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Index I-1
Chapter 1 Overview
Introduction
The Human-Machine Interface (HMI) for SPEEDTRONIC turbine control is an
operator interface for real-time control of power-plant processes and equipment. It
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runs on a computer-based workstation using a Microsoft Windows Operating
System. The HMI provides operator display and control for the Mark* IV, Mark* V,
Mark* V LM and Mark* VI turbine controllers.
This document, Volume I, covers HMI operation. It is written as a guide to help the
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operator in using applicable HMI and supported CIMPLICITY HMI functions with
the SPEEDTRONIC Mark IV, Mark V, Mark V LM and, Mark VI turbine
controllers. Volume II covers HMI maintenance features.
HMI Overview
The Human-Machine Interface (HMI) for SPEEDTRONIC turbine control is a
operator interface for real-time control of power-plant processes and equipment. It
runs on a pc-based workstation using client-server architecture. The HMI provides
operator display and control for the Mark IV, Mark V, Mark V LM, and Mark VI
turbine controllers.
The HMI can be configured to operate with a variety of system devices, integrating
plant operation at a single level. Plant operators and engineers can view and control
plant equipment through a common interface.
The HMI uses many different software packages to perform its functions. The
primary package used for the operator interface is CIMPLICITY HMI.
An operator can use the HMI for the following turbine control functions:
• Monitor one or more turbines through graphical displays (for example: alarms,
wheelspace temperatures, and vibration levels).
• Issue commands to the selected turbine or driven device (for example: Start,
Stop, Cooldown On, Auto, and Raise/Lower Output).
Product Features
The HMI contains a number of product features important for power plant control:
• Dynamic graphics
• Alarm displays
• Process variable trending
• HMI access security
• Maintenance functions such as logic forcing and user-defined point displays
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Graphic Displays
The HMI uses the graphics and alarm features of the CIMPLICITY software to
provide an operator interface integrating many different types of controllers. The
graphical displays offer representations of equipment in real-time.
The HMI displays data and processes operator commands using screens that
represent a variety of signals, their values, and units. Display items change color
based on logic signals, while certain objects are dynamic and refresh with every data
update, like bar graphs. Normal viewing allows the displayed data to be updated
once per second, and special tools allow collection and storage of data at faster rates.
HMI graphic displays include main unit, vibration, sensor readings, control setpoints,
alarms, permissives, logic forcing, demand display, sequence editor, dynamic rung
display, trip history display, trending, and many others depending on the application.
An operator can view alarms from any HMI on the network as they occur.
Note Screens are developed using preconfigured graphic building blocks that
provide commonality to different plant applications that use the HMI.
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The following figure Sample HMI Display for Gas Turbine and Generator Data
displays a typical screen using graphics to display real-time turbine data.
Click to open an
Alarm display which
will display all alarms.
The graphic system performs key HMI functions and provides the operator with real-
time process visualization and control using the following:
• CimEdit is an object-oriented program that creates and edits the user graphic
screen displays
• CimView is the HMI program that displays the process information in graphical
formats. Screens have a 1-second refresh rate
Note GFK-1396 provides a detailed description of the CimEdit and CimView
applications.
• CIMPLICITY Alarm Viewer provides alarm management functions such as
sorting and filtering by priority, by unit, by time, or by source device. Also
supported are configurable alarm field displays.
• The point control panel provides a listing of points in the system with real-
time values.
• The basic control engine allows users to run scripts in response to system
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events. The program editor is used to create Visual Basic for Applications
scripts.
Data Data
HMI
HMI Server # 1 HMI Server # 2 Viewer Historian
TR
Mark V Stagelink
Note Refer to GEH-6126 Vol. II and individual controller documents for more detail
about the networks and protocol used for HMI communication.
Optional Features
The HMI supports a Windows-based Historian computer, which collects and stores
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data from the control units for later analysis. OSI Software, Inc.’s PI-ProcessBook
provides historical and real-time trending of all process data, and can run in the
Historian and/or HMI Viewer. The HMI communicates with the Historian through
the Ethernet-based Plant Data Highway (PDH) and through RS-232C lines.
A Web Gateway allows operators to access HMI data from any computer on the
network that includes the HMI. Third party interfaces allow the HMI to exchange
data with the DCS, programmable logic controllers, I/O devices, and other
computers.
Application-Specific Features
When the HMI is paired with either the Mark V or the Mark VI turbine controllers,
the turbine control software tools can be added to as an integral part of the HMI. The
Mark VI features are based on the GE Control System Toolbox (toolbox).
When the HMI is used in our Integrated Control Systems (ICS) product line or
as a Balance-of-Plant (BOP) control interface, the ICS/BOP toolset becomes part
of the HMI.
Technical Specifications
Exact hardware and software specifications for the HMI are determined according to
the needs of the customer and purchased options. The HMI workstation is typically
sent to the customer with the HMI program already installed.
HMI-related documents:
Sample 3V
job number
Introduction
A facility typically receives the HMI pre-loaded with all the programs and
customized software required for the customer’s application. It is configured during
installation to automatically log on and open to the main operator display when
powered-up.
This chapter provides basic startup procedures to help the operator use the HMI.
Detail of these HMI features is covered in the other sections of this document.
When the computer starts up, it starts all CIMPLICITY programs (Refer to figure
Typical Services Starting Display, below) and displays the main operation display
(Refer to figure Example of a Typical HMI Display).
Note The HMI displays for the user's system are CimView displays (*.cim files),
which can open before CIMPLICITY finishes loading. If at first the display is not
animated or setpoints fail, wait a few minutes for the startup to complete before
beginning operation. During the startup process do not click any Cancel or Close
buttons.
Click buttons
and other
animated objects
to open
additional
displays or
objects.
Click to open
an Alarm
display which
will display all
alarms.
The Master Reset clears any latched process alarms that have returned to a normal
condition. The operator can also remove an alarm from the alarm queue by
Examples of
causes of a trip.
Click Gen
Capability
button to
open the
Reactive
Capability
window.
Note Trips are displayed in RED. Some signals are not latched. The operator must
check the trip history for an accurate chain of events leading to any trips that appear
on the display. Refer to Viewing the Trip History in this chapter for more
information.
Sycronization
display
Startup Trend
display
Diagnostic
Reset button
The Diagnostic Reset clears any latched diagnostic alarms that have returned to a
normal condition. The operator can also remove an alarm from the alarm queue by
First select
Aux then
Start Check
Signals
which will
inhibit the
start of the
turbine.
Note Signals in the proper state to permit a start are displayed in GREEN. Signals
which are RED inhibit start requests.
The Diagnostic Reset clears any latched diagnostic alarms that have returned to a
normal condition. The operator can also remove an alarm from the alarm queue by
The Alarm Setups dialog box is used to select alarms to be displayed based on
filtering criteria defined using CIMPLICITY.
Slider to
select a time
for process
value to be
displayed.
Process
values
Options buttons
add/remove signals Time frame for
from the display. display
information
Typical Startup Trend Display
The Turbine Startup Trend display is available to the operators to monitor critical
turbine parameters during the startup phase of the turbine.
Auto synch
permissives
Synch Mode
command
buttons.
Refer to Optional HMI Displays, Manual Synchronizing Display, in this chapter for
more information.
The operator can use this display to check how close the generator is operating to its
thermal limits. To prevent the generator from overheating, the current operating
point must be kept within the dynamic envelope displayed for the current conditions.
Note The ratings curves are different for each application. They are displayed as an
example only and should not be used unless they match the generator ratings.
Displaying the wrong curves can cause operation outside the machine’s rated limits.
Red dot
represents the
current
generator
operating
point. It
moves as the
operating
point
changes.
Synch mode
change
confirmation
box
Synch Mode
command button
Manual synch
mode button
Auto synch
mode button
For Mark VI, some data in the Manual Synchronizing display object is updated at
the frame rate of the controller. It must run on a server due to its fast update rate.
The Triggered Plot function provides a graph of high-speed turbine data. The graph
can be triggered by the change in state of a logic signal in the unit. Turbine
commands can be sent from this display, making it useful for initiating turbine tests
(such as valve travel tests).
Note The Triggered Plot function is run only from a HMI server. It is not run
from a HMI viewer. It uses high-speed data (up to frame rate) that is only available
from a HMI server.
Both Mark V and Mark V LM use the Dynamic Rung display function for viewing
sequencing information. The Dynamic Rung display is a tool for stepping through
the control programming of a Mark V and Mark V LM controller. The Dynamic
Rung display is used for monitoring purposes only. The unit’s control sequence
program cannot be altered using this program.
Note Refer to Chapter 3 for more information. Refer to Appendix A for functions
and applicability.
Unit T#
Programs
Utilities
list
Start
Click to open
Turbine Control
Maintenance
utilities
Dynamic
Rung display
The Mark VI controller uses the Control System Toolbox application to display
all sequencing information.
Note Refer to GEH-6403 Toolbox for a Mark VI Turbine Controller and Chapter 3
for more information.
This feature is similar to the Dynamic Rung Display for the, Mark V and Mark V
LM.
When a controller is configured and downloaded, the live signal values can be
viewed. This section defines how to go online to monitor these values and certain
Summary Views when the controller is being monitored. These views are displayed
when the Tracking button is on and an item is selected in the Outline View.
From the Windows desktop, click the Control System Toolbox icon.
The toolbox Work Area displays an empty window until a device is created or
opened.
2 From the toolbox File menu, open a previously saved configuration file.
Tracking Go On/
Finder Signal
Button Offline connections
Titlebar
Toolbar
Outline
View
Live signal values
displayed in
Summary View
Control Block
Privilege
Level
Always on
top button
Goto
button
Unit
Signal
Asterisk (*)
denotes location
where signal is
written.
Location of each
occurrence of the
signal.
CIMPLICITY HMI uses the Demand Display function for the Mark IV. This
function is also available on the panel-mounted Operator Interface. The Demand
Display function is used for Mark V and Mark V LM. Demand Display is a
program that offers flexible monitoring and control of a variety of datapoints and of
multiple units. It provides the following turbine control features:
List of Demand
Displays.
Double click to
open.
Header
Legend
Data Area
Mark VI uses toolbox and its Watch Windows function to provide user-defined
displays. The Watch Windows function creates a quick reference list containing
names, values, units, and description of the online values of signals. Each controller
document can contain multiple, uniquely named watch windows.
Note Refer to GEH-6403 Toolbox for a Mark VI Turbine Controller and Chapter 3
for more information.
Select View
Select
Watch
Windows
All Watch
Click to
Window
View
names are
highlighted
listed here.
Watch
Click a name
Window
to highlight or
double click
to open.
Signal
User-added
comment.
Note It is possible to minimize any watch window by clicking the minimize symbol
in the upper right hand part of the dialog.
Trip information is automatically gathered by the HMI from the controller. The last
ten trips are stored on the HMI and can be viewed by using the Trip Log Viewer.
The information about the last trip can be manually uploaded at any time, or the
current accumulated data can be uploaded even without a trip.
Mark V trip history information about the last trip is stored in the controller, and is
lost if the controller is reset or rebooted. The HMI runs the automatic collection scan
typically every five minutes, but the trip information can be uploaded manually
before the controller is reset or rebooted.
Mark V LM trip history information is stored in non-volatile memory and is not lost
if the controller is reset or rebooted.
The Trip Log Viewer is used to view the trip log data. The user selects a valid unit
and chooses a file from the list presented. The trips are identified by their date and
time stamps. The latest trips are listed at the top of the list. After selecting the trip to
be viewed, the results are displayed in a Notepad window. The data is organized
according to pre-trip, post-trip, and alarm categories.
Select a unit
from this list.
List of Trip
Logs
arranged by
date and
time. The
latest trip is at
the top of the
list.
Select one to
view.
If the Mark V controller is rebooted or restarted before the Trip Log data is uploaded
to the HMI the information can be lost. The unit is scanned every five minutes and if
there is a new trip the trip information is collected and saved as a new Trip Log by
the HMI.
The Mark V LM controller has non-volatile memory for the Trip Log queue and can
save the contents of the trip information across restarts or reboots of the controller.
The Trip History program allows the user to manually retrieve data from the unit
control and view it on the operator interface. The data can be collected and saved
even if the unit is running (has not tripped).
Select
Unit
3 Click a Select Log option button for the type of historical data to be collected
from the controller. Only one button can be selected.
4 Click the Collect button to retrieve the data or click the Stop button to
cancel.
Trip History Data This function enables the operator to view the contents of the
Trip Log buffer immediately after a trip. This is useful when the HMI has not yet
uploaded the trip data from the controller. Refer to figure Typical Trip History.
Saved History Data This function enables the operator to view previously
uploaded and saved trip files. It opens the dialog box displayed in figure Example of
Triggered Plot Display. The list appears in chronological order with the latest at the
top of the list. Refer to figure Typical Saved History Data.
New Data This function enables the operator to take a snapshot of the accumulating
data while the unit is running (not tripped). This data can be used in comparison of
data gathered by a trip condition. Refer to figure Typical New History Data.
The Mark VI controller uses the toolbox Data Historian to collect trip history data.
The Data Historian trip log is a combination of historical analog and discrete data.
This trip history data is viewed using the toolbox Trend Recorder. The trip log
signals are trended on a full-page screen. Alarms, events, and SOEs can also be
viewed in a list format displaying the logic state and time of the event.
Note Refer to Data Historian document GEI-100278 and Trend Recorder document
GEH-6408 for more information.
List of trip
logs
• Process alarms
• Diagnostic alarms
• Events
• SOEs
Note This program is used with Mark IV, Mark V, Mark V LM, and Mark VI.
Refer to Chapter 3 for more information. Also Refer to GEH-6126 Vol II for
additional information.
The Hold List display is required for the HMI to support large and medium steam
turbine controls on systems that have Automatic Turbine Startup (ATS).
Turbine operating conditions can cause a hold, which prevents ATS from setting the
speed or load target to a higher value. The Hold List display is accessed from a
navigation button on the CIMPLICITY screen.
The CIMPLICITY Alarm Viewer displays the Hold List on the HMI, used to view
and override the current hold points.
The HMI provides Web displays to view certain types of information. These Web
displays can be viewed locally, or from other computers connected to the HMI
through a network.
1 From the Start menu, select Programs then the Web browser (usually
Internet Explorer).
2 The Web browser displays.
3 If the page is not already configured as the Home page, in the address area,
type: http://localhost
4 The TCI Information Web Home page displays.
If the user is not at the HMI, but at another computer connected to the HMI by a
network, the Web displays can be accessed from the user's Web browser by typing:
The Historical Alarm and Event Exception Report is a tool for analyzing exception
data stored on the HMI. An Exception occurs when one of the Process Alarm, Event,
or SOE points scanned by the controller changes state. A change in state is a point
pickup or dropout, or a change in the lockout state of a Process Alarm. This data is
reported to the HMI whenever a change occurs.
The report contains a header, which displays the user’s form input selections:
• The Time tag of the exception; this time comes from the controller.
• The Unit name
• The Status of the alarm or discrete event, indicated as follows:
– 1 indicates Pickup, and 0 indicates Dropout.
– L indicates Lock, and U indicates Unlock.
• The Point name for SOEs and Events, or processor and drop number for alarms.
• The Data type indicated as follows:
– ALM for Alarms
– EVT for Events
– SOE for Sequence of Events
• Descriptive text
The Historical Alarm and Event Summary Report is useful for analyzing the
frequency of exception data, especially nuisance alarms and edge conditions
(chattering SOEs). It is important to eliminate frequently occurring nuisance alarms
and edge conditions since they crowd up the exception report without adding useful
information, making it difficult to interpret the relevant data.
The report contains a header that displays the user’s form input selections:
Introduction
The HMI provides an online database for collecting and storing data from multiple
controllers. Refer to the controller documentation for description of the online
database.
The HMI’s display-only programs allow the user to view turbine control data as
needed to monitor the system. User cannot, however, send control commands from
these displays.
The HMI’s control (command) programs allow the user to send commands to the
turbine control.
Some controllers (such as the Mark V) use separate programs in the HMI to edit the
sequencing and view the running sequencing. Other controllers (such as the Mark
VI) use the same program for both, with a privilege level controlling whether
changes to the sequencing are allowed. Both schemes allow the user to view the
current running sequencing overlaid with the real-time data that is driving that
sequencing. This is often useful for determining what conditions are driving a
particular condition, such as what is preventing the unit from being ready to start, or
what conditions are driving a particular alarm.
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Viewing Sequencing Information - Mark V and
Mark V LM
The sequencing running in a Mark V controller is referred to as the Control
Sequence Program (CSP). The HMI's Dynamic Rung display is used to view
the CSP overlaid with the current values from the controller.
• Can only display control segments from a single unit at any time.
• Can display multiple control segments from the given unit.
• Cannot be used to alter the unit’s CSP.
The Dynamic Rung Display does not independently
verify that the operator interface files match the unit
control files. If these files do not match, the Dynamic
Rung Display can display data that does not reflect the
state of the unit control.
The Dynamic Rung display can save picture file displays in a text format for future
reference. Any text editor can open these text files, but it should use the
MSLineDraw font distributed with the TCI product.
The Dynamic Rung display is a multiple document interface that allows the user to
open windows with different segments or the same segment. The user can also have
picture file windows and sub rung windows open.
From the Start menu, select Turbine Control Maintenance, Unit T#,
then Dynamic Rung Display.
Or
From the Windows desktop, click the Dynamic Rung Display icon.
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Click to select
Dynamic Rung
display.
Main Display
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• Select a Segment to view from the list.
Selected unit
Click OK to
load segment
into the
Dynamic Rung
Display.
Click to select a
Segment to
View.
Navigation
Buttons
There are three major types of windows: mainframe, rung, and picture described
below:
Main Frame This is the outer container display that contains the rung and picture
file displays.
Rung Rung displays enable the user to view the control programming with live data.
User can view control rungs and blocks in a control sequence segment for a given
unit. This function includes a Find utility.
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Main Frame Window
This is the display that opens when Dynamic Rung Display is clicked. Upon opening
this display is empty and its display title is Dynamic Rung Display. It can contain
multiple rung displays and picture displays.
Rung Windows
Rung displays (Refer to figure Example of a Dynamic Rung Display) are used to
display the animation of the control sequencing and navigate through the control
sequencing segments. They can display data from main sequencing rungs or sub
rungs that are predefined in Big Blocks.
Title bar
displays unit
name and
segment name
• RLD rungs
• Primitive rungs
• Big blocks
• Comment rungs
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The type of information in the header timetag depends on the type of display:
• In both the RLD and Primitive Rung displays, the timetag provides the oldest
piece of data being displayed in the RLD portions of the rung. If it has not
received data from the unit the timetag display is No Valid Data. If the oldest
piece of data in the rung has not been updated for at least five seconds, the
timetag is highlighted. Rung animation occurs once per second (Refer to Table
Animation Rules for Both RLD and Primitive Rungs).
• In both the Big Block and Comment Rung displays (where there is no
dynamic data) the timetag indicates the operator interface time when the rung
was displayed. The time does not update.
Note Header data is located in the upper left of the window.
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Picture File Windows
Picture file windows (Refer to figure Dynamic Rung Display’s Picture File Window)
are used to display the picture file and animation of the passed parameters for
Primitive and Big Blocks.
The type of information in the header timetag depends on the type of display:
• For a values display, the timetag provides the oldest piece of data being
displayed as a passed parameter. This includes the coil output for primitive
blocks. If it has not received data from the unit, the timetag display is No Valid
Data. If the oldest piece of data in the rung has not been updated for at least five
seconds, the timetag is highlighted.
• For a static display, the header timetag provides the operator interface time of
when the rung was displayed.
Note Picture files cannot be opened directly by selecting Open from the File
menu.
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The following rules also apply to the picture file displays:
• To toggle between the values display and the static display, select Values from
the View menu.
• Big Block automatic parameters are not animated in the picture file window.
You can only view their values by selecting View - Demand Display from the
menu.
• You cannot navigate to other rungs or picture file windows from a picture file
window.
• A picture file window remains open until you close it by selecting File – Close
from the menu.
Sequencing files contain the Control Sequence for each control segment. The
following rules apply when opening these files:
• Selecting File - Open from the menu can only open a regular sequencing
segment from the files listed in the MSTR_SEQ.CFG.
• Select a unit before opening a sequencing file.
• You can open more than one segment at a time, or have multiple views of the same
segment.
• Use the Window menu to change between views.
• To navigate within a segment, use the Rung menu and toolbar buttons.
The Dynamic Rung display includes a Find All function, which allows you to find
the occurrence of a particular signal anywhere within the control sequencing. This
function will find the following:
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The Find All Results dialog box contains four columns, as follows:
• The first column displays the rung number where the rung was found.
• The second column displays the segment name.
• The third column displays the rung type.
• The fourth column displays how the signal is used in the rung.
To open a segment from the Find All results with the desired rung
displayed
Double-click on the rung number,
-Or-
Highlight the rung number and click the Goto button.
Note The Find All Results dialog box remains open until you select the
Close button or change units.
Viewing tabular data can be useful when studying the behavior of a BBL with
automatic parameters.
The Dynamic Rung Display allows you to launch the Demand Display to view RLD
elements, Big Block and Primitive passed parameters, and Big Block automatic
parameters. The data is in tabular form ( Refer to figure Viewing Tabular Data).
Note The Demand Display is a separate program outside of the Dynamic Rung
display.
Current rung
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Viewing Sequencing Information - Mark VI
The sequencing running in a Mark VI controller is viewed using the Control
System Toolbox program. This is the same program used to create and edit the
sequencing, but changes to the sequencing are only allowed if the user is running at a
suitable privilege level. At the lowest privilege level the user can view the
sequencing overlaid with the current values from the controller.
Note Refer to Control System Toolbox for a Mark VI Turbine Controller for more
information.
When a controller is configured and downloaded, the live signal values can be
viewed. This section defines how to go online to monitor these values and certain
Summary Views when the controller is being monitored. These views are displayed
when the Tracking button is on and an item is selected in the Outline View.
From the Windows desktop, click the Control System Toolbox icon.
The toolbox Work Area displays an empty window until a device is created or
opened.
2 From the File menu, select Open to open a previously saved configuration file.
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Tracking Button Go On/
Finder button
Offline
Toolbar
Summary
View
Outline
View
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Select Unit for
Finder button will location of
hide the tabs. Tabs signal.
Always On Top
pin. Clicking
outside the Finder
Window will close
it.
Signal name
Asterisk (*)
denotes
location where
signal is
written.
Always On
Top pin.
Clicking outside
the Finder
Window will not
close it.
Output View
with a list of all
locations of the
signal.
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Location
where
signal is
written to.
Location of
signal in outline
view.
Click To
If this pushpin is displayed, the Finder Window closes whenever the area outside the Finder
Window is clicked. Search information cleared from the Finder Window will be lost. Click the
pushpin to keep the Finder Window on top of the Device Window in toolbox. The button
changes to the button displayed below.
This pushpin is displayed when the pushpin (described previously) is clicked. The Finder
Window remains open when this button is displayed even when working in another toolbox
window.
The Goto button is enabled only after a signal location is highlighted in the Outline View by
clicking on the signal. If the Goto button is clicked, Finder goes to the signal location in the
toolbox project.
This button is not to be confused with the similar button on the toolbox toolbar. If this button is
clicked it hides the Finder Window tabs. If it is clicked again the tabs are displayed.
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Viewing Trip Information
Trips are defined as the unplanned (usually not requested) shutdown of the turbine
while the unit is running. A normal shutdown is not considered a trip.
The information about the last trip can be manually uploaded at any time, or the
current accumulated data can be uploaded even without a trip. The information is
viewed using Trip History.
Mark V trip history information about the last trip is stored in the controller, and is
lost if the controller is reset or rebooted. The HMI runs the automatic collection scan
typically every five minutes, but the trip information can be uploaded manually
before the controller is reset or rebooted.
Mark V LM trip history information is stored in non-volatile memory and is not lost
if the controller is reset or rebooted.
Trip History
Manual trip log
collection.
Select
unit
Starting Trip History or Trip Log Viewer
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Viewing Trip Log - Mark V and Mark V LM
A Mark V controller loses the trip history data stored in its memory if the unit
control is reset or rebooted. A Mark V LM controller keeps the data for the last trip if
a reset or reboot occurs. However, the Turbine Control Interface (TCI) includes a
Trip Log Collection utility, TRPFIL that automatically collects and stores the data as
a Trip Log file on the HMI. (Both the utility and HMI must be running during the
trip.)
The Trip Log file can be opened and viewed by the Trip Log Viewer function of
the HMI. Refer to figure Mark V and Mark V LM Trip Log Viewer Dialog Box.
Note Refer to GEH-6126 Volume II for information on the Trip Log Collection
utility.
The Trip Log Viewer reads the previously saved trip text files stored on the HMI.
It determines the trip times associated with each file from the name of the file, which
is encoded with the trip date and time information. Viewer opens a viewer window
and displays a list of the trips arranged in chronological order. Any Trip Log can be
selected and displayed.
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To view the trip log data
1 From the Trip Log Viewer dialog box, select a valid unit from the Select
Unit list box.
2 From the Select a Previous Trip Log, select a log to display by highlighting
it.
3 Click the Go To button to display the selected log (file) with data from that trip.
4 Click the Close button to exit.
Listed by Trip
Date and
Time stamp.
Logs of past
trip events.
Select to
display
The number of trips is set by the
Trip Log Collection utility. Default
is 10.
The most recent is listed at the
top. Additional trips overwrite the
oldest log.
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To save the Trip Log information to prevent its loss by the Trip Log
Collection utility of storing only the last ten trips:
Note The Trip Log Collection utility stores the last 1 – 10 trips. After that, it
overwrites the oldest trip file with any new trip data. TRPFIL can be configured
for storing a different number of trips.
The files are stored in the C:\HMIDATA directory. The automatic collection
program manages the file names in the format YYYYMMDD_UU_TRx.CSV, as
follows:
YYYYMMDD_HHMMSS_UU_TRx.CSV
File extension (to allow Microsoft Excel
viewing and analysis)
Unit name
The Trip History buffer information can be manually read from the controller at any
time from the HMI. The feature is the Trip History program.
From the Start menu, select Turbine Control Maintenance, Unit T#,
then Trip History.
Or
From the Windows desktop, click the Trip History icon.
The Trip History dialog box controls the collection of Trip History information
from the unit controller. There are three options from the dialog box:
• Trip History Data, which is the current content of the Trip History buffers.
This typically viewed immediately after a trip and before the automatic Saved
History Data, which is the current contents of the Trip History buffers and is
the result of opening the New Data option. This permits rereading the Trip
History buffers with information collected by using the New Data feature.
• New Data, which moves the current contents of the trip log queue to the Trip
History buffer. This overwrites any previous buffer information. To reread this
information use Saved History Data.
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To view the Trip History information from the controller
1 From the Trip History dialog box, select a valid unit from the Select Unit list.
2 Select the type of historical data to be collected from the Select Log options.
3 Click the Collect button to collect the data or the Cancel button to stop it.
When the data collection completes successfully, the results display in a separate
window. A message box displays if the data retrieval fails or is stopped by a user
command.
Note Collecting New Data overwrites the Saved History Data in the control. On
Mark V units, New Data overwrites the Trip History Data in the control.
Note Trip History data is lost in Mark V controllers if the unit control is reset before
the HMI has saved the previous trip data. The trip history data is preserved in the
controller memory over a unit control reset or reboot in Mark V LM units.
When the manual data retrieval completes successfully, the program opens and
displays the results in a separate viewer window. The data is displayed in a fixed
pitch font (all characters have the same width), with word wrapping disabled and
space padding to align the data columns. The results displayed are stored in a read-
only temporary file.
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The Trip History Data contains the following information:
• Post Trip List: three 1-second post trip records. These three records are filled
with data only when there has been an actual trip. Otherwise, they are blank.
• 10 Second List: ten 1-second records.
• 1-Minute List: five 10-second records.
• 10-Minute List: nine 1-minute records.
• 1-Hour List: five 10-minute records.
• 4-Hour List: four 1-hour records.
• Last 60 Process Alarms.
Each record consists of the following fields:
• Timetag
• Value of data from 1 to 64 points from the CSDB.
Note Enumerated state variable data is displayed as numbers, not as text strings.
Up to 64 points can be
viewed. HIS_AGE is
always reserved as the
first point.
10-sec. list
Ten 1-sec
records
1-min. list
Five 10-sec
records.
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Viewing Trip Information - Mark VI
The Mark VI controller uses the Data Historian, a toolbox program to collect and
view trip history data. The Historian trip log is a combination of historical analog
and discrete data. High-speed data is uploaded from the unit and merged with low
speed data collected in the HMI for the 24 hours preceding the event.
Note Refer to Data Historian document GEI-100278 and Trend Recorder document
GEH-6408 for more information.
The Trip Log is a file which resides on an HMI and which can be viewed using the
Trend Recorder function of the GE Control System Solutions Toolbox. The
Trip Log contains data for a pre-defined group of control signal database points for a
24-hour period before the trip, and for a brief period (approximately 5 seconds) after
the trip. The Trip Log also contains alarms, events and SOEs.
The Trip Log file contains data at the various sample rates as displayed in Table,
below.
The last three rates are dependent on the Frame Period (scan rate) of the Mark VI
and the number of pre- and post-trigger samples of the CAPTURE buffers.
The control signal database points for which data are gathered are defined by the
points passed to the CAPTURE buffers in the @Trip_History module of the .m6b
Toolbox file for the turbine.
The Trip Log file also contains alarms that occurred during the trip log period
indicated by blue triangles on the time axis. (For the exact times of the alarm
annunciations, Refer to the Alarm Historian Exception Report.)
Each Trip Log file is stored in a directory named for the day (expressed in UTC time
format) the trip event occurred. Multiple Trip Log files are stored in that day's
directory if more than one trip event occurs per day. The Data Historian Service
on the HMI maintains the 30 most recent Trip Log files; older Trip Log files are
automatically deleted to conserve disk space. Older files can be manually relocated
to another location to prevent their deletion and loss.
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Viewing Trip Log Files
From the Windows desktop, click the Control System Toolbox icon.
The toolbox Work Area displays an empty window until a device is created or
opened.
Directory
containing trip
logs.
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Select one of the trip log files to view.
Each
directory
contains at
least one trip
on that date.
Directory name
represents trip date.
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How to View Trip Log Files
Trip Log files can be opened either by double-clicking on the file name (on an HMI
with Toolbox installed on it) or with the File-Open function of Toolbox.
A Trip Log file for a heavy-duty gas turbine-generator is displayed in figure Typical
Mark VI Trip Log File In Trend Window, below.
Note When a .dca file is opened using Trend Recorder, the filename displayed in the
Menu/Title Bar of the Trend Recorder window has a .trn filename extension.
Older versions of the Trend Recorder can display Trip Log data collection
analysis files with gaps between the data lines. These spaces are not actual gaps in
data, but result from the way different versions of the Trip Log interpolate between
low-speed data points.
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How to Save Trend Files
The Trend Displays are saved as trend files (.trn) instead of original Trip Log file
(.dca) so that the settings, such as signal scaling and hidden signals, are saved with
the file. The file can be renamed but keep the file extension of .trn. Refer to figure
Using Save As from the File Menu to Save As a Trend File.
All features of the Trend Recorder can be used to manipulate the data in a Trip
Log file (such as axis scaling, hide/show signals, Zoom In/Out). Passing the cursor
over the blue triangles at the bottom of the graph displays the text message of the
associated Process Alarm, Event, or SOE. A full list of the Alarms and Events is
available using the View-Events option. Refer to figure Typical Mark VI Alarms
and Events List.
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Typical Mark VI Alarms and Events List
The Alarms and Events List can be exported to a CSV file for use with spreadsheet
programs such as Microsoft’s Excel. Refer to figure Export to CSV Command.
Export as CSV
file for use with
a spreadsheet
program such
as Excel.
Note The HMI web pages can be accessed from other computers on the network.
1 From the Start menu, select Programs then the Web browser (usually
Internet Explorer).
2 If the page is not already configured as the Home page, in the address area, type:
http://localhost
3 The TCI Information Web Home page displays. A menu of additional Web
displays can be selected by clicking on the menu item name.
If the user is not at the HMI, but at another computer connected to the HMI by a
network, the Web displays can be accessed from user's Web browser by typing:
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Home
page
Click on
item
to open the
Web display.
The report may be customized for any combination of point type, unit name, time
range, and report type by using a query form.
Fill out and submit the Historical alarm and Event Query Form to generate a report.
1 On the Historical Alarm and Event Report Query form, modify the
default query form fields as needed.
2 When the form is complete, click the Submit button. The Historical Alarm
and Event Exception Report displays.
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The most common way to customize the report is to change the time range of
interest. The form is automatically filled in for the user, and is set up to display data
from the last eight hours. Report time ranges are specified by a Starting Time and
Elapsed Time, and whether the Elapsed Time is before or after the Starting Time.
The report contains the data within the user specified time range.
1 Type the time in the Starting Time box in the following format
YYYY.MM.DD HH:MM:SS.sss, where:
• YYYY is the year
• MM is the month (1-12)
• DD is the day of the month
• HH is the hour (0-23)
• MM is the minute (0-59)
• SS is the second (0-59)
• sss are the subseconds
Note The default time is the current time. Fields after the hour field are not
required.
2 Type a positive or negative sign in the Elapsed Time operator box as follows:
• + specifies After the Starting Time
• - specifies Before the Starting Time (Default)
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3 Type the elapsed time in the Elapsed Time, using the following format:
dd HH:MM:SS.sss, where:
• dd is the number of days (0-99)
• HH is the hour (0-23)
• MM is the minute (0-59)
• SS is the second (0-59)
• sss are the subseconds
Note Fields after the Minutes field are not required. The Days field is
optional.
Note Clicking the Reset button sets the form fields back to the default settings.
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Exception Report Format
The report contains a header, which displays the user’s form input selections:
• Site Name
• Unit Names(s) selected
• Data Type(s) selected
• Time Format
• Report’s Start Time
• Report’s End Time
• Report Type
The output page contains the following data on each line:
• Timetag of the exception – This time comes from the unit control.
• Unit Name
• Status
– 1 indicates Pickup.
– 0 indicates Dropout.
– L indicates Lock.
– U indicates Unlock.
• Point name for SOEs and Events, or processor and drop number for alarms.
• Data Type
– ALM for Alarms.
– EVT for Events.
– SOE for Sequence of Events.
• Descriptive text
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The report begins with the oldest data and has the newest data at the end. It can be
printed and/or saved as a text file from the browser window. To return to the query
use the Back button on the web browser.
Number of
dropouts for
logic signal.
Number
of pickups
for logic
signal.
The report contains a header, which displays the user’s form input elections:
• Site Name
• Unit Names(s) selected
• Data Type(s) selected
• Time Format
• Report’s Start Time
• Report’s End Time
• Report Type
The report data is listed separately for each unit, and each data type within that unit.
Data is listed in the order of drop number for alarms and events, and in point number
order for events and SOEs.
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The report contains the following data on each line for process alarms:
• Number of pickups
• Number of dropouts
• Number of locks
• Number of unlocks
• Unit Name
• Processor
• Drop Number
• Descriptive text
The report contains the following data on each line for Events and SOEs:
• Number of pickups
• Number of dropouts
• Unit Name
• Point name for SOEs and Events
• Descriptive text
It can be printed and/or saved as a text file from the browser window. To return to
the query form, select the Back button on the web browser.
ATS is used to set speed control targets and valve positions based on various inputs
(such as steam temperatures and pressures, calculated valve stresses, turbine rotor
stresses, and turbine shell stresses, metal temperatures, speed and operating mode).
Turbine operating conditions can cause a hold, which prevents ATS from setting the
speed or load target to a higher value. In the HMI, the Hold List display enables the
user to view the current points on the Hold List and to override any or all hold
points, if desired. Overriding a hold allows the ATS to advance its operating points
as operating conditions permit.
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Example of a Typical Hold List
The CIMPLICITY Alarm Viewer displays the Hold List on the HMI. There is
usually a separate CIMPLICITY Alarm Viewer for the Hold List to allow only the
holds from a given unit on the display. Holds are not usually displayed on a regular
alarm list.
Note Refer to Chapter 2 and Appendix B for more information on alarm displays.
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Demand Display - Mark IV, Mark V, and Mark V LM
Demand Display is a program that offers flexible monitoring and control of a
variety of data points and of multiple units. It provides the following turbine control
features:
Note Mark IV also uses the Operator Interface; Refer to GEK-83865 and GEK-
83866 for this function.
Note This program is used on Mark IV, Mark V, and Mark V LM controllers.
This chapter includes instructions using Demand Display with Mark V, and V LM
controllers. For Mark VI controllers, use the toolbox.
1 From the Start menu, select Turbine Control Maintenance, Unit T#,
then Demand Display.
Or
From the Windows desktop, click the Demand Display icon.
2 From the HMI CIMPLICITY display, click the Demand button from the HMI
CIMPLICITY display.
• A Menu window containing a list (menu) of all of the displays available in the
selected Demand Display file.
• A Data window containing live data and commands.
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Unit Selection after Demand
Data Display is opened.
Click to
open
Demand
Data
Display.
Double-click
a Demand
Display from
the list to
open it.
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Value field
with live
values
Command
Target field
with
command
buttons
Menu selections
include both standard
Windows and
program-specific The title bar displays the filename currently
commands. in the Demand Display.
Display Menu
containing a list of
available
displays.
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Note Selecting the Help button opens the Help window. Selecting the
Context Sensitive Help button changes the cursor to an arrow with a
question mark. The user can select an item with this cursor to open the item’s Help
information.
Header
Legend
Command
Target Field
Data Area
Header
Legend
Data Area
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Both Demand Display windows are made up of three main regions:
Although the header cannot scroll off the screen, you can toggle it on or off by
selecting Header from the View menu.
Note GE recommends the user keep the screen header visible at all times.
Although the header cannot scroll off the screen, you can toggle it on or off by
selecting Header from the View menu.
Note GE recommends the user keep the screen header visible at all times.
The Timetag displays the oldest of the displayed point name timetags in the
controller. If the Data Area is empty (contains no valid points), or the Data Area
contains valid points but no data has been received from the unit, the timetag is No
Valid Data. A highlighted timetag indicates that the oldest piece of data in the Data
Area has not been updated for five seconds.
• The Legend displays the non-scrolling column headers for the Data Area.
Although the legend cannot scroll off the screen, user can toggle it on or off by
selecting Legend from the View menu.
Note GE recommends the user keep the column headers visible at all times.
• The Data Area is below the Header and Legend. In the Menu screen, the Data
Area consists of a list of the Data screens available for viewing. In a Data
screen, the Data Area consists of a list of point names, their values, and units.
This information is in a tabular format. (Refer to Data Area Description section
for more details.)
Any Command Targets defined are displayed on the right side of the window. (Refer
to Command Target Types section for more details.)
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Data Area Description
Unlike the Header and Legend, the point names and command targets in the Data
Area scroll with the scroll bars. Demand Display updates only the visible points. The
following sections in the Data Area provide information or require input:
• The Point Name field holds the control signal point name (or synonym) of
valid unit database points. Entering the point name causes Demand Display to
use the currently selected unit’s data, which is the unit listed in the Header.
Entering the unit name with a colon before the point name, as in
T2:{Pointname}, displays data from the requested unit. The Point Name
field is 15 characters in length. Demand Display allows you to enter other text
into this field for commenting and separating sections of points. Invalid point
names are treated as text to allow for entering textual separations of the data.
• The Value field contains point value information. This field updates once each
second, is right justified, and can contain up to 10 characters. If the value is
larger than 10 characters, 10 asterisks display. Enumerated state values display
across both the Value field and the Units field. The Demand Display program
centers the Enumerated state values across these fields and truncates them if
they are over 17 characters long. A blank Value field indicates either of 2
conditions:
– The point information is invalid.
– There is no data for the point in the Data Dictionary.
• The Units field displays engineering units for valid point names exactly as
found in the Data Dictionary. This field is blank for invalid point names, and
indicates the engineering units for valid points. The Units field combines with
the Value field to display the text for enumerated points.
• The Command Target field is to the right of the Units field. It contains Unit
Command Targets (buttons) for sending control commands to the unit.
Command Targets (Refer to figure Example of Point List Display) are essentially
buttons that user select to perform the action identified on its label. There are three
Command Target types:
Note Requiring command confirmation before sending them to the unit helps
prevent execution of false commands.
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Closing the dialog box
cancels the command.
• Analog Setpoint type changes the setpoint value of the specified control. It
does not use feedback logic. When selected, a Change Setpoint dialog box
(Refer to figure Example of Change Setpoint Dialog Box) opens, requesting the
new value for the control signal. Closing the dialog box cancels the command.
Note Analog Setpoint targets use black text on a gray background.
Note Speed or Temperature references are examples of control signals.
– Or click
2 Select the file from the directory that displays.
– Or click
2 A blank Demand Display Menu screen displays with the single menu item
Demand Display. This is an empty template that should be renamed after
modification.
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Saving a Demand Display file without renaming it
overwrites the existing file data with the new file data.
Saving the Demand Display template screen without a
new screen name causes the template to no longer be a
blank.
Note Any changes made to the file are lost if the displays are not saved before
exiting.
Note Save Demand Display files anytime a Demand Display is saved or added.
If the user exits the Demand Display program before saving changes to the Menu or
Data screens, the program asks if the user wants to save the file. Select Yes to save
the file and No to exit the program without saving.
Note Saving a Demand Display to the set and saving the set to a file require
different steps. How to save a display to a set is described below.
1 From the Menu window, place the cursor at the point in the list where user want
to insert the new screen title.
2 From the Edit menu select Insert Line. A Display Definition dialog box
appears to configure the new display. Refer to the following section on To
modify the display. Be sure to update the title of the display.
1 From the Menu window, place the cursor at line with the display name.
2 From the Edit menu select Modify Line. Or, from the Display menu select
Definition. The Display Definition dialog box displays.
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Data screen
title
Selects the
display type.
Note Figures Example Of Point List Display and Example Of Data Dictionary
Display (Displaying All Logic Points) provide samples of these types of Data
screens.
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To save a display
1 On the Data display, click on the desired line to add the point name or line. The
cursor appears on the left edge of the line.
2 From the Edit menu select Insert Blank Line. This inserts a blank line at the
selected line.
3 Modify the new line using the following procedure.
Note Lines can be added, deleted, or modified in either Data display type, but
the changes are preserved only for a Point List type.
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To modify a point name or line
Click to save
Point Name
entries and
exit box.
Note Refer to the Command Target Types section in this chapter. Command targets
can be added in either Data display type, but the changes are preserved only for a
Point List type.
1 From the Target Window, select the line that corresponds to the Command
Target. There must be one blank line between targets in the Target Window.
2 From the Edit menu select Modify Line. The point name dialog box displays.
3 Enter the desired point name if adding to a blank line. Typically, the point name
on the line corresponding to the first line of the Command Target has direct
relevance to the button and its action.
4 Click the Define Command button. The Command Definition dialog box
displays. It contains fields to define a Command Target and its (optional)
feedback.
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5 Enter values and selections into the Command Definition dialog box (Figure
Example of Command Definition Dialog Box provides descriptions):
– Button text in Text Line 1 and Text Line 2, as needed.
– Point name of the unit command in the Point Name field.
– Button Type.
– Unit command Value of the point.
– Value Type.
– Feedback Signal Pointname and Sense.
6 Confirm, check, or cancel as needed by selecting any of the following buttons on
the dialog box:
– Check Form checks the command definition entries for consistency
and errors.
– OK saves any changes and creates the target.
– Help opens the help window for this dialog box.
– Cancel stops all changes to the command definition.
– Delete removes the Command Target.
-Or-
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Target Text should indicate the Command Target’s
action. Text appears black, but turns yellow if the
associated feed-
back logic is supplied and the sense met.
Allows two lines of up to eight characters per line.
Text is automatically centered on the button.
Other Options
There are several other options available in the Demand Display program:
• Selecting Edit - Set Font displays the Windows Font dialog box. Select the
font and color desired for the Demand Display screen. The selection applies to
all Demand Display screens, except for the Command Targets where the colors
are predefined.
• Selecting Edit - Select Unit allows selection of a unit. In multiple unit sites,
any unit can be monitored from one Demand Display screen. Select Unit
displays the Unit Selection dialog box. The currently selected unit is
highlighted. The available units display in alphabetical order. This option is not
available in single unit sites.
• Selecting View - Menu toggles between the menu and the most recently viewed
Data screen. Toggling to the Menu display from a Data screen loses any changes
if the Data screen is not saved. The Demand Display program asks whether or
not to save the display to the set. Selecting Yes saves the display, No toggles to
the Menu window without saving. Selecting View - Menu from menu returns
to the most recent display.
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Logic Forcing Display - Mark V and Mark V LM
The Logic Forcing Display program can be used for monitoring and forcing a
logic point. For example, during maintenance or troubleshooting it may be necessary
to make the controller believe that a certain valve is in a particular position, as
indicated by a limit switch. A simple approach is to use the controller Logic Forcing
capability.
Note Mark IV uses the Operator Interface; Refer to GEK-83865 and GEK-83866 for
this function. Mark V and Mark V LM support this utility. Mark VI uses the toolbox.
From the Start menu, select Turbine Control Maintenance, Unit T#,
then Logic Forcing Display.
Or
From the Windows desktop, click the Logic Forcing Display icon. The
Logic Forcing Display opens an empty display and starts scanning the
controller for forced logic points, adding the points to the display as they are
found.
Note Saving this display prompts the user for a new file name.
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Select Logic
Forcing
Select Unit
Currently
selected
unit
Pointname or Command target
comment text areas
Current value
List view
Engineering units
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Logic Forcing Display Screen Window
The Logic Forcing Display screen is made up of three main regions, the Header, the
List View, and the Command Target area. Refer to figure Logic Forcing Display
Example.
• The Header contains the unit name, site name, program title and time tag. The
Header is in a non-scrolling region and cannot scroll off the window. The menu
bar option View and the Header command toggles the Header on or off. The
Header contains valuable process information and it is recommended that it
remain visible at all times.
The Header time tag displays the controller time. If the Data Area is empty,
contains no valid points, or the Data Area contains valid points but no data has been
received from the controller, the time tag displays No Valid Data. A highlighted
Header time tag indicates the oldest piece of data in the Data Area has not been
updated for five seconds.
• The List View is composed of three columns, the Point Name, the Current
Value from each processor, and the Engineering Units.
The List View scrolls and each of the columns is adjustable in width. If the column
becomes too narrow to display all of the data, an ellipsis (…) appears on the right
side of the column. The Current Value field is updated once per second from each
controller processor. The time tag displayed in the Header reflects the time
tag of the oldest piece of data displayed. Only the points visible on the screen
are updated. There is no limit to the number of points that can be added to the point
list.
Unlike the Header, the information in the Data Area scrolls with the scroll bars. The
Logic Forcing Display updates only the visible points in the List View.
The Pointname field holds the Control Signal pointname (or synonym) of valid
unit database points. Entering the pointname causes the Logic Forcing Display
program to use the currently selected unit’s data, which is the unit listed in the
Header.
Entering the pointname of a non-logic point results in the display of the voted value
instead of the value in the individual controllers. If a fully qualified point name is
entered (in the form unitname:pointname) voted values of points from a different
unit can be displayed (but not forced).
Text other than a pointname can be entered for commenting and separating sections
of points.
Each column in the Value field displays the value in a processor. If the pointname is
invalid or there is no data for the point in the Data Dictionary, this field remains
blank. Forced points appear with a > character preceding the value.
The Units field displays the Engineering units for valid pointnames. The text appears
exactly as entered in the scale code table file. This field is blank for invalid
pointnames, but indicates the units for valid points.
• The Command Target area appears on the right side of the Logic Forcing
Display window. There are four Arm/Execute targets available for the Logic
Forcing function. These targets are for forcing Logic signals to a state of 1 or 0,
to unforce a single Logic signal, or to unforce all forced Logic signals.
Arm/Execute targets appear green with black text and require a confirmation
before sending the force or unforce signal to the controller.
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Opening, Creating, Modifying and Saving Logic
Forcing Displays
Logic forcing display definitions can be saved and reloaded later.
The Open dialog box displays allowing for selection of the file to load. Selecting the
toolbar button with the picture of the open file also displays the Open dialog box.
Selecting a previously viewed file listed at the bottom of the File menu bar option
opens the file directly. If the specified file does not appear to be a Logic Forcing data
file, the user is prompted as to whether to continue loading the file or to exit the
operation without saving any changes made to the display.
Note Or click whenever a Logic Forcing Display file is opened it adds all
forced logic points from the unit that has been selected.
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The Logic Forcing Display program allows the entry of invalid pointnames to
accommodate adding textual information to the Logic Forcing Display screen. The
Value and Unit fields remain blank if an invalid pointname is entered.
Save the Logic forcing Display file to make the changes permanent.
1 From the File menu select Save to save back into the currently loaded file.
– Select the toolbar button with the picture of a disk.
2 From the File menu select Save As to save as a different file. Be sure to
specify the desired directory and file name.
3 From the File menu select Save or Save As to save a new display (one not
loaded from a file). In both cases the File – Save As dialog box appears with
the default file name of UNTITLED.TXT. The file name should be changed to
something meaningful before saving.
1 From the Logic Forcing Display program, position the cursor on the line
corresponding to the desired logic signal. Click on the pointname field to
select it and the pointname highlights.
2 Select one of the forcing Command targets on the right side of the screen to
arm the action, either Force To One or Force To Zero. The Execute
Command dialog box displays.
3 Click OK to force the signal. The force command is sent to the controller
forcing the logic signal. Signals remain forced until either an Unforce
command comes from the Logic Forcing Display program or until the controller
powers off.
Note Requiring command confirmation before sending them to the unit helps
prevent execution of false commands.
Clicking Cancel from the Execute Command dialog box cancels the forcing
command. The default is Cancel.
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Signals remain forced until an unforce command comes
from the Logic Forcing Display program or until the
controller powers off. Forced signals can cause the
controller to function improperly if forgotten. Take care
to unforce all unnecessary signals before running the
turbine.
Return the logic signals to their normal state by either unforcing all of the forced
logic signals at once or by individually unforcing them.
1 From the Logic Forcing Display, select the desired logic signal by clicking
on it. The line highlights.
2 Select the Unforce Single command target. The Execute Command dialog
box displays.
3 Click OK to unforce the signal, or click Cancel to leave the signal forced. The
default action is Cancel.
1 From the Logic Forcing Display, select the Unforce All command target.
The Execute Command dialog box displays.
2 Click OK to unforce all forced logic signals in the controller, or click Cancel to
cancel the unforcing command. The default action is Cancel.
The Logic Forcing Display command targets are Arm/Execute targets requiring
confirmation of their action before performing the command.
1 Select the Command Target. The Execute Command dialog box displays.
2 Click OK. The command executes. To cancel the command execution, select
Cancel.
Note This procedure for confirming a forcing action helps prevent executing false
commands.
A printout can be made of the currently visible portion of the display. Data that is
scrolled off the display is not included in the printout.
1 Click on the printer icon to immediately send the display to the default printer
using the default options, or
2 From the File menu select Print and chose the printer and options desired from
the Print dialog box.
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Other Options
There are other options available in the Logic Forcing Display program. Selecting
the menu bar option Edit - Set Font command from the drop-down menu presents
the Windows Font dialog box. The Font dialog box allows for selecting the font
used for the Logic Forcing Display screen. The selection applies to the entire display
screen including the text defined in the Command Targets.
Selecting the menu bar option Edit - Select Unit command from the drop-down
menu allows for unit selections. In multiple unit sites, any unit can be monitored
from one Logic Forcing Display screen. Select Unit causes the Unit Selection
dialog box to appear. The currently selected unit is highlighted. The available units
are displayed in alphabetical order. Select the desired unit. This option is not
available in single unit sites.
Selecting the menu bar option File - Exit from the menu exits the Logic Forcing
Display program. The Logic Forcing Display program requests whether to save
changes to any Logic Forcing Display file before exiting.
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Forced Variables - Mark VI
Note This feature may not be available to operator or maintenance personnel. If the
user is not able to perform an operation described in this chapter, check the user's
privilege level (Refer to the section, Privilege Level Functions).
Starting toolbox
Mark VI uses the toolbox for forcing a signal. Refer to GEI-6403 Control System
Toolbox for Configuring a Mark VI Turbine Controller. The basic procedure is as
follows:
To start Toolbox
From the Windows desktop, click the Control System Toolbox icon.
The toolbox Work Area displays an empty window until a device is created or
opened.
2 From the File menu, select Open to open the configuration file for the
controller of interest.
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Live Signal Values displayed
Go On/ Offline
in Summary View.
Click on Live
Signal Value
to be forced.
Click to
Change Live
Value.
Module
containing the
value to be
forced.
• Use View – Finder from the menu to locate the variable to be forced. Refer to
Viewing Sequencing Information – Mark VI for more information on using the
Finder function.
• Double click on the variable to be changed in the Outline View. This can be
any location of the variable.
• If the user does not have privilege level of 1 or higher the user is prompted to
change to the required privilege level.
Click Yes to bring up the Select Privilege Level dialog box. The user is
prompted to select a privilege level and enter its password.
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The following changes can be made to live values.
Boolean Value
Numerical Value
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Array Value
Click on the
element to
change.
Click
Modify
Clicking Modify opens the Boolean or Numeric Send Value dialog display.
Refer to figure Changing a Value In an Array.
The Forced List can be generated with a Privilege Level of 0 and opens in read-
only mode.
From the View menu select Force Lists. The Forced Lists report opens
displaying all variables that are forced.
Signals (tab)
that are forced.
I/O Points
(TAB) that
are forced.
Forced Lists
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To remove forcing on one or more variables
The Finder dialog box opens with a list of all occurrences of the signal. Refer to
Viewing Sequencing Information – Mark VI for more information on using the
Finder function.
The list of signals does not update in real-time, to re-scan the unit for forced signals
click on Update. Click on Report to open a report window for saving or printing
the list of forced points.
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Toolbox Privilege Level Functions - Mark VI
The privilege/password system assigns different levels of access to the devices.
Passwords can be established for the different privilege levels, allowing the required
level of access for each job function. Each successive level allows all the functions
of the previous level.
Note Refer to the Control System Toolbox online help for more information.
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CHAPTER 4
CIMPLICITY Add-
ons
CIMPLICITY bridge
External alarm
manager
Reactive capability
display
Manual synchronizing
display
Emissions analysis
Triggered plot
Unit
communications
Stagelink
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HMI Function Mark IV Mark V Mark VLM Mark VI Application Notes
CSF Not available in some Mark IVs
EGD
Process alarms
Events
SOEs
Table compiler
Mark V make
Alarm list
FMV ID
LDB configuration
tools
I/O configuration tool Toolbox function for Mark VI
Time
synchronizing
Timesync function NTP for Mark VI
GPS Option
NTP Option
Other functions
Alarm printing
Alarm history
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HMI Function Mark IV Mark V Mark VLM Mark VI Application Notes
High-speed data Toolbox trend recorder for
collection Mark VI
Control constants
compare
Optional functions
TCI Modbus slave
GSM
Web diagnostic
functions
Demand display
Alarm display
Control constants
display
HMI log files
ARCWHO utility
Diagnostic
programs
Product code file
verification
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CIMPLICITY HMI Supported Functions
The turbine control HMI supports many functions of the CIMPLICITY HMI. The
following table lists and identifies these functions.
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Earliest supported version CIMPLICITY Function Supported Application notes
3.2 SP7 Pager Send alarm information to
alpha-numeric pagers
PocketViewer WinCE CimView
3.2 SP7 PointBridge Allows CIMPLICITY server to
act as device to another server
4.01 SP2 Quick trends Pop-up trends for any points on
a screen
3.2 SP7 Real-time trends Interactive ActiveX object for
viewing trend
Recipes Device-independent recipe
management
Report manager Report generation and
management from process
3.2 SP7 Series 90™ PLC fault View PLC faults
tables
Server redundancy Complete mission critical
redundancy support
4.01 SP2 SmartObjects™ Reusable drag and drop graphic
and scripted objects
SPC New features for SPC
System sentry Constantly watches HMI and
system parameters
Tracker option Track items through a
production facility
3.2 SP7 Web gateway Send CIMPLICITY HMI data to
web pages
Web viewer Send screens over web to
standard web browsers
3.2 SP7 XY plots ActiveX object for plotting
multiple x-y data
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Notes
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CHAPTER 5
Introduction
This appendix provides a general overview of turbine controller alarms viewed and
addressed using the HMI. It is intended to assist the operator in understanding how to
use the HMI for monitoring, using the features described in this document.
The turbine controllers generate three types of alarms, which are viewed on the HMI
or toolbox: Process, Hold List, and Diagnostic (Refer to figure Three Types of
Alarms Generated by the Mark VI Controller).
Alarm Diagnostic
HMI HMI Toolbox
Display Display
UDH
Diagnostic
I/O I/O I/O
Alarm Bits
Note The information in this appendix applies specifically to the Mark VI controller.
However, it should also apply to Mark IV, Mark V, and Mark V LM controllers,
except in discussion of Control System Toolbox features.
A useful application for process alarms is the annunciation of system limit checking.
Limit checking takes place in the I/O boards at the frame rate, and the resulting
Boolean status information is transferred to the controller and mapped to Process
Alarm signals.
Two system limits are available for each process input, including thermocouple,
RTD, current, voltage, and pulse rate inputs. System limit 1 can be the high or low
alarm setting, and system limit 2 can be a second high or low alarm setting. These
limits are configured from the toolbox in engineering units.
There are several choices when configuring system limits. Limits can be configured
as enabled or disabled, latched or unlatched, and greater than or less than the preset
value. System out of limits can be reset with the RESET_SYS signal
Note The operator or the controller can take action based on process alarms.
Operator commands from the HMI, such as alarm Acknowledge, Reset, Lock, and
Unlock, are sent back over the UDH to the alarm queue. There they change the status
of the appropriate alarms. An alarm entry is removed from the controller queue when
its state has returned to normal and it has been acknowledged and reset (Refer to
figure Generating Process Alarms).
Hold alarms are managed in the same fashion but are stored on a separate queue.
Additionally, hold alarms cannot be locked but can be overridden.
Input Signal 1
. . Alarm
Report
Alarm
Receiver
Alarm
Viewer
Alarm
. . Scanner
. . Alarm
Com-
mand Alarm Queue
Input Signal n Operator Commands
Alarm
Queue - Ack
Alarm Logic Including - Reset
Variable Time - Lock
- Unlock
Alarm ID - Override for Hold Lists
Diagnostic Alarms
Diagnostic Alarms are caused by equipment problems, and use settings factory
programmed in the boards. Diagnostic Alarms identify the failed module to help the
service engineer quickly repair the system. For details of the failure, the operator can
request a display on the toolbox screen (Mark VI) or review the details in the HMI
Alarm Display screen.
The controller and I/O boards all generate diagnostic alarms, including the VCMI,
which generates diagnostics for the power subsystem. The controller has extensive
self-diagnostics, most that are available directly at the toolbox (for Mark VI).
Diagnostic alarms can be viewed from the toolbox by selecting the desired board,
clicking the right mouse button to display the drop-down menu, and selecting display
diagnostics. A list of the diagnostic alarms for any I/O board can be displayed, and
can be reset from the toolbox.
ActiveX
ActiveX, developed by Microsoft, is a set of rules for how applications should share
information. With ActiveX, users can ask or answer questions, use pushbuttons, and
interact in other ways with the web page or compatible program. It is not a
programming language, but rather a model for writing programs so that other
programs and the operating system can call them. ActiveX technology is used with
®
Microsoft Internet Explorer to make interactive web pages that look and behave
like computer programs, rather than static pages.
ActiveX control
A control (object) using ActiveX technologies to enable animation. An ActiveX
control can be automatically downloaded and executed by a web browser.
Programmers can develop ActiveX controls in a variety of languages, including C,
C++, Visual Basic, and Java. ActiveX controls have full access to the Windows
operating system.
alarm
A message notifying an operator or administrator of equipment, network, or process
problems.
Alarm Viewer
A standalone window within CIMPLICITY (an OCX control) for monitoring and
responding to alarms.
AMV
Alarm Viewer.
application
A complete, self-contained program that performs a specific function directly for the
user. Application programs are different than system programs, which control the
computer and run application programs and utilities.
ARCNET
Attached Resource Computer Network, a LAN communications protocol developed
by Datapoint Corporation. ARCNET defines the physical (coax and chip) and
datalink (token ring and board interface) layer of a 2.5 MHz communication
network.
board
Printed wiring board, or circuit board, used for electronic circuits.
Boolean
Digital statement that expresses a condition that is either True or False, also called a
discrete, or logical signal.
<C>
The Mark V turbine controller’s Communicator core (processor).
CimEdit
An object-oriented graphics editor tool of CIMPLICITY HMI that functions with its
runtime viewer CimView. It can create graphical screens with animation, scripting,
colors, and a variety of graphical elements that represent power plant operation.
CIMPLICITY HMI
Computer-based operator interface software from GE Fanuc Automation,
configurable to work with a wide variety of control and data acquisition equipment.
cimproj
The required subdirectory name for a CIMPLICITY HMI project (F:\Cimproj).
The project configuration Workbench (.gef) is located in this subdirectory.
CimView
An interactive graphical user interface of CIMPLICITY HMI used to monitor and
control power plant equipment, displaying data as text or a variety of graphic objects.
Its screens were created with CimEdit. They include a variety of interactive control
functions for setting point values, displaying other graphic screens, and initiating
custom software routines and other Windows applications.
client-server
Software architecture where one software product makes requests on another
software product. For example, an arrangement of PCs with software making one a
data acquisition device and the other a data using device.
configure
Select specific options, either by editing disk files, or by setting the location of
hardware jumpers, or by loading software parameters into memory.
control system
Equipment that automatically adjusts the output voltage, frequency, MW, or reactive
power, as the case can be, of an asset in response to certain aspects of common
quality such as voltage, frequency, MW, or reactive power. Such equipment
includes, but is not limited to, speed governors and exciters.
CRC
Cyclic Redundancy Check is used to detect errors in data such as transmissions or
files on a disk.
cross plot
Display of two variables, plotted one against the other over time, in an X-Y type plot
to detect signal correlations and to analyze performance.
CSDB
Control Signal Database, used in the turbine controller to store real-time process data
used in the control calculations.
CSF
Control System Freeway, a token passing communication network, typically using
TWINAX cabling, running at 2.3 MHz.
<D>
The Mark V turbine controller’s backup Communicator core (processor). (Also refer
to <C>.)
data dictionary
The data dictionary files contain information about unit-specific control signal
database pointnames, alarm text messages (for both process and diagnostic alarms),
and display information for signal pointnames (type/units, messages, and such). The
Data Dictionary also acts as the TCI real time database, holding the last timetag and
value received from the controller.
deadband
Range of values inside of which the incoming signal can be altered without changing
the output response. The Historian uses a deadband algorithm to decide whether to
save or discard incoming data, as part of its data compression function.
Demand Display
An HMI function that allows user to monitor several turbine data points at a time and
issue simple commands.
device
A configurable component of a process control system.
Devcom
Application program that serves as a communications bridge between the
CIMPLICITY HMI Point Manager and a device being monitored.
dynamic
An attribute emphasizing motion, change, and process as opposed to static.
EGD
Ethernet Global Data, a network protocol used by some controllers. Devices share
data through periodic EGD exchanges (pages of data).
Ethernet
Local Area Network used to link computers and/or controllers together. It features a
collision avoidance/collision detection system. It uses TCP/IP and I/O services layers
that conform to the IEEE 802.3 standard, developed by Xerox, Digital Equipment
Corporation (DEC), and Intel.
event
Discrete signal generated by a change in a status of a logic signal in a controller.
EX2000
GE generator exciter control. It regulates the generator field current to control the
generator output voltage.
fault code
A message from the controller to the HMI indicating a controller warning or failure.
firmware
Set of executable software, stored in memory chips that hold their content without
electrical power, such as EPROM or Flash memory.
forcing
Setting a signal to a particular value, regardless of the value the blockware or I/O is
writing to that signal.
frame rate
Basic scheduling rate of the controller. It encompasses one complete input-compute-
output cycle for the controller.
GSM
GE Energy Standard Messages. Refer to GEI-100658 GE Energy Standard
Messaging (GSM) 2.0 for HMI applications. Application-level messages processed
in gateway to the DCS. The gateway serves as a protocol translator and can
communicate directly with several process controllers. No data is emitted from the
gateway unless previously requested by the DCS equipment.
header
Textual information, such as a title, date, name, or other applicable identifying
information, positioned at the top of a screen, column, or page.
Historian
A client/server-based data archival system for data collection, storage, and display of
power island and auxiliary process data.. It combines high-resolution digital event
data from the turbine controller with process analog data to create a tool for
investigating cause-effect relationships.
HMI
Human-Machine Interface. The GE HMI is a Windows-based operator interface to
the turbine controllers and auxiliary power plant equipment. The HMI uses
CIMPLICITY as the operator interface, and supports the Historian Client Toolset for
viewing Historian data.
HRSG
Heat Recovery Steam Generator. This uses exhaust heat from a gas turbine to
generate steam.
icon
A small picture intended to represent something (a file, directory, or action) in a
graphical user interface. When an icon is clicked on, some action is performed, such
as opening a directory or aborting a file transfer.
initialize
Set values (addresses, counters, registers, and such) to an initial value before
processing.
IONet
The Mark VI I/O Ethernet communication network.
LAN
Local area network (communications). A typical LAN consists of peripheral devices
and controllers contained in the same building, and often on the same floor.
logical
Statement of a true/false sense. The results of a logical expression can be stored in a
Boolean variable.
Mark IV
SPEEDTRONIC gas turbine controller, introduced in 1983. The first GE triple
modular redundant (TMR) control for fault-tolerant operation.
Mark V
All-digital SPEEDTRONIC gas and steam turbine controller, introduced in 1991,
available in Simplex and TMR control versions. At first equipped with a DOS-based
pc operator interface, later upgraded to use the Windows-based CIMPLICITY HMI.
Mark V LM
SPEEDTRONIC gas turbine controller, introduced in 1995, designed specifically to
support the aeroderivative Dry Low Emissions (DLE) technology developed by GE
Aircraft Engines. Equipped to use the Windows-based CIMPLICITY HMI.
Mark VI
VME-based SPEEDTRONIC gas and steam turbine controller, available in Simplex
and TMR control versions. Equipped to use the NT-based CIMPLICITY HMI and
Control System Toolbox.
menu
(Software.) A list from which the user can select an operation to be performed.
Modbus
Serial communication protocol, initially developed by Gould Modicon for use
between PLCs and other computers to exchange real-time data and commands.
network
A data communication system that links two or more computers and peripheral
devices.
OCX
OLE custom control. An independent program module that can be accessed by other
programs in a Windows environment. ActiveX (Microsoft’s next generation of
controls) is backward compatible OCX
OLE
(Pronounced as separate letters.) Object linking and embedding. A compound
document standard developed by Microsoft Corporation. It enables you to create
objects with one application and then link or embed them in a second application.
Embedded objects retain their original format and links to the application that
created them. Support for OLE is built into the Windows.
OPC
OLE for Process Controls. The OPC Specification is a non-proprietary technical
specification that defines a set of standard interfaces based upon Microsoft’s
OLE/COM technology. The application of the OPC standard interface makes
possible interoperability between automation/control applications, field
systems/devices, and business/office applications.
OSM
Refer to On Site Monitor.
panel
The side or front of a piece of equipment on which terminations and termination
assemblies are mounted.
pc
Abbreviation for personal computer.
PDH
Refer to Plant Data Highway.
permissives
Conditions that allow advancement from one state to another.
ping
The ping utility command uses a series of Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP)
Echo messages to troubleshoot network connectivity.
PLC
Programmable logic controller. These are designed for discrete (logic) control of
machinery, and they also compute math (analog) functions and perform regulatory
control.
plot
To draw an image by connecting a series of precisely placed points on a screen or
paper, using a series of lines.
point
Basic unit for variable information in the controller, also referred to as signal.
reactive capability
The reactive power injection or absorption capability of generating sets and other
reactive power resources such as Static Var Compensators, capacitors, and
synchronous condensers. This includes reactive power capability of a generating set
during the normal course of the generating set operations.
reboot
Restart the controller or computer after a controlled shutdown.
resources
Also known as groups. Resources are systems (devices, machines, or work stations
where work is performed) or areas where several tasks are carried out. Resource
configuration plays an important role in the CIMPLICITY system by routing alarms
to specific users and filtering the data users receive.
runtime
Refer to product code.
setpoint
Value of a controlled variable, departure from which causes a controller to operate to
reduce the error and restore the intended steady state.
signal
Basic unit for variable information in the controller, also referred to as point.
Simplex
Operation that requires only one set of control and I/O, and generally uses only one
channel.
SOE
Refer to Sequence of Events.
SRTP
Service Request Transfer Protocol. An Ethernet communications protocol for
communications between the turbine controller and the HMI.
Stagelink
ARCNET-based communication link used by many controllers.
synchroscope
Instrument for detecting whether two moving parts are synchronized.
tag
Identifying name given to a process measurement point.
TCEA
DS200TCEA Emergency Overspeed Board (TCEA), located in the controller’s
Protective Core <P1>, is used for the high-speed protection circuitry. It is often
referred to as the Protective Processor. The three TCEA boards used in the <P1>
core are referred to as the <X>, <Y>, and <Z> processors.
TCI
Turbine Control Interface. The GE-supplied software package on the HMI that
interfaces to the turbine control.
TCP/IP
Communications protocols developed to inter-network dissimilar systems. It is
supported on almost all systems. TCP controls data transfer and IP provides the
routing for functions, such as file transfer and e-mail.
TMR
Triple Modular Redundancy. This is an architecture that uses three identical sets of
control and I/O, and votes the results to obtain highly reliable output signals.
trend
Time-based screen plot displaying the history of process values, available in the
Historian, HMI, and the Control System Toolbox.
trigger
Transition in a discrete signal from 0 to 1, or from 1 to 0, initiating an action or
sequence.
UTC
Coordinated Universal Time, an international time-reference standard.
utility
A small helper program that performs a specific task, usually related to managing
system resources. Utilities differ from applications mostly in terms of size,
complexity, and function.
VLAN
Virtual Local Area Network. A scheme whereby a single network switch can support
multiple separate networks (such as UDH, PDH, and ADH). All networks configured
on the switch share a single switch-to-switch trunk port connection.
web browser
Computer software, such as Microsoft Internet Explorer or Netscape Navigator,
allowing screens and data to be viewed over a network from a server.
Workbench
A CIMPLICITY HMI program used to view, configure, organize, and manage every
component of a CIMPLICITY project through a single window.
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demand displays GE requisition number (3 V) 1-8
command target types 3-38
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data area description 3-38
Demand Display 3-33 HMI
demand display data window 3-36 application-specific features 1-6
demand display menu window 3-35 communications 1-5
opening, creating, modifying and saving demand components 1-2
displays 3-40 functions for GE turbine controllers 4-1
other options 3-45, 3-52 graphic displays 1-3
saving 3-40 optional features 1-5
using demand display 3-39 overview 1-1
working with command targets 3-43 product features 1-1
working with point names 3-42 starting up 2-1
displays Hold list
Demand Display 3-33 alarms (steam turbine only) 5-1
Dynamic Rung 3-2 display (steam turbine applications) 2-31
Logic Forcing 3-46 rules 3-32
displays optional steam applications 3-31
Manual Synchronizing 2-12
Reactive Capability 2-11 L
Triggered Plot 2-15 lockout function
displays other diagnostic reset 2-6
Alarm Setup 2-8 master reset 2-4
Hold List 2-31 Logic Forcing Display
Lockout Function Diagnostic Reset 2-6 exiting 3-52
Lockout Function Master Reset 2-4 logic forcing display 3-46
Start Checks 2-7 Logic Forcing Display screen window 3-48
Synchronization 2-10 opening, creating, modifying and saving logic
Trip Diagram 2-5 forcing displays 3-49
Turbine Startup Trend 2-9 Other options 3-45
displays user defined 2-20, 2-22 printing the logic forcing display file 3-51
displays web-based 2-32, 3-25 Starting 3-46
Dynamic Rung Display using the command targets 3-51
using the logic forcing display program 3-50