Automationdirect.com prosense PPC5 Series - 16.1 Functional Overview

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PPC Manual Revision 1
Chapter 16: Software Functional Overview
16.1 Functional Overview
This section describes the main functional overview of the Parameter Setting
Software.
Parameter setting function
This function is used to set the parameters of the controller.
There are setup parameters for setting the basic functions of a controller and
operation parameters used for setting functions necessary to operate the controller.
It is also possible to set them using the Setting wizard.
Monitoring function
Tuning/change
With the PC connected to one controller, the tuning function tunes PID parameters
by displaying PV input values (PV), target setpoints (SP), control output values (OUT),
etc. on the PC screen. Furthermore, it also enables the PV, SP, and OUT values to be
displayed as trend data and acquired together with the loop information and fixed
registers in the Tuning window. Acquired trend data can be saved in a file of .csv
format.
PC
PPC5
Register
read/write
Trend data file (.csv)
Monitoring/changing registers
The register monitoring function enables the controller’ s registers to be monitored
and/or changed.
PC
PPC5
Register
read/write