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User Manual For - CONTROLLER/DATA RECORDER MultiCon CMC-N16

8.5.

ETE, ETR, ETEC, ETRC – HARDWARE COMMUNICATION

CONFIGURATIONS

Fig. 8.14. Hardware communication configurations for block D

a) without IP67 connector on housing, b) with IP67 connector on housing

Most important parameters of hardware communication configurations ETE / ETEC i ETR /
ETRC

ETE / ETEC

ETR / ETRC

Number of
inputs/outputs

Inputs/outputs type

RS-485,

RS-485, RJ-45 ETH

Baud rate

RS-485 [bit./sek.]: 1200, 2400, 4800,
9600, 19200, 38400, 57600, 115200,
RJ-45 ETH:10Mb/sek.

RJ-45 ETH:10Mb/sek.

Data format

RS-232/485: 8N1, 8N2, 8E1, 8E2,
8O1, 8O2

Tab. 8.11 Technical data of

ETE / ETEC i ETR / ETRC

hardware communication configurations

272

Block D

ETE

Block D

ETEC

Block D

RS485

ETR

Block D

RS485

ETRC

Summary of Contents for MultiCon CMC-N16

Page 1: ...CORDER MultiCon CMC N16 Firmware v 5 04 0 or higher Read the user s manual carefully before starting to use the unit or software The producer reserves the right to change any part of this document at any time without prior notice 2019 02 06 MultiCon CMC N16_INSSXEN_v 1 23 005 ...

Page 2: ...5 7 8 LOGICAL CHANNELS 69 7 8 1 Logical Channels General settings 69 7 8 2 Logical channels Hardware input mode 88 7 8 3 Logical Channels Hardware output monitor mode 91 7 8 4 Logical Channels Modbus mode 93 7 8 5 Logical Channels Set point value mode 97 7 8 6 Logical Channels Math function mode 100 7 8 7 Logical Channels Controller mode 110 7 8 8 Logical Channels Profile timer mode 112 7 8 9 Logi...

Page 3: ...de 170 7 12 PROFILES TIMERS 174 7 12 1 Profile timer General settings 174 7 12 2 Profiles timers Triggering mode level gate edge once edge retrig 179 7 12 3 Profiles timers Triggering mode on time 181 7 12 4 Examples of Profile timer configurations 183 7 12 4 1 Application of the Profiles timers 183 7 12 4 2 Application of the Profiles timers triggered on time 185 7 13 CONTROLLERS 187 7 13 1 Contr...

Page 4: ...ACCESS OPTIONS 248 7 18 E MAIL NOTIFICATIONS 252 8 APPENDICES 255 8 1 PS32 PS42 HARDWARE POWER SUPPLY CONFIGURATIONS 255 8 2 FUN2 FUN4 UNIVERSAL HARDWARE INPUT CONFIGURATIONS WITH FLOWMETER MODE 256 8 3 DU2 D4 OPTOISOLATED HARDWARE DIGITAL CONFIGURATIONS 264 8 4 R21 R41 COP2 COP3 OC2 OC4 R21COP2 COP2OC2 R21OC2 HARDWARE OUTPUT CONFIGURATIONS 268 8 5 ETE ETR ETEC ETRC HARDWARE COMMUNICATION CONFIGUR...

Page 5: ... be connected to an external protective earthing system The unit must be properly set up according to the application Incorrect configuration may cause defective operation which can lead to unit damage or an accident In case of a unit malfunction there is a risk of a serious threat to the safety of people or property additional Independent systems and solutions to prevent such a threat must be use...

Page 6: ...ement visualisation and control of numerous channels This device can operate autonomously or in cooperation with external measurement devices and actuators Essential features of the MultiCon CMC N16 are listed and briefly described below Advanced processing unit and system based on LINUX The powerful MultiCon CMC N16 processor allows the device to run under the control of a LINUX operating system ...

Page 7: ... port with or without IP67 connector on the housing Full freedom of data sources presentation modes and controlling methods The multi level structure of the MultiCon CMC N16 firmware allows to select presented data sources presentation modes and controlling methods The MultiCon CMC N16 displays the values of virtual logical channels which can be fed with measurement data from built in physical cha...

Page 8: ...ilt in physical outputs or virtual outputs which can be used as inputs to logical channels 8 Built in analog input Built in binary input External input RS 485 Profiles timers Controller Mathematical logical combination data States of hardware virtual outputs Set point values Interface Display Charts bars Grouping data Needle indicator Numeric logical or text value Interface Built in analog output ...

Page 9: ...on 7 5 mA 24V isolation 1min 500V DC Optional communication hardware configurations Additional Ethernet port with or without IP67 connectors Additional RS 485 port Ethernet port with or without IP67 connectors Optional input hardware configurations 2 4x universal inputs with flowmeter mode 2x counter inputs with tachometer mode 4x binary inputs Optional output hardware configurations 2 4x Relay 1A...

Page 10: ...meter 2 5 mm2 Safety requirements In accordance with to PN EN 61010 1 installation category II pollution degree 2 voltage in relation to ground 300V AC isolation resistance 20MW isolation strength between power supply and input output terminal 1min 2300V see Fig 4 1 EMC PN EN 61326 1 check the current list of measurement modules at the producer s website see the full specification in the Appendice...

Page 11: ...uch environments This is group 1 unit Group 1 contains all equipment in the scope of this standard which is not classified as group 2 equipment Group 2 contains all ISM RF equipment in which radio frequency energy in the frequency range 9 kHz to 400 GHz is intentionally generated and used or only used in the form of electromagnetic radiation inductive and or capacitive coupling for the treatment o...

Page 12: ...f set of connectors for the device delivered loosely set of inserts for M25 glands with plugs 24 V output installation connectors 4 2 ASSEMBLY Disconnect the power supply prior to starting assembly Check the connections are wired correctly prior to switching the unit on In order to install the unit a mounting hole must be prepared as it is shown in Fig 4 2 First drill central hole and mount a hook...

Page 13: ...User Manual For CONTROLLER DATA RECORDER MultiCon CMC N16 Fig 4 2 Placement of the mounting holes 13 f8 120 151 f8 f8 ...

Page 14: ...4 3 Connectors removing method Optionally the insert with the key can be included to the device to reduce the risk of tampering To assembly the insert first remove the end cap then insert the insert see Fig 4 4 Inserting the insert may require using force 14 back side of device connector GOOD back side of device connector WRONG ...

Page 15: ...User Manual For CONTROLLER DATA RECORDER MultiCon CMC N16 a b 15 Press lightly Slide out the end cap ...

Page 16: ...eaker located near the unit Fig 4 5 In case of using a monopolar fuse it must be mounted on the active wire L The power supply network cable diameter must be selected in such a way so that in case of a short circuit of the cable from the side of the unit the cable shall be protected against destruction by an electrical installation fuse Wiring must meet appropriate standards and local legal regula...

Page 17: ... signal cables and transmission cables together with power supply cables and cables controlling inductive loads e g contactors Such cables should cross each other at a right angle Contactor coils and inductive loads should be equipped with interference protection systems e g RC type Use of screened signal cables is recommended Signal cable screens should be connected to the earthing only at one of...

Page 18: ...formance of the device see Fig 4 8 contains Power supply Sensor supply output 24V DC Imax 200mA Digital input 0V 15 24V DC low state 0 1V high state 8 24V Interface RS 485 18 6 7 mm max 2 mm PE 103 104 1 2 101 102 GND 24 V Power supply depending on version Block A Block B Block C Block D 105 106 107 108 111 112 115 116 204 205 206 9 10 11 303 304 307 308 306 305 302 301 8 7 6 5 4 3 203 202 201 114...

Page 19: ...t than those shown in Fig 4 7 or be not present Terminals and connections of available hardware configurations are shown in Fig 4 9 Fig 4 13 in Section 4 3 1 MultiCon configurations Shown below is an example of hardware configuration installed in the device base Block A FUN4 4 universal inputs with flowmeter mode Block B D4 4 digital input Block C R21IO2B 2 relay outputs 1A 250V 2 passive current ...

Page 20: ...ck A FUN4 IN1 PT U I mV TC GND IN2 PT U I mV TC GND IN3 PT U I mV TC GND IN4 PT U I mV TC GND A B GND A B GND Block B DU2 IN1 IN2 IN3 IN4 GND IN1 IN2 GND Block B D4 I Flow U Connection for V mA and Flow modes PT U I mV TC GND TC mV Connection for mV and TC modes PT U I mV TC GND RTD Connection for RTD mode PT U I mV TC GND Block A FUN2 IN1 PT U I mV TC GND IN2 PT U I mV TC GND ...

Page 21: ... Input configurations for Block C 21 Block C R1 R2 R21 Block C R1 R3 R2 R4 R41 Block C IO1 IO2 COP2 Block C IO1 IO3 IO2 IO4 COP4 Block C OC1 OC2 OC2 Block C OC1 OC3 OC2 OC4 OC4 Block C IO1 R3 IO2 R4 R21COP2 Block C IO1 OC3 IO2 OC4 COP2OC2 Block C R1 OC3 R2 OC4 R21OC2 ...

Page 22: ...hout IP67 connector on the housing Fig 4 13 Connection of RS 485 transmission signals The MultiCon CMC N16 device supports the following converters USB RS 485 converter SRS U4 RS 232 RS 485 converter SRS 2 4 Z45 22 Block D ETE Block D ETEC Block D A B GND RS485 ETR Block D A B GND RS485 ETRC Digital input A B GND RS 485 RS232 RS485 or USB RS485 Interface ...

Page 23: ...MC N16 5 1 UNDERSTANDING CONTROLLER DATA RECORDER MultiCon CMC N16 The MultiCon CMC N16 device has been developed as a universal multichannel controller To maintain this concept its firmware has been written with a multi level structure The device runs under the control of a LINUX operating system keeping all subsystems ready to use and allowing independent and simultaneous operation of many proce...

Page 24: ...f the physical outputs input data to other Logical Channels data source for visualisation and logging Depending on type the device can be equipped with a different number of Logical channels and other functions Their amount is shown in table below type N16 LC logical channels 60 Di digital inputs 4 Ai analog inputs 4 Rel SSR relays SSR 4 Ao analog outputs 4 MP Modbus ports 2 F math functions 34 G ...

Page 25: ...tates of virtual input channels and timers mathematical combination of other Logical Channels 25 Logical channel 1 2 3 4 5 LC External output output address port Remote Modbus output 1 1 1 100 255 1 1 100 255 1 1 MP 100 255 Hardware input Digital input 1 2 Di Analog input 1 2 Ai Digital input 24V X2 Virtual demo input sinus tringle rectangular X3 X4 X5 Built in output 1 Relay SSR 2 Rel SSR 1 Analo...

Page 26: ...d for other processes It is common that channels belonging to the same Group are related to one another in some way for example representing parameters of a single object or representing similar parameters of a few separate objects but it is also possible to create a Group consisting of completely unrelated channels Overview of the concept is presented in Fig 5 2 Fig 5 2 An overview of the concept...

Page 27: ...r group marked as Block C The number and size of these terminals varies depending on hardware configuration Brief descriptions of available hardware configurations are shown in Fig 4 9 Fig 4 13 Measurement and actuator hardware configurations are constantly being developed so the current list of available configurations varies visit the manufacturer s website to check the current list of MultiCon ...

Page 28: ... is shown in Fig 6 4 The Safe shutdown button allow to safe power down of the device After pressing the button and accepting the warning message the screen will look like in Fig 6 1 Now the user can power off the device The manufacturer recommends turning off the device this way This method is especially recommended when data logging is enabled Not complying with these instructions could cause the...

Page 29: ...h a message about 7 unsafe shutdowns The correct connection of the device to the mains is described in Chapter 4 3 CONNECTION METHOD 6 2 THE USE OF THE TOUCH SCREEN Do not use pointers with sharp edges like tips of pencils and pens knives scissors needles wires nails screws bolts etc while working with the touch screen It is strongly recommended to use a special stylus made of plastic or another s...

Page 30: ...e details of the user interface are designed to make the use of the device easy and intuitive To change a display mode group or to enter the menu touch the screen of the MultiCon CMC N16 and press an appropriate button in the Navigation bar see Fig 6 11 By touching the screen twice will appear the Home Back menu available only in SCADALite display mode see Chapter 7 14 4 Groups SCADALite Further i...

Page 31: ...d for more information about setting data logging see Chapter 7 14 2 Groups Logging options yellow color It is possible to log data in the device but there is less than 20 of total free memory remaining to clear the memory you need to move any important data logging files and possibly the Modbus templates onto a removable flash drive after which remove them from the device for more information see...

Page 32: ...roup view see Chapter 7 14 GROUPS Tab 6 1 Buttons of the navigation bar To enter the configuration menu of a particular Logical channel directly press and hold the screen over the channel data panel for 3 4 seconds see option 1 in Fig 6 7 entering configuration of the logical channel named Temperature Similarly to go directly to the configuration of a displayed Group touch and hold the group numbe...

Page 33: ...eedle dials as SCADALite view All the channels of the current group are simultaneously presented in the same mode In the current version of software there is no possibility to mix different modes in one view Figures 6 9 6 14 show examples of different views Switching between visualisation modes can be performed by pressing the buttons MODE or MODE in the Navigation bar see Chapter 6 3 2 Navigation...

Page 34: ... also a visible percentage indicator of the value in relation to its full scale denoted by 5 Every Group of Logical Channels can be presented in one of 6 modes as numerical values Fig 6 9 as horizontal bars Fig 6 10 as vertical bars Fig 6 10 as horizontal charts Fig 6 11 as vertical charts Fig 6 11 as phasor charts Fig 6 12 as needle dials Fig 6 13 as SCADALite view Fig 6 14 Fig 6 9 Examples of Nu...

Page 35: ... RECORDER MultiCon CMC N16 Fig 6 11 Examples of Horizontal for 3 channels and Vertical Charts for 5 channels Fig 6 12 Examples of Phasor Charts presentation mode Fig 6 13 Examples of Needle Dials for 3 channels and for 5 channels 35 ...

Page 36: ...much as 5 groups can be displayed simultaneously on a single screen for example groups starting from group 8 will be displayed on the screen starting from the left side of the page groups 8 9 10 1 2 See Chapter 7 14 GROUPS for more information about Groups 6 3 4 Important messages The user will sometimes be asked informed and alerted about a variety of events by messages displayed on the screen Th...

Page 37: ...User Manual For CONTROLLER DATA RECORDER MultiCon CMC N16 Fig 6 16 Information message Fig 6 17 Question message Fig 6 18 Warning message Fig 6 19 Alert message 37 ...

Page 38: ... Fig 7 3 diacritical letters Fig 7 4 font and background colors see Fig 7 5 values editor which is divided into tabs decimal form see Fig 7 6 hexadecimal form see Fig 7 7 binary form see Fig 7 8 switch editor which is divided into single choice type options see Fig 7 9 multiple choice type options see Fig 7 10 file editor which is divided into single file selection see Fig 7 11 multiple files sele...

Page 39: ...ckground color selection Fig 7 6 Value editor decimal form Fig 7 7 Value editor hexadecimal form Fig 7 8 Value editor binary form Fig 7 9 Single choice type editor Fig 7 10 Multiple choice type editor Fig 7 11 File editor single file selection Fig 7 12 File editor multiple file selection 39 ...

Page 40: ...move the cursor along the edited text Caps lock switches between lower and upper case letters Backspace When editing values pressing this button deletes the last visible number When editing text the last edited symbol shown directly before the cursor is deleted Clear clears the whole number when editing values Sign changes the sign of the edited value This button deletes the selected file All sele...

Page 41: ... 2 Navigation bar enters the main selection panel see Fig 7 13 This panel allows users to select between entering the Device Configuration menu Files management menu and Device Information window Further information about the different menus is described in further chapters Chapter 7 5 Chapter 7 3 Chapter 7 4 Chapter 6 1 Fig 7 13 Main menu window 41 ...

Page 42: ...15 There are four buttons called Logging files Configuration files and Permission files and SCADALite files The Logging files button is always visible and it contains all possible parameters but their functionality is blocked until the licence key for data logging is entered more information about the licence key is located in Chapter 7 4 The Configuration files button is visible and always active...

Page 43: ...ble if at least one damaged file exists when the user presses this button the window with a list of damaged files is displayed the damaged logging files are those that contain errors caused by an inappropriate shutdown the device during data logging There is no guarantee that this logged data will be readable Press to select next to Group number label if the user has enabled the logging of a parti...

Page 44: ...gged data file 6 date and time of the start of the logged data file 7 date and time of the start of the logged data file whose logging has not yet ended An example of exporting the logged data to a flash drive An example of exporting 2 logged files from group 1 is shown in Fig 7 19 First plug the flash drive into the device when the device is equipped with one of the hardware communication configu...

Page 45: ...older is created on the flash drive with the same name as the product identification number which includes a folder with the selected logged files Deleting files from the device is similar to exporting logging files the difference is that instead of pressing the Export selected files button in 3 step see Fig 7 19 press the Delete button 45 1 2 3 ...

Page 46: ...settings built in external inputs settings built in external output settings Modbus protocol settings profile timer settings control settings network settings group settings Load save Modbus templates allows the user to load save the configuration of the Modbus MASTER protocol e g name configuration of the device channels the list of inputs and outputs configuration of register blocks block list s...

Page 47: ...an be overwritten or a new file can be created by pressing the button with keys symbol in the upper left corner see Fig 7 21 After confirming the write process the data is stored on the flash drive An example of configuration files in Fig 7 21 Fig 7 21 Example of logging and configuration files Load save user characteristics allows the user to load save template of user characteristic scaling from...

Page 48: ... user characteristic which shows amount of water in the tank depending on the dipping of the probe Dimensions shown in the figure are scaled in meters Fig 7 22 Example of the tank in shape of combined cylinder and cone Solution Remembering that user characteristic has maximal 20 points the user has to choose an optimal locations of the probe in the tank which should be considered in the characteri...

Page 49: ... see also chapter 7 8 1 Logical Channels General settings Permissions files The third button in the Files management menu is Permission files This menu is related with MultiLevel Access mode see Chapter 7 17 ACCESS OPTIONS Access to that menu is granted only to the user logged as Administrator If no user is logged the administrator s password must be passed to open that menu see Fig 7 23 Fig 7 23 ...

Page 50: ...s active in the device SCADALite description is shown in 7 14 4 Groups SCADALite Fig 7 25 Screen view of SCADALite files TheSCADAlite files menu includes the following buttons Upload background to device loads an image from a flash drive and saves it in the device s memory for a subsequernt use as background in SCADALite display mode Copy background to flash drive copies a background image from th...

Page 51: ...lash drive If the background image dimensions will be larger than recommended ones the message will show on Fig 7 27 Fig 7 27 View of information message If background image dimensions are larger than recommended ones the image will not be loaded If a background image is smaller than recommneded one the image will be centered on a white background If a background image file is prepared in other fo...

Page 52: ...7 30 with basic information about software and hardware on the device such as type of device serial number version CRC 32 available free memory hardware configuration a list of installed hardware configurations number of block hardware configuration type network settings active licences Enter licence key button see Fig 7 32 allows the user to enter a licence key purchased from the manufacturer or ...

Page 53: ...an not start an unfinished update again because this may damage the device there can not be more than one update file on a flash drive update files must reside in the main folder root of the drive the update process may take about 5 minutes depending on the version of the device The requirements for removable flash drives are presented in Chapter 7 3 FILES MANAGEMENT The Remote display button allo...

Page 54: ...C is a hardware clock which measures time when the device is switched off This calibration increases precision of the device and should be performed in order to compensate the work temperature effect To do this press the Service options button and pass the password which is RTC CALIB and then enter the current time and date After at least two weeks a password should be entered again and once again...

Page 55: ...and pass the password which is TS CALIB After confirming a message a calibration screen will appear The calibration is consist of touching the screen precise where five consecutively crosses appears Fig 7 32 Device information menu cont Remote display mode should not be used for normal device work but only for its configuration 55 i ...

Page 56: ...creen Due to the fact that the configuration process takes place in real time all changes must be confirmed before saving them In the confirmation window you can Save or Revert changes see Fig 7 35 There is a possibility to press the button again In that case the warning message will appear see Fig 7 36 and the user must choose to save a new configuration or go to the main screen with an unsaved b...

Page 57: ...MultiCon CMC N16 Chapter 7 7 Chapter 7 8 Chapter 7 9 Chapter 7 10 Chapter 7 11 Chapter 7 12 Chapter 7 13 Chapter 7 14 Chapter 7 15 Chapter 7 16 Chapter 7 17 Chapter 7 18 Fig 7 34 Main menu selection panel Fig 7 35 Save revert changes window 57 ...

Page 58: ...User Manual For CONTROLLER DATA RECORDER MultiCon CMC N16 Fig 7 36 Warning message about unsaved configuration Fig 7 37 Example of unsaved configuration screen view 58 ...

Page 59: ...rm state Level Hysteresis Source ON delay OFF delay Min ON time Min OFF time Timing Levels Binary output Analog output Lower level Upper level Source Lower level Upper level Alarm level Output levels Input levels Device Output channel Level mode Comm port Date and time Language Basic Backlight Mode Last active view Display mode Change mode Display time Triggering source Change timeout LCD screen I...

Page 60: ...source Cold junct compen Decay constant Scaling Configure scaling Filter type Filter conf Processing Format Off state text Graph low Graph high On state text Displaying Digits Channel highlight Output value Input value Add point Delete point Source X Function Type of source Y Source Y Type of source X Name Mode Unit Source Configure source Function Set point channel Controller num Mode Controller ...

Page 61: ...period Base unit Alternative unit Alternative source Alternative period Rotation direction Offset Labels Theme Theme Theme Theme Theme Theme Triggering source Months Days Week days Hours Minutes Seconds Name Triggering mode Triggering times Idle value Section list Looping Triggering source Return to possition Pause mode Pause source Loop count Looping source Shape Duration Final value Unit DHCP IP...

Page 62: ...Register size Last register First register Mode Baud rate Request retials SLAVE devices Request timeout Format SLAVE settings Interval Address 5 Edit buttons General settings Built in outputs Profiles timers Built in inputs Controllers Logical channels Groups Modbus External outputs Network settings Logging files Configuration files Enter licence key Firmware update Remote display E mail notificat...

Page 63: ...ail configuration Messages 7 Mode Sender name Login SMTP server Sender address SMTP port Attach name suffix Security Retry every min Password Mode Recipient s Attachment Select groups Message text Retry when failed Subject Expiry period h Select channels Triggering mode Trigger channel ...

Page 64: ...tput limit High output limit Controller param Controller output Initial conditions Init type Init source Autotuning param Mode Set point mode Set point value Set point source Feedback source Start mode Start source Start triggering Timeout Mode D Inertia Mode Source Controller runn modes Triggering Dead zone Mode Slew rate Unit Fuzzy Logic param Hysteresis Initial output ...

Page 65: ...the registers are displayed in the hexadecimal format To indicate that data has a hexadecimal format the letter h is added at the end for example 12h 0x12 decimal the registers are displayed in the decimal format without any marker e g 123 LCD screen parameter block Backlight this parameter allows the user to set the level of the LCD backlight Available levels are 20 the least backlight 40 60 80 1...

Page 66: ...roup which will be displayed as a home group after clicking on the button Home described in Chapter 7 1 EDIT DIALOGUES Automatic view change parameter block this parameter block allows the user to set the display to change every time period The parameters of this block include Change mode this parameter has the following options disabled no changes in the display For this mode the remaining parame...

Page 67: ... separator is comma when Decimal separator parameter is set as dot semicolon list separator is semicolon when Decimal separator parameter is set as comma Remote shutdown parameter block allows to set the automatic shutdown of the device Mode turns on and off shutdown from a logical channel disable remote shutdown is off from log channel remote shutdown is on Triggering source contains the logical ...

Page 68: ...selected view Add a new view button adds a new view to the list Delete this view button deletes a selected view from the list Move to position this parameter allows the user to move the current view to the appropriate position Example The steps to create four views are as follows 1 In the Change mode parameter select the detailed list 2 Press the Setup list button and enter the View menu 3 Set par...

Page 69: ...nnels General settings The arrows placed in the upper right corner of the screen allow you to switch between a succession of logical channels The middle button allows you to select a specific logical channel from the list directly The parameters of a logical channel depend on the Mode of the logical channel The Logical channel has the following modes disabled Hardware input Hardware output monitor...

Page 70: ...Data from other channel see Chapter 7 8 10 Latch parameter block allows the user to set the latch function which will hold the last value of a channel this block has the following parameters Mode this parameter allows the user to choose how to trigger the latch function there are 2 options disabled the latch function is disabled from logic channel the latch function is activated depending on the v...

Page 71: ...ains the following options Input value value of point 1 before scaling Output value value of point 1 after scaling Point 2 block contains the following options Input value value of point 2 before scaling Output value value of point 2 after scaling In MultiCon linear scaling can be performed with the table placed below but the slope and offset are constant values and they should be determined by th...

Page 72: ...ula Fig 7 38 Example of scaling configuration c offset after choosing this option the following parameter appears Configure scaling the function which allows to add a constant value to the input value It is obtained through the following formula In this function there are the following parameters Input unit the read only parameter it displays the unit of the logical channel source Value to add it ...

Page 73: ...point value after scaling Add point button adds a new point behind the currently displayed one Delete point button deletes the currently displayed point the parameter is inactive when the number of points in the characteristic is 2 The arrows placed in the upper right corner of the screen allow to switch between points The middle button allows a direct selection of a particular point from the list...

Page 74: ...0 2 Press the Configure scaling button and enter the Scaling configuration menu point 3 in Fig 7 40 3 If you want to create an output Unit which replaces the input unit or if no unit is defined on the input press the button next to the Output Unit label 4 Press the Edit points button point 4 in Fig 7 40 and go to the Edit points menu 74 Input value Output value P1 X1 0 Y1 0 0 4 8 12 0 25 32 3 P2 X...

Page 75: ...in Fig 7 40 6 To add or delete points the user should use the Add point button or Delete point button respectively 7 When the user wants to add a new point between the existing point e g between 5 and 6 select the edit Point 5 and then add a new point by pressing the Add point button 8 At the end we check all the points defined by clicking the middle button between the arrows in the upper right co...

Page 76: ...onds this filter coefficient is defined by the user from the Decay constant parameter a value of 0 for the filter is turned off 0 1 sec sample time After selecting the Smoothing option in the Filter type parameter a new button is available Filter configuration which allows the user to enter a time constant with the Decay constant parameter see the above filter formula Fig 7 41 Example of the input...

Page 77: ...parameters of this filter Mode allows to choose the filter work mode peaks the function detects the highest values in the logical channel valleys the function detects the lowest values in the logical channel Value the peak will be detected when the signal value drops or rises by the value in this parameter Hold time the time for which the detected peak will be held on condition that there will be ...

Page 78: ...inary only for values 0 for a low state and 1 for a high state time value in this channel is displayed as time The logical channel in the time Format will always consider its value as a number of seconds and base on this and settings in the Time pattern parameter the logical channel will calculate the value to be displayed Time pattern this parameter occurs only when the Format parameter is set as...

Page 79: ...ty to display up to 5 digits plus a decimal point on the screen Available options for the Digits parameter are all digits display all parts With this option the number is limited only to the possibilities of the display part 1 of 2 display the higher part of the number on the screen part 2 of 2 display the lower part of the number on the screen part 1 of 3 display the highest part of the number on...

Page 80: ...of time Format view with Precision 0 000 and standard Time Pattern ww dd hh mm ss Graph low the minimum range value for graphs bars needle dials and percentage bars see Fig 7 44 Graph high the maximum range value for graphs bars needle dials and percentage bars see Fig 7 44 80 ...

Page 81: ...different kinds of Displaying parameters To calculate the percentage which will be displayed on the indicator the device is using the following equation where R result V value in logical channel Lo Graph low value in logical channel Hi Graph high value in logical channel 81 R V Lo Hi Lo 100 ...

Page 82: ...iant with a lower number appears the one with a lower number will be generated even if the Trig hold time of the first one does not expire Trigger using this parameter the user can choose the logical channel which will be the source of triggering for the channel highlight When in the source channel there is the value of 0 then the highlight is inactive and when there is the value of 0 then the hig...

Page 83: ...ample 1 Task The user s task is to set a blinking highlight on the alarm channel which will be active when the measured current value is too high or too low Solution After connecting all measuring devices and configuring them in MultiCon we can start to configure the highlights To complete the task we will need to configure 4 logical channels and 1 virtual relay a Channel with measured current val...

Page 84: ...inary In Off state text parameter write No alarm In On state text parameter write ALARM In Graph low parameter write 0 In Graph high parameter write 22 Now we go to Channel highlight submenu Highlight color parameter set as 1 Mode parameter set as blinking In Blink period parameter write 1 In Trig hold time parameter write 1 Trigger parameter set as logical channel that we are currently configurin...

Page 85: ...alue Edit button parameter set as enabled In Unit parameter write C Precision parameter set as 0 0 In Graph low parameter write 50 In Graph high parameter write 85 All other parameters should be set as default Logical channel 2 Second level In Name parameter write Second level Mode parameter set as Set point value Edit button parameter set as enabled In Unit parameter write C Precision parameter s...

Page 86: ... 50 Graph high parameter set as 85 All other parameters should be set as default Logical channel 6 Calculating the time of the third alarm In Name parameter write Calc Third level Mode parameter set as Math function Click on the Function button Function parameter set as X Y Source X parameter set as logical channel where the temperature measurement is shown Type of source Y parameter set as channe...

Page 87: ...l named Calc Second level Alarm state parameter set as no highlight Now go to Color parameter and set font color at the top of the screen and background color at the bottom of the screen Highlight color parameter set as 3 Mode parameter set as blinking In Blink period parameter write 1 In Trig hold time parameter write 1 Trigger parameter set as logical channel named Calc First level Alarm state p...

Page 88: ...his Chapter another method to change the source configuration is to use the Built in inputs menu see Chapter 7 9 BUILT IN INPUTS Latch parameter block allows the user to set the latch function which will hold the last value of a channel discussed in Chapter 7 8 1 Logical Channels General settings Processing parameter block is used for scaling and filtering data discussed in Chapter 7 8 1 Logical C...

Page 89: ...tions is on the website A description of the hardware input configurations parameters is shown in Chapter 7 9 2 Built in inputs Hardware input configurations The following steps change the Source configuration for the sample of 3 hardware configurations shown in Fig 7 48 Step 1 selection of the Source for the channel in the Hardware input mode for example Inp A1 Current next press the Configure so...

Page 90: ...hapter 7 9 3 Built in inputs Binary input Inp X2 Digital 24V c built in Demo input numbered Inp X3 Demo Inp X4 Demo Inp X5 Demo The device has 3 built in simulation Demo inputs which can be defined by the user The descriptions of the parameters is presented in Chapter 7 9 4 Built in inputs Demo input numbered X3 X4 X5 The user should remember that if the Hardware input is displayed in more than on...

Page 91: ... Hardware output monitor in this parameter the user selects the source of data for the logical channel Source in this parameter the user selects the source of data from the available built in outputs list for the logical channel see below in this Chapter Latch parameter block allows the user to set the latch function which will hold the last value of a channel discussed in Chapter 7 8 1 Logical Ch...

Page 92: ...the Hardware output monitor mode can be in the same order as in the list in the device see Fig 7 50 installed hardware output configurations in the respective blocks A B or C see 7 10 BUILT IN OUTPUTS a list of modules currently available is on the website more about the hardware output configurations in Chapter 7 10 BUILT IN OUTPUTS built in Sound signal output is always marked as Out X1 Sound si...

Page 93: ... mode are see Fig 7 51 Name it gives the name to the logical channel Unit to create a unit use the Scaling parameter in the Processing parameter block more information see Chapter 7 8 1 Logical Channels General settings Mode Modbus in this parameter the user selects the source type of data for the logical channel Port this parameter allows the user to select a serial ethernet port from the list Th...

Page 94: ...ad register of the SLAVE device from the list defined in the Modbus menu for the Modbus SLAVE mode see Chapter 7 15 2 next to the Device input label there is the logical channel number and register number assigned to this logical channel displayed Latch parameter block allows the user to set the latch function which will hold the last value of a channel discussed in Chapter 7 8 1 Logical Channels ...

Page 95: ...ts 95 MASTER SLAVE device PE A B GND RS485 Digital input GND 24 V Block D ETRC RJ 45 ETH A B GND RS485 MASTER device Port MB3 Port MB2 MASTER SLAVE device Port MB1 MultiCon is SLAVE for this network MultiCon is MASTER for this network MultiCon is SLAVE for this network Power supply depending on version ...

Page 96: ...rmation about the Modbus protocol implemented in the MultiCon see Chapter 7 15 MODBUS 96 i Port MB1 SLAVE Device Address 1 Device input Register 0 SLAVE Device Reg 0 Reg N SLAVE Device Reg 0 Reg N SLAVE Device Reg 0 Reg N SLAVE Device Reg 0 Reg N Address 1 Address 2 Address 52 Address 82 SLAVE Device Reg 0 Reg N SLAVE Device Reg 0 Reg N Reg N Reg 0 SLAVE Device Address 82 Address 8 Reg N Reg 0 SLA...

Page 97: ...vate the button in the panel data see Fig 7 54 this parameter has two options disabled the button is disabled on the display in this case the data source of the logical channel will be the value set in the Set point value parameter see Fig 7 55 enabled this button is active in this case the data source of the logical channel will be the value set after pressing the button but the initial value is ...

Page 98: ...yed on the screen discussed in Chapter 7 8 1 Logical Channels General settings Fig 7 54 Data panels for Logical channel in Set point value mode Fig 7 55 Configuration of the value for Logical channel in Set point value for the disabled button 98 4 1 2 3 1 2 3 4 Touch hold 2 3 sec Button area Area of data panel for Logical channel Touch button to edit or change the value of logical channel Touch ho...

Page 99: ...and On state text channel value 1 in the Displaying parameter block b for enabled latch function For format numeric and time after pressing the button an edit window appears allowing to enter the value see Fig 7 6 which enters the new value that isn t a data source for this channel but the value stored at the time of activation of the latch function in the edit window the value of the button still...

Page 100: ... can be the data source for an output to control and set any object The parameters of the Logical channel in the Math function mode are Name it gives the name to the logical channel Unit to create a unit use the Scaling parameter for more information see Chapter 7 8 1 Logical Channels General settings Mode Math function in this parameter the user selects a source type of data for the logical chann...

Page 101: ...Source X available for certain math functions Depends of the Type of source X parameter This parameter allows the user to select a logical channel from the list Type of source Y channel or enter a set point value Type of source Y value X error handling available for some math functions depending on this parameter the user can set the following options errors forwarded to result when the result of ...

Page 102: ...g channel is in low state rising edge function resets when rising edge occurs in resetting channel falling edge function resets when falling edge occurs in resetting channel J input mode available for Function flip flop the user can set the following options always 0 flip flop J input is always in logical state 0 always 1 flip flop J input is always in logical state 1 from log channel means that f...

Page 103: ...al channel which will be the flip flop R input source S input mode available for Function flip flop the user can set the following options disabled setting flip flop S input in inactive from log channel means that the flip flop S input source will be the logical state of the selected logical channel from channel negation means that the flip flop S input source will be the negated logical state of ...

Page 104: ... the appropriate logical channel e g 14 Press the button next to the Function label to enter the Function menu 2 Enter the Function sub menu by pressing the button next to the Function label 3 Choose a function from the list in this case Sum X i 4 Press the button next to the Source X label to enter to the channel list 5 Choose a logical channel from the list in this case 1 3 4 5 6 Set the X error...

Page 105: ...Logical XOR 1 XOR 2 result 1 when the value of one channel is greater than 0 and the value of second channel is 0 When both channels have values 0 or when both channels have values 0 then the result is 0 SUM X i The sum of selected channels SUM 1 2 3 4 the result is the sum of channels 1 2 3 4 MEAN X i The mean value of the selected channels MEAN 1 2 3 4 the result is the arithmetic mean value of ...

Page 106: ...herwise it will be 0 ALL X i Y The result 1 if all values of selected channels are smaller than the value of the channel or constant value Y ALL 1 2 3 4 5 the result is 1 if all values of channels 1 2 3 4 are less than the value of channel 5 X i selected by Y The result is a value of channel from list of channel X which selected by the value of channel Y 1 2 3 4 selected by 5 by the value of chann...

Page 107: ... 1 reset by 4 minimal value of channel 1 reset by channel 4 max X reset by Y Maximal value of selected channel X if value of channel Y 0 or current value of X reset if value of Y 0 max 1 reset by 4 maximal value of channel 1 reset by channel 4 derivative of X Derivative of Source X parameter value derivative of 7 derivative of value in channel 7 integral of X Integral of Source X parameter value i...

Page 108: ... ERROR Function arctan X If absolute value of X in radians is lower than one hundred millionth then the function result will be 0 putting it in a different way abs X rad 1e 8 arctan X 0 If absolute value of X in radians is greater than one hundred millions then the function result will be π divided by 2 multiplied by sign of X putting it in a different way abs X rad 1e8 arctan X PI 2 sign X Functi...

Page 109: ...integer then logical channel will be in Err state putting it in a different way X 0 Y C ERROR Function logy X If X or Y is lower than 1 40129846 10 45 then logical channel will be in Err state putting it in a different way X 1 40129846e 45 Y 1 40129846e 45 ERROR If absolute value of Y minus 1 is lower than 1 19209290 10 7 then logical channel will be in Err state putting it in a different way abs ...

Page 110: ...ical channel Unit this parameter allows the user to define the unit Controller number this parameter allows the user to select a controller from the list 1 8 The user must configure the selected controller in the Controllers menu overview and configuration parameters that define the controllers can be found in Chapter 7 13 CONTROLLERS Set point channel this parameter allows the user to select a lo...

Page 111: ...scaling and filtering data discussed in Chapter 7 8 1 Logical Channels General settings Displaying parameter block for these parameters the user selects the format and range of data displayed on the screen discussed in Chapter 7 8 1 Logical Channels General settings The user must configure the controller parameters in the Controllers menu before using this controller to control a real object To re...

Page 112: ...for more information see Chapter 7 8 1 Logical Channels General settings Mode Profile timer in this parameter the user selects the source of data for the logical channel Source this parameter allows the user to select a Profile timer from the list 8 Profiles timers are implemented in the device whose selected option will be the data source for this logical channel The user must configure the selec...

Page 113: ...al settings The user must configure the Profile timer parameters in the Profiles timers menu before using this Profile timer to control a real object To read more about Profiles timers profiles see Chapter 7 12 PROFILES TIMERS Configure source button in Profile timer menu There are two methods for configuring Profiles timers through the Profiles timers menu following the steps MAIN Device configur...

Page 114: ...e list 8 Profiles timers are implemented in the device the selected option will be the data source for this logical channel Configure source this button allows the user to configure the Profile timer selected in the Source parameter For more information see below in this Chapter Latch parameter block allows the user to set the latch function which will hold the last value of a channel discussed in...

Page 115: ...t gives the name to the logical channel Unit the unit downloaded from the source logical channel to change the unit use the Scaling parameter in the Processing parameter block for more information see Chapter 7 8 1 Logical Channels General settings Mode Data from other channel in this parameter the user selects the source of data for the logical channel Source this parameter allows the user to sel...

Page 116: ... how to measure voltage and current and calculate the power consumption of the heater Voltage current and power of the heater must be displayed in one window in the needle dials mode Additionally in this example the user must use external converters to measure voltage and current exceed the range of the FUN2 hardware input configuration Solution First configure the device as described below then c...

Page 117: ...int 2 section write 20mA in Output value parameter in the Point 2 section write 5A for Display block parameters Format parameter set as numeric Precision parameter set as 0 0 in Graph low parameter write 0A in Graph high parameter write 5A all the other parameters should be on default settings The configuration steps are shown in Fig 7 63 b For voltage using the arrows in the top navigation bar se...

Page 118: ...anual For CONTROLLER DATA RECORDER MultiCon CMC N16 Precision parameter set as 0 0 in Graph low parameter write 0V in Graph high parameter write 400V all the other parameters should be on default settings 118 ...

Page 119: ...User Manual For CONTROLLER DATA RECORDER MultiCon CMC N16 Fig 7 63 Current and voltage source configuration example 119 5 3 6 7 8 9 4 1 2 ...

Page 120: ...er set as channel Source Y parameter set as logical channel 21 which is defined as the reading of the heater voltage Scale parameter set as linear press the Configure scaling button in Output unit parameter write kW in Input value parameter in the Point 1 section write 0 in Output value parameter in the Point 1 section write 0kW in Input value parameter in the Point 2 section write 1000 in Output ...

Page 121: ...s to view them in one window on the screen To do this enter the Group menu and turn it on if it s off in Name parameter write Heater for Channels block parameters Slot 1 parameter set as logical channel 22 called the Power Slot 2 parameter set as logical channel 21 called the Voltage Slot 3 parameter set as logical channel 20 called the Current 121 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ...

Page 122: ...e last step is to define the Initial view see Fig 7 66 displayed on the LCD screen when the device starts The Initial view has to display a defined group of logical channels power voltage and current in needle mode To do this enter the General settings menu Basic block parameters left unchanged unless the indicated date and time were set incorrectly and should be improved Backlight parameter set a...

Page 123: ... set to disabled as in this example we want to all the time display only Group 1 in the same needle mode after setting all parameters exit the General settings menu Fig 7 66 An example of Initial view configuration Fig 7 67 Main page view after saving configuration Finally you must exit the menu by pressing the Save changes button The result of the changes will be visible after a call to the first...

Page 124: ...ption HI is to be displayed in other cases LO is displayed All the logical channels and the channel with the temperature alarm condition will be displayed in one window in the values mode Solution Before measuring temperature the thermocouple sensors should be connected to the device An example of the connection is shown in Fig 7 68 Fig 7 68 Schematic diagram for the FUN4 hardware configuration In...

Page 125: ...n button enter the Logical channels menu using the arrows in the top navigation bar select any logical channel such as 1 in the Name parameter write Temperature A1 Mode parameter set as Hardware input Source parameter set as Inp A1 Universal see the connection in Fig 7 68 press the Source configuration button to set the source configuration options Mode parameter set as Thermocouple K in Low Limit...

Page 126: ...nsor 4 with the symbol A4 Using the arrows in the top navigation bar select any Logical channel except for 1 2 and 3 for example 4 in the Name parameter write Temperature A4 Mode parameter set as hardware input Source parameter set as Source Inp A4 Universal see Fig 7 68 Other parameters are set as the sensor 1 e For the alarm state using the arrows in the top navigation bar select any Logical cha...

Page 127: ...channels 1 2 3 4 5 in the value mode To do this enter the General settings menu Basic block parameters left unchanged unless the indicated date and time were set incorrectly and should be improved for LCD screen block parameters Backlight parameter set to the value corresponding to the user for example 80 for Screen saver block parameters Mode parameter set as disabled as in this example we want t...

Page 128: ...at four points Suppose we want to monitor the temperature in the office warehouse basement and corridor To monitor the temperature in the first two channels we will use the PT1000 sensors and 3 wire connections and for the rest PT100 and also 3 wire connections We want to read the temperature from 4 sensors in one window in the vertical bars mode In addition we want to log the temperature every 1 ...

Page 129: ...fice Mode parameter set as Hardware input Source parameter set as Inp B1 Universal see the connection in Fig 7 70 enter the Source configuration submenu Mode parameter set as Pt1000 3 wire in Low Limit parameter write 100 C in High Limit parameter write 600 C for Display block parameters Format parameter set as numeric Precision parameter set as 0 0 because Pt1000 sensor precision allows to 129 PE...

Page 130: ...ph low parameter write 15 C in Graph high parameter write 30 C Other channels set in the same way Logical channel 31 Warehouse Logical channel 32 Basement in the Source configuration set the Mode parameter as PT100 Logical channel 33 Corridor in the Source configuration set the Mode parameter as PT100 130 ...

Page 131: ... as always we want to register at all times until we change the configuration to stop the registration in Description parameter write Measure of Workplace temperature it can be any text Base period parameter set as 1 Base unit parameter set as minute sampling a group of channels at 1 minute Alternative mode parameter set as disabled The last step is to define the Initial view displayed on the LCD ...

Page 132: ...cted to MultiCon In the first step you need to configure Logical channels which will read data from Slave devices To do this touch the screen and press the Menu button press the Device configuration button enter the Logical channels menu using the arrows in the top navigation bar select any logical channel such as 1 in the Name parameter write Temperature 1 132 PE A B GND RS485 Digital input GND 2...

Page 133: ...s Addr 8 Temp converter Device input parameter set as Inp 2 HR 1h b0 15 that reads Register 1h from SLAVE 2 device all the other parameters should be set like in the previously configured logical channel In the next step you need to define a Group to set up logical channels to view them in one window on the screen To do this enter the Group menu to enable the Group 1 if it is off in the Name param...

Page 134: ... 12 The result of this function is placed in Tab 7 5 Y value Value of logical channel 3 Y 0 Value of logical channel 1 0 Y 1 Value of logical channel 5 1 Y 2 Value of logical channel 8 Y 2 Value of logical channel 12 Tab 7 5 Example of configuring function X i selected by the Y Fig 7 73 Block diagram of mathematical function X i selected by Y Solution We define logical channels in the Set point va...

Page 135: ... channel in the Math function mode using the arrows in the top navigation bar select logical channel 1 in the Name parameter write Function Mode parameter set as Math function enter the Function submenu to select the appropriate function that allows the calculation of the mean value Function parameter set as X i selected by Y in Source X parameter select logical channels 1 5 8 12 which we defined ...

Page 136: ... as follows and then connect the RTD sensor and the Current converter to the device An example of the connection is shown in Fig 7 74 Fig 7 74 Schematic diagram for the hardware configuration FUN4 and MB1 Modbus port The first step is to configure appropriate parameters for the Controllers menu according to 7 13 2 1 Application of the Controllers Next configure logical channels as follows 136 Bloc...

Page 137: ...cal channels menu using the arrows in the top navigation bar select any logical channel such as 1 in the Name parameter write Setpoint Mode parameter set as Set point value in Unit parameter write C in Set point value write 85 C for Displaying block parameters Format parameter set as numeric Precision parameter set as 0 in Graph low parameter write 0 C in Graph high parameter write 90 C 137 ...

Page 138: ...C For channel settings in the Controller mode touch the screen and press the Menu button press the Device configuration button enter the Logical channels menu using the arrows in the top navigation bar select any logical channel such as 32 in the Name parameter write Controller Mode parameter set as Controller in Unit parameters write mA Controller number parameter set as Controller 1 Set point ch...

Page 139: ... shown in Fig 7 62 see also Appendices 8 2 FUN2 FUN4 UNIVERSAL HARDWARE INPUT CONFIGURATIONS WITH FLOWMETER MODE Fig 7 75 Example of Profile waveform For the logical channel in the Profile timer mode touch the screen and press the Menu button press the Device configuration button enter the Logical channels menu using the arrows in the top navigation bar select any logical channel such as 1 in the ...

Page 140: ...rameter write 4 press the green button at the bottom left side of the screen Section num parameter should be set as 4 in the Duration parameter write 1 Unit parameter set as second Shape parameter set as const value in the Final value parameter write 4 Looping parameter set as disabled for Displaying block parameters Format parameter set as numeric Precision parameter set as 0 0 in Graph low write...

Page 141: ... the device as it is shown below Fig 7 76 DU2 hardware configuration and PNP type sensor connection scheme For the logical channel in the Hardware input mode touch the screen and press the Menu button press the Device configuration button enter the Logical channels menu using the arrows in the top navigation bar select any logical channel in this example it will be channel 1 in the Name parameter ...

Page 142: ...r write 0 dm3 s in Graph high parameter write 100 dm3 s To display the Total flow using the arrows in the top navigation bar select logical channel 2 in the Name parameter write Total flow Mode parameter set as Data from other channel Source parameter set as Log ch 1 Measurement Quantity parameter set as totalizer Precision parameter set as 0 00 in Graph low parameter write 0 dm3 in Graph high par...

Page 143: ...puts General settings 4 Built in inputs Digital input and 3 Demo inputs are available in the device in the basic configuration and also the input hardware configurations installed in the device depending on the customer s needs Configured inputs can be used to control any process or can be used by any logical channel Switch to the Hardware input mode in order to visualize the result or use for fur...

Page 144: ...y using the Built in inputs menu The Built in inputs can be in the same order as the list in the device see Fig 7 78 a installed input modules in the appropriate blocks A or B see Fig 4 10 the list of currently available hardware configurations is on the website b built in digital input is always designated as Inp X2 Digital 24V see Chapter 7 9 3 Built in inputs Binary input Inp X2 Digital 24V c b...

Page 145: ...Function mode quad 4 Parameters common for the built in inputs hardware configurations Name each built in input already has a name given by the device and the user cannot change it for the description of the Name parameter see Fig 7 77 Unit it is related to the channel source data for built in hardware configurations the default unit appears automatically Mode sets the type of measurement dependin...

Page 146: ...efines the shape of the generated signal rectangle triangle sine Unit any user defined unit Low limit the value below which there is a low state at the output displayed as status Lo High limit the value above which there is a high state at the output displayed as status Hi Minimum simulated value the lowest generated signal level Maximum simulated value the highest generated signal level Period du...

Page 147: ...r settings Mode defines the measurement quantity method and range Low limit defines the measurement level below the Lo state will be displayed in the logical channel High limit defines the measurement level above which the Hi state will be displayed in the logical channel Connectors compensation allows to compensate errors resulting from bad sensor readings This menu occurs only if Mode parameter ...

Page 148: ...universal counters inputs Each input can work as a digital counter digital flowmeter or two digital inputs see Appendices 8 3 DU2 D4 OPTOISOLATED HARDWARE DIGITAL CONFIGURATIONS Each counter can be configured individually and is equipped with two counting inputs A and B Counters parameters are Name each built in input already has a name given by the device and user cannot change it for description...

Page 149: ...t has following parameters disable Prog input is inactive any changes on this input will be ignored direction it allows to change mode or counting direction When Function mode parameter is set as A B active Prog input changes mode to A B A B active Prog input changes mode to B A quad 1 active Prog input changes counting direction quad 4 active Prog input changes counting direction inhibit it allow...

Page 150: ...ts Sound signal and 16 Virtual relays are available in the device in the basic configuration and hardware output configurations installed in the device depending on the customer s needs A configured output can be used to control any process or can be used by any logical channel switched to the Hardware output monitor mode in order to visualize the result or used for further processing of the outpu...

Page 151: ...The list of built in hardware output configurations block tag and type of hardware configuration is locate in the Hardware configuration parameters block in the Device information menu see Fig 7 30 in Chapter 7 4 Fig 7 82 Main settings of disabled left and enabled right output State of physical outputs can be used as a source for Logical Channels for details see Chapter 7 8 3 Logical Channels Hard...

Page 152: ...ere the selected logical channel will be a data source for this built in output see Fig 7 81 Alarm state this parameter allows to choose a type of output reaction in case of the alarm state appearance The Alarm state is when the value of a Logical channel in which the data source for a built in output returns Err state or the state of the exceeding range low Lo state and high Hi state There are th...

Page 153: ...alue is lower than Level value a low state appears on the output Lower level and Upper level these parameters define the range at which output state changes occur for Level mode value or they allow to choose a logical channel whose current value will be the range for output state changes for Level mode channel occurs for Mode inside range if the input data is within the defined range a high state ...

Page 154: ...put switches from low to high state see Fig 7 86 OFF delay this parameter allows the user to set the time that must pass from the time of exceeds Level value until the output switches from high to low state see Fig 7 86 Minimum ON time the minimum duration of a high state if the output switches to high state the low state will occur after this time see Fig 7 87 Minimum OFF time the minimum duratio...

Page 155: ...le of relay output operation for sample timing settings Min ON time 5 sec Min OFF time 4 sec 155 Time s Zone A Zone B Output value Zone A Zone B Level Time s t 5s t 4s Input value 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 1 0 Min OFF time Min ON time Zone B t 1s t 2s 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Input value Zone A Zone B Level Time s Output value 1 0 ON delay Time s Zone A OFF delay ...

Page 156: ... will change the duty cycle of the output signal discussed below in this Chapter Timing parameter block these parameters allow the user to set the timing parameters of the output signal discussed below in this Chapter Levels parameter block The parameters are Lower level and Upper level by setting these parameters the range is defined within which the change duty cycle of pulse depending on the so...

Page 157: ... has tn 1 Timing parameter block The parameters of this block include Period the duration of one cycle of output pulse the minimum value is 0 1 seconds Minimum ON time minimum duration of a high state after switching to a high state switching back is possible after Minimum On time see Fig 7 90 Minimum OFF time minimum duration of a low state after switching to a low state switching back is possibl...

Page 158: ...a Logical channels list where the selected logical channel will be a data source for this built in output data from this source is calculated according to the parameters gathered in the the Input levels and Output levels blocks Input levels parameter block determines the range of a data source for this built in output this block has the following parameters Lower level and Upper level these parame...

Page 159: ... but with maintaining a hardware output limitation 3 22mA An alarm state is when the source logical channel returns Err or the state of exceeding range the low Lo state and high Hi state Lower level and Upper level parameter describes the transfer equation linear see Fig 7 92 Lower level of the output defines the current which can be generated when the value of the input signal equals the Lower le...

Page 160: ...apter 8 2 FUN2 FUN4 UNIVERSAL HARDWARE INPUT CONFIGURATIONS WITH FLOWMETER MODE Task Let s say that we would like to control temperature around 30 C in some room by switching ON and OFF an electric heater The hysteresis should be 5 C The temperature is measured using a PT100 sensor and the FUN4 hardware input configuration and let the heater is controlled using an internal 1A relay R21 hardware ou...

Page 161: ... channel such as 1 in the Name parameter write Feedback Mode parameter set as Hardware input Source parameter set as Inp A4 Universal see Fig 7 94 enter the Configure source submenu Mode parameter set as Pt100 in Low limit parameter write 100 C in High limit parameter write 600 C for Displaying parameter block Format parameter set as numeric Precision parameter set as 0 0 in Graph low parameter wr...

Page 162: ...figuration See also Chapter 8 4 R21 R41 COP2 COP3 OC2 OC4 R21COP2 COP2OC2 R21OC2 HARDWARE OUTPUT CONFIGURATIONS Task Assume that the Logical channel 1 indicates the pressure in the range 100 500 bars and its result should be regenerated to the current output in the corresponding range 4 20mA Solution For Current output configuration touch the screen and press the Menu button press the Device confi...

Page 163: ...d from a current loop Fig 7 95 shows how to do it The output polarization in IO modules is irrelevant Fig 7 95 Passive current output connection example 163 PE A B GND RS485 Digital input GND 24 V Power supply depending on version Block C IO1 IO2 COP2 Controlled object ...

Page 164: ... as will be defined in the Modbus menu see Chapter 7 15 3 Modbus MASTER mode In case when the external outputs are not defined or inactive then in the External outputs menu there is an empty list External outputs can have a control type control type setting see Chapter 7 15 3 2 Modbus MASTER Device channels parameter block as a relay as a linear output The view of the External outputs menu is crea...

Page 165: ...uration and the view of the Modbus port connectors is located in Chapter 7 15 MODBUS Device this parameter is read only in the External outputs menu it shows the address and name of the SLAVE device configured in the Modbus menu Chapter 7 15 3 Modbus MASTER mode Output channel this parameter is read only in the External outputs menu it shows the output channel number type of register and data form...

Page 166: ...h SLAVE device as defined in a specific address has its output list individually numbered Mode this parameter allows the user to select the method of the external output operation depending on the source signal Source parameter it has the following options see Fig 7 83 and Fig 7 84 disabled this external output is inactive above level the result is a high state when the input data see Source param...

Page 167: ...level we get a high state at the output below level below the level we get a high state at the output Lower level and Upper level these parameters define the range at which a switch the output state from low to high state or vice versa from high to low state occurs for the mode inside range if the input data is within the defined range at the output we get a high state outside range if the input d...

Page 168: ...cal channel will be a data source for the external output Data from this source is calculated according to the parameters in the Input levels block and Output levels block Input levels parameter block data entered here has the same unit as a selected logical channel source For this block the parameters are Lower level it sets a lower limit value below which the source input signal will equal this ...

Page 169: ...us MASTER Device channels parameter block for an undefined Source parameter e g a Logical channel in the Mode disabled or for an undefined Input and Output levels parameter block every parameter has value 0 the MultiCon CMC N16 sends the 0 value to a Slave device 169 i 4 2 0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20 22 24 26 28 0 5 10 15 20 25 30 Input value Output value Upper level Input levels Lower level Upper...

Page 170: ...AVE device address 5 without scaling and restrictions Fig 7 100 Connection diagram for Modbus MB2 Solution First we need to configure settings in the Modbus menu as it is shown in 7 15 4 2 Configuration of the Modbus Input in the MASTER mode Next we configure logical channels used to set values which will be sent by RS 485 to the output To do this 170 i Slave device 1 Device name Flowmeter Modbus ...

Page 171: ...n and press the Menu button press the Device configuration button enter the External outputs menu using the arrows in the top navigation bar select Ext out 1 it is a linear output there are three constant parameters which are consistent Modbus menu configuration Comm port MB2 MASTER Device Addr 5 Flowmeter Output channel Out 1 HR 2h 1 b 0 31 for next parameters Source parameter set as logical chan...

Page 172: ...el named the Alarm state Alarm state parameter set as immed ON for Levels block parameters Level mode parameter set as value in Level parameter write 0 in Hysteresis parameter write 0 all the other parameters should be on default settings In the next step you need to define a Group of configured logical channels to display them in one window on the device screen To do this touch the screen and pre...

Page 173: ...ER DATA RECORDER MultiCon CMC N16 Displayed group parameter set as Group 1 Flowmeter Finally exit the menu by pressing the Save changes button The result of the changes will be visible after a call to the first measurement 173 ...

Page 174: ...al channel switched to the Profile timer mode Fig 7 82 see also Chapter 7 8 8 Logical Channels Profile timer mode Fig 7 101 Block diagram of the device configuration for generating Profiles timers 174 Profile timer Logical channel in Profile timer mode Logical channel or selected time Device Triggering source Generated Profile timer Device configuration MENU General settings Logical channels Built...

Page 175: ...rofile which was configured by the user Profile will be triggered by the rising edge signal from values 0 to the value 0 coming from the source signal After the rising edge the Profile will be generated in whole once regardless of further changes to the signal source For more details see Chapter 7 12 2 Profiles timers Triggering mode level gate edge once edge retrig edge retrig this means that the...

Page 176: ...d falling edge Profile timer will be paused when the device detects the channel s value change from greater than zero 0 to lower or equal zero 0 in the Pause source parameter and will be resumed when the device detects another change like that in this channel If Profile timer is paused and a new trigger is detected the Profile timer will react to this trigger as if it was not paused Pause source t...

Page 177: ...ape and Final value This button allows the addition of a new section to a list This button allows the removal of a section from a list The arrows placed in the upper right corner of the screen allow switching between sections The middle button allows a direct selection of a specific section The Section list parameters are Duration defines the duration of the section it depends on the Unit paramete...

Page 178: ... in the whole duration of this section is linear generating the output signal from the final value of the previous section to final value of this section This is shown in Fig 7 104 dashed line run profile if the section from which the next repeat of the Profile timer begins is a constant value then Profile signal quickly transient 0 1 seconds from the final value of the previous section to a const...

Page 179: ...red by the rising edge from values 0 to the value 0 of the source signal However in this mode unlike the edge once mode the defined Profile will be generated from the beginning every time the Triggering source signal generates an edge whether that Profile had been completed or not See Fig 7 105 and example c in Fig 7 106 Triggering source allows to choose a triggering source of the Profile timer f...

Page 180: ...ines the number of repetitions of the generated Profile Looping source this parameter is visible only if the Looping parameter is set as from logical channel It allows to choose a logical channel from the list whose value will be compared with the number of already made cycles of the Profile Return to position this parameter is invisible if the Looping parameter is set as disabled allows to select...

Page 181: ...Profile timer Triggering mode on time allows to trigger the Profile at a demanded time defined in the Triggering times parameter Triggering times the submenu with the parameters which define the times of Profile triggering These parameters are Months Days Week days Hours Minutes Seconds 181 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 1 2 3 4...

Page 182: ...cal channel It allows to choose a logical channel from the list whose value will be compared with the number of already made cycles of the Profile Return to position this parameter is invisible if the Looping parameter is set as disabled allows to select a fixed position from which every next generated Profile has to start The parameters in the Triggering times submenu allow to define the moment o...

Page 183: ...ected to the current input of the FUN2 hardware configuration The profile consists of four segments 1 ramp from 0 to 10 within 5 seconds 2 const value 8 within 2 seconds 3 ramp from 8 to 4 within 3 seconds 4 const value 4 within 1 second Looping is disabled and the idle value is 0 Solution First configure the device as described below then connect the module to the measuring system Example of this...

Page 184: ...s at the bottom left side of the screen to configure Section num 1 in Duration parameter write 5 sec Unit parameter set as second Shape parameter set as ramp in Final value parameter write 10 press the green plus at the bottom left side of the screen to configure Section num 2 in Duration parameter write 2 sec Unit parameter set as second Shape parameter set as conts value in Final value parameter...

Page 185: ...raph high parameter write 10 The way of configuring a logical channel Triggering source in the Hardware input mode for the current input is shown in 7 8 11 1 Application of the Logical channel in the Hardware input mode for the FUN2 hardware configuration this is the way to configure the logical channel 2 The another method is described in Chapter 7 8 11 7 Application of Logical channel in the Pro...

Page 186: ... left side of the screen enter the Seconds menu and press the icon at the bottom left side of the screen enter the Section list submenu press the green plus at the bottom left side of the screen to configure Section num 1 in Duration parameter write 0 2 sec Unit parameters set as second Shape parameter set as const value in Final value parameter write 1 press the green plus at the bottom left side...

Page 187: ...imize the error by adjusting the process control outputs In the device there are 8 independent settings of PID type controllers available 7 13 1 Controllers General settings In the system there are 8 independent settings of PID type Controllers available which can by used by any Logical channel switched in the Controller mode see Chapter 7 8 7 Logical Channels Controller mode The window with basic...

Page 188: ...nel that will be a source of start autotuning Start triggering occurs when Start mode from log channel defines the start edge of autotuning the first edge activates and the second deactivates autotuning takes options rising edge reacts to rising edge falling edge reacts to falling edge Timeout determines the maximum duration of autotuning in hours max 24h Controller parameters parameter block this...

Page 189: ...tial block t successive moments in time T the inertia factor specified by the parameters disable inertia is disabled hard factor T 0 07 medium factor T 0 14 soft factor T 0 21 The explanations of the parameters are shown in the Fig 7 112 and in the Fig 7 113 Dead zone this parameter determines the difference between the Set point channel value and the Feedback channel value which will be included ...

Page 190: ... work there are the following options high level triggering of start occurs when triggering channel is in high level low level triggering of start occurs when triggering channel is in low level rising edge triggering of start occurs when triggering channel is rising edge falling edge triggering of start occurs when triggering channel is falling edge Fuzzy Logic parameters parameter block this bloc...

Page 191: ...fines the second min defines the minute hour defines the hour Hysteresis defines the value of hysteresis see Fig 7 115 Fig 7 114 Change of fuzzy logic value according to Slew rate parameter 191 0 20 40 60 80 100 120 140 0 20 40 60 80 100 120 Mode off Slew rate 1 Slew rate 5 Slew rate 10 time Fuzzy logic value ...

Page 192: ...nnel as a controllers output state at the start up moment Init source defines logical channel which is a source of initial output Initial output parameter is visible for Init type Value defines the controllers output state where 0 corresponds to Low output limit and 100 corresponds to High output limit Note After offsetting the output signal the output value is limited to the range set in Low outp...

Page 193: ...possibilities limited only by available logical channels It means that the same Controller e g controller No 3 assigned in several logical channels with different input data Set point and Feedback channels it can be used to control several objects at the same time 193 Controller Logical channel in Controller mode Built in output or External output Control object Feedback channel Set point channel ...

Page 194: ...onal blocks In automatic mode the device is in the process of autotuning using the Ziegler Nichols method calculates and tunes parameters P I and D of the controller loop Additional parameters fuzzy logic Inertia output limits Dead zone are not in this mode configurable and the user must select them for his own applications The Autotuning process is described later in this chapter General configur...

Page 195: ... logic channels in controller mode with assigned Controller 1 will go to normal operation of the regulator creating independent control loops There are 2 methods of configuring the controllers through the menu Controllers in the Device Configuration menu see Fig 7 119 directly in the Logical channel in the Regulator mode by pressing the button Source configuration see Fig 7 120 The appearance of t...

Page 196: ...f the Controller logic channel output value in the controller mode see Fig 7 116 and the second limit marked with a red line results from the parameters built in external outputs value transferred to controlled object see Fig 7 116 The output range of the controller should be within the limit of range of the built in output 196 Autotuning coeff SP4 FB4 Autotuning coeff SP3 FB3 step 1 step 2 CONTRO...

Page 197: ... 7 121 Control loop output limitation 197 output t Controller lower limit Built in external output lower limit Built in external output upper limit Controller upper limit Hi 80 Hi output 50 Lo output 10 Lo 10 Controller internal output Controller physical output ...

Page 198: ...e control system to small deviations in the measured value from the setpoint The Dead zone parameter specifies the minimum deviations to which the controller should react The use of the Dead zone is justified in systems for which oscillation around the setpoint is a natural behaviour Autotuning The autotuning process is divided into three phases and after their completion the device automatically ...

Page 199: ...ning which is already under way is a very sensitive process Therefore pay attention to events that may interrupt the tuning of settings These events include 1 Device power failure 2 Exceeding the time of autotuning max 24h 3 Measurement error e g sensor failure Autotuning is triggered every 30 seconds During the autotuning process the possibility to save the configuration is blocked see Fig 7 123 ...

Page 200: ...n save window With new PID coefficients the device goes to work with new coefficients When automatically saving the configuration there is no window with information about the completed autotuning with new PID coefficients and the question about saving the configuration Fig 7 124 Example window with new PID coefficients If the device will turned off during the autotuning restarting will show the m...

Page 201: ...tically save the whole configuration of autotuning before the device goes into normal operation Fig 7 125 Settings of autotuning automatic start In order to automatically switch the device to normal operation after the autotuning process it is necessary in the Controller running modes parameter block set 1 Mode ON or 2 Mode from log channel and Triggering high low level 201 CONTROLLER Autotuning c...

Page 202: ... from the PT100 sensor are connected to the controller After pre analysis of the sensor type and the transmittance of the object we set the controller coefficients to the following values P 0 3 I 0 5 D 0 02 We do not want the controller to respond to a deviation lower than 2ºC On controller s output set 0 20mA range because that is the range of the converter we use to control the heater in this ta...

Page 203: ...rite Controller 1 Mode parameter set as PID in the Dead zone parameter write 2 for Controller parameters parameter block in P coefficient parameter write 0 3 in I coefficient parameter write 0 5 in D coefficient parameter write 0 02 Differentiated signal parameter set as error deviation 203 Block A FUN4 IN1 PT U I mV TC GND IN2 PT U I mV TC GND IN3 PT U I mV TC GND IN4 PT U I mV TC GND Control sys...

Page 204: ...3 2 2 Application of the Controllers in cooperation with heater which is controlled by OC type output See also Chapter 7 13 CONTROLLERS and Chapter 7 10 3 Built in output PWM Pulse width modulation mode for OC type relay output Task The task is to configure the controller which will control the heater using the OC type output in order to obtain a constant object temperature Logical channels with a...

Page 205: ...d OC2 hardware configuration 205 Block A FUN4 IN1 PT U I mV TC GND IN2 PT U I mV TC GND IN3 PT U I mV TC GND IN4 PT U I mV TC GND PE A B GND RS485 Digital input GND 24 V Power supply depending on version Block C OC1 OC2 OC2 Type K thermocouple Current converter Heater 0 5A Control system GND TC Connection for TC mode n c n c mV TC GND ...

Page 206: ...se the TC signal K for temperature measurement module TC4 installed in slot A and the SSR output driver module S8 installed in slot C to control a heater keeping a set temperature of the object Let s assume that the temperature setpoint can be set between 120 and 200 C To realise this task the user needs at least 3 logical channels and 1 set of Controller settings Logical channel 1 Measurement of ...

Page 207: ...0 Graph Lo 0 Graph Hi 300 all the other parameters should be on default settings for Logical channel 3 Name PID controller Mode Controller Controller num 1 PID Controller 1 Set point channel Log ch 2 Desired temp Feedback channel Log ch 1 Temperature Precision 0 Graph Lo 0 Graph Hi 300 all the other parameters should be on default settings The last thing to do is set of the SSR output Enter the De...

Page 208: ... parameters The middle button allows a direct selection of a specific group from the list The parameters of Groups are Group each group can be disabled after selecting this option the other parameters are not visible and this group is not visible on the measuring screen enabled for this option the group is active Name it gives the name to the Group Bars sets the bars type when a group is displayed...

Page 209: ...ks The logical channel which is set in Slot 1 3 5 parameter is responsible for the phasor amplitude value and the logical channel which is set in Slot 2 4 6 is responsible for the phasor phase value The user should remember that Graph low and Graph high parameters should be adjusted to the values that may occur in the logical channel because a minimal and maximal phasor value corresponds to the va...

Page 210: ...mples which were measured to present the moment and can fit in this Scale no matter if the device was on or off see Fig 7 132 Samples which were not measured will be displayed as 0 when the time when the device was off does not fit between moving vertical markers on the screen repeated on the screen until new samples after turning on the device occur when the time the device was off does fit betwe...

Page 211: ... reduce the number of position to deploy in the display window Logical channel the user can select one of all available Logical channels which will be displayed in the specific location on the screen Style defines the color which will be used to draw the logical channel selected in this Slot The user can specify the font color in the channel except value color and the drawing color of all elements...

Page 212: ...ck is always visible but it is active only in devices which have an activated licence for logging the data more information about the logging license in Chapter 7 4 DEVICE INFORMATION LICENCE FIRMWARE UPDATE REMOTE DISPLAY EXPORT MANUAL AND RENEW CONFIGURATION In all other devices the logging options are inactive and the following message is displayed Available after entering license By using thes...

Page 213: ...7 135 Sample of Group parameters settings Slots set to Logical channel and set to empty Fig 7 136 Sample of Group parameters settings Slots set to Logical channel and set to disabled Fig 7 137 Style color select screen and examples of views with changed styles 213 ...

Page 214: ...triggering group logging disabled logging of selection Group is disabled always logging is continuous in time from log channel this option activates a new parameter Triggering source which enables logging the data when the value of Triggering source 0 Triggering source this parameter is visible for Mode from log channel in this parameter the user can choose a logical channel from list and the sele...

Page 215: ...th only one logical channel The value of that channel should be displayed in the whole screen in the needle mode Solution Let s assume that we have configured a logical channel in the Hardware input Mode for the FUN4 hardware configuration in RTD mode The logical channel is named Temperature and it displays heater temperature example of logical channels configuration is shown in Chapter 7 8 11 Exa...

Page 216: ...m in one window on the screen To do that enter the Groups menu and turn on Group 4 if it is turned off in the Name parameter write Group 4 for Channels parameter block Slot 1 parameter set as Logical channel 1 named Pressure Slot 2 parameter set as Logical channel 2 named Temperature Slot 3 parameter set as Logical channel 3 named Humidity Slot 4 6 set as disabled all the other parameter should be...

Page 217: ...he elements of particular data panels as big as possible 7 14 4 Groups SCADALite SCADALite is a functionality that allows the user to obtain process visualization directly from MultiCon display Information that is relevant to the operator can be presented in graphical form using values needles and bars SCADALite allows the user to define a certain number of screens and links between them presentin...

Page 218: ...p enabled SCADALite mode is enabled for this group button View configuration options allows the user adjustment SCADALite view to the individual needs of the user Fig 7 142 The view of SCADALite parameter After choosing the View configuration button the user can access the following parameters Select background this button refers to the list of graphic files that were previously added to the devic...

Page 219: ...a presentation the options available include value value of the logical channel displayed as a number needle value of the logical channel displayed as a needle bar value of the logical channel displayed as a bar Dimensions px parameter defining indicator dimensions All the indicators have been presented in Tab 7 7 If the Indicator type parameter is set to value the dimensions available include 54x...

Page 220: ...oup configured in SCADALite display mode created link as a link placed in the selected place on the measurement panel will transfer the user directly to the view of indicated group The arrows in the top right corner of the screen allow the user to switch between links The middle button allows the user to directly select a particular link from the list Linked group parameter specifies the group to ...

Page 221: ...mple of the screen view with active links is presented in Fig 7 145 Fig 7 145 Example of the screen view in SCADALite display mode with active links In this mode the top Home Back context menu is available It appears after double clicking on the measurement panel area just after the lower context menu is closed and after switching to another SCADALite view using the link to the group The top conte...

Page 222: ...e proportions of the individual indicators available in the SCADALite display mode have been presented in Tab 7 7 Slot style value needle bar 54x33 px 73x96 px 54x100 px 64x34 px 100x87 px 45x150 px 80x38 px 106x100 px 75x150 px 80x46 px 123x87 px 100x150 px 222 ...

Page 223: ...er Manual For CONTROLLER DATA RECORDER MultiCon CMC N16 100x50 px 161x101 px 54x202 px 160x100 px 160x202 px 75x202 px 100x202 px Tab 7 7 Dimensions of individual indicator for SCADALite display mode 223 ...

Page 224: ...d Multi Modbus system In the current software version a MODBUS RTU and MODBUS TCP IP protocol are available and every port can be switched to the Slave or Master except port 4 which can be only SLAVE mode To establish a connection between MultiCon and another device using TCP IP protocol port number 502 must be unlocked in the software and hardware firewall 224 i Device configuration MENU General ...

Page 225: ...evice 7 15 1 Modbus General settings The window with basic parameters of communication interfaces is shown in Fig 7 147 225 MASTER SLAVE device PE A B GND RS485 Digital input GND 24 V Power supply depending on version Block D ETRC RJ 45 ETH A B GND RS485 MASTER device Port MB3 Port MB2 MASTER SLAVE device Port MB1 ...

Page 226: ...bus SLAVE mode MASTER this device is a MASTER device and manages the Slave devices see Chapter 7 15 3 Modbus MASTER mode 7 15 2 Modbus SLAVE mode The parameters of the Modbus RTU protocol serial communication for the SLAVE mode are Mode SLAVE Baud rate determines the baud rate of the RS 485 interface available options are 1200 2400 4800 9600 19200 38400 57600 115200 bit sec Format data format of t...

Page 227: ...emplate with predefined blocks of input registers for more information see Chapter 7 15 2 1 Modbus SLAVE Modbus Templates for SLAVE mode Save device template this button allows saving of templates of predefined blocks of input registers for more information see Chapter 7 15 2 1 Modbus SLAVE Modbus Templates for SLAVE mode Device channels parameters block this block of parameters allows the user to...

Page 228: ...ut blocks the submenu where the user can review the block of registers configured automatically by the device This submenu is only for review In the submenu of the Device channels parameter block the visible buttons are The arrows placed in the upper right corner of the screen allow the user to switch between channels blocks of input output registers The middle button moves directly to specific ch...

Page 229: ...rd CDAB DCBA BADC Data shift read only parameter no data shift Data mask read only parameter no data mask Status register this parameter allows the user to review the number and data format of the status register Dec point register this parameter allows the user to review the number and data format of the decimal point register Avail output blocks submenu This submenu is read only and consists of ...

Page 230: ...function when a register is set as INPUT type or by 03h function when a register is set as HOLDING type HOLDING type registers can be written by 06h single registers or 10h group of the registers accordingly to the Modbus RTU and TCP IP specification Register Write Range Register description 20h No 0 255 Address of device 21h No 2050h 2040h Device identification code 2050h device in big housing 5 ...

Page 231: ... represents data as precise as possible Integer 32 represents value with constant precision selected by decimal point position When decimal is set for example 0 0 then Int32 format represents integer part of the value contained in float registers and multiplied by 10 e g float is 1 2345 D P 0 0 then Integer 12 Similarly when decimal pint is 0 000 then integer represents integer part of the value c...

Page 232: ...C L H 01 03 04 01 00 03 55 3B COUNT L the count of registers being read max 32 The answer ADDR FUNC BYTE C DATA H1 L1 DATA H2 L2 DATA H3 L3 CRC L H 01 03 06 00 0A 00 02 00 00 18 B4 DATA H1 L1 401h registry 10 high word of value for channel 1 no decimal point DATA H2 L2 402h registry 2 low word of value for channel 1 no decimal point DATA H3 L3 403h registry 0 status for channel 1 There is no full ...

Page 233: ...to 255 To define an external data source first an address must be chosen next further parameters of the SLAVE device having this address set The arrows placed in the upper right corner of the screen allow switching between addresses of SLAVE devices The middle button allows a direct selection of a specific address from the list If the particular address is not used then a short menu is displayed D...

Page 234: ...indow After a successful loading of the template an extended list of SLAVE device parameters will appear see below for details Templates can be imported into the MultiCon using the File Management menu and also created by the user using the Save device template button after a full configuration of a slave device Save device template allows the user to save a configured SLAVE device as a template f...

Page 235: ...e button moves directly to a specific Input Output channel selected from the list Input List submenu When at least one Input Channel is added to the Input list then the Input channel menu is displayed This menu consists of the following fields Channel value parameters block composed of buttons Value register menu where the details of the Modbus register serving data of input can be set see Chapter...

Page 236: ...f the Output channels are Output active no the output channel is defined but invisible in the External output menu see Chapter 7 11 EXTERNAL OUTPUTS yes the output channel is defined and visible in the External output menu see Chapter 7 11 EXTERNAL OUTPUTS Control type as a relay the output has two states low state value 0 and high state maximal value for 16 bit format is the value 65535 as a line...

Page 237: ...to use the masking of data on individual bits mask 0xFFFF for 16 bit format means that the entire value of register is visible while the 0x0 mask no mask means that the value is zero 7 15 3 4 Modbus MASTER Register blocks parameter block The device has the ability to read data from the SLAVE devices using multi register queries By default this feature is configured automatically but can be switche...

Page 238: ...for 32 bit registers reading preseting only data is read as one 32 bit register First register value indicating the number of the first register of the block Last register value indicating the number of the last register of the block for a single block with one 16 bit register the parameter First register and Last register must be the same number register The manual mode configuration of registers...

Page 239: ...han the most significant digit 7 15 4 1 Input configuration of Modbus protocol in MASTER mode See also Chapter 7 15 3 Modbus MASTER mode Task The task is to configure a logical channel to read Slave registers e g a temperature converter We read register 1 which contains temperature register 2 is a status register register 3 is a decimal point register The device has addresses 1 and 8 To set the Mo...

Page 240: ...y 10h flooding the interior of the sensor 20h damage temperature sensor 40h measured temperature is lower 40 C 80h measured temperature is upper 85 C 03h 0 2 Specify the decimal point as a result the value of 2 means that a point precedes the last 2 digits the value of 0 means no decimal point Tab 7 11 Description of the SLAVE device registers 240 PE A B GND RS485 Digital input GND 24 V Power supp...

Page 241: ...n the Value register parameter set Register type HOLDING using 03h function to read the holding registers as specified by the Modbus RTU Register number 1h the number of the read register Data format 16 bits signed the choice of a format depends on the SLAVE device register format Data shift 0 because we do not want to move data read from the Slave device Data mask 0xFFFF which reads the whole val...

Page 242: ... this example allows reading the frame using the Modbus function 03h with up to 5 registers move to the Device templates parameter block and press the Save device template button in the Save device template menu enter the template name e g Temperature converter stored template can be used to configure the device to a different address using the arrows in the upper right corner of the screen go to ...

Page 243: ...ger word of 32 bits float value 02h 0 0x0FFFFh Set point value older word of 32 bits float value 04h 0 1 Valve position 0 closed 1 open 08h 0 1 Alarm state 0 off 1 on Tab 7 12 Description of 16 bits Slave device registers In the first step touch the screen and press the Menu button press the Device configuration button 243 Slave device 1 Device name Flowmeter Modbus settings Baud rate 19200 bit se...

Page 244: ...utput register submenu in Register number parameter write 1h Data format parameter set as 32 bits float this depends on the register format in the Slave device 32 bit reading parameter set as two 16 bit registers Ordering parameter set as CDAB because first the younger word part is sent Register 1h then the older part Register 2h press the sign and then Output active parameter set as yes Control t...

Page 245: ...late menu enter the template name e g Write do device the stored template can be used to configure the device to a different address 7 16 NETWORK AND REMOTE DISPLAY SETTINGS This button is visible only for a device equipped with the any hardware communication configuration in block D Network settings allows the user to configure the network settings by downloading and visualizing the data from the...

Page 246: ...ultiCon with an external PC to display the screen of MultiCon on the PC monitor the parameters of this block are IP address IP address of external PC Screen number can bet set from 0 9 in the MultiCon allowing the PC to display up to 10 device screens Server port the parameter allowing to set the web server port number where internet service works Allows to connect with the device using a web brow...

Page 247: ...ction between MultiCon and another device using the TCP IP protocol port number 502 must be unlocked in the software and hardware firewall To connect MultiCon with another device using the HTTP protocol port number 80 must be unlocked in the software and hardware firewall 247 i i ...

Page 248: ...ext to the Access password label will also be empty When the user passes through the login process successfully on the an opened padlock with the letter A appears on the information bar if the single level mode is set or the user is logged as Administrator in the MultiLevel Access mode appears see Fig 7 156a Otherwise a number of user will be displayed from 2 to 16 instead of opened padlock see Fi...

Page 249: ...manual or automatic logout MultiLevel allows to configure settings for Administrator and up to 15 users with different access levels and independent passwords Access password password which is required to log in while using the single level access mode unless it s left empty Access timeout time in minutes which will elapse from the last interaction with the device to an automatic logout The value ...

Page 250: ...CONTROLLER DATA RECORDER MultiCon CMC N16 Fig 7 152 Single level password entering window Fig 7 153 MultiLevel Access password entering window Fig 7 154 User selection window Fig 7 155 Administrator password window 250 ...

Page 251: ...tion file They are also copied to other devices together with the main configuration file The settings of the MultiLevel Access protection have to be saved in the independent file They are not stored in the main configuration file They also cannot be removed by restoring the default configuration as it is shown in Chapter 7 4 DEVICE INFORMATION LICENCE FIRMWARE UPDATE REMOTE DISPLAY EXPORT MANUAL ...

Page 252: ...e minute message trigger will be ignored Additionally this queue can not be longer than 10 messages and when it fills up the appearance of a new message will delete the oldest one and the new one will be placed into the queue When the connection is re established the device will send messages in the queue as one e mail with all the awaiting attachments All the messages from all the queues will be ...

Page 253: ...e attachment but only the current values The parameters on the E mail notifications menu are E mail configuration menu which contains the sender account parameters Mode switches e mail notifications on and off disabled enabled Sender name text which will be displayed in the Name field in the user s e mail account Sender address sender e mail address which will be used by the device to send message...

Page 254: ...l the parameters described below will not be visible Selected groups parameter which is visible only when the Attachment parameter is set as groups Allows to select groups from the list which must be included in the attachment Until no group is selected in this parameter all the parameters described below will not be visible Retry when failed parameter which defines if the messages the device was ...

Page 255: ...rations PS32 PS42 Number of inputs outputs 4 4 Power supply 19V 24 50V DC 16V 24 35V AC 85V 230 260V AC DC 50 60 Hz Sensor power supply output 24V DC 5 max 200mA Digital input 0 15 24V DC with galvanic insulated low state 0 1V high state 8 24V power consumption 7 5 mA 24V insulation 1min 500V DC Interface RS 485 Modbus RTU 1200bit s 115200bit s Tab 8 1 Technical data for the hardware power supply ...

Page 256: ... groups to make connections easier All ground terminals of a particular hardware configuration are common but separated from power supply and other hardware configurations 256 Block A FUN4 IN1 PT U I mV TC GND IN2 PT U I mV TC GND IN3 PT U I mV TC GND IN4 PT U I mV TC GND Block A FUN2 IN1 PT U I mV TC GND IN2 PT U I mV TC GND I Flow U Connection for V mA and Flow modes PT U I mV TC GND TC mV Conne...

Page 257: ...de for range 1 12 V for range 15 30 mV for range 15 120 mV for range 50 650 mV thermocouple mode for range 15 30mV for range 15 120mV RTD mode for range 0 325Ω for range 0 3250Ω 1mA 1 mV 2 mV 4 mV 40 mV 2mV 4mV 0 01Ω 0 2Ω 1mA 1 mV 2 mV 4 mV 40 mV 2mV 4mV 0 01Ω 0 2Ω Permissible Long time overload 20 20 Covered MultiCon CMC N16 measurement ranges in current mode voltage mode type max type max 0 20mA...

Page 258: ...tion 3MΩ 4 kΩ Hardware accuracy current inputs voltage inputs thermocouple inputs resistance inputs 0 1 25 C for all ranges 0 1 25 C for ranges 0 5V 1 5V 0 10V 10 100mV 0 600mV 0 15 25 C for range 10 25mV 0 15 25 C for range 30mV 0 1 25 C for range 120mV 0 1 25 C for ranges 0 300Ω 0 3000Ω 0 1 25 C for all ranges 0 1 25 C for ranges 0 5V 1 5V 0 10V 10 100mV 0 600mV 0 15 25 C for range 10 25mV 0 15 ...

Page 259: ... 1000 2 7 0 25 L 10 120 4 200 800 4 4 0 44 100 800 2 5 0 28 B 10 30 2 250 1820 15 0 96 480 1820 6 0 45 C 10 120 4 50 2290 13 0 51 50 1900 9 2 0 5 taking into account the operation of the device in environment temperature range of 20 C 50 C Tab 8 3 Thermocouple measurement accuracy for the FUN2 and FUN4 hardware input configurations in TC mode type norm K PN EN 60584 1 2014 S PN EN 60584 1 2014 J P...

Page 260: ...50 0 325 200 600 0 01 2 0 25 Pt 100 0 325 200 600 0 01 1 0 12 Pt 500 0 3250 200 600 0 1 2 0 25 Cu50 0 325 50 200 0 01 1 8 0 73 Cu100 0 325 50 200 0 01 0 9 0 37 Cu 50 0 325 200 200 0 01 1 6 0 4 Cu 100 0 325 200 200 0 01 0 8 0 2 Ni100 0 325 60 180 0 01 0 7 0 3 Ni500 0 3250 60 180 0 1 1 4 0 58 Ni1000 0 3250 60 180 0 1 0 7 0 3 Tab 8 5 RTD measurement accuracy for the FUN2 and FUN4 hardware input confi...

Page 261: ...1 3916 Cu100 GOST 6651 94 W100 1 3916 Cu 50 PN 83M 53852 W100 1 4280 Cu 100 PN 83M 53852 W100 1 4280 Ni100 PN EN 60751 2009 Ni500 PN EN 60751 2009 Ni1000 PN EN 60751 2009 Tab 8 6 RTD norm for the FUN2 and FUN4 hardware input configurations in RTD mode Fig 8 3 Internal structure of the universal hardware input configuration with flowmeter mode 261 Device Galvanic isolation IN3 IN4 IN2 Measuring sys...

Page 262: ... mV TC GND IN2 PT U I mV TC GND IN3 PT U I mV TC GND IN4 PT U I mV TC GND PE A B GND RS485 Digital input GND 24 V Power supply depending on version Sensor 2 Sensor 1 Iwej1 Iwej2 Block A FUN4 IN1 PT U I mV TC GND IN2 PT U I mV TC GND IN3 PT U I mV TC GND IN4 PT U I mV TC GND PE A B GND RS485 Digital input GND 24 V Power supply depending on version Sensor 2 Sensor 1 Iwej1 Iwej2 ...

Page 263: ... N16 Fig 8 6 Connections for 3 wire sensor voltage 263 Block A FUN4 IN1 PT U I mV TC GND IN2 PT U I mV TC GND IN3 PT U I mV TC GND IN4 PT U I mV TC GND PE A B GND RS485 Digital input GND 24 V Power supply depending on version Sensor 2 Sensor 1 Iwej1 Iwej2 ...

Page 264: ... shows placement of connectors of optoisolated hardware digital configuration of universal counters DU2 Inputs in this configuration can work independently in modes binary input universal counter and tachometer Fig 8 7b shows placement of connectors of optoisolated hardware digital configuration of digital inputs D4 264 A B GND A B GND Block B DU2 IN1 IN2 IN3 IN4 GND IN1 IN2 GND Block B D4 ...

Page 265: ...n 1 V Uin 10 V Max input voltage 30 V 30 V Max input frequency for quad signals 5 kHz Max input frequency for other signals 8 kHz 5 kHz Counter capacity 4 503 599 627 970 495 pulses 52 date bits Input current consumption about 12 mA 24 V about 5 mA 10 V about 12 mA 24 V about 5 mA 10 V about 2 mA 5 V Insulation strength between individual measurement inputs 2 kV Protection 50 mA auto reset fuse Is...

Page 266: ...dware digital input configuration Fig 8 9 Internal structure for D4 optoisolated hardware digital input configuration 266 interface Main board F 50mA R 3 3k IN1 A F 50mA R 3 3k IN1 B F 50mA R 3 3k IN2 A F 50mA R 3 3k IN2 B GND Isolation Interface Main board R 3k IN1 GND Isolation R 3k IN2 R 3k IN3 R 3k IN4 GND ...

Page 267: ...figuration Fig 8 11 Connection scheme for NPN output type sensor with DU2 hardware configuration 267 PNP PE A B GND RS485 Digital input GND 24 V Power supply depending on version A B GND A B GND Block B DU2 IN1 IN2 NPN PE A B GND RS485 Digital input GND 24 V Power supply depending on version A B GND A B GND Block B DU2 IN1 IN2 4 7 kW ...

Page 268: ...hey are built with different combinations of electrical relay outputs described as R21 and R41 passive current outputs described as COP2 and COP4 and electronic relay outputs with PWM function described as OC2 and OC4 268 Block C R1 R2 R21 Block C R1 R3 R2 R4 R41 Block C IO1 IO2 COP2 Block C IO1 IO3 IO2 IO4 COP4 Block C OC1 OC2 OC2 Block C OC1 OC3 OC2 OC4 OC4 Block C IO1 R3 IO2 R4 R21COP2 Block C ...

Page 269: ... cos φ 1 resistive load 1A cos φ 1 resistive load Max voltage switched by relay 250V AC 250V AC Isolation strength between relays 1 min 630 V AC 1 min 630 V AC Isolation strength relay to MultiCon CMC N16 supply 1 min 1000V AC 1 min 1000V AC Tab 8 8 Technical data for electrical relay outputs Fig 8 13 Internal structure of the relay outputs hardware configurations 269 Driver Device Isolation ...

Page 270: ... strength 1 min 500 V AC 1 min 500 V AC Tab 8 9 Technical data for passive current outputs Most important parameters of electronic relay outputs with PWM function OC2 OC4 Static parameters Number of outputs 2 4 Max current source per ouptut 100 mA 100 mA Output high level voltage Iout 5 mA Vext 0 5 V Vext 0 5 V Output low level voltage Iout 5 mA 1 V 1 V Maximum external supply of output 30 V 30 V ...

Page 271: ...od limit Pulse duty factor real resolution For example if PWM is 0 1 s then real resolution of Pulse duty factor is about 9 bits 0 1 5 kHz 500 levels If PWM period is longer than 6 55 seconds then Pulse duty factor resolution is full 15 bits 6 56 5 kHz 32768 levels PWM output quantization 20 ms Tab 8 10 Technical date for electronic relay outputs 271 ...

Page 272: ...s of hardware communication configurations ETE ETEC i ETR ETRC ETE ETEC ETR ETRC Number of inputs outputs 1 2 Inputs outputs type RS 485 RS 485 RJ 45 ETH Baud rate RS 485 bit sek 1200 2400 4800 9600 19200 38400 57600 115200 RJ 45 ETH 10Mb sek RJ 45 ETH 10Mb sek Data format RS 232 485 8N1 8N2 8E1 8E2 8O1 8O2 Tab 8 11 Technical data of ETE ETEC i ETR ETRC hardware communication configurations 272 Bl...

Page 273: ...User Manual For CONTROLLER DATA RECORDER MultiCon CMC N16 Fig 8 15 Description of mounting ETH cable into IP67 connector 273 ...

Page 274: ...f the file where is an end of a line character despite its possible presence If not stated otherwise all dates are stored in the following format 24 hour clock YYYY MM DD hh mm ss zzz where YYYY year MM month DD day hh hour mm minute ss second zzz fraction of a second Current measurements data format Text data have two columns channel index in decimal notation channel value decimal point is a dot ...

Page 275: ...l OFF is OFF channel HI state is set to 10 and LO state to 0 precision is 0 00 two decimal digits When viewing the data in a text editor do not be fooled by the apparent different number of columns Tabs can be presented differently depending on the user s text editor It is recommended for the user to enable the visibility of special characters General data structure Data obtained from the device b...

Page 276: ...mat description Contains the information about a specific log There can be the following types of data group_settings group settings of this log This is one line in the following format group index name date when this log was created date when this log was ended or text NULL if log is one of the current logs log description base log period alternative log period log mode 1 always 2 triggered by ch...

Page 277: ...ime called Tt samples channels measurements data Channel order is the same as row order in log db_log_files sample ID in hexadecimal notation called Sid floating point text representation of sample value for the first logged channel floating point text representation of sample value for the N th logged channel How to calculate the precise sample time To calculate the time of the sample number Sid ...

Page 278: ... reserved for future usage File main_log bin_cons_dev_info info about the device contains dev_type type of the device serial_no serial number of the device s_version software version h_version reserved db_version reserved File log db_group_settings settings of a registered group 1 number of a group 2 displayed name 3 logging start date 4 logging end date 5 log description 6 basic logging period 7 ...

Page 279: ...vice File log db_chan_conf file describing settings of logged channels This file contains as many rows as channels in the logged group 1 logical channel number starting from 0 2 channel name 3 channel source mode 4 displayed unit 5 display mode 0 numbers 1 binary 2 time 6 text for binary mode High 7 text for binary mode Low 8 Hi graph limit 9 Lo graph limit 279 ...

Page 280: ...e log db_log_files contains information about such files Every line describes another file 1 ID unique identifier of the file 2 file start date 3 file end date or NULL if file is not finished Fig 8 19 log db_log_files file view example Files with samples partX db_ These files contain logged samples Names of these files are created according to a rule partX db_SUFFIX where X unique identifier of a ...

Page 281: ...xadecimal id of the sample for which raster becomes valid 2 period floating point number which expresses the period in seconds Fig 8 20 partX db_raster file view example If a file has suffix timestamp then it contains info about the samples synchronisation 1 IDT hexadecimal id of the sample for which synchronisation data is stored 2 T date timestamp 281 ...

Page 282: ...X db_timestamp file view example If a file has suffix samples then it contains logged samples 1 IDS unique hexadecimal id of sample in log 2 7 floating point value of logged channel in a group see file log db_chan_conf Every line in this file contains maximal 7 columns 282 ...

Page 283: ...vice s serial number does not exist then it is created 2 in such a directory files with information about logs are created description below 3 each log is stored in a separate subdirectory Files hierarchy DISK Serial_number main_log bin_logs main_log bin_event_log main_log bin_dev_settings main_log bin_cons_dev_info log1_directory log2_directory log db_chan_conf log db_group_settings log db_log_fi...

Page 284: ...ta to the ID range from 123 to 321 execute a query like http IP_address cgi bin data cgi cmd command id_first 123 id_last 321 additional parameters Format of the id_first and id_last Numbers can be given to each parameter in the decimal or hexadecimal notation can be mixed one can be decimal the other hexadecimal 1 decimal id_last 1234 2 hexadecimal id_last 0x4D2 0x4D2 1234 id_first and id_last ar...

Page 285: ...turned example requesting list of logs but there was no logs on device or given boundaries are outside available ID range the blank page will be returned If a valid data query is performed but data requested does not exist on the device example requesting data of non existent log the error page 404 Not found will be returned If an invalid query is performed the error page 400 Bad request with an i...

Page 286: ...ing list of log files in log gX_YYYY_MM_DD_hh_mm_ss use this query syntax http IP_address cgi bin data cgi cmd log log_name gX_YYYY_MM_DD_hh_mm_ss file log_files Obtaining recorded data cmd part To obtain recorded data the part parameter can be used There must be specified additional parameters 1 log_name is the name of log 2 part_nr is the number of data file 3 file is the type of demanded data T...

Page 287: ...ements device informations and configurations and logs files management In order to gain access to www page the user must enter the IP address of the device see also chapter 7 4 DEVICE INFORMATION LICENCE FIRMWARE UPDATE REMOTE DISPLAY EXPORT MANUAL AND RENEW CONFIGURATION in his web browser A www page of the device window will appear as shown in Fig 8 23 Fig 8 23 WWW page view 287 ...

Page 288: ...ed to enlarge the selected view Three types of widgets are available Text values are represented with numbers Chart values are represented with chart Needle values are represented with needles The number name and measuring range of each displayed logical channel is retrieved from the device Channels value raw data allows to download measurement data and display them in form of a list The list form...

Page 289: ...change the way that the device work are available after logging If the device has the Access mode single level or Access mode Multilevel password set then the user can login to the device via fields in upper right corner of the screen On the screen the User menu will appear which has following submenus Following submenus can be found here Remote display allows to switch local screen of the device ...

Page 290: ...t device allows to remotely restart the device Pressing this button and confirming it will cause automatic turning of and the turning on of the device After turning on unless the user will not prohibit it in the next message the device will also regain the connection with the www page Restart of the device is available for the Administrator and any logged user More informations are in chapter 7 4 ...

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Page 292: ...SIMEX Sp z o o ul Wielopole 11 80 556 Gdańsk Poland tel 48 58 762 07 77 fax 48 58 762 07 70 http www simex pl e mail info simex pl ...

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