up the strategy according to Table 8 1 which as usual lists all the necessary connections for completeness in case you are starting from scratch Note In the table the single wire below the dashed line is the only new one So you need only configure that if you are starting from the existing PID loop strategy created in Chapter 2 Source Destination Function PID pid OP SIM sim PV PID control output OP into the SIM block s PV input to simulate output to the plant
38. case is to use the Internationalise screen To do this press the Menu key then SETUP INTERNAT CHANGE 2 Get the application running by pressing Menu APP MGR selecting the BATCH application then LD RUN The area overview appears 3 Press Menu BATCH BATCHES and select the BATCH file Press LOAD to see the customised Batch Start screen Figure 6 10 4 You can select an alternative recipe edit the Batch Id fill in an Order number or change any of the yellow writeable fields before you run the batch Try some of these options then press START to start the batch 5 A Batch Start Confirm dialog pops up which you configured in the batch file Enter your password e g space default into the Password field then hit OK The Batch Status screen appears which is also customised Notice that now the batch remains in the transitory STARTING state for an appreciable time This is because you have configured batch reporting Note If the batch then enters the FAILED state it is probably because you have forgotten to connect a storage media device ready for data logging Connect the device then press RESET Menu BATCH BATCHES to return to the Load Batch screen and start again Heat Profile dar jne PPE Te Batch Start IDLE File Name batch Recipe Name Batch Id Order number hotmix GBS80085 bso Customer ACME Mixer Corp Jim Bond 163 2662 Contact Our ref START RESET Figure
39. characters e g dbf will show only LIN database dbf continuous control files in the File menu Note Press the Extra Characters key Figure 1 1 then the Shift key to get to the asterisk character and other symbols 6 Press the yellow File lt filename gt to pop up a menu of filenames on the selected drive subject to any file filter you have specified Select and enter a file Its size is displayed in the Size field followed by the Free Space on the drive 7 To copy the selected file to another drive press COPY to pop up the Copy File window The destination drive and filename to be copied are displayed and could be edited if required Hit OK to execute the copy or CANCEL to abort 8 To delete the selected file press DELETE and then OK to confirm or CANCEL to abort HA029587 Chapter 1 Issue 1 Jul 07 Page 1 3 VISUAL SUPERVISOR TUTORIAL USER GUIDE 1 4 2 Using ELIN communications To set up the Computer for ELIN comms 1 Click A Start Settings Control Panel then double click LINOPC to pop up the Configured LIN Ports dialog 2 If needed add a new ELIN port To do this click Add select ELIN and hit OK to see the Edit ELIN Port dialog Data for ELIN Mame ELIN 01 W Enabled LIN Node Address SE gt Sync Time Reels selg Protocol Hame ELIN_O1 Use the Network Setup radio buttons to select ho Hour network adapters to use Fou only have a Device Single H d Host will be what ire F Sane aig
40. context menu 3 Adda new segment at the end of the program called Stand configured as a 2 minute Dwell If you ve forgotten how at the left of the window click on the blank End segment to highlight it then click the Insert Profile Segment toolbutton To edit a column in the new segment double click on it to pop up its Properties window Chapter 3 Creating a Setpoint Program section tells you how to edit setpoint programs 4 Modify the Heat Up segment to Ramp 4 00 per second to a value of 80 00 5 Modify the Cool Down segment to ramp down to a value of 20 00 instead of 0 00 Save the edited program under a new name e g program2 uys and download it to the Instrument Your finished setpoint program should look like Figure 4 5 M eprogramsuys Ioj x Duration profilei profile Heat Profile i O O0units ae FerooPp 000 01 00 Set to 0 000 Ramp 4 00per sec to 60 00 Soak 000 03 00 Owell G0 000 Ramp m0 S0per sec to 20 00 Stand 00 02 00 Dvvell 20 000 tid profile Figure 4 5 Modified setpoint program Chapter 4 HA029587 Page 4 12 Issue 1 Jul 07 VISUAL SUPERVISOR TUTORIAL USER GUIDE 4 4 3 Running the modified logging aplications 1 Stop and unload the currently running application press the Menu key then SYSTEM APPLN APP MGR STOP UNLOAD 2 Inthe Application Manager window select the new two group logging application then load and r
41. edit the Name fields in all blocks see Figure 8 1 When you ve carried out all necessary field edits save the modified PID loop strategy under a new name e g seq dbf HA029587 Chapter 8 Issue 1 Jul 07 Page 8 3 VISUAL SUPERVISOR TUTORIAL USER GUIDE Field Value PID pid Tl 5 00 PID pid HAA 80 00 PID pid LAA 20 00 AREA area ld 1 AREA area Group1 pidloop GROUP pidloop Update 10 GROUP pidloop Disp1 pid GROUP pidloop Chan1 PV_rerd GROUP pidloop Chan2 SP_rerd GROUP pidloop Chan3 OP_rerd SIM sim Lag 25 00 AREA area DisoMode H_Trend TRUE AREA area DisoMode V_Trend FALSE PID pid SelMode SelRem TRUE PID pid SelMode EnaRem TRUE PID pid Alarms HighAbs 1 PID pid Alarms LowAbs 1 PID pid Alarms HighDev 1 PID pid Alarms LowDev 1 SFC_CON sfc_con init False SFC_CON sfc_con Run True SFC_CON sfc_con load TRUE SFC_CON sfc_con FileName seq SFC_CON sfc_con DispBlk sfe_disp SFC_MON sfc_mon SfcBlock sfe_con SFC_MON sfc_mon Step_A Init SFC_MON sfc_mon Step_B Wait SFC_MON sfc_mon Step_C Heat_up SFC_MON sfc_mon Step_D Soak SFC_MON sfc_mon Step_E Cooldown SFC_MON sfc_mon Step_F Stand SFC_DISP sfc_disp SfcBlock sfe_con SFC_DISP sfc_disp Running TRUE Function Sets the PID integral time constant to 5 seconds to improve control in this simulated strategy Sets the pid block
42. figure shows the current process variable value and the lower feint figure shows the current setpoint value Digital setpoint faceplate Represents the Stirrer digital setpoint OPEN equals OFF Now line Programmed setpoints Marks the current moment in the preplot Preplot of the setpoint profiles contained in view 00 00 The past is to the left of the running setpoint program Heat Profile this line the future to the right Note the zoning of the two traces Figure 3 7 Preplot view of Heat Profile ZeroOP segment 4 Press the pane at the top left of the screen labelled RESET to pop up the Programmer menu You can also access this via the Menu key then PROGRAMMER Press PROGRAMS to see the Load Save Program window then File Name for a list of setpoint program files Select and enter the file you downloaded in step 2 PROGRAM 1 then LOAD it to RAM 5 Inthe Programmer menu press PREVIEW to see a preview of the Heat Profile setpoint program You can move the dotted cursor over the plot to see values and times and also the name of each segment displayed 6 Access the Programmer menu again and press RUN to start the setpoint program Then press PRE PLOT to see the Heat Profile preplot Figure 3 7 To the left of the central vertical now line is a realtime plot of PV and the programmed SP To the right is that part of the programmed setpoint st
43. i digitals and also their inclusion in the Ng i i i ili OR_DGCHP DR _ANCHP instrument s Preplot facility Urr Foo LGROUP log group block we Organise Category ee al Mu FW prog re preplot 4 Figure 4 4 Second log group added to the simulated strategy Chapter 4 HA029587 Page 4 10 Issue 1 Jul O7 VISUAL SUPERVISOR TUTORIAL USER GUIDE Source Destination SPP_EXT spp_ext Triggerd LGROUP Igroup Trigger PID pid Alarms HighAbs PID pid Alarms LowAbs DR_DGCHP HiAbs_rc CurrVal DR_DGCHP LoAbs_rc CurrVal Function Triggerd digital output from the SPP_EXT block into the Igroup block s Trigger input Triggerd is TRUE only when the setpoint program is running And for On Event logging data is logged only when Trigger is TRUE PID block s High Absolute alarm on PY into the HiAbs_rc DR_DGCHP block to enable the alarm to be data logged and also included in Instrument s Preplot facility PID block s Low Absolute alarm on PY into the LoAbs_rc DR_DGCHP block to enable the alarm to be data logged and also included in Instrument s Preplot facility Note Block type blockname field subfield format referring to Figure 4 1 Table 4 5 Extra wiring data for the two group logging strategy Field Value SPP_EXT spp_ext Trigger TRUE LOGDEV logdev Group2 diggroup LGROUP Igroup State TRIGGER LGROUP Igroup UpdateA 20 00 DR_DGCHP HiAbs_rc Colou
44. manage your Computer and Instrument files Note You can also use LINtools Engineering Studio to download the strategy or selected files to the Instrument Use the Files to be downloaded command to show the files that will be downloaded on request HA029587 Chapter 1 Issue 1 Jul O7 Page 1 5 VISUAL SUPERVISOR TUTORIAL USER GUIDE 1 4 3 Setting the IP Address Note For amore comprehensive description of IP Addresses refer to the ELIN User Guide Part no HAO82429 for details An instrument IP host will always need an IP Address this can be allocated either automatically or manually Which method and the allocated IP Address used will depend on any existing or planned networks Each instrument uses a one to one mapping of LIN Node Number to a single IP Address defined in the network unh file IP ADDRESS ELIN runs over Ethernet using IP Internet Protocol Instruments IP hosts are identified by an IP Address E Expressed in dotted decimal notation Example 192 168 111 222 E Actually represents a 4 byte 32 bit number Example OxCO A8 6F DE PORT NUMBER By default all ELIN instruments automatically use Port Number 49152 This is a configured port number in the Dynamic or Private port range that allows private access to the LIN Note For amore comprehensive description of Port Numbers refer to the ELIN User Guide Part no HAO8 amp 2429 for details ALLOCATION OF IP ADDRE
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46. point blocks DR_ANCHP P _rcrd OR _AN CHP oP_rcrd Recorder Category Law rced Edited to allow trending of the PID block s High and Low Absolute alarm levels Figure 5 1 Data logging plus recipe strategy simulated HA029587 Chapter 5 Issue 1 Jul O7 Page 5 1 VISUAL SUPERVISOR TUTORIAL USER GUIDE 5 1 1 Building the recipe strategy 1 Inthe LINtools Engineering Studio locate the required blocks as shown in Figure 5 1 The quickest way to do this is to open up the existing simulated data logging strategy as your starting point by double clicking its icon in Explorer view Note In this chapter you build the simulated recipe strategy directly starting from the simulated data logging strategy you created in Chapter 4 shown in Figure 4 2 2 Inthe existing strategy delete the blocks associated with setpoint programming which you won t be needing for this part of the tutorial These are the five blocks named spp_ctrl spp_ramp spp_dig stirrer and preplot Then add a RCP_SET and a RCP_LINE block from the Batch category as shown in Figure 5 1 3 Rename the two spare DR_ANCHP blocks which will now be used to trend the PID block s high and low absolute alarm levels 4 Wire up the new blocks according to Table 5 1a which as usual lists all the necessary strategy connections for completeness in case you are starting from scratch Source Destination Functio
47. possibility of losing logging data 2 5 5 Adding notes to the alarm history If you want to add a short note to the alarm history do this Press the alarm pane then NOTE to pop up the Add Note dialog Press the yellow 16 character field and enter your message Press OK The note appears in the alarm history along with its data and time of entry Chapter 2 HA029587 Page 2 12 Issue 1 Jul O7 VISUAL SUPERVISOR TUTORIAL USER GUIDE CHAPTER 3 SETPOINT PROGRAMMING This chapter shows you how to add Setpoint Programming functionality to the simple PID loop strategy you built in Chapter 2 You also test run a simulation version of the strategy and try out some of the Instrument s Programmer features The main topics covered are mM Adding programming to the PID strategy E Creating a setpoint program E Testing the programmer strategy The Setpoint Programming editor is a graphical programming tool that lets you create setpoint programs and recipes for the ICP Industrial Control Package setpoint programmer It is part of the LINtools Engineering Studio suite of software for configuring LIN instruments The editor outputs a complete setpoint program in compact binary format as a single UYS file ready for direct downloading to the target ICP 3 1 WHAT IS SETPOINT PROGRAMMING Many applications need to vary temperature or a process value with time Such applications need a control that varies a setpoint as a function
48. rather than having to start it by hand as you did earlier in this Chapter This is easy to arrange just have all the recipes download a TRUE value to the SFC_CON block s Run field To achieve these aims you can modify the recipe set in two ways E Edit the uyr file you created in Chapter 6 directly in a text editor e g Notepad mM Edit the recipe set in the Visual Supervisor via the Recipe Edit utility This way may take longer but is less likely to introduce errors In either case you must save the edited recipe file as seq uyr so that it will be automatically called by the batch file seq uyb EDITING THE RECIPE FILE DIRECTLY To do this 1 Open up the recipe file in a text editor it was probably called batch uyr in Chapter 6 2 Carefully edit the file to get the result shown in Figure 8 8 the version number date time and user name contained in line two don t matter Save the file as seq uyr Note If you get a recipe error message when you run the application in the Visual Supervisor it will almost certainly be due to a typing error in the edited recipe file ij SEQ UYR Notepad E B x File Edit Format Help UYR 1 21 l5 03 02 10 10 21 ENGINEER 20 poetpoint 1 hotmix warmmix coolmix hiahs pid H44 100 0000 76 00000 51 00000 loabs pid L44 98 00000 74 00000 49 00000 hidev pid HD4 10 00000 5 000000 2 000000 lodey pid LD4 10 00000 5 000000 2 000000
49. referring to Figure 4 2a Table 4 2 Values for non default block fields in the logging strategy HA029587 Chapter 4 Issue 1 Jul 07 Page 4 5 VISUAL SUPERVISOR TUTORIAL USER GUIDE 4 3 TESTING THE DATA LOGGING STRATEGY As for the setpoint programming strategy in Chapter 3 you can test out the data logging strategy using a SIM block to simulate plant behaviour Figure 4 2a shows the slightly modified strategy Eycon 10 SIM E10_03 z m A mnl LOGDE V logdew a e F _ PID 0 EE meal z LGROUP group ef a k OF ALARM dr_alarm OR_ANCHP a OF_rcerd re DPR AN HP Py_rcrd DR _ANCHF SP_rcrd DPF _AN CHP SP_prog SPP_CTRL SPP FARF if a PiY_prog re oilers DR _DGCHP cate Sspp_d1q stirrer re prep lat Th Figure 43a Modified data logging strategy for testing 4 3 1 Modifying the data logging strategy 1 Delete the wire between the AI_UIO PV block and the PID block 2 Place a SIM simulation block on the worksheet as shown in Figure 4 3a 3 Wire the SIM OP field into the PID PV input and PID OP into SIM PV This forms a closed loop indicated by the small red circle 4 Name the SIM block edit its Lag1 field to 25 0 and save the modified data logging strategy e g as logging1 dbf Leave NoiseMax at the default 0 0 4 3 2 Running the logging application To run the logging simulation strategy and try out some of instrument s data logging features do the following 1 Downloa
50. report with Start and Stop sections 9 Now at the Visual Supervisor on the Batch Status screen press RESET to reset the batch then Menu BATCH BATCHES Select and LOAD the BATCH file and press START Confirm the batch start with your password and OK 10 When the batch is running press ABORT to get the batch state to ABORTED Now inspect the batch report for this batch in the Computer You will see that this time it includes a Start report and an Abort report but no Stop report HA0229587 Issue 1 Jul OZ Chapter 6 Page 6 15 VISUAL SUPERVISOR TUTORIAL USER GUIDE 6 6 WHAT NEXT In Chapter 7 User Screens you will add a user screen to your batch application so that you can see graphically what is happening to the batch After that in Chapter 8 Sequences you can have a go at creating a simple sequence SFC to drive the batch engine instead of using a setpoint program In this approach the sequence steps define the batch phases This is more work but gives you a lot more flexibility very useful in certain applications Chapter 6 HA029587 Page 6 16 Issue 1 Jul O7 VISUAL SUPERVISOR TUTORIAL USER GUIDE CHAPTER 7 USER SCREENS 7 1 In this chapter you try out the User Screen Editor and create a simple user screen to enhance the batch application developed in the previous chapter You also configure an operator message linked to the batch operation and further custo
51. strategy created in Chapter 3 you need only edit the fields below the dashed line in Table 6 2 You must also edit the Name fields in all blocks according to Figure 6 1 if you wish When you ve carried out all necessary field edits save the modified batch strategy again Field Value PID pid Tl 5 00 PID pid HAA 80 00 PID pid LAA 20 00 PID pid Alarms LowAbs 1 PID pid Alarms HighAbs 1 PID pid Alarms HighDev 1 PID pid Alarms LowDev 1 SIM sim Lag 25 00 AREA area ld 1 AREA area Group1 pidloop AREA area Group2 preplot GROUP pidloop Update 10 GROUP pidloop Disp1 pid GROUP pidloop Chan1 PV_rerd GROUP pidloop Chan2 SP_rerd GROUP pidloop Chan3 OP_rerd GROUP preplot Update 10 GROUP preplot Diso spp_ramp GROUP preplot Chan PV_prog AREA area DisoMode H_Trend TRUE AREA area DisoMode V_Trend FALSE PID pid SelMode SelRem TRUE PID pid SelMode EnaRem TRUE GROUP preplot Chan2 SP_prog GROUP preplot Chan3 null RCP_SET mixers FileName mixers RCP_SET mixers Line line1 SIM sim NoiseMax 0 00 DR_LANCHP SP_prog ZoneA_LO 0 00 DR_ANCHP PV_prog ZoneA_LO 0 00 Function Sets the PID integral time constant to 5 seconds to improve control in this simulated strategy Sets the pid block s PV output high absolute alarm at 80 Sets the pid block s PV output low absolute alarm at 20 Enables t
52. the Batch line Table 7 3 and their Variable properties according to Table 7 4 Note You may want to make the Time now text a different colour e g black to distinguish this readout from the others TSE SEE 1 Drag a box round the completed Batch pelaa first line Release the mouse button to a select both items Patch HEHHEHE XXX 2 Copy Ctrl C and paste Ctrl V the first line then ae nudge the superimposed copy downwards to form a a EH atch mrtkXKERK EH Ke second duplicate line 3 Deselect all items by sede on a clear part Batch XXXXRKXXX a of the screen Click the Text tool then click to the me 2 PE left of the colon to insert a text cursor there Gat cht eeeEEE A Delete Batch by backspacing then type Batch 96 96 96 96 96 96 96 96 36 38 in State instead Edit the readout s Text om ym Variable properties for the new line btatela teeeeeeeex Figure 7 5 Creating a second readout line using copy and paste Graphic Variable Name State readout LIN Variable bat_ctrl State Phase readout Instrument Variable _SPP_SEG_S Recipe readout LIN Variable Mixers Filepath Time now readout Instrument Variable _TIME Table 7 4 The user screen batch status readouts HA029587 Chapter 7 Issue 1 Jul O7 Page 7 11 VISUAL SUPERVISOR TUTORIAL USER GUIDE 7 2 7 Completing the user screen To complete the Mixer Vat user screen you nee
53. the Instrument using the LINtools Engineering Studio Using this application you will be able to E Explore the Group display and PID block faceplate E Look at realtime and historic trend displays E Inspect database fields Note In this example the PID loop runs locally in the Instrument using a PID LIN function block However you may prefer to run the loop remotely in a T2550 I O Subsystem In this case you must configure I O category function blocks AI_UIO and AO_UIO blocks to run in the Visual Supervisor instrument communicating with the configured T2550 loop s The main topics covered in this chapter are E Opening the LINtools Engineering Studio E Creating the PID control loop strategy E Testing the PID loop simulation strategy E Looking at alarms 2 1 OPENING LINTOOLS ENGINEERING STUDIO The LINtools Engineering Studio window is where you create and edit LIN Databases LIN Sequences and LIN Actions From this window you can access the LIN Database on both the Computer or the Live instrument Note The strategies created during this tutorial are created for the Eycon10 but instructions and principles are also applicable to the Eycon20 1 Inthe 4 Start menu select Programs gt gt LINtools Engineering Studio A blank configuration window opens Note The denotes the default installation path If launching a new instance of this software a Get Me Started wizard will appear
54. the first step click the Step tool amp to load the cursor with a step symbol Click the loaded cursor near the top of the editor window to paste down a step The first step to be pasted is always an initial step with a double outlined border and is labelled STEP1 by default You ll rename the steps later 2 Place five more steps below the first spaced out a bit more generously than those shown in Figure 8 2 An invisible grid helps you align the steps To move a step simply drag it with the mouse but avoid clicking on its wire symbol see Figure 8 2 To delete a step click it to highlight it then press lt Delete gt Tip To place a series of steps hold down the lt Ctrl gt key as you paste a step down This leaves the cursor still loaded and ready to paste more steps lt Esc gt unloads the cursor 3 If required adjust the positions of the steps so that they align nicely in a vertical column Leave a gap of just over one step height between each of your steps to make sufficient room for the wire and transition symbol Note The invisible snap to grid allows the gap between steps to be either just under or just over one step height Use the larger spacing to avoid a mess later on 8 2 2Wiring up the steps Now connect up the steps with wires to specify the order in which the states are adopted 1 Locate the cursor over the first top most step s wire symbol at the lower righ
55. the setpoint data which are completely independent of the setpoint program displays and in particular may have different colour schemes HA029587 Chapter 3 Issue 1 Jul O7 Page 3 9 VISUAL SUPERVISOR TUTORIAL USER GUIDE 3 4 TESTING THE PROGRAMMER STRATEGY As for the PID loop in Chapter 2 you can quickly test out the programmer strategy using a SIM block to simulate plant behaviour Figure 3 6 shows the slightly modified strategy 3 4 1 Modifying the programmer strategy 1 Delete the wire between the AI_UIO PV block and the PID block 2 Place a SIM simulation block on the worksheet as shown in Figure 3 6 3 Wire the SIM OP field into the PID PV input and PID OP into SIM PV This forms a closed loop indicated by the small red circle 4 Name the SIM block and edit both its NoiseMax and Lag fields to 25 0 5 Save the modified programmer strategy under a different name Eycorn 1Lo E10_03 a AL_UIO AO_UIO Pi OP z z 2 Z z OR __ AN HF OP_rcrd re OF _AN HP PY _rcrd re OR AN HP SP_rcerd i DOR _ANCHP SP_proag SPP_CTRL if l SPP_RAMP E am EH DR _ANCHF PW prog at seeks DF HP incre spp_d1q stirrer re preploat Te Figure 3 6 Modified programmer strategy for testing 3 4 2 Running the application To run the programmer simulation strategy and try out some of the Instrument s programmer features do the following 1 Copy the saved modified simulation strategy file to the Instrument
56. to change the shape of the circle ellipse Place a text variable field on the graphic and link it to pid PV to act as a temperature readout Add a degC text legend below the graphic a el ee a e a Figure 7 4 Drawing the vat 6 Click the Selection tool then right click a line and in its Properties dialog set the line weight to 3 Repeat for the other two lines 7 To make the circular top of the vat fit the sides better first click the Grid Settings toolbutton Hl and uncheck the Snap to grid tickbox Hit OK Then click on the circle and drag the side handle to the right or left to adjust its width Nudge the selected object horizontally or vertically using the Computer s arrow keys to get a satisfactory result Chapter 7 HA029587 Page 7 8 Issue 1 Jul O7 VISUAL SUPERVISOR TUTORIAL USER GUIDE 7 2 2Creating the vat contents 1 Select the Rectangle tool o and draw a rectangle to lie just inside the lower part of the vat graphic see Figure 7 4 Click the Selection tool then right click the rectangle and select Properties In the Appearance page set the Weight to 0 tick the Object is filled box and set the Background Fill to Pastel green In the Colour attribute page s Variable selection area tick the Colour change box select the LIN variable radio button and type pid PV in the Name box Note that the red cross becomes a green ti
57. transition bar upwards to be level with the existing IDLE to Wait transition Now wire from Wait to ABORT Tidy up the wire as in the previous step so that its vertical segment lies exactly over the previous wire and its transition bar is about level with the existing Wait to Heat_up transition Wire up the remaining steps to the ABORT step After tidying your abort wiring should look something like that in Figure 8 11 Double click one of the new transitions and type in the following expression or use the ST prompter to help you bat ctrl State ABORTED OR bat ctrl State FAILED This expression becomes TRUE if the batch enters the ABORTED or the FAILED state So under these conditions the sequence will jump to the ABORT step from any of the other six steps which is what we require Copy and paste this transition expression into the other five new transitions ACTIONS ASSOCIATED WITH THE ABORT STEP When the ABORT step is entered we want to zero and inhibit the timer and stop and initialise the sequence It would also be useful to zero the remote PID setpoint We already have actions that do two of these things zerotime and stopsequ but we need a new action to zero the remote SP To create this new action 1 In the sequence editor window click the Make Action tool to pop up a Make Action dialog Type in a Name for the text action zeroSP Type in or use the ST p
58. up to 16 display type amp 16 A data recording analogue channel point block recorder channel blocks with a Group and Allow flash recording trending of a database enables the instrument Group display floating point value Note For more detailed LIN Block information refer to the LIN Blocks Reference Manual Figure 2 2a Simple PID control loop strategy Chapter 2 HA029587 Page 2 2 Issue 1 Jul O7 VISUAL SUPERVISOR TUTORIAL USER GUIDE 2 2 1 Placing the function blocks CREATE THE T2550 PID CONTROL LOOP STRATEGY 1 In the Function Block Template Palette pull down the Library menu and select T2550 Ensure the defined version corresponds to your instrument The Configuration Header blocks associated with this instrument appear Drag the header block onto the worksheet and position approximately as shown in Figure 2 2 Note If the instrument folder was created using the New Instrument wizard the Header block will already exist Select the Control function block category and drag a PID block onto the worksheet Now select the I O Input Output category and place the AI_UIO and AO_UIO blocks In a real situation you may want to select different I O blocks depending on your particular application and T2550 hardware Change each block name as shown in the image below Note If the T2550 LIN Database file already exists these blocks can be dragged to the Eycon dbf file automatically creating cached blocks Oth
59. variable PV sourced from the PID block into DR ANCHP block to enable trending amp Instrument s Preplot facility SPP_DIG spp_dig Out BitO DR_DGCHP stirrer CurrVal digital setpoint generated by the locally running setpoint program into DR_DGCHP block to enable trending amp Instrument s Preplot facility Note Block type blockname field subfield format referring to Figure 3 1 Table 3 1 Strategy wiring data Note The Configuration Header block and the AREA GROUP and SPP_CTRL blocks do not need to be wired They are associated with other blocks by setting field values see next Chapter 3 HA029587 Page 3 4 Issue 1 Jul O7 VISUAL SUPERVISOR TUTORIAL USER GUIDE 3 2 2 Editing the block fields Table 3 2 lists the fields that should as a minimum be edited from their default values For completeness all such fields are shown in the table including those edited in the original PID loop strategy Note that you must also edit the Name fields in all blocks according to Figure 3 1 if you wish Note In the table the fields below the dashed line are new so you need only edit these if you are starting from the PID loop strategy created in Chapter 2 You can get help with editing function block fields in LINtools by pressing lt F1 gt while a text cursor appears in a field Field Value Function PID pid Tl 5 00 PID pid LAA 20 00 PID pid Alarms LowAbs 1 AREA area ld
60. 1 PV_prog GROUP preplot Chan2 stirrer GROUP preplot Chan3 SP_prog GROUP preplot Chan4 HiAbs_re GROUP preplot Chan5 LoAbs_re DR_ANCHP SP_prog ZoneA_LO 11 DR_ ANCHP PV_prog ZoneA_LO 11 DR_DGCHP stirrer ZoneA_HI 10 Sets the PID integral time constant to 5 seconds to improve control Sets the pid block s PV output low absolute alarm at 20 Enables the low absolute alarm on the pid block s PV output Allocates area number only Area 1 currently implemented No OVERVIEW appears in the Instrument unless an area number is allocated Assigns the pidloop GROUP block to this area This specifies that pidloop will appear in the OVERVIEW and enables data recording for this group Assigns the preplot GROUP block to this area This specifies that pidloop will appear in the OVERVIEW and enables data recording for this group Specifies the recording sample rate seconds for the pidloop group The default rate of zero disables recording Specities the PID block pid as the source of the data that will be displayed in the faceplate and trends for the pidloop group Assigns the recorder channel block PV_rcrd to channel 1 of the pidloop recording group Assigns the recorder channel block SP_rcrd to channel 2 of the pidloop recording group Assigns the recorder channel block OP_rcrd to channel 3 of the pidloop recording group Specifies the recor
61. 1 2 Subnet 255 255 255 0 DetautGateway General LIN Instrument Instrument Options Network Settings Protocol Hame To display the Instrument Properties dialog select the Properties command after selecting the Instrument Folder in an appropriate Explorer view Select the Network Settings page and press the Upload Current Settings button This will connect to the Live instrument and automatically populate all the parameters on this and the Instrument Options page When the applicable parameters have been edited use the OK button to confirm the changes This will also display a request to update the Instrument parameters Chapter 1 HA029587 Page 1 8 Issue 1 Jul O7 VISUAL SUPERVISOR TUTORIAL USER GUIDE 1 5 MANAGING APPLICATIONS Once you have created a LIN strategy in your Computer and downloaded it to the Instrument you must load and run the application To carry out these and other operations on an application you use the inbuilt Application Manager Note Applications can also be managed via LINtools by simply connecting to the instrument and using the Online Instrument Status dialog to stop the application open a different strategy and download and run it in the instrument To access and use this utility 1 Ifno application is loaded press the Menu key then APP MGR to see the Application Manager window Otherwise press the Menu key then SYSTEM APPLN then APP MGR
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63. 10 22 31 0 0 24 01 02 10 22 41 3 0 i due to DR_ALARM 24 01 02 10 22 51 8 2 4 block 24 01 02 10 23 01 12 5 7 24 01 02 10 23 11 15 8 9 24 01 02 10 Default number format past 022933 31 20 13 14 zero decimal places 24 01 02 10 23 41 22 16 17 Select other logging formats via the 24 01 02 10 23 51 24 18 19 DR_ANCHP block s Format field zaf01 02 10 24 01 CLEaR pid Lowabs 24 01 02 10 24 01 27 21 22 a Figure 4 3b Example log file ASCII Text Date Time format Chapter 4 HA029587 Page 4 8 Issue 1 Jul O7 VISUAL SUPERVISOR TUTORIAL USER GUIDE 10 11 12 13 Leave the logging going for a minute or two then press Menu LOGGING Make a note of the current time shown near the top left of the Instrument screen then press OFF LINE and remove the storage device While data logging continues the data is held in the internal buffer store The exact amount depends on how much data is being logged in this case several minutes of data will be buffered Insert the storage device into your Computer and examine the contents so far You should see a single log file called e g lgroup asc Open the file in a text editor such as Notepad or as a csv file in a spreadsheet e g Excel Figure 4 3b shows the sort of contents you should see When you ve finished examining the log file re insert the storage device into the Instrument and press MONITOR to resume logging to storage device You may have to wait a few moments to see any s
64. 6 10 The customised Batch Start screen 6 You will notice some storage media device activity as the Start report is being generated and written to disk After a delay the batch enters the RUNNING state and the start date time and customised phase name is displayed If you let the batch progress you will see the different phase names appear in the status screen 7 Skip to the end of the batch press the top left setpoint program pane then SKIP repeatedly until the program is IDLE The batch state is now COMPLETE Chapter 6 HA029587 Page 6 14 Issue 1 Jul O7 VISUAL SUPERVISOR TUTORIAL USER GUIDE 8 At the Computer explore the report contents Open up the report in Notepad Figure 6 11 shows the sort of thing you might see If you compare this with the form file see Figure 6 9 you will see that the Start report and the Stop report sections have been used No Abort report appears because you did not abort the batch Try this next Note The Recipe field is read from the LIN block Mixers Filepath field This is effectively a spare string field to which the recipe downloads its name id in the recipe set shown in Table 6 3 Figure 6 1 1 Avera o File Edit Format Help START REPORT 16 19 32 26 02 02 Batch OOO00eT2 Actual temperature 20 01 F temperature 20 00 STOP REPORT 16 20 31 26 02 02 Recipe coolmix Actual temperature aF tCeMperature 0 00 zi A batch
65. 8 2 8 12 SFC MON block stcccanidtinenucedtcnsnetccantacnumcsnisavansnnene 8 2 8 12 TUTE E A E E ET 1 2 SIM block generating pseudo random noise cecseseeeeeeeeeeeeeees 2 6 using to simulate plant behaviour ccccecceeeeteteeeeteees 2 6 IIR ane E E 6 6 a AAEE E E ET E E 8 2 1 Skipping Phase subresti iasa riS 7 14 POU senese ennor E 2 8 Small PORE seere n r NE 8 24 EE oA Ee EITE E E A E E TA rte 7 8 8 6 SP setpoint acy cose epee eeaine st sataaoesnecmie se semooeennnen vee seecueeeeouasoens 2 8 Space CMGI CCI ass tee contin oas iaaio 6 13 Specific Sequence Editor viconndasgreasnesdsleasonnonwedichewsceniececudieed 8 5 SPP_CTRL setpoint programmer control block cccceeeeeeeteeeeeeees 3 3 SPP_DIG setpoint programmer digital block cc ccceeeeeeeeeeeeeeees 3 3 SPP_EXT Beers foe aers sate ce onsen Sen ctem de etaee scene ace etna deans 4 10 setpoint programmer extension block cceeeeeeeeee 4 10 SPP_RAMP setpoint programmer local ramp block 0c00eeeeeeeees 3 3 Square brackets ne nnn ee eee 6 13 8 24 ST PIOMBISl prsysricat cona mejanprencertncahet siea iE 8 8 Sais does eee esa eect ioe pet A ET 8 7 8 24 AART e E sets 1 9 IOI REDO A E E A A 6 13 STARING SfE sipniende eii hrie yer ee nee ip 6 13 State of the batch engine sssec sks cteaenesdeteaeinceoecdtencevece ene iat 6 6 State changes events ccccccecceececeeeeeeeeeeeeassesaeaeeeeeeeees 8 SVN stg ID
66. CurrVal PID pid PV SPP_RAMP spp_ramp PV PID pid OP SIM sim PV SIM sim OP PID pid PV SPP_RAMP spp_ramp Out PID pid RemoteSP SPP_RAMP spp_ramp Out DR_ANCHP SP_prog CurrVal SPP_RAMP spp_ramp PV DR_ANCHP PV_prog CurrVal SPP_CTRL spp_ctrl CurrSeg BAT_CTRL bat_ctrl CurPhase PID pid Alarms HighAbs AND4 and ln_1 PID pid Alarms HighDev AND4 and ln_2 AND4 and Out PNL_MSG pnl_msg Trigger PNL_MSG pnl_msg Response ABORT PULSE pulse ln PULSE pulse Out BAT_CTRL bat_ctrl CmndFlg ABORT PID block s high absolute alarm output into the AND4 block s first logic input PID block s high deviation alarm output into the AND4 block s second logic input If and only if both inputs are high TRUE the block s output is high AND4 block s logic output into the PNL_MSG block s Trigger input A high input triggers a predefined message which joins a message queue PNL_MSG block s ABORT response output into the PULSE block s input which triggers a 1 second rectangular output pulse A pulse is used because the ABORT bit latches high until Trigger is re asserted PULSE block s 1 second output pulse into the BAT_CTRL block s ABORT command input This puts the batch engine into the transitory ABORTING state Note Block type blockname field subfield format referring to Figure 7 1 New wiring is listed below the dashed line Table 7 1 Batch messaging Strategy wiring data Not
67. D the file 4 Inthe Recipe popup press EDIT to see the MIXERS edit table with the four recipes you configured earlier To add another line to the recipe set press the Option key repeatedly until ADD LINE appears at the foot of the page Note The ADD LINE key is active only if there is an unassigned RCP_LINE block in the associated LIN database Otherwise it is greyed out unavailable 5 Press ADD LINE A figure 1 appears at the bottom right corner of the recipe pane denoting that line 1 is now on display in the edit table 1 is the default line name Press the cell containing RCP to pop up the recipe file properties dialog and edit the default Line 1 to a more meaningful name e g vat1 OK your edit vatl now appears in the recipe pane 6 Press the Down key to scroll to the line 2 edit table This is blank apart from the variable and recipe names because you have not yet assigned tag references to the variables Edit the default line name to vat2 as in step 5 HA029587 Chapter 5 Issue 1 Jul 07 Page 5 9 VISUAL SUPERVISOR TUTORIAL USER GUIDE 7 Now assign the new tag references Press the temp cell to pop up its Properties dialog Edit Verify to YES and edit the blank Tag Reference SP to pid2 sl Remember tag references are not case sensitive OK your edits Note that the temp variable s existing recipe values now appear in the table Figure 5 6
68. DARN annel 11 VL f L P Nf NZ dhe N d BNRSaNSNG A Ala La YA VA 4 d r fi 2fOFf02 11 15 17 12707702 11 19 04 f 2fO F702 11 19 21 L Figure 4 8 Review Software showing uhh log file HA029587 Chapter 4 Issue 1 Jul O7 Page 4 15 VISUAL SUPERVISOR TUTORIAL USER GUIDE Intentionally left blank Chapter 4 HA029587 Page 4 16 Issue 1 Jul O7 VISUAL SUPERVISOR TUTORIAL USER GUIDE CHAPTER 5 RECIPE CONTROL This chapter assumes you have purchased the Instrument s Recipe option and shows you how to add Recipe functionality to the data logging strategy you built in Chapter 4 You test run simulations of the strategy and try out some recipe features Recipes can be used in many applications the data logging application is chosen here simply as a convenient starting point The Recipe functionality is used to control the parameters that change based on the product or formula e g reaction time The main sections are m Adding Recipes to the data logging strategy M Running the recipe application mM Adding a second line to the application E Running the two line recipe application Recipe functionality provides the Instrument with a set of LIN function block field names variables with a particular value assigned to each e g if the recipe is for one or more identical paint mixing lines it would include setpoint values representing the amounts of each pi
69. Default Path a states shown LOAD RESET command destination state a ee ed ae E KESET user configured for each batch erminating states snown shaded with bold outline EEE Abbreviated to RESTART STAT in the parameter list N STARTING _ _ N 7 RUNNING ABORT HOLD Hone ABORT i ABORTING FAILED COMPLETED ABORTED RESET RESET RESET Figure 6 4 Batch engine state diagram HA0229587 Chapter 6 Issue 1 Jul 07 Page 6 7 VISUAL SUPERVISOR TUTORIAL USER GUIDE Try running the batch again to check out the operation of the state diagram 1 From the COMPLETE state press RESET to get the batch engine into the RESET state This is the only possibility see Figure 6 4 The Batch Status screen appears You can see from the state diagram that the only route out of the RESET state is to LOAD the batch again To do this press the Menu key then BATCH BATCHES File Name field and select BATCH Now you can press the LOAD button which gets the batch into the IDLE state according to the diagram In this state the Batch Start screen appears In the Batch Start screen you have two possibilities START and RESET SAVE AS does not affect the batch state Figure 6 4 shows where each of these leads Press START to move to the RUNNING state Now try pressing HOLD The batch passes very rapidly through the transitory HOLDING state you won t notice this into the HELD state Note that the program pane sho
70. Halfway through the Wait phase 4 When the batch is well into the Soak phase press the batch pane then HOLD The batch pane turns yellow and indicates the HELD state Notice that the batch remains indefinitely in this state even after the 120 second soak time is over Check that the sequence has also been put into its Hold state by looking at the sfc_con block s Hold field which should be TRUE Press Menu SYSTEM APPLN FB MGR sfc_con 5 Restart the batch by pressing the batch pane then RESTART The sequence restarts as well and the batch resumes running at the cooldown phase Press the SKIP button to jump to the 90 second stand phase and let the batch proceed to the COMPLETE state 6 Now test the abort function Reset the batch by pressing the batch pane then RESET RESET BATCHES Load the SEQ batch again then select and start the coolmix recipe View the user screen 7 Skip the Wait phase if you are impatient and watch the progress of the batch During the Soak phase the usual operator message is flagged by the flashing in the Alarm banner Press the banner then MESSAGES to see the Batch has become unstable warning Press the ABORT button The batch aborts as indicated in the red batch pane Confirm that the sequence has also stopped running and has been initialised Inspect the sfc_con block Run is FALSE and Jnit is TRUE Congratulations You have created a full
71. I CIC eh S eie eno so EN 2 8 M M Message dictionary entry cccceseeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeees 7 13 NAOT ae E A AE EATE aneeseen 2 8 Make ACh ON sassnunaie enesenn born EE iE OENAR 8 22 Make Acton 100 lla scdiaisnnaconsenedsnsastiyarhetsenentavesahstuarnctiuperse Eei 8 7 Manual mode mtestnooerscens canna ce qosnsiacensnteanoectaeteamnatauatocnmesenies 2 8 Medid o ZE eee net E E cee Re ee 4 8 ETN KOY Scares cenaiees seanecsacensassoeacese tose ceneoaeaeesenteeeaee 1 1 Messages adding to the user dictionarydictionary 0000000e 7 13 DYNES SION aa n abs eee ores E NE een seared 7 strategy field values d 22 cxccascatheandeapeecnonteeadeseateemteragnedeeuns 7 5 Mixer Vat user screen esssssnsessssererresseoressreerrssesrrene 7 12 MIXER UYR recipe set file in Excel spreadsheet 5 7 MIXERS recipe set data initial cccccccccceeeeeeeeeeeeeeees 5 5 MIXERS recipe set edit table spat co vececaseveeranccadeaduercpeaeatatenrs 5 5 MONIO wssznice vticoltorisrainae sanciuninsaianatareemeasoonssceesqndaansnsanecsoees 3 13 Move Up Down dacrosiescatants sserepccadetederenndsusioncte waceepiesertoats 8 9 Index Page Index 3 VISUAL SUPERVISOR TUTORIAL USER GUIDE N N Normal ocicsnse sac cucecese see sestecats eeens 8 9 Name of new Page Set seticshcc nx cmacdeleacenasetiesiaisoneideesteseaestars 7 6 Hame Type green ree etary ern rie r R Ooty sere ery reer 4 7 Network unh file
72. K your selections Graphic Object Properties Batch Text ltem Appearance Line Text Dark green Fill Background Pastel green Text Font name Medium Alignment Right Batch readout Text Variable Item Variable LIN Variable Name bat _ctrl Batchld Appearance Line Text Blue Fill Background Pastel green Text Font name Medium Alignment Left Table 7 3 Text Item Properties for the Batch graphic Note Giving every object a pastel green fill background will match the pastel green background you will be adding to the whole user screen 3 Position both legend and readout below the bargraphs and align them as shown in Figure 7 5 item 1 Drag a box round both items to select them then do a copy and paste Ctrl C then Ctrl V The copy is exactly superimposed over the original 4 Nudge the still selected copy downwards using the down arrow cursor key to create a second line which will be nicely aligned beneath the first item 2 in the figure 5 Edit the new line s text item to State To do this deselect the items by clicking on a clear area of the screen then click the Text tool and click in the text item to insert a text cursor to the left of the colon character item 3 in the figure Backspace out the Batch legend and type in State instead 6 Repeat this procedure to create the remaining text items and readouts Configure their Text Item properties font colour etc as for
73. LOGGING STRATEGY o oo cece cccssesstteeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeees 5 1 5 1 1 Building the recipe strategy crrr n inven Sai airbag nda denna van a aban 5 2 5 12 Editing the block TeS acre ssesa estos nis ncn nenn ee rn on nnn aaa ESEESE psonamandwonenansnatanioonit 5 2 RUNNING THE RECIPE APPLICATION scscscaotssacasesusssevetepssosstonosesedaastaseteassepssosesenotecasaaatsaesenesesesese 5 4 5 2 1 C a E o E 5 4 2 2 Downloading TECIPSS c5 sass ivsh iets sase dose iece seneissaivoaiaaaaneeieclauss gush iaeh duas auahdussuebducbasanivasavaadestnasout 5 6 5 2 3 Looking at the recipe set uyr file 22cc cescccsssosssndotesasacntonstoonssibosabasaieiudecdierenasidesatacddadeteccdcore 5 7 ADDING A SECOND LINE TO THE APPLICATION 06 isssivesnes ccenasawesiencncwcsiencteunsienatenaticactieneteunsonssesasent 5 8 5 3 1 Addme a second loop tO Me SEFALE OY correria ESEE 5 8 a Pe Adding a second line to the MIXERS recipe Set ccccccccccececceceeeeeessesseseeeceeeeeeeeeeeeeeaas 5 9 RUNNING THE TWO LINE RECIPE APPLICATION ccccccccccccccccccceeseseeeeesnnneeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeegs 5 11 BATCH CONTROL 0000000 OOOOOOHHHOHHHHHHHHHHHHHHOHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHOHHHHHHHOHHHHHHHHHHOHHHHHHHHHHH8OCO 6 1 6 1 6 2 6 3 6 4 6 5 6 6 MODIFYING THE PROGRAMMER STRATEGY FOR BATCH ceeeecceeesssccccceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeees 6 1 6 1 1 Building the batch strategy cc cccssssssssseeecceeeeeeeeeaaeeeeeeesseeeeeeeeeeeeeeeasaaeesessseeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeaas 6
74. NE Logging recording terminated Logging Determines when the medium may be accessed for logging ON Enables logging to medium OFF Disables logging to medium On Event Allows LOGDEV s Trigger digital input to enable disable logging Free space on medium kB in Logging Monitor window in LOGDEV Free Time Freelime Logging time remaining at current rate hh mm ss in Logging Monitor window hours in LOGDEV block Table 4 4 Logging Monitor and LOGDEV block equivalent fields 8 To give your Instrument something more interesting to log start the setpoint program by pressing the top left programming pane to pop up the Programmer window then PROGRAMS In the File Name field select your setpoint program e g PROGRAM and press LOAD In the Programmer window again press RUN then PRE PLOT to watch the program s progress Instrument and fj group asc Notepad a O x logging channels File Edit Format Help redo O1 02 03 DD SMM YY HA MM SS 0 Te Events earo rs UP_rcrd PY rord 8SP_rord Column feuz l0 20 42 Database Loaded headings 24 01 02 10 20 42 latahbase Restart 24 01 02 10 20 435 ACTIVE pid LowA bs 24 01 02 10 20 51 FROGRAMI LNaded 24 01 02 10 21 34 Heat Proftile tun 24 01 02 10 21 46 0 0 24 01 02 10 21 51 0 0 Records 0 dea 01 02 l 22 01 at 10 second inter 24 01 7 02 10 22 11 0 0 0 vals in this example alris l0 iial 0 0 i Alarme 24 01 02
75. Note The default qualifier N Normal runs an action repeatedly as long as the associated step is active i e once every database iteration If you want to see what the other qualifiers do access the LINtools help file by pressing lt F1 gt and look up Action qualifiers in the Index Contents x ep a H ka Evoz0 10 A Ah Epc20_ 10 Default DE E Ez seq E ROOT Chart IOLE p E zerotime T ext E wait Text E heatup Tent Pa Step IDLE Comment Hame DE Initial True Action Type Qualifier Duratio ROT Chart M Mormal bs Figure 8 6 Associating an action with the IDLE step Contents x ae a Ria Eyc20_ 10 A dh Eye20_10 Default DE E seg E ROOT Chart IDLE p a EJ zerotime Text wait T ext EJ heatup Test Step IDLE Bane Hame IDLE Initial True Action Type Qualifier Duration zerotime Text F Initial 3 Figure 8 7 Associating an action with the IDLE step 5 That s the only action associated with the IDLE step Now click the Wait step to display its step pane Append an action row to the table and select the wait action for association Assign the P Initial qualifier to this text action Other items that can appear in the popup allow you toMake New Action Delete the current row Move Up Down the row in the table or Goto an action i e display it in the editor window 6 Add the starttim act
76. SP which is released from holdback mode and resumes its intended path see Figure 3 8 Note If you need reminding Chapter 2 Inspecting LIN function blocks gives more information on inspecting and editing block fields Heat Profile PES Ss Stirrer Programmed SP Green trace when historic default Flattened out by Holdback action Programmed SP Pink trace when in the future Actual PV default Pink trace default Rises rapidly to the current setpoint value after remote mode activated Digital SP Blue trace default Figure 3 8 Preplot view of Heat Profile Cool Down segment Chapter 3 HA029587 Page 3 12 Issue 1 Jul 07 VISUAL SUPERVISOR TUTORIAL USER GUIDE 3 4 3 Exploring the Programmer menu Try using some of the available programmer functions 1 While the program is running press the program pane to access the Programmer window then MONITOR to see the detailed status of the current program You can hold or abort the program from this window Try pressing HOLD and watch the progress in the preplot view the setpoint holds at its current value until you press RUN or ABORT the program The SCHEDULE button lets you run a program at some future date and time a specified number of times Press it to access the Schedule Program window where you can select a program file start date and start time and the number of iterations required Press ACCEPT to enter the schedu
77. SS IP Addressses can be allocated in a manner appropriate to the local company network policy E DHCP This is a method whereby the instrument IP host will ask a DHCP server to provide it with an IP Address Typically this happens at start up but can be repeated during operation DHCP includes the concept of leases 1 e the assigned value will expire A DHCP server is required that can respond to the request The DHCP server will need to be configured to correctly respond to the request This configuration will depend on the company network policy E Link Local Link Local is used as a fallback to either DHCP or BootP or can be used on its own as the only IP Address configuration method Link Local will always assign an IP Address in the range 169 254 X Y This IP Address range is reserved for use by Link Local and is explicitly defined as private and non routable The Link Local algorithm ensures that an instrument IP host on a network will chose a unique IP Address from the Link Local range This is supported by Windows 98 and onwards and was originally specified as a fallback from DHCP E Manual or Fixed The IP Address is explicitly defined in the network unh file This is the recommended method of IP address allocation BootP BootP or Bootstrap Protocol Internet TCP IP protocol is used by a network computer to obtain an IP Address and other network information such as server address and Default Gatewa
78. Start by pressing the hiabs cell then INSERT Variable RCP Tag Reference Hotmix Warmmix Coolmix temp pid SL 80 00 50 00 30 00 hiabs pid HAA 90 00 55 00 31 00 loabs pid LAA 70 00 45 00 29 00 Table 5 3 MIXERS recipe set data initial 10 To append the next recipe column press the hotmix cell then NEW to see the New Recipe dialog Enter warmmix as the new recipe name and press OK Note that the default values in the new recipe column copy those of the previous column leaving you to edit them as required Edit these values according to Table 5 3 11 Append the last coolmix recipe and configure it as per Table 5 3 Start by pressing the warmmix cell then NEW Finally press SAVE to save the completed recipe set under its current name MIXERS Your completed MIXERS recipe set edit table should look like Figure 5 2 Recipe pane Current recipe Recipe columns Recipe set N root filename hrepp mik et jiel MIXERS Recipe variables _ Sele warmmix coolmix temp Eon hiabs 99 6 55 0 310 loabs a _ 45 8 29 08 SS SE SESS re ee Saves the current SSS Ds Ess recipe set under a ES EEE Saves the current es e PREG recipe set under its re S current filename a Creates a new a Loads an i blank recipe set Note Press the Options key for scroll bar to access any hidden recipe columns none in this case existing recipe JAD SAVE SAVE AS CREATE set
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80. TINGS USING INSTRUMENT PROPERTIES The Instrument Properties dialog is simply a window used to display the information stored in the Network unh and _system opt files Each instrument uses a one to one mapping of LIN Node Number to a single IP Address defined on the Network Settings page and the Instrument Options page in the Instrument Properties dialog stored in the network unh file Note The Compact Flash card is accessed using a standard Compact Flash card reader The network unh file MUST be edited using the Instrument Properties dialog When despatched from the factory the instrument properties are configured for using DHCP with Link Local Fallback and a default LIN Protocol Name NET Important If more than one user is setting up ELIN Networks on a shared Ethernet Network a conflict of LIN Node numbers could occur if the Default Protocol name NET is used by everyone However if the instrument is to have a fixed IP Address i e 192 168 111 2 and use the LIN Protocol Name ELIN_01 the Instrument Properties dialog can be used to modify these parameters E The Protocol Name shows the name of the Network used by this instrument to communicate with other instruments and is also defined as the Online Port in Network Properties dialog Note The IP Address must correspond to the local company Network Policy General LIN Instrument Instrument Options Network Settings IP Address 192 165 11
81. To create the recipe set in the Instrument 1 Press the Menu key then RECIPE or simply press the grey blank box at the top left of the screen the recipe pane In the Recipe popup press RECIPES to see the Load Save Recipe page Note The recipe options appear because you have configured a RCP_SET block in the running application 2 Press the CREATE button then the File Name field in the CREATE AS popup Type in the filename MIXERS and press return OK your entry A recipe editor table entitled MIXERS appears The first column headed RCP will contain the variable names in this recipe set and the remaining columns will specify the particular recipe values assigned to each variable Each column represents a recipe in the set and the first one is named recipe 1 by default 3 Press the RCP column heading It turns yellow and pops up a recipe file properties dialog showing recipe set filename version edit details and a Timeout value of 30 seconds default Note Version is incremented each time the file is saved Timeout lets you specify the maximum time allowed for the successful download of a recipe before the download aborts and a warning is displayed Chapter 5 HA029587 Page 5 4 Issue 1 Jul O7 VISUAL SUPERVISOR TUTORIAL USER GUIDE 4 Press INSERT to pop up the Insert Variable dialog Edit the Variable Name field to temp the temperature setpoint for recipe 1 Edit the Tag Referen
82. UPERVISOR TUTORIAL USER GUIDE Intentionally left blank Chapter 5 HA029587 Page 5 12 Issue 1 Jul O7 VISUAL SUPERVISOR TUTORIAL USER GUIDE CHAPTER 6 BATCH CONTROL This chapter gets you using some of the Instrument s Batch functionality for which you must have purchased the LO2 Batch option You start off by adapting the setpoint program strategy you built in Chapter 3 to make it drive the instruments batch engine That is you use the setpoint program segments to define the batch phases You also include a recipe set based on the one you configured in Chapter 5 so that you can vary batch parameters After that you add batch reporting and customise some of the batch screens to enhance the application This involves editing the batch file and creating a user dictionary and a report form file The main sections in this chapter are mM Modifying the programmer strategy for batch E Creating batch files E Running the batch application E Enhancing the batch application E Running the enhanced batch application The Batch functionality is used to control the parameters that change based on the product or formula Each Batch is the single process that produces the required product 6 1 MODIFYING THE PROGRAMMER STRATEGY FOR BATCH Figure 6 1 shows the simulation programmer strategy you created in Chapter 3 but with a Batch Control block and two recipe blocks Recipe Set and Recipe Line added to give the strategy s
83. VISOR TUTORIAL USER GUIDE 8 7 RUNNING THE ENHANCED SEQUENCE BATCH APPLICATION Having modified and downloaded the strategy seq dbf the sequence seq sdb and the user screen seq ofl you are ready to test out the enhanced sequence batch application 1 Inthe instrument stop and unload the unedited application if necessary and then load and run the enhanced SEQ application The Mixer Vat user screen appears with its new SKIP button and progress bar displayed 2 Make sure that a storage device is connected then press the batch pane to pop up the Batch menu Press BATCHES and select the SEQ batch Press LOAD to see the Batch Start screen Leave the hotmix recipe selected and press START OK 3 Press the Menu key then Vat to see the user screen The batch remains in the STARTING state for a short time then adopts the RUNNING state In the Wait phase the blue progress bar indicates the passing of the 60 second wait time After about 30 seconds try pressing the SKIP button to interrupt the wait time Figure 8 14 The batch should jump immediately on to the Heat_up phase HiAbs B HiDew Lo bs jLoDew SKIP button ie Press to jump to Batch AHAAHAHL the next phase State RUNNING Heat_up sKrP Phase Le Wait 66 secs Recipe hotmix Time now 89 35 88 Progress bar indicating about halfway through the Wait phase Figure 8 14
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85. a a Cold Start Location Pn Standalone a Browse 2 e E cones Cancel Edit IP Info IP Address fi D D D Use the up and Address Mask gl down arrows to add or remove a bit Allow range of IP addresses from the Address Mask First check the allow range cheek hos Help OF Cancel 3 Enter a Name for the new port and edit the Protocol Name fields If necessary edit the LIN Node Address and the Edit IP Address but leave the other fields at their default values Hit OK and close all dialogues a The Name see Data for ELIN identifies the Network used by this instrument to communicate with other devices It is also defined as the Online Port in Network Properties dialog b The Protocol Name see Data for ELIN identifies the Network in the LINOPC c The Edit IP Info button reveals a dialogue that allows you to define the IP parameters relating to a specific network adapter Note The Network Port is also considered a LIN Node on the Network and MUST be configured with unique LIN Node Address and associated IP Address numbers In the Instrument 4 Press Menu SYSTEM SETUP COMMS to access the Comms Setup window see Editing the network settings using On Screen Menus 5 Inthe ELIN column press the Protocol cell and select ELIN from the popup menu Set the Node No in the range to 254 Save the configured communication parameters using the Save key on the Comms Setup page in the Eycon20 or the Save key avail
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87. able when the Option key is pressed in the Eycon10 6 Power the Instrument off on to activate the settings 7 Connect the Computer s ELIN port directly to the Instruments ELIN Port or a Switching Unit HUB using the correct RJ45 RJ45 cable Note The instrument communications can also be configured via the Network Settings and Instrument Options pages in the Instrument Properties dialogue displayed in the LINtools application Chapter 1 HA029587 Page 1 4 Issue 1 Jul O7 VISUAL SUPERVISOR TUTORIAL USER GUIDE To use the ELIN comms 8 Todo this click A Start gt Programs gt Eurotherm gt Eurotherm Network Note This application is an extension of the Windows Explorer on the Computer and can be used to view the entire control network as a hierarchy of nodes and folders It will also allow you to transfer configuration files from between node drives shown as folders and control the database files from the Computer desktop A shortcut icon may already exist on the Computer desktop Explore to see the lt Instrument Folder Name_nn gt E folder by opening the relevant Network folder i e ELIN_0O1 and the Instrument Folder When the Instrument Folder is open the E folder is shown This is where the application files are stored Tip Using the _nn suffix for an Instrument Folder is good practice and gives instant Node recognition 9 Now you can use drag amp drop download and other Explorer facilities to
88. ading see Chapter 1 Getting started with the instrument 2 Select the application To do this press the Menu key see Figure 2 3 then APP MGR to pop up the Application Manager window Press File the yellow area and select the application from the list which will have the same filename as the dbf file Press return the green arrow key to enter your selection 3 Load and run the selected application by pressing the LD RUN key The pidloop group display appears with its single pid faceplate representing the PID control block Figure 2 3b top left The LED shows the loop alarm status and the current PV SP and OP readouts Note As there is only one group associated with this area an area overview display of the groups is not necessary and does not appear Loop alarm status LED red alarm Alarm pane Loop operating mode jiel J PV SP OP readouts Loop operating mode PV bargraph Sic SP OP readouts SP bargraph Horizontal OP bargraph Remote Auto and Manual loop operating mode change buttons Note A Touch Screen keypad is available below the display screen area Figure 2 3b PID faceplate top left and larger function block faceplate HA029587 Chapter 2 Issue 1 Jul 07 Page 2 7 VISUAL SUPERVISOR TUTORIAL USER GUIDE 2 4 EXPLORING THE PID FUNCTION BLOCK FACEPLATE The larger PID function block faceplate gives a more detailed view of th
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91. aming the steps 3 Click the next step to see its step pane and overwrite the default name with Wait Leave the Initial field at FALSE Rename the remaining steps according to Figure 8 2 8 2 4Configuring Actions As each step state becomes active you want the sequence to write values to certain LIN block fields in the strategy to control the vat in ways appropriate to that particular state e g while the Heat_up step is active the PID block s remote setpoint must be ramped up to the required temperature at the required rate While the Soak step is active the vat s temperature must be held at a constant value for the required soak time and so on throughout the sequence You achieve these requirements by writing actions in a simple language called Structured Text ST They re called actions because they act on the LIN database When you have created and named the necessary actions you then associate them with the relevant steps Note that a given action can be associated with more than one step if it s needed again as is the case in this tutorial Creating the zerotime action Start by writing an action that zeroes and disables the TIMER block 1 In the sequence editor window click the Make Action tool jg to pop up a Make Action dialog Type in a Name for the action zerotime Action names can have up to eight characters Leave the Type as Structured Text and hit OK to close the popup
92. amp paste for similar transitions Action Expression Text and Comment Function IDLE to Wait sfc_con Run 1 sequence is running so move to Wait step You will set Run manually Wait to Heat_up timer Out 1 timed period over Out sets if CurrTime EndTime Heat_up to Soak rate OP gt 80 output has reached target OP ramps up to PV Soak to Cooldown timer Out 1 timed period over Cooldown to Stand rate OP lt 20 output has reached target OP ramps down to PV Stand to IDLE timer Out 1 timed period over Table 8 5 Transition expressions used in the sequence first version 8 2 9Saving the completed sequence To save your completed sequence under its current filename click the Save toolbutton fa The sequence is automatically compiled and checked for errors Three files are produced when you save a specific sequence like this one seq sdb seq sdt and seq sgx The sdb file contains the runtime data and structured text and is the only one you need to download to the Visual Supervisor The sdt textual comments and sgx SFC layouts files should be kept in case you want to modify the sequence which you will later on in this tutorial HA029587 Chapter 8 Issue 1 Jul O7 Page 8 11 VISUAL SUPERVISOR TUTORIAL USER GUIDE 8 3 RUNNING THE SEQUENCE APPLICATION To run the simulated sequence application do the following 1 Download the seq dbf strategy file and the se
93. ample rate seconds The default rate of zero disables recording Specities the PID block pid as the source of the data that will be displayed in the faceplate and trends for the pidloop group Assigns the recorder channel block PV_rcrd to channel 1 of the pidloop recording group Assigns the recorder channel block SP_rcrd to channel 2 of the pidloop recording group Assigns the recorder channel block OP_rcrd to channel 3 of the pidloop recording group Enables the horizontal trend display needed for this application Disables the vertical trend display which is not required in this application Assigns the recorder channel block HAA_rerd to channel 4 of the pidloop recording group Assigns the recorder channel block LAA_rcrd to channel 5 of the pidloop recording group Specifies the recipe set filename as mixers uyr Associates the RCP_LINE block called line1 with the mixers RCP_SET block Specifies black as the colour of the High Absolute Alarm level trend to contrast with the other traces Specifies black as the colour of the Low Absolute Alarm level trend to contrast with the other traces Selects automatic mode of operation for the PID block overrides Remote mode settings Specifies MIXERLOG as the root filename of any data logging files output from this log group Note Block type blockname field subfield format re
94. and high deviation alarm The message dialog is to display buttons allowing the operator to either ignore the message or abort the batch HA029587 Chapter 7 Issue 1 Jul O7 Page 7 1 VISUAL SUPERVISOR TUTORIAL USER GUIDE 7 1 1 Configuring the strategy 1 Open up the batch strategy you built in Chapter 6 batch dbf in the LINtools database configurator by double clicking its icon in Explorer view Add the three extra blocks as shown in Figure 7 1 2 Wire up the new blocks according to Table 7 1 which as usual lists all the necessary strategy connections for completeness in case you are starting from scratch Eycon 1o0 SIM ROP_SET LOGOEW E10_03 1m Mixers oa logdey a a E LoROUP bat_log ROP_LINE Tine i 7 PRR EPR T at_rept E a AT_UTO FIO AO_UTO FIO OF Z E z AND4 block Logic Category Performs the logical AND function a on up to four digital inputs aa PNL_MSG block pnt msg OPonerd Operator Category a Configures and queues an p OR_ANCHP operator message and acts on P _rcrd ri any response ai ae DR_ANCHP an SP_recrd tg PULSE block DP AN CHP SP_proq re Logic Category BAT_CTRL Outputs a rectangular pulse when oo i triggered by a digital input oe SPP_RAMP ro OF _AN CHP betty spp_octr tin P _proqg prep lat B E at E Figure 7 1 The batch strategy modified for messaging Note In the table the wires below the dashed line are the new ones so yo
95. by the locally running setpoint program e g prog 1 uys into the PID block s remote setpoint input setpoint generated by the locally running setpoint program into DR_ANCHP block to enable trending amp instrument s Preplot facility PID process variable PV sourced from the PID block into DR_ ANCHP block to enable trending amp instrument s Preplot facility SPP_CTRL block s currently active segment field CurrSeg into the BAT_CTRL block s CurPhase field to make the setpoint program drive the phase of the batch engine Note Block type blockname field subfield format referring to Figure 6 1 New wiring is listed below the dashed line Table 6 1 Strategy wiring data Note The Instrument Configuration Header block and the AREA GROUP RCP_SET and RCP_LINE blocks don t need to be wired up They are associated with other blocks via field values see next If you are starting from the existing programmmer strategy created in Chapter 3 you need only wire up the connection below the dashed line in Table 6 1 Chapter 6 Page 6 2 HAO029587 Issue 1 Jul OZ VISUAL SUPERVISOR TUTORIAL USER GUIDE 6 1 2 Editing the block fields Table 6 2 lists the fields that should as a minimum be edited from their default values For completeness all such fields are shown in the table including those edited in the original programmer strategy Note If you are starting from the programmer
96. ccessful build Note If you have followed the steps in this tutorial you should not get any error messages or warnings If you do get errors reported they are usually self explanatory If in doubt look carefully through the steps to see if you have left anything out Check the User Screen Editor window to see if you have inadvertently created any unwanted graphics that have been left unconfigured Do an Edit gt Select All to show up any rogue objects 8 Finally download the batch ofl file that your save created to the instrument s E drive This text file contains all the code needed to drive the user screen Do not download the batch uxp file that was also created keep this in case you want to make future edits to the user screen or add more screens to the pageset Chapter 7 HA029587 Page 7 12 Issue 1 Jul O7 VISUAL SUPERVISOR TUTORIAL USER GUIDE 7 3 ADDING MESSAGES TO THE USER DICTIONARY You will recall that you specified several user dictionary references when you were parameterising the PNL_MSG block in the LIN database see Figure 7 8 These dictionary items were to appear in an operator message You must now add these references to the existing user dictionary stored in the file _user uyl so that they can be accessed when the application is run To do this 1 Open up the user dictionary file _user uyl in a text editor such as Notepad 2 Add three lines to the end of th
97. ces SP field to pid SL the PID block s local setpoint Note that the tag reference entry is not case sensitive Press OK to return to the recipe editor table which shows your first variable temp with a default value of 0 0 under recipe 1 Note You assign temp to the pid SL field because in this simulation the PID block is to control the temperature of the vat 5 Press the temp cell to look at its Properties dialog Check that the tag reference is correct YES in the Verify field means the variable value is checked after download NO is used for self resetting variables etc Press OK to return to the edit table 6 To edit the default recipe name to something more suitable press the cell containing 1 and type in hotmix in the Recipe Name field This recipe will control the high temperature mixture OK your edit The new recipe name appears in the table 7 To edit the default temp value press the 0 0 cell and enter a value of 80 as the hotmix vat temperature 8 Append another variable by pressing the temp cell then INSERT Edit the variable name to hiabs and the tag reference SP to pid HAA Hit OK and edit the default hiabs value to 90 This is the high absolute alarm level temperature for the hotmix recipe 9 Repeat step 8 to append and configure the last variable loabs using values given in Table 5 3
98. ck fields in the batch messaging strategy HA029587 Chapter 7 Issue 1 Jul 07 Page 7 5 VISUAL SUPERVISOR TUTORIAL USER GUIDE 7 2 CREATING A USER SCREEN In this section of the tutorial you create a user screen that presents a schematic picture of the vat and its contents reflecting its current status When the application is running you will be able to view this screen at any time The user screen will include E A simple representation of the vat and its contents plus a temperature readout The colour of the contents changes to suggest changes in temperature Four lamps indicating high and low absolute and high and low deviation alarms Horizontal bargraphs indicating the relative PV and SP values Readouts showing the current batch number state phase and recipe A time now readout Note User Screen Editor can also be launched from LINtools Figure 7 2 shows how the finished user screen might look near the beginning of a batch run ae B jiel Hi bs 3 Gs HiDew oo LoDev Batch BOHN State RUNNING Phase Heat Up Recipe hotmix Time now 14 36 51 Figure 7 2 The user screen in action To create this user screen do the following 1 In your Computer access the Explorer view of the working instrument folder preferably where the batch dbf file is located Right click in the list pane and in the popup menu select New Eurotherm User Screen Files A uxp file appears wit
99. ck to show that your choice of LIN variable is valid In the Colour selection area set the Value box to Value lt lo_limit Tick the Change box for the Background Fill field and leave its colour at the default grey Now set Value to lo lt Value lt hi tick the Background Fill field s Change box and select Orange as the fill colour for this condition Repeat for the Value gt hi_limit condition but set the fill colour to Red In the Colour Limits page s Low Colour Limit area select the Constant radio button and enter a Value of 81 In the High Colour Limit area select Constant and enter a Value of 91 Leave all other fields at their defaults Finally click OK to input your edits Note The result of this configuration is that the vat contents will adopt a grey colour when PV is less than SI degrees Celsius an orange colour when PV lies between 81 and 91 and a red colour when the temperature exceeds 91 7 2 3Adding text to the vat 1 Select the Text tool Anl and click near the top of the vat to place a text cursor there Type degC Click the Selection tool wl then right click the text and select its Properties In the Text page set the Font name to SmallBold and the Alignment to Left Centre Click OK The Fill adopts the Pastel green colour by default 2 Move the text block into the correct position using the arrow keys 3 Cl
100. cludes default column titles in log files Column titles included in log files No column titles included in log files ASCII file type only Specifies format of date time duration in the logged files E g 16 01 99 16 27 28 E g 37278 504190 days since midnight 31 12 1899 For export to Excel etc E g 020122093201 YYMMDDhhmmss E g 00 01 02 26 DD hh mm ss since start E g 0 1875 days since start E g 0 0 6 24 D h m s since start Binary PACKED file type only Specifies whether data is compressed No data compression Data compressed not implemented Table 4 3 Logging Groups and LGROUP block equivalent fields HA029587 Chapter 4 Issue 1 Jul 07 Page 4 7 VISUAL SUPERVISOR TUTORIAL USER GUIDE 7 Press the SAVE key to write your edits to the database If you don t save them your edits will be lost as soon as you leave the window Restore the Logging field to ON Logging does not start yet because the LOGDEV block s State field is still OFF disabling access to the logging medium Note Some of instrument s Logging Monitor fields access corresponding fields in the LOGDEV function block Table 4 4 shows this Logging Groups Field LGROUP block Field Function Disk Status Reports current status of logging to storage media No equivalent INACTIVE No log files are open Active ACTIVE Log files are open Flushing FLUSHING Actual flushing of buffered data to storage media Off Line OFF_LI
101. column of parameters Hardware Protocol Mode No If necessary the vertical slidebar can be used to display more parameters hidden further down the page The full list 1s Hardware Standard for example RS485 Protocol for example Modbus Slave Node Number decimal Baud rate Parity Data bits number of Stop bits number of Timeout Modbus Master only in milliseconds TalkThru Modbus slave only HoEHEHEs amp g amp Press the ETHERNET key The Comms Ethernet page appears 6 Set the fields as shown Locate the IP Address fields and enter the required 3 digit numeric in each of the 4 fields using the numeric keypad displayed when each field is pressed Note While editing this page ensure the Protocol Name field shows the Network connected via this instrument Remember if more than one user is Setting up ELIN Networks on a shared Ethernet Network a conflict of LIN Node numbers could occur if the Default Protocol name NET is used by everyone 7 Press SAVE r4 Press Ethernet AN LIH Protocol Setup Protocol Name ELIN AL All Subnet Enable YES Local IP Setup Address Assignment Fixed IP Address 192 168 165 253 Subnet Mask 255 255 255 0 Default Gateway 0 0 0 0 Remote Subnet Node List Number of nodes 1 Node 1 8 8 0 0 CANCEL HAO029587 Issue 1 Jul O7 Chapter 1 Page 1 7 VISUAL SUPERVISOR TUTORIAL USER GUIDE EDITING THE NETWORK SET
102. ctrl BatchID 8 R L generates the string Batch followed by an 8 character wide readout of the LIN block variable bat_ctrl BatchID This variable holds the current batch identification number Note that in form files LIN block variables must always be enclosed by square brackets As usual a CRLF ends this line of the report E Actual temperature pid PV 6 2 SRSL generates the string Actual temperature followed by a readout of the LIN block variable pid PV the PID block s process variable The 6 2 specification means 6 characters wide including decimal point with 2 decimal places displayed e g 123 45 The rest of the form file coding follows this syntax Note The Eycon 10 Eycon 20 Handbook gives full details on form file syntax Please refer there for more information 2 When you have checked that the form file is correct save it as text and edit its filename to batch uyf Download the report form file to the instrument HA0229587 Chapter 6 Issue 1 Jul O7 Page 6 13 VISUAL SUPERVISOR TUTORIAL USER GUIDE 6 5 RUNNING THE ENHANCED BATCH APPLICATION Now that you have configured the extra files and downloaded them to the instrument you are ready to try out the enhanced batch application 1 To force the instrument to recognise the new user dictionary _user uyl you must power down and then power up the unit Note An easier alternative that works in this
103. d 2 Press the Option key to pop up one of two sets of Alarm History softkeys Press Option again to access the other softkeys and once again to hide the softkeys 3 Highlight one of the history items e g a pid LowAbs alarm and press the BLOCK softkey All alarms events messages other than those associated with the pid block are filtered out of the list The ALL AREA and GROUP keys work in an analogous way Try them 4 Try pressing the ALARMS key All items other than alarms are filtered out of the displayed history list The MSGS key works similarly for messages but you probably won t have any messages Press ALL to restore the full history list Note Pressing the Down key toggles each history item between occupying one line and two lines The second line displays the user ID current at the time of the entry 2 5 4 Archiving the alarm history Now try archiving the alarm history to a USB bulk storage device To do this fita USB bulk storage device into the instrument s USB port and press the ARCHIVE softkey The Alarm Archive dialog appears where you can edit the default archive filename YYMMDDHH and choose a Date Format You cannot edit the ALH filename extension Press OK to start archiving See Chapter 4 Data Logging Table 4 3 in this tutorial for details of the available date formats Note You should switch off normal data logging while archiving the alarm history to avoid the
104. d only add a pastel green background 1 Ensure that the snap to grid action is turned off click the Grid Settings toolbutton and uncheck the Snap to grid checkbox if necessary 2 Using the Rectangle tool draw a rectangle that fills the whole screen Drag out the edges if necessary Open up the Rectangle Item Properties dialog 3 Inthe Appearance page set the Line Text Weight to 0 tick the Object is filled checkbox and select Pastel green for the fill colour 4 Inthe 3D Styling page leave the Style as Bevelled Raised but edit the Depth to 3 OK your edits The green rectangle now overlays and obscures the other graphic objects 5 Send the still selected rectangle to the back by clicking the Move to Back toolbutton ET Your finished user screen should now look something like Figure 7 6 degC LoAbs O LoDev Batch ZHHEHHHEEEHE State HHHEHHEHHEE Phase HHHHEHEE Recipe xX x x Time now Figure 7 6 The finished Mixer Vat user screen 6 Save the finished user screen by clicking the Save PageSet toolbutton 7 During the save process a Build Window appears reporting on the progress of the save Figure 7 7 shows a window for a successful build Fie Edit Options Help kel AN skated At Apr Apr OAs an See ran a Ered a o PAE TE Generating batch ofl Finished At 2402009 10 23 25 with no errors and no warnings Figure 7 7 User screen editor build window su
105. d the saved modified simulation strategy file to the instrument s E drive Only the dbf file is required by the instrument the other two files that appear when you save a strategy in LINtools grf and dtf are not used Note If you need help with downloading see Chapter 1 Getting started 2 Ifyou haven t already done so download the setpoint program file e g program1 uys that you configured in Chapter 3 3 In the instrument load and run the simulation data logging application After a delay the area overview appears containing the pidloop and preplot group faceplates exactly as in Chapter 3 for the programmer application Note If you need reminding Chapter I Getting started describes how to select and run applications Chapter 4 HA029587 Page 4 6 Issue 1 Jul O7 VISUAL SUPERVISOR TUTORIAL USER GUIDE Press the Menu key then LOGGING GROUPS to see the Logging Groups window This shows you parameters associated with the log group you set up in the logging strategy Most of the fields in the window access corresponding fields in the LGROUP log group block and have similar names They can be conveniently edited on the fly via this window Table 4 3 lists the Instrument fields and equivalent LGROUP block fields together with their functions Note Refer to the Eycon 10 Eycon 20 Handbook Part no HA028209 if you need more detailed information on these fields To edit L
106. data from up to 16 DR_DGCHP and DR_ANCHP point blocks extendable to a total DR _ANCHF Fend E i of 80 allowing archiving onto a medium 7 if specified by the associated LOGDEV block OR _AMCHP DR_ALARM and DR_REPRT blocks can also purer rt be attached to a LGROUP block DR _ANCHP LGROUP log group block Organise Category SP_rcord DR_ALARM alarm point block Recorder Category Specifies alarm filtering when recording to log files and or printers OR_ANCHP SPP_CTRL SPP_RAMP aii ifi aoe d CE cal are PY_prog tg eee OR _OGCHP ote spp_d1g stirrer ig preplat Ta Figure 4 2 Setpoint programming strategy with added data logging Chapter 4 HA029587 Page 4 2 Issue 1 Jul O7 VISUAL SUPERVISOR TUTORIAL USER GUIDE 4 2 1 Building the data logging strategy 1 Inthe LINtools database configurator locate the required blocks as shown in Figure 4 2 The quickest way to do this is to open up the existing setpoint programming strategy as your starting point by double clicking its icon in Explorer view then simply add the three extra logging blocks LOGDEV LGROUP and DR_ALARM Note If you need help with LINtools Chapter 2 explained how to access and use the configurator and the context sensitive Help system press lt F1 gt provides instructions on every operation 2 Table 4 2a lists all the strategy connections in case you are starting from scratch You won t need to do any wiring if you started fro
107. ding sample rate seconds for the preplot group The default rate of zero disables recording Specifies the SPP_LRAMP block spp_ramp as the first source of the data that will be displayed in the faceplate and trends for the preplot group Specifies the SPP_DIG block spp_dig as the second source of the data that will be displayed in the faceplate and trends for the preplot group Assigns the recorder channel block PV_prog to channel 1 of the preplot recording group Assigns the recorder channel block SP_prog to channel 2 of the preplot recording group Assigns the recorder channel block stirrer to channel 2 of the preplot recording group Assigns the recorder channel block HiAbs_rc to channel 3 of the preplot recording group Assigns the recorder channel block LoAbs_rc to channel 4 of the preplot recording group Specifies 11 as the bottom of the chart zone or band occupied by all SP plots The default ZoneA_HI of 100 specifies the top of SP s plotting zone Specifies 11 as the bottom of the chart zone occupied by the PV plots The top of the zone 100 default Specifies 10 as the top of the chart zone occupied by the stirrer digital plots The bottom of the zone 0 default Continued Chapter 4 HA029587 Page 4 4 Issue 1 Jul O7 VISUAL SUPERVISOR TUTORIAL USER GUIDE Continued Field Value Fu
108. e Note Most of the copied block fields won t need editing because parameter values are copied as well except for block names and certain channel display fields listed in Table 5 4 Chapter 5 HA029587 Page 5 8 Issue 1 Jul O7 VISUAL SUPERVISOR TUTORIAL USER GUIDE Source Function RCP_SET Mixers Line2 line2 Associates the new RCP_LINE block line2 with the RCP_SET recipe set block Mixers AREA area Group1 vatl LINtools automatically assigns the vatl GROUP block to this area This specifies that vat will appear in the OVERVIEW and enables data recording for this group AREA area Group2 vat2 Assigns the vat2 GROUP block to this area This specifies that vat2 will appear in the OVERVIEW and enables data recording for this group LINtools assigns the vatl group automatically GROUP vat2 Disp1 pid2 Specifies the PID block pid2 as the source of the data that will be displayed in the faceplate and trends for the vat2 group GROUP vat2 Chan PV_red2 Assigns the recorder channel block PV_rcd2 to channel 1 of the vat2 recording group GROUP vat2 Chan2 SP_red2 Assigns the recorder channel block SP_rcd2 to channel 2 of the vat2 recording group GROUP vat2 Chan3 OP_red2 Assigns the recorder channel block OP_rcd2 to channel 3 of the vat2 recording group GROUP vat2 Chan4 HAA_red2 Assigns the recorder channel block HAA_rcd2
109. e 7 2 appears telling you that the batch has become unstable You can either abort the batch or ignore the warning at your peril See Figure 7 10 5 Select one of these alternatives The message is cleared from the queue but will reappear if the batch again enters an unstable condition from a stable condition This may happen at the start of the Cool Down phase if you chose to ignore the warning Note By default popup dialogs disappear from instrument s screen after the relatively short time of 10 seconds If you want to lengthen this period to give you more time to think press the Menu key then SYSTEM SETUP PANEL In the Panel Setup screen edit the Pop up field to the required value Editing it to O seconds disables the timeout and makes popups stay visible indefinitely or until you clear them Hit SAVE to store your new Settings HA029587 Chapter 7 Issue 1 Jul O7 Page 7 15 VISUAL SUPERVISOR TUTORIAL USER GUIDE Intentionally left blank Chapter 7 HA029587 Page 7 16 Issue 1 Jul O7 VISUAL SUPERVISOR TUTORIAL USER GUIDE CHAPTER 8 SEQUENCES This chapter guides you through the creation of a simple sequence for controlling the simulated vat via the PID loop configured in Chapter 2 You then go on to adapt the sequence to drive the batch phases you configured in Chapter 6 instead of using the setpoint program which gives you a lot more flexibility Finally you enhance
110. e Invensys EVROTHERM About Title Visual Supervisor Tutorial User Guide Part Number HA 029 587 Issue Date 1 06 2007 Intially Supplied With Contents VISUAL SUPERVISOR TUTORIAL USER GUIDE VISUAL SUPERVISOR TUTORIAL USER GUIDE CHAPTER 1 GETTING STARTED 000000000 OOOOH OHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHOHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHOHHHHHHOHHHH8OO8EO8 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 3 1 4 1 5 FRON T PANECR ET Seear a seodadososecetosetosesesepossdodetososecesecoinsedosededecode 1 1 USING THE KEYBOARDS ou cccccccsssssssnnncccccececcessesssssssnscnsscccccccesssssssesssnssenaasaaaceecesesssseessssgnas 1 2 PIRS eTIME ACCESS aana ee eee oe tease 1 2 MANA E a E A nescence sesead apesaseats 1 3 1 4 1 Usine File Manat ei eresian ee Eei 1 3 1 4 2 Using ELIN communications seessssoeeeeeeeeeessssssssssseeeterrrsssssssssssseeeereressssssssssssseeeerrerssssss 1 4 1 4 3 Sent he IP 21 06 alc tc arcen R E R i 1 6 MANAGING APPLICATIONS ccccessssnnscccceeeccceesssseceessnnnseceeeeeeeeeeesssseeeesnneaaeaeeeeessesesessseeeegas 1 9 CHAPTER 2 A PID LOOP 0000000 OOO OOOOH OOOHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHOHHHHHHHHHHOHHHHHHHOHHHHHHHHHHOHHHHHHHOHHHHHHHHHHOOOCO 2 1 Del Ze 2 3 2 4 2 5 OPENING LINTOOLS ENGINEERING STUDIO 20 ccccccccceeeesseeeesennnnaeeeeeeeeeeeeeseeeeeesennaaeeees 2 1 CREATING THE PID CONTROL LOOP STRATEGY 0 cecceccsssssnneeeeeeeeeeeeeeeseseessnnnaaeeeees 2 2 22d Piac WS CNS Tan ONDO E Sese E teamhuas canes 2 3
111. e Name fields in all blocks according to Figure 5 1 if you wish Finally save the modified recipe strategy under a new name e g recipe dbf Note If you are starting from the existing logging strategy you need only edit the fields listed below the dashed line in Table 5 2 Chapter 5 HA029587 Page 5 2 Issue 1 Jul O7 VISUAL SUPERVISOR TUTORIAL USER GUIDE Field Value PID pid Alarms HighAbs 1 PID pid Alarms LowAbs 1 PID pid HAA 80 00 PID pid LAA 20 00 PID pid Tl 5 00 SIM sim Lag 25 00 LOGDEV logdev Group1 Igroup LOGDEV logdev State OFF LGROUP Igroup UpdateA 10 LGROUP Igroup Point PV_rerd LGROUP Igroup Point2 SP_rerd LGROUP Igroup Point3 OP_rerd LGROUP Igroup Point4 dr_alarm AREA area ld 1 AREA area Group1 pidloop GROUP pidloop Update 10 GROUP pidloop Disp1 pid GROUP pidloop Chan1 PV_rerd GROUP pidloop Chan2 SP_rerd GROUP pidloop Chan3 OP_rerd AREA area DisoMode H_Trend TRUE AREA area DisoMode V_Trend FALSE GROUP pidloop Chan4 HAA_rerd GROUP pidloop Chan5 LAA_rerd RCP_SET mixers Filename mixers RCP_SET mixers Line line1 DR ANCHP HAA_rerd ColourA Black DR_ANCHP LAA_rcrd ColourA Black PID pid SelMode SelAuto TRUE LGROUP Igroup FileName MIXERLOG Function Enables the high absolute alarm on the pid block s PV output Enables the low absolute alarm on t
112. e The instrument header block and the AREA GROUP RCP_SET RCP_LINE LOGDEV LGROUP and DR_REPRT blocks don t need to be wired up They are associated with other blocks via field values see next HA029587 Issue 1 Jul OZ Chapter 7 Page 7 3 VISUAL SUPERVISOR TUTORIAL USER GUIDE 7 1 2Editing the block fields Table 7 2 lists the fields that should as a minimum be edited from their default values For completeness all such fields are shown in the table including those edited in the original batch strategy Note In the table the fields below the dashed line are the new ones so you need only edit these if you are starting from the existing batch strategy created in Chapter 6 You must also edit the Name fields in all blocks according to Figure 7 1 if you wish When you ve carried out all necessary field edits save the modified batch strategy under its original name batch dbf Field Value PID pid SelMode SelRem TRUE PID pid SelMode EnaRem TRUE PID pid Alarms HighAbs 1 PID pid Alarms LowAbs 1 PID pid Alarms HighDev 1 PID pid Alarms LowDev 1 PID pid Tl 5 00 PID pid HAA 80 00 PID pid LAA 20 00 SIM sim Lag 25 00 AREA area ld 1 AREA area Group1 pidloop AREA area Group2 preplot AREA area DisoMode H_Trend TRUE AREA area DisoMode V_Trend FALSE GROUP pidloop Update 10 GROUP pidloop Disp1 pid GROUP pidloop Chan1
113. e clearly identifiable Note Refer to the Eycon 10 Eycon 20 Handbook Part no HA 029 280 if you need more detailed information on the structure of recipe set files 3 0 04022002 15 56 36 ENGINEER 30 etooint otmix WarMIMIE COOL reset 5 temp pid SL 50 50 30 0 laos Id 6 lhiab pid HAA 90 55 31 80 Oaos Id 7 jloab pid LAA 70 As 29 20 Figure 5 4 The MIXER UYR recipe set file in Excel spreadsheet HA029587 Chapter 5 Issue 1 Jul O7 Page 5 7 VISUAL SUPERVISOR TUTORIAL USER GUIDE 5 3 ADDING A SECOND LINE TO THE APPLICATION You will often want to run your recipe set with more than just one plant line at a time so that processes can occur simultaneously e g you may want to mix several paint colours at once in several identical plant lines all using the same or a different recipe from the recipe set In this section of the tutorial you add a second line to the recipe application to allow you to control two mixing vats To do this start by modifying the LIN database to include a second control loop and associated RCP_LINE block 5 3 1 Adding a second loop to the strategy Figure 5 5 shows the modified simulated strategy with a second set of control loop blocks added Also added are a RCP_LINE block and a GROUP block To avoid unnecessary clutter the data logging blocks and the AI_UIO and AO_UIO blocks are not shown in the figure You can delete them from the strategy if you wish as they are not
114. e existing text referring to Figure 7 8 Note that they all begin with M which tells the system that these are for messages The number after the M is as usual the reference number of the text string following the comma 3 Save the edited user dictionary with its existing name checking that the name has not been automatically appended with the txt extension Rename the file if necessary then download it to the instrument File Edit Format Help This d will is legen i appear as a title in the message banner This text will constitute the message itself Message dictionary entries must begin with M M1l0 Batch has become unstable This legend will Must end file with M20 IGNORE appeal on the carriage return linefeed ha special user IGNORE button Figure 7 8 The modified user dictionary _user uyl 7 4 MODIFYING THE BATCH FILE In this section you slightly modify the batch file you created in Chapter 6 to include the user screen you have just built and also to alter the batch s action on reset Do the following 1 Open up the batch file batch uyb in a text editor such as Notepad 2 Edit lines 3 and 4 as highlighted in Figure 7 9 Note For comprehensive information on batch file syntax please refer to the Eycon 10 Eycon 20 Handbook 3 Save the edited batch file as batch uyb and download it to the instrument i batch U B Notepad
115. e into hold The sequence resumes running where it left off as soon as the batch is returned to the RUNNING state 8 6 2Editing the sequence Abort Figure 8 11 shows how the sequence will look after being modified to add abort functionality To do this 1 Double click the seq sdb file to open up the SFC in the LINtools sequence editor 2 Click the Step tool and position a new step near the bottom right of the existing sequence see Figure 8 11 Double click the new step and name it ABORT in the step pane 3 Runa wire from IDLE to ABORT To do this click the IDLE step s wire symbol then click the ABORT step The wire plus its highlighted transition appears La YP LSS l EI wE E Eyc10_08 h Epc10_08 Default DB seq E ROOT Chart zerotime T ext EJ walt Text heatup Test starttim T ext ZJ soak Text cooldown T ext E stand T ext stopsegu Test Phasel Text E Phase Text E Phased Text Phased Text E PhaseS Text stopbat Test EJ zeroSP Text i Map a Tags 4 batch U YB i miters UYA lt batch 4 program Figure 8 11 The modified sequence abort added HA029587 Chapter 8 Issue 1 Jul O7 Page 8 21 VISUAL SUPERVISOR TUTORIAL USER GUIDE Straighten out the long vertical part of the new wire by dragging the upper wire segment to the right to remove the dog leg Drag the new
116. e last text action rsetskip This will reset an_conn PV5 to zero just as the current step deactivates so further skipping will not occur unless the operator presses the skip button again To create and associate this ST action 5 Click the Make Action tool jg and enter the name rsetskip in the Make Action dialog Enter the assignment an conn PV5 0 Reset skip bit 6 Return to the ROOT chart double click the IDLE step and associate it with the new rsetskip action using a P Initial qualifier We want skip to be reset as soon as the sequence starts just for safety 7 Now associate the rsetskip action with the Wait Heat_up Soak and Cooldown steps as the last in their action lists but this time qualify rsetskip as an F Final action Note Remember F qualified actions execute immediately after the step deactivates We want the resetting action to occur only after the transition has become TRUE not while the step is still active An alternative place for the rsetskip action would be at the start of a step qualified as a P action 8 Save the edited sequence under its existing name and download it to the instrument EyclO_08 Sh Epc10_08 Default DB E seg ROOT Chart zerotine Test EB walit Text EJ heatup T ext EJ starttim T ext Note Skip wiring between soak Text Steps has been added to E cooldown Tex
117. e loop parameters and allows you to change the loop operating mode local setpoint SL and output OP 1 Press the pid faceplate to see the PID function block faceplate showing the loop parameters Figure 2 3b Note the PV SL SP and OP numeric displays PV and SP vertical bargraphs horizontal output bargraph alarm status LED operating mode legend and the three operating mode change buttons R remote A automatic and M manual Press the bright green SL readout the numerals not the letters to pop up an edit keyboard Enter a new local setpoint value The loop attempts to control to the new resultant setpoint SP Now press the M button to put the loop into Manual mode The operating mode legend at the top of the faceplate confirms your selection Press the yellow OP readout and enter a new output value in the popup edit keyboard You can do this because you are in Manual mode After a while return the loop to auto mode by pressing the A button The output reverts to automatic control Finally press the Up key to return to the pidloop group display 2 4 1 Looking at realtime trends Remember three analogue points are being trended OP PV and SP This is because you wired them to DR_ANCHP data recording blocks and assigned these blocks to channels in the pidloop recording group To explore the configured trends 1 In the pidloop group display press the Down key repeatedly to cycl
118. e now XxX EE Figure 8 13 The modified user screen skip button amp progress bar added 4 Click the arrow cursor then right click the button and select Properties to pop up its Button Item Properties dialog In the Text page select SmallFont for the Font name and type SKIP in the Text field i e the button legend 5 Inthe Touch Area page click the Action radio button in the Touch Area Type section In the Action field enter the following structured text user screen action ST an conn PV5 1 This will have the effect of setting the AN_CONN block s PV5 field to 1 when the button is pressed on instrument s screen Note Structured text user screen actions resemble the sequence actions you have already written But LIN block field references must be enclosed in square brackets and each action must be preceded by ST and enclosed in double quotation marks If you want to know more about this subject press the Computer s lt F1 gt key while the Touch Area page is open to pop up a context sensitive help window 6 Hit OK to confirm your edits and close the dialog Drag the skip button to its correct location to the left of the Phase legend 7 Now create a progress bar Click the Bar Chart tool ri and draw a horizontal bar 72 pixels wide by 10 high on a blank area of the screen Position the bar to the right of the second Phase readout see Figure 8 13 Chapter 8 HA029587 Pa
119. e right of its value cell Assigns engineering units to the PID output field OP which will appear on the corresponding trend faceplate DR ANCHP PV_rerd CurrVallunits degC Assigns degC engineering units to the PID process variable field PV which will appear on the corresponding trend faceplate DR_ANCHP SP_rerd CurrVall units degC Assigns degC engineering units to the PID setpoint field SP which will appear on the corresponding trend faceplate Note Block type blockname field subfield format referring to Figure 2 2 Table 2 2 Values for non default block fields HA029587 Chapter 2 Issue 1 Jul 07 Page 2 5 VISUAL SUPERVISOR TUTORIAL USER GUIDE 2 3 TESTING THE PID LOOP SIMULATION STRATEGY A simple way to get an idea of how the strategy will work in a Instrument without having to configure and connect up a T2550 I O Subsystem is to use a SIM block to simulate plant behaviour In the slightly modified strategy shown in Figure 2 3 a SIM block simulates a process variable and its response to the changing control output To simplify the Eycon tutorial the I O blocks can be ignored These I O blocks are applicable to a system that includes a T2550 However by locally adding the PID block and wiring the SIM block in the Eycon database as specified a load can be simulated and used to produce an output Eyoon 1lo E10_03 AL_UIO Pit E H OR _AMCHF OP _recrd
120. e round the configured realtime trend formats eventually getting back to where you started Note Faceplate Horizontal Bars and Vertical Trend are the default formats but you can configure others by setting the AREA block s DispMode fields appropriately see Inspecting LIN function blocks below for how to do this Cycle to the vertical trend with faceplates Note the colour coding and the engineering units that you configured earlier displayed on each faceplate Press a faceplate to see its source block faceplate pid Press Up to return to the trend 2 4 2 Looking at trend history Various options are available for viewing historical trends 1 Access the vertical trend press the Down key as needed Note that latest data is at the top and the display span in mins secs hrs mins or days hrs is shown at the bottom left of the trend See Figure 2 4 top left 2 Touch the trend to see a dotted line cursor The cursor date and time now appear below the trend and the faceplates show the three cursor values for OP PV and SP in this case 3 Press the Option key to pop up the available options then press the VIEW option Zoom and Pan controls appear below and to the side of the trend respectively Figure 2 4 These controls allow the amount of data displayed on the screen to be varied either continuously using the slider or in steps using the keys The expansion contraction of the trends is centred on the curso
121. e selected level The red cross cancel key closes the list and cancels the operation 4 Press the yellow asterisks in Password to pop up an alphanumeric keyboard Type in the default 8 character password which is space default Press the green return key to enter Note Passwords are case sensitive 5 Press the CHANGE button to make ENGINEER the current access level Note If the current level remains LOCKED try again ensuring that you type in the case sensitive password correctly If this does not work the default password must have been altered by an earlier user Find out what the correct password is or contact the supplier for help Chapter 1 HA029587 Page 1 2 Issue 1 Jul 07 VISUAL SUPERVISOR TUTORIAL USER GUIDE 1 4 MANAGING FILES To benefit from this Guide you will have to manipulate the files on the instrument s E drive creating deleting copying uploading downloading to from the Computer or USB bulk storage device etc However creating specific file types relating to any additional software can also be launched via LINtools Engineering Studio There are four ways to manage files you can use m File Manager The instruments inbuilt File Manager utility combined with a removable storage media device This is the slowest method but requires no external equipment m Cloning The instruments system for copying sets of files to or from the instrument via storage media dev
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124. ellow larm Summary TYPE AG TIVE CLEAR Latest 61 08 16 53 unacknowledged Group 61 608 16 53 alarm Area 681 68 16 53 grg aes I amp i Hi g hli g hted S FIOD Lowes lI z ACK key acknowledges highlighted alarm or BLOCK key displays only all alarms if none T T ll H aa highlighted ACK AREA GROUP BLOC ALL key AREA key GROUP key displays all displays only displays only current alarms alarms in same alarms in same Area as Group as highlighted alarm highlighted alarm Figure 2 5 Alarm Summary screen 3 Acknowledge the remaining two unacknowledged alarms by simply pressing the ACK button without highlighting any individual alarm An ACK ALL dialog pops up asking for confirmation Press OK to complete the acknowledgement process All flashing stops and 3 0 appears in the alarm pane HA029587 Chapter 2 Issue 1 Jul O7 Page 2 11 VISUAL SUPERVISOR TUTORIAL USER GUIDE 2 5 3 The Alarm History screen 1 To see a chronological list of all alarms and events and messages generated since the application started running press the alarm pane then HISTORY The first page of the Alarm History screen appears showing the newest alarms events messages Press the Left and Right keys to access any other history pages if appropriate Note The history list usually runs to several pages and can store up to 250 or 500 items When the history is full new items cause the oldest items to be erase
125. er Line 2 Revision date time user Line 3 Linked BAT_CTRL block Line 4 Linked GROUP block Line 5 Logging amp reporting data Line 6 Linked RCP_LINE recipe block UYE 1 1 12 02 02 16 535 51 ENGINEER hat ctrl l 1 pidloop H Ha mT H Line 7 onwards Default names of batch phases 1 s a 4 5 6 T 5 Figure 6 6 The batch uyb file before editing 3 Start by editing line 3 of the file according to Figure 6 7 which shows the fully edited batch file The three commas are vital as they ensure that the 2 occupies the fourth field in the line This field determines what user confirmation is required when the batch is started 0 or blank field No confirmation needed the default option 1 Batch Start Confirm dialog appears with OK CANCEL buttons 2 Batch Start Confirm dialog with Password entry field and OK CANCEL Chapter 6 HA029587 Page 6 10 Issue 1 Jul O7 VISUAL SUPERVISOR TUTORIAL USER GUIDE 4 Inline 4 add fields 4 5 6 and 7 exactly according to Figure 6 7 Each of these fields defines an extra line in the Batch Start screen Each field consists of three parts separated by colons as follows m Title This refers to a line in a User Dictionary containing the text you want to act as a title or fieldname E g U3 refers to the text string Contact in the user dictionary that you will create in the next section of this tutorial Dicti
126. er means of creating cached blocks are described in the LINtools Engineering Studio Help file TACTICIAN CREATE THE EYCON STRATEGY IMPORTANT It is good practice to wire from a cached block to local blocks l 2 Create a new database file for the Eycon In the Function Block Template Palette pull down the Library menu and select either the EYCON 10 or EYCON 20 Ensure the defined version corresponds to your instrument The Configuration Header blocks associated with this instrument appear Drag the header block onto the worksheet and position approximately as shown in Figure 2 2 Note Ifthe instrument folder was created using the New Instrument wizard the Header block will already exist Select the Control function block category and drag a PID block onto the worksheet Now select the I O Input Output category and place the AI_UIO and AO_UIO blocks In a real situation you may want to select different I O blocks depending on your particular application and T2550 hardware Rename each of these blocks as shown above and change the DBase field to identify the T2550 database This will automatically change these to cached blocks indicated by the green arrow symbol Note If the T2550 LIN Database file already exists these blocks can be dragged to the Eycon dbf file automatically creating cached blocks Other means of creating cached blocks are described in the LINtools Engineering Studio Help file From the Rec
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129. estination block field This closes the picklist Figure 2 2b Wiring data 3 Add the remaining wiring connections shown in Figure 2 2 Table 2 1 lists all the source and destination fields that should be interconnected in this strategy and summarises their functions Note Multiple wires connecting two blocks appear as a single wire Source Destination Function Al_UIO PV PV PID pid OP PID pid OP PID pid PV AO_UIO OP OP Process Variable PV from the remote T2550 input module into the PID block PID control output OP to the remote T2550 output module DR_ ANCHP OP_recrd CurrVal PID control output OP into the OP_rerd DR_ ANCHP block to enable data recording onto instrument s local flash storage PID pid PV PID pid SP DR ANCHP PV_rerd CurrVal DR_ANCHP SP_rerd CurrVal PID process variable PV into the PV_rcrd block to enable data recording PID setpoint SP into the SP_rerd block to enable data recording Note Block type blockname field subfield format referring to Figure 2 2 Table 2 1 Strategy wiring data Note The Configuration Header block and the AREA and GROUP blocks do not need to be wired up They are associated with other blocks by setting field values 4 You may want to tidy up and reroute the wiring to look more like that in Figure 2 2 LINtools wiring help press lt F1 gt tells you how to do this Chapter 2 Page 2 4 HAO029587 Issue 1 Jul OZ
130. ey would turn red if the download failed to verify Press the Menu key then OVERVIEW to see the effect 6 After a short while download another recipe from the MIXERS set e g warmmix To do this press the recipe pane STATUS Recipe Name field and select warmmix from the picklist Note that the recipe pane now shows warmmix as the current recipe Hit the DOWNLOAD button and look at the pidloop overview trend to verify that the setpoint and alarm levels have changed to the warmmix recipe specifications 7 Try selecting and downloading the coolmix and reset recipes Figure 5 3 shows how your overview trend might look at this stage hotmix recipe downloaded warmmix recipe downloaded reset recipe downloaded coolmix recipe downloaded Figure 5 3 Trend showing the recipes in action Chapter 5 HA029587 Page 5 6 Issue 1 Jul O7 VISUAL SUPERVISOR TUTORIAL USER GUIDE 5 2 3 Looking at the recipe set uyr file The recipe set you just created resides as a comma separated text file MIXERS UYR on the instrument E drive Copy the file from the E drive to your Computer using Network Explorer if you are connected or via a storage media device and open it up in a text editor or spreadsheet Figure 5 4 shows the file opened up in Microsoft Excel after conversion from text to columns The recipe variables tag references and recipe values ar
131. f full chart scale Defines the lower limit of the zone occupied by the LoAbs trace as O of full chart scale i e at the bottom or left hand edge of the chart Specifies the diggroup group logging interval as 20 seconds This is the minimum time for each group in a two group strategy 10s is the minimum for one group 20s for two 30s for three etc Assigns the HiAbs_rc block s digital value CurrVal to the diggroup log group for logging as Point 1 Assigns the LoAbs_rc block s digital value CurrVal to the diggroup log group for logging as Point 2 Assigns the recorder channel block SP_prog to channel 2 of the preplot recording group Unassigns channel 3 of the preplot recording group now unused Note Block type blockname field subfield format referring to Figure 4 4 Table 4 6 Field edits for blocks in the two group logging strategy HA029587 Chapter 4 Issue 1 Jul 07 Page 4 11 VISUAL SUPERVISOR TUTORIAL USER GUIDE 4 4 2 Modifying the setpoint program For the new two group strategy you can slightly modify the existing setpoint program to result in a more interesting set of logged data To do this 1 Double click on the setpoint program file in Explorer e g program1 uys to open up its configuration window 2 Delete the digital setpoint To do this right click the Stirrer faceplate to the right of the chart and select Delete in the popup
132. f required User dictionaries have filenames based on _user uyl and can be created in any suitable text editor or spreadsheet Note The home language dictionary e g English is named _user uyl Foreign language versions are named _user0 uyl _userl uyl _user2 uyl and so on for up to ten alternative languages To configure a user dictionary for this batch 1 Open a blank text editor window e g in Notepad and type in the text shown in Figure 6 8 Each entry occupies one line and has the format lt entry type gt lt index number gt lt text string gt The text string may be blank if no initial value is to be displayed ij _user uyl Natepe ml fed Fil Edit Format Help ae Ul Order number U2 Customer ee oe The colon is followed U3 Contact by a space for good U4 Our ref screen formatting Wl W2 ACME Mixer Corp W3 Jin Bond W4 103 2002 Read only field title entries type U Writeable field value entries type W Values can be edited by the operator Figure 6 8 The configured _user uyl user dictionary file 2 Save the file as text and edit its filename to _user uyl Download the dictionary file to the instrument 6 4 4 Creating a form file for batch reports The last thing you need do before testing out the enhanced batch application is to create a report form file This is a comma separated text file with a filename that is the same
133. f the pidloop recording group Assigns the recorder channel block OP_rcrd to channel 3 of the pidloop recording group Assigns the preplot GROUP block to this area This specifies that preplot will appear in the OVERVIEW and enables data recording for this group Specifies the recording sample rate seconds for the preplot group The default rate of zero disables recording Specifies the SPP_LRAMP block spp_ramp as the first source of data that will be displayed in the faceplate and trends for the preplot group Specifies the SPP_DIG block spp_dig as the second source of data that will be displayed in the faceplate and trends for the preplot group Assigns the recorder channel block PV_prog to channel 1 of the preplot recording group Assigns the recorder channel block stirrer to channel 2 of the preplot recording group Assigns the recorder channel block SP_prog to channel 3 of the preplot recording group Specifies 11 as the bottom of the chart zone or band occupied by all SP plots The default ZoneA_HI of 100 specifies the top of SP s plotting zone Specifies 11 as the bottom of the chart zone occupied by the PV plots The top of the zone 100 default Specifies 10 as the top of the chart zone occupied by the stirrer digital plots The bottom of the zone 0 default The yellow page icon shows an additio
134. f the RCP_LINE block controlling the downloading of recipes to the strategy You want these recipes from the recipe set to be used when a batch runs In the Display Group field select pidloop to associate this group with the batch The remaining dialog fields must be left as lt NONE gt because the strategy does not yet have the necessary function blocks to support the extra functionality OK your entries ASAVE popup warns you that the automatically created BATCH UYS file will be overwritten which is okay because you won t be using it anyway Press OK to create and save the new batch file and return to the Load Batch screen Now inspect instrument s E drive to see what new files have appeared E You can do this most conveniently on the Computer via Network Explorer if you are linked up If Network Explorer is already running remember to refresh the window press the lt F5 gt key E Otherwise you will have to stop and unload the application and then use instrument s resident File Manager utility and a storage media device If you need reminding Chapter 1 Getting Started tells you how to do this Three new files have been created BATCH UYB the batch file BATCH UYS the empty setpoint program file and BATCH UYR an empty recipe file The recipe file was auto created because you opted to link a recipe block to the batch in step 5 above You now have to edit this default recipe file to suit the batch applicat
135. facility SPP_CTRL eal Spp ranp py i ae setpoint programmer PY prog control block p al Programmer Category ieee plea Gan Accesses Instrument s status amp ja iy ae i programming scheduling facilities Must be run for full programming functionality SPP_DIG DR_DGCHP GROUP block setpoint programmer digital block data recording digital channel Organises the two DR_ANCHP amp Programmer Category point block linked SPP_RAMP blocks the Allows local digital setpoints generated by Recorder Category SPP_DIG amp linked DR_DGCHP setpoint program to be wired locally to Allow trending of database digitals blocks into a preplot group DR_DGCHP blocks or to remote target and also their inclusion in needed for Instrument s Preplot instruments e g T2550 Instrument s Preplot facility facility Figure 3 1 PID loop strategy with added Setpoint Programming HA029587 Chapter 3 Issue 1 Jul 07 Page 3 3 VISUAL SUPERVISOR TUTORIAL USER GUIDE 3 2 1 Building the programmer strategy 1 Inthe LINtools Engineering Studio locate the required blocks as shown in Figure 3 1 The quickest way to do this is to open up the existing PID loop strategy as your starting point by double clicking its icon in Explorer view then simply add the seven extra programming blocks Note If you need help with LINtools Engineering Studio Chapter 2 explained how to access and use the configurator and the context sensitive Hel
136. fault rate of zero disables recording Specifies the SPP_LRAMP block spp_ramp as the source of the data that will be displayed in the faceplate and trends for the preplot group Assigns the recorder channel block PV_prog to channel 1 of the preplot recording group Enables the horizontal trend display needed for this application Disables the vertical trend display which is not required in this application Selects remote mode of operation for the PID block needed to allow use of the program s remote setpoint Enables remote mode of operation for the PID block Assigns the recorder channel block SP_prog to channel 2 of the preplot recording group Unassigns channel 3 of the preplot recording group now unused Entering the filename allows LINtools to offer a context menu to create the required file using this filename Associates the RCP_LINE block called line1 with the mixers RCP_SET block Sets the SIM block s pseudo random noise maximum amplitude to zero Resets zone to its default value Resets zone to its default value Note Block type blockname field subfield format referring to Figure 6 1 Table 6 2 Values for non default block fields in the batch strategy HA0229587 Issue 1 Jul O7 Chapter 6 Page 6 3 VISUAL SUPERVISOR TUTORIAL USER GUIDE 6 2 CREATING BATCH FILES Having configured a batch strategy you must now create a batch file This comma separated te
137. ferring to Figure 5 2 Table 5 2 Values for non default block fields in the recipe strategy HA029587 Issue 1 Jul OZ Chapter 5 Page 5 3 VISUAL SUPERVISOR TUTORIAL USER GUIDE 5 2 RUNNING THE RECIPE APPLICATION To run the simulated recipe application and try out some of instrument s recipe features do the following 1 Download the saved modified simulation strategy file to the instrument s E drive Only the dbf file is required by the Instrument Note If you need help with downloading see Chapter 1 Getting started 2 Inthe Instrument load and run the simulation recipe application After a delay the pidloop group display appears containing the single pid faceplate representing the PID control block exactly as in Chapter 2 for the PID loop application Note If you need reminding Chapter I Getting started describes how to select and run applications 3 Press the Down key until you see the pidloop horizontal trend display This should show a pair of black traces representing the PID high and low absolute alarm levels which you set to 80 and 20 respectively The loop will be in low absolute alarm because PV is currently zero the green trace at the bottom of the trend 5 2 1 Creating a recipe set You will now create a very simple recipe set consisting of initially three recipes for a mixing vat The vat is to maintain its contents at any one of three temperatures
138. fusing amount of activity is seen as PV oscillates its way down through the 20 threshold and the three alarms arise and clear in rapid succession Note Flashing indicates unacknowledged alarm s and red indicates active alarm s When PV has neared zero the alarm pane settles down to a flashing red black showing 3 3 i e 3 active alarms and 3 unacknowledged alarms as expected The block name and alarm name of one of the alarms the last to have occurred is displayed in the pane Chapter 2 HA029587 Page 2 10 Issue 1 Jul O7 VISUAL SUPERVISOR TUTORIAL USER GUIDE 2 5 2The Alarm Summary screen 1 To see individual alarms press the alarm pane then SUMMARY The Alarm Summary screen appears listing the three current alarms with the latest at the top 2 Now acknowledge one of the still active alarms Touch the pid LowAbs alarm anywhere over its first two columns It highlights in yellow Press the Option key to see a row of softkeys along the bottom of the screen for working with the Alarm Summary screen Press ACK to acknowledge the LowAbs alarm see Figure 2 5 This alarm item stops flashing but remains red because the alarm condition still exists and the alarm pane displays 3 2 and the name of the most recent unacknowledged alarm the next one in the list Red means active and Indicates 3 active alarms flashing means and 3 unacknowledged unacknowledged alarm s alarms present alarm y
139. g log group to provide text reports for the group LGROUP bat_log ColTitle None Suppresses unwanted column heads in batch reports DR_REPRT bat_rept FormFile batch Specifies the batch uyf form file as the formatting source for the generated group reports Note Block type blockname field subfield format referring to Figure 6 5 Table 6 4 Values for non default block fields in the enhanced batch strategy 2 When you ve carried out all necessary field edits save the modified batch strategy under its original filename 1 e batch dbf Download it to the instrument overwriting the existing database file HA0229587 Chapter 6 Issue 1 Jul O7 Page 6 9 VISUAL SUPERVISOR TUTORIAL USER GUIDE 6 4 2 Modifying the batch file Most of the batch customisation is done by editing the comma separated batch uyb file in a text editor or spreadsheet To do this 1 Open up the batch uyb file in Notepad or similar editor spreadsheet Right click the file in Explorer and select Open With Then select Notepad The file should look something like the text window shown in Figure 6 6 2 Each line of the file does a different job as indicated in the figure The selections you made when you first created the batch file determined the contents of lines 4 to 6 Note The Eycon 10 Eycon 20 Handbook gives full details on batch file syntax Please refer there if you need to know more Line 1 Fixed head
140. ge 8 24 Issue 1 Jul O7 VISUAL SUPERVISOR TUTORIAL USER GUIDE 8 Access the Bar Chart Item Properties dialog In the Variable page select the LIN variable named timer CurrTime In the Appearance page select a Blue Foreground and a White Background Fill Close the dialog with OK 9 Next click the Rectangle tool O and draw a horizontal 74 by 12 rectangle in a blank area of the screen This will form a border for the progress bar The rectangle should be black of line weight 1 and unfilled the defaults Position the rectangle to frame the progress bar using the arrow keys to nudge it into the correct position 10 Now create a readout for the progress bar to display the target time period in seconds Click the Text Variable tool ab and drag out a four character field beneath the progress bar In the Appearance page make the Foreground Blue and the Background Fill Pastel Green In the Text page select SmallBold font right aligned In the Variable page link to the timer EndTime LIN Variable In the Format page select 0 decimal places Hit OK to apply your edits 11 Finally use the Text tool An to create a legend for the readout secs and position it to the right of the readout Make the legend Black SmallBold and left aligned 12 Save the completed user screen under its existing name and download the resulting seq ofl file to the Visual Supervisor HA029587 Chapter 8 Issue 1 Jul 07 Page 8 25 VISUAL SUPER
141. gital setpoint could be used to switch a stirrer on digital HIGH and off digital LOW The stirrer is to operate during the Heat Up and Cool Down segments only Note Full details on using this editor are given in the online Setpoint Program Editor Handbook Part No RM 261 134 U005 The present section provides guidance only on what you need to do in this particular example program ups Duration SP 1 Hew Prog 1 Hew seg 1 Hew 0000 01 00 et to 0 000 seg 2 Hew 000 Seg 3 Hew 000 Keep Visible pushpin Sh are Click to toggle the pushpin to the pinned position shown to keep the Properties dialog open when a new object is selected Program Default Urits File Command Types Mame H eat Profile Use Dictionary E Index f Cycles fi Figure 3 3 Properties dialog for Prog 1 New Each application used to create a related file type can be launched from within LINtools Any function block that displays a Yellow page icon requires an additional file before for it will function correctly 1 The filename program1 in SPP_CTRL RqNxtPrg does not need a uys file extension reference because the block in LINtools knows that this file MUST be a Setpoint Program Right click this field to reveal the context menu and select Open Setpoint Program uys This will launch the application Note Additional Setpoint Program files are created by accessing the Explorer folde
142. gment in the mixture needed for a particular colour In use the recipe is downloaded to the LIN database controlling a particular plant line i e each recipe value is copied to the corresponding LIN block field to achieve the required control You will usually want to run several related recipe on a given plant line at different times with the same set of variables but with different assigned values e g for different colour mixes These recipes constitute a recipe set that are stored in a single comma separated text file with extension uyr 5 1 ADDING RECIPES TO THE DATA LOGGING STRATEGY Figure 5 1 shows the simulation data logging strategy you created in the first part of Chapter 4 but with the setpoint program blocks deleted and some extra function blocks added to allow recipes to be used Eycon 10 SPP_EXT E10_03 spp_ext e bl LOGDEY RCP_SET block ogden Batch Category Aa a a Controls the recipe set UYR file to be F H F jE LGROUP used for one or more plant recipe lines Tgroup Each line is represented by an attached RCP_LINE block Up to 4 RCP_SET blocks per database OR _ALARM dr_alarm DR_ANCHP if OP_rcerd i DR _ANCHF 4 RCP_LINE block Batch Category Controls the downloading of recipes to a single plant line from a recipe set specified in the associated RCP_SET block Up to 8 RCP_LINE blocks may attach to a RCP_SET block DR_ANCHP aAa_Pord DR_ANCHP data recording if analogue channel
143. go on to associate actions with steps Enter the starttim action as timer Reset 0 start timer This action makes the timer block s Reset field FALSE which allows the CurrTime field to start incrementing in seconds until it reaches the EndTime value When it does the block s Out field goes from 0 FALSE to 1 TRUE 8 2 5 Associating actions with steps Now you have created some actions try associating them with the first two steps in the sequence IDLE and Wait To do this 1 Double click the ROOT Chart item in the contents pane to bring back the SFC to the editor window The main SFC appears by default as page 2 Double click the IDLE step to display its step pane at the foot of the window in the Object Properties Pane Your editor window should resemble Figure 8 6 3 Double click the cell in the Action column ROOT to pull down a menu of all actions currently configured Select the zerotime item to associate it with this step 4 Now click the cell in the Qualifier column labelled N Normal and select P Initial The corresponding Type column cell now reads TEXT because zerotime is a Structured Text Action Selecting a P type qualifier means that this action will be executed as soon as the step activates and will be executed only once After all we need only zero and disable the timer clock once in this step
144. h but leave the Recipe Name set to hotmix then press START OK the confirmation popup to start the batch The customised Batch Status screen tells you that the batch state is STARTING which may persist for a while Note If the batch then adopts the FAILED state it is probably because there is no storage media device connected As you have configured batch reporting a media storage device is expected and the batch is not allowed to proceed without one In this case press RESET Menu BATCH BATCHES to return to the Batch Start screen Insert a media storage device then press START again Press the Menu key then Vat to view your Mixer Vat user screen and watch the progress of the batch You will see the alarm lamps operating with PV SP changes and the various readouts reporting on the batch state phase and so on Note the vat contents colour changes as the temperature rises and falls Note also the occasional disk activity as batch reporting occurs Let the batch run to its conclusion when the COMPLETE state is adopted You can always speed things up by skipping phases via Program pane SKIP Note Skipping a phase program segment can have unexpected effects If you skip while ramping up or down to the next dwell segment the setpoint never reaches its intended target It instead dwells at the value it had when you executed the skip command When the batch is in the COMPLETE state pre
145. h a default filename 2 Edit the filename to batch uxp Double click it to open up a User Screen Editor window with a Set Initial PageSet Values dialog Note You can get specific help for an active dialog by pressing the lt F1 gt key For most menu items press lt F I gt when the cursor is over the item To get help for a toolbutton locate the cursor over the tool hold down the left mouse button and press lt F1 gt Release the mouse button This works even for greyed out toolbuttons 3 If the batch uxp file was created in the working instrument folder all required fields are automatically configured but if created outside the working instrument folder set the Target panel field to the appropriate value for your instrument target e g qvga or Eycon 10 and then if necessary change the Page Set Name field Use the Browse button to configure the Location of DB file for Page Set field Leave other fields at their defaults and OK your edits A blank batch uxp window now appears Note If you wish to change the Target Panel it is recommended that the Target Panel is specified before the Name is edited Chapter 7 HA029587 Page 7 6 Issue 1 Jul O7 VISUAL SUPERVISOR TUTORIAL USER GUIDE 4 Click the New Page icon a to pop up a New Page dialog Edit the dialog fields according to Figure 7 3 most of the fields are left at their defaults OK your edits A blank Pagel window ap
146. hapter 6 Page 6 5 VISUAL SUPERVISOR TUTORIAL USER GUIDE 6 3 RUNNING THE BATCH APPLICATION To run the simulated batch application and try out some of instrument s batch features do the following 1 If you had to stop and unload the BATCH application for filing operations reload and run it now Otherwise go straight on to step 2 The area overview appears with its two group faceplates pidloop and preplot Program pane showing details of the setpoint program that is driving the batch ZeroOP in the program corresponds is Phase 1 in the FIE atch Batch Status Cunecilycelecicd File Nane BATCH W Current State of Recipe Hame warmmix i Batch Id FIRSTONE pu eet State RUNNING starting the current batch Started At 25 02 02 11 00 09 Phase 1 oo __ eon Press one of these buttons to alter the State of the batch engine Unavailable options are greyed out Figure 6 2 Batch Status screen phase 1 in the FIRSTONE batch 2 Press the Menu key then BATCH BATCHES In the Load Batch screen press the File Name field and select BATCH Press LOAD to see the Batch Start screen This tells you the filename of the loaded batch the recipe currently selected defaults to the first in the set and an automatically generated batch identity 00000001 if this is your very first batch 3 Youcan select another recipe if you wish and also edit the Batch Id Press the Recipe Name fie
147. he low absolute alarm on the pid block s PV output Enables the high absolute alarm on the pid block s PV output Enables the high deviation alarm on the pid block s PV output Enables the low deviation alarm on the pid block s PV output Sets the SIM block s 1st filter time constant to 25 seconds to simulate lag in the plant s process variable Allocates area number only Area 1 currently implemented No OVERVIEW appears in the instrument unless an area number has been allocated Assigns the pidloop GROUP block to this area This specifies that pidloop will appear in the OVERVIEW and enables data recording for this group Assigns the preplot GROUP block to this area This specifies that preplot will appear in the OVERVIEW and enables data recording for this group Specifies the pidloop group s recording sample rate seconds The default rate of zero disables recording Specities the PID block pid as the source of the data that will be displayed in the faceplate and trends for the pidloop group Assigns the recorder channel block PV_rcrd to channel 1 of the pidloop recording group Assigns the recorder channel block SP_rcrd to channel 2 of the pidloop recording group Assigns the recorder channel block OP_rcrd to channel 3 of the pidloop recording group Specifies the recording sample rate seconds for the preplot group The de
148. he HOLD state press the batch pane then HOLD The batch pane turns yellow and reports the HELD state but again you will see that the sequence continues running in blissful ignorance Note You will also find that there is no simple mechanism allowing you to skip a phase as there was when you were driving the batch with a setpoint program These deficiencies can easily be made good by some editing of the sequence and a very minor change to the LIN database This is what you will now do to complete this chapter of the tutorial Chapter 8 HA029587 Page 8 20 Issue 1 Jul O7 VISUAL SUPERVISOR TUTORIAL USER GUIDE 8 6 ADDING HOLD ABORT amp SKIP TO THE APPLICATION To make the application more user friendly you will now E Edit the LIN Database by adding a wire to put the sequence into hold E Edit the LIN Sequence by adding an Abort step and skip wiring mM Edit the User Screen to include a skip button and also a progress bar for operator information Tip Remember Sequences run top to bottom 8 6 1Editing the database Hold Open up the seq dbf file in the LINtools and add a wire from the bat_ctrl block s StateFlg HELD field into the sfc_con block s Hold field Save the database and download it to the Visual Supervisor The StateFlg HELD bit goes high whenever the batch enters the HELD state and this high signal passes to the sfc_con block s Hold field and puts the sequenc
149. he PID block s LAA field The legend 1 0 means that there is currently one active alarm and zero unacknowledged alarms Note Alarms with priorities from I to 5 are self acknowledging i e they are indicated only when the alarm state is active and clear themselves when the alarm state is over Alarms with priorities of 6 or greater are acknowledging alarms They continue to be indicated even after the alarm state is over until acknowledged by an operator To see some activity in the alarm pane try the following 1 Get the detailed pid function block faceplate on view as shown in Figure 2 3 Press Menu OVERVIEW and then the small pid faceplate Press the green SL readout 0 0 and edit the local setpoint to 50 in the numeric pad popup As the PV rises above 20 the red alarm pane flickers and when the low absolute alarm state has cleared the pane becomes light grey and indicates 0 0 Now create some acknowledging alarms Press Menu SYSTEM APPLN FB MGR Select the pid block and edit its Alarms field Set the LowAbs priority to 6 i e an acknowledging alarm see note above Press Up twice to return to the FB Manager screen Similarly set the area block s Area alarm priority to say 10 and the pidloop block s Group alarm to 15 Return to the function block faceplate via Menu OVERVIEW etc Now reset SL to zero and watch the alarm pane A con
150. he pid block s PV output Sets the pid block s PV output high absolute alarm at 80 Sets the pid block s PV output low absolute alarm at 20 Sets the PID integral time constant to 5 seconds to improve control in this simulated strategy Sets the SIM block s 1st filter time constant to 25 seconds to simulate lag in the plant s process variable Assigns the Igroup LGROUP block to Group 1 of the logdev logging device block Prevents access to the floppy disk when application starts running Specifies the Igroup block s standard logging interval as 10 seconds the minimum time for a single group The default rate of zero disables logging Assigns the PV_rcrd block s analogue value CurrVal to the log group for logging as Point 1 Assigns the SP_rcrd block s analogue value CurrVal to the log group for logging as Point 2 Assigns the OP_rcrd block s analogue value CurrVal to the log group for logging as Point 3 Assigns the dr_alarm alarm point block to Point 4 of the log group to provide alarm filtering and logging for the log group Allocates area number only Area 1 currently implemented No OVERVIEW appears in the Instrument unless an area number has been allocated Assigns the pidloop GROUP block to this area This specifies that pidloop will appear in the OVERVIEW and enables data recording for this group Specifies the pidloop group s recording s
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152. ice that the currently active step name is displayed in either the ActStepA or ActStepB field near the top of the page Also the ROOT action the SFC itself always appears in the AActionA Active Action field so long as the sequence runs When the sequence stops these fields clear 7 After afew minutes you will see the last step Step_F Stand deactivate and the sequence appears to stop running Check this by returning to the SFC_CON block page and noting that Run is now FALSE again Note The sequence switches itself off when the last step Stand deactivates thanks to the stopsequ action that executes as an F Final action The SFC_CON block s Run field is reset to O FALSE by this action see Table 8 3 8 Try running the sequence again by editing sfc_con Run to TRUE This time press Menu OVERVIEW to access the overview screen Press the Down key to scroll through the various trend displays and confirm that the vat is being controlled in the intended manner 9 You might want to take a look at how some of the other LIN blocks work while the sequence is running especially the TIMER and RATE_LMT blocks Now that you have a working sequence you can confidently modify it to control the batch recipe user screen application you developed in Chapter 7 Chapter 8 HA029587 Page 8 12 Issue 1 Jul O7 VISUAL SUPERVISOR TUTORIAL USER GUIDE 8 4 ADDING BATCH amp RECIPE TO THE SEQUENCE STRATEGY T
153. ices You can opt to transfer selected application files e g programs system instrument files or both E ELIN The Computer fitted with a standard ELIN e g Ethernet communications card running the Explore Networks application communicating with the Instrument using an ELIN RJ45 RJ45 cable This is the fastest method 1 4 1 Using File Manager Before using the File Manager utility you must stop and unload the currently running application if one is running and requires ENGINEER login status If not you can skip steps 1 and 2 in the following 1 Press the Menu key then SYSTEM APPLN APP MGR to access the Application Manager window This shows the current application file and its state e g RUNNING Note Application files are stored in the instruments E drive EPROM and must be copied loaded to RAM for running When you unload an application you are deleting its application files from RAM 2 Press STOP to stop the running application then UNLOAD to unload it You are now ready to use the File Manager 3 Press the Menu key then MAINT FILE MGR to see the File Manager window showing data about the instrument s E drive 4 To select a different drive press the yellow E and select and enter the required drive 5 You can specify a filename filter to limit the number of filenames seen To do this press the yellow Filter to pop up a keyboard Type in the required file format using asterisks as wildcard
154. ick the Text Variable tool abl position the cursor above the degC text block and drag to the right to produce a row of four question marks Click the Selection tool right click the and select Properties 4 Inthe Variable page select the LIN Variable radio button and enter pid PV in the Name box In the Format page select 0 Decimal places and in the Text page set the Alignment to Left Centre The Font name defaults to SmallBold Click OK 5 Ifnecessary nudge the elements of the vat graphic into their correct positions see Figure 7 4 Drag a box around the graphics to select them all then click the Group button wl to combine them into a single object Drag the vat to near the top centre of the screen HA029587 Chapter 7 Issue 1 Jul 07 Page 7 9 VISUAL SUPERVISOR TUTORIAL USER GUIDE 7 2 4Creating the alarm indicator lamps There are four of these Start with the HiAbs lamp 1 Using the Ellipse tool draw a circle a bit smaller than a grid square Snap to must be off to do this Open up its Properties dialog and in the Appearance page tick the Object is filled box The Background Fill colour should be set to Pastel green In the Colour attribute page tick the Colour change box and the LIN Variable radio button Enter pid Alarms HighAbs in the Name box or use the Browse button In the Colour selection section select Value as
155. ill to be applied The preplot makes it very clear how closely or not PV is following SP and what to expect next HA029587 Chapter 3 Issue 1 Jul O7 Page 3 11 VISUAL SUPERVISOR TUTORIAL USER GUIDE 7 Watch the progress of the preplot for a while You will see after a minute or so that something is wrong The actual PV is not following the programmed setpoint The reason is that remote mode has not yet been enabled in the PID block and so the remotely generated setpoint is being ignored Note You will also see the holdback action you configured The green programmed setpoint initially rises at the expected rate but soon starts to flatten out to a horizontal line The analogue setpoint freezes when it deviates by 20 units from the PV value which at the moment is remaining on the zero line The digital setpoint Stirrer also freezes CLOSED This state of affairs continues with the Heat Up segment extending indefinitely until PV can follow its programmed SP 8 To put this right press the Menu softkey then SYSTEM APPLN FB MGR to access the FB Manager window Press the pid block box to see the PID block parameters scroll down to the SelMode field press the yellow value pop up the SelMode menu Set SelRem to TRUE to select remote mode and press return Repeat for EnaRem to enable remote mode Finally press the program pane then PRE PLOT and watch the progress PV now shoots up rapidly to follow the programmed
156. ion Chapter 6 HA029587 Page 6 4 Issue 1 Jul O7 VISUAL SUPERVISOR TUTORIAL USER GUIDE 6 2 1 Editing the default recipe file As in the previous recipe tutorial we will simulate ramping the temperature of a vat according to a set of recipes Because the batch phases will be defined by a setpoint program the recipes cannot change ramp rates or segment durations But they can for example alter setpoints via setpoint trim values and vary alarm levels to suit each recipe in the set Table 6 3 lists the recipe values you should now configure for this part of the tutorial To do this 1 Press the Menu key then RECIPE In the Recipe popup press RECIPES to see the Load Save Recipe screen 2 Press the File Name field and select the automatically created BATCH recipe set file from the picklist Press LOAD then EDIT to see the empty BATCH recipe editor table 3 Press the RCP column heading then press INSERT in the popup to see the Insert Variable dialog Enter a Variable Name of trimsp and link it to the pid trimsp LIN database tag OK your entries Tip Remember tags are not case sensitive 4 Press the 1 column heading and rename it hotmix OK your edit Press the default 0 0 value and change it to 20 0 5 Continue adding variables and editing the recipe set according to the values given in Table 6 3 If you need reminding how to do this see the Creating a recipe set section in Chap
157. ion to the table as the second item and qualify it as a P action Finally append the zerotime action to the Wait step qualified as an F Final action F actions execute once only immediately after the step de activates We don t want to zero and disable the timer until the wait period is over Note The order of the actions in the step pane can be important as well as their individual qualifiers This is because they execute in this order when the step activates with the top action going first HAO029587 Issue 1 Jul OZ Chapter 8 Page 8 9 VISUAL SUPERVISOR TUTORIAL USER GUIDE 8 2 6Creating the remaining actions You can now go on to configure and compile the rest of the actions needed for this sequence using the methods described above Refer to Table 8 3 for your data which lists all the actions including the three you ve already configured Don t forget to use the ST prompter to speed up ST writing and avoid spelling mistakes Note You can copy amp paste text freely between similar actions if helpful Double click a contents pane item to display it in the main editor window Action Structured Text and Comment Function zerotime timer Reset 1 zero amp inhibit timer Reset bit latches on wait rate PV O set target SP to zero rate Options DisRL 1 zero OP Copies PV to OP rate Options DisRL 0 restore rate limiting timer EndTime 60 set ti
158. ix sfc_con Run TRUE TRUE TRUE Table 8 9 SEQ recipe set data for the sequence batch application 6 When you have completed the edits or are satisfied that your recipe set was already correct press the SAVE AS button and save the file with the name SEQ This will overwrite any existing seq uyr file HA029587 Chapter 8 Issue 1 Jul O7 Page 8 19 VISUAL SUPERVISOR TUTORIAL USER GUIDE 8 5 2Running a batch Now that you have a correctly edited recipe set start running a batch 1 Press the grey pane at the top left of the screen labelled RESET This pops up the Batch menu Note When you were running an application containing both setpoint programming and batch in Chapters 6 and 7 this pane accessed the Programmer menu not the Batch menu This is because a setpoint program takes priority over a batch for the use of this pane 2 Press BATCHES and load the SEQ batch from the Load Batch screen The Batch Start screen appears Leave the recipe selection as hotmix Press the START button and hit OK to confirm the batch start 3 Press the Menu key then Vat to return to the Mixer Vat user screen Notice that the readouts are now active and the batch state is RUNNING Follow the progress of the batch and confirm that the sequence is correctly driving the batch phases 4 When the batch has reached the COMPLETE state the sequence should have stopped as well Check this by inspecting the SFC_CON block
159. l and Audit Record purposes Within the Visual Supervisor incoming data is logged to a 45MB internal flash memory directory H drive and saved in asc ASCII or ubh files recommended Note uhh files are recommended and can only be read using Review software These uhh files are secure data logging files appropriate for any application but are 21 CFR pt 11 application compliant Recording data is the process of saving the history of a set of data values in the instrument s non volatile memory The data can survive a power outage and can be replayed on the instrument The recorded analogue or digital values stored in the local flash memoy archive device are displayed on Video Chart Recorders An archive device providing a secure storage area for files holding the logged data This can be internal to the Instrument or via the relevant hardware configuration HA029587 Chapter 4 Issue 1 Jul 07 Page 4 1 VISUAL SUPERVISOR TUTORIAL USER GUIDE 4 2 ADDING DATA LOGGING TO THE PROGRAMMING STRATEGY Figure 4 2 shows the setpoint programming strategy created in Chapter 3 but with three extra function blocks added to allow data logging to be performed LOGDEV logging device block Organise Category Controls access to an archive medium and up to 16 groups of points log groups for logging Each log group is specified via an LGROUP block Eycon 10 SIM E10_03 51m T mnl AI_UIO PID AD_UIO Py PID oF z mes E Collects
160. ld hotmix and select the warmmix recipe instead Edit the Batch Id field to FIRSTONE 4 Press START to start the batch The Batch Status screen appears telling you what is currently happening with the batch Figure 6 2 shows what you might see at this initial stage Note The batch state shows RUNNING and it is at Phase 1 corresponding to the first segment of the setpoint program called ZeroOP The program pane tells you what is happening with the setpoint program 5 Press the Menu key then OVERVIEW to see the Area display Press the pidloop faceplate then the Down key until you see the horizontal trend display Watch this for a while You should confirm that the vat temperatures correspond to the warmmix recipe The ZeroOP phase setpoint should be at 10 degrees programmed zero plus setpoint trim of 10 the soak phase at 90 degrees 80 10 and the stand phase at 30 degrees 20 10 6 Return to the Batch Status screen by pressing Menu BATCH STATUS As the batch continues running note the phase changes and their correspondence to the setpoint program segments 7 To hurry things along try pressing the top left program pane then SKIP to the next program segment As the batch is program driven it also skips a phase when you do this When the batch has run its course its state becomes COMPLETE and the grey coloured program pane shows that the program is IDLE The Batch Status
161. le and see a summary Leaving the date and time fields blank executes the schedule as soon as any currently running program has finished Note Ifa program is already scheduled pressing SCHEDULE accesses the summary screen directly The EDIT button lets you edit the loaded setpoint progam within the instrument Press EDIT to see the Heat Profile edit window in this case Pressing any of the yellowed fields pops up an edit window where you can edit program parameters Editable fields are yellowed Press them to pop up applicable keypads for entering the new values or selecting from picklists You can also delete insert and rename segments Note You cannot edit a running program If the program is held you can edit some of the parameters e g ramp rates and target values but for full editability you must abort the program or wait for it to reach the idle state When the program has finished running try doing some edits Press the idle program pane then EDIT in the Programmer window In the Stirrer profile s ZeroOP segment press the OPEN cell to pop up its edit dialog Edit the yellow OPEN field to CLOSED and press DONE to apply the edit Press the program pane then PREVIEW to inspect the result The blue digital setpoint is now CLOSED during the ZeroOP segment Return to the EDIT window and press the yellow Soak segment cell in the SP row of the table Edit the
162. lightly to read these recipe values rather than be assigned fixed values So to modify the sequence in these ways do the following 1 Open up the sequence file seq sdb and create the six new text actions listed in Table 8 6 These will let the sequence drive the batch engine phases Action Structured Text and Comment Function phase bat_ctrl CurPhase 1 this is phase 1 Executed in Wait step phase2 bat_ctrl CurPhase 2 this is phase 2 Executed in Heat_up step phase3 bat_ctrl CurPhase 3 this is phase 3 Executed in Soak step phase4 bat_ctrl CurPhase 4 this is phase 4 Executed in Cooldown step phase5 bat_ctrl CurPhase 5 this is phase 5 Executed in Stand step stopbat bat_ctrl CurPhase 0 sets batch to COMPLETE Table 8 6 New text actions required by the modified sequence Chapter 8 HA029587 Page 8 14 Issue 1 Jul O7 VISUAL SUPERVISOR TUTORIAL USER GUIDE 2 Now modify the existing actions listed in Table 8 7 This will allow the sequence to work with recipe variables rather than using fixed temperatures and times Action Structured Text and Comment heatup rate RateUp 4 set uprate to 4 s rate PV an_conn PV1 set target to soaktmp recipe value amp start ramp soak timer EndTime an_conn PV3 set timer to soaktim recipe value cooldown rate RateDown 0 5 set downrate to 0 5 s rate PV an_conn PV2 set target to s
163. llows LINtools to offer a context menu to create the required file using this filename LOGDEV logdev State OFF Prevents access to the floppy disk when application starts running The batch engine itself enables access when the batch is started LOGDEV logdev Group1 bat_log Assigns the bat_log LGROUP block to Group 1 of the LOGDEV logging device block LGROUP bat_log UpdateA 10 Specifies the bat_log block s standard logging interval as 10 seconds the minimum time for a single group The default rate of zero disables logging LGROUP bat_log Point bat_rept Assigns the bat_rept report block to Point 1 of the bat_log log group to provide text reports for the group LGROUP bat_log ColTitle None Suppresses unwanted column heads in batch reports DR_REPRT bat_rept FormFile batch Specifies the batch uyf form file as the formatting source for the generated group reports LOGDEYV logdev State OFF Prevents access to the floppy disk when application starts running The batch engine itself enables access when the batch is started LOGDEV logdev Group1 bat_log Assigns the bat_log LGROUP block to Group 1 of the LOGDEV logging device block LGROUP bat_log UpdateA 10 Specifies the bat_log block s standard logging interval as 10 seconds the minimum time for a single group The default rate of zero disables logging LGROUP bat_log Point bat_rept Assigns the bat_rept report block t
164. lock Manager window Note If you want to edit a block name and certain other parameters you must first stop the application Trend traces m OP rard Colour coded faceplates 46 Colours match trend traces Values shown at cursor or latest data if no cursor Engineering units Pan control Drag control or Time span Minutes seconds in pes p this case select section o trend to view Dotted line cursor es oe 16 24 i EEE eee Date amp time at line cursor Zoom control Live key Drag control or press Using Pan freezes trend but data is still being buttons to adjust logged trend span Press the Live key to revert to live trending Figure 2 4 Vertical trend with faceplates HA029587 Chapter 2 Issue 1 Jul 07 Page 2 9 VISUAL SUPERVISOR TUTORIAL USER GUIDE 2 5 LOOKING AT ALARMS In this section you take a quick look at how alarm conditions are displayed on the instrument s screen and how to archive alarms and add notes to the alarm history For comprehensive details on alarms you should refer to the Eycon 10 Eycon 20 Handbook Part No HA029280 2 5 1 The Alarm pane Figure 2 3b showed the alarm pane at the top right corner of the screen It is red meaning that there is at least one active alarm present in this case a low absolute alarm set in the PID blocks Alarms LowAbs field Priority 1 because PV is below 20 the low absolute alarm threshold set in t
165. m the existing programmer strategy Source Destination Function Al_UIO PV PV PID pid PV PID process variable PV from the remote input module into the PID block PID pid OP AO_UIO OP OP PID control output OP to the remote output module PID pid OP DR_ANCHP OP_rcrd CurrVal PID control output OP into the OP_rcrd DRLANCHP block to enable data recording onto Instrument s local flash storage PID pid PV DR_ ANCHP PV_rerd CurrVal PID process variable PV into the PV_rcrd block to enable data recording PID pid SP DR_ ANCHP SP_rcrd CurrVal PID setpoint SP into the SP_rerd block to enable data recording PID pid PV SPP_RAMP spp_ramp PV PID process variable PV into the spp_ramp block to include PV in the preplot group SPP_RAMP spp_ramp Out PID pid RemoteSP setpoint generated by the locally running setpoint program program 1 uys into the PID block s remote setpoint input SPP_RAMP spp_ramp Out DR ANCHP SP_prog CurrVal setpoint generated by the locally running setpoint program program uys into DR ANCHP block to enable trending amp Instrument s Preplot facility SPP_RAMP spp_ramp PV DR_ANCHP PV_prog CurrVal PID process variable PV sourced from the PID block into DR ANCHP block to enable trending amp Instrument s Preplot facility SPP_DIG spp_dig Out BitO DR_DGCHP stirrer CurrVal digital setpoint generated by the locally running setpoint program program 1 u
166. mer to 60s starttim timer Reset O start timer Unlatches Reset bit heatup rate RateUp 4 set uprate to 4 s rate PV 80 set target to 80 amp start ramp OP ramps to PV at RateUp s soak timer EndTime 120 set timer to 120s cooldown rate RateDown 0 5 set downrate to 0 5 s rate PV 20 set target to 20 stand timer EndTime 60 set timer to 60s stopsequ sfc_con Run 0 stop amp initialise sequence Init bit works when Run O Table 8 3 Text actions used in the sequence first version 8 2 7 Associating the remaining actions to steps Associate the rest of the actions to appropriate steps according to Table 8 4 Qualifier Associated actions Initial zerotime Initial wait Initial starttim Final zerotime Initial heatup Initial soak Initial starttim Final zerotime Cooldown Initial cooldown Stand Initial stand Initial starttim Final stopsequ P P P F P P P F P P P F Table 8 4 Steps and associated actions first version Chapter 8 HA029587 Page 8 10 Issue 1 Jul O7 VISUAL SUPERVISOR TUTORIAL USER GUIDE 8 2 8Writing transitions So you have now laid out and wired up the sequence steps and associated them with actions executed according to action qualifiers To complete the sequence you must tell each step what must happen for it to deactivate and pass its activity on to the next step That is you must write the TRUE FALSE
167. merical order as defined by the setpoint program That is Analogue PV 1 resulting from Analogue Setpoint 1 must be associated with Chan Analogue PV2 with Chan2 etc until all the analogue PVs have been dealt with E Inthe preplot group there is only one analogue PV resulting from the single analogue setpoint generated by the setpoint program So the DR_ANCHP block PV_prog is allocated to the preplot GROUP block s Chan field 2 Then any digital setpoints must be associated in program order with the next of the GROUP block s channels E The preplot group has one digital setpoint So the DR_DGCHP block stirrer is allocated to the preplot GROUP block s Chan2 field 3 When all the analogue PVs and digitals have been dealt with the analogue SPs are associated with the remaining channels in order E In the preplot group the DR_ANCHP block SP_prog is therefore associated with Chan3 to complete the set Chapter 3 HA029587 Page 3 6 Issue 1 Jul O7 VISUAL SUPERVISOR TUTORIAL USER GUIDE 3 3 CREATING A SETPOINT PROGRAM This section tells you how to create a very simple program to provide one analogue and one digital setpoint for the strategy using the Setpoint Program Editor The analogue setpoint will start off holding at zero in a ZeroOP segment then ramp up to 100 Heat Up segment then hold at 100 Soak segment and finally ramp back to zero Cool Down segment The di
168. mise the batch interface User screens are graphics displays that you can design to appear on instrument s screen As well as the relatively simple objects you draw using the package you can also include bitmap images Screen objects can be linked to block fields in the LIN database and to system variables to obtain animation effects e g touch sensitive buttons dynamic bargraphs colour changes numeric and text readouts and many others Note This chapter explores only a few of the User Screen Editor capabilities You should consult the User Screen Editor Handbook for full details of all the editor s features The main sections in this chapter are mM Modifying the batch strategy for messaging Creating a user screen Adding messages to the user dictionary Modifying the batch file Running the batch application with user screen MODIFYING THE BATCH STRATEGY FOR MESSAGING Figure 7 1 shows the simulation batch strategy you created in Chapter 6 but with three extra blocks AND4 PNL_MSG and PULSE added to give the strategy some panel messaging capability Panel messaging is the presentation to the operator of on screen messages triggered by events in the application These messages can be configured to offer the operator a choice of responses In this case we want an operator message to appear when the batch enters a dangerous condition i e when the measured vat temperature PV is in both high absolute alarm
169. n PID pid OP AO_UIO OP OP PID control output OP to the remote output module PID pid OP DR_ANCHP OP_rcrd CurrVal PID control output OP into the OP_rerd DR_ ANCHP block to enable data recording onto Instruments local flash storage PID pid PV DR_ ANCHP PV_rerd CurrVal PID process variable PV into the PV_rcrd block to enable data recording PID pid SP DR_ ANCHP SP_rcrd CurrVal PID setpoint SP into the SP_rcrd block to enable data recording PID pid OP SIM sim PV PID control output OP into the SIM block s PV input to simulate output to the plant SIM sim OP PID pid PV SIM block s lagged output OP into the PID block s PV input to simulate the plant s PV PID pid HAA DR ANCHP HAA_rerd CurrVal PID High Absolute Alarm level HAA into the HAA_rcrd block to enable data recording PID pid LAA DR_ANCHP LAA_rerd CurrVal PID Low Absolute Alarm level LAA into the LAA_rcrd block to enable data Table 5 la Strategy wiring data Note The Configuration Header block and the AREA GROUP LOGDEV LGROUP DR_ALARM RCP_SET and RCP_LINE blocks don t need to be wired up They are associated with other blocks by setting field values see next 5 1 2 Editing the block fields Table 5 2 lists the fields that should as a minimum be edited from their default values For completeness all such fields are shown in the table including those edited in the original data logging strategy Note that you must also edit th
170. nal file is required for this block to function correctly Entering the filename allows LINtools to offer the option to create this file using the defined filename via the context menu Note Block type blockname field subfield format referring to Figure 3 2 Table 3 2 Values for non default block fields HA029587 Issue 1 Jul OZ Chapter 3 Page 3 5 VISUAL SUPERVISOR TUTORIAL USER GUIDE 3 2 3 Using GROUP block channels to organise the preplot display An important function of the GROUP block s Chan1 to Chan16 parameters is to organise setpoints for display in the Instrument s preplot view via DR_ANCHP and DR_DGCHP recorder channel blocks Figure 3 2 shows a preplot display with one digital and two analogue setpoints Note Zoning has been used to confine the three setpoints to their own horizontal in this case bands on the chart Table 3 2 gave you the zone specifications for the current setpoint program application You will see what effect this has later in the tutorial PAST NOW FUTURE TT Digital SP1 Analog SP2 Analog SP1 X YE lt A Chart Motion Figure 3 2 Example Instrument preplot display For a valid preplot display the GROUP block channels must be associated in strict numerical order with the setpoints generated by the running setpoint program which you will create in the next section This is done as follows 1 First the analogue PVs must be associated in nu
171. nction PID pid Alarms HighAbs 1 Enables the high absolute alarm on the pid block s PV output PID pid HAA 80 00 Sets the pid block s PV output high absolute alarm at 80 PID pid SelMode SelRem TRUE Selects Remote mode for the pid block to allow it to use the remote setpoint generated by the running setpoint program PID pid SelMode EnaRem TRUE Enables the pid block to operate in Remote mode LOGDEV logdev Group1 Igroup Assigns the Igroup LGROUP block to Group 1 of the logdev logging device block LOGDEV logdev State OFF Prevents access to the storage media device when application starts running LGROUP Igroup UpdateA 10 Specifies the Igroup block s standard logging interval as 10 seconds the minimum time for a single group The default rate of zero disables logging LGROUP Igroup Point PV_rerd Assigns the PV_rcrd block s analogue value CurrVal to the log group for logging as Point 1 LGROUP Igroup Point2 SP_rerd Assigns the SP_rcrd block s analogue value CurrVal to the log group for logging as Point 2 LGROUP Igroup Point3 OP_rerd Assigns the OP_rcrd block s analogue value CurrVal to the log group for logging as Point 3 LGROUP Igroup Point4 dr_alarm Assigns the dr_alarm alarm point block to Point 4 of the log group to provide alarm filtering and logging for the log group Note Block type blockname field subfield format
172. needed for this section of the tutorial 1 Start by opening the simulated recipe strategy in LINtools shown in Figure 5 1 2 For simplicity delete the data logging blocks LOGDEV LGROUP and DR_ALARM or move them well out of the way on the worksheet Delete the AI_UIO and AO_UIO blocks 3 Select both the AREA and GROUP blocks and relocate them to be next to the RCP_SET and RCP_LINE blocks see Figure 5 1 4 Select the set of blocks linked to the PID block i e the SIM PID and the five DR_ANCHP blocks e g drag a dotted box around the blocks Copy Ctrl C and paste Ctrl V the selection then move the superimposed copy while still selected to the right of the original blocks as in Figure 5 5 5 Select the RCP_LINE and GROUP blocks then copy paste and position the copies just below the existing pair of blocks Rename the two GROUP blocks with more sensible names vatl and vat2 as in Figure 5 5 DP _AN HP OP_rcd2 RCP_SET AREA OF AM HF area OP _rcerd Mixers i F E z fu RCP_LINE GROUP Tine a watl RCP_LINE i T Whe OR __AN CHF HAA_pcrd i DR __ANCHP LAA_pord i Figure 5 5 The modified two line simulation strategy HAA _pcd2 OR __AN CHP LAA pcd re 6 Edit the new block fields and the existing AREA and RCP_SET blocks according to Table 5 4 then save the modified strategy under a new name e g recipel dbf and download it to the instrument s E driv
173. ng 1 If necessary restore the ROOT SFC to the editor window double click it in the contents pane 2 Runa wire from Wait to Heat_up It will almost certainly look a mess so increase the zoom by clicking the j zoom button repeatedly to get maximum magnification Drag the highlighted transition bar upwards and to the left until it is level with the other two transitions and nicely spaced out You will find that the skip wire has magically become neat and tidy 3 Repeat step 2 for the remaining three skip wires Chapter 8 HA029587 Page 8 22 Issue 1 Jul O7 VISUAL SUPERVISOR TUTORIAL USER GUIDE 4 Enter the following transition expression into one of the skip transition panes an conn PV5 1 Skip button pressed You will configure the user screen to set the AN_CONN block s PV5 field to 1 when the skip button is pressed The transition going TRUE will cause activity to pass from the current step to the next step 1 e a skip to the next transition phase But note that there is a potential problem here By changing the AN_CONN block s PVS field to 1 each transition will be affected Since all the skip transitions will become TRUE when the skip button is pressed the sequence will skip very rapidly through all its steps in succession until it reaches Stand rather than just skipping one step This is certainly not what we want To avoid this happening we need to create on
174. ng system requires you to create two databases the PID Control Loop strategy should be created in a T2550 database and a strategy for displaying Trends PV SP and OP in the Eycon For this to operate correctly the PID block must be cached from the T2550 to the Eycon database For clarity the cached PID Control Loop strategy has be shown however to simplify this tutorial the PID block and SIM block can be created in the Eycon database because the I O is controlled via the T2550 PID control block Generates a PID proportional integral EYCON 10 EYCON 20 header block derivative control output OP from a A header block is required in all LIN resultant setpoint SP amp a process instrument strategies variable input PV Al_UIO An Analogue input block Eyoo 10 SIM E10_03 AO_UIO Analogue output block Allows communication with ag UTO a single analogue output uP channel running in a Allows communication with aw a single analogue input channel running in a remote T2550 I O module ts FID Py PIO Other I O blocks can be used depending on E x E remote T2550 I O module application see Table 2 1 See also Table 2 1 AREA block Associates up to 16 GROUP H blocks with an Area and aver if enables the Instruments OR _ANCHP Overview display AREA amp GROUP blocks together are needed for display navigation amp data recording FW rcrd a OR _A MZHF SF_rcrd i GROUP block DR_ANCHP Associates
175. o Point 1 of the bat_log log group to provide text reports for the group LGROUP bat_log ColTitle None Suppresses unwanted column heads in batch reports GROUP preplot Chan3 null Unassigns channel 3 of the preplot recording group now unused DR_REPRT bat_rept FormFile batch Specifies the batch uyf form file as the formatting source for the generated group reports PID pid SelMode SelRem TRUE Selects remote mode of operation for the PID block needed to allow use of the program s remote setpoint PID pid SelMode EnaRem TRUE Enables remote mode of operation for the PID block SIM sim NoiseMax 0 00 Sets the SIM block s pseudo random noise maximum amplitude to zero DR_ANCHP SP_prog ZoneA_LO 0 00 Resets zone to its default value DR_ANCHP PV_prog ZoneA_LO 0 00 Resets zone to its default value PNL_MSG pnl_msg Title 1 Identifies a reference to a dictionary entry of up to 20 characters PNL_MSG pnl_msg Body 10 Identifies a reference to a dictionary entry for message text PNL_MSG pni_msg UButton 20 Identifies a reference to a dictionary legend entry for user button 1 PNL_MSG pni_msg Alarms OK False Acknowledges the warning but intend to continue the Batch until complete PNL_MSG pnl_msg Alarms Abort True Acknowledges the warning and terminates the Batch process Note Block type blockname field subfield format referring to Figure 7 1 Table 7 2 Values for non default blo
176. o enable the sequence to drive the batch engine you will add batch and recipe functionality to the existing sequence strategy The quickest way to do this is to copy and paste the required blocks from an earlier strategy into the new one Figure 8 7 shows the result you are aiming for Eyocon Lo LOGDEV E10_03 logdev E RAT E_LMT eel rate s OP_rcr ig OR _ANKHP PY_rcrd PNL_M5G TIMER if pr omsq gt timer TETEN Lak OF bat_log ez Ezz et bi 4 blocks copied SP_rcrd from batch dbf T T7 cc m i we tm m BAT OTRL SFl_Con SF _MON SFC_DISP AN _ CONN bat_ctrl sfc_con sfc_mon _ sfc_disp sa an_ conn t D i 3 e3 AN_CONN block Control Category The Analogue Connections block collects and retransmits analogue values E Figure 8 7 Adding batch and recipe to the sequence strategy 1 Open up the seq dbf file you created early in this chapter shown in Figure 8 1 Reduce the size of the LINtools window so that it occupies about one half of the screen 2 Also open up the batch dbf file you developed in Chapter 7 shown in Figure 7 1 Reduce its window so that you can place it alongside seq dbf and see both at once at least partially 3 Inthe batch dbf window multiple select the LOGDEV LGROUP DR_REPRT RCP_SET and RCP_LINE set of five blocks Copy and paste them onto the seq dbf window in the positions shown in Figure 8 7 You can do this either by using lt C
177. o insert the assignment symbol Type in 0 to finish the statement as rate PY ee Undo Typing Ctrl 2 Add comments if you wish Redo mecha ut bres Copy Gerla Paste Ctrl Delete Del Select All variable Operator Sci Function plus Thee minus IF else imul Figure 8 4 Writing the wait action with the help of the ST prompter 6 Now right click again and highlight Operator then click assign This inserts the assignment operator Finish the statement by typing in 0 by hand Add the comment set target SP to zero which is what this assignment does 7 Add the remaining three lines of ST to the action window according to Figure 8 5 Use the ST prompter to save time and to ensure that you do not mistype any fields Lo od E Sp a ae h Ale r alH rate P Y 0 set target SP to zero rate Options DiskL 1 zero OP rate Options DiskL U restore rate limiting timer EndTime 60 set timer to 60e Figure 8 5 The finished wait action Note The LIN Blocks Reference Manual Part no HA 082 375 U003 explains fully how these fields work as do the LINtools Engineering Studio individual field help popups click a field and press lt F I gt 8 Compile the action to check for errors Chapter 8 HA029587 Page 8 8 Issue 1 Jul O7 VISUAL SUPERVISOR TUTORIAL USER GUIDE Creating the starttim action Create one more action before you
178. of time The setpoint is varied by using a setpoint program that drives the setpoint according to the selected program The program is stored as a series of ramp and dwell segments as shown below SetPoint Time HA029587 Chapter 3 Issue 1 Jul O7 Page 3 1 VISUAL SUPERVISOR TUTORIAL USER GUIDE In each segment you can define the state of up to two outputs each can be used to trigger external events A program is executed either once repeated a set number of times or repeated continuously If repeated a set number of times then the number of cycles must be specified as part of the program Note The list of segment types used in the Visual Supervisor may differ from the list available in the Setpoint Programme Editor Segment Type Graphic Function Ramp The setpoint ramps linearly from its current value to a new value either at a set rate called ramp rate programming or in a set time called time to target programming You must specify the ramp rate or the ramp time and the target setpoint when creating or modifying a program Dwell The setpoint remains constant for a specified period Step Set to The setpoint steps instantaneously from its current value to a new value Servo to SP The unit reads the current setpoint value and sets the setpoint to that value that is it does not change it Similar to Dwell except that the instrument carries out the instruction automatically withou
179. ogging Groups fields the Logging field must be set to OFF To do this press the yellow Logging field ON legend to pop up a menu of log group states Select OFF and hit return Now you will see that all the Configuration fields have become editable yellowed Edit the blank File Name field via its pop up keyboard with a suitable log file name e g use the group name LGROUP Logging Groups Field Group Name Logging ON OFF TRIGGER File Type ASCII Binary Name Type Text Hourly Column Titles Present Absent Date Format Date Time Spreadsheet Integer Duration Days Compr Ratio Normal High FileType ASCII PACKED NameType TEXT HOURLY ColTitle Standard DateFmt DateTime Sprdsht Integer Duration Days ComRatio NORMAL HIGH LGROUP block Field Function Names the log group and the LIN block Determines when log group is logged Enables logging Disables logging Allows LGROUP s digital input to enable disable logging Specifies the file format generated by the log group Tabulated text files for spreadsheets Compressed Propietary format uhh file recommended Specities the log file partitioning Continuous file Data logged in a series of hourly files Data logged in a series of 24h files Basename of the generated log files 8 DOS characters max for Text files 2 characters max for Hourly and Daily ASCII file type only Includes ex
180. ollect the digital setpoint from the running setpoint program and pass it into the DR_DGCHP block stirrer for trending and preplot Hit lt return gt to enter the data 12 Inthe program pane at the left of the editor window click the Dwell OFF cell in the Heat Up segment row of the Stirrer profile column to see its properties In the Command page of the Properties dialog pull down the menu and select Set To then click the On radio button The digital setpoint steps up to ON in the chart pane 13 Now click the Dwell ON cell in the Soak segment of the Stirrer profile In the Command page select Set To Off The setpoint in the chart returns to OFF 14 Lastly set the digital setpoint to be On in the Cool Down segment Duration profilei profile Heat Profi NDE ZeroOP 000 01 00 Set to 0 000 ee Ramp 0 25per sec to 100 00 ad Soak 000 03 00 Dwel 100 000 ehh Ramp io S0per sec ta 0 00 a ee Set to 0 0 protile 4 J stirrer Figure 3 5 The completed Heat Profile setpoint program 15 Save the setpoint file by clicking File gt Save or the Save File icon in the tool bar Your completed setpoint file window should resemble Figure 3 5 Note This graphical view of your setpoint program resembles what you will see when you run the application in a Instrument later on in this chapter and view its PREVIEW and PRE PLOT screens However the instrument generates its own displays from
181. ome batch and recipe functionality Eyicon 10 EF1ld0_03 RECIPE blocks Batch Category Control the down loading of recipes from a recipe set file to a plant line Refer to Chapter 5 for details AT_UTO Py OR _ANCHP OP_rcred GROUP pid oop BAT_CTRL block Batch Category Controls the loading from a UYB batch file and running of a batch It provides a command interface into the batch engine along with status and support information SPP_RAMP SPP_OTRL spp_ctrl ao GROUP preplot Figure 6 1 The program driven batch strategy simulated HA0229587 Chapter 6 Issue 1 Jul O7 Page 6 1 VISUAL SUPERVISOR TUTORIAL USER GUIDE 6 1 1 Building the batch strategy 1 Inthe LINtools Engineering Studio locate the required blocks as shown in Figure 6 1 The quickest way to do this is to open up the existing simulated setpoint programmer strategy as your starting point by double clicking its icon in Explorer view Save the strategy under a new name e g batch dbf 2 Delete the AI_UIO AO_UIO SPP_DIG and DR_DGCHP blocks They are not strictly needed in the simulation and will clutter up the worksheet when you add more blocks later Add a BAT_CTRL block from the Batch category 3 Now add an RCP_SET and an RCP_LINE block Note A neat way of doing this is to open up the recipe strategy created in Chapter 5 in a second smaller LINtools window so that you can see both windows
182. on 10 Eycon 20 Handbook Part no HA 028 209 for detailed information on log filenames 6 Inspect both log groups to make sure that they have been correctly edited and saved and that neither of them have been left switched OFF Insert the storage media device into Instrument s drive and press Menu LOGGING MONITOR In the Logging Monitor window start the logging by setting Logging to ON Activity will soon start as the digital logging begins The analog logging is awaiting a trigger signal 7 Now press the grey program pane at the top left of the screen labelled RESET to pop up the Programmer window Press PROGRAMS then select your newly modified setpoint program from the File Name list e g PROGRAM2 Press LOAD 8 Back in the Programmer window press RUN then PRE PLOT to watch the program s progress Figure 4 6 shows the pre plot window as it might appear towards the end of the program The high absolute alarms when PV overshoots the setpoint are clearly visible in the preplot red trace PV plot Heat Profile cma SP plot High Absolute alarm plot Colour and position specified by DR_DGCHP ColourA ZoneA_HI and ZoneA_LO parameters resp Table 4 6 Low Absolute alarm plot Figure 4 6 Pre plot view of the two group application HA029587 Chapter 4 Issue 1 Jul O7 Page 4 13 VISUAL SUPERVISOR TUTORIAL USER GUIDE 9 A short while after the setpoint program has stopped r
183. onary references starting with U always refer to read only field titles Note You should always append a colon and a space to your field titles so that they appear nicely formatted on the screen Confirm level 2 Password en try ij batch U B Notepat o O x File Edit Format Help Batch Start a A screen 1 1le 0e 02 164 55 51 ENGINEER seep ha LGROUP block for batch log Na spidloop 1 41 38 U2 Z 20 03 03 20 04 4 bat log bat ctrl BatchId bat rept linel _ ______ J Wait LIN database textual Title Writeable Width Heat Up field porong log value Soak ilename is DR REPRT block Cool Down generating batch stand reports 6 T Edited phase names Figure 6 7 The edited batch uyb file M Writeable value This refers to a line in the User Dictionary containing the text you want displayed as the field value E g W3 refers to the text string Jim Bond in the user dictionary Dictionary references starting with W always refer to operator writeable field values E Width This number specifies the number of characters you want allowed for the field value e g 20 results in the Contact field being 20 characters wide Note References to user dictionary entries rather than to fixed text allow you to switch display language simply by swapping the active user dictionary 5 Edit line 5 currently blank by entering
184. order category place the three DR_ANCHP blocks You can place the first block from the list then use the configurator s copy amp paste facility to create the rest From the Organise category drag and drop the AREA and GROUP blocks to the worksheet HA029587 Chapter 2 Issue 1 Jul 07 Page 2 3 VISUAL SUPERVISOR TUTORIAL USER GUIDE 2 2 2 Wiring up the blocks Start with the PV input from the AI_UIO to the PID block 1 On the source AI_UIO block click the category icon in the lower right corner of the box This pops up a menu of wiring source fields Double click PV to close the menu and activate wiring mode The wiring cursor appears 2 Now click this cursor on the destination PID block to pop up a menu of wiring destination fields Double click PV to select it and close the popup The new wire appears between the two blocks Note To get help with wiring press lt F1 gt while a connections menu is open i Locate the cursor over the source blocks Wire symbol and select the output from the block The cursor changes to the wiring cursor p CCCII 5 7D olo y Filter w Alarms Pi a a a a IL E ii Locate the cursor over the destination block The cursor changes to the target cursor Select the destination block displaying the list of available block fields AT_UTO AQ _UTO g ToT td E AT_UTO Fit F J iii Select the required FemoteSP d
185. p system press lt F 1 gt provides instructions on every operation 2 Wire up the new blocks according to Table 3 1 which lists all the strategy connections for completeness Note In the table the wires below the dashed line are new so you need only add these if you are starting from the PID loop strategy created in Chapter 2 Source Destination Function Al_UIO PV PV PID pid PV process variable PV from the remote input module into the PID block PID pid OP AO_UIO OP OP PID control output OP to the remote output module PID pid OP DR_ ANCHP OP_recrd CurrVal PID control output OP into the OP_rcrd DR ANCHP block to enable data recording onto Instrument s local flash storage PID pid PV DR_ ANCHP PV_rerd CurrVal PID process variable PV into the PV_rcrd block to enable data recording PID pid SP DR_ ANCHP SP_rcrd CurrVal PID setpoint SP into the SP_rcrd block to enable data recording PID pid PV SPP_RAMP spp_ramp PV PID process variable PV into the spp_ramp block to include PV in the preplot group SPP_RAMP spp_ramp Out PID pid RemoteSP setpoint generated by the locally running setpoint program into the PID block s remote setpoint input SPP_RAMP spp_ramp Out DR ANCHP SP_prog CurrVal setpoint generated by the locally running setpoint program into DR_ANCHP block to enable trending amp Instrument s Preplot facility SPP_LRAMP spp_ramp PV DR_ ANCHP PV_prog CurrVal PID process
186. p the top level main MENU Fn keys The function key area on both the Eycon10 and Eycon20 is fully configurable using User Screen Editor software running in a Computer This allows the user to redesign this area to suit the specfic requirements Table 1 1 Touchkeys HA029587 Chapter 1 Issue 1 Jul O7 Page 1 1 VISUAL SUPERVISOR TUTORIAL USER GUIDE 1 2 USING THE KEYBOARDS Popup keyboards appear whenever you have to type in passwords filenames LIN block field values etc Figure 1 1 Shift key Space key Accesses upper case N a chracters toggles t kd sera characersey A a OI XX E Ci summarises how to use them Current character Clear key Deletes current character amp all characters to the right Accesses other keyboards cyclic action Character selection keys Return key Selects the current Inputs characters amp character closes keyboard Cancel key Cancels typing amp closes keyboard Figure 1 1 Standard keyboard 1 3 FIRST TIME ACCESS When first powering up you must log in using the built in default password To log in at ENGINEER access level do this 1 Press the Menu key to pop up the main set of keys Press Menu again or the Up key to clear the popup immediately if required 2 Press ACCESS to pop up the Security Access window 3 Press the yellow text in New Level LOCKED and select ENGINEER from the list of levels Press the green return key to enter th
187. pears ready for building the user screen Page Name amp ID Name Pagel ID 1 brief page name displayed only within the User Screen Editor ID will be used to reference this user screen Page Title in the batch uyb file Use Dictionary Dictionary Entry Mo Title text that appears at top of page when displayed on the target Title will appear in the user screen Target banner Target panel Eycon 10 QVGA Small Stith Fane User Pane Height Legend Use Dictionary Dictionary Entry Mo Legend Vat Legend will short test that appears on the buttons on the target when the list of pages is appear on the Menu popped up button that accesses the user screen pizel Access Level fe Always Accessible f Accessible if operator level ig gt 1 K Description Description description test displayed only within the User Screen Editor rea Figure 7 3 Accessing and filling in the New Page dialog 7 2 1Creating the vat graphic 1 Ifthe Target panel is set to qvga or Eycon 10 start by zooming the scale to 200 using the zoom box 200 at the top of the editor window to make drawing easier Drag the editor window sides corners if necessary to see the whole gridded screen area Note Hovering the cursor over a toolbutton shows a tool tip box with the name of the tool The status bar at the foot of the window summarises the tool s action
188. q sdb sequence file to the Visual Supervisor s E drive 2 Inthe Visual Supervisor load and run the simulation sequence application The pidloop group display appears containing the single pid faceplate representing the PID control block 3 Press the Menu key then SYSTEM APPLN FB MGR to access the FB Manager screen Press the sfc_con cell to see the SFC_CON block s fields Notice that the Load field is TRUE but Run is FALSE This is why the sequence was loaded when you started the application but is not yet running 4 Get the sequence running by pressing the yellow Run field and editing it to TRUE Then navigate to the sfe_mon block s field page You can do this either by pressing the Right or Left key until you reach the page or by pressing Up and selecting the block from the FB Manager screen 5 Look at the SFC_MON block s fields Each step name in the sequence appears in the appropriate Step_A Step_B field with its activity state TRUE FALSE and running time seconds displayed in the corresponding A_X and A_T fields respectively Follow the progress of the running sequence by observing these fields Note The IDLE step is active for only a fraction of a second once you start the sequence running This is because as soon as you set sfc_con Run TRUE the IDLE to Wait transition operates Table 8 5 6 Take a quick look at the SFC_DISP block page while the sequence is still running Not
189. r reset Note that this information is also displayed in the recipe pane 2 Press the Lime field and select and enter vat1l from the picklist Similarly select the coolmix recipe via the Recipe Name field The recipe pane legends change accordingly 3 Now press DOWNLOAD to copy the coolmix recipe values to vatl Notice that the recipe pane turns from grey to cyan signifying that a download has occurred Also note that the Recipe Status page now displays the download time and date and the Status of the download COMPLETE if successful Note Status can be DOWNLOADING if a download is in progress COMPLETE if the latest download was completed successfully or FAILED if the previous download was unsuccessful or aborted 4 Look at the vatl horizontal trend to check that the vat is indeed running coolmix press Menu OVERVIEW then the vat1 faceplate 5 Now get vat going Press the recipe pane then STATUS This time move to the vat line by pressing the Down key instead of editing the Line field it s quicker You can scroll round all the lines using the Down key 6 Select warmmix via the Recipe Name field and press DOWNLOAD to download it to vat2 Verify that the Status is COMPLETE Look at the vat trend to check that warmmix is running You are now in control of both vats HA029587 Chapter 5 Issue 1 Jul O7 Page 5 11 VISUAL S
190. r position Note Changing the PID TimeBase field from Secs to Mins increases the amount of data displayed The amount of data displayed can then be decreased by changing the same field back to Secs 4 Press the Option key then VIEW to restore the standard view of the trend Chapter 2 HA029587 Page 2 8 Issue 1 Jul O7 VISUAL SUPERVISOR TUTORIAL USER GUIDE 2 4 3 Inspecting LIN function blocks You can inspect and edit the fields in the LIN blocks running in your application 1 Press the Menu key at the foot of the screen then SYSTEM APPLN FB MGR The Function Block Manager screen appears showing the 10 LIN blocks in the application as an array of named boxes 2 Press the area block to pop up its fields You can press yellow fields to inspect and in some cases edit them Try editing the Area block s DispMode field to include the horizontal trend option H_Trend in the available trend formats Press the Up key to close the subfield menu and return to block field window 3 From the block field view press the Down key to see the block s Name and Type Press Down again to inspect any incoming connections to this block From here pressing Up or Down returns you directly to the Function Block Manager window 4 To inspect other blocks without having to return to the Function Block Manager window press the Left or the Right key to cycle round all the blocks in the application Pressing Up again returns you to the Function B
191. r where these tutorial files are being stored then right click on an empty area of the window to pop up a context menu Select New gt Setpoint Program A new setpoint file uys appears Rename the file e g as program uys 2 When the Setpoint Program Editor window is initially displayed it will contain a New SPE File dialog Leave all its fields at their default values except for the Initial number of segments per program field which you should set to 4 Hit OK to close the dialog and open a setpoint file window ready for configuration 3 Double click the default Prog 1 New cell near the top left corner of the window to pop up the Properties dialog for this object Figure 3 3 On the Program page of the dialog edit the program Name to Heat Profile and hit the Computer s lt Return gt key to enter the data The dialog should stay open if you have set the Keep Visible pushpin to pinned as in the figure 4 Now single click the SP 1 New cell The Properties dialog changes to a Setpoint Holdback dialog Edit the setpoint Name field to profilel and the Hardware reference field to spp_ramp This is the name of the SPP_RAMP block that transfers the generated setpoint to the strategy see Figure 3 1 HA029587 Chapter 3 Issue 1 Jul O7 Page 3 7 VISUAL SUPERVISOR TUTORIAL USER GUIDE 5 Click the Holdback tab and enter a Holdback Value of 20 In the Holdback Mode pulldown select
192. rA red DR_DGCHP HiAbs_rc ZoneA_HI 19 00 DR_DGCHP HiAbs_rc ZoneA_LO 11 00 DR_DGCHP LoAbs_rc ColourA blue DR_DGCHP LoAbs_rc ZoneA_HI 9 00 DR_DGCHP LoAbs_rc ZoneA_LO 0 00 LGROUP diggroup UpdateA 20 00 LGROUP diggroup Point HiAbs_re LGROUP diggroup Point2 LoAbs_re GROUP preplot Chan2 SP_prog GROUP preplot Chan3 null Function Causes the block s Triggerd output to become TRUE only when the Setpoint program is in the Running state Adds the new log group diggroup to the logging device block as Group 2 Causes the Igroup log group to perform data logging only when its Trigger input is TRUE Specifies the Igroup group logging interval as 20 seconds This is the minimum time for each group in a two group strategy 10s is the minimum for one group 20s for two 30s for three etc Specifies red as the trace colour for the PID block s high absolute alarm This will appear in trends and in the setpoint programmer Preplot window Defines the upper limit of the zone occupied by the HiAbs trace as 19 of full chart scale Defines the lower limit of the zone occupied by the HiAbs trace as 11 of full chart scale Specifies blue as the trace colour for the PID block s low absolute alarm This will appear in trends and in the setpoint programmer Preplot window Defines the upper limit of the zone occupied by the LoAbs trace as 9 o
193. rget to wire the last step STEP6 all the back to STEP1 We want the sequence to return to the initial IDLE state when it has run its course 5 Tidy up the layout so that it looks like the one shown in Figure 8 2 To move a wire just drag it perpendicular to its length To delete a wire with its transition highlight the transition and press lt Delete gt If you move a transition the associated wire moves with it Zoom the window by clicking j j if you need a closer view Note A short stub of wire always remains attached to the step symbol This may be dragged to different positions but not removed Wiring can only be drawn vertically and horizontally Chapter 8 HA029587 Page 8 6 Issue 1 Jul O7 VISUAL SUPERVISOR TUTORIAL USER GUIDE 8 2 3Naming the steps When you placed the steps they adopted default names To rename them 1 Double click the first step avoiding its wire symbol A step pane appears at the bottom of the editor window entitled with the current default step name 2 Click the white Name field and type in the required step name IDLE in this case Hit lt Return gt to enter the new name which appears on the step Note that the Initial field s tickbox is ticked TRUE by default making this step an initial step Leave this setting as is Note The column headings in the step pane Qualifier Duration Action Type refer to the actions that you will configure after n
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196. rnet Network If Data Logging to External Archive directory ensure the network configuration is correct and run the setpoint program and logging session agai as per steps 6 to 9 in the previous section Running the modified logging application Note Refer to the Eycon 10 Eycon 20 Handbook Part no HA 028 209 for uyn files and their use details Chapter 4 HA029587 Page 4 14 Issue 1 Jul O7 VISUAL SUPERVISOR TUTORIAL USER GUIDE 4 5 CHARTING LOGGED DATA If the Visual Supervisor is connected as part of a Ethernet Network the Archive files uhh file recommended or pkd file in the Visual Supervisor can be used to display your logged analogue data as a trend chart using the Review software launched from A Start gt Programs gt Eurotherm gt Review Note The Review Software allows the display and printing of archive data files from suitable recorders data acquisition units etc see Review Help file Part no HA 027 962 for full details Data is transferred from the uhh file recommended or pkd files to a database on the Computer Data is stored in the database by instrument tag descriptor group name and point identifier po Chart Eie Ea Zj Channel 10 hiz 24 8750 C 0 0000 30 0000 Channel 11 Ml 24 8750 C 0 0000 30 0000 Channel 12 Nhe 24 8750 C 0 0000 30 0000 Channel amp Miz 24 6750 C 0 0000 100 0000 Channel 9 hix 24 6750 C 0 0000 30 0000 MY secs ae oc TT oe 44 GG il
197. rompter the following assignment rate PV 0 Zero remote SP Setting PV to zero ramps the RATE_LMT block s target output OP to zero And OP feeds into the PID block s remote setpoint which has the required effect Now associate these three actions with the ABORT step Start with the zerotime action In the ABORT step pane right click a cell in the Action column and select zerotime Click the white Qualifier cell and select P Initial as the qualifier We want these actions to happen once only as soon as the ABORT step becomes active Associate the zeroSP and stopsequ actions with the ABORT step qualifying them as P Initial actions Make sure that the stopsequ action is last in the list otherwise the sequence will stop itself before it has done what it is supposed to do 8 6 3Editing the sequence Skip Figure 8 12 shows how the sequence will look after being modified to add Skip functionality It consists simply of a short wire linking adjacent steps via a transition that detects when the skip button on the user screen is being pressed you ll add this button to the user screen in the next section Note that you don t need skip wiring between IDLE and Wait because the IDLE step is very short lived And if you want to skip the Stand step you can abort the batch which comes to the same thing at that stage of the sequence To add the skip wiri
198. s Black In the Bar Chart page set the Fill direction as Left to right Click OK Add a text legend PV to the left of the bargraph and position the graphics just below the vat Adjust the shape of the bar if required by dragging its handles Copy the bargraph plus legend and paste the copy just below the original see Figure 7 2 Note An easy way to do this is to select the bar plus legend then do a copy and paste This pastes the copy exactly over the original so that it doesn t look like you ve done anything Then while it s still selected nudge the copy downwards to the required position Edit the second bargraph properties to link it to the pid SP LIN variable and make the foreground colour green Also edit the text legend to SP Chapter 7 HA029587 Page 7 10 Issue 1 Jul O7 VISUAL SUPERVISOR TUTORIAL USER GUIDE 7 2 6Creating the batch status readouts These are simply text items plus text variables linked to the appropriate LIN or instrument variables To create them 1 Click the Text tool An and type in the Batch legend below the bargraphs Open the legend s Text Item Properties dialog and fill in the fields according to the first item in Table 7 3 OK your selections 2 Now use the Text Variable tool ab to produce a row of ten question marks Open the readout s Text Variable Item Properties dialog and fill in the fields according to the second item in Table 7 3 O
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200. ss RESET Note that the state now adopted is IDLE not RESET This is because in the previous section you configured the batch uyb file to make the batch behave in this way A consequence of this configuration is that in the IDLE state the current batch is not unloaded and therefore does not need to be re loaded to get it running again Return to the Batch Start screen by pressing Menu BATCH BATCHES From here you can start another batch run without having to select and reload the batch file Chapter 7 HA029587 Page 7 14 Issue 1 Jul O7 VISUAL SUPERVISOR TUTORIAL USER GUIDE 7 5 1 Testing operator messaging To do this 1 Inthe Batch Start screen edit the Recipe Name field to coolmix Press START and confirm with OK 2 Press Menu Vat to view the user screen and follow the progress of the batch The Recipe readout should now display coolmix WARNING Batch has become unstablett IGNORE k Batch State Phase Recipe Time now Figure 7 10 The operator message 3 Some time after the batch phase has reached Soak an orange black flashing question mark appears at the left hand end of the alarm pane This is the message queued flag and it appears because the batch has gone into a PV high absolute alarm and high deviation alarm simultaneously 4 Press the alarm pane to pop up the Alarms menu then press MESSAGES The flashing WARNING dialog that you configured in Tabl
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202. sssssse 8 24 RUNNING THE ENHANCED SEQUENCE BATCH APPLICATION o oo ccccccceeeeeseeeeetenneees 8 26 0000 OOOOH OOOOOHHHOHHHHHHHOHHHHHHHOHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHOHHHHHHOHHHHHHHHOHHHHHHHOHHHHHHHOHHHHHHHOHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHOOCO INDEX 1 Contents Page Contents iii VISUAL SUPERVISOR TUTORIAL USER GUIDE Intentionally left blank Contents HAO29587 Page Contents iv Issue 1 Jul 07 VISUAL SUPERVISOR TUTORIAL USER GUIDE CHAPTER 1 GETTING STARTED This chapter offers instructions about how to get started with the Eycon 10 and Eycon20 Visual Supervisors and perform the basic operations needed to benefit from the rest of this user guide The topics covered are E Front panel keys Using keyboards First time access Managing files Managing applications 1 1 FRONT PANEL KEYS Table 1 1 summarises the functions of the front panel navigation touchkeys on both the 12 1 XGA and 5 5 4 VGA model in the order they appear from left to right across the foot of the screen These keys only work in the correct context except for the Menu key which always displays the top level menu TouchKey Up ke Steps UP a menu hierarchy or closes current popu p Key p Y popup Down key Steps DOWN a menu hierarchy or cycles to next page Left key Steps LEFT in a hierarchy or in a table Right key Steps RIGHT in a hierarchy or in a table Option key Pops up OPTIONS specific to the current page Menu key Pops u
203. t the left E stand Text Z stopsegu Text E Phase Text Phase Text E Phase Text E Phased Text Phased Text stopbat Text B zerooP Test rsetskip Text Map Tags batch U B B mixers U A lt batch 4 program Figure 8 12 The modified sequence skip added HA029587 Chapter 8 Issue 1 Jul 07 Page 8 23 VISUAL SUPERVISOR TUTORIAL USER GUIDE 8 6 4Editing the user screen SKIP button amp progress bar We will now add the skip button to the user screen and also while we are about it a convenient progress bar that lets the operator see approximately how much longer a timed phase will take to reach completion Figure 8 13 shows what we are aiming at To do this 1 Double click the user screen file seq uxp to open the User Screen Editor window This contains a seq uxp subwindow with a blue Pagel icon 2 Double click the Pagel icon to open up the user screen ready for editing Increase the zoom to 200 for easier working 3 Click the Button tool o and draw a rectangular button about 40 pixels wide by 20 high in a blank area of the screen Use the W and H indicators in the status bar at the foot of the window to size the button Hibs C oe O Hibev degt Lo bs O LoDev PW SE H Batch XXX E EEEE State HHKHXHHHEE Phase X X X HHKHKERERE FE Recipe X x Tene Ses Tim
204. t corner of the step box The regular arrow cursor changes to a special wiring cursor 2 Click the wire symbol then locate the cursor over any part of the destination step STEP in this case A target symbol appears below the cursor signifying that this is a legitimate wire destination 3 Click over the destination step to complete the wire connection A brown unconfigured transition bar ft appears on the new wire Drag the highlighted transition bar up the connecting wire to centre it if you wish Figure 8 3 summarises these wiring operations p STEP2 STEP2 P gt P 1 Locate the cursor over the 2 Click the wire symbol then locate 3 Click on the destination step A source step s wire symbol The the cursor anywhere over the connecting wire appears with a cursor changes to the special destination step The cursor changes highlighted transition bar on it ree wiring cursor to a target cursor the bar to adjust its position if required Figure 8 3 Wiring up STEP1 to STEP2 Note If your wire turns into a tangle it s probably because the steps are too close To cure this drag the lower step downwards one grid space at a time until the tangle disappears Then centre the transition bar on the wire if you wish It pays to keep your sequence layout as neat as possible so that you can see what s going on as the sequence gets more complicated later on 4 Wire up the rest of the steps in the same way Don t fo
205. t operator intervention As there is no change power output remains constant May be used only in the first segment Servo to PV The instrument reads the current process value and sets the setpoint to that value Because the current process value normally differs from the current setpoint value this option usually results in a change in the power consumption of the process Note Ifthe first segment is a Servo to PV or SP the instrument assumes that it starts from an SP of 0 0 This is unlikely to be the actual SP or PV Therefore the Preview profile displayed for the first segment will differ from the actual programmed profile For the same reason if the second segment is a ramp at rate the segment duration in Preview will differ from the actual duration and if the second segment is ramp to target then the slope in Preview will differ from the actual slope A program either ends in this segment or repeats You specify which is the case when you create or modify a program see the final topic in this chapter When a program ends the programmer is put into either a continuous Dwell state with all outputs staying unchanged or the Reset state Each Program can operate in the following states Reset Run Hold Holdback and End Function In Reset the program is inactive with the setpoint deteremined by the value set in the lower readout In Run the program is varies the setpoint according to the active program In Hold
206. tandtmp recipe value and start ramp stand timer EndTime an_conn PV4 set timer to standtim recipe value Table 8 7 Modifications to existing actions 3 Now associate the new actions with the corresponding steps as shown in Table 8 8 which lists all the action associations in the sequence Note It is important to get the action associations in the right order especially those in the final Stand step Since it is the sequence that is to stop the batch this must happen before the sequence stops itself 4 Save the edited sequence Qualifier Associated actions Initial zerotime Initial phase Initial wait Initial starttim Final zerotime Initial phase2 Initial heatup Initial phase3 Initial soak Initial starttim Final zerotime Initial phase4 Initial cooldown Cooldown Stand Initial phase5 Initial stand Initial starttim Final stopbat Final stopsequ P P P P F P P P P P F P P P P P F F Table 8 8 Steps and associated actions modified sequence HA029587 Chapter 8 Issue 1 Jul 07 Page 8 15 VISUAL SUPERVISOR TUTORIAL USER GUIDE 8 4 2Updating the recipe file As explained in the previous section the Mixers recipe set is to have different target temperatures and times during the Heat_up Soak Cooldown and Stand steps Also it would be preferable to have the batch start the sequence
207. te PV alarms An SPP_EXT block provides a trigger input to control the logging of the first log group Igroup in this case only when the setpoint program is running Note The spp_dig and stirrer blocks have been deleted from the strategy for simplicity 4 4 1 Modifying the simulated data logging strategy 1 Start by opening the simulated data logging strategy in LINtools and deleting the SPP_DIG block spp_dig and the DR_DGCHP block stirrer 2 Select and place the four new blocks on the worksheet two DR_DGCHP blocks an LGROUP and an SPP_EXT block 3 Wire up the new blocks according to Table 4 5 which lists only the new connections 4 Edit the new block fields and the existing LOGDEV and LGROUP blocks according to Table 4 6 save the modified strategy under a new name e g logging2 dbf and download it to the instrument s E drive SPP_EXT setpoint programmer extension block Programmer Category Gives added control over a running program Also provides a digital output set by the state of the current running program Eycon 10 SIM E10_03 sim A g l 7 AL_UTO PIO Pi FIO mee EES EES Collects data from the second OR_ANCHP di SP log group diggroup SPP CTRL PE Rue prog E sppctri sppr amp DR_DGCHP data recording T digital channel point blocks i Recorder Category DR _OGCHP DR _ANCHP Allow trending and logging of database gt HiAbs_rc PY_rerd
208. ter 5 6 Save the completed BATCH recipe set by pressing SAVE Confirm the overwrite with OK Variable RCP trimsp hiabs loabs hidev lodev Tag Reference pid TrimSP pid HAA pid LAA pid HDA pid LDA Hotmix 20 100 40 10 10 Warmmix 10 90 30 5 5 Coolmix O 80 20 2 2 id Mixers Filepath hotmix warmmix coolmix Note The id variable will be used when you customise the batch later on Table 6 3 BATCH recipe set data for batch application 6 2 2 Replacing the default setpoint program file You now have everything in place except a valid setpoint program file All you must do is replace the empty program file automatically created by the instrument Batch UYS with the one you modified in Chapter 4 Data logging You may have named this file program2 uys Tip Rename the file batch uys so that it will be recognised by the batch program To do this using Network Explorer 1 Inthe Computer display the contents of instrument s E drive in Network Explorer Delete the empty BATCH UYS file by right clicking it and selecting Delete 2 Rename the program2 uys setpoint program file as batch uys and download it to the E drive If you don t have a working Computer instrument link stop and unload the application then use File Manager and a storage media device to carry out the file operations HA0229587 Issue 1 Jul OZ C
209. the horizontal trend display needed for this application Disables the vertical trend display which is not required in this application Specifies the pidloop group s recording sample rate seconds The default rate of zero disables recording Specities the PID block pid as the source of the data that will be displayed in the faceplate and trends for the pidloop group Assigns the recorder channel block PV_rcrd to channel 1 of the pidloop recording group Assigns the recorder channel block SP_rcrd to channel 2 of the pidloop recording group Assigns the recorder channel block OP_rcrd to channel 3 of the pidloop recording group Specifies the recording sample rate seconds for the preplot group The default rate of zero disables recording Specifies the SPP_LRAMP block spp_ramp as the source of the data that will be displayed in the faceplate and trends for the preplot group Assigns the recorder channel block PV_prog to channel 1 of the preplot recording group Assigns the recorder channel block SP_prog to channel 2 of the preplot recording group Continued Chapter 7 HA029587 Page 7 4 Issue 1 Jul O7 VISUAL SUPERVISOR TUTORIAL USER GUIDE Field Value Function RCP_SET mixers Line line1 Associates the RCP_LINE block called line1 with the mixers RCP_SET block RCP_SET mixers FileName mixers Entering the filename a
210. the name of the log group block for the batch bat_log in field 1 Field 2 contains a LIN block reference the bat_ctrl block s Batchld field to be the source of the batch log filename So each batch report file will be named after the ID of the batch producing it which makes sense Field 3 names the DR_REPRT block generating the batch reports 6 Finally edit lines 7 to 11 to show meaningful phase names corresponding to each segment of the setpoint program Use the ones suggested in Figure 6 7 if you wish they need not be the same as the setpoint program s segment names If you delete all the default numeric phase names instrument uses the program segment names instead 7 Carefully check that you have edited the batch file correctly a single misplaced comma could invalidate it then save it under its current name batch uyb Download the file to the instrument Note Some editors automatically append the txt extension to saved text files Restore the batch filename to the correct uyb format if this happens HA0229587 Chapter 6 Issue 1 Jul O7 Page 6 11 VISUAL SUPERVISOR TUTORIAL USER GUIDE 6 4 3 Creating a user dictionary You now create the user dictionary mentioned in the previous section of this tutorial User dictionaries let you enter your own custom texts for display on Home pages User screens Batch screens etc Additional dictionaries to hold versions in other languages can be configured i
211. the user screen created in Chapter 7 to give more integrated control over the batch By combining and building on what you have configured in previous chapters of this tutorial you finish up with a sequence driven batch control application that includes an interactive user screen batch reporting recipes and panel messaging The Sequence A sequence is the control of specific states Steps in an ordered manner using Transitions It is always run in conjunction with a LIN database and is particularly applicable to processes that can adopt one or more distinct states e g Heating Up Waiting Cooling Down etc Each Step is associated with one or more Actions that are configured using additional SFC s Structured Text or Ladder diagrams Actions are user specified operations on LIN database fields that occur when the Step is active If the Action is successfully completed the Transition allows the activity to pass to the next Step repeating or continuing until the sequence is complete The sequence determines E The initial state s adopted by the process at startup E The conditions triggering state changes events E The new state s adopted when changes are triggered m The way the LIN database controls the process in each of the states In LINtools a sequence is represented and configured graphically as a Sequential Function Chart SFC An example of an SFC the one you are about to build is shown in Figure 8 2
212. this 1 Open up Notepad or a similar text editor and type in the two lines of text exactly as shown in Figure 4 7 The format used for each line in the file is lt Block Name gt lt Block Field gt lt User Text gt lt User Text gt S logging uyn Notepad a Ioj x Fie Edit Format Help Hidbs re CurrVal 0K Hidbs ALARMU oodbs re CurrVal 0K Lodbs ALARMU Figure 4 7 uyn file assigning user enumerations example In this example the high and low absolute alarm states are logged via the HiAbs_rc and LoAbs_rc DR_DGCHP Stirrer block CurrVal fields respectively This will result in the substitution of OK for the default OPEN enumeration and HiAbs ALARM or LoAbs ALARM for the default CLOSED enumeration in the two logged digital fields which makes more sense 2 Save the text file with the root name of your application LIN database e g logging2 and edit its extension to uyn Download the file to the instrument s E drive 3 To activate the downloaded uyn file you must now stop the application Menu key SYSTEM APPLN APP MGR STOP then start it again START Note You do not have to unload the stopped application 4 Examine the resulting log files You will see the alarm enumerations you specified in the uyn file appear instead of the default ones Data Logging to External Archive directories is possible if the instrument is connected to an Ethe
213. to access the Command Segment Setpoint set of properties pages Figure 3 4 8 Select Ramp at Rate from the pulldown menu of available commands and enter 0 25 in the per sec box and 100 in the to box This will cause the Heat Up segment to ramp the setpoint up to 100 at the rate of 0 25 per second 9 Continue specifying the segment names durations and commands according to the data given in Table 3 3 Note Notice how the shape of the setpoint profile is building up in the setpoint file window according to your specifications so far Segment Segment Name Duration mins secs Function ZeroOP 01 00 Set to 0 000 default Heat Up 06 40 Ramp at Rate 0 25 per sec to 100 00 Soak 03 00 Dwell Cool Down 03 20 Ramp at Rate 0 50 per sec to 0 00 Note These values are automatically calculated by the editor and should not be entered Table 3 3 Specifications for the Heat Profile segments Chapter 3 HA029587 Page 3 8 Issue 1 Jul 07 VISUAL SUPERVISOR TUTORIAL USER GUIDE 10 Now add the digital setpoint Click the Insert Digital Setpoint toolbutton or press Edit gt Insert gt Digital Setpoint A new digital setpoint faceplate appears at the right of the editor window 11 In the Properties dialog Setpoint page type Stirrer in the Name field and enter a Hardware Reference of spp_dig Out BitO This is the LIN block field that will c
214. to the editor Figure 5 2 The completed MIXERS recipe set edit table HA029587 Chapter 5 Issue 1 Jul O7 Page 5 5 VISUAL SUPERVISOR TUTORIAL USER GUIDE 5 2 2 Downloading recipes Now try downloading a recipe to the running application To do this 1 Access the overview by pressing the Menu key then OVERVIEW Look at the horizontal trend overview 2 Now press the recipe pane to pop up the Recipe window then MONITOR The recipe monitor page appears entitled with the currently selected recipe It shows the recipe values in blue and also the actual live values of the corresponding LIN block fields in the running strategy in green prior to download These will not yet be the same 3 Before downloading the recipe it s useful at this point to try out the capture facility To copy the current live SP values into a new recipe press the CAPTURE AS key In the Capture New Recipe dialog enter the name reset and hit OK Press SAVE to save the enlarged MIXERS recipe set overwriting the current version 4 To see the newly captured recipe press the recipe pane then RECIPES Recipe Name You will see reset in the picklist of recipes Leave the selection at hotmix 5 Press the recipe pane MONITOR DOWNLOAD to download the recipe values to the associated tags LIN block fields The green SP live values adopt the SP recipe values and turn blue to indicate what has happened th
215. torage device activity Buffered data is flushed onto the storage device Note Should logging to storage device fail to resume press OFFLINE then MONITOR to restart the process Leave the logging going for a further period e g until the setpoint program has finished then set the Logging Monitor window s Logging field to OFF Press OFFLINE and remove the storage device Note The OFFLINE keys that appear in the Logging Monitor window and also in the Logging window do the same job Examine the contents of the storage device again in the Computer You will now see two files lgroup ase and Igroup asl Open the as1 file which is a logical continuation of the original asc file created because you interrupted logging by removing the disk Further continuation files would keep the same root filename with extensions asc2 asc3 etc You should find that despite removing the storage device for a few minutes that no logged data has been lost HA029587 Chapter 4 Issue 1 Jul 07 Page 4 9 VISUAL SUPERVISOR TUTORIAL USER GUIDE 4 4 ADDING A SECOND LOG GROUP In this section you will add a second log group to the strategy to log some digitals and also control the existing log group using the On Event facility Figure 4 4 shows the modified simulation strategy with another LGROUP block added to collect data from a pair of DR_DGCHP digital channel blocks linked to the loop s high and low absolu
216. transition becomes Don nN Stand TRUE r Figure 8 2 The sequential function chart SFC initial version To create this sequence do the following 1 In LINtools right click the SFC_CON block FileName field displayed in the Object Properties Pane reading seq to show a selection of commands 2 Select the Open Sequence file SDB to launch the LIN Sequence Editor Alternatively 1 In your Computer access the Explorer view of the working folder containing the seq dbf file Right click in the list pane and in the popup menu select New Eurotherm LIN Sequence A sdb file appears with a default filename ii Edit the filename to seq sdb Double click it to launch the LINtools Specific Sequence Editor A blank editor window appears Notice that the seq dbf file automatically associates itself with the new sequence because it shares the same root filename and folder Note You can get specific help for an active dialog by pressing the lt F1 gt key For most menu items press lt F1 gt when the cursor is over the item To get help for most toolbuttons locate the cursor over the tool hold down the left mouse button and press lt F1 gt Release the mouse button This works even for greyed out toolbuttons HA029587 Chapter 8 Issue 1 Jul 07 Page 8 5 VISUAL SUPERVISOR TUTORIAL USER GUIDE 8 2 1Placing the sequence steps Start your sequence by placing the six steps defining the process states 1 To place
217. transition expressions Tip Remember transitions are represented on the SFC by the short horizontal bars crossing each wire between Steps Start with the transition from IDLE to Wait 1 Double click on the brown coloured transition bar to pop up a transition pane at the foot of the window entitled Transition IDLE to Wait 2 Enter the following ST expression in the transition pane either by hand or with the help of the ST prompter sfc con Run 1 sequence is running so move to Wait step Note A transition expression is not an assignment it is an equality test Use the ordinary equals sign and do not terminate a transition expression with a semicolon When the SFC_CON block s Run bit is set to 1 TRUE which you will do when you want the sequence to start running this transition expression becomes TRUE So the IDLE step deactivates and the Wait step activates automatically starting the 60 second wait time 3 Check the validity of the expression by right clicking in the transition pane and selecting Compile from the popup A Compiling sub pane appears which should report No Errors Note Transition bars are brown when unconfigured but turn black when configured You may have to click on the transition bar to see this colour change 4 Now configure and error check the rest of the transitions according to Table 8 5 Speed up configuration by using copy
218. trl C gt copy and lt Ctrl V gt paste or simply by dragging the selection from one window to the other 4 Now select the AND4 PNL_MSG PULSE and BAT_CTRL blocks in batch dbf and drag the four blocks across to the seq dbf window where indicated 5 Finally place a new block AN_CONN Control category in the lower right corner of the layout This block will be used to store a few values for access by the sequence 6 Complete the layout by adding the one missing wire bus from the PID block s pid Alarms HighAbs output to the AND4 block s and In_1 input and also from pid Alarms HighDev to and In_2 You recall that this connection triggers the Batch has become unstable operator message 7 All the blocks already have suitable field values copied over from the earlier strategy or defaults so no field edits need be made If you need to know field values please refer to the original strategy in Chapter 7 Save the edited database as seq dbf HA029587 Chapter 8 Issue 1 Jul 07 Page 8 13 VISUAL SUPERVISOR TUTORIAL USER GUIDE 8 4 1 Modifying the sequence to run a batch We are going to modify the sequence in two ways E Enable it to drive the batch engine phases E Implement different temperatures and times for each recipe in the Mixers set BATCH PHASES For the sequence to be able to drive the batch engine it must be able to tell the batch what phase it has reached 1 e the currentl
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220. ture pid 5P 6 2 sReL System variable 12 readout with field width Report 2 TOF REPORT eRe specified generated at _TIME 6 DATE 8 RgL COMPLETE Recipe Mixers Filepath 9 R L state actual temperature pid F 6 2 R L SP temperature pid SP 6 2 RsL I3 Report 3 ABORT REPORT RE L LIN block field must be generated at TIME 8 DATE 8 RSL in square brackets with ABORTED Recipe Mixers Filepath 8 R b field width and decimal Do not leave out state Actual temperature pid P 6 2 R L places specified the final carriage SP temperature pid 3P 6 2 R L return at the end x of the file Figure 6 9 The configured batch uyf report form file E START REPORT SRSL generates a text string followed by a newline carriage return line feed command For some printers the CRLF command can take the simpler form SN Note that commas without spaces must be used to separate the fields in a line E TIME 8 generates a display of the current time from the system variable TIME The 8 specifies a field width of 8 characters sufficient for the hh mm ss time display Variables must always be followed by a field width figure E DATE 8 SRSL generates a space character followed by a dd mm yy current date display from the _DATE system variable eight characters wide Another CRLF ends this line of the report E Batch bat
221. u need only configure these if you are starting from the existing batch strategy created in Chapter 6 Chapter 7 HA029587 Page 7 2 Issue 1 Jul O7 VISUAL SUPERVISOR TUTORIAL USER GUIDE Function PID control output OP into the OP_rcrd DR ANCHP block to enable data recording onto instrument s local flash storage PID process variable PV into the PV_rcrd block to enable data recording PID setpoint SP into the SP_rcrd block to enable data recording PID process variable PV into the spp_ramp block to include PV in the preplot group PID control output OP into the SIM block s PV input to simulate output to the plant SIM block s lagged output OP into the PID block s PV input to simulate the plant s PV setpoint generated by the locally running setpoint program e g prog uys into the PID block s remote setpoint input setpoint generated by the locally running setpoint program into DRLANCHP block to enable trending amp Visual Supervisor s Preplot facility PID process variable PV sourced from the PID block into DR_ANCHP block to enable trending amp Visual Supervisor s Preplot facility SPP_CTRL block s currently active segment field CurrSeg into the BAT_CTRL block s CurPhase field to make the setpoint program drive the phase of the batch engine Source Destination PID pid OP DR_ANCHP OP_rerd CurrVal PID pid PV DR ANCHP PV_rerd CurrVal PID pid SP DR_ANCHP SP_rerd
222. ues in this block on the T2550 to this instrument PID pid Tl 5 00 Sets the PID integral time constant to 5 seconds to improve control PID pid LAA 20 00 Sets the pid block s PV output low absolute alarm at 20 PID pid Alarms LowAbs 1 Enables the low absolute alarm on the pid block s PV output AREA area ld 1 Allocates area number only Area 1 currently implemented No OVERVIEW appears in the Instrument unless an area number has been allocated AREA area Group1 pidloop Assigns the pidloop GROUP block to this area This specifies that pidloop will appear in the OVERVIEW and enables data recording for this group GROUP pidloop Update 10 Specifies the recording sample rate seconds for this group The default rate of zero disables recording GROUP pidloop Disp1 pid Specifies the PID block pid as the source of the data that will be displayed in the faceplate and trends for the pidloop group GROUP pidloop Chan1 PV_rerd Assigns the recorder channel block PV_rcrd to channel 1 of the pidloop recording group GROUP pidloop Chan2 SP_rerd Assigns the recorder channel block SP_rcrd to channel 2 of the pidloop recording group GROUP pidloop Chan3 OP_rerd Assigns the recorder channel block OP_rcrd to channel 3 of the pidloop recording group DR_ANCHP OP_rerd CurrVal units Engineering units for a field are entered in the white cell to th
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224. un it press LD RUN The usual area overview appears with its two faceplates 3 Access the Logging Groups window by pressing Menu LOGGING GROUPS Press the lt or keys below the screen to cycle round all the log groups in the application two in this case Look at the Igroup group first Note that the Logging field now says TRIGGER because you configured the Igroup block s State field as TRIGGER which is equivalent see Table 4 3 4 Edit TRIGGER to OFF temporarily then enter a File Name e g ANALOGS Press SAVE then return the Logging field to TRIGGER 5 Move to the diggroup log group window and enter a File Name value e g DIGITALS Just for a change edit the Name Type field to Hourly Note that the file name automatically truncates to two characters followed by 222727 Press SAVE and restore the Logging field to ON Logging does not start yet because the LOGDEV block s State field is OFF disabling access to the recording medium Note The truncation allows for six time stamp characters to be incorporated into the series of log filenames generated hourly e g DIO92503 asc for a file generated on the 9th month September 25th day at 0300 hours The possibility of truncation is why every log group file name must be unique in its first two characters The SAVE operation will fail if this rule is broken Try this if you wish Refer to the Eyc
225. unning IDLE is indicated in the top left program pane press Menu LOGGING MONITOR and reset the Logging field to OFF to stop the logging Press OFFLINE and remove the storage device Examine the log files in your Computer using Notepad or a similar text editor Note the Hourly file naming convention that you specified in step 5 and the contents of the logs 10 Look at the analogs asc file contents and confirm that data logging of the log group Igroup has taken place only while the setpoint program was in the RUNNING state automatically switching off when the program state was IDLE Your trigger input to the Igroup block enabled this Note Event and alarm messages do appear while the program is IDLE 11 Also look at the digitals asc log file The default enumerations for the HiAbs and LoAbs alarm states are OPEN no alarm and CLOSED in alarm Try specifying your own more meaningful enumerations as described in the next section SPECIFYING YOUR OWN DIGITAL ENUMERATIONS UYN FILE Enumerations are usually Boolean two state variables such as TRUE FALSE and OPEN CLOSED They appear in the Programmer graphics PREVIEW PRE PLOT and EDIT and also in logging files as in the present example Enumerations are assigned default text values by the Instrument but you can override these by creating and downloading a text file called lt application name gt uyn Try
226. ut Enables the low absolute alarm on the pid block s PV output Enables the high deviation alarm on the pid block s PV output Enables the low deviation alarm on the pid block s PV output Holds the loaded sequence waiting for initialisation The loaded sequence is waiting for init True Loads the sequence when the LIN database starts running Specifies the sequence file seq sdb as the sequence to be controlled by this SFC_CON block Assigns the SFC display block sfc_disp to the SFC_CON block Assigns the SFC control block sfc_con to the SFC_MON block Specities Init as the name of a step in the sequence to be monitored by the SFC_MON block Specities Wait as the name of a step in the sequence to be monitored by the SFC_MON block Specifies Heat_up as the name of a step in the sequence to be monitored by the SFC_MON block Specities Soak as the name of a step in the sequence to be monitored by the SFC_MON block Specifies Cooldown as the name of a step in the sequence to be monitored by the SFC_MON block Specifies Stand as the name of a step in the sequence to be monitored by the SFC_MON block Links the SFC control block sfe_con to the SFC_DISP block Enables the SFC_DISP block update routine Note Block type blockname field subfield format referring to Figures 1 Table 8 2 Values for non default block fields in the sequence strategy
227. utton Double click seq dbf in the Open dialog to make this the new source database for the user screen Click OK to close the Page Set Properties dialog 5 Now double click on the blue Pagel icon to open up the user screen ready for editing If the Target panel allows increase the zoom to 200 for easier working HA029587 Chapter 8 Issue 1 Jul 07 Page 8 17 VISUAL SUPERVISOR TUTORIAL USER GUIDE 6 To make room for the extra line select all objects down to and including the Phase line and move them upwards SS OR OK 38 8 K k Note The easiest way to do this is to position the cursor just outside the top left corner of the green user screen drag a box around the objects using the left mouse button and then release the button Hit the Up arrow key repeatedly to increment the selection towards the top of the screen to open up a space below the Phase readout 7 Move the Recipe and Time now readouts downwards in the same way 8 Click the Phase text variable object the eight asterisks to select it then lt Ctrl C gt lt Ctrl V gt to copy and paste it over itself Nothing appears to have changed 9 Now hit the Down arrow key to increment the still selected text variable downwards to a suitable position see Figure 8 9 This forms the second Phase readout field 10 Right click the new field and select Properties from the context menu to pop up the Text
228. w has two text variable readout lines instead of one In the setpoint program application the readout was linked to a single instrument variable associated with the setpoint program called _SPP_SEG_S which reported the current program segment i e batch phase HiAbs C er O Hibev degt Lo bs O LoDev Batch EEEXE State HHEHHXXHH Phase x HRKEREEEEER Recipe x x Time now X XHE Figure 8 9 The modified user screen In the absence of a setpoint program we can use two fields in the SFC_DISP block ActStepA and ActStepB Owing to the way this LIN function block works the currently active step i e phase is displayed in either of these two fields the other field being blank So to be sure of displaying the phase we include both fields as alternative readouts To modify the user screen do the following 1 Find the user screen file you created in Chapter 7 probably called batch uxp and copy it to the directory holding your latest seq dbf file Ignore the ofl file 2 Double click on the batch uxp file in the sequence directory to open up its User Screen Editor window This contains a batch uxp sub window with a blue Pagel icon 3 Right click a blank area of the sub window to pop up a context menu Select Properties to see the Page Set Properties dialog Edit the Name of Page Set field to seq 4 Edit the Location of DB file for Page Set field using the Browse b
229. ws that the setpoint program has also gone into HELD as well From HELD you can either abort or restart the batch Try either option and notice that in this application the relevant transitory states are passed through too quickly to be observed Note You can see from Figure 6 4 that pressing RESET from any of the terminating states FAILED COMPLETE and ABORTED moves the batch state either to RESET the default or to IDLE if you configure it so An advantage of the IDLE state is that you don t have to reload the batch to run it again But the advantage of returning to RESET is that all data is re read from disk ensuring that any online modifications are discarded that may be important How to configure this option is explained in Chapter 7 Chapter 6 HA029587 Page 6 8 Issue 1 Jul O7 VISUAL SUPERVISOR TUTORIAL USER GUIDE 6 4 ENHANCING THE BATCH APPLICATION In this section you add three blocks to the LIN strategy and customise the batch in a number of ways to provide additional functionality specifically E Batch reporting using a DR_REPRT block E Customised Batch Start and Status screens via the batch file and user dictionary E Batch start confirm dialog via the batch file E Customised batch phase names via the batch file 6 4 1 Modifying the batch strategy Figure 6 5 shows the batch strategy you created earlier in this chapter but with three additional blocks to provide some of the enhancements
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231. xt file has a U YB extension and specifies how the batch will operate The easiest way to create a basic batch file is via instrument s CREATE batch facility Later you will go on to customise this file using a text editor e g Notepad to add useful features to the batch To create the basic batch file 1 Download the batch strategy file batch dbf to the instrument s E drive Only the dbf file is required If you need reminding Chapter 1 describes how to download select and run applications In the instrument load and run the batch application After a delay the area overview appears with two group faceplates pidloop and preplot exactly as in Chapter 3 for the setpoint program application Note As soon as you run up the batch application the instrument automatically creates an empty default setpoint program file on its E drive named after the strategy batch uys in this case It assumes that you will need this because you have included an SPP_CTRL block in the strategy Press the Menu key then BATCH BATCHES to see the Load Batch screen The batch keys appear because you included a BAT_CTRL block in the strategy Press the CREATE button to pop up the CREATE AS dialog Enter the name BATCH in the Filename field Note You don t have to name your batch file after the LIN database but it makes life simpler In the Recipe Line field select line1 which is the name o
232. y Upon startup the client station sends out a BOOTP request to the BOOTP server which returns the required information A BootPtimeout period can be configured If this period elapses before the IP Address Subnet mask and Default Gateway address are obtained the values will automatically reset to 0 0 0 0 Chapter 1 HA029587 Page 1 6 Issue 1 Jul O7 VISUAL SUPERVISOR TUTORIAL USER GUIDE EDITING THE NETWORK SETTINGS USING ON SCREEN MENUS The editing procedure for Communications Parameters consists of displaying the Comms Setup page and setting up or editing the parameters for each port fitted to the unit The SAVE button is used to save the changes or to cancel the changes before saving them the CANCEL button is used Before any saved changes can take effect the application must be stopped and then restarted or the instrument must be powered off and on again Generally parameter changes such as baud rate require only a stop and restart of the application whereas hardware changes such as changing a Modbus master port to a slave port require a power cycle 1 Press the Menu key 2 Press SYSTEM from the Pop up menu 9 Press Menu key N ACCESS f SYSTEM 3 Press SETUP 4 Press COMMS ALARMS Lm al Press System Press Comms STARTUP COMMS cock INTERNAT PANEL APPLN Press Setup The Comms Setup page appears For each port COM1 COM2 ENET1 ENET2 there is a
233. y active step To do this all that is needed is an action included in each step that writes the number of the current phase to the BAT_CTRL block s CurPhase field Note This corresponds to what the setpoint program did in order to drive the batch phases in Chapter 6 There the SPP_CTRL block s CurrSeg output was the source of the phase number After the sequence has run its course it must also be able to put the batch into the COMPLETE state Otherwise the batch will continue in the RUNNING state indefinitely This is easily done by adding an action to the Stand step that writes a zero to the BAT_CTRL block s CurPhase field as the step deactivates i e an F Final action This is accepted by the batch as an indication of the COMPLETE state which it immediately adopts RECIPE DRIVEN TIMES AND TEMPERATURES Now that a sequence is controlling the batch we can take advantage of the flexibility offered by this option It would be nice to have the various dwell times and temperatures tailored to suit each recipe in the set rather than be fixed by a setpoint program To do this we will edit the Mixers recipe set in the next section to have different target temperatures and times during the Heat_up Soak Cooldown and Stand steps When the batch runs these recipe values will be downloaded to fields in the AN_CONN block that are read by the sequence Some of the sequence actions must be modified s
234. y functional batch sequence application and have completed this part of the tutorial Chapter 8 HA029587 Page 8 26 Issue 1 Jul O7 VISUAL SUPERVISOR TUTORIAL USER GUIDE Index Symbols U E A E aw aasieee aie E 6 11 BV AEII PEE E PII eine E A S A eenn 6 1 ON EOE eesti E TEET E 6 13 OD E E E E E E E A 6 13 PIN OE EE E EEE E A N EET 6 13 i E EOI SEAE A E A AI NE 6 13 PN L EE EE E E A E P E EE 6 13 l a E soup eeu noeeesanmacaeeomens 2 12 E A E E EET EEEE E E E eee 4 9 6 EEEN Ee ee VE ANE 4 1 4 9 4 13 4 14 OA A E E E EE E eee eee eee 4 9 GIST E PEE E A E 3 10 4 10 1 PEIEE E AEA IAE AAE EE E 3 10 Ei EENE A ET A T E TE T 3 10 a e E TEE E O E ES E A 8 5 8 11 PL SE EEA IN E E EE rene A A I E oeuesnees 6 11 7 13 EO OUI cane ee a eens E Genesee data degesanacatean nesaesese 4 1 o 2 EEE EAEE A EA AAA E ATT 7 6 7 12 T e EE E E E T OT 6 4 6 11 7 13 T EENEI E ANAT E E 6 9 6 12 6 13 OU soot E A E E A E E 6 14 7 13 E EEEE EEEE EA E E E EEE TT 4 14 T eee E ER AA Seren E E A 5 1 6 4 8 16 MOS AEO AEEA E ET 3 7 3 10 4 12 6 4 colon equals ate cists cy adiecs auetattanderen eset neds ata Giennnntpeetins 8 7 gt pemi eolon sesen 8 7 T E AE E E A T 8 11 ALARM S erenorerer anre aR E E E 2 12 A E E E E 2 12 SAREA A E A E AE E tes 2 12 SOC Ie EE E E EE A E E TE A 2 12 TEE OE EIE N E E E E TE I A E 2 12 DAI eoar A E 6 13 OPP E a A E A AEE 8 17 SWINE e E E E E 6 13 EEE a EIE E EE A E AN 6 12 7 13 ASO a ameeoepecteeinseoet
235. ys into DR_DGCHP block to enable trending amp Instrument s Preplot facility Note Block type blockname field subfield format referring to Figure 4 2 Table 4 2a Strategy wiring data Note The Configuration Header block and the AREA GROUP LOGDEV LGROUP DR_ALARM and SPP_CTRL blocks don t need to be wired up They are associated with other blocks by setting field values see Editing the block fields HA029587 Chapter 4 Issue 1 Jul 07 Page 4 3 VISUAL SUPERVISOR TUTORIAL USER GUIDE 4 2 2 Editing the block fields Table 4 2 lists the fields that should as a minimum be edited from their default values For completeness all such fields are shown in the table including those edited in the original setpoint program strategy Note that you must also edit the Name fields in all blocks according to Figure 4 2 as you wish Note If you are starting from the existing programmer strategy you need only edit the block fields below the dotted line in Table 4 2 Field Value Function PID pid Tl 5 00 PID pid LAA 20 00 PID pid Alarms LowAbs 1 AREA area ld 1 AREA area Group1 pidloop AREA area Group2 preplot GROUP pidloop Update 10 GROUP pidloop Disp1 pid GROUP pidloop Chan1 PV_rerd GROUP pidloop Chan2 SP_rerd GROUP pidloop Chan3 OP_rerd GROUP preplot Update 10 GROUP preplot Diso spp_ramp GROUP preplot Disp2 spp_dig GROUP preplot Chan

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