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UM5513 Series 3 Plus Engineering Utilitiesuser manual

TrainToolsSeries 3 Plus

Engineering UtilitiesConfigurator and

Fast Recorder

Publication UM5513 (1.1.0)Product Version: 3.1

October 2004

4725 121st Street

Des Moines, Iowa 50323, U.S.A.

Phone: (515) 270-0857

Fax: (515) 270-1331

Web: www.cccglobal.com

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© 2000-2004, Compressor Controls Corporation. All rights reserved.

This manual is for the use of Compressor Controls Corporation and is not to be reproduced without written permission.

Air Miser, Guardian, Recycle Trip, Reliant, Safety On, SureLink, TTC, Total Train Control, TrainTools, TrainView, TrainWare, Vanguard, Vantage, WOIS, and the TTC and impeller logos are registered trade-marks; and COMMAND, TrainPanel, and the Series 5 logo are trademarks of Compressor Controls Corporation. Other company and product names used herein are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders.

The control methods and products discussed in this manual may be covered by one or more of the following patents, which have been granted to Compressor Controls Corporation by the United States Patent and Trademark Office:

4,949,276 5,347,467 5,508,943 5,609,4655,622,042 5,699,267 5,743,715 5,752,3785,879,133 5,908,462 5,951,240 5,967,7426,116,258 6,217,288 6,317,655 6,332,3366,494,672 6,503,048

Many of these methods have also been patented in other countries, and additional patent applications are pending.

The purpose of this manual is only to describe the configuration and use of the described products. It is not sufficiently detailed to enable outside parties to duplicate or simulate their operation.

The completeness and accuracy of this document is not guaranteed, and nothing herein should be construed as a warranty or guarantee, expressed or implied, regarding the use or applicability of the described products. CCC reserves the right to alter the designs or specifications of its products at any time and without notice.

Documented Program Versions:

S3p_OPC.exe

3.1

s3config.exe

2.4

Rec5.exe 3.1

ScanVer.exe 2.6

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Document ScopeThis manual describes the installation and operation of the TrainTools Series 3 Plus Engineering Utilities for Series 3 and Series 3 Plus Controllers:

Chapter 1 introduces the Series 3 Plus Engineering Utilities and briefly describes each of its component programs.

Chapter 2 describes the default operation of the Series 3 Plus OPC Server.

Chapter 3 tells how to load and configure controller application software using the Configurator utility.

Chapter 4 tells how to use the Fast Recorder program to record and display operating data from the Series 3 Plus OPC server.

Appendix A tells how to install, maintain, and remove the Series 3 Plus Engi-neering Utilities software package.

Appendix B tells how to physically interconnect controller and PC serial ports.

Additional information on using the Series 3 Plus OPC Server in a multi-workstation environment can be found in the Series 3 Plus OPC Server user manual [UM5503]. Detailed information on the configuration and operation of each Series 3 Plus Con-troller can be found in the following instruction manuals:

IM301 Antisurge Controller for Axial and Centrifugal Compressors

IM302 Performance Controller for Axial and Centrifugal Compressors

IM303 Dual-Loop A/P Controller for Axial and Centrifugal Compressors

IM307 Speed Controller for Steam Turbines

IM308 Extraction Controller for Steam Turbines

IM311 Fuel Controller for Multishaft Industrial Gas Turbines

IM312 Fuel Controller for Aero-Derivative Multishaft Gas Turbines

IM313 Fuel Controller for Single-Shaft Gas Turbines

Additional information relating to TrainTools software can be found in the following document, which is included at the back of printed copies of this manual:

MS79 Software License Agreement

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Document Conventions

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The document title appears in the header of each odd-numbered page, while the chapter or appendix title appears in the header of even-numbered pages. Odd-page footers list the document number and revision level [UM5513 (1.1.0)], while even-page footers provide the publication date (October 2004).

Acronyms are defined in the sections of this manual that discuss the corresponding subjects, by placing them in parentheses following the spelled-out terms they represent. As an example, a three-letter acronym (TLA) is a way to represent a three-word subject by com-bining and capitalizing the initial letters of those three words. Most are also listed under Symbols and Acronyms on page 10.

Cross-references to other documents specify a section and chapter, while cross-references between chapters of this document specify a page number. References that do not specify a location are internal to the chapter in which they appear. In computerized versions of this manual, all such references are hot-linked to their target locations and appear in green. Entries in the tables of contents, illustration and table lists, and index are also hot-linked but are not green.

Attention may be drawn to information of special importance by using this text styling or one of the following structures:

Note: Notes contain important information that needs to be emphasized.

Caution: Cautions contain instructions that, if not followed, could lead to irre-versible damage to equipment or loss of data.

Warning! Warnings contain instructions that, if not followed, could lead to personal injury.

The appearance of this electrical hazard warning symbol on CCC equipment or the word Warning appearing in this manual indicates dangerously-high voltages are present inside its enclosure. To reduce the risk of fire or electrical shock, do not open the enclo-sure or attempt to access areas where you are not instructed to do so. Refer all servicing to qualified service personnel.

The appearance of this user caution symbol on CCC equipment or the word Caution appearing in this manual indicates damage to the equipment or injury to the operator could occur if operational proce-dures are not followed. To reduce such risks, follow all procedures or steps as instructed.

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Table of ContentsDocument Scope . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3Document Conventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4Table of Contents. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5List of Figures. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8List of Tables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8Symbols and Acronyms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Chapter 1 Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11Purpose and Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11Series 3 Plus OPC Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12Series 3 Plus Configurator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13Fast Recorder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Chapter 2 Series 3 Plus OPC Server. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15Default Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Server Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15Default Tag Sets. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Operator Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18Server Log File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20Program Version . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20Server Preferences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21Program Shutdown. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Adding Tags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22EUType Scaling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Modbus Register Scaling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23Configuring Communication. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Modbus Identity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24Modbus Access Level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24Baud Rate and Parity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Troubleshooting Communication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25Serial Port Activity Test . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25Communication Error Indicators. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

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Chapter 3 Series 3 Plus Configurator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .27Basic Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .27

Closing Configurator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .28Program Version . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .28Configurator Preferences. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29Scanning for Controllers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .30

Configuration Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .31Parameter Checksum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .32Data Groups and Pages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .32Configuration Files. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .33

Project Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .33Template Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .34Help Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .34Default Data Directories. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .35

Configuring Controllers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .36Reading a Parameter Set . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .36Editing Parameter Values . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .38

Parameter On-Line Help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .39Finding Specific Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .39Editing Enumerated Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .40Editing Numeric Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .41Editing Function Characterizers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .41Editing Text Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .41

Writing a Parameter Set . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .42Managing Projects. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .43

Project Tree . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .43Creating New Projects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .44Opening Project Files. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .45Importing CDB Files. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .45Duplicating Project Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .46Renaming Projects. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .47Renaming a Parameter Set . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .47Deleting a Parameter Set. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .47Creating New Parameter Sets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .48Duplicating Parameter Sets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .48Comparing Parameter Sets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .49

Parameter Set Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .50Assigning New Templates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .51Editing Headers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .52Printing a Parameter Set . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .53

Saving Project Changes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .54Loading Applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .55

Program Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .55Downloading Programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .56

Troubleshooting Failed Downloads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .57Updating Controller Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .58

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Chapter 4 Fast Recorder. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59Basic Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

Trends Pages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60Window Mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60Display Preferences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60

Sampling Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61Grid and Marker Lines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61Layout Style . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61

On-Line Help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62Program Version . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

On-Line Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63Page Labels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63Configuring Variables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63

Adding Variables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63Setting Curve Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65Deleting Variables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65

Configuration Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66Recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67

Replay Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68Reviewing Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69Editing Comments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70Exporting Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71

Appendix A Installation and Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73Site File Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76Program Shortcuts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76Maintenance and Removal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78

Version Scanner. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80

Appendix B Controller Connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81Serial Port Connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81

RS-232 Converter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82Serial Port Bus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83Termination Resistors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84

Controller Configuration and Testing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85

Revision History. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91

Index. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93

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List of FiguresFigure 1-1 Series 3 Plus Engineering Utilities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11Figure 1-2 TrainTools/Series 3 Plus Communication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12Figure 1-3 Configuring Series 3 Plus Controller Variables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13Figure 1-4 Recording Series 3 Plus Controller Variables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14

Figure 2-1 OPC Server Main Window. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18Figure 2-2 OPC Server Activity Log . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20Figure 2-3 OPC Server Preferences Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21Figure 2-4 Tag Properties Dialog . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22

Figure 3-1 Configurator Main Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .27Figure 3-2 Configurator Program Preferences Dialog . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29Figure 3-3 Scan for Controllers Dialog . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .30Figure 3-4 Series 3 Controller Parameter Set Memory. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .31Figure 3-5 Parameter Set Communication and Storage. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .33Figure 3-6 Configurator Data Directory Dialogs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .35Figure 3-7 Typical Parameter Set Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .38Figure 3-8 On-Line Parameter Help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .39Figure 3-9 Project Data Structures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .43

Figure 3-10 Downloading Replacement Control Programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .55Figure 3-11 Dialog for Downloading Control Programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .56

Figure 4-1 Fast Recorder Main Window (Overlapping Curves) . . . . . . . . . . . . . .59Figure 4-2 Fast Recorder On-Line Help Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .62Figure 4-3 Curve Properties Dialogs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .65Figure 4-4 Fast Recorder Replay Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .69Figure 4-5 Exporting Data from Selected Time Period . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .71Figure 4-6 Exported Data File Viewed Using Text Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .71Figure 4-7 Example of Exported Data Opened in Microsoft Excel . . . . . . . . . . . .72

Figure A-1 Adding TrainTools to Upper Section of Start Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .77Figure A-2 Typical Version Scanner Listing of Toolbox Components . . . . . . . . . .80

Figure B-1 Series 3 Plus Modbus Communication Port Terminals . . . . . . . . . . . .81Figure B-2 Connecting to an RS-422/485 host port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .81Figure B-3 Connecting to an RS-232 host port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .82Figure B-4 FTA Serial port features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .83Figure B-5 Terminating resistor DIP switch on the CPU PCB. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .84

List of TablesTable 3-1 Data Groups and Pages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .32

Table R-1 Manual and Library Revisions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .91

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Symbols and AcronymsBHF Binary Hexadecimal Format

CCC Compressor Controls Corporation

CH1 to CH8 analog input CHannels

CPU Central Processing Unit

CRC Cyclic Redundancy Checksum

CSV Comma-Separated Values (file type)

DA current Data Access

DI01 to DI16 turbine controller Discrete Input

DIP Dual Inline Package

DO1 to DO9 Discrete Outputs (control relays)

EEPROM Electrically-Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory

FIOM Field Input/Output Module

FTA Field Termination Assembly

HMI Human-Machine Interface

IO or I/O Input and Output (circuits or signals)

IP Internet Protocol

LED Light Emitting Diode

OLE Object Linking and Embedding

OPC OLE for Process Control

PC Personal Computer

PCB Printed Circuit Board

PDF Portable Document Format

PV Process Variable

RAM Random Access Memory

S3P Series 3 Plus

TCP Transmission Control Protocol

TSP TrainTools Software Package

TTC Total Train Control®

TV TrainView

program

UTC Universal Time, Coordinated

VT Variant Type

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UM5513 Series 3 Plus Engineering Utilitiesuser manual

Chapter 1 OverviewThis chapter introduces the Series 3 Plus Engineering Utilities and briefly describes each of its component programs.

Figure 1-1 Series 3 Plus Engineering Utilities

Purpose andComponents

This software package includes the following programs for configur-ing and tuning Series 3 Plus and Series 3 Controllers:

• The Series 3 Plus OPC Server (see page 12) provides access to supersets of each controller’s Modbus data, including scaled Modbus register values, some configuration parameters (read-only), and a few variables that are calculated as functions of register and parameter values, in addition to all raw register, coil, and bit values.

• The Series 3 Plus Configurator (see page 13) can read, edit, store, and write each controller’s configuration parameters as a group. It can also download replacement control programs.

• The Fast Recorder (see page 14) displays trend graphs of pro-cess variables from any OPC data access server, and can also record such data for playback at a later time.

All three of these programs, which are designed to run on Windows 2000 PCs, must be installed on the same computer. However, other clients of the Series 3 Plus OPC Server can be installed on separate computers and communicate with that server over a network.

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Figure 1-2 TrainTools/Series 3 Plus Communication

Series 3 PlusOPC Server

Operator workstations can communicate with Series 3 Plus Control-lers only via their Modbus ports, as documented in the Series 3 Plus Modbus Reference [IM300/M]. Each must be connected to every controller via a low-capacity multi-dropped serial port. Because only one Modbus master can be connected to each such network and Series 3 Plus controllers have only two such ports, each controller can be directly monitored by no more than two host programs at a time. In addition, information on each controller’s available Modbus data must be individually configured into each host program.

These limitations can be overcome by installing a TrainTools Series 3 Plus OPC Server, which directly communicates with such devices and then shares its access to their registers and coils with OPC data access client programs (such as the Fast Recorder). This provides the following benefits:

• Each controller can be monitored and controlled by multiple client programs, without having to directly communicate with more than one of them.

• When the server first connects to a controller, it automatically creates a list of the available data that clients can subsequently read and select from. Manual entry of addressing and scaling information is never necessary.

• Each OPC data item has several properties in addition to its value, including a timestamp indicating when its value was last read and a quality indicating whether or not that value is valid.

This program also provides read/write access to controller configu-ration parameters and a channel for downloading control programs. Its default operation is described in Chapter 2. Information on its custom configuration, data simulation, and security features can be found in the Series 3 Plus OPC Server user manual [UM5503].

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Figure 1-3 Configuring Series 3 Plus Controller Variables

Series 3 PlusConfigurator

Each Series 3 Plus Controller is adapted to its specific application by setting the configuration and tuning parameters that govern its operation. These are described in detail in the controller application manuals listed on page 3.

These parameters can be individually viewed and changed from each controller’s Engineering Panel, as described in Chapter 3 of IM300/H and Chapter 2 of IM39. However, when changing more than a few parameters, it is easier to use the Series 3 Plus Configu-rator utility, which allows you to view, edit, store, and compare entire parameter sets:

• All of a controller’s parameters can be read into this program as a group, modified as needed, and then written back to the controller to update all changed parameters simultaneously.

• Parameter sets can be stored in project files that can later be opened and downloaded to controllers.

• Any two parameter sets can be compared, whether read from controllers, created from templates, or loaded from project files.

In addition, this utility can be used to upgrade or change the control program loaded in any connected controller (see Loading Applica-tions on page 55).

This program, which was originally created to run under the 16-bit Windows 95 operating system, is not formally a TrainTools program and thus is not included in the full TrainTools Software Package. Even though the controller communication channels it uses can be provided by the S3p_OPC program, they do not use OPC protocols and can not be extended across a network. Thus, the S3config and S3p_OPC programs must be run on the same computer.

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Note: The Series 3 Configurator utility must be run on the same PC as the Series 3 Plus OPC Server.

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Figure 1-4 Recording Series 3 Plus Controller Variables

Fast Recorder The Fast Recorder program allows you to record and display trend graphs of controller HMI variables in real-time. It is used primarily when tuning controllers or troubleshooting process problems.

This program can be operated in either of two modes:

• The On-Line Mode creates OPC data groups comprised of user-selected data items from any available OPC gateway (such as the Series 3 Plus OPC Server), and requests that those servers report changes at a user-specified update rate. The resulting data are displayed as trend graphs and can also be recorded.

• The Replay Mode displays trend graphs of recorded data, and can export it to third-party reporting and analysis programs via comma separated values files.

In either mode, any one of ten trends pages can be displayed, each plotting the time variation of up to ten variables using user-specified pen colors. The active page can be toggled between displaying the variables assigned to the current page in individual compartments or as a single set of overlapping curves.

The ability to connect to OPC servers running on other computers was purposely omitted from this program in order to assure it could reliably obtain information at the intended high sampling rates.

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Note: The Fast Recorder utility can only connect to OPC servers running on the same computer.

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Chapter 2 Series 3 Plus OPC ServerThis chapter describes the default operation of the Series 3 Plus OPC Server, which provides on-line data access to Series 3 Plus and Series 3 Controller Modbus data. It also provides channels via which the Configurator utility can read and set their configuration parameters and download new control programs (see Chapter 3).

Information on this program’s custom configuration, data simulation, and network security features can be found in the Series 3 Plus OPC Server user manual [UM5503].

DefaultOperation

This program will automatically start up (with its Operator Interface minimized) when any client asks for data from it, or it can be started manually (with its interface displayed) by selecting Series3+ OPC Server from the Start -> Programs -> TrainTools menu.

ServerConfiguration

By definition, an OPC server’s configuration is essentially a list of connected devices and their available data. The Series 3 Plus OPC Server can have only one such configuration loaded at a time:

• If the Load Last Configuration on Startup option is enabled in its Server Preferences (see page 21) dialog, it will restore its most recently-saved configuration when launched. Otherwise, it will start with a new, blank configuration.

• Provided there are no connected clients, the current configura-tion can be closed by executing the File -> Open or File -> New command. The former opens a user-selected, previously-saved configuration, the latter creates a new one.

• Changes to the loaded configuration can be saved to its existing file by executing the File -> Save command. The File -> Save As command will save the current configuration to a new file.

Because each controller has a fixed set of Modbus data points and identifies itself via Modbus coil bits 15 through 18, this program can automatically define a default set of data tags for each controller it reads those coils from:

• If a client requests data from a device that is not in the current server configuration, the server tries to read the ID coils of the specified slave and adds an appropriate device and default data tags to its configuration if the controller responds.

Clients should specify the source of each such data item by serial port and Modbus address, separated by a colon, followed by a period and the default tag name for that register or coil. For example, a client can read the Automatic bit of the controller

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assigned Computer ID 05 and connected to serial port COM1 by specifying data item COM1:5.Remote.

• If the Scan -> Scan for Controllers… command is executed, the Scan for S3+ Controllers dialog will appear. From it, you can specify a port that Series 3 or Series 3 Plus Controllers are con-nected to and the range of their Modbus addresses:

When you click on the Scan button, the controller tries to read the ID coils of each slave in the specified range, and adds an appropriate set of data tags for each one that responds.

In either case, the ID coils are used to identify the type of controller at the queried address. This program then uses a non-standard Modbus request to read the controller’s parameter set, including its embedded program version. If that version corresponds to a control program of the expected type, the server creates data tags for each of that controller’s coils, discrete bits, and registers, as well as some additional tags calculated from those registers and the associated configuration parameters.

If the devices pane indicates a controller of unknown type has been detected, make sure that controller’s Modbus Access Level (see page 24) is set to allow at least read access.

By default, each serial port will be set to operate at 19,200 baud with odd parity, eight data bits, one stop bit, and no flow control. If the connected controller Modbus ports have not been set to use that baud rate and parity (their data bit, stop bit, and flow control param-eters are non-configurable), either the controller or computer ports must be reconfigured to match (as described under Configuring Communication on page 24).

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Default Tag Sets In addition to creating tags for each coil, discrete bit, and register, this server creates tags based on various configuration parameters. Parameters that a client might need to calculate or to display certain process conditions (such as a compressor map with dynamic surge limits) are provided as read-only tags, while others are used to cal-culate tags representing internal controller variables.

The default tags provided for each Series 3 Plus Controller are described in its OPC data sheet:

• Antisurge Controller OPC Data Sheet [DS301/D]

• Performance Controller OPC Data Sheet [DS302/D]

• Dual-Loop A/P Controller OPC Data Sheet [DS303/D]

• Speed Controller OPC Data Sheet [DS307/D]

• Extraction Controller OPC Data Sheet [DS308/D]

• Fuel Controller OPC Data Sheet [DS311/D] for 20XX models

• Fuel Controller OPC Data Sheet [DS312/D] for 22XX models

These data sheets are included at the back of printed copies of the corresponding control application manuals.

Certain default data tags are provided for most if not all controllers:

• a long integer COMM_Status variable indicating communication problems between the server and that controller (see Server Preferences on page 21);

• a short integer CRC reporting the cyclic redundancy checksum for the controller’s current parameter set, which will change if a new value is assigned to any parameter;

• a character string Version identifying the installed control pro-gram revision (756-002, for example);

• a double-precision CH# reporting the current percent-of-range value of each analog input;

• a single-precision CH#_scaled reporting the current measured variable value of each analog input, along with single-precision PV#lo and PV#hi variables reporting its configured range;

• a short integer CH#_fail that will be 1 if the corresponding ana-log input is above its high alarm threshold, 2 if it is below its low alarm limit, or 0 if it is between them;

• a boolean DI# flag indicating the state of each discrete input;

• a boolean DO# flag indicating the intended state of each dis-crete input (control relay);

• boolean Port1Fail and Port2Fail flags indicating inter-controller communication problems; and

• a boolean Tracking flag indicating whether the controller is oper-ating as an on-line backup within a duplex pair.

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Figure 2-1 OPC Server Main Window

OperatorInterface

This server’s available tags can be displayed and monitored from its main window (see Figure 2-1), which is automatically displayed if the program is launched from the Windows user interface. If this program is launched in response to a client data request, its window is minimized but can be displayed from the taskbar.

Various actions can be initiated by selecting a command from the Menus along the top of the main window or clicking on a button in the Tool Bar below the main menu. If the cursor is moved onto a tool bar icon or over a menu, the left side of the Status Bar will display a brief description of its function, otherwise that location will indicate Ready. The View -> Status Bar command alternately hides or dis-plays the status bar.

The Devices Pane lists the controllers the server is configured to communicate with. By default, the name listed for each consists of the serial port it is connected to, a colon, its Computer ID number, and its control program type in parenthesis. As an example, the first controller listed in Figure 2-1 [COM1:10 (Performance)] is a Perfor-mance Controller assigned Computer ID 10 connected to serial port COM1. The controller type is not communicated to clients as part of the device name, but they can determine it by reading the control-ler’s Version data tag.

Left-clicking to select a listed device will display a count of its tags on the right side of the Status Bar and list them in the Tags Pane:

• The Type and Location fields list the type and address of the corresponding Modbus variable:

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• Each Modbus coil is listed as a Coil Output and has a two-digit address (leading zeroes are not displayed.

• Each Modbus discrete bit is listed as a Coil Input and has a five-digit address beginning with 100 (the first is 10001).

• Each Modbus input register is listed as a Reg Input and has a five-digit address beginning with 300 (the first is 30001). This server also computes CH#-scaled and CH#-fail tags for each analog field input, which are shown as input registers with the same locations as the unscaled CH# tags.

• Each Modbus holding register is listed as a Reg Output and has a five-digit address beginning with 400 (the first is 40001).

• Each configuration parameter is listed as a Block Read with an address that indicates its parameter set memory position.

• The Processing field will read Custom for analog registers (see EUType Scaling on page 23), otherwise it will be blank.

• Executing the View -> Monitor command will toggle the dynamic display of each tag’s Value on and off.

• The Description field will display the configured explanation of the corresponding variable (blank by default).

The size of this window can be altered using standard Windows techniques, and the relative sizes of the Devices and Tags panes can be changed by dragging the divider between them.

The Tags Pane’s column widths can be changed by dragging the dividers in that pane’s header. If the total width of those columns is greater than that of the pane itself, a horizontal scroll bar will appear at the bottom of that pane. Similarly, a vertical scroll bar will be dis-played if the pane is not high enough to display all of the selected group or device’s tags.

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Figure 2-2 OPC Server Activity Log

Server Log File This program maintains a text log file in which it records the dates and times of day when it is started and stopped, as well as certain optional categories of information (see Server Preferences on page 21). That file is stored in the same folder as the program file, so the path to it is usually C:\Program Files\Compressor Controls\ Train-Tools\ S3p_OPC.log.

Executing the View -> Log file… command opens this file in a Win-dows NotePad window (see Figure 2-2). It can also be opened using any text editor or other compatible program, although the original file can not be edited, deleted, renamed, or moved while the server is running. If the log file is not in the appropriate folder when the server program is started, a new activity log is created.

Program Version To determine which version of this program is installed, select the Help -> About S3+ OPC Server… command:

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Figure 2-3 OPC Server Preferences Window

ServerPreferences

Several aspects of this program’s operation can be changed by executing its File -> Preferences command and enabling only the desired options in the resulting Preferences dialog (see Figure 2-3):

• If the Load Last Configuration on Startup preference is checked, the server will automatically load its most recently-saved Server Configuration (see page 15) from the corresponding file. Other-wise, the server opens a new configuration on startup.

• The Log Winpots tx/rx Data preference specifies whether the server log should record controller accesses from the Winpots utility, which can be used to set field inputs when the controller is operating in its simulation mode.

• The Log Item Addition preference specifies whether the server log should record the creation and deletion of data items by con-nected OPC clients.

• The Log COM Port Scanning preference specifies whether the server log should record usage of its Scan -> Scan for Control-lers… command.

• The Timeouts Before Comm Failure preference sets the number of consecutive Modbus requests a device must fail to answer before the server sets that controller’s COMM_Status tag to 0.

ProgramShutdown

You can shut down this program by executing the File -> Exit com-mand. If you do so while clients are connected, the following alert window will be displayed, thus giving you the opportunity to leave the server running until those clients have been disconnected:

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Figure 2-4 Tag Properties Dialog

Adding Tags If your controller software defines Modbus data points not included in its default OPC tag set, you can add those items to the server configuration. To do so, right-click on the controller’s entry in the devices pane and select New Tag… from the resulting shortcut menu, or select that device and then execute the Add -> New Tag… main menu command or click on the Add Tag tool:

Any of those actions displays the Tag Properties dialog, which con-tains fields and drop-down menus for defining the following data item properties and attributes:

• The Name field defines the ItemID, must be unique to its device, is case-sensitive, and should include no spaces or punctuation.

• The Description field is a Unicode character string of practically unlimited length that describes the item.

• The Location field and menu define the address of the tag as an offset within a specified portion of the Modbus data space:

• Output Coils have addresses offset from 00000.

• Input Coils (discrete bits) have addresses offset from 10000.

• Input Registers have addresses offset from 30000.

• Holding / Output Registers have addresses offset from 40000.

This menu also define the reported access rights to those data items—output coils and registers are usually read/write, while input coils and registers are usually read-only.

• The Data Type menu determines how the associated register is interpreted and its canonical data type, unless custom scaled (coils are always boolean):

• Word defines the tag as a two-byte Integer (VT_I2).

• DWord defines the tag as a four-byte Long integer (VT_I4).

• Float defines the tag as a four-byte real number (VT_R4).

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EUType Scaling To set a tag’s EUType property to analog, select the Word data type and check the Enable box in the Scaling and Alarming section. The server will then scale the associated 12-bit Modbus register value to a double-precision real number (Double / VT_R8), using the linear scaling transformation indicated below the Settings button when the Enable box is checked:

The indicated transformation can then be redefined by clicking on the Settings button to display the Tag Process Settings dialog:

The Raw (left) set of Min and Max properties specify 12-bit register values that will be scaled to the Units values specified by the right set. The other options in this dialog are not implemented.

Modbus RegisterScaling

Each controller can be configured to scale register values communi-cated via Port 3 using either the full ranges listed in the Modbus data tables (for example, 4096 = 102.4 percent) or a slightly smaller range (4096 = 100 percent) compatible with some older PLCs. This is done via the Modbus Register Scaling parameter, which should be disabled [MODE:D LOCK 7 0] when that port is connected to a TrainTools Workstation.

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ConfiguringCommunication

In order for this program to communicate with a controller, you must determine and possibly set the controller’s serial port baud rate and parity, as well as its Modbus identity and access level. This is done by entering key sequences via its Engineering Panel, as described under Controller Configuration and Testing on page 85.

Modbus Identity The Modbus address of each controller, which applies to communi-cation over either port, can be determined or changed by entering the MODE COMM 0 • key sequence. For a Series 3 Controller, you must first change the serial PCB assembly’s ID number switches.

In general, each controller must have a unique ID. However, in a redundant Series 3 Plus Control System, each controller and its on-line backup can be given the same ID if you disable Modbus While Tracking [MODE:D LOCK 0 0] in both of them. In this case, only the active controller will respond to data requests from the host, which would then be unable to monitor or reconfigure the backup. To enable host access to both the active and backup controller, you must assign them different IDs and enable Modbus While Tracking [MODE:D LOCK 0 1] in both.

If redundant Series 3 Controllers have the same ID, the transmit ter-minals of the tracking controller’s Modbus ports must be physically disconnected from the host.

Modbus AccessLevel

It is sometimes desirable to limit Modbus/OPC access to Series 3 and Series 3 Plus Controllers. Thus, they have Read and Write Inhibit and Write Inhibit Only parameters that enable you to partially or completely disable host access via their Modbus serial ports:

• To block all Modbus access, enable Read and Write Inhibit [LOCK 1 On]. Write Inhibit Only [LOCK 2] is then ignored.

• To allow a Modbus host to monitor but not control the controller, disable Read and Write Inhibit and enable Write Inhibit Only [LOCK 1 Off, LOCK 2 On].

• To provide unlimited host access, disable both Read and Write Inhibit and Write Inhibit Only [LOCK 1 and LOCK 2 Off].

For Series 3 Controllers, these settings can be overridden by press-ing the Inhibit Computer key to extinguish the Computer Inhibit LED.

Note:

Enabling Write Inhibit Only prevents this program from writing to Modbus registers and coils, but does not stop Configurator from downloading parameters or controller software. If that parameter is enabled, this server will still indicate coils and holding registers are writable and will not report errors when attempts to change them fail.

Enabling Read and Write Inhibit blocks all Modbus communication, thus precluding the use of any software support program.

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Baud Rate andParity

The computer serial ports used by this program are set up using its Edit -> Ports… command, which displays a list of all possible Ports. Double-clicking on the entry for any one displays a dialog for config-uring its characteristics:

You must set all ports for no flow control, 8 data bits, and one stop bit. The baud rates and parities must match those of the controllers:

• The baud rate and parity of a Series 3 Plus Controller’s Modbus ports (3 and 4) are set using the MODE:D COMM 3 or MODE:D COMM 4 key sequence. The recommended settings, which this program uses by default, are 19,200 baud and Odd parity.

• For a Series 3 Controller, those settings are fixed at 9600 baud and odd parity, so any port this program uses to communicate with them must be configured accordingly.

TroubleshootingCommunication

If you do experience serial communications problems, you should make sure that this program’s port configurations match those of the controllers, that no duplicate ID numbers have been assigned, and that Modbus communications were not inadvertently inhibited.

Serial PortActivity Test

The MODE TEST 3 key sequence will elicit a dynamic display that reveals whether a specified Series 3 Plus Controller port is sending or receiving data (Port 3 in this example):

The bar after the R will be in the high position if the selected port is currently receiving a transmission, otherwise it will be low. Similarly, the bar after the T will be high only when that port is transmitting. In the above example, Port 3 is receiving but not transmitting.

Section 4.3.2 of IM39 tells how the Serial PCB Assemblies of Series 3 Controllers indicate communication activity using LEDs.

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CommunicationError Indicators

A Series 3 Plus Controller indicates serial communication errors by beeping and displaying a message on its engineering panel:

Where the number in the fourth field identifies the Port on which the error was detected (1 through 4) and the P, O, and F characters appear only if the corresponding type of error occurred:

• The P will be lit if a parity error was detected. This indicates that the number of set bits (ones) in a received character did not agree with the defined parity for the serial port it arrived on. Continuous parity errors often indicate that you need to change a parity setting in either the transmitting or receiving device.

• The O will be lit if an overrun error occurred. This means that the controller failed to read an incoming character before the next one arrived.

• The F will be lit if a framing error was detected. This indicates that the controller was unable to decode an incoming character due to a synchronization error. Continuous framing errors often indicate that the baud rates of the sending and receiving device disagree.

A Series 3 Controller also indicates serial communication errors by beeping and displaying a message on its engineering panel:

Where the number in the third field identifies the Port on which the error was detected (1 through 4) and the F, P, and O characters appear if a framing, parity, or overrun error occurred. However, once an error of any one type has been detected, the corresponding letter will remain until the display is manually cleared or another type of message is displayed.

Possible causes of serial communication errors include faulty wiring, line noise, and improper configuration.

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Chapter 3 Series 3 Plus ConfiguratorThis chapter tells how to load and configure controller application software using the Configurator utility.

Figure 3-1 Configurator Main Window

BasicOperation

This program can be started by selecting the S3+ Configurator command from the Start -> Programs -> TrainTools menu, which will launch the program and open its main window (see Figure 3-1).

Various actions can then be initiated by selecting commands from the Menus along the top of the main window or clicking on buttons in the Tool Bar below the main menu. If the cursor is moved over a command button or menu item, the Status Bar along the bottom of the window will display a brief description of the associated program function. The status bar also displays parameter set information and parameter quick help.

The area between the tool and status bars is divided into two panes. The left, Project Tree (see page 43) lists open projects, which can be expanded to list the parameter sets stored in the corresponding project files. All project files stored in user-specified directories are automatically opened when this program starts up, while project files stored in other directories must be specifically opened.

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You can delete or duplicate any parameter set from any open file, or add new ones based on provided template files or by reading them from connected controllers. Any open project can be renamed or duplicated by saving it to a new file. Completely new projects can also be created, populated with parameter sets, and then saved.

Double-clicking on a parameter set entry opens its Parameter Set Window within the right, Parameter Sets Pane. Each such window lists the names, ranges, and editable values of the corresponding set’s configuration parameters. Any open set’s parameter values can be edited, printed, or compared to those of a similar set (see Parameter Set Windows on page 50).

Connected controllers can be reconfigured by reading, editing, and rewriting their parameters (see Configuring Controllers on page 36), or by writing any stored parameter set for that type of controller. Controllers can also be reprogrammed by downloading a replace-ment control program (see Loading Applications on page 55).

ClosingConfigurator

You can shut down the Series 3 Plus Configurator program using any of the standard Windows methods, such as selecting the File -> Exit command. If you have open projects with unsaved changes, you will be prompted to save each such project (unless the Exit Configurator confirmation has been disabled):

If any of these are new projects that have never been saved to a project file, clicking on the Yes button will display the Save As dialog (see Saving Project Changes on page 54)

Program Version To determine which version of this program is installed, select the Help -> About… command to display the following dialog:

Because this is not formally a TrainTools program (it was originally created to run under the 16-bit Windows 95 operating system), its major and minor version numbers will not correspond to those of the Fast Recorder and Series 3 Plus OPC Server programs.

Note: The Series 3 Configurator utility must be run on the same PC as the Series 3 Plus OPC Server.

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Figure 3-2 Configurator Program Preferences Dialog

ConfiguratorPreferences

Several aspects of this program’s operation can be changed from its Settings dialog (see Figure 3-2), which can be displayed by executing its Search -> Open Settings Menu command or clicking on the Settings Tool (tool set icon) at the right end of the tool bar:

All Confirmations and Options are enabled by default—to disable any of them, click on their enable boxes to remove the check marks and then dismiss the dialog by clicking on its OK button (clicking on the Cancel button undoes such changes):

• Confirmations enable or disable the display of confirmation dialogs whenever the corresponding commands are initiated.

• Options enable or disable various program behaviors:

• The Highlight “ON” discrete types option displays a green background behind boolean parameters that are set (but not those that are cleared) and all enumerated parameters (see Parameter Set Windows on page 50).

• The Allow similar template types option allows the use of a similar control program’s template file if an exact match is not available (see Template Files on page 34).

• The Use Project List in INI file option causes the program to load all projects from the specified project directories when it starts up (see Default Data Directories on page 35).

The Add Project Directory button displays a dialog for editing a list of project file folders, while the Template, BHF, and Help Directory buttons display a dialog for selecting the folder for parameter set templates, downloadable parameter help files, and control program files (see Default Data Directories on page 35). Clicking on the OK buttons in those dialogs implements any requested change, even if you dismiss the Settings dialog by clicking on its Cancel button.

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Figure 3-3 Scan for Controllers Dialog

Scanning forControllers

Several of this program’s features require you to select a connected Series 3 or Series 3 Plus Controller from a list previously created by scanning designated computer serial ports for those devices.

The following procedure will create this list:

Step 1: Select the Search -> Search for Controllers command or click the Search Tool (magnifying glass icon):

Step 2: In the Available Ports List section of the resulting Scan for Controllers dialog (see Figure 3-3), click on the check box next to each serial port that is connected to Series 3 Plus controllers.

Step 3: To reduce the time it takes to scan, set the number in the Maximum Cntrl Number field to the highest Modbus address (Computer ID) of any connected controller (1 to 64).

Step 4: Click on the Begin Search button to start the scan. The pro-gram will send a Modbus query via each select port to each Modbus address in the specified range. Each responding con-troller’s type, software version, port, and computer ID are listed in the Controller List near the bottom of the dialog.

Step 5: Click on the OK button to dismiss this dialog.

The list of connected controllers is stored in Configurator’s prefer-ences file, so you only need to execute the search for controllers command if you have connected or disconnected controllers since the last time that list was updated.

ControllerList

Available Ports List

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Figure 3-4 Series 3 Controller Parameter Set Memory

ConfigurationOverview

Each Series 3 or Series 3 Plus Controller is adapted to its specific application by setting the configuration and tuning parameters that govern its operation. These are described in detail in the controller application manuals.

Two copies of these parameters are stored within the controller:

• The present set is stored in a Random Access Memory (RAM) that will “forget” them if the controller is powered down for more than about a week.

• The long-term set is stored in an Electrically Erasable Program-mable Read Only Memory (EEPROM) that “remembers” them even if the controller is powered down for years.

A controller’s configuration is modified by changing present set parameter values from either the Engineering Keyboard (which accesses individual parameters) or the Configurator utility (which reads and writes the present parameter set as a block). Series 3 Plus Controllers automatically copy any changes to their long-term memories, but Series 3 Controllers require you to do so manually (see MODE LOCK 3 • on page 88).

Most Series 3 Plus Controllers allow you to define three Alternate Parameter Sets, which are also stored in the EEPROM. Although the Configurator utility cannot manipulate those alternate parameter sets, it can store, manipulate, and download a virtually unlimited number of alternate parameter sets from project files.

Present Set

Stored In RAM Stored in EEPROM

Long-TermSet

Alternate Set 1

Alternate Set 3

Alternate Set 2

Store 1

Store 2

Store 3

Recall 1Recall 2

Recall 3

automatic

Keyboard

Configurator

Note:The Configurator utility cannot read or overwrite a controller’s parameter values unless its Read and Write Inhibit parameter is disabled [MODE:LOCK 1 Off], as discussed under Modbus Access Level on page 24.

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ParameterChecksum

Each parameter set has an associated cyclic redundancy checksum (CRC) that is calculated by applying a standard algebraic function to all of its parameter values. Changing any parameter will produce a new checksum, so you can tell if two parameter sets are identical by comparing their checksums (see Editing Headers on page 52).

Data Groups andPages

To facilitate their entry from the Engineering Panel, each controller’s parameters are divided into data groups, each with an associated key and key color. For Series 3 Plus only, each group is also divided into pages, and each group/page combination has a unique abbrevi-ation (the last character of which indicates the data page). Each group’s color and abbreviation is listed in Table 3-1. For example, the abbreviation for PID parameters on the device page is PID:D.

Throughout the Series 3 Plus documentation set, the key sequence used to view or enter a parameter or execute a test begins with the abbreviation for its data group and page (for example, MODE:A fA). This same colors and notation are used for the parameter set list-ings displayed by the Configurator utility.

Table 3-1 Data Groups and Pages

Data Group Key Color Data Pages Abbreviation

PID Blue

AntisurgeCascadeDevice

ExtractionGas TurbinePerformance

Speed

PID:APID:CPID:DPID:EPID:GPID:PPID:S

MODE Red

AntisurgeCascadeDevice

ExtractionGas TurbinePerformance

Speed

MODE:AMODE:CMODE:DMODE:EMODE:GMODE:PMODE:S

CONDitioning Green

AntisurgeCascadeDevice

ExtractionGas TurbinePerformance

Speed

COND:ACOND:CCOND:DCOND:ECOND:GCOND:PCOND:S

SPECial RESPonse YellowAntisurge

Gas TurbineSpeed

SPEC:ASPEC:GSPEC:S

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Figure 3-5 Parameter Set Communication and Storage

ConfigurationFiles

This program employs three types of data files:

• Project Files comprised of previously-defined sets of parameter values, along with a reference to the associated template.

• Template Files listing the parameters for particular controllers, specifying their locations in the parameter set memory blocks, defining their initial values, and formatting their display windows.

• Help Files describing the configuration and operation of each control program, which this program’s context sensitive help system can open to the descriptions of individual parameters.

The TrainTools Setup utilities install standard sets of template and help files in the corresponding Default Data Directories (see page 35). If CCC engineered your control system, you should have been given a project file containing preconfigured parameter sets for your Series 3 Plus Controllers, along with template files for any custom controller software. Such files must be manually copied to appropri-ate data directories (see Site File Installation on page 76).

Project Files Instead of being stored in individual files, configured parameter sets are grouped into Projects, which are data structures that exist in the Configurator program’s working memory. This structure is usually stored in a Project File, the name of which need not match that of the project (either name can be independently changed). Project changes are not automatically saved to the associated project file, and newly created projects do not have an associated file until they are specifically saved to one.

Parameter sets can be added to any project by reading them from controllers, creating them from template files, or cloning them from sets in other project files.

The Project Tree portion of this program’s main window (see Figure 3-1) lists all open projects. Unless the Use Project List in INI file option is disabled (see Configurator Preferences on page 29), that list will automatically include all projects stored in specified project

Project Files

Series 3 PlusSeries 3 Plus

TrainTools Workstation

ConfiguratorOPC Server

OUTALTz

Antisurge ControllerAUX

COMPRESSORCONTROLSCORPORATION

AUTO

MAN

DISPLAY

SCROLLMENU

SURGECOUNT

∇RESETSAFETY

ON

DEV

DISPLAYLIMIT

Template Files

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folders (see Default Data Directories on page 35). You can also open project files stored elsewhere, create new project files, and convert configuration database (.cdb) files created by our older, DOS-based Series 3 / Series 3 Plus configuration utility into project files (see Managing Projects on page 43).

Template Files Template file names are hyphenated-numbers indicating the major and minor versions of the corresponding control programs (see Pro-gram Files on page 55). For example, the template file for the 756-002 antisurge control program is named 756-001.tmf.

The TrainTools Setup utilities generally install template files for the most recently-released version of each Series 3 Plus controller. Additional templates, which can only be created and modified by CCC engineers, are available for all standard and most special control programs.

Control program revisions often add new configuration parameters and occasionally delete a few parameters defined by the previous version. However, parameter memory locations formerly mapped to deleted parameters are never reassigned to new parameters. Thus, displaying a control program’s parameter set using a template for a different version of that program might:

• display parameters not defined by the installed control program, thus allowing you to change memory locations that would have no affect on the controller’s operation; and/or

• fail to display parameters defined by the installed program but not by the template, thus preventing you from configuring the corresponding controller features. However, such parameters will retain their previous values if read from the controller, or be set to zero in parameters sets created from templates.

Consequently, it is generally safe to enable the Allow similar tem-plate types option (see Configurator Preferences on page 29). If that option is disabled, attempting to open a parameter set whose spe-cific template is not available will elicit a dialog from which you can select the template for a different version of the same control pro-gram (see Parameter Set Windows on page 50).

Help Files The context-sensitive parameter help files (see Parameter On-Line Help on page 39) are portable document format (pdf) files of the controller instruction manuals. Configurator can display them only if the Adobe Acrobat or Reader program has been installed on your computer.

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Figure 3-6 Configurator Data Directory Dialogs

Default DataDirectories

If the single default folder for program (bhf, see Program Files on page 55), template, or help files is moved or renamed, you must reconfigure the corresponding program preference by clicking on the Settings dialog’s BHF, Template, or Help Directory button (see page 29) to display its Select Directory dialog (left side, Figure 3-6).

The Current Directory section at the top of each such dialog lists the path to the current default directory. To designate a different folder, expand the file system branch for its disk drive until you reach that folder’s location, then click on its name and then on the OK button. The newly-selected folder is recorded in a preferences file as soon as you click on this dialog’s OK button, even if you then dismiss the Settings dialog by clicking on its Cancel button.

Multiple project folders can be designated by clicking on the Add Project Directory button of the Settings dialog (see page 29) to dis-play the Edit Path Information dialog (right side, Figure 3-6). The left pane displays a file system navigation tree, while the right lists the list of currently-specified project folders:

• To designate an additional project folder, expand the file system branch for its disk drive until you reach that folder’s location, then click on its name and then on the Add button.

• To delete a folder from the list, click on its name in the specified folders list and then on the Remove button.

The revised list is saved to a preferences file as soon as you click on this dialog’s OK button, even if you then dismiss the Settings dialog by clicking on its Cancel button.

Configurator will switch to a newly-designated help or program files directory immediately, but will continue using templates from its orig-inal templates folder until it is restarted. Project files in any added folders are not automatically opened until Configurator is restarted.

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ConfiguringControllers

The configuration of each controller can be modified by:

• reading its current parameter values into an open project (see “Reading a Parameter Set” below),

• editing the parameter values (see Editing Parameter Values on page 38), and then

• writing the edited parameter values back to the controller (see Writing a Parameter Set on page 42).

The parameter set you edit and write to the controller does not have to be created by reading its current configuration—you could start with any appropriate parameter set from any available project file.

Reading aParameter Set

A controller’s parameter values can be read into a new or existing parameter set that can then be saved, edited, compared, or written out to the same or some other controller.

If one or more parameter set windows are open, you can either overwrite the topmost set or create a new set in the same project:

Step 1: If you want to overwrite an existing parameter set, double-click on its entry in the project tree to display it in the topmost parameter set window.

Step 2: Select the File -> Read Parameter Set command or click on the Read Tool (eye glasses icon):

This will display the Read Parameter Set dialog:

Note:New parameter sets are not added to a project file until the project is saved. Parameter sets created by reading values from a controller have no enduring association with that controller.

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Step 3: The name of the active parameter set is displayed in the Port and Controller Number section:

• To overwrite it, click on the Overwrite Current Set button.

• Otherwise, leave the Create New Set option selected and replace the displayed parameter set name with a unique name for the new set. If there is an existing parameter set with that name, initiating the read will elicit an alert insisting that you enter a unique name.

Step 4: If necessary, click on the Begin Search button to refresh the controller list (see Scanning for Controllers on page 30).

Step 5: Select the desired controller from the controller list and click on the OK button to initiate the read. The Communication Status dialog will briefly appear:

Step 6: Wait for the read operation to complete, at which point the new parameter set will appear in the parameter sets pane.

If no parameter set windows are open, you can only create new parameter sets and must first select a target project :

Step 1: Select a project by clicking on its name in the project tree.

Step 2: Select the File -> Read Parameter Set command or click on the eye glasses toolbar button (see above). This will display the Scan for Controllers dialog, which has a different title but other-wise is identical to the Read Parameter Set dialog (see Figure 3-3). The Port and Controller Number section will be greyed out.

Step 3: If necessary, click on the Begin Search button to refresh the controller list (see Scanning for Controllers on page 30).

Step 4: Select the desired controller from the controller list and click on the OK button to display the Add Module dialog with the Add Parameter Set option selected and all fields but the parameter set name preset from the controller list (see Creating New Parameter Sets on page 48).

Step 5: Type an appropriate name in that field, then click on the OK button (if there is an existing parameter set with that name, an alert will appear insisting that you enter a unique name). The Communication Status dialog will briefly appear (see above).

Step 6: Wait for the read operation to complete, at which point the new parameter set will appear in the parameter sets pane.

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Figure 3-7 Typical Parameter Set Window

Editing ParameterValues

Reading or otherwise opening a parameter set displays its window in the parameter sets pane. That window consists of a parameter table below a set of group selection buttons (see Figure 3-7).

The first row of that table identifies the associated template, and the remainder consists of a list of configuration parameters organized into groups (see Data Groups and Pages on page 32). Each group of parameters begins with a heading row that is followed by a three-column list of the parameters in that group:

• the first column lists their engineering panel key sequences,

• the second column lists their currently assigned values, and

• the third column lists their allowable ranges.

The heading for each group identifies its data group key and page, and is the same color as that key (see Table 3-1). Clicking on one of the group selection buttons across the top of the window selects and scrolls the table vertically to display the corresponding data group. You can also scroll the window vertically by pressing the page up or page down key or clicking in the vertical scroll bar along the right side of the window, or horizontally by clicking in the scroll bar across the bottom of the window.

One row of this table is always selected and highlighted in yellow, and has an active cell with a thick outline. The up and down arrow keys shift this selection one row up or down, while the left and right arrow keys select the cell to the left or right. You can also select any visible field by double-clicking in it. The value cell can be edited when selected. Such changes must then be deliberately written back to the controller and/or saved to the parameter set’s project file (see Saving Project Changes on page 54).

Group Buttons

Data Group Key:PageTemplate Version

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Figure 3-8 On-Line Parameter Help

Parameter On-LineHelp

If a parameter is selected in the topmost parameter set window, the Status Bar along the bottom of the main window will display a brief, Quick Help description of that parameter that usually matches the parameter name used in the instruction manual.

For more detailed information, press the F1 key. This program will then launch the Adobe Acrobat Reader and have it display a page of the corresponding Series 3 Plus Controller’s instruction manual that describes the selected parameter. Any green text in that manual is a hyperlink that can be clicked on to display a page providing related information in the same or a companion document.

Finding SpecificParameters

This feature allows you to select parameters whose key sequences or quick help descriptions contain a specified text string.

To search for a specified text string within the parameter names in the topmost parameter set window:

Step 1: Select the Search -> Find command or click on the Find Tool (flashlight icon):

Either will open the Find dialog:

Step 2: Enter the text you want to find (which is not case-sensitive), then click on the OK button.

F1 Key

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Configurator will search for that text beginning from the currently selected parameter. If found, the corresponding parameter is selected. If not, a Search Again? dialog will be displayed:

Click on the OK button to continue the search from the top of the parameter set, or the Cancel button to stop searching.

To search for instances of the previously specified search string, select the Search -> Find Next command, press the F3 key, or click on the Find Next Tool (flashlight with ellipses icon):

Either will search the remaining parameters for the next occurrence of that text, then select that parameter. Again, the Search Again? dialog will be displayed if that text is not found before the end of the parameter set is reached.

Editing EnumeratedParameters

Enumerated parameters are integers with a limited set of possible values, each corresponding to a specific configuration option. These include discrete (boolean) parameters that can have only the values zero and one (0 for Off and 1 for On). In a parameter set window, the value fields of such parameters are pull-down menus with a down arrow to the right.

To edit such fields using the mouse, click on that arrow to drop down a list of allowable values (if there are more than six, this menu will have a vertical scroll bar allowing you to bring others into view):

Simply click on the desired value to select it.

To edit such fields using the keyboard, hold the Alt key and press the down arrow to drop down the list, use the up or down key to move the selection box until the desired value is highlighted, then press the return key to select the highlighted value.

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Editing NumericParameters

To edit the value of a parameter with a numeric value, select it and press the return key (or double-click in that field), then edit the value using the left and right arrows, backspace and numeric digit keys. Then press enter to save the new value, which must be within the valid range shown in the adjacent column.

Editing FunctionCharacterizers

Series 3 and Series 3 Plus Controllers can use linear interpolation between paired sets of numeric parameters to calculate one vari-able as a function of a second. Some such characterizing functions allow you to define the values of both coordinates (X,Y) for each node of the linearized curve, while others use equally spaced nodes for which you only need to specify the result (Y) values.

In a parameter set window, the value fields of such parameters are “Edit Characterizer” buttons. Clicking on such a button displays a Series 3+ Characterizer Edit dialog:

You can click on any field and edit its value using the backspace and numeric keys, or tab to any field, press the backspace key to delete its current value, and then type a new one. Clicking on the OK button or pressing the return key at any point saves all changes and closes this dialog, while clicking on the Cancel button or press-ing the escape key closes it without saving any changes.

Editing TextParameters

Text string parameters generally define labels for Auxiliary readout variables, with the Range column indicating the maximum number of characters allowed. To edit such a parameter, select it and press the return key (or double-click in that field), move the text cursor using the left and right arrows, and type new characters at that posi-tion or delete the previous character by pressing the backspace key. When satisfied, press enter to save the new label.

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Writing aParameter Set

The parameter set displayed in the topmost parameter set window can be written to any connected controller whose control program matches that of the parameter set’s template. In other words, if that set is based on the 756-002 template, it can only be written to a con-troller running antisurge control program version 756-002.

To reconfigure a controller by writing new parameter values to it:

Step 1: Double-click on the parameter set entry to open or bring its parameter set window to the front of the parameter sets pane.

Step 2: Select the File -> Write Parameter Set command or click on the Write Tool (ink pen icon):

This will display the Write Parameter Set dialog, which has a dif-ferent title but otherwise is identical to the Read Parameter Set and Scan for Controllers dialogs (see Figure 3-3).

Step 3: If necessary, click on the Begin Search button to refresh the controller list (see Scanning for Controllers on page 30).

Step 4: Select the desired target controller from the controller list and click on the OK button to initiate the write operation. The Communication Status dialog will briefly appear if that control-ler’s software version matches the parameter set’s template, otherwise a type mismatch error alert is displayed:

Step 5: The controller will beep when this operation completes.

Step 6: For Series 3 Controllers, you must also manually store the new parameter values to the NVRAM (see page 88).

Note:If this operation changes the baud rate or parity of the port the OPC server is connected to, communication with that controller would fail until either device’s serial port was appropriately reconfigured (see Configuring Communication on page 24).

or

Caution:This operation will immediately reconfigure and thus modify the operation of the target controller. Failing to first verify that all of the written parameters have appropriate values can cause process upsets or serious equipment damage.

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Figure 3-9 Project Data Structures

ManagingProjects

Instead of being stored in individual files, configured parameter sets are grouped into Project data structures (see Figure 3-9) within the program’s working memory. These can be stored in Project Files, the names of which need not match those of their projects. Changes to a project are not automatically saved to the associated file, and newly created projects do not have an associated file until they are saved to one (see Saving Project Changes on page 54).

Project Tree All open and newly-created projects are listed in the main window’s Project Tree (shown to the left and within Figure 3-1):

• Unless the Use Project List in INI file option is disabled, project files in specified folders are automatically opened when this pro-gram starts up (see Configurator Preferences on page 29 and Default Data Directories on page 35). Other such files can be opened individually (see Opening Project Files on page 45).

• Project data can be imported from the configuration database (.cdb) files created our DOS-based Series 3 Plus configuration utility (see Importing CDB Files on page 45).

• Project files can be duplicated (see Duplicating Project Files on page 46), and new, empty projects can be created (see Creating New Projects on page 44).

Clicking on the small box to the left of each project’s name alter-nately displays or hides a list of its parameter sets. Double-clicking on the name of a parameter set opens its parameter set window (see Parameter Set Windows on page 50).

Parameter sets can be added to a project file by reading them from controllers (see Reading a Parameter Set on page 36), creating them from template files (see Creating New Parameter Sets on page 48), or copying them from previously stored sets (see Dupli-cating Parameter Sets on page 48).

Previously-created parameter sets can be renamed (see Renaming a Parameter Set on page 47), deleted (see Deleting a Parameter Set on page 47) and compared (see Comparing Parameter Sets on page 49) from the project tree.

ProjectProject File

Set Name

Template File

Header InfoProject Name

Parameter Set Parameters

Project FileReference toReference to

(filename.prj)

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Creating NewProjects

To create a new, empty project within the program’s memory:

Step 1: Select the File -> New command or click on the New Tool (document icon) at the left end of the tool bar:

This will display the Add Module dialog:

Step 2: Select the Add Project module type and enter the desired project name in the name field.

Step 3: Click on the OK button to add the specified project to the project tree.

Note: Newly created projects are not automatically saved to a project file.

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OpeningProject Files

Project files that are not automatically opened when Configurator is launched can be individually opened using the following procedure:

Step 1: Select the File -> Open command or click on the Open Tool (document from disk icon):

This will display the Open dialog:

Step 2: Navigate to the directory containing the desired project file.

Step 3: Double-click on the name of the file you want to open.

Importing CDBFiles

The DOS-based Series 3 Plus Toolbox configuration utility (which preceded the Windows 95 version included in this package) stored controller configuration data in configuration database (.cdb) files. You can import the information from such a file into a new internal project by opening it with the File -> Open command (see above) or dragging its icon from a Windows Explorer window to this program’s project tree.

As usual, the resulting newly-created project will not be preserved in a project file unless you explicitly save it to a project (.prj) file before closing the Configurator utility (you cannot export projects to CDB files). Unlike project files, any CDB files in the default projects folder are not automatically opened when this program is launched.

Beginning with version 2.4, the Series 3 Plus Configurator can open CDB files that are locked or stored on a read-only disk drive (such as a CD-ROM disc).

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DuplicatingProject Files

The following procedure will duplicate a project file and optionally add a duplicate of its project to the project tree (depending on what folder it is copied to):

Step 1: Select the project you want to duplicate by clicking on its name in the project tree.

Step 2: Select the File -> Save Project As command or click on the SaveAs Tool (document to file icon):

This will display the Save As dialog with the first of your desig-nated project directories selected:

Step 3: To save the project to a file in some other directory, navigate to that folder using standard Windows techniques.

Step 4: Type the desired project file name in the corresponding field.

Step 5: Click on the Save button to create the duplicate project file.

Step 6: If you saved the project to one of your project directories, a duplicate project will be added to the project tree. That project will retain the name of the original, even if you gave that file a different name. You should then assign the duplicate project a unique name (see below).

Project files can also be duplicated using Windows file management techniques (copy and paste, for example), but such files would not be automatically opened and displayed in the project tree until the next time the Configurator program was restarted.

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Renaming Projects You can rename any project listed in the project tree by clicking on its name, pausing briefly, then clicking on it again. That name will then turn into an editable text field. Edit the existing name or type in a new one, then press the Return key.

Renaming aParameter Set

You can rename any parameter set listed in the project tree by click-ing on its name, pausing briefly, then clicking on it again. That name will then turn into an editable text field. Edit the existing name or type in a new one, then press the Return key.

Deleting aParameter Set

Provided its parameter set window is not open, any parameter set can be deleted from its project using the following procedure:

Step 1: Click on the parameter set’s name in the project tree.

Step 2: Select the File -> Delete Parameter Set command or click on the Delete Tool (cross-out icon):

Step 3: Unless the Delete Parameter Set confirmation is disabled (see Configurator Preferences on page 29), the following confir-mation dialog will then be displayed:

Step 4: Click on the Yes button to remove the parameter set.

Note: This name change will not be recorded in the associated project file until the project is next saved.

Note: If the parameter set’s window is open when it is renamed, the title bar of that window will not be updated.

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Creating NewParameter Sets

New parameter sets can be created from template files and added to any project using the following procedure:

Step 1: Select a project by clicking on its name in the project tree.

Step 2: Select the File -> New command or click on the New Tool (document icon) at the left end of the tool bar:

This will display the Add Module dialog:

Step 3: Select the Add Parameter Set module type and enter the desired parameter set name in the name field.

Step 4: Select the parameter set type from the corresponding menu, then select the template for the desired control program from the Template Version menu (which will list only the available template files for the selected controller type).

Step 5: Click on the OK button to create the specified parameter set and open its window in the parameter sets pane.

DuplicatingParameter Sets

A copy of any existing parameter set can be created within the same project using the following procedure:

Step 1: Select a project by clicking on its name in the project tree.

Step 2: Select the File -> Copy Parameter Set command. This will add a duplicate of the selected parameter set (named “Copy of…”) to the project tree and open its parameter set window.

Note: New parameter sets are not permanently added to a project until its file is saved (see Saving Project Changes on page 54).

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ComparingParameter Sets

The following procedure compares the parameter values of any two parameter sets from any open projects:

Step 1: Select the File -> Compare command to display the Com-pare Parameter Sets dialog:

Step 2: Select the parameter sets you want to compare from the left and right project trees. The First and Second Parameter Set sections in the center of the dialog will then list their names of their projects, their parameter set name, and their templates:

Step 3: Click on the OK button to display the Compare Applications window in the parameter sets pane (if both sets do not use the same template, an error message will be displayed instead):

The parameter values for the first set are displayed in the top pane, while the bottom pane displays the second set. The group buttons and vertical scroll controls of either window will scroll both panes in unison. Any differences between the two sets will be highlighted in red.

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Parameter SetWindows

Double-clicking on a parameter set in the project tree or executing any command that creates a new set will display its parameter set window in the parameter sets pane. Otherwise, that area (which comprises the bulk of this program’s main window) will be empty.

If the parameter set’s specific template is not in the templates folder (see Default Data Directories on page 35) and the Allow similar tem-plate types option is enabled (see Configurator Preferences on page 29), a list of the available templates for that type of controller will be displayed in the Select a Template Name dialog:

To open the parameter set using one of the listed templates, click on it and then on the OK button.

As each window is as opened, its upper-left corner is positioned slightly below and to the left of the previously opened set’s original position. Each can then be moved, resized, minimized, maximized, or closed using standard Windows methods. Minimized window icons are originally positioned along the bottom of the parameter sets pane, but can also be moved.

The parameter sets pane can be “cleaned up” by executing any of the following commands:

• Window -> Cascade makes all open windows the same size, with the bottom-most in the upper-left corner, and each of the others slightly below and to the left of the one below it.

• Window -> Tile makes all open windows the same size and arranges them in a grid that fills the pane.

• Window -> Arrange Icons lines all minimized window icons up along the bottom of the pane (as do Cascade and Tile).

In addition to editing the parameter values of the topmost parameter set window (see Editing Parameter Values on page 38), you can:

• assign it a different version of the same template (see below),

• edit its header data (see Editing Headers on page 52), and

• print its header and parameter values (see Printing a Parameter Set on page 53).

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Assigning NewTemplates

The template associated with a particular parameter set can be changed using the following procedure:

Step 1: Open the parameter set by double-clicking on its name in the project tree.

Step 2: Select the File -> Upgrade Template command to display the following dialog, which will list all available templates for the same controller type as the current template:

Step 3: Click on the desired template and then on the OK button to assign that template to the selected parameter set and update its parameter set window accordingly.

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Editing Headers Each parameter set includes an informational header for storing optional customer and controller application information. To view or modify this information:

Step 4: Activate the desired parameter set by double-clicking on its name in the project tree or clicking on its parameter set window.

Step 5: Select the File -> Edit Header command or click on the Edit Header Tool (clipboard icon):

This will display the Edit Header dialog:

• The top line lists the parameter set’s name, controller type, and parameter set template. These cannot be changed from this dialog (see Renaming a Parameter Set and Assigning New Templates on page 51).

• The ID fields are updated when the parameter values are read from a controller (see Reading a Parameter Set on page 36). The CRC field (see Parameter Checksum on page 32) is updated when those values are either read from or written to a controller (see Writing a Parameter Set on page 42), and set to zero if you change any parameter value.

• The controller Tag, modified By, CCC# project number, Cus-tomer information, S/N (serial number), and Notes fields can be changed by editing or replacing their text values.

Step 6: Click on the Cancel button to dismiss this dialog without changing the header information, or click on the OK button to record any changes you made within the associated project.

Note: Header changes are not recorded in the associated project file until the project is next saved.

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Printing aParameter Set

The following procedure will print any open parameter set’s header and a list of its parameter values:

Step 1: Activate the desired parameter set by double-clicking on its name in the project tree or clicking on its parameter set window.

Step 2: Select the File -> Print Parameter Set command or click on the Print Tool (printer icon):

Either will display the standard Windows Print dialog.

Step 3: Select a printer from the Name menu, enter the desired number of copies in the Number of copies field, then click on the OK button to print the parameter set in the following format:

Note: Configurator does not provide the option of printing selected pages.

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Saving ProjectChanges

New projects and project changes must be deliberately recorded to project files if you want them to persist between program sessions.

If the Configurator program is unable to perform any requested save operation, an alert will be displayed telling you why or at least sug-gesting possible reasons for that failure.

Modified Projects To save a modified project:

Step 1: Select that project by clicking on its name in the project tree.

Step 2: Select the File -> Save command or click on the Save Tool (document to disk icon):

New Projects To save a new project:

Step 1: Select that project by clicking on its name in the project tree.

Step 2: Select the File -> Save or Save Project As command or click on the Save or SaveAs Tool (document to document icon):

Either will display the Save As dialog:

Step 3: To save the project to a file in some other directory, navigate to that folder using standard Windows techniques.

Step 4: Type the desired project file name in the corresponding field.

Step 5: Click on the Save button to create the new project file.

All Changes To save all new and changed projects, select the File -> Save All command or click on the SaveAll tool (stack of disks icon):

The Save As dialog (see New Projects) will be displayed for each project that has not been previously saved to a project file.

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Figure 3-10 Downloading Replacement Control Programs

LoadingApplications

As shown in Figure 3-10, the Configurator utility can update or change a Series 3 Plus Controller’s software by downloading a new control program from a data file to the controller’s program memory.

Program Files The executable code for each version of each Series 3 Plus control program (Antisurge, Performance, and so on) has been converted into a binary hex formatted (BHF) file in which each byte of the pro-gram is stored as a pair of hexadecimal (0 to F) text characters. The TrainTools setup utilities generally install the latest version of each controller’s program file (see Default Data Directories on page 35).

• The first digit or two indicates the controller type:

• 7 indicates an Antisurge control program

• 8 indicates a Dual-Loop A/P control program

• 9 indicates a Performance control program

• 10 indicates a Speed control program

• 11 indicates an Extraction control program

• 13, 20, or 22 indicates a Fuel control program

• The next two digits indicate the major version.

• The last three digits (0##) indicate the minor version.

For example, the file for the first release of the version 56 antisurge control program is named 756001.bhf.

Series 3 PlusSeries 3 Plus

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Note:With the exception of the Fuel Controllers, the first major version of each Series 3 Plus control program was version 50. Earlier versions are for Series 3 Controllers.

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Figure 3-11 Dialog for Downloading Control Programs

DownloadingPrograms

The programs stored in the supplied BHF files can be permanently downloaded to Series 3 and Series 3 Plus Controllers by executing Configurator’s File -> Download command, provided that:

• the computer is communicating with the controller via its serial Port 4, which must be set for 19200 baud and Odd parity;

• the controller’s Read and Write Inhibit parameter is disabled [LOCK 1 Off, see Modbus Access Level on page 24]; and

• the controller is being manually operated.

You can then use the following procedure to replace a controller’s application software:

Step 1: Select the File -> Download command to display the Write Image dialog (see Figure 3-11).

Step 2: Click on the Load BHF File button (circled) to display a file Open dialog for selecting the desired control program file:

ProgressBars

Caution:DO NOT click on the EEProm 1 then 2 button in that dialog’s upper right corner except to download test software! Doing so toggles its caption and the download order to EEProm 2 then 1.

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Step 3: Double-click on the desired file (or click once and then click on the Open button) to select that program and return to the Write Image dialog.

Step 4: If you have previously scanned for connected controllers (see Scanning for Controllers on page 30), you can select the target controller from among them by clicking on the Select From Controller List button. If not, click on the Select From Port and Controller Number button, then select a serial port from the Port Number menu and the target controller’s Modbus address (Computer ID) from the Controller Number menu.

Step 5: Click on the Start button near the lower right corner to start the download. The progress bars on the left side of the dialog and the “Number of bytes written” readout on the right will indi-cate the progress of the download. In addition, the controller’s AUX readout will display “LOADER 2”, then “LOADER 1”, and finally “VERIFY CRC”.

Step 6: Enter the MODE TEST 8 key sequence from the controller’s engineering panel, and comparing the resulting checksum with that listed in the 52kb CRC code field of the Write Image dialog.

Step 7: Click on the Exit button or repeat the above steps to down-load new programs to other controllers.

TroubleshootingFailed Downloads

If the Time Out field of the Write Image dialog indicates communica-tion problems, verify that:

• the OPC Server and target controller are correctly configured to communicate (see Configuring Communication on page 24),

• the controller is not operating automatically, and

• all wiring connections are good and your RS-232 to RS-422 converter (if used) is receiving power.

The Exception response and All other COMM errors fields of the Write Image dialog are currently not implemented.

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Updating ControllerConfiguration

If a controller’s CPU is reset, which it is when the Configurator utility overwrites its configuration memory block, it automatically sets any unused portions of that memory block to zero. Consequently, if you download a newer version of its control program, any parameters defined by that set but not by the previous program will have values that would be stored as all bits cleared. Thus, boolean parameters will be Off and numeric parameters will be zero. In the particular case of parameters that can range from 1 to 8 or be disabled (Off), 1 is the default value because it would be stored as zero.

Before downloading a newer version of the same application to a controller, you should familiarize yourself with any added features and their default parameter values. If any of those default settings are not acceptable, you should:

Step 1: Read that controller’s existing configuration into a new or existing parameter set within an open project.

Step 2: Upgrade its template to that for the new program.

Step 3: Edit the parameter values for those new features.

Step 4: Save the edited parameter set.

You should then write that parameter set to the controller immedi-ately after downloading the new program (see Configuring Controllers on page 36).

The same basic procedure should be followed when downloading a different application to a controller (for example, when converting a spare Antisurge Controller to replace a Speed Controller), except you must read the replacement parameter set from a different con-troller or create it from the template for the new application.

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Chapter 4 Fast RecorderThis chapter tells how to use the Fast Recorder program to record and display operating data from the Series 3 Plus OPC server.

Figure 4-1 Fast Recorder Main Window (Overlapping Curves)

BasicOperation

This program is normally started by selecting the Fast Recorder command from the Start -> Programs -> TrainTools menu, which will launch the program and open its main window (see Figure 4-1). Various actions can then be initiated by selecting commands from the Menus along the top of the main window or pressing various key combinations.

Fast Recorder always operates in one of two modes:

• The On-Line Mode (see page 63) displays and optionally records current controller data in real-time.

• The Replay Mode (see page 68) displays recorded data.

The on-line mode is automatically selected when the program first starts up. You can initiate the replay mode by executing the File -> Replay command (control-R), and return to the on-line mode by executing the File -> Go Online command (control-G). Regardless of which mode is currently active, the bulk of the screen consists of the Trends Window, which displays the active Trends Page.

Tool BarMenus

Status Bar

Curve Label

Variable Value

Time Readout

Trends Window

Compartment 3

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Trends Pages Each trends page plots the time variation of up to ten variables using user-specified pen colors (see Configuring Variables on page 63). The selected page can be toggled between plotting these vari-ables in individual, horizontal Compartments or all of them as overlapping curves in a single compartment by selecting the View -> Overlapped Mode command (F4).

You can display a different trends page by selecting the desired page number from the View -> Page submenu, or holding down the Alt key and pressing the numeric key corresponding to the desired page (Alt+0 for page 10).

The Status Bar at the bottom of the main window normally indicates which trends page is being displayed (except when the program is first started, when page one is displayed by default). It is alternately hidden or redisplayed by the View -> Status Bar command.

Window Mode You can toggle between the program’s full-screen and windowed modes by selecting the View -> Full Screen Mode command (F5):

• In the full-screen mode, the trends window is expanded to fill the entire screen. The title, menu, tool, and status bars are hidden.

• In the windowed mode, all window elements are visible but only the upper left portion of the trends page (which is always the full size of your screen) will be visible through the trends window. You can zoom the main window to fill the screen without hiding its title bar and controls by clicking on the maximize control in the upper right corner of the window:

Clicking that control a second time will shrink the window back to its previous size.

DisplayPreferences

Executing the View -> Screen Configuration command (Control-F5) displays a Screen Config dialog, from which the display preferences can be set:

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Sampling Time The Sampling Time is the interval at which trend graphs are updated (in other words, the time between horizontal pixels). Its dialog field allows you to select a standard value or enter any integer between one and 60,000 milliseconds (one minute).

In the on-line mode, this program creates OPC data groups that include its configured data items (see Configuring Variables on page 63), and requests that the servers report any changes to their values at an update rate equal to your preferred sampling time. If the server cannot honor that request and reports changes at some other rate, Fast Recorder will still plot its trend graphs using the specified sam-pling interval. All reported changes will none-the-less be recorded as received and with accurate timestamps.

In the replay mode, this preference setting determines the rate at which the displayed values are updated from the recorded data files, which contain only timestamped value changes. If this preference is less than the server’s update rate was during the recording, some samples will be displayed two or more times. If it is greater than that update rate, some samples will be skipped.

Grid and MarkerLines

As shown in Figure 4-1, one-pixel wide vertical lines are drawn at regular intervals across the trends page. Their spacing, in pixels, is specified by the V-Grid Spacing preference. For example, setting that property to 50 causes this program to draw such a line along every 50th column of pixels within the trends page.

The Marker Line Color defines the color of the vertical line that the replay mode uses to select the displayed time and variable values (see Reviewing Data on page 69).

Layout Style The Layout property sets the preferred locations of the compartment labels, variable readouts, and current-time display:

• Style #1 places the labels and readouts in the upper left corner of each compartment, and displays the current time in the lower right corner of the trends page.

• Style #2 places the labels in the upper left corner and the read-outs in the lower left corner of each compartment, and centers the current time at the top of the trends page (see Figure 4-1).

• N.E. Style places the labels and readouts in the upper center of each compartment, and displays the current time in the lower right corner of the trends page.

Regardless of which style preference you select, you can click-drag any of these display elements to another position at any time. To subsequently return all moved elements to their preferred positions, press the F2 key.

Note: Series 3 Plus Controllers have a 40 millisecond scan time.

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Figure 4-2 Fast Recorder On-Line Help Window

On-Line Help The following commands activate this program’s on-line help:

• Help -> Contents displays an outline of the help file in the left pane (see Figure 4-2). Double-clicking on an entry displays the corresponding help page in the right pane.

• Help -> Index displays an alphabetical list of topics in the left pane. Typing the first few letters of a topic scrolls that list to the first matching entry. Double-clicking on any entry displays the corresponding page of the help file in the right pane.

• Help -> Search displays a search window in the left pane. Typing one or more words in the topic field and clicking on the list button displays a list of matching help file pages. Double-clicking on any listed topic displays the corresponding page of the help file in the right pane.

You can also open the help file with the Contents tab displayed by pressing the F1 key. Once the help window is open, you can always switch modes by clicking on the tabs at the top of the left pane.

Program Version To determine which version of this program is installed, select the Help -> About Rec5… command to display the following dialog:

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On-Line Mode When operating in its on-line mode, this program displays and can record the real-time values of OPC data items obtained from any available OPC data access server.

This mode emulates a strip recorder that pulls a continuous roll of paper horizontally past a set of pens that move up and down as the associated variables change. In other words, new data points are added at the right edge of the screen and then scroll left. Pressing the pause key freezes the display of a particular moment’s data, after which pressing pause a second time restores the horizontal scrolling of current data.

The previously-described basic operation techniques (see page 60) can be used to select the displayed page, resize the main window, or toggle between compartmentalized or overlapping curves. When the windowed display mode is selected, data plotted in the lower portion of the trends page will be obscured and new data (which is added to the right side of that page) will not be visible until it scrolls into the visible left portion of the trends page.

Page Labels Each tends page has a configuration-specific label that is briefly displayed when you select that page for viewing (even if it already was the current page), or press the F2 key to return repositioned labels to their default locations, see Layout Style on page 61).

The default label for each page is simply Page followed by the page number. To change the current page’s label, right-click on the page and select Rename Page from the resulting shortcut menu:

Then type in the new label and click on the OK button.

ConfiguringVariables

In the on-line mode, this program creates OPC data groups that include user-selected data items, and requests that the servers report any changes to their values at an update rate equal to your preferred sampling time. If the server cannot honor that request and reports changes at some other rate, this program records reported changes and their timestamps as received but will still plot its trend graphs using the preferred sampling interval.

Adding Variables Each added variable is assigned to the topmost empty compartment (if any) of the current page, a new compartment added to the bottom of that page, or the first available compartment on the next page that has fewer than ten assigned variables.

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To add a variable to the next available compartment:

Step 1: Select the desired page number from the View -> Page submenu, or hold down the Alt key and press the numeric key corresponding to the desired page (0 for page 10).

Step 2: Select the File -> Add…. command (Control-A) to display the following Add Item selection dialog:

Step 3: Select TrainTools.S3P_OPC from the OPC menu, then click on the Browse button to display the OPC Browse dialog:

The Devices Pane will then list the controllers in that server’s current configuration (see Server Configuration on page 15). If the desired controller is not listed, click on the Done button to return to the Add Item dialog. Type the fully-qualified ItemID (see page 15) of the desired variable in the Item field and click on the OK button. The server would then connect to that control-ler and add the requested curve if the specified variable was in the resulting default tag set, and that device would subsequently appear in the OPC Browser devices pane.

Step 4: Click on the device name of any controller to list its currently configured tags in the Items Pane.

Step 5: Click on the variable you want to add and then on the Add button (or double-click on the variable tag).

Devices TagsPane Pane

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Step 6: Repeat steps 4 and 5 to add additional variables, or click on the Done button to dismiss this dialog.

In order to insert a variable between existing compartments, you must first create an empty compartment in the desired position:

Step 1: Select the desired page number from the View -> Page sub-menu, or hold down the Alt key and press the numeric key corresponding to the desired page (0 for page 10).

Step 2: Click in an existing compartment, then select the Compart-ment -> Insert command to add an empty compartment above it.

Figure 4-3 Curve Properties Dialogs

Setting CurveProperties

To modify the display properties of any variable on the current page, execute the Compartment -> Properties… command (Alt-Enter) and select that variable from the Compartment dialog (left side, Figure 4-3), or right-click in that compartment and select Properties… from the resulting shortcut menu. Either action displays the Curve Prop-erties dialog (right side, Figure 4-3), from which you can modify:

• the user-defined text Label displayed in that compartment (see Layout Style on page 61);

• the pen Color used to plot that compartment’s curve, which should be unique on the page to differentiate the variables in the overlapped display mode; and

• the min and max variable values use to scale the curve within the vertical range of its compartment. Press the F8 key to set these from the variable’s previously-detected extreme values.

Deleting Variables To delete a compartment and its assigned variable from any page:

Step 1: Select the desired page number from the View -> Page sub-menu, or hold down the Alt key and press the numeric key corresponding to the desired page (0 for page 10).

Step 2: Click within any existing compartment, then execute the Compartment -> Delete command to remove it.

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ConfigurationFiles

The variables assigned to each trends page, along with their ranges and pen colors, the page labels, and the current sample time and vertical grid spacing can be saved to a file and later restored.

To save the current settings to a configuration file, execute the File -> Save Configuration… command (Control-S) to display the Save Configuration dialog:

As shown, the suggested location for these files is the Rec5 folder within the default TrainTools data directory (normally C:\TrainTools), but you can save them to any accessible directory. Type an appro-priate file name in the corresponding field (the program will add the suggested “cfg” filename extension) and click on the Save button. The program name in the title bar will change to “Fast Recorder –” followed by the path to its file.

To open a previously-save configuration file, execute the File -> Open Configuration… command (Control-O). If the current configu-ration has been changed since you opened or created it, an alert will be displayed giving you the opportunity to save it. When you are ready to change configurations, the Open Configuration dialog will be displayed:

As shown, the contents of the default Rec5 folder are listed, from which you can open any configuration file stored there or navigate to and open one stored in any other directory. The program name in the title bar will then change to “Fast Recorder –” followed by the path to the file you opened. The sample time and grid spacing will also change to those in effect when that configuration was saved.

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Recording When operating in the on-line mode, real-time data can be recorded in a folder whose name would indicate the time at which recording was started (day month year hour-minute-second). These folders are created in a Rec5 folder in the default TrainTools data directory (normally C:\TrainTools). Thus, if you initiated the recording of data at 2:34:56 PM on July 12, 2003, the resulting files would be created in the folder “C:\TrainTools\Rec5\12 Jul 2003 14-34-56”.

Each such folder contains:

• a modified configuration file named Results.rec,

• an optional comments file named ReadMe.txt, and

• numbered files with a “Rec5” filename extension that record the reported changes for the corresponding curve’s OPC item.

You can use menu commands, their keyboard shortcuts, or tool bar buttons to start and stop the recording of data:

• Select the File -> Start Recording command, press the space-bar, or click the Start tool to create a recording folder and open a file for each trend variable.

• Select the File -> Stop Recording command, press the back-space key, or click on the Stop tool to close those files.

As shown to the left, the Tool Bar also provides a Pause tool that alternately pauses and restarts the recording of data (there is no corresponding command or keyboard shortcut).

When a recording is initiated, the Title Bar program name changes to “Rec5 – Recording” and the “Not Recording” message that nor-mally flashes on and off next to the time readout is removed. When that recording is stopped, the title bar name changes to “Rec5” and the “Not Recording” message resumes flashing. The flashing “Not Recording” message is also displayed when recording is paused, in which case the title bar displays “Rec5 – Paused”.

The tool bar is visible only in the windowed mode, in which case it can alternately be hidden and redisplayed by selecting the View -> Status Bar command. The Start button will be red and the Pause and Stop buttons will be disabled and gray when the program is not recording. When it is, the Start button will be disabled and gray and the others buttons will be blue.

To visually review any recorded data (see Replay Mode on page 68), execute the File -> Replay menu command or press R while holding down Control key. Such data is always displayed using the configuration in effect when it was recorded. The replay mode can also export recorded data to comma separates values files for use in other programs.

Start

Pause

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Replay Mode Fast Recorder’s replay mode is used to visually review previously-recorded data, and can also export such data to comma separated values (csv) files for use in other data analysis or display programs.

To switch to this mode, select the File -> Replay command or press the R key while holding down the control key (Control-R). This will display the Choose Results dialog for selecting a data set folder:

Each entry represents a folder in the Rec5 folder, the default names of which indicate the time and date (day month year hour-minute-second) at which they were created. As an example, a folder named “12 Jul 2003 14-34-56” would contain data files that were recorded starting at 2:34:56 PM on July 12, 2003.

Clicking on an entry selects the corresponding data set, which can then be opened by clicking on the OK button. You can also open a set by double-clicking on its entry. Trying to open a folder that does not contain recorded data files will display an error alert. However, you can navigate to and select data sets from any other folder by clicking on the Browse… button in the lower-left corner to display the Choose Results File dialog:

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Any recorded data set can be replayed by navigating to and opening its results.rec file (or a copy of it with the “rec” file name extension) from the Choose Results File dialog.

When a recorded data set is opened, the program name in the title bar changes to “Fast Recorder –” followed by the path to the open data set’s results file. You can then switch to a different set of data by selecting the File -> Replay command (Control-R) again. You can restore the On-Line Mode by executing the Go Online (Control-O), Open Configuration … (Control-O), or New Configuration command.

Figure 4-4 Fast Recorder Replay Screen

Reviewing Data When a recorded data set is opened, Fast Recorder displays the earliest values for the variables on the first trends page. All of the previously-described basic operation techniques (see page 60) are available for modifying your view of the main window.

You can continuously scroll the display by holding down the right or left arrow key to move the chart smoothly to the right or left, thus dis-playing earlier or later data, respectively. You can also incrementally scroll the displayed data by pressing:

• the right or left arrow key to move the chart a sampling period to the right or left;

• the right or left arrow key with the shift key held down to move the chart ten sampling periods to the right or left;

• the page down or page up key to move the chart one screen width to the right or left; or

• the home or end key to display the earliest or latest data.

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A thin vertical Marker Line (see Figure 4-4) selects a sample period from the displayed data set. The time readout indicates the time at which that sample was recorded, and the displayed value for each variable is the one recorded at that time.

If you position the cursor over the marker, it changes into the shape of a hand. You can then move that line (thus changing the sample time) by click-dragging it to the desired position. Moving the line all the way to either side of the screen will not scroll the displayed data.

By default, recorded data is replayed using the configuration that was used to record it, which is read from the Results.rec file. How-ever, most of the previously-described techniques for Configuring Variables (see page 63) can be used to temporarily modify the dis-play of such data:

• You can remove variables by clicking in their compartments and executing the Compartment -> Remove command. You can not add variables to any page, even those that were recorded or those removed from the page they were originally assigned to.

• You can change the label, range, and pen color for any variable on the currently-displayed page by executing the Compartment -> Properties command (Alt-Enter).

Opening a recorded data set will restore the sample time and grid spacing in effect when it was recorded. You can then change them or the marker color and screen layout preferences by executing the View -> Screen Configuration command (Control-F5). In particular, you can change the sample time to a multiple of 100 milliseconds by holding down the control key and pressing a numeric key. As an example, Control-3 sets the sample time to 300 milliseconds.

None of these actions change the underlying data files. Executing the File -> Replay command (Control-R) and reselecting the same data set will restore the configuration from its Results.rec file.

EditingComments

When you display the Choose Results dialog and select one of the listed data sets (see page 68), the pane below the list of data folders displays any user comments previously added to that selected set. You can create or modify those comments by:

• clicking on the Edit button of that dialog,

• executing the File -> Add Comment… command (Control-F1) while the Replay Mode is active, or

• creating or editing the ReadMe.txt file in that data set’s folder using a text editor such as the Windows NotePad.

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Figure 4-5 Exporting Data from Selected Time Period

Exporting Data All or part of the data in the currently-selected set can be exported to a comma separated values (CSV) file for use by other programs:

• The File -> Export -> All command exports all data in that set, while the File -> Export -> Visible Only exports the sampled values of all variables only during the displayed time period.

• File -> Export -> Selected exports all data collected during a time period specified by click-dragging across the displayed data (see Figure 4-5). That time period can then be adjusted by click-dragging either of its edges. Scrolling the screen and then extending the selection allows you to export a time period greater than can be displayed on the screen.

Figure 4-6 Exported Data File Viewed Using Text Editor

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Figure 4-7 Example of Exported Data Opened in Microsoft Excel

CSV files contain tabular data in a standard ASCII text format:

• The first line contains descriptive text.

• The second line is a set of column labels separated by commas.

• All subsequent lines are data values separated by commas.

As shown in Figure 4-6, Fast Recorder CSV files report:

• The recording start date and time on the first line.

• The configured curve labels (see Setting Curve Properties on page 65) on the second line.

• The timestamp for the curve data reported by each subsequent line in the first field of that line, provided as the number of hours, minutes, seconds, and microseconds since the reported start time (hh:mm:ss.µµµ).

When such a file is opened in Microsoft Excel (see Figure 4-7), the automatically selected cell format for the timestamp column typically displays the timestamps only to the nearest tenth of a second (for example, mm:ss.0). To view them at their recorded microsecond precision, assign the cells in the first column a custom time format (such as mm:ss.000).

Similarly, the data columns are typically assigned the general cell format, which displays their numerical values as text strings with a varying number of digits following the decimal. Assigning those col-umns a number format with a fixed precision makes all the numbers line up so their are easier to compare.

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Appendix A Installation and MaintenanceThis appendix tells how to install, maintain, and remove the Series 3 Plus Engineering Utilities software package.

The TrainTools components of this package (but not the Series 3 Plus Configurator) are also included in the full TrainTools Software Package. Although it is safe to install this package even if some of its components are already present, subsequently removing either package would remove any common components. You would then need to reinstall the remaining TrainTools product to restore its full functionality (see Maintenance and Removal on page 78).

Installation The setup utility for this product is generally provided on a CD that might also include project-specific data files. If so, those files must be manually copied to your computer (see Site File Installation on page 76) after running the setup program.

To install the engineering utilities and their standard data files:

Step 1: Insert the installation disk into your optical disk drive.

Step 2: Double-click the My Computer icon on your desktop.

Step 3: In the My Computer window, double-click on the icon for your optical disk drive.

Step 4: In the resulting window, navigate to and double-click on the SetUp icon to launch the installer and display its main window’s Welcome pane:

Note:If you have installed more than one TrainTools software package on a given computer, you should avoid removing any of them unless you plan to remove them all.

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Step 5: Read the welcome information, then click the Next button to display the License pane. Scroll to the end of the agreement while reading its terms (which are also stated in our printed Soft-ware License Agreement [MS79]):

The Next button will be disabled until you click on the I accept the terms… option button. I you do not agree with the stated license terms, click on the Cancel button and contact your CCC sales representative.

Step 6: If the license terms are acceptable, click on the I accept… option and then on the Next button to display the Customer Information pane:

The name and organization specified during the installation of your Windows operating system will be suggested by default, as is the install for anyone option. You can but need not change any of these default responses.

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Step 7: Click on the Next button to display the Setup Type pane:

The only custom option is to install this package in a folder other than C:\Program Files\Compressor Controls\TrainTools.

Step 8: Click on the Next button to display the Ready to Install pane, then click on its Install button to initiate program file installation. When that process is complete, the following prompt appears:

Clicking either button will display the installation completed pane, clicking Yes will also place icons for these programs on your Windows desktop.

Step 9: Click on the Finish button to complete the setup process by rebooting your computer.

Note: This Setup program doesn’t install the Adobe (Acrobat) Reader needed to open the Configurator on-line help files.

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Site FileInstallation

If they are not already present, this Setup utility will create a default Series 3 Plus Configurator data directory (C:\TrainTools\Con3) with:

• an empty Projects folder, and

• BHF and Templates folders containing the latest version of each Series 3 Plus control program and its parameter set template.

If you later reinstall or remove this software package, any other files you have added to these folders will not be deleted.

If your installation disk(s) include other program or template files, you should copy them to the BHF and templates folders. If they include configurator project files, you can copy them to the default any additional project folder you have created (see Default Data Directories on page 35). You can copy any supplied OPC server configuration files either to any location of your choosing.

ProgramShortcuts

By default, TrainTools Setup utilities add a TrainTools program group to the Windows Start Menu, so you can run any TrainTools program by selecting it from the Start -> Programs -> TrainTools menu. You can provide additional or customized ways for individual users to start selected programs by moving or copying files from the folder that defines that menu (C:\Documents & Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Program\TrainTools) to other folders on your hard drive.

The most common places to put such shortcuts are the folders that define each user’s Start Menu, Desktop, and Quick Launch Toolbar (which will appear within the taskbar, usually at the bottom of the screen, unless it is empty). These folders are in the C:\Documents & Settings folder, which contains two folders named Administrator and All Users, plus an additional folder for each authorized user that has the same name as that user’s Windows account. The All Users folder includes folders that define Start Menu, Desktop, and Quick Launch items any user will see, while the others include files that define items only the corresponding user will see:

• Items unique to each individual’s Start Menu are defined by the contents of the Start Menu folder of the corresponding account’s Documents & Settings subfolder:

• Any files placed in that folder will appear in the top portion of that menu. For example, you can add the TrainTools program group to the top portion of every user’s Start Menu by moving or copying the TrainTools folder from the Any User\Start Menu\Programs folder to the Any User\Start Menu folder (see Figure A-1), You can add programs to the top portion of your own Start Menu and its underlying folder by dragging them there, or remove them by dragging them to the Recycle Bin. Anyone else with access to your Start Menu folder can modify your Start Menu by changing the contents of that folder.

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Figure A-1 Adding TrainTools to Upper Section of Start Menu

• Any files placed in a Start Menu\Programs folder will appear in the Programs portion of the corresponding user’s Start menu. Program groups are defined by folders of shortcuts added to that folder. You can add programs to your Start -> Programs menu and its underlying folder by dragging them (or shortcuts to them) to that portion of the menu, or remove them by drag-ging them to the Recycle Bin.

• Any files placed in a Start Menu\Programs\Startup folder will not only appear in the Startup program group, but will also be automatically launched when you log into Windows under the corresponding account.

• Items unique to each individual’s Desktop are defined by the contents of the Desktop folder of the corresponding account’s Documents & Settings subfolder. When logged in as that user, you can add programs to your Desktop and its underlying folder by dragging them to the Desktop, or remove them by dragging them to the Recycle Bin. Any other user with access to a given Desktop folder can change that account’s Desktop by adding or removing program shortcuts directly to the folder.

• Items unique to each individual’s Quick Launch Toolbar are defined by the contents of the Application Data\Microsoft\Inter-net Explorer\Quick Launch folder of that account’s Documents & Settings subfolder. When logged into that account, you can add programs to that folder and toolbar by dragging them to the Taskbar, or remove them by dragging them out of the Quick Launch Toolbar. In addition, anyone with access to that folder can add or remove programs directly to it if the Show Hidden Files and Folders option has been enabled in the View pane of the Tools -> Folder Options dialog.

copypaste

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Maintenanceand Removal

If this package is already installed, it can be removed or repaired using the Windows Add/Remove Programs control panel:

Step 1: Select Settings -> Control Panels from the Start menu.

Step 2: In the Control Panel window, double-click on the Add/ Remove Programs icon to display this dialog:

Step 3: In the program list, click on Series 3P Engineering Utilities, then click the Change/Remove button to launch this package’s Setup utility and display the Program Maintenance pane of its main window:

Step 4: Selecting the Repair option and clicking on the Next button will immediately reinstall any missing package components. The Modify option will also reinstall those components, but involves added dialogs with no real options. When either process is com-plete, the following prompt will appear:

Clicking either button will display the maintenance completed pane, clicking Yes will also place icons for these programs on your Windows desktop (clicking No will not remove them).

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Selecting the Remove option and clicking on the Next button will display the following confirmation dialog:

Click on Yes to uninstall all components of this package and then display the maintenance completed pane:

Neither option would delete any files you might have added to the Projects, BHF, and Templates folders.

Step 5: If you leave the restart option selected, clicking on the Finish button will close the installer and all other running programs and initiate a restart of your PC.

If you select the restart later option, clicking on the Finish button will close the installer and activate the Add/Remove Programs dialog with this software package no longer listed. Rerunning this utility in its Repair mode before you have restarted your PC can leave some components uninstalled.

Step 6: Close the Add/Remove Programs control panel and the Control Panels window.

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Figure A-2 Typical Version Scanner Listing of Toolbox Components

Version Scanner This program displays (and can optionally save) a list of the execut-able programs, dynamic link libraries, and ActiveX controls in your TrainTools program folder (C:\Program Files\Compressor Controls\TrainTools), along with their compilation dates and program and file version numbers.

To launch this utility, select Programs -> TrainTools -> TrainTools Version Info from the Start Menu. The resulting window (see Figure A-2) is similar to a Windows View -> Details file listing, and can be manipulated using the same techniques.

Executing the File -> Save command will save this listing to a text file named ScanVer.txt in the scanned folder. To scan a different folder, execute the File -> Change Dir… command and select the desired directory from the displayed file navigation dialog.

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Appendix B Controller ConnectionsThis appendix tells how to physically interconnect controller and PC serial ports. Chapter 2 tells how to configure and troubleshoot such connections.

Figure B-1 Series 3 Plus Modbus Communication Port Terminals

Serial PortConnections

A TrainTools Series 3 Plus OPC Server can communicate with a Series 3 or Series 3 Plus Controller via any Modbus serial port (Port 3 or Port 4). Figure B-1 shows the locations of the Series 3 Plus back panel wiring terminals for those ports, while Figure B-4 shows their locations Series 3 Plus field termination assemblies (FTAs).

The electrical standards for these ports conform to the EIA RS-422 and 485 standards. They can provide reliable communications in environments involving high levels of electrostatic or electromag-netic noise. Cable runs of up to 4000 feet are supported.

These ports can be directly connected to a host’s RS-422 or RS-485 serial port using either a two-wire or four-wire connection (as shown in Figure B-2). An RS-232 Converter should be used to connect

Figure B-2 Connecting to an RS-422/485 host port

43

TB6

PORT 4+ – + –RX4TX4

PORT 3+ – + –RX3TX3

Tx/Rx +

Tx/Rx –

Ground

Tx +

Tx –

Gnd

Rx +

Rx –

Tx +

Tx –

Gnd

Rx +

Rx –

Rx +

Rx –

Ground

Tx +

Tx –

Gnd

Rx +

Rx –

Tx +

Tx –

Gnd

Rx +

Rx –

Tx +

Tx –

ControllersHost ControllersHost

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Figure B-3 Connecting to an RS-232 host port

them to a host’s RS-232 port, but a direct connection can be made to work in an emergency (see Figure B-3).

The Series 3 Plus Field Input/Output Module (FIOM) for compressor controllers provides several convenient serial port wiring features, including DB9 connectors for Ports 3 and 4 and a ribbon-cable Serial Port Bus for interconnecting the ports of all the controllers in a control panel.

RS-232Converter

If your host is equipped with serial ports conforming to the more common RS-232C standard, you should use an RS-422/232 con-verter. We recommend using a converter that has isolated grounds (for example, the AEG OIC-422, which can be purchased from Compressor Controls Corporation).

Because Series 3 and Series 3 Plus Controllers do not support any handshaking signals (such as Request-To-Send/Clear-To-Send), it may be necessary to cross-connect those of the host computer. A typical wiring diagram for this application is shown in the left panel of Figure B-3.

In an emergency (say your converter fails and you can not wait for a replacement), you can directly connect a controller’s RS-422 port to a computer’s RS-232 port as shown in the right panel of Figure B-3. You can not connect very many controllers at a time, and you can not use very long cables, but you can often make it work in a pinch.

Rx +Rx –Tx +Tx –Gnd

2345678

20

+–+–G

TxDRxDRTSCTSDSRGNDDCDDTR

32786514

9 25

2345678

20

pinpin

Rx +Rx –Tx +Tx –Gnd

ConverterHost ControllerController

TxDRxDRTSCTSDSRGNDDCDDTR

32786514

9 25

2345678

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Figure B-4 FTA Serial port features

Serial Port Bus The Series 3 Plus Field Input/Output Module (FIOM) includes ribbon cable connectors for connecting the serial ports of a group of con-trollers mounted in the same control panel (see Figure B-4).

This serial port bus is cabled by connecting the Bus Output (J5) con-nector of each controller’s FTA to the Bus Input (J4) connector of the next FTA. If the bus is to include controllers in more than one panel, twisted pair cables should be used to connect the TB1 through TB4 terminal blocks of the last controller in each panel to those of the first controller in the next panel.

Each Modbus network on the bus can be divided into segments by removing the corresponding configuration header (JB12 for Port 3, JB13 for Port 4) from the FIOM for the last controller in each seg-ment. (If the last controller is connected to the next via their terminal blocks, omit that port’s twisted pair connection.)

A Modbus host can be linked into each Port 3 network segment by connecting it to the TB3 terminal block or J2 connector for the first controller in that segment. Similarly, a host can be linked into a Port 4 network segment by connecting it to the first controller’s TB4 ter-minal block or J3 connector.

Port 4 Port 3

JB12 JB13Resistor Switches

Serial Bus In Serial Bus Out Port 3 DB9 Port 4 DB9

FIOM FOM

Port 4

Port 3

Note:

The serial ports of any two controllers should be interconnected using either the ribbon cable connectors (J4 to J5) or twisted pair terminal blocks (TB1 through TB4) but not both .

Do not form loops by connecting the serial ports of the last controller on a network segment to those of the first.

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Figure B-5 Terminating resistor DIP switch on the CPU PCB

TerminationResistors

Each controller’s RS-422 circuitry supports the parallel connection of up to 30 devices. Such networks can experience reliability prob-lems (caused by reflected signals) if there is not enough resistance in the circuit. Each controller model provides a different method of rectifying such problems:

• The receiving circuit of each serial port on the Series 3 Plus CPU PCB includes a 250 ohm terminating resistor that can be included or removed from the circuit by setting the correspond-ing DIP switch (see Figure B-5). Closing a switch connects the resistor to its network, opening it disconnects the resistor.

• The Series 3 Plus Field Input/Output Module (FIOM) provides similar but more convenient termination resistors (see Figure B-4) that should be used for compressor controllers equipped with that FTA. All of the internal resistors should then be dis-abled by setting their CPU board switches off.

• Three-port Series 3 Serial PCB Assemblies provide a location (labelled R9) for installing a 250 ohm Port 3 resistor.

• Four-port Series 3 Serial PCB Assemblies are equipped with a 250 ohm terminating resistor for each port and a switch (DP1) that connects or disconnects each from its circuit.

When communication problems are encountered, resistors should ideally be installed or connected only for the first and/or last receiver on each network, but other locations might work. Assistance with such problems can be obtained by contacting Compressor Controls Corporation.

OPEN

1 2 3 4 5 6

1 2 3 4 5 6

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ControllerConfiguration

and Testing

This section describes the communication-related configuration and test procedures that can be run from the Engineering Panels of Series 3 Plus and Series 3 Controllers.

Each such key sequence begins with a data group key that selects the function of the second key. Some Series 3 Plus key sequences (for example, the Port 3 Baud Rate [MODE:D COMM 3]) are also assigned to specific data pages, in which case you might need to press the data group key more than once to display the letter for that data page at the end of the first step confirming display. You must enter the Enable Reconfiguration [MODE LOCK 5 1] key sequence before you can change parameters from the Engineering Panel.

Pressing the CLEAR key will terminate any of these procedures and clear the display. Otherwise, they time out and automatically clear the display after 45 seconds of keyboard inactivity.

MODE COMM 0 • This procedure specifies the number (01 to 64) that identifies a Series 3 Plus Controller within its Modbus communication networks. With the exception of redundant controllers, this ID must be unique within the Port 2, 3, and 4 networks.

Press these keys to view the current Computer ID Number:

Press CLEAR to leave it unchanged, or enter the desired ID (you must enter both digits, even if the first is a leading zero):

where the key used to enter the new value is represented as #.

Section 4.2.4 of IM39 describes the somewhat more complicated procedure for changing a Series 3 Controller’s ID numbers.

MODE:D COMM 3 These parameters define the data transmission rate (4800, 9600, or 19200) and parity setting (Even, Odd, or None) for a Series 3 Plus Controller’s Port 3 serial communication channel. The Modbus ports of Series 3 Controllers always use 9600 baud and odd parity.

The key sequence for these parameters is the same as that for the Port 4 Baud Rate and Port 4 Parity [MODE:D COMM 4] except that the third key you press is 3 and the resulting display is “PT3”.

Computer ID Number

MODE COMM0 •

Comp# ##

# #

Comp# ##

ENTER

Port 3 Baud Rate

Port 3 Parity

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MODE:D COMM 4 These parameters define the data transmission rate (4800, 9600, or 19200) and parity setting (Even, Odd, or None) for a Series 3 Plus Controller’s Port 4 serial communication channel. The Modbus ports of Series 3 Controllers always use 9600 baud and odd parity.

Pressing CLEAR at any point in this sequence aborts this procedure without changing the baud rate or parity for this port.

Press these keys to view the baud rate (9600 in this example):

repeat until you see

To change this setting, press the decimal key (•) as many times as needed to display the desired new value:

Press ENTER to accept the displayed rate and display the parity:

Press ENTER again to save the new baud rate without changing the parity, or press the decimal key (•) as many times as needed to dis-play the desired new parity:

Press ENTER to accept both changes:

Port 4 Baud Rate

Port 4 Parity

MODE MODE: D

COMM4

PT4 9600

PT4 19k2

PT4 4800

PT4 9600

ENTER PT4 ODD

PT4 EVEN

PT4 NONE

PT4 ODD

ENTER

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MODE:D LOCK 0

If redundant Series 3 Plus Controllers are given the same

Computer ID Number

[MODE COMM 0 •], this parameter must be disabled (Off) so only one of them will respond to Modbus data requests to that address. If they are given different ID numbers, enabling this parameter (On) allows the Modbus host to monitor both controllers.

Press these keys to view the current status of this option:

repeat until you see

or

Press CLEAR to leave that status unchanged, enter 0 to disable this feature, or enter 1 to enable it:

or

If redundant Series 3 Controllers are not given different Computer ID numbers, a switching circuit must be used to disconnect each controller’s transmit terminals from the host when that controller is operating in its tracking mode.

MODE:D LOCK 1 These procedures set the parameters that define the level of access that a host device has to the controller’s Modbus data:

• For full, read/write access, disable both parameters.

• For read-only access, disable LOCK 1 and enable LOCK 2.

• To disable all Modbus communication, enable LOCK 1 (the value of LOCK 2 does not matter).

The key sequence for Read and Write Inhibit is the same as that for Modbus While Tracking except that the third key you press is 1 and the resulting display is “LOC1”.

The key sequence for Write Inhibit Only is the same as that for Mod-bus While Tracking except that the third key you press is 2 and the resulting display is “LOC2”.

Modbus While Tracking

MODE MODE: D

LOCK0

LOC0 OFF

LOC0 ON

0

LOC0 OFF

1

LOC0 ON

ENTER

Read and Write Inhibit

MODE:D LOCK 2

Write Inhibit Only

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MODE LOCK 3 • When you download new parameter values to a Series 3 Controller, the following Engineering Keypad procedure must be used to copy them to the non-volatile random access memory (NVRAM):

Step 1: Move the blue PROT/WRITE jumper on the CPU PCB to the position labelled WRITE:

Step 2: Enter the following key sequence:

or

Reset means this procedure executed properly, noStor means it did not (usually because the jumper was not moved).

Step 3: Move the PROT/WRITE jumper back to the PROT position.

Downloading parameters automatically enables reconfiguration. So even if this procedure does fail, the new parameter values will be retained in the present memory until you manually Disable Recon-figuration (see page 89). Repeating the above procedure, and being careful to correctly position the jumper, should successfully copy them to the permanent memory.

Store to NVRAM

PROT/WRITEjumper

MODE LOCK3 •

StorE

ENTER rESEt

noStor

Caution: Never leave the jumper in the WRITE position.

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MODE LOCK 5 1 To enable alteration of the controller’s configuration and tuning parameters from the Engineering Panel, press the following keys:

If you make a mistake entering this sequence, the controller will beep and display an Error! message on the confirming display.

When you finish reconfiguring your controller, enter the Disable Reconfiguration [MODE LOCK 5 0] sequence to disable further changes (otherwise, reconfiguration will be automatically disabled after thirty minutes of keyboard inactivity):

It is not necessary to enter this sequence prior to reconfiguring the controller using the Series 3 Plus Configurator. To prevent that pro-gram from changing parameter values, you must disable the Read and Write Inhibit [MODE:D LOCK 1] parameter.

MODE LOCK 5 0 To disable alteration of the controller’s configuration and tuning parameters from the Engineering Panel, press the following keys:

If you make a mistake entering this sequence, the controller will beep and display an Error! message on the confirming display.

Enable Reconfiguration

MODE LOCK5 1

LOC5 ON

ENTER

Caution:

Disabling keyboard reconfiguration does not prevent the Series 3 Plus Configurator from changing parameter values.

DisableReconfiguration

MODE LOCK5 0

LOC5 OFF

ENTER

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MODE:D LOCK 7 This procedure sets the parameter that determines how Modbus holding register values transmitted through Port 3 are scaled. If it is Off, they are scaled to their full, maximum range. If it is On, they are scaled to a slightly smaller, rounded-off range (minimum to maxi-mum / 1.024). This provides compatibility with distributed control systems using either scaling convention.

Press these keys to view the current status of this option:

repeat until you see

or

Press CLEAR to leave that status unchanged, enter 0 to disable this feature, or enter 1 to enable it:

or

MODE TEST 3 To view a dynamic display of a specified Series 3 Plus serial port’s communications activity, press the following keys:

where # is the numeric key corresponding to the port number. The bar after the R will be in the high position if that port is currently receiving a transmission, otherwise it will be low. Similarly, the bar after the T will be high only when that port is transmitting. The port in the above example is receiving but not transmitting.

You can then check for communications activity on any other port by pressing the corresponding numeric key (for example, press 4 to view Port 4’s activity):

Section 4.3.2 of IM39 tells how the Serial PCB Assemblies of Series 3 Controllers indicate communication activity using LEDs.

Modbus RegisterScaling

MODE MODE: D

LOCK7

LOC7 OFF

LOC7 ON

0

LOC7 OFF

1

LOC7 ON

ENTER

Serial Port Activity Test

MODE TEST3 #

PT# R-T_

4

PT4 R-T_

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Table R-1 Manual and Library Revisions

ProductReleases

The initial version of this software package, which was released in November 2003, included components from the version 2.6 release of the full TrainTools package and version 2.3.2 of the Series 3 Plus Configurator utility. This revision history describes only subsequent changes to those products.

Release 3.1 The second version of this software package, which was released in October 2004, included components from the version 3.1 release of the full TrainTools package and version 2.4 of the Series 3 Plus Configurator utility. The following sections describe the features that were modified or added relative to Release 2.6.

Series 3 ControllerSupport

The Series 3 Plus OPC Server and Configurator programs were modified to also support Series 3 Controllers.

Series 3 PlusConfigurator

The Series 3 Plus Configurator utility was also modified to:

• open CDB files for reading only, so files that have been locked or placed on read-only drives can be used;

• open CDB files dragged from a Windows Explorer window to its Project Tree pane.

Series 3 Plus OPCServer

The Series 3 Plus OPC Server program was also modified to:

• log controller connections and communication errors; and

• support older Speed and Extraction Controllers that do not pro-vide a Modbus CRC register.

Manual Software Features

1.0.0 2.6 Reference version for this revision history

1.1.0 3.1added Series 3 Controller SupportSeries 3 Plus Configurator—misc. improvementsSeries 3 Plus OPC Server—misc. improvements

Release 2.6

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ManualRevisions

Version 1.0.0 of this manual, which was released in November of 2003, documented the features of the Release 2.6 Series 3 Plus Engineering Utilities. This revision history will describe only the sub-sequent changes to this manual.

Version 1.1.0 Revision 1.1.0 of this manual, which was released in October of 2004, documented the features of the Release 3.1 Series 3 Plus Engineering Utilities. In particular:

• Information about the DOS Configurator program’s CDB files was added to the Configuration Files and Open Project Files sections of Chapter 3.

Version 1.0.0

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IndexA Access Levels, Controller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

B Baud Rate and Parity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25, 86

C CDB Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33, 45

Characterizing Functions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Checksum, Parameter Set . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32, 52

Communication Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25–26

Comparing Parameter Sets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

Configurator UtilityBasic Operation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27–30Configuring Controllers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36, 42Data Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33–35, 55Loading Controller Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55–58Managing Projects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43–54Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13Parameter Set Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50–53Program Version . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28Project Tree. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43–49Scanning for Controllers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30User Preferences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29, 35see also: Parameter Sets, Projects and Project Files

Controller Modbus Addresses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Controller Serial PortsBaud Rate and Parity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25, 86Communication Error Indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26Connecting to Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81–84Serial Port Activity Test . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25, 90Terminating Resistors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84

CreatingConfigurator Projects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44Custom OPC Tags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22–23Parameter Sets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48Recorder Configurations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63–66

Curve Properties, Fast Recorder. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65

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D Data Groups and PagesConfigurator Utility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38Series 3 Plus Controllers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Default Data DirectoriesConfigurator Utility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35Fast Recorder. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66

Default OPC Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Deleting Parameter Sets. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

Downloading Controller Programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56–58

DuplicatingConfigurator Projects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46Parameter Sets. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

E EditingParameter Set Headings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52Parameter Set Values . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38–41

Electrical Standards, Controller Serial Ports. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81

EUType Scaling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Exporting Recorded Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71

F Fast RecorderAdding Curves . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63–65Basic Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59–62Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63–66Configuration Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66Curve Properties. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65Deleting Curves . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65Display Preferences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60–61Exporting Recorded Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71Full-Screen Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60Grid and Marker Lines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61Layout Style . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61On-Line Help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62Overview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14Page Labels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63Program Version. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62Recording Real-Time Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67Replaying Recorded Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68–72Sampling Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61Trends Pages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60Viewing Real-Time Data. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63–67

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I Importing CDB Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

InstallationSite Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76Utilities Package . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73–75

L Layout Style, Fast Recorder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61

Loading Controller Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55–58

Log File, OPC Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

M ModbusAccess Level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24, 87Controller Addresses. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24, 85Port 3 Register Scaling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23, 90Redundant Controller Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87Source for OPC Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

N NVRAM, Storing Series 3 Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88

O On-Line Parameter Help, Configurator Utility . . . . . . . . . . . 34, 39

On-Line Program Help, Fast Recorder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

OPC ServerAdding Custom Tags. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22–23Configuring Serial Ports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16, 25Default Data Tags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17Default Server Configuration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15EUType Scaling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23Log File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20Operator Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18–21Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12Preferences. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21Program Version . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20Troubleshooting Controller Communication . . . . . . . . . . 25–26see also: Controller Serial Ports, Modbus

Opening Configurator Projects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

Operating System, Host Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Operator InterfaceConfigurator Utility. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27–30Fast Recorder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59–62OPC Server. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18–21

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P Page Labels, Fast Recorder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63

Parameter SetsChecksums. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32, 52Comparing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49Creating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48Data Groups and Pages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38Deleting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47Duplicating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48Editing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38–41Finding Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39Headers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52On-Line Help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34–35, 39Printing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53Reading from Controller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36Renaming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47Upgrading Templates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51Writing to Controller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42see also: Template Files

PreferencesConfigurator Utility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29Fast Recorder. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60–61OPC Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Printing Parameter Sets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

Program Files, Configurator Utility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55, 76

Program VersionsConfigurator Utility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28Engineering Utilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80Fast Recorder. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62OPC Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Projects and Project FilesCreating Projects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44Duplicating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46Installing Site Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76Managing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43–54Opening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45Overview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33, 43Renaming Projects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47Saving Changes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

Q Quick Launch Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77

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R Reading Controller Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

Recording Real-Time Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67

RenamingConfigurator Projects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47Parameter Sets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

Replaying Recorded Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68–72

RS-232 Converters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82

RS-422/485 Host Ports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81

S Sampling Time, Fast Recorder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61

Saving Configurator Project Changes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

Scanning for ControllersConfigurator Utility. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30OPC Server. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Serial Ports — see: Controller Serial Ports, OPC ServerSeries 3 and Series 3 Plus Controllers

Configuration Overview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31–32Data Groups and Pages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32Enabling Keyboard Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89Parameter Checksums . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32, 52Reading Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36Remote Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36, 42Writing Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

Series 3 Plus Configurator — see: Configurator UtilitySeries 3 Plus Controllers, Reprogramming . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55–58

Series 3 Plus Engineering UtilitiesCustom Program Shortcuts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76Host Computer Operating System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11Included Programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73–75Program Version . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80Program Versions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20, 28, 62Removing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78–79Repairing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78–79

Series 3 Plus OPC — see: OPC ServerSite Files, Configurator Utility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33–35, 76

Start Menu, Customizing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76

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T Template FilesFor New Parameter Sets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48Installing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76Overview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34Substitution. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50see also: Parameter Sets

Terminating Resistors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84

U Upgrading Parameter Set Templates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

V Version Scanner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80

Viewing Real-Time Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63–66

W Windows 2000Customizing Desktop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77Customizing Start Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76Program Shortcuts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76Quick Launch Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77

Writing Controller Parameters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42, 88

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