PrecisionFlo Plus Setup
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1. i Ey asi Fig 1 310559 3 Using TouchScreen Using the Control Buttons The control buttons are displayed on every screen except in the Setup data area The control buttons are used to navigate through the TouchScreen program Navigation Bar The navigation bar and the fault status bar are shown in Fig 2 NOTE A password is required to access certain screens within the TouchScreen application The pass word is entered on the on screen alphanumeric keypad Fig 5 Most password protected screens are acces sible using the user password however some screens require the super user password These screens are used for application setup and configuration by autho rized personnel and are not used in normal system operation Contact your site system administrator to access these screens Overview The Overview button is used to access the overview screen which provides a summary of system status Setup The Setup button is used to access the setup screens most of which are password protected The operator uses the setup screens to set parameters for the metering valve the dispense device and the other components needed to operate the PrecisionFlo Plus mod2. Delay Timer is Job Complete The fourth button sets how the PrecisionFlo Plus determines when a job is complete lf delay timer is chosen the job is considered complete a configurable number of seconds after the gun stops dispensing This time delay can be set on the Volume Parameters screen Setup PrecisionFlo Plus Vol ume Parameters The valid range is 1 0 30 0 sec onds 12 310559 The other option for determining when the job is com plete is chosen by touching the button to select M5CH6 Robot I O point M5CH6 With this option the job is considered complete when the M5CH6 I O point from the robot is energized Set PC Clock Touching this button will display a screen that allows the user to set the PC s time date and time zone see Fig 13 System Name To set up the system name 1 Touch the System Name data cell 2 Enter the name and touch Accept The system name also appears on the System tab at the top of the screen Configuration Password To set up the configuration password 1 Touch the Configuration Password data cell Wait for the keypad to pop up 2 Enter the password and touch Accept Language The operator can select the desired language from the combo box Available languages at the time of this printing are English default German Spanish French and Italian Changing the language takes effect immediately Japanese kanji katakana and hiragana is also available but i
3. on the network On a computer net work where two or more computers are communicat ing using TCP IP all computers involved must have addresses that have the same network identifier but unique host identifiers The default address used on the PrecisionFlo Plus is 192 111 223 110 The network portion of the address is 192 111 223 and the host portion is 110 Any other computer connected to the same physical network as the PrecisionFlo Plus must use an address like 192 111 223 nnn where nnn is any number between 1 and 254 except 110 Your company may have specific standards or regula tions regarding the use of IP addresses To change the IP address of the PrecisionFlo Plus to accommo date these standards contact your Graco sales repre sentative for assistance FTP FTP is an acronym for File Transfer Protocol Itis a very popular communications protocol designed specif ically to transfer files between computers 38 310559 What is Needed To properly set up communications there are two basic parts to deal with the installation configuration of software and the physical network connection itself The PrecisionFlo Plus is fully configured at the factory and no software configuration or modification is re quired Therefore the software part involves configur ing the network settings on the laptop Both the net work settings and physical connection are discussed below Network Settings on the Laptop NOTE Compani
4. Data Screen Mar 23 2000 08 57 13 system A VOLUME a Process Calc Meas Overview Setup settings Fig 26 Alarms Previous Archive Next Archive Current Archive 310559 31 which records each fault condition experienced by the Alarms Screen The Alarms screen Fig 27 contains the alarms log PrecisionFlo Plus Module The log also contains a record to show when the fault condition was cleared Fault conditions are either alarms or warnings To access the Alarms screen touch the Alarms button Each alarm log entry includes 32 Date The date on which the entry was logged Has the same format as the date used in the data log Time The time at which the entry was logged Has the same format as the time used in the data log Module At the time of this writing this is always PrecisionFlo Plus Fault The fault number associated with the fault condition See Graco manual 310558 for the complete list of faults fault numbers and descrip tions Description A very brief description of the fault condition Status Indicates whether the alarm log entry corresponds to detecting or clearing the fault 310559 The alarm log file is stored internally as a tab delimited text file TouchScreen limits the physical size of the file to be less than the storage capacity of a single 1 44MB floppy disk For this reason over a month s time and depending on the number of faul
5. Global Adjustments The four sets of arrow buttons located on the top right section of the screen are used to adjust the material flow rate swirl auto and swirl manual speed and amount of shape air Touching an arrow button once will cause the rate to increase decrease by one per cent Continued pressure on the button does not change the rate by more than one percent 28 310559 Reference Values These fields located on the bottom right section of the screen show the current system pressure and flow for reference Learn Volume This button located on the lower left section of the screen is used to determine the Process Volume for a selected style Touching Learn Volume while Dispense Mode is Auto will cause the PrecisionFlo Plus to save the last calcu lated volume as the Process Volume for the se lected style The resulting value is displayed on the overview screen Overview and is used as the reference on following jobs The Process Volume parameter can also be manually set adjusted on the Volume Parameters screen Setup PrecisionFlo Plus Volume Parameters Dispense Gun 1 Dispense Gun 2 and Dispense Guns 1 amp 2 These manual dispense buttons located below the Learn Volume button on the lower left section of the screen are used when Dispense Mode is Manual All three buttons will be displayed only if the system is configured for two gun operation Setup Display Options otherwise only Dispense Gun 1 is shown T
6. The buttons are as follows e Measured Flow Rate this is the actual flow rate measured by the system flow meter in units of cubic centimeters per minute cc min e Expected Flow Rate the flow rate setpoint also in cc min e Robot Command a 0 10 Vdc signal from the controlling robot indicating desired flow rate com mand e Measured Pressure the actual outlet pressure measured at the PrecisionFlo metering valve outlet This can be in units of PSI or bar depending on system configuration e Expected Pressure the outlet pressure setpoint also in PSI or bar Measured Flow Rate cemin Expected Flow Rate ccjmin Robot Command Measured Pressure lux BA Max Adjust Fluid Module 2 _ l etal stop Display Help Reset PrecisionFlo Plus Setup To begin trending touch the Start Stop Display button The button stays indented indicating that it has been selected Next choose the variable s you want to trend by pressing the appropriate button s to the right of the trend window When selected these variable buttons also remain indented and the label color changes to match the waveform color for that variable Any combination of the five variables can be trended at any time NOTE The waveform for the robot command is scaled by a factor of 100 in the trend window For ex ample if the robot command is 4 5 Vdc this point on the plotted waveform will be a value of 450 This means that the 0 10 Vdc s
7. 11 310559 11 General Setup Area Screen Touching Display Options under General Setup on the Setup screen and entering the user password brings up the General Setup Area screen shown in Fig 12 The General Setup Area screen displays e A data cell used to assign the System Name For example System A e A data cell used to change the Configuration Password which is used to access other setup screens The default password is 555 e Control buttons used to configure the system using either one or two dispense guns e The Back Help and Reset buttons To configure the Display Setup screen perform the following steps NOTE Setup screens are password protected 1 Touch Setup The Setup screen pops up 2 Touch Display Options The keypad pops up 3 Enter your password Touch Accept The Gener al Setup Area screen appears The top left portion of the General Setup Area screen has three toggle buttons Gun Configuration The top two buttons are used to select the number of guns the system will use The selection of two guns causes additional information and buttons to appear on various screens within the touch screen application M3CH6 is Cycle Complete The third button sets the configuration for the output signal M3CHG an output from the PrecisionFlo Plus to the robot The default for the button is the unselected state where the output means Cycle Complete If selected the output means In Cycle
8. Cancel to cancel the password keypad Touch Space to leave a space before the next character entered The lt key is the backspace key Each character entered on the password keypad is repre sented on the screen by an asterisk For example Graco appears on the character screen as Fig 5 6 310559 Using TouchScreen Using the Pop up Keypads The operator enters numeric and alpha numeric values in the setup screens using the online keypads Fig 5 and Fig 6 which pop up when a recessed field called a data cell is touched In most cases the data to be entered is numeric only and the numeric keypad will appear In a few situations e g entering system names alpha characters are needed and the same alpha numeric keypad used to enter passwords is displayed By default data is displayed in English units but the TouchScreen can be configured to display metric units Touch Cancel to close the keypad without changing the data value Har 23 2000 11 12 47 System A Module Flow Rate Factors Low speed Bit Default Flow A Medium speed Bit Flow A High speed Bit Flow A Purge Gun Flow Of Jobs with High Vol Ta of Jobs with Low yol Ta of Jobs with Mo Vol Ta Cancel Dispense Done Delay Yolume Fault Buffering Back Fig 6 Touch Clear to clear the character screen before entering data or to change an entry if incorrect data has been entered The operator must touch Accept to enter a
9. If your will change to the corresponding color red for alarm system has been configured by Graco for multiple yellow for warning To see what the fault is touch the system operation the TouchScreen application will system tab and read the Fault Status bar All faults on display a system tab for each module across the top of all systems are entered in their respective Alarm logs the screen Fig 4 From anywhere in the Touch Screen application touch any system tab to see that system s information for the current screen Apr 18 2000 22 45 40 G GRACO 0 0 atyle 1 LI 0 0 LI LI 0 0 LI T LI 0 00 0 00 0 00 LI LI LI Module Status Fig 4 310559 5 Using TouchScreen Entering the Password Figure 5 shows the password keypad This keypad appears whenever the operator attempts to access a password protected screen For security a user password is required to access certain screens such as the general setup dispense parameters and settings screens In addition a super user password is required to access screens that require in depth knowledge of the system to configure correctly It is not necessary to access these screens for normal system operation Contact your site system administrator to access these screens Mar 23 2000 08 49 54 This system does not shut down when an incorrect password is entered The operator must touch Accept for the system to accept the password entered on the keypad Touch
10. Lost 0 05 loss Approximate round trip times in milli seconds Minimum Oms Maximum ims Average Oms lf you see the latter do not continue the test If the ping test doesn t work FTP will not work either There are various possible causes for ping test failure Some things to check are 1 Double check the physical network connections 2 The green link LED on the laptop s external net work card connector should be on 3 Try pinging the laptop from the laptop That is on the laptop type ping lt IP address gt where lt IP address gt is the IP address of the laptop If this doesn t work the network configuration isn t right 4 Double check the IP address settings on the laptop Two very common causes of problems are invalid network settings on the laptop or a faulty cable Transferring Files The laptop must have an FTP client software package installed on it There are several FTP packages available some that are very easy to use A default Windows installation includes an FTP client called ftp exe Unfortunately this particular utility is not very user friendly For this reason instructions to create a batch file to do the necessary FTP commands for you are shown below Automate ftp exe by creating the two following text files getlogs bat ftp ssloqs txt 1 logs txt pfloftp pfloftp cd home cpflo data log A prompt ascii mget log mget flt mget pcc bye NOTE Be s
11. PSI Volt e The Back Help and Reset buttons NOTE Setup screens are password protected NOTE For systems configured with two guns this screen appears with additional data cells for Gun 2 and Guns 1 amp 2 To configure the Pressure Parameters screen 1 Touch Setup The Setup screen appears 2 Touch Precision Flo Plus The keypad pops up 3 Enter your password and then touch Accept The PrecisionFlo Plus Setup screen appears 24 310559 4 Touch Pressure Parameters The Pressure Parameters screen Fig 22 appears Touch the Outlet Pressure Low Limit data cell When the keypad comes up enter the value and then touch Accept Touch the Outlet Pressure High Limit data cell When the keypad comes up enter the value and then touch Accept Touch the Pressure Mode PSI Volt data cell When the keypad comes up enter the value and then touch Accept Touch Back to return to the PrecisionFlo Plus Setup screen Touch Back again and then touch Overview to return to the Overview screen PrecisionFlo Plus Setup Mar 25 2000 08 53 53 F Fig 22 310559 25 PrecisionFlo Plus Setup Tune Fluid Module Screen The Tune Fluid Module screen Fig 23 consists of a trend window and supporting controls From this screen the operator can change operational modes trend select variables modify system parameters and manually dispense material The trend window takes up the bulk of the screen To the le
12. Setup PrecisionFlo Plus Dispense Parameters NOTE If the Adjust Fluid Module button is pressed during a trend event the Start Stop Display button is automatically deselected until the Adjust Fluid Module Parameters pop up window is closed This means that while this pop up window is open trending does not take place Regardless of operational modes or system settings the Tune screen can be used to trend any combination of the five system parameters shown to the right of the trend window Measured Flow Rate cemin Expected Flow Rate cemin Robot Command Measured Pressure Expected Pressure Adjust Fluid Module z otartstop Display Help Reset 310559 27 PrecisionFlo Plus Settings Screen The PrecisionFlo Plus Settings screen Fig 25 dis plays The operator settings for the current dispense session which is controlled by the robotic interface or the PrecisionFlo Plus module The TouchScreen control buttons The Status Bar which turns the fault message on and off The Fault Reset button NOTE The Settings screen is password protected Operational Modes These parameters located on the top left section of the screen allow the operator to view current modes and to change them by touching the appropriate toggle button The four buttons allow the operator to choose between the values listed on the following chart Dispense Mode Auto Manual Control Mode Pressure Flow Robot Mode Analog Digital
13. and the fault mes sage is displayed When the fault status bar is red the system is experiencing an alarm condition and the applicable fault message is displayed When either an alarm or a warning is present touching the Help button will open the online manual to a page with additional information pertaining to the current fault If there is no specific reference to the current fault condition touching Help will open the online manual to the Table of Contents When an alarm is present the PrecisionFlo Plus Module will signal the robot controller to stop dispens ing The cause of the alarm must be cleared and the Reset button pressed before the system will return to normal operation In contrast a warning will not inter rupt dispensing Both conditions are entered in the Alarm Log Reset The Reset button is used to send a fault reset signal to the PrecisionFlo Plus Module and to acknowledge and clear alarms Data Alarms Help Fig 2 4 310559 Using TouchScreen Back When navigating the setup screens the Overview Setup Settings Data and Alarm buttons are re placed by the Back button as shown in Fig 3 The Back button is used to return to the previously dis played screen Fig 3 System Tabs If a system not currently selected for viewing experi The PrecisionFlo Plus TouchScreen is capable of ences a fault condition the label on that system s tab interfacing with up to four PrecisionFlo Modules
14. value The numeric values are recorded in the data cells that appear on each setup screen If the value entered is out of range a message containing the acceptable range is momentarily displayed in the keypad s readout window For example Valid Range 1 0 100 0 If this occurs enter a valid value and touch Accept This process must be repeated for each value entered k olume Tolerance Accept 310559 7 Overview Screen The Overview screen displays a Summary of current system information This information is broken down into five areas that are accessed by touching the buttons at the bottom of the screen e Module Status Fig 7 has three columns of information and contains real time indicators per taining to volume flow and pressure Volume reference values are shown on the left General system status information such as the selected style and gun outlet pressure are shown in the middle Pressure sensor scaling data is shown on the right All of these fields are shown in non re cessed data fields indicating that on this screen entry of data to these fields is not allowed Note that some of these fields are displayed on other screens and may allow data entry there Har 23 2000 06 04 00 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00 ECTE overview 771 Fig 7 8 310559 e Module Settings Fig 8 displavs the operational modes of the PrecisionFlo Plus svstem The operational mode cannot be changed from thi
15. Cat 5 cable See Fig 28 for an example 2 10Base2 50 ohm RG58 coaxial cable These cables use T connectors for each network connec tion in a trunk line drop line configuration Each end of the network requires a 50 ohm resistor Cable runs can be up to 185 meters long This is most commonly used in industrial non office environments This is the type of media the Preci sionFlo Plus is designed to use Also known as thinnet cable See Fig 29 for an example Both of these media types support 10 Mbaud 10 million bits per second communication rates A short length of either of these cables with connectors installed on both ends is commonly called a patch cable Appendix A Ethernet and FIP Fig 28 Fig 29 310559 37 Appendix A Ethernet and FIP TCP IP The acronym TCP IP stands for Transmission Control Protocol Internet Protocol It is a suite of communica tion protocols widely used in Ethernet networks all over the world One of its main functions is to route packets of information from one computer to another This is accomplished by assigning every computer on the network a unique IP address which has the format nnn nnn nnn nnn where nnn is a number between 1 and 254 While the specifics are beyond the scope of this manual in general the address is made up of two parts One part designates the network itself and the other part that uniquely identifies the computer also called a host
16. INSTRUCTIONS PARTS LIST b This manual contains important warnings and information Rs INSTRUCTIONS PrecisionFlo Plus Control Assembly TouchScreen Operator s Guide O lO 0 N N 8369A Single Application Control Assembly Part No 918640 GRACO INC P O BOX 1441 READ AND KEEP IT FOR REFERENCE 310559 Rev B GRACO First choice when quality counts Table of Contents About This Guide eeoernnan 2 Purpose 2 220 c2 eeeee k anan aaa aa 2 CO P s ae kana lk kk ie po n nt al ak e e at a tv 2 Audience aw ti apiy tat ae ai op ld ta e eks ep fe senna snes 2 How to Use TouchScreen 2 Organization eee ren ronn ne nnnn 2 Related Product Information 2 Using TouchScreen esenenssnn 3 Starting and Exiting TouchScreen 3 Using the Control Buttons 4 Navigation Bar 0 ccc ees 4 Fault Status Bar 0 eee eee 4 System Tabs leti en cee cece da saaa ao 5 Entering the Password 6 Using the Pop up Keypads 7 Overview Screen nn enn nn ennan nn nn nannan 8 Setup Scr
17. TCP IP protocol has not been installed consult the documentation that came with your network card for installation instructions Appendix A Ethernet and FIP TCP IP Properties Configuration Identification Access Control The following network components are installed m Client for Micrasoft Networks E Novell Mefw are Client BB Infrared PnP Serial Port F PNPOSID Ep Network of incom CredtCard 107100 M odem 56 Fast Infrared Protocol gt Infrared PrF Serial Port PN ll Add Remove Properties Primary Network Lagon Novell Wet are Client Z File and Print Sharing M Description A network adapteris a hardware device that physically connects pour computer to a network Configuration Identification Access Control The following network components are installed Tir Fast Infrared Protocol gt Infrared PhP Serial Port FPNPOS 2 a PS 32 bit Protocol for the Novell Netware Client gt Netwe a P amp S P amp compatible Protocol Network of incom Crediti 4 NetBEUI gt Network of Sircom CreditCard 10 100 M oder YO TCPVIP gt Network of Mircom CreditCard 10 100 Modem ta Remove Properties Primary Network Lagon Novell Netware Client File and Print Sharing Description TCP IP is the protocol pou use ta connect ta the Internet and wide area networks Fig 31 Bindings Advanced NetBIOS DNS Configuration Gateway WINS Configuration F Address An IF address
18. The Alarm Warning Assignment screen Fig 20 displays e Twelve control buttons that can be individually configured as either Warnings or Alarms Inlet Pressure Low not currently enabled Inlet Pressure High not currently enabled Outlet Pressure Low Outlet Pressure High Swirl Speed Error Temperature Conditioner Fault Flow Calibrations Failure Motor Over Temperature not currently enabled High Volume on Last Job Low Volume on Last Job No Flow on Last Job Process Target Error e The Back Help and Reset buttons NOTE Setup screens are password protected Har 23 2000 05 52 13 System Inlet Pressure Low Inlet Pressure High Outlet Pressure Low Outlet Pressure High oWih speed Error Fig 20 Of the 12 system faults shown on the Alarm Warning Assignment screen three of them Inlet Pressure Low Inlet Pressure High and Motor Over Temperature are not activated at the time of this writing The disabled condition is indicated by grayed text and touching these buttons will have no effect Each of the eight active buttons corresponds to a specific system fault that can be configured as either an alarm or a warning Touching the button will toggle between the two states Configured as an alarm the event will inform the robot controller to stop dispens ing as a warning it will not In either case the event is logged to the alarm log Alarms To configure the Alarm Warning Assignment screen 1 Tou
19. a OFF Fault Reset UFF Style 5 OFF uto kode OFF Data 32 UFF Initiate Style OFF Strle 16 UFF Depressurized UFF Data 64 OFF Job Complete OFF Low Speed bit OFF Cycle Complete OFF Data 125 OFF Swirl 1 Enable OFF Medium Speed Bit OFF Data 1 OFF Data 256 OFF Swirl 2 Enable OFF High Speed Bit OFF Data 2 OFF Module Status Module Settings Module FO Robot FO Version Info Overview Setup Settings Data Alarms Help Reset Fig 10 10 310559 Setup Screen The Setup screen Fig 11 displays General Setup NOTE The general setup screens are password pro e The General Setup column with buttons for Display tected and accessible to authorized personnel only Options and File Transfer Display Options When this button is touched the password screen appears When the user pass word is entered and accepted the General Setup e The Equipment Setup column with a button for the PrecisionFlo Plus Module e The TouchScreen control buttons Area screen Fig 12 appears e The Status Bar which displays fault messages if e File Transfer Touch this button to transfer a file any are present from a source diskette to the TouchScreen hard drive or from TouchScreen to a diskette See Fig e The Reset button 14 Equipment Setup e PrecisionFlo Plus When this button is touched and the user password entered the PrecisionFlo Plus Setup screen Fig 15 appears See page 15 for detailed information Mar 23 2000 06 49 13 cr Fig
20. al or consequential loss shall be available Any action for breach of warranty must be brought within two 2 years of the date of sale GRACO MAKES NO WARRANTY AND DISCLAIMS ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE IN CONNECTION WITH ACCESSORIES EQUIPMENT MATERIALS OR COMPONENTS SOLD BUT NOT MANUFACTURED BY GRACO These items sold but not manufactured by Graco such as electric motors switches hose etc are subject to the warranty if any of their manufacturer Graco will provide purchaser with reasonable assistance in mak ing any claim for breach of these warranties In no event will Graco be liable for indirect incidental special or consequential damages resulting from Graco supplying equipment hereunder or the furnishing performance or use of any products or other goods sold hereto whether due to a breach of contract breach of warranty the negligence of Graco or otherwise FOR GRACO CANADA CUSTOMERS The parties acknowledge that they have required that the present document as well as all documents notices and legal proceedings entered into given or instituted pursuant hereto or relating directly or indirectly hereto be drawn up in English Les parties reconnais sent avoir convenu que la redaction du presente document sera en Anglais ainsi que tous documents avis et procedures judiciaires executes donn s ou intent s a la suite de ou en rapport directement ou indirectement avec les p
21. ation or desktop computer would work just as well This meth od is an alternative to transferring files using the floppy disk drive NOTE This appendix assumes that the Ethernet com munication accessory kit Graco part number 241798 has been installed This accessory is not installed by default For installation instructions please see Appendix A in Graco manual 310558 The procedure on page 14 describes how to transfer alarm and data log files as well as system settings files from the PrecisionFlo Plus to a floppy disk The floppy disk file transfer functionality is intended to allow the operator to take the floppy disk containing the log files to a personal computer in an office setting for further analysis and or archiving The procedure outlined in this Appendix replaces the step of transfer ring files to a floppy disk with transferring them directly to another computer NOTE This appendix is written for users with basic knowledge of personal computers and Microsoft Win dows as well as some familiarity with general network ing concepts Because the successful implementation of networking multiple computers together requires proper setup and configuration on all computers in volved you may need to contact your company s IS department or equivalent for assistance NOTE Today Ethernet TCP IP and FTP are technol ogies in wide use on the Internet in offices and in manufacturing facilities Depending on implementa
22. between the contents of the PrecisionFlo Plus and the contents of the floppy disk Touch the Re read button to refresh the contents of the file list Two buttons in the middle of the file lists allow copying of files from the PrecisionFlo Plus to the diskette or vice versa Files can also be deleted on this screen be aware that if you use this feature there is no undelete or undo method Status messages appear in the upper right G Floppy Re read PrecisionFlo Plus Setup Touching PrecisionFlo Plus under Equipment Setup on the Setup screen and entering the user password brings up the PrecisionFlo Plus setup screen shown in Fig 15 The PrecisionFlo Plus Setup screen displays e Four control buttons that are used to access addi tional setup screens Flow Rate Calibration Alarm Warning Assignment Volume Parameters Pressure Parameters e The Back Help and Reset buttons Mar 23 2000 06 51 26 Flow Rate Calibration This screen Fig 19 is used to calibrate the Precision Flo Plus system See page 20 for detailed information Alarm Warning Assignment This screen Fig 20 is used to configure whether specific fault conditions will be treated as Alarms or as Warnings See page 21 for detailed information Volume Parameters This screen Fig 21 is used to configure PrecisionFlo Plus volume parameters See page 22 for detailed information Pressure Parameters This screen Fig 22 is us
23. can be automatically assigned to this computer If your network does not automatically assign IP addresses ask pour network administrator for an address and then type it in the space below C Obtain an IF address automatically f Specify an IP address ET A n Eyer abe ey ee L ae wags Pye p ep tent ge IP Address 192 111 223 150 Subnet blask 255 255 255 B 310559 39 Appendix A Ethernet and FIP Making the Physical Connection to the PrecisionFlo Plus There are two common ways to connect to the Preci sionFlo Plus The first way involves using a 10Base2 cable to directly connect the two computers The second way needed if your laptop doesn t have a 10Base2 connector is to use a network hub a Cat 5 patch cable and a 10Base2 cable The easiest way to connect to the PrecisionFlo Plus is the first method mentioned above using a 10Base2 cable Connect one end to the bulkhead connector on the PrecisionFlo Plus and the other end to the BNC connector on your external Ethernet cable on your laptop see Fig 33 Fig 33 Fig 34 40 310559 If your laptop doesn t have a 10Base2 connector you can also use a network hub This configuration while functional is significantly more cumbersome for a temporary connection Connect a Cat 5 patch cable to your laptop and the other end to an available hub port Connect a 10Base2 patch cable with a T and 50 ohm termination resistor on both ends from the BNC connector o
24. ch Setup The keypad pops up 2 Enter the password and then touch Accept The Setup screen appears 3 Touch Precision Flo Plus The PrecisionFlo Plus Setup screen appears 4 Touch Alarm Warning Assignment The Alarm Warning Assignment screen Fig 20 appears 5 Determine the appropriate assignment for each fault condition and touch the button to toggle between Alarm and Warning Temperature Conditioner Fault Flow Calibration Failure Motor Over Temperature High Yolume on Last Job Low Volume on Last Job Ho Flow on Last Job Process Target Error 310559 21 PrecisionFlo Plus Setup Volume Parameters Screen The Volume Parameters screen Fig 21 displays e Module Flow Rate Factors e Volume Fault Buffering Configuration e Style Volume Setup keeps track of the target volume of material and the allowable tolerance percent for up to 32 different styles The style bits are used for SPC data collection Touch the up and down arrows to view the full range of styles e The Back Help and Reset buttons NOTE Setup screens are password protected To configure the Volume Parameters screen 1 Touch Setup The keypad pops up 2 Enter your password and then touch Accept The Setup screen appears 3 Touch Precision Flo Plus The PrecisionFlo Plus Setup screen appears 4 Touch Volume setup The Volume Setup screen appears See Fig 21 Module Flow Rate Features To configure Module Flow Rate Features 1 Touc
25. e 14 or by using FTP over an Ethernet connection Appendix A Fig 27 Alarms Screen Har 23 2000 06 57 34 system A Alarms for Precision Flo Plus Archive A a032o000a ft Fa Mar 23i 2000 08 10 43 Precision Flo Flus Dispenser Stop Detected Overview Setup Settings Data Alarms Previous Archive Hext Archive Current Archive 310559 33 Help Screen The Help screen displays e A page of text from the online instruction manual e A scroll bar that is used to move through the file e The name of the system from which data was retrieved For example System A System B System C etc e The TouchScreen control buttons 34 310559 To access the Help screen 1 Touch Help to display the Help screen which contains the fault code table and the alarms code table 2 Use the scroll bar to move through the file lf Help is touched while a fault is active more informa tion about that specific fault is displayed If no fault is active the online manual table of contents is dis played The online manual contains hyperlinks allowing the operator to touch a topic to display the desired information Notes 310559 35 Appendix A Ethernet and FIP This Appendix describes how to connect a laptop computer to the PrecisionFlo Plus to transfer alarm and data logs and system settings files from the Preci sionFlo Plus to the laptop A laptop is referred to throughout this appendix but a nearby workst
26. eal time flow rate command signal from the robot during a job Har 23 2000 06 51 54 system A Pressure FSI Gun 1 Calibration Tolerance Mas Calif Time sec Min stability Time sec Back Fig 19 20 310559 Actual How Rate fccfmin Target Flow Rate fccfmin Bead size m dir kaz Robot speed mm s Dispense Mode Enter the operating flow rate for Gun 1 as follows a Touch the Target Flow Rate data cell The keypad pops up b Enter the value and then touch Accept or enter the desired bead size mm diam and maximum robot speed mm s The system will then calculate the target flow rate Touch one of the data cells listed below wait for the keypad to pop up enter the value and touch Accept Repeat the process for each data cell Calibration Tolerance Max Calibration Time sec Min Stability Time sec Touch Calibrate Gun 1 and wait approximately 30 seconds to complete the calibration process a Ifthe GUN1 Calibrated message appears the calibration process is complete b Ifthe GUN1 Not Calibrated message ap pears repeat steps 1 2 and 3 until the GUN1 Calibrated message appears Touch Back to return to the PrecisionFlo Plus Setup screen Reference Yalues Outlet Pressure PSI Flow Rate o ccfmin Flow Table status GUN 1 Not Calibrated Calibrate Gun 1 PrecisionFlo Plus Setup Alarm Warning Assignment Screen
27. ed to configure PrecisionFlo Plus pressure parameters See page 24 for detailed information Fig 15 310559 15 PrecisionFlo Plus Setup Setup Using Supervisor Access e Flow Mode Correction Factor used in Volume If the super user password is used to access the Compensation calculations The normal setting is resulting PrecisionFlo Plus Setup screen includes two ome additional control buttons as shown in Fig 16 They e Flow Average the number of flow meter pulses are used for flow rate calculations Dispense Parameters e Gun On Off and Regulator On Off Delays used to adjust for delays in the pneumatic dispense valves Tune Fluid Module NOTE For detailed information on making these ad Dispense Parameters justments see Manual 310558 PrecisionFlo Plus Con From the Dispense Parameters screen Fig 17 an trol Assembly authorized operator can adjust the following variables Touching Save Load Settings on this screen brings e Kp and Kd gains used by the PrecisionFlo Plus up the Controller Files screen shown in Fig 18 where Module in its pressure control loop factory default settings can be loaded or current sys tem settings saved e Flow Meter K Factor the number of flow meter pulses for each liter of material passing through the meter Har 23 2000 06 51 26 7 Fig 16 16 310559 PrecisionFlo Plus Setup Mar 25 2000 06 52 33 System A Pressure Loop Kp Press
28. ed volume of material dis pensed The fault condition generated is treated as an alarm and as such would cause the system to shut down In addition to setting the acceptable number of sequential jobs with high volume before a fault is generated the number of low volume and no volume jobs can also be set The default settings for these three parameters are one job Dispense Done Delay Time is a timer that is used to determine when a job is considered complete If this timer is used determined by the configuration settings on the General Setup Area screen Setup Display Options the PrecisionFlo Plus Module considers the current job complete after the gun on dispense command from the robot is deactivated for this many seconds The default is 5 0 seconds PrecisionFlo Plus Setup Style Volume Setup 1 To enter the target volume percent tolerance and application specific style name for each style a For the first style touch the Style Name data cell When the keypad comes up enter a descriptive style name Use the shift key to toggle from upper to lower case letters b Touch the Volume cc data cell When the keypad comes up enter the value Touch Accept c Touch the Tolerance data cell When the keypad comes up enter the value Touch Accept d Repeat steps 1 a through 1 c to enter val ues for styles 2 through 32 as necessary Har 23 2000 08 53 32 system A Module Flow Rate Factors Low Speed B
29. een 24 asie pet mi nani e eti evi iba 11 General Setup Area Screen 12 File Transfer Screen ee 14 PrecisionFlo Plus Setup 15 Setup Using Supervisor Access 16 Controller Files Screen 18 Flow Rate Calibration Screen 20 Alarm Warning Assignment Screen 21 Volume Parameters Screen 22 Pressure Parameters Screen 24 Tune Fluid Module Screen 26 PrecisionFlo Plus Settings Screen 28 Dala SETEN a wan li oti afon kk a kaa ri a dae neon aes 30 Alarms Screen ei w kon kai ai w odepa tifi ac t l 32 HeD SCIEN etat aaa aa beni el 34 Appendix A Ethernet and FTP 36 MINNEAPOLIS MN 55440 1441 OCOPYRIGHT 2000 GRACO INC Graco Inc is registered to I S EN ISO 9001 About This Guide Purpose This manual describes how to use the TouchScreen software program which is a series of user screens and buttons that change the operating state of the PrecisionFlo Plus control assembly The manual provides a brief description of each screen and button in the TouchScreen program Scope The manual provides an overview of screen navigation and summary explanation of the PrecisionFlo Plus TouchScreen environment It is intended as a supple ment to Graco manual 310558 which explains the setup and configuration of the entire PrecisionFlo Plus system The TouchScreen appl
30. es have varying policies on who is allowed to modify parameters such as network set tings Check with your IS department for approval be fore going ahead with the steps below The procedure shown illustrates the steps for Windows 98 other Win dows platforms will be similar In Windows 98 click on Start Settings Control Panel When the Control Panel appears double click on the Network icon A dialog box pops up In the list displayed at the top there should be a line represent ing the physical network card also called network adapter installed on your computer For example Network of Xircom CreditCard 10 100 Modem 56 see Fig 30 Further down in the same list there should be another line that indicates the TCP IP proto col is installed For example TCP IP Network of Xircom CreditCard 10 100 Modem see Fig 31 Select the TCP IP Network of line and click on Properties Another dialog box should pop up select the IP Address tab Select Specify an IP address and fill in the blanks as shown in Fig 32 If you prefer the last number of the IP address can be something different see previous explanation of TCP IP The rest of the tabs on this dialog box can be left as they are Click OK to close this dialog box Click OK to close the first dialog box You will get a message from Windows stating that you need to reboot for the changes to take effect Reboot the computer lf a network card or the
31. file name of each data log file has the following format sMMYYYYn log where s is the system letter MM is the month number YYYY is the four digit year and n represents a specific log file within a one month time period As an example the first three data log files for System A during the month of April 2000 would be named a042000a log a042000b log and a042000c log The name of the log file currently being displayed is shown at the top of the screen The buttons to the right of the data log viewing area are used to switch between existing data log files Touch Previous Archive to view past data log files Touch Next Archive to view successively newer files up to the current log file Touch Current Archive to immediately return to the current data log file Touching and dragging on the vertical slider bar will scroll through the file contents down Alternatively touching the up and down arrows will move up or down one record at a time NOTE If a job finishes while the Data screen is being displayed the view will not automatically update to show the just completed job s entry The job does get recorded to the file but the view does not automatical ly reflect this To update the view press Current Ar chive The data logs can be retrieved from the TouchScreen for further analysis Two methods of doing this are available by floppy disk page 14 or by using FTP over an Ethemet connection Appendix A
32. ft of the trend window are a set of buttons to incrementally modify the upper range of the trend window The upper limit can also be set directly by touching the recessed data cell directly and entering a value from the pop up keypad The lower limit is set in a similar fashion The default lower and upper limits are 0 and 1000 The lower limit must be a value less than the upper limit Directly below the trend window are two slider bars labeled Sample Rate and Expand The Sample Rate slider bar is used to adjust the rate at which the Touch Screen retrieves values from the PrecisionFlo Plus Module The Expand slider bar is used to adjust the number of waveform cycles displayed in the trend window at any one time Under most conditions the default positions of both slider bars allow for satisfacto ry trend waveforms and do not need modification Har 23 2000 08 54 51 System L Hin Sample Rate Dispense Mode Control Mode Robot Mode Swirl Kode Back Fig 23 26 310559 ke __ Expand Dispense Gun 1 To the right of the trend window is a column of five buttons each of which corresponds to a single system variable controlled or monitored by the PrecisionFlo Plus Module Each button lists the variable name current value and the units the variable is measured in In addition below this information on the button there is a colored legend bar used to identify the variable s waveform in the trend window
33. gested vendors Networking cables MicroWarehouse www warehouse com 1 800 397 8508 DCA1196 10 Thinnet coax patch cable other lengths available DCA1604BK 7 black Cat 5 patch cable other lengths available Network adaptors and hubs SMC www smc com 1 888 838 9247 For laptops SMC8022BT EZ PC Card 10 For desktops SMC8416BTA EtherEZ 10 ISA bus SMC1208BT EZCard 10 PCI bus Hubs SMC3608T EZ EZ Hub 10 8 port RJ45 with BNC Network adaptor Xircom www Xxircom com For laptops Xircom CreditCard Ethernet 10 100 Modem 56 with CABLE ETH212 Notes 310559 43 Graco Standard Warranty Graco warrants all equipment referenced in this document which is manufactured by Graco and bearing its name to be free from de fects in material and workmanship on the date of sale by an authorized Graco distributor to the original purchaser for use With the exception of any special extended or limited warranty published by Graco Graco will for a period of twelve months from the date of sale repair or replace any part of the equipment determined by Graco to be defective This warranty applies only when the equipment is installed operated and maintained in accordance with Graco s written recommendations This warranty does not cover and Graco shall not be liable for general wear and tear or any malfunction damage or wear caused by faulty installation misapplication abrasion corrosion inadequate or im
34. h the Low Speed Bit Default Flow Rate data cell Wait for the keypad to pop up Enter the percent value Touch Accept 2 Repeat step 1 to set the Medium Speed Bit Flow Rate and the High Speed Bit Flow Rate The PrecisionFlo Plus Module can dispense material based on a continuously changing analog voltage command signal from a controlling robot or it can dispense at any of three predetermined discrete flow rates These three flow rates are set on this screen and are called low medium and high speed bit flow rates Default values are set to 25 50 and 75 percent of full soeed equivalent to 2 5 5 0 and 7 5 Vdc robot commands respectively Purge Gun Flow Rate is the flow rate used for manual dispensing The range of 0 to 100 set a O to 10 Vdc command which is used with the psi volt setting to determine the purge pressure target see Fig 22 pressure parameters screen 22 310559 Volume Fault Buffering The following fields can be configured on this screen of Jobs with High Vol to Fault of Jobs with Low Vol to Fault of Jobs with No Vol to Fault Dispense Done Delay Time To configure Volume Fault Buffering 1 Touch the applicable data cell When the keypad comes up enter the value Touch Accept 2 Repeat step 1 to set the remaining digital speed bits The parameters listed here affect how the PrecisionFlo Plus Module responds to irregular system events such as a higher than expect
35. ic screen In these situations the sequence of buttons to be touched to display the screen will be shown in the following format Buttoni Button2 Button3 To display the screen being discussed you should touch button 1 on the current screen button 2 on the next screen and so on Related Product Information For additional information about the PrecisionFlo Plus Control Assembly refer to the printed version of manu al 310558 Using TouchScreen Starting and Exiting TouchScreen Exiting TouchScreen The TouchScreen display turns off when power is Starting TouchScreen removed from the control assembly The TouchScreen display turns on when power is applied to the control assembly To exit TouchScreen Fig 1 To start TouchScreen Fig 1 1 Turn off the main electrical disconnect 1 to re move power from the control assembly The 1 Turn on air and electrical power to the system TouchScreen 3 display becomes inactive 2 Turn on the main electrical disconnect 1 to supply power to the control assembly Verify that the POWER ON light 2 is on 3 The TouchScreen 3 display becomes active If the TouchScreen display is unlit refer to instruc tion manual 310558 for troubleshooting information and the service procedures
36. ication is the Graphical User Interface GUI to the PrecisionFlo Plus system The TouchScreen does not perform the low level functions that control the system it is simply the means by which the operator communicates with the Precision Flo Plus Module which is the controller that performs these functions The PrecisionFlo Plus module is physically mounted inside the control enclosure The TouchScreen s primary functions are to accept opera tor input to adjust system parameters and to provide system status to the operator Audience This manual covers basic information for users who have no or limited previous experience using the TouchScreen display Users who are familiar with other touchscreen programs will find this program easy to use 2 310559 How to Use TouchScreen lf you are new to TouchScreen this manual describes how to use e the scroll bar to page up and page down e the control buttons and screens to set up opera tions e the numeric and alpha numeric keypads to enter data Organization This manual provides information for the five Touch Screen navigation control buttons The user is pre sented a screen by screen development of the screens control buttons and data areas This method is very effective in helping the operator learn how to use the program The manual can also be used for reference and training purposes In several places throughout this manual the explana tion will reference a specif
37. ignal will actually be plotted on a 0 1000 scale To stop trending a variable touch the appropriate variable button it will pop out indicating it is no longer selected lf Start Stop Display is touched during a trend event a snapshot of the current waveform s will be captured in the trend window The snapshot will be retained until the Start Stop Display button is pressed again or until power to the PrecisionFlo Plus is cycled There is no mechanism for saving this snapshot to disk for perma nent storage Har 23 2000 06 55 06 system A Adjust Fluid Module Parameters Pressure Loop Pressure Loop Low speed Bit Kad Default Flow Rate P SA Purge Gun Flow Rate Dispense Mode Control Mode ori kode Robot Mode Back Fig 24 Flow blode Kp Correction Factor Dispense Gun 1 NOTE When the Start Stop Display button is not se lected no trending is done even if variables have been selected Most of the buttons listed along the bottom of the screen represent functionality that can all be found in other places in the TouchScreen application but are included on the Tune screen for convenience This functionality includes the ability to toggle Dispense Control Swirl and Robot modes and manually dis pense material The Adjust Fluid Module button activates a pop up window Fig 24 that allows the operator to change additional system parameters otherwise located on the Dispense Parameters screen
38. it Default Flow Rate Medium speed Bit Flow Rate High Speed Bit Flow Rate Purge Gun Flow Rate Volume Fault Buffering of Jobs with High Yol To Fault of Jobs with Low Vol To Fault of Jobs with Mo Vol To Fault BEEF IEEE ERRER ek ek Dispense Done Delay Time Fig 21 2 Touch Back to return to the PrecisionFlo Plus Setup screen By default the 32 available styles are named Style N where N is a number between 1 and 32 These names can be changed to something more specific to your application The name of the style currently in use is displayed on the Overview screen In addition the style name is part of the job record that is logged in the data log upon completion of each job The style name can include any of the characters on the alphanumeric keypad due to readable screen space constraints on this screen and the Data screen the name should be kept to eight characters or less in length In this same area the target volume and tolerance can be set for each style Eight styles are shown at a time press the up or down arrow to access additional styles otyle Volume setup volume Tolerance Style EEEEEEE KI 310559 23 PrecisionFlo Plus Setup Pressure Parameters Screen The Pressure Parameters screen Fig 22 displays e The following pressure limits for the applicable dispense device For example Gun 1 Outlet Pressure Low Limit Outlet Pressure High Limit Pressure Mode
39. n the hub to the BNC connector on the PrecisionFlo Plus Apply power to the hub see Fig 34 Appendix A Ethernet and FIP Anybody Home A quick test to try when everything is powered up and plugged in is the ping test The ping test uses a utility built into Windows called ping exe Ping exe sends an Are you there message to another node on the network If the message gets to the other node and it s up and running it will return the message to the sender To try this open a DOS window and type EADING EI Ide 23 Lo Use the appropriate IP address if you have changed it from the default If the laptop is configured correctly and the physical connections are OK you will see something like Pinging 192 111 223 110 with 32 bytes of data Reply from 192 111 223 110 bytes 32 time 1ms TTL 255 Reply from 192 111 223 110 bytes 32 time lt 10ms TTL 255 Reply from 192 111 223 110 bytes 32 time 1ms TTL 255 Reply from 192 111 223 110 bytes 32 time lt 10ms TTL 255 Ping statistics for 1925411 223 110 Packets Sent 4 Received 4 Lost 0 0 loss Approximate round trip times in milli seconds Minimum Oms Maximum ims Average Oms On the other hand if it s not set up right you ll see something like this Pinging 192 111 223 110 with 32 bytes of data Request timed out Request timed out Request timed out Request timed out Ping statistics for 192 111 223 110 Packets Sent 4 Received 4
40. om there incrementing by one for each successive job If the PrecisionFlo Plus is powered off and restarted that same day the job number counter will take up where it left off e Style name This is the user assigned name given to the chosen style from the Volume Parameters screen Setup PrecisionFlo Plus Volume Param eters e Job material volume data e Process Volume The volume entered for the style of the dispense job e Calculated Volume The total volume requested by the robot This is derived from an integral of the robot flow command during a dispense job e Measured Volume The difference between the measured volume and the calculated volume e Percent Error e Job status A brief message as to whether or not the job completed successfully will appear here If not successful this will be an error message 30 310559 The data log file is stored internally as a tab delimited text file TouchScreen limits the physical size of the file to be less than the storage capacity of a single 1 44MB floppy disk For this reason over a month s time and depending on the number of jobs com pleted it is very likely that multiple data logs will be generated To distinguish between a given month s data log files each file is assigned a letter starting with A and successively incrementing to B C and so on as necessary This letter is indicated in the name of the file itself The internal
41. ouching these buttons will cause the system to dispense material as long as the button is held down Letting the button go will stop the manual dispense PrecisionFlo Plus Settings Screen Mar 23 2000 08 56 46 system A Operational Modes Global Adjustments Swirl Swirl Flow Rate Auto Manual Dispense Robot Mode Mode Control Mode Reference Values Learn Yolume Current System Pressure oe Current System Flow Rate cefmin Laun Overview Setup Settings Data Alarms Help Reset Fig 25 310559 29 Data Screen The TouchScreen application writes a record to a data log for each complete job The current and previous data logs can be viewed on the Data screen Fig 26 To access the Data screen touch the Data button Each data log entry includes e Job end date This is the date the job completed in the format MMM NN YYYY where MMM is the three letter month abbreviation NN is the day of the month and YYYY is the four digit year For example a job ending on April 12 2000 would have a date logged as Apr 12 2000 e Job end time This is the time the job completed in 24 hour format HH MM SS where HH is the hour of the day MM is minutes and SS is seconds A time of 15 minutes and 34 seconds after one o clock in the afternoon would be logged as 13 15 34 e The job number At the start of each day mid night the job number is set to one for the first job The job number counts up fr
42. proper maintenance negligence accident tampering or sub stitution of non Graco component parts Nor shall Graco be liable for malfunction damage or wear caused by the incompatibility of Graco equipment with structures accessories equipment or materials not supplied by Graco or the improper design manufacture installation operation or maintenance of structures accessories equipment or materials not supplied by Graco This warranty is conditioned upon the prepaid return of the equipment claimed to be defective to an authorized Graco distributor for verification of the claimed defect If the claimed defect is verified Graco will repair or replace free of charge any defective parts The equipment will be returned to the original purchaser transportation prepaid If inspection of the equipment does not disclose any defect in material or workmanship repairs will be made at a reasonable charge which charges may include the costs of parts labor and transportation THIS WARRANTY IS EXCLUSIVE AND IS IN LIEU OF ANY OTHER WARRANTIES EXPRESS OR IMPLIED INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY OR WARRANTY OF FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE Graco s sole obligation and buyer s sole remedy for any breach of warranty shall be as set forth above The buyer agrees that no other remedy including but not limited to incidental or consequential damages for lost profits lost sales injury to person or property or any other incident
43. ress or result of any actions taken For exam ple if you enter an invalid file name the text Invalid file name will appear PrecisionFlo Plus Setup Apr 18 2000 22 5 4 0F system A Available Controller Files Last Status Load Factory Defaults Save Load Save AS Delete Write Flash EPROM Done Help Reset Fig 18 310559 19 PrecisionFlo Plus Setup Flow Rate Calibration Screen The Flow Rate Calibration screen Fig 19 displays To configure Flow Rate Calibration NOTE Target Flow Rate is a read write data cell the value can be changed e The settings for outlet pressure actual flow rate and target flow rate 1 e Control features that compile statistical process control data in the form of flow tables These tables are internal to the controller and not viewable e Reference indicators that display the pressure reading of the last successful calibration e A flow table status indicator Settings used by the calibration process 2 e The Back Help and Reset buttons NOTE The system Dispense Mode must be Manual for the calibration sequence to start The calibration sequence dispenses fluid at various pressure levels and measures the corresponding flow 3 rates This sequence takes about 30 seconds to complete During the calibration sequence the con troller builds an internal flow table of pressure vs flow Based on this calibration the controller is able to follow a r
44. rocedures concern es Graco Phone Number TO PLACE AN ORDER contact your Graco distributor or call this number to identify the distributor closest to you 1 800 367 4023 Toll Free All written and visual data contained in this document reflects the latest product information available at the time of publication Graco reserves the right to make changes at any time without notice Sales Offices Worldwide GRACO INC P O BOX 1441 MINNEAPOLIS MN 55440 1441 www graco com PRINTED IN U S A 310559 April 2000 44 310559
45. s screen To change the operational mode go to the password protected Settings screen bv touching Settings on the Navigation Bar e Module I O Fig 9 and Robot I O Fig 10 displav the current status of the various hardwired I O signals within the PrecisionFlo Plus control cabinet and between the control cabinet and the controlling robot respectivelv Each I O point is marked with a point description the terminal the signal is wired to and a red green light to indicate an energized de energized signal Green indicates an energized signal e Version Info displavs the revision level of the various software modules used in the PrecisionFlo Plus svstem including the touch screen application and the PrecisionFlo Plus Module control code G GRACO otyle 1 LI LI 0 LI 0 00 0 00 LI Overview Screen Har 23 2000 06 04 20 gt GRACO Automatic Analog Flow Automatic Overview Si Settings Data i Fig 8 Har 23 2000 08 04 46 OFF UFF UFF UFF UFF UFF UFF GEE Qs Module FO Fig 9 310559 9 Overview Screen Har 23 2000 06 05 07 system A Robot to Precision Flo Inputs Precision Flo Outputs to Description Description Description Description OFF Dispense Gun 1 UFF Style 1 UFF Dispenser Ready OFF Data OFF Dispense Gun 2 OFF Style 2 OFF Volume On Data OFF Data i OFF Request Volume OFF tyle 4 OFF Fault On Data OFF Dat
46. s not included in the standard software installation If interested in Japanese or another language not listed please contact your Graco sales representative Pressure Units Pressure units can be displayed in either PSI pounds per square inch or bar PSI is the default General Setup Area Screen Mar 25 2000 08 49 57 F 7 A A1 ji Fig 12 Mar 23 2000 06 50 16 F 7 ele Fig 13 310559 13 File Transfer Screen Touching File Transfer under General Setup on the Setup screen brings up the File Transfer screen shown in Fig 14 The File Transfer screen is provided to enable the operator to copy application specific infor mation from PrecisionFlo Plus to a DOS formatted diskette Disk drive unit 241236 contains the 31 2 floppy drive and cable required Information is provided in text files There are three types of files alarm logs data logs and state files Alarm and data logs are described in detail on pages 25 and 26 State files are described on page 18 in the section on the Controller Files screen Har 23 2000 06 50 46 system pan NEN Alarm Logs fa si Precision Flo 1 files a032000a ilt Fig 14 14 310559 The File Transfer screen has four major areas At the upper left you can choose the type of file you wish to transfer This acts as a filter so that only the file type you selected will be displayed in the transfer area of the screen The majority of the screen is divided
47. sponds to System A By convention the letters A B C and D distinguish between PrecisionFlo Plus Modules and are useful in multiple system applications In a standa lone system A is the default system marker NOTE If the system name is changed from the de fault System A in the General Setup Area see page 12 the letter A marking convention is still used on this screen The following example using a multiple system ap plication demonstrates how this marking system saves configuration and setup time Assume that two PrecisionFlo Plus Modules System A and System B are connected to one TouchScreen operator interface Set all parameters for optimum performance of System A and save those settings on this screen Then touch the System B tab to switch to System B Load the system settings file you just saved for System A by touching the Load button while the System A file name is highlighted Note that although you are loading the settings into System B s Module because you ve selected the System B tab you have the ability to load a known good application specific settings file that was initially configured for another system You 18 310559 can then make changes this new file to configure optimum performance for System B To permanenily delete a system settings file select the file name from the window and press Delete There is no way to recover a deleted file so use this feature with caution To load a
48. system settings file select the file name from the window and press Load This will restore ALL the system parameters to the state represented by the contents of the system file There is no undo feature so if you are unsure about what it is the selected system file contains save the current settings to a temporary file before doing this This will allow you to revert back to the initial state in the event the new settings are not what you want To restore the system parameters back to the factory defaults press Load Factory Defaults Note that these values will almost certainly need adjustment for your specific application but are a good starting point for configuring your system In order to retain specific system parameters in the case of a controller battery failure the system parame ters must be written or saved to the PrecisionFlo Plus Module s flash EPROM This is accomplished by touching Write Flash EPROM If the Module loses power for ANY reason the system parameters are retained indefinitely in EPROM and are used on successive power ups NOTE To retain application specific system parame ters as defaults you must write them to flash by press ing the Write Flash EPROM If this is not done the system will use default factory settings if the battery in the PrecisionFlo Plus controller fails NOTE The Last Status indicator located at the top of the screen is used to convey status to the operator on the prog
49. tion they can be used for many different purposes Graco s implementation of these technologies in the PrecisionFlo Plus at the time of this printing is to use it simply as an alternative file transfer mechanism This appendix does not attempt to explain in detail how Ethernet TCP IP and FTP work but you should have a basic high level understanding of how they work to understand the concepts and steps presented 36 310559 Ethernet Ethernet is a very common type of communications network Not to be confused with the term Internet which is a very large number of small and medium sized computer networks all linked together to form one large network Ethernet is a standard that defines the physical and electrical characteristics some low level software characteristics too of a specific type of computer network An Ethernet network uses a star or bus topology and supports multiple types of cabling media The PrecisionFlo Plus conforms to IEEE Standard 802 3 a widely used specification that was established to standardize Ethernet networks Two common media types used in Ethernet networks are 1 10Basel Twisted pair cables that use RJ45 connectors Most commonly used in office set tings these cables can be used for runs up to 100 meters Generally used in networks with a star topology which requires the use of a network hub No termination resistors are required Also known as Category 5 communication cable or simply
50. ts experi enced it is very likely that multiple alarm logs will be generated To distinguish between a given month s alarm log files each file is assigned a letter starting with A and successively incrementing to B C and so on as necessary This letter is indicated in the name of the file itself The internal file name of each alarm log file has the following format sMMYYYYn flt where s is the system letter MM is the month number YYYY is the four digit year and n represents a specific log file within a one month time period As an example the first three alarm log files for System A during the month of April 2000 would be named a042000a fit a042000b flt and a042000c flt The name of the alarm file currently being displayed is shown at the top of the screen The buttons to the right of the alarm log viewing area are used to switch between existing alarm log files Touch Previous Archive to view past alarm log files Touch Next Archive to view successively newer files up to the current alarm file Touch Current Archive to immediately return to the current alarm log file Touching and dragging on the vertical slider bar will scroll through the file contents Alternatively touching the up and down arrows will move up or down one record at a time The alarm logs can be retrieved from the TouchScreen for further analysis Two methods of doing this are available by floppy disk pag
51. ule Settings The Settings button provides access to the pass word protected Settings screen where the operator can select system operational modes make adjust ments to some dispensing parameters and manually dispense material Data The Data button is used to access the data screen where the operator can view a brief summary of com pleted jobs Alarms The Alarms button allows the operator to view the alarms and warnings on the alarm screen settings Setup Overview Help The Help button is used to access the online instruc tion manual The instruction manual contains detailed configuration operation and parts information as well as troubleshooting tables service procedures and schematic diagrams When an alarm or warning condition is active the label on the Help button is the color of the Fault Status bar yellow for alarms red for warnings and touching the Help button brings up the appropriate page of the online instruction manual Fault Status Bar NOTE For the purposes of this manual fault is de fined as any abnormal operating condition There are two categories of fault condition alarms and warnings The Fault Status bar appears in one of three states normal alarm or warning If no alarm or warning is active the Fault Status bar is green and the No Alarms Warnings Present message is displayed When the Fault Status bar is yellow the system is experiencing a warning condition
52. ure Loop Ki Flow Meter K Factor Flow Mode Correction Factor Flow Average Fig 17 Gun On Delay Regulator On faun Off Delay Regulator Of Delay savelload Settings Help Reset 310559 17 PrecisionFlo Plus Setup Controller Files Screen The Controller Files screen is generally used for two purposes 1 To save a copy of the current system parameters for safekeeping This allows the operator to quick ly set all of the parameters across the board in one operation possibly to restore the system to a known stable state 2 To load default factory parameter settings To save the current system settings to a new file touch the Save As button You will be prompted for a file name The saved file name will appear in the Avail able Controller Files window on the left NOTE The file name must be eight characters or less and may consist of any combination of upper and low er case letters and numbers no spaces punctuation or other characters Use a naming scheme that makes it easy to determine the content of the file based on the file name To save the current system settings to an existing file select a file from the Available Control Files window and touch the Save button This will overwrite the file s contents with the current system settings See Fig 18 for an example of a saved settings file The letter A in parentheses before the file name indicates that the saved settings file corre
53. ure to enter the text exactly as shown above A single typo will cause the operation described below to fail Next create a directory to be used for the file transfer For the purposes of this example we ll use c graco Move the getlogs bat and logs txt files created above into this directory Open a DOS window and change working directories to c graco At the command prompt run the batch file c getlogs 192 111 223 110 lt Enter gt 310559 41 Appendix A Ethernet and FIP The bat file will invoke the FTP utility pass the IP address entered on the command line to it and exe cute the commands listed in the logs txt file The commands will instruct the FTP utility to fetch a copy of all the alarm and data logs from the PrecisionFlo Plus and put them in the current directory on the laptop The commands in logs txt will fetch a copy of the log files from the PrecisionFlo Plus The original files will still reside on the PrecisionFlo Plus and will not be deleted Internally the PrecisionFlo Plus has over a gigabyte of hard disk space to store log files on If there is concern about the hard disk filling up the logs txt file can be modified to delete the originals after the transfer To accomplish this add the following two lines to logs txt just before the final bye command mdelete log mdelete fit See pages 30 and 32 for more information about alarm log and data log file naming conventions 42 310559 Sug
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