The power and grounding practices in this article have been established over decades to provide excellent protection against electrical surges and transients in industrial installations. The electrical system installation must meet the local area codes and regulations to insure personnel safety and protection of property. The most common methodology is based on a solidly grounded … Read more
Redundant I/O Card Types Redundant card types and terminations include: • Analog Input (AI) 8 channel 4-20mA with Hart • Analog Output (AO) 8 channel 4-20mA with Hart • Discrete Input (DI) 8 channel 24VDC Dry Contact • Discrete Output (DO) 8 channel 24VDC High-side • Serial Interface card 2 ports • FOUNDATION fieldbus H1 … Read more
Create Signal Objects in the Functional Structure and use them in the Function Designer as input and output of a PID loop.Parameterize the signal parameters like Min, Max and Unit.Allocate the signals to IO boards and write the allocation to the Control Builder. Create Signal Objects Open your Function Diagram. Create a new signal object … Read more
Use a blank Excel sheet to see how easy information integration is achieved in an 800xA system.Integrate dynamic data from the Aspect Directory using the Document Manager and Parameter Manager functions. Create a Document aspect on the object “Sxx_LT1” and name it “Instrument Sheet”. Link a “Blank Excel” sheet as template by right-clicking the new … Read more
Context • EPKS Migration • Clean Installation Diagnostic: From the Install Logs Check the following log files to confirm the issue. 1. Apply ‘Experion PKS R501.2 Tools & Controller’ @Datetime.log – From C:\Program Files(x86)\Honeywell\Experion PKS\Install\Patches 2. Experion_Wraper Log from C:\Program Files (x86)\Honeywell\Experion PKS\Install\Patches Apply ‘Experion PKS R501.2 Tools & Controller’ @Datetime.log – Check for below … Read more
A central problem in plant operations, as well as asset life cycle management, is the need to organize, manage, and have access to information for all different aspects of a great number of plant and process entities. The Aspect Objects architecture is a cornerstone of the Industrial IT concept. It provides: •A consistent, scalable concept … Read more
The Industrial IT System 800xA is a comprehensive process automation system. It covers operation and configuration of continuous and batch control applications. The System 800xA products have been developed incorporating Information Technology with the experience and know-how collected over decades of successful deliveries and customer installations. System 800xA provides a secure, reliable, control environment with … Read more
The Alarm Group builder defines the alarm grouping. S+ has a default configuration consisting of 16 main alarm groups and 16 sub-groupsassociated to each main group. S+ allows user configuring of a great number of different formats to displayand print an event according to alarm category definition. Define the tree structure of alarm groups. The … Read more
To command and see the situation of the scanners running on a machine please launch the ScanMonitor tool from the bin folder of S+ Operations in Program Files, or Start->Run->ScanMonitor and press Run. You should see a windows like the one below: By clicking from the toolbar on the General Configuration button and after that … Read more
1 Menu and toolbar builder S+ provides a default menu and tool-bar configuration. The Menu and Tool-bar builder defines the structure of menus and icons in the global function area: Database builder processes the fields of each item to be configured in the S+ according to the definitions of the cross-reference, the Menu and Tool-bar … Read more
System Overview S+ is a versatile software package that allows various configurations, which can have a number of functions and a specific capability according to the client’s requests. S+ important functions: x Standalone, DCS or SCADA interface x Full redundant and complex architectures support x Operator HMI: x Displays, trends, alarms management, tags summary, diagnostic … Read more