K-Chief 600 – Basic Course

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Contents
Contents 2
Exercise 1. System Knowledge 3
Exercise 2. System Design Overview 4
Exercise 3. Navigation and Objects 5
Exercise 4. Operational Use and Objects 6
Exercise 5. Object Menus 7
Exercise 6. Exceptional Modes 8
Exercise 7. Alarms 9
Exercise 8. Events 11
Exercise 9. Trends and Reports 12
Exercise 10. Watch Calling 13

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Exercise 1. System Knowledge

1. What are the meanings of the following abbreviations: CAN, DPU,
and SCU?

2. The control system has redundant networks between ROSs stations.

What are they called?

3. Name the components in an Operator Station (OS)?

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4. What happens if an OS experiences a critical Hardware (HW) failure
(i.e. Crashes)?

5. What is the name of your Operator Station?

6. In K-Chief 600 we have an optional touch screen; what is this called

and what is its purpose?

7. Which windows platform is this system using for navigation in the

K-Base SW?

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Exercise 2. System Design Overview

1. Where are the latest unacknowledged alarms displayed and how
many are visible?

2. Where can we find the rest of the alarms?

3. How long has the K-Chief 600 system been running?

4. What is ‘Total memory’ at the present time?

5. Where can we find the overview of the OSs and which DPUs are
operational?

6. Describe the function of a DPU.

7. Where is the help menu located? What other possibilities are there
to get to this menu?

8. Where do we connect 3rd party serial lines to the KM system?

9. What is ‘Mode Control’ and what is its purpose?

10. Where is it possible to ‘Change User’ and for what purpose?

11. How do you divide the screen on your local OS?

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Exercise 3. Navigation and Objects

1. Go to ‘Home’ and navigate to Machinery control and Pump
control system.

2. Are we able to start the Main F.O supply pump (tag ‘E01P’)?

3. What happens to the colour of the object when you start the
pump?

4. Where do you see how many ‘Active Alarms’ there are at this
present time?

5. List the 5 main parts of an ‘Object’?

6. Find tag ‘J02P. What is the value of ‘TimeOut?

7. How can we get more information about each tag?

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Exercise 4. Operational Use and Objects

1. What does it mean when the status of a tag is ‘Invalid’?

2. Open the mimic for ‘FO filing and transfer system. Set ‘MGO trans
PP’ into ‘Automatic’ mode. What does the ‘Object mode’ indicate?

3. What are the meanings of the following different object states?

M….…...

T………..

A………..

B…………

L………………

4. Go to the mimic for ‘Cooling SW system’ and start No. 1 ‘Fire & G.S
pump’. What is the Tag number and what happens to the colour of
the symbol?

5. Which tags are included in this logic and where can we see this
information?

6. What do we mean by the term ‘Algorithm/SW/Logic’?

7. What does a red frame around an object indicate?

8. What are the two main types of parameters of an object?

9. What is the ‘Seamate Connection Arrangement Document’?

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Exercise 5. Object Menus

1. Open parameters for tag ‘P10’.

2. On which mimic is this tag presented and what is the description for
this tag?

3. What kind of field tag is this and what is the value of ‘Dynamic
Deadband’?

4. What is the range of this sensor and what do we mean regarding

‘range’ in the K-Chief 600 system?

5. How and where do we filter for a specific tag?

6. Search for the tag ‘C06’. On which DPU and channel is this located?

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Exercise 6. Exceptional Modes

1. What is the difference between ‘Offscan’ and ‘Inhibit’ tags?

2. What is ‘Offscan’ used for?

3. Which ‘Users’ and ‘User Groups’ are able to access the ‘Offscan
Enable’ button?

4. Find tag ‘O06’ in a mimic view and select ‘Offscan Enable’. What
happens to the object?

5. Where can we see all ‘Offscan Tags’? Confirm this by checking

that ‘O06’ has been added to the list.
6. Where can we see all ‘Inhibited Tags’ in the K-Chief 600 system?

7. Where can we see an overview of the total running hours from

pumps in the system?

8. Could an OS that belongs to the ‘ECR Group’ also belong to the

‘CCR Group’? How many ‘OS Groups’ can control a ‘Command
Group’ at any one time?

10. Describe how you could, in an emergency situation, ‘Take

Command’ of a ‘Command Group’ that is only ‘Requestable’?

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Exercise 7. Alarms
1. What alarms are displayed within the top bar of the display? Is it
possible to cover or hide these alarm lines?

2. How can you see all the ‘Active’ alarms in the system?

3. What happens if you select ‘Acknowledge’ in the ‘Active Alarms’

view with no particular alarm selected?

4. What are the different alarm colours and what are their meanings?

5. Where can you see the ‘Alarm limits’ for the tag ‘Q05.1’ and what
are they?

6. How many times has the tag ‘O06’’ been activated?

7. Which ‘Alarm group’ does tag ‘O06’ belong to?

8. What is the ‘Alarm side bar’? Why do we put alarms in different

‘Alarm Groups’?

9. Why would you use an ‘Alarm Filter’?

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10. When will the rotating light and/or horn go off?

11. Where on the K-Chief 600 system can we view the ‘Deviation
alarm parameters’ dialogue box?

12. Alarm deviation is used for engine exhaust temperatures. What

can be changed in the ‘Deviation alarm parameters’ dialogue box
and why?

13. The K-Chief 600 system has a SW test button. Where is this
located and what is its purpose?

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Exercise 8. Events
1. What is the definition of an event?

2. Why do we refer to K-Chief 600 as an ‘Event Driven’ system?

3. How would you make a list of the ‘Event History’ for tag ‘S13P’?

4. When was pump ‘S13P’ started and from which source?

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Exercise 9. Trends and Reports

1. Set up ‘Trend view 7’ with tags ‘P15’, ‘P16 and ‘P17’

2. Change from ‘Static’ to ‘Live’ view and ensure ‘Grid’ is visible.

3. Add tag ‘DG1-CB’. Click the ‘Swap’ button. What happens to the
tags in the trend?

4. How can we view each tag in its own plot?

5. Assign ‘Trend view 7’ as ‘Favourite view 8’.

6. How far back in time can the K-Chief 600 system provide a trend?

7. Set up the ‘Report Manager’ to print out all ‘Active Alarms’ every
day at noon.

8. Select ‘G/E overview’ mimic and add all ‘LO inlet press’ and ‘LO inlet
temp’ tag values to ‘Custom view 6’.

9. ‘Convert’ the tags in ‘Custom view 6’ to ‘Gauge’ and ‘Bargraph’ of

your choice..

10. Use the ‘Add tags’ button and add ‘DG1-SHD’ to the custom view.
Convert this tag to ‘Symbol’. What does it read?

11. Create a report showing ‘Custom view 6’ and set it up to be printed

out every day at 11:00.

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Exercise 10. Watch Calling

1. What is the function of Watch Call?

2. What communication protocol does Watch Call use?

3. How is the ‘Engineer Safety System’ activated and de-activated

locally?

4. The ‘Engineer Safety System’ may be set to a time limit somewhere

between 3 to 27 minutes. How can this period be reset before it
expires and sets off the rotating light/alarm horn?

5. On the Watch Bridge Unit (WBU), what does a yellow, ‘flashing’ LED
indicate on the Bridge/Engine Watch button(s)?

6. Open the Watch Calling dialogue box (ECR Watch) on your OS.
What does the yellow hazard triangle with an exclamation mark
indicate?

7. Under which ‘tab’ within the Watch Calling dialogue box (ECR
Watch) can you find further details regarding ‘Connection status’?

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