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s500 Doc 03 Acces
s500 Doc 03 Acces
1 ACCESS SECURITY 2
1.1 Initial password 2
1.2 Definition of access levels 2
1.3 Data group access 3 All rights reserved
1.4 Number of access attempts 3 The reproduction of all or part of this document, in any form, is
strictly prohibited without prior written consent by LACROIX Sofrel.
2 CONFIGURATION AND COMMUNICATION USING SOFTOOLS 4 The information contained in this manual has been carefully
2.1 Presentation 4 checked and is deemed to be correct. However, LACROIX Sofrel
cannot be held responsible for any errors or inaccuracies that may
2.2 Main SOFTOOLS functions 4 exist in this manual, nor for any resulting direct or indirect damage,
2.3 Creating a new remote terminal unit 6 even if it has been informed of the possibility of such damage.
2.3.1 Properties 6 Due to ongoing product development, LACROIX Sofrel withholds
2.3.2 Connecting to the remote terminal unit 7 the right to make any modifications to this manual and to related
2.4 Configuring the Remote Terminal Unit 8 products at any time, with no prior notification of concerned
individuals.
2.4.1 Configuration principle 8
2.4.2 Hardware definition 8
2.4.3 Remote terminal unit identification 8
2.4.4 Regional parameters 8
2.4.5 Choice of communication protocol 9 Legend
2.4.6 Definition of terminal strip data 9
2.4.7
2.4.8
Definition of other data
Configuration backup and check
9
10
LC : click once with the left mouse button
RC : click once with the right mouse button
2.5 Uploading a configuration 10
2.6 Installing the software and options 11
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1 Access security
1.1 Initial password
On connection, S500 operator dialog access is password protected.
On initial start-up, the system administrator must enter ADMINI (default password).
Defining passwords X X
Remote terminal unit configuration read and write
X X
operations
Alarm acknowledgement
Global viewing (data, logs, etc.)
Defining setpoints
Curve tracing / Excel export
X X X
Setting the time on the remote terminal unit
Recipient number modification
Global diagnostics (software, hardware, logs, etc.)
Viewing data groups
Alarm acknowledgement
Global viewing (data, logs, etc.) X X X X
Viewing data groups
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From the Remote terminal unit configuration screen, LDC on:
Number of attempts 3 3 1 1 3 1 3
Beyond this maximum number of attempts, the S500 software prevents any further connection attempts for
a period of 15 seconds. A message notifying this event is entered into the communications log.
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2 Configuration and communication using SOFTOOLS
2.1 Presentation
Creating an S500 Remote Terminal Unit in SOFTOOLS consists in defining:
1. its general properties and connection parameters,
2. data and function configuration (communication, process controls, etc.),
3. establishing communication to write the configuration, process data, update the
software, etc.
2 Once these 3 actions have been completed, S500 is started and its data can be remotely operated.
¾ Properties:
On creation of the new Remote terminal unit, its general properties must be defined
(SOFTOOLS name, comments, image), along with its local and remote connection
properties (PC's driver and terminal connection port, PSTN/GSM modem call number,
Ethernet connection parameters, Remote Terminal Unit's IP address).
¾ Configuration:
Icon or Menu Action Comment
From the name previously created in SOFTOOLS, define the
Modify remote terminal unit's configuration: number and types of boards
installed, data labels, archiving, automatic calls, etc.
Check Avoid any possible configuration parameter anomalies.
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¾ Communication:
As soon as communication with the remote terminal unit is activated, SOFTOOLS provides a
selection of operations to perform: by default, remote terminal unit operation (i.e. data viewing
and facility diagnostics) is selected.
Write configuration Upload the SOFTOOLS configuration to the remote terminal unit.
Import options, update the Remote Terminal Unit’s software version and
Install software modules
Debug ST Process Switch to Debugger mode to monitor process control program operation
control on the Remote Terminal Unit (via the ST process control workshop).
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2.3 Creating a new remote terminal unit
In SOFTOOLS' list of remote terminal units, RC and select New Remote terminal unit -S500.
2.3.1 Properties
2 SOFTOOLS can only establish one connection at a time; when one user is logged on
via the terminal port, a second user cannot log on remotely via a PSTN / GSM
modem or via an ETHERNET connection.
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2.3.2 Connecting to the remote terminal unit
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2.4 Configuring the Remote Terminal Unit
Passwords
Communication protocole wth the
SCADA Central Station:
- SOFBUS-PL
Unit or
identification - LACBUS-RTU
Regional
parameters
Inhibition and
acknowledgement
2 For a 2AI board, select the "AI" button and then use only
the first 2 entries (same principle for a 2DO board).
Name: text used to identify the site; it appears during remote viewing
operations (Browser, SMS, Email, etc.).
Number: MODBUS address of the remote terminal unit on the network
(from 1 to 255).
ID code: these are two words that can be read by Master systems and
whose values are between 0 and 9999.
z RC on the "Data" folder, or select the type of data (Terminal strips, Communications, Internal,
Reports, etc.) that you wish to create from the list and select "New".
& Example: RC to create a "Reports" data from the "Data" folder.
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2.4.8 Configuration backup and check
z LC on the button in the SOFTOOLS toolbar to save the configuration of the
remote terminal unit that you have modified.
z LC on Communication
When the operator directly selects the operation to perform, this latter is triggered automatically on
connection:
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2.6 Installing the software and options
Before updating the software, we recommend backing up any data archived by the remote
terminal unit (e.g.: make a call to the SCADA central station or, failing this, perform an “Excel
transfer of the archived data” you wish to keep and save them to your PC's hard disk).
z Updating the options: the file containing the software options that
you have ordered must be imported into S500.
2 When the new software download is complete, the remote terminal unit resets
all current and archived data.
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3 Use with the PC Browser
3.1 Presentation
Whether in local or remote communication, the Browser displays the available S500 operator dialog
functions:
Data
Alarm present and not acknowledged
Alarms
Alarm present and acknowledged
Communications
Diagnostics
Log Transfer archives to an EXCEL worksheet
Board diagnostics
Display archives in curve format
Monitoring
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3.2 Viewing - Processing
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3.2.3 Viewing current data
Tick the boxes to select the alarms for which you wish to view the archives (see
§ 3.2.5 page 16).
¾ Defining setpoints
To temporarily force a setpoint, the operator needs only to change its value or status. Then
the setpoint can be modified again, whatever the positioning origin, with no notion of
priority: Operator, SCADA central station, Process control, etc.
To lock a setpoint, LC on the icon and modify its value or status; with the
exception of an operator or SCADA central station action, the setpoint can no longer be
modified (e.g.: the process control will have no effect on this setpoint).
¾ Counter indexing
To index a "Terminal strip counter" or "Data counter",
LC on the counter's value, modify this latter and validate input.
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3.2.4 Modifying time periods
The "VIEW - Data" screen provides access to weekly, cyclical, universal and exception periods.
To view or modify a period, LC on the corresponding icon:
weekly period universal period cyclical period
¾ Exceptions
Configuring an exception consists in replacing a weekly period with another over a
defined time period within a universal period (for example, to take account of bank
holidays, vacations, etc.).
¾ Modifying a universal period
A universal period is defined by a start date and time and an end date and time in the
year. It is used to validate or inhibit certain processes according to the current date and
time.
2 To simplify input, it may be of use to not fill in certain fields: for example, to define a yearly
period active between 8 AM and 6 PM on the 15th of each month, enter:
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Using the Browser, you can select between 1 and 5 data whose archives you wish to
view.
(∗) The remote terminal unit's archives are transferred in ".TSV" format.
To automatically run Microsoft Excel on transfer, this format must be
associated with this application (see Windows documentation).
Ext. Temp.
Int. temp.
Display previous Select value Zoom in View the list Display values from Display next
values scale on an area of archives the past 1, 7 or 30 values
of the curve days
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3.3 Diagnostics
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3.3.4 Diagnostic Log
This log is used to detect any problems that may arise; it lists the last time-stamped events
pertaining to the operation of the remote terminal unit (start-up, configuration update, etc.).
This "Simulation" mode is very useful for testing a process (archiving, threshold overrun,
process control, etc.) without waiting for this process to actually run. This is particularly
useful for testing a process.
2 Thanks to this "Simulation" mode, the operator can also easily take over to modify
the status of a “faulty” or “out of service” sensor or device datum in order to stop
any untimely alarm transmission by the remote terminal unit.
On leaving this screen, the data locked by the user are stored in the remote terminal
unit's database.
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4 Using the graphical display
The interactive graphical display (IGD), built into the S500 remote terminal unit, is perfectly adapted to local
data processing and installed I/O board and expansion module diagnostics.
Most of the diagnostic functions are available even when the product is not configured.
All of the following functions are available:
z Viewing data groups,
z Input / output diagnostics and communication link signal diagnostics,
z Displaying alarm with acknowledgement options,
z Curve tracing (archived values),
z Modifying time periods,
z Command positioning (DO, AO).
z Modify the remote terminal unit's time.
2 Data are viewed on the S500's graphical display on a per group basis: data groups
therefore need to be previously created; this remark also concerns all types of time
period on the remote terminal unit.
4.1.1 Browsing
4.1.2 Input
In screens where the icon is displayed in the bottom right-hand corner, the datum's value
can be changes using the control thumbwheel.
& Example: entering a setpoint, indexing a counter, modifying a weekly period if this latter is a
member of a data group, etc.).
9 Briefly press on the thumbwheel ª to switch from selection mode (in inverse video) to
input mode (underlined),
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4.2.1 Password
Password
0000
3
¾ Group selection:
Plessis group
Curve tracing
9 The "sensor fault" icon displayed to the right, indicates that the
acquired value is "off-limits" (that is to say that it is lower than the
minimum value or higher than the maximum value for the data, as
configured in the remote terminal unit).
9 When the icon is displayed at the bottom of the display,
a ª on the control thumbwheel allows the user to modify the data.
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Acknowledge alarms?
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9 Click on ª to acknowledge the alarms,
Alarms
Operation
Diagnostics
Set time
Set time
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