CREATING A CONTROL ENGINE FOR CONTROLLER REDUNDANCY
SNAP PAC Redundancy Option User’s Guide
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Now you are ready to create a redundant control engine to use in your strategy, as described in
the next section.
Creating a Control Engine for Controller Redundancy
The instructions below describe how to create a control engine to use with a redundant controller
system. These instructions are for PAC Redundancy Manager. You can also create a control engine
using PAC Control. For basic information on how to define a control engine, see form 1700, the
PAC
Control User’s Guide
and
“Configuring an Existing Control Engine for Redundancy” on page
of this
guide.
1.
Make sure you have connected the hardware as described in
.
2.
Make sure you have completed all of the procedures in the previous sections of this chapter.
3.
In PAC Redundancy Manager, under Redundant Control Engines, click “Edit list with PAC
Terminal” to open PAC Terminal.
Add
4.
In the PAC Terminal window, under Configure Control Engines, click Add to open the Control
Engine Configuration dialog box.
5.
Enter a descriptive name for the control engine.
Valid characters are letters, numbers, spaces, and most other characters except colons and
square brackets. Spaces cannot be used as first or last characters.
6.
Under System Type, select Redundant Controllers.
New Settings options appear.
