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PAC8000 Workbench Getting Started Guide
Section 6 – Project Tutorial
The PAC8000 Workbench is the single engineering environment used to configure
Ethernet BIMs, as well as configure and program Hybrid, Process, and Logic controllers.
The Project Tutorial walks through the steps that are necessary to program a simple
control strategy for a Hybrid controller. If you have another type of controller, not all steps
apply to your project. Each section denotes the controller type to which the instructions
apply.
This project tutorial provides instruction for creating tags, configuring IO modules,
assigning tags to the modules, creating a simple Process control strategy, creating a
simple discrete control strategy, downloading the strategies to both the simulator and the
controller, and viewing the data online. At the end of the tutorial, you will have experience
with each of the tools in the PAC8000 Workbench and have a rudimentary knowledge of
how they are used.
This tutorial assumes that you have a new controller or set of controllers 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 are using
existing controllers and intend to follow all of the steps in this tutorial, put the controllers
into BOOTP mode. To do this, hold down the change state button next to the controller,
power cycle the controller and continue to hold down the button until the Healthy, Fault,
and Failsafe LEDs flash in unison.
Setting up controller hardware requires three distinct IP addresses that are located on the
same subnet. Before setting up the controller with these IP addresses, ensure that your
PC has a compatible address, i.e. it is on the same subnet as the controllers.
There are a number of steps to follow when developing a project that results in a defined
and tested application. The following diagram provides a pictorial overview of the steps
that are discussed in this project tutorial.
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September 2010
