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PAC8000 Workbench Getting Started Guide

Section 2 – Workbench Software Components

This section provides a high-level view of the PAC8000 Workbench software
components. Further details for each software component can be found in the

Project

Tutorial

section of this guide or the Workbench online

Help

This section of the guide is intended for those users who are:

•

Installing the product for the first time

•

Interested in a broad overview of the product

The PAC8000 Workbench software includes the following system components:

Workbench

The PAC8000 Workbench provides the foundation for defining a project and all of its
components: tags, hardware configuration, tables, and control logic. The Workbench,
with components indicated, appears as follows:

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Summary of Contents for PAC8000

Page 1: ...PAC8000 Workbench Getting Started Guide GE Intelligent Platforms Inc 2500 Austin Drive Charlottesville VA 22911 www ge ip com ...

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Page 3: ...CONTROL 18 SIMULATOR 19 REPORTS 20 CONTROLLER STATISTICS 21 NETWORK CONFIGURATION UTILITY 22 SECURITY FEATURES 23 Section 3 Installation 24 PRE INSTALLATION INFORMATION 24 INSTALLING THE PAC8000 CONTROL CENTER WORKBENCH 26 POST INSTALLATION ACTIVITIES 42 REPAIRING THE INSTALLATION 42 Section 4 Additional Product CD Features 43 ADDITIONAL PROGRAMS 43 INFORMATION 46 Section 5 Licensing 51 Section 6 ...

Page 4: ... 94 Downloading to the Logic Simulator 106 Downloading to the Controller 108 Discrete Control Strategy Checkout 110 RETRIEVING DATA FROM OTHER 8000 CONTROLLERS 112 MAPPING POINTS FROM REMOTE MODBUS DEVICES 119 LINKING TO INTOUCH 122 Connecting to DesignerSim 122 Connecting to the Universal IO Server 126 IMPORTING TAGS INTO HMIS 130 Importing Tags into Cimplicity 130 Importing Tags into iFIX 130 Im...

Page 5: ...nagement Control Platform a rugged field mountable system consisting of the controller and the 8000 Process IO system The Workbench is an integrated engineering environment which automatically configures the operator interface and historian Due to the open nature of the system other components that make use of industry standards such as Modbus OPC Ethernet and HART can be easily integrated Note PA...

Page 6: ...lation information please refer to 8000 Controllers Hybrid Process Logic EBIM Instruction Manual Document number INM8521 8000 2 x I O modules Instruction Manual General Purpose and 2 2 Applications Document number INM8100 8000 2 x I O modules Instruction Manual 2 1 Applications Document number INM8200 8000 2 x Power Supplies Configurations and Installation Document number INM8900 An HMI is an inte...

Page 7: ...s A set of template drawings is delivered and installed with the system so that each customer will not have to build these common elements When creating a drawing you will notice a From Template option Select this option to display the system s available templates Once the appropriate template is chosen the new drawing is created using the blocks in this template You then have to renumber the bloc...

Page 8: ...first time using the PAC8000 product it is very likely that you are not familiar with the blocks included in the Workbench Though blocks may have similar names among different products each product implements blocks in a unique way To clarify the implementation of the PAC8000 product function blocks a user s manual is installed in the product s Documentation directory installation_directory Docume...

Page 9: ...ain a PAC8000 system Students create several projects during the class allowing them to work through the complete project development cycle multiple times during the class project configuration tag creation IO module configuration control strategy development downloading and debugging Maintenance Training This one day class is designed to give students the necessary skills to maintain and troubles...

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Page 11: ...line Help This section of the guide is intended for those users who are Installing the product for the first time Interested in a broad overview of the product The PAC8000 Workbench software includes the following system components Workbench The PAC8000 Workbench provides the foundation for defining a project and all of its components tags hardware configuration tables and control logic The Workbe...

Page 12: ...ntrol Interface Control Strategy Drawings are also displayed in the controller node once they have been created Each controller contains zero or more IO modules to which physical devices such as transmitters and valves are connected The physical hardware is configured using the 8000 IO Configurator Project tags that were created earlier are then linked to channels of the IO modules Control logic c...

Page 13: ...gle tag and multi tag display When multi tag display is selected all tags are displayed in a spreadsheet format This mode is useful when making changes that affect multiple tags The Tag Editor also supports searching for tags based on one or more criteria Tags matching the search criteria are displayed in Project Explorer under the Project Tag Index node For more information regarding tag definiti...

Page 14: ...n be added or deleted Once a module is added the specific attributes for each module can then be configured Once the required data for the controller and each IO module is entered the configuration data is downloaded to the controller using this utility For more information regarding the 8000 IO Configurator please refer to the IO Configurator Training Guide located in the documentation directory ...

Page 15: ... Apply to assign the tag to the channel You may also choose to create new tags from this screen by selecting the New Tag option from the Tagname drop down list This allows new tags to be created without exiting the Assign Points form For more information regarding Controller Modules please refer to the Assigning Modules to Controllers section in the online Help or the Creating and Assigning Projec...

Page 16: ...hand pane and placed on the drawing using the drag and drop method For more information regarding the available function blocks in the PAC8000 product please refer to the Function Block manual For more information regarding the function block editor please refer to the Creating a Drawing Strategy section in the online Help the Working with Process Control Strategies section in the Project Tutorial...

Page 17: ...nd IO diagnostic tags are provided for troubleshooting assistance via the operator interface allowing logic to be debugged quickly and effectively For more information regarding the Strategy Viewer please refer to the Viewing Live Data section in the online Help the Process Control Strategy Checkout section in the Project Tutorial or the labs in the Viewing Live Data section of the Process Control...

Page 18: ...nction Chart and or Flow Chart Any mix of languages can be used allowing you to choose the language that is appropriate for your application For more information regarding Discrete Control please refer to the online Help that is accessible in the Discrete Control Interface select the Help Contents menu item within the Discrete Control Interface the Working with Discrete Control Strategies section ...

Page 19: ...figuration file into the controller the file is loaded into the Simulator for debugging and testing The Simulator operates as a controller communicating with the operator interface and batch scheduling engine as well as the Workbench For more information regarding the Simulator please refer to the Simulator section in the online Help the Downloading to the Process Simulator section in the Project ...

Page 20: ...d presented Once the report has been run it can be saved printed or emailed The Workbench provides support for Standard and Custom reports Standard reports are shipped with the product and pertain to either a project or a controller Custom reports are user created enabling you to customize the output to fit your documentation needs Standard reports include tags assigned to controller modules all t...

Page 21: ...freshes and warm starts The bottom portion of the screen shows the controller event log The event log shows the last 512 events that have occurred in the controller Such events can be triggered by channel failures module failures downloads etc The System Parameters Control Package Params Comm Stats and Module Channel Health tabs contain parameters that relate to execution and timeouts These parame...

Page 22: ...he network is queried for all controllers and those found are presented as shown below Double click a controller name to access detailed network information and send commands to the controller For more information regarding the Network Configurator please refer to the Network Configuration section in the online Help the section on Initial Controller Setup in the Project Tutorial or Network Configu...

Page 23: ... for a controller with Version 2 Firmware Controller Password For additional security the controller can be given a password which must be entered before the Trusted Hosts Table can be downloaded or the Mode can be changed This feature is only available for a controller with Version 2 Firmware Configuration Mode and Protected Mode In Configuration Mode changes can be made to the data in the contro...

Page 24: ...m III 700 or greater with at least 125 MB of RAM and 680 MB of free hard drive space If you intend to install the PAC8000 Workbench on a drive other than the operating system root you must still have at least 540 MB of disk space available on the drive where the operating system is installed In addition you must have at least 135 MB of disk space available on the drive on which the PAC8000 Workben...

Page 25: ...have a later version of MSDE or another compatible MS SQL database driver installed this component will not be installed Sequence of Events Sequence of Events SOE data gives an accurate time for event occurrence along with the event value and other useful information This data can then be used to help determine a specific order of occurrences or Sequence of Events There are two different kinds of ...

Page 26: ...ing Started Guide Installing the PAC8000 Control Center Workbench 1 Insert the product CD into the appropriate drive 2 The PAC8000 Product Installation window appears Click Next Page GE Intelligent Platforms Inc September 2010 ...

Page 27: ...nter option and click Go Note The text and screen shots in this document are compatible with PAC8000 Workbench Version 8 4 0 and subsequent releases Version x x x on the screen shots refers to the current version number of the product that is being installed GE Intelligent Platforms Inc September 2010 ...

Page 28: ...while this version is installed Proceed to the next step to continue If you already have the current version of Microsoft NET Framework skip to step 6 in this section 5 You are prompted to restart your computer Click Restart on the following screen and the installation will automatically resume upon startup GE Intelligent Platforms Inc September 2010 ...

Page 29: ... of Sequence of Events SOE is installed on this computer the following error occurs Remove the existing version of SOE via the Control Panel Once SOE has been removed begin the Workbench installation again and an upgraded version of SOE will automatically be installed GE Intelligent Platforms Inc September 2010 ...

Page 30: ...000 Control Center screen appears This screen may be visible for several minutes while the InstallShield Wizard is being prepared If a previous installation of the Workbench exists on this computer you may notice a reference to the current application GE Intelligent Platforms Inc September 2010 ...

Page 31: ...nces Be sure to scroll through the entire list to view all programs When all services programs have stopped the option to Continue is enabled Click Continue to proceed with the installation You may also click Cancel to prematurely exit the installation and manually stop the services programs from running if they cannot be stopped from this screen If Cancel is selected an error message is displayed...

Page 32: ...e Welcome screen appears Click Next to continue 10 The License Agreement screen appears Review the License Agreement and select the I accept the terms in the license agreement option Click Next to continue GE Intelligent Platforms Inc September 2010 ...

Page 33: ...User Name and Password as they may have been changed from the default sa and ocpcc2003 The fields on this screen retain the default values so you only need to click Next to proceed Note If incorrect values are entered a message is displayed informing you to attach the databases using the Database Maintenance Utility You may do so once the installation is complete You must have administrative privi...

Page 34: ...n type Complete To install the Workbench to the C drive select the Complete option and click Next to continue Proceed to the next step Custom To install the Workbench to a location other than the C drive select the Custom option and click Next Proceed to step a below GE Intelligent Platforms Inc September 2010 ...

Page 35: ...ting Started Guide 35 a The Custom Setup screen appears click Change b Select the desired location for installation from the Change Current Destination Folder screen and click OK GE Intelligent Platforms Inc September 2010 ...

Page 36: ...cted drive Other files are installed to Program Files on the drive where the operating system is installed As indicated earlier 680 MB of disk space is required for the complete installation However when an alternate drive is selected 135 MB is required on the selected drive and 540 MB is required on the drive where the operating system is installed GE Intelligent Platforms Inc September 2010 ...

Page 37: ...PAC8000 Workbench Getting Started Guide 37 13 The Ready to Install the Program screen appears Click Install 14 The Installing status screen appears GE Intelligent Platforms Inc September 2010 ...

Page 38: ...nsing screen appears 16 The Microsoft SQL Server OCPCC Instance installs if it is not currently installed on your machine Otherwise skip to the next step 17 The Universal IO Server Limited Edition installer screen appears GE Intelligent Platforms Inc September 2010 ...

Page 39: ...r current version or if you do not already have the Universal Server installed a limited edition of this program is automatically installed If you already have the current version skip to step 21 in this section 19 The Welcome to the InstallShield Wizard for the Universal IO Server Limited Edition screen appears briefly GE Intelligent Platforms Inc September 2010 ...

Page 40: ...ar indicates the status of the installation 21 Once the Universal IO Server installation is complete the Installing PAC8000 Control Center status screen reappears A progress bar indicates the status of the installation Please be patient as this installation may take several minutes GE Intelligent Platforms Inc September 2010 ...

Page 41: ...ish 23 You may be prompted to restart your computer to enact configuration changes If so you must do so before attempting to run the Workbench Note If you are not prompted to restart your computer it is considered good Windows operating system practice to do so at this point 24 The Installation process is now complete GE Intelligent Platforms Inc September 2010 ...

Page 42: ...to the Security Accounts section in the Universal Server Getting Started Guide Repairing the Installation The PAC8000 Workbench is shipped with a set of Dynamic Link Libraries dll and Executable files exe There may be times when installing another program changes the version of a dll or exe file When this happens the PAC8000 Workbench may no longer function correctly To fix any problems caused by ...

Page 43: ...ional Programs The Additional Programs feature on the Product Installation CD allows you to install optional programs These programs can be used to access Sequence of Events SOE data in the controller install the limited edition Universal IO Server or run a support program if instructed to do so by Technical Support Select the Additional Programs option from the Options screen and click Go to inst...

Page 44: ...gure IO on a machine but do not require the additional functionality of the Workbench Please refer to the IO Configurator Getting Started Guide for installation information AXE Comm Stats Standalone Version AXE Comm Stats is installed as part of the PAC8000 Workbench Install this standalone version if you need to perform network troubleshooting on a machine where other Workbench functionality is n...

Page 45: ... repair components that were damaged by the installation of another application Select this option and click Go for a list of available programs Warning Do not attempt to run any of the Maintenance Support Programs without instruction from technical support GE Intelligent Platforms Inc September 2010 ...

Page 46: ...46 PAC8000 Workbench Getting Started Guide Information Select Information from the Options screen and click Go GE Intelligent Platforms Inc September 2010 ...

Page 47: ... Workbench Getting Started Guide 47 The Information screen displays the available options for obtaining additional information concerning the PAC8000 product and GE GE Intelligent Platforms Inc September 2010 ...

Page 48: ...to display contact information for GE Note It is not necessary to use this screen when contact information is needed as company information is also available on the website www ge ip com and the Help About menu item within the PAC8000 Workbench GE Intelligent Platforms Inc September 2010 ...

Page 49: ...000 Workbench Getting Started Guide 49 b The Documentation option invokes the Documentation screen Select a product and click Go to view the corresponding manual GE Intelligent Platforms Inc September 2010 ...

Page 50: ...50 PAC8000 Workbench Getting Started Guide c The CD Browser option allows you to view the contents of the Installation CD in an Explorer Window GE Intelligent Platforms Inc September 2010 ...

Page 51: ...e license procedure is detailed in the Proficy Common Licensing Help This file is located in Start Programs Proficy Common License Documentation To run the license viewer select Start Programs Proficy Common License Viewer GE Intelligent Platforms Inc September 2010 ...

Page 52: ...s and IO modules Feel free to substitute the modules that you have for those used in the tutorial If you do not have hardware skip the steps that require hardware interaction New controllers are shipped from the factory in BOOTP mode meaning they are assigned MAC addresses but not IP addresses When the controller is in this configuration the Healthy Fault and Failsafe LEDs flash in unison If you a...

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Page 54: ...a and the password is ocpcc2003 Logging on as such grants you full access to all features in the PAC8000 Workbench It is possible to create your own users with specific passwords and access levels For more information please refer to the Workbench Workbench Components Overview Project Explorer Menu topic in the online Help Then select the links Administrative Tools Administer Users Note The Workbe...

Page 55: ...rollers 1 Click in the Workbench Project Explorer and the Create new project form appears if there are no other projects configured If this is not your first project select the File New Project menu item The Create new project form appears GE Intelligent Platforms Inc September 2010 ...

Page 56: ...mple use the project name MyFirstProject The project name can be up to twenty characters in length and must not contain spaces Ensure that the desired location is selected and click Apply The project is added to the Project Explorer and the Workbench appears as follows GE Intelligent Platforms Inc September 2010 ...

Page 57: ...wn list Model 8521 is the basic controller type Model 8851 SafetyNet is certified for use in SIL2 applications In this case Controller Type indicates the register allocation scheme not the type of controller being used The Model 8521 controller types apply to Hybrid Process and Logic controllers as well as Ethernet BIMs Select Hybrid for our example 4 Select the External Power option and enter the...

Page 58: ...atures include Retained Variables Trusted Hosts Table Keyswitch Controller Password and the Register Protection Table These features are discussed in greater detail in the Core Components Training Guide 6 The Create new controller form should now appear as follows 7 Click Apply and the 8000 IO Configurator utility is launched 8 The Create Controller dialog appears Enter the Node Number and click O...

Page 59: ...PAC8000 Workbench Getting Started Guide 59 9 The controller appears in the 8000 IO Configurator as follows GE Intelligent Platforms Inc September 2010 ...

Page 60: ...s Direct A IP address Direct B IP address and Subnet Mask for the controller All three IP addresses must be entered even for simplex controllers For our example enter the following IP addresses and Subnet Mask Master IP address 10 1 29 50 Direct A IP address 10 1 29 51 Direct B IP address 10 1 29 52 Subnet Mask 255 255 0 0 GE Intelligent Platforms Inc September 2010 ...

Page 61: ...ontroller Process 8521 PC MT Set First Control Package to Process Control Hybrid Controller 8521 HC MT Set First Control Package to either Logic IEC 61131 3 or Process Control based on which control strategy executable you want to run first Ethernet BIM 8521 EB MT Set First Control Package to No Control Packages SafetyNet Logic 8851 LC MT Set First Control Package to Logic IEC 71121 3 For our exam...

Page 62: ...on each of the tab sheets Properties Attributes COM Attributes System Device Mask Dynamic Data Module Detail For our example we assume that no additional data is required 14 Select the File Save menu option 15 Select the File Exit menu option and return to the Workbench GE Intelligent Platforms Inc September 2010 ...

Page 63: ...ode The Network Configuration Utility is launched 17 The configuration database for the new controller is automatically loaded and the network is interrogated to determine which controllers are currently responding This query takes approximately 10 seconds from the time of launch GE Intelligent Platforms Inc September 2010 ...

Page 64: ... is installed correctly on the network the following icon appears in the bottom right corner of the utility with a yellow background and a red X Note If there are multiple new controllers only one should be put on the network at a time so that it is clear which controller is being assigned IP addresses In addition if your controllers are a redundant pair only one controller should be powered up at...

Page 65: ... The Assign MAC Address form is displayed showing all of the controllers that are currently defined in the 8000 IO Configurator database If the database has a MAC address that matches the unconfigured controller that line is selected Otherwise no lines are selected Note The unassigned MAC address appears in the title of the form GE Intelligent Platforms Inc September 2010 ...

Page 66: ...ed IP addresses are not in use on the network If they are in use you are made aware of this and have the option to cancel the assignment If the IP addresses are not in use the IP addresses and Modbus Node Number are sent to the unconfigured controller If the original MAC addresses were not entered the MAC address of the unconfigured controller is written to the 8000 IO Configurator database GE Int...

Page 67: ...to assign the IP Addresses to the unconfigured controller and write the unconfigured controller s MAC address to the 8000 IO Configurator database 25 Once the IP Addresses are assigned to the controller the Network Configurator checks to see if any configuration exists in the controller If it does the configuration items are listed and you are asked if the items should be cleared 26 Click Yes to c...

Page 68: ...and all controllers found on the network are presented In our example one controller is found Note If controllers do not appear in the list view box it may be necessary to select the appropriate Network Interface Card if there is more than one in your PC Select the Tools Check Network Select Network Card pull down menu and choose the desired card GE Intelligent Platforms Inc September 2010 ...

Page 69: ...e the IP addresses are assigned the remaining configuration can be entered and then downloaded to the controller through the use of the 8000 IO Configurator 1 In the Project Explorer expand the controller node and double click Launch 8000 IO Configurator GE Intelligent Platforms Inc September 2010 ...

Page 70: ...odule from the resulting menu to add IO Modules The following dialog appears 3 Select the correct module type from the Type drop down list and pick the appropriate slot for the module from the Slot number drop down list For our example select the 8101 HI TX and place it in Slot number 1 Click OK GE Intelligent Platforms Inc September 2010 ...

Page 71: ...le s channels The fields are defined as follows Active If this field is checked the module scans the channel for an input value For our example leave all channels active Alarm Limits These settings correspond to hardware alarms not operator interface alarms as the operator interface alarms are configured as part of the project tag definition The hardware alarms are set in terms of percent GE Intel...

Page 72: ...so all changes are reported Failstate Condition The value applied by the module when the controller and module lose communication This can be Hold Last Value Fail High Fail Low or Fail to a Predefined Value Leave this set to Hold Last Value HART Comms If a HART capable smart transmitter is connected to the channel set to Enabled to cause the module to retrieve the four HART variables via universal...

Page 73: ...2 an 8115 DO DC to Slot 3 and an 8105 TI TC to Slot 4 When the 8105 TI TC is added the following warning appears to notify you that the 8105 TI TC does not require bussed field power but the 8115 DO DC does Click Yes 7 The IO Configurator appears as follows GE Intelligent Platforms Inc September 2010 ...

Page 74: ...e options are defined as follows Save configuration to NVM after download Causes the hardware configuration to be saved to flash memory once the download is complete Therefore if power to the controller is cycled the configuration is retained Restart controller after download Once the download is complete the controller is restarted This is only necessary if address changes are made IP addresses o...

Page 75: ... indicates completion Click OK once the transmission is complete 11 Select the controller node in the IO Configurator and select the Module Detail tab The modules configured in the IO Configurator match the modules in the controller the modules should all have the Module State of Running as shown here GE Intelligent Platforms Inc September 2010 ...

Page 76: ...probably selected during the configuration process Verify that the modules in the IO carrier match the modules in the configuration make changes as appropriate and download again 12 Close the IO Configurator If you have not saved the changes you are prompted to do so at this time GE Intelligent Platforms Inc September 2010 ...

Page 77: ...ag 2 A name for the tag is requested 3 Enter TE101 for the name and click OK To complete the tag definition fill in the fields on the IO Definition tab as follows Description 1 Temp element 101 Engr Min or DI0 State 0 Engr Max or DI 1 State 250 Engr Units DEG C Signal Type TCK Signal Min 0 Signal Max 100 Assigned NA Click Save Data to commit the changes GE Intelligent Platforms Inc September 2010 ...

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Page 79: ...V format and use the Data Import Utility Open the Window Explorer the Data Import Utility is located at the following path installation_drive Program Files 8000 Control Center DataImportUtility exe For more information please refer to the Data Import Utility Help file or the Importing Tags lab in the Core Components Training Guide Workbench version 8 4 and subsequent releases support the creation ...

Page 80: ...les under the controller node in Project Explorer to associate tags with modules Click the to the left of the controller name in the middle pane to expand the list and display the modules that were added in the 8000 IO Configurator GE Intelligent Platforms Inc September 2010 ...

Page 81: ...e 81 6 Select a module be sure to click a channel and choose the appropriate tag for the channel For our example choose the TI TCH mV 4 Ch 2 2 4 and click Get Assigned IO in the Assign points pane GE Intelligent Platforms Inc September 2010 ...

Page 82: ... assigned select the appropriate signal type in the Signal drop down list for the channel Click on the word Spare for the appropriate channel and pick the tag to be assigned For our example select the TCK signal for Point 2 and the TE101 tagname GE Intelligent Platforms Inc September 2010 ...

Page 83: ...PAC8000 Workbench Getting Started Guide 83 8 Click Apply to assign the tag to the channel GE Intelligent Platforms Inc September 2010 ...

Page 84: ...at these steps for each tag to be assigned For our example assign the tag MotorStarter to channel 1 of the DO module 10 To compile the IO right click the controller in Project Explorer and select Compile IO GE Intelligent Platforms Inc September 2010 ...

Page 85: ...cess control strategy start by creating a new drawing add blocks and connectors to the drawing and then compile the drawing 1 Right click the controller and select Drawings New Drawing The Create New Drawing dialog appears Note This process creates a blank drawing The Workbench has a number of predefined templates to assist in quickly creating drawings for common operations PID Motor Control etc C...

Page 86: ...Specify a name and description for the drawing and click OK For our example use the name AddBlock with a description of My first drawing 3 The Strategy Builder is launched and the drawing can be created GE Intelligent Platforms Inc September 2010 ...

Page 87: ...perly anchored at an end point the arrow disappears When both ends are properly anchored the connector changes from red to green For our example drag an ADD block from the Math blocks catalog and drop it onto the drawing Enter ADDRESULT in the Output Symbol field and Integer in the Output Type field of the Enter ADD Attributes dialog Click Save 5 Drop a FIXED block from the Logic catalog next to t...

Page 88: ...t this process if you have additional drawings 9 Once the drawings are compiled the drawing icon should be yellow when viewed in the Project Explorer If a drawing icon is red the compile was not successful Return to the drawing fix any errors and recompile Note For more information about Function Blocks please refer to the Function Blocks manual located at the following path installation_directory...

Page 89: ...lect Download Control Strategies to invoke the download screen 2 Click Get Servers and select DesignerSim 3 Click Connect to launch DesignerSim 4 Select the Process option The Process status is displayed as Not Current Click Download to initiate the download Note The Perform Initialization option resets all register values in the simulator or controller to their appropriate initial values Therefor...

Page 90: ...ocess status label is displayed with a green background Note Ensure that the number in the Per Scan field is one greater than the number in the To field If it is not enter the appropriate number into the Per Scan field and then click Update GE Intelligent Platforms Inc September 2010 ...

Page 91: ...t Download Control Strategies 3 Click Get Servers and select Universal IO Server from the Server drop down list If the Get Servers option is disabled click in the Node field and press the space bar to enable the button 4 Ensure both the node number and IP Addresses are correct by selecting Modify Node Number and Modify TCP IP Address from the Panel menu If either is incorrect return to the IO Conf...

Page 92: ...essful download the strategy that was marked Not Current is displayed as Current Note The Perform Initialization option resets all register values in the simulator or controller to their appropriate initial values Therefore this option should not be checked when performing an online download GE Intelligent Platforms Inc September 2010 ...

Page 93: ...nd select View Strategy Realtime 2 The Strategy Builder is launched and the drawing is displayed with data 3 To tune data or modify settings double click a block and change the values on the tuning dialog 4 The Strategy Builder can only be open for one mode edit or view real time Therefore if drawing changes are required close the drawing return to the Workbench and double click the drawing to ope...

Page 94: ...brid or Logic controller this section does not apply to you Creating a Discrete Control Strategy Applies to Hybrid and Logic Controllers To this point all tags have been created in the Workbench Because the IEC 61131 3 programming software is a separate application from the Workbench tags must be mapped before they can be used in Discrete Control 1 In the Workbench Project Explorer right click the...

Page 95: ... form is displayed The Available Tags panel on the right shows all created tags that can be used in the Discrete Control application The Mapped Tags panel on the left shows all tags that have been mapped in the Discrete Control database GE Intelligent Platforms Inc September 2010 ...

Page 96: ...o the Mapped Tags panel and release the mouse You can also double click the tag in the Available Tags panel Once all desired tags have been mapped click Save to commit the changes In our example map the tag MotorStarter and then click Save The screen appears as follows GE Intelligent Platforms Inc September 2010 ...

Page 97: ...t Explorer to launch the Discrete Control Interface Programs functions and function blocks can now be created or modified Note If a project has already been created in Discrete Control the Workbench Project Explorer node is labeled Edit Discrete Control Interface GE Intelligent Platforms Inc September 2010 ...

Page 98: ...a Program 1 Right click the Programs item select Add Programs and the desired language from the resulting menu For our example select LD Ladder Diagram 2 Once the language is selected a new Program node is shown GE Intelligent Platforms Inc September 2010 ...

Page 99: ... can now be renamed Right click the new program and select Rename Program Type SampleLD in the Name field and click OK 4 Double click the SampleLD program to launch the editor 5 Click Yes when prompted to save the changes 6 The appropriate language editor is launched and logic can now be written GE Intelligent Platforms Inc September 2010 ...

Page 100: ... to drop a contact You are prompted for the name 8 Since no discrete input points have been mapped we can create an internal variable to complete the example Type In1 in the top left field and click OK You are prompted to complete the variable definition GE Intelligent Platforms Inc September 2010 ...

Page 101: ...cept the definition and then click OK again to assign the variable to the contact 10 To change the contact or coil type select the Logic element and press the space bar to cycle through the available contact coil types GE Intelligent Platforms Inc September 2010 ...

Page 102: ...Guide 11 Once logic has been written select the File Build Program menu item to compile the program and determine if any errors exist If so the errors are displayed in the output window as follows GE Intelligent Platforms Inc September 2010 ...

Page 103: ...or occurred because no variable was assigned to the contact To correct this error double click the coil and assign it a variable Select the tag MotorStarter for this purpose Build the program again and no errors should result 13 Close the language editor and return to the Discrete Control Interface GE Intelligent Platforms Inc September 2010 ...

Page 104: ...wnloaded they must be built so that all programs functions and function blocks are linked together into one downloadable image Select the Project Build Project Library menu item to build the program s in the Discrete Control Interface GE Intelligent Platforms Inc September 2010 ...

Page 105: ...ppears as follows 16 If errors are displayed return to the appropriate program and correct the errors before returning the Discrete Control Interface to build the project again 17 Once all errors are removed you are ready to download the program s to the logic simulator or the controller GE Intelligent Platforms Inc September 2010 ...

Page 106: ...Process simulator Therefore process control strategies and discrete control strategies are simulated on their own To test the interactions between the two an actual controller must be used To download to the Logic Simulator 1 Launch the Discrete Control Interface 2 Select the Debug Simulation menu item Several DOS windows are launched and the Discrete Control Interface appears as shown below once ...

Page 107: ...107 3 Once logic has been debugged it is necessary to stop the simulation before a program function or function block can be changed To stop the simulation select the Debug Stop Simulation menu item GE Intelligent Platforms Inc September 2010 ...

Page 108: ...h the Workbench 2 Right click the controller and select Download Control Strategies 3 Click Get Servers and select Universal IO Server from the Server drop down list 4 Ensure both the node number and IP Addresses are correct by selecting Modify Node Number and Modify TCP IP Address from the Panel menu If either is incorrect return to the IO Configurator and specify the correct address Click Connec...

Page 109: ...sed and one has not changed only the changed strategy must be downloaded to the controller Following a successful download the strategy that was marked Not Current is displayed as Current Note The Perform Initialization option resets all register values in the simulator or controller to their appropriate initial values Therefore this option should not be checked when performing an online download ...

Page 110: ...iewed with data from either the simulator or the controller 1 Open the Discrete Control Interface 2 If the logic will be verified using the simulator select the Debug Simulation menu item Select this option for our example If the logic will be verified using the controller select the Debug Debug menu item 3 After starting the appropriate data collector data can be viewed in the Dictionary or the a...

Page 111: ...lick on the ellipses in the Spy List and select Resource then select the desired variable If both In1 and MotorStarter were put into the Spy List the window appears as follows 5 After debugging the logic the simulator or debugger must be stopped before logic changes can be made Select either Stop Debug or Stop Simulation from the Debug menu to stop the debugging process For our example select Stop...

Page 112: ...mes that a project named Boiler has been created and that the controller Blrcc1_v1 within this project has a number of tags defined including a tag called ADDRESULT Note If you do not wish to create the Boiler project from scratch use the previous steps in this tutorial to create the project controller and tags Alternatively create a new project from the backup project Boiler After restoring the p...

Page 113: ...n of the form lists the tags that can be mapped from controllers defined in any project To map a tag select the Project and Controller containing the desired data from the available fields In our example data from the Blrcc1_v1 controller in the Boiler project is retrieved GE Intelligent Platforms Inc September 2010 ...

Page 114: ...0 Workbench Getting Started Guide 4 Once the producer Project Boiler and the Controller blrcc1_v1 are selected click Get Tags to list all tags defined in the controller GE Intelligent Platforms Inc September 2010 ...

Page 115: ...eing referenced by the current controller To select a tag for retrieval drag and drop the tag from the Available Remote Tags panel into the Currently Mapped Remote Tags panel or double click the tag in the Available Remote Tags panel In our example map the tag AddResult as shown below GE Intelligent Platforms Inc September 2010 ...

Page 116: ... all tags have been mapped click Save to commit the changes 7 Perform a controller download to initiate the data exchange Please refer to the Downloading to the Controller section of this document for more information Once this is complete the producer controller s send s the data to the consumer controller s on an exception basis GE Intelligent Platforms Inc September 2010 ...

Page 117: ... our example the tag ADDRESULT was mapped from a controller with a node number of 50 Therefore the remote ADDRESULT tag would be referenced in the local controller using the name RMT050_ADDRESULT and shown as below on a control strategy drawing Open an existing drawing or create a new drawing and drop the CNCA or CNCD block from the Connector catalog as needed to use the peer to peer tags Note If ...

Page 118: ...peer tags to the Discrete Control Interface Refer to the Creating a Discrete Control Strategy section of this guide for more information Note Because peer to peer is a read only mechanism to write data the destination controller must read from the source controller For more information please refer to the Troubleshooting Tech Notes Writing Values to E BIMs section of the Workbench online Help GE I...

Page 119: ...vice If the data can be accessed through Modbus RTU or Modbus TCP the 8521 controllers can be configured as a Modbus Master and used to read and write the data Such points are mapped using the Map Remote Device Points form in the Workbench For a specific example of mapping remote device points please refer to Mapping Points from Remote Modbus Devices lab in the Training Guide 1 To launch this form...

Page 120: ...e name you are giving to the device Remote Device Node No The Modbus address of the remote device Scan Rate The frequency at which each remote tag is written to or read from Controller Port The port that is used by the controllers to communicate with the remote device This can be one of two serial ports on the controller or over TCP If TCP is used the Remote IP address must contain the IP GE Intel...

Page 121: ... are ignored While the device supports multiple scan rates it only supports one set of communication parameters 4 Once the device is defined points for reading and writing data can be defined Select the appropriate command in the Function drop down list of the Remote Register section 5 Specify the 1 based offset NOT full address in the Offset field For example you would enter 1 for a remote point ...

Page 122: ...llows you to preview the graphic screens in the absence of actual hardware The steps listed below assume that you have InTouch version 7 11 8 0 or 9 0 installed and that you are familiar with creating projects and windows in InTouch If you are not please refer to InTouch online documentation for assistance Screen shots shown use InTouch version 9 0 If you are running a different version the screen...

Page 123: ...tarted Guide 123 2 Create a new Wonderware application called WonderwareDemo1 Double click the new application to open WindowMaker 3 Once WindowMaker is open select Special Access Names GE Intelligent Platforms Inc September 2010 ...

Page 124: ...al computer so leave it blank Application Name The name of the IO Server used to provide data to InTouch For the Simulator the application name is DesignerSim Topic Name The controller from which data is retrieved This must match the controller name created in the PAC8000 Workbench in both spelling and capitalization For our example use Ctrl1 Which protocol to use The simulator supports DDE select...

Page 125: ...rted Guide 125 Once the data has been entered your screen appears as follows 6 Click OK and then click Close on the Access Names window You are now ready to import tags and create windows GE Intelligent Platforms Inc September 2010 ...

Page 126: ...ation enables the HMI screens to be updated with live data from the controller The steps listed below assume that you have InTouch version 7 11 8 0 or 9 0 installed and that you are familiar with creating projects and windows in InTouch If you are not please refer to InTouch online documentation for assistance Screen shots shown use InTouch version 9 0 If you are running a different version the sc...

Page 127: ...arted Guide 127 2 Create a new Wonderware application entitled WonderwareDemo1 Double click the new application to open WindowMaker 3 Once WindowMaker is open select Special Access Names GE Intelligent Platforms Inc September 2010 ...

Page 128: ...t blank Application Name The name of the IO Server used to provide data to InTouch For the controller the application name is StacServer Topic Name The controller from which data is retrieved This must match the controller name created in the PAC8000 Workbench in both spelling and capitalization For our example use Ctrl1 Which protocol to use When linking InTouch to the controller using the Univer...

Page 129: ...port tags and create windows Note Configuration of the Universal IO Server is not required as this occurs when Connect is clicked on the PAC8000 Workbench download form See Downloading to the Controller Ensure that you set the Universal IO Server to start automatically using the services program available from Control Panel Administrative Tools GE Intelligent Platforms Inc September 2010 ...

Page 130: ...ccessful import For further information please refer to the online Help file included with the CLIE_Tool Importing Tags into iFIX Included with your purchase of PPS is a utility 8000_to_iFIX_CSV exe that automates the import of PAC8000 tags into the iFIX system This utility can be executed manually or automatically following a download to a controller Following the generation of the standard csv f...

Page 131: ...V For non EBIM controller types this file is named CCCC CSV where CCCC is the controller name For EBIM controller types this file is named IO_ONLY_WW CSV 4 Click OK to import the data values 5 WindowMaker and WindowViewer cannot be running when performing a DBLOAD If tags must be imported with InTouch active use the Tag Import Wizard Note For more information regarding Wonderware Wizards please re...

Page 132: ... the Reports section in the online Help or Reports section in the Training Guide for a complete discussion of the reporting functions that are built into the Workbench Diagnostics and Troubleshooting A detailed discussion of troubleshooting and maintenance features is available in the Maintenance course For more information about this course please visit the Website www ge ip com support HMI Graph...

Page 133: ...pon which control strategies execute Control Strategy Logic that executes within a controller to perform a task e g controlling a valve starting and stopping a motor etc Controller Processor that executes control strategies and process IO Controller Statistics Workbench feature that displays scan time breakdown system parameters and event logs Custom Reports User created reports with customized ou...

Page 134: ...addition to the normal 4 20mA signal Human Machine Interface HMI Graphical view of the process normally presented to the operator consisting of items such as value displays animation and trends Hybrid Controller Controller type that supports both Process Advanced Function Blocks such as PID and Motor Control and Logic IEC 61131 3 control strategies Hybrid Workbench Licensed version of the workbenc...

Page 135: ...s data to the controller Module Channel Portion of a module that is connected to the physical field device i e transmitter positioner etc Network Configurator Network management tool used to assign IP addresses to unconfigured controllers and show network information for all controllers on a process network Node Number Modbus address of the controller OPC Object Linking and Embedding OLE for Proce...

Page 136: ...used to help determine a specific order of occurrence Simplex Controller Single controller used to execute control strategies and process IO Systems can be made redundant by adding a second controller Simulator DesignerSim Enables the control system designer to test control strategies in a single controller without the need of physical hardware StacServer Application name for the Universal IO Serv...

Page 137: ...e complex function blocks of Process Control Wonderware Suite of products that include InTouch InSQL and InBatch Workbench Application that provides the foundation for defining a project and all of its components tags hardware configuration tables and control logic GE Intelligent Platforms Inc September 2010 ...

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