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PAC8000 Workbench Getting Started Guide
Process Workbench
– Version of the Workbench that supports creating strategies in the
Process language (Advanced Function Blocks, such as PID and Motor Control).
Producer
– Supplies data to one or more consuming controllers.
Project Explorer
– Located in the left-hand pane of the Workbench; assists in adding
controllers, drawings, tags, modules, etc.
Project Tags
– Names and attributes assigned to channels on IO modules.
Real Time
– Viewing control strategies with data updating as soon as it is available from
the controller or simulator.
Redundant Controller
– Two controllers running in lockstep. The standby controller
continually monitors the health of the master controller so it can take over within the
same scan if the master controller fails.
Sequence of Events (SOE)
– Sequence of Events 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 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 Server. The Modbus TCP/IP and
OPC server that comes with the PAC8000 Workbench.
Standard Reports
– Reports that are shipped with the product and pertain to either a
project or a controller.
Strategy Builder
– Process control logic diagrams are developed here by selecting the
appropriate function blocks, assigning symbolic tags, and then connecting the blocks with
analog or digital lines.
Strategy Viewer
– Facilitates the animation of logic diagrams with either simulated or live
real time process data.
SuiteLink
– Communication protocol used within InTouch to communicate with devices
on either a local machine or a remote node.
Universal IO Server –
Modbus TCP/IP and OPC server that comes with the PAC8000
Workbench.
GE Intelligent Platforms, Inc.
September 2010
