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April 2010 

TOUCH PRLS

                                                      

     

 

MANUFACTURED and MARKETED

                 

by 

                      

 

UTICOR TECHNOLOGY, L. P.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 4140 Utica Ridge Rd. • Bettendorf, IA 52722-1327 

Phone: 

1-563-359-7501 

• Fax: 

1-563-359-9094 

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www.UTICOR.net

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TOUCH PROGRAMMABLE RESOLVER 

LIMIT SWITCH (PRLS) 

Getting Started

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Summary of Contents for Touch PRLS

Page 1: ... PRLS MANUFACTURED and MARKETED by UTICOR TECHNOLOGY L P 4140 Utica Ridge Rd Bettendorf IA 52722 1327 Phone 1 563 359 7501 Fax 1 563 359 9094 www UTICOR net TOUCH PROGRAMMABLE RESOLVER LIMIT SWITCH PRLS Getting Started ...

Page 2: ...d by it shall be suitable for service in the location in which they are used Failure to comply with any of the above installation requirements will invalidate the device s qualifications for service in CLASS I DIV 2 hazardous locations WARNING EXPLOSION HAZARD SUBSTITUTION OF COMPONENTS MAY IMPAIR SUITABILITY FOR CLASS I DIVISION 2 WARNING EXPLOSION HAZARD DO NOT DISCONNECT EQUIPMENT UNLESS POWER ...

Page 3: ...7 2 1 PROGRAM THE PLS USING THE TPRLS SOFTWARE 7 2 2 PANEL SCREEN DESIGN UWIN SOFTWARE 7 3 DESIGN PLS RELATED SCREENS 10 3 1 DISPLAY MODIFY PLS PARAMETERS ON THE SCREEN 10 3 2 FINE TUNING THE CHANNEL SETPOINTS 12 3 3 TRANSFER DATA BETWEEN PLS AND PLC 13 4 TPRLS PROJECT EXAMPLES 14 Document Version History Date Notes April 1 2010 TPRLS Getting Started First Released Version March 23 2010 TPRLS Gett...

Page 4: ...tc The TPRPLS uses a resolver as a position transducer The TPRLS product can be used As a standalone PLS with user programmable graphical user interface or As a PLS and HMI for your PLC with user programmable graphical user interface that can display modify PLS as well as PLC information including data exchange between PLS and PLC For example Position RPM and or output status information from PLS ...

Page 5: ...oftware related questions Queries Information Resource Refer to Located in Panel Mounting and Installation Uticor ToughPanel Hardware User manual uWin software Setup CD PLC Cable wiring and pinouts Uticor ToughPanel Hardware User manual uWin software Setup CD PLS Wiring Touch PRLS Hardware User manual TPRLS software installation directory PLS Programming TPRLS Editor Software Manual Help section T...

Page 6: ...s COM1 Port Panel Programming DB 9 F connector for communicating with the Programming computer When not in use for programming it may be used to connect to a serial printer or a slave device PLS Input Output Connector 26 pin High Density D sub connector Refer to TPRLS Hardware Manual pdf for details You may use the 26 pin Uticor cable P N CBL TPRLS I Oxxx The PLS I O is powered through this J2 con...

Page 7: ...ens The Panel design project is downloaded to the panel using 9 Pin port identified as J2 Panel COM1 or Ethernet port if the unit is so equipped To access PLS information on the panel you can use predefined PLS Tag names These tags are usually imported to the panel when you select the TPRLS driver If not there can be imported from the excel file usually installed in the uWin installation directory...

Page 8: ... the PLC that the TPRLS is communicating with In this example Ethernet IP protocol is selected Click on View Edit PLC COM setup to add the PLC details the PLC type and its IP address Under PLC2 select AVG as the PLC manufacturer Click on the drop down list for PLC type and protocol Select TPRLS Rev B A dialog box would appear asking you to confirm and import TouchPRLS tags Click Yes to automatical...

Page 9: ...cts The following section describes how to access and view the PLS tags before you start creating objects 1 The PLS tags are imported on startup To view the tags in the uWin Main Programming window click on Setup Tag Database This would display the tags names along with their Register addresses Click OK to exit the dialog 2 If for some reason you could not import the pre programmed PLS tags while ...

Page 10: ...current active PLS Program Number On the main Menu click on Objects Data display Numeric Display b In the Numeric Display dialog that appears enter the label Text Character size Background color etc as per your choice c Enter Tag details Enter the tag PROGRAM_NUMBER in the Tag Name entry field Right click to view the tag address and data type You will see that the address string R7 and data type U...

Page 11: ...r display or modification Example of the Screen Object Program Number PROGRAM_ NUMBER Read Write Numeric Display Numeric Entry Name of the Active Program PROGRAM_ NAME Read Only Dynamic text Resolver Position value in scale counts POSITION Read Only Numeric Display Zero Offset MACHINE_ ZERO Read Write Numeric Display Numeric Entry Hard output bit status OUTPUT_1 OUTPUT_8 Read Write Round Indicator...

Page 12: ...een An example of a Multiple PRLS object displaying Channels 1 8 is shown below Fig 3 2a Multiple PRLS object displays program Channels and setpoints The Table below demonstrates the steps required to fine tune the Channel Setpoints The screen objects can vary according to your preferences Steps to follow PRLS Object s function Predefined PRLS Tag Name Tag Address Typical Object Used Step 1 Ensure...

Page 13: ...vent the Multi Function Global Object performs a Move function hence transferring data from an AVG PRLS tag to a PLC tag To set up this Global object on the main Menu click on Setup Global Objects Multi Function i In the dialog box that appears under the General tab specify the event that would trigger this function In this example select when source operand changes ii Under the Operations tab sel...

Page 14: ... See table below for more information on the example Projects uWin Project Name TPRLS communication TPRLS unit size TPRLS ONLY 320x240 ppp TPRLS used as a stand alone unit No PLC connected 4 and 6 TPRLS ONLY 640x480 ppp 8 and higher ControlLogix TPRLS 320x240 ppp TPRLS communicating with a ControlLogix PLC via Ethernet I P protocol 4 and 6 ControlLogix TPRLS 640x480 ppp 8 and higher SLC500 DF1 TPR...

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