JETPac Logger

Jetpac Logger is designed to run on windows platform uses GE’s INGEAR tool to read data from the
controller.

This logger is a ‘Trigger’ driven program controlled by the controller. JETPac Logger is a program
designed to poll two Triggers, means two Boolean buffers on every tic of the second. And on the event
when the trigger happens, Logger reads the Tags from the controller, and write to a comma separated
file.

Jetpac Logger has “settings” button. Let us start into the inner details of the logger from this settings or
configuration button.

IP address of the controller & the Trigger’s

addresses are the main two elements of the Logger.
Trigger Address “%M05009” & “%M05011” are the
two boolean addresses JetPacLogger looks for the
“read” signal.
Tagname File

When JetPacLogger gets triggered (instructed), it reads various tags value. A List of all “tags” and its
addresses are to be accurately mentioned on ‘TagNames’ file. TagNames file is a CSV file look like this.

‘FDLITEOFF’ is a BOOL datatype can be read its value from

%W1801 on trigger 1 and can be read from %W2101 on trigger 2.

LHVSEL is a REAL datatype can be read from %W2401 on trigger 1

and %W2701 on trigger 2.

Log Directory

You can specify the location where the log files has to be parked. By default it takes the directory path
from the tagnames file. So on each trigger you get a CSV file on your log directory. Let us look at the Log
file.

Now let us look at the advanced features of JetPacLogger

Packed Bits

Jet Pac Logger supports Packed Bits feature. In controller all data is expressed on word length ( 32 bit )
.A boolean data which takes only one bit to represent its value ( 0 or 1 ), waste 31 bits. So Packed bits
helps us to pack 32 boolean data together into a single word.

DataType PB1 says C_ABORT occupies first bit of this word.

PB2 says second bit is the value of C_BFPGASLOALM. So on.
Packed Int & Packed UInt

Integers take 2 byte means 16 bit to represent its value. So occupying a one word length wastes
another 16 bits. So we come with new feature to avoid this wastage with “Packed Int”, which pack two
integers into one word.

SPAREIA,PI1,%W34201,%W34501
SPAREIB,PI2,%W34201,%W34501

Or Unsigned Int,

SPAREUIA,PUI1,%W34801,%W35101
SPAREUIB,PUI2,%W34801,%W35101

So in brief “PUI” & “PI” data type does that trick.

Date & Time DataType

Date & Time stamp needs 2 word length of data length. So PBCD1 & PBCD2 datatype is used as below.

TenLog File

Normally a single log file is saved on the Log directory on each trigger. TenLog file check box will create
only one file on 10 triggers. File size will be 10 times of normal logfile.

OTD files

By default JetPackLogger creates two files on every trigger. One is Log file other one is otd formatted
file. Otd files are used by “Control Assistant” of woodward’s graphical tool to display the curves.

Manual Trigger

Normally Trigger’s are created by the controller to drive the JetPacLogger. We can force the Logger to
dump the contents of the Logger Buffer by clicking Manual trigger.
Trip Log files

On the Settings , we have addresses on TRIP events, JetPacLogger monitor these addresses too. Means
it creates a log file in case of Trip Signal. Trip means controller stops on this kind of signal. JetPacLogger
reads both the Buffers and generates a logfile.