GE PAC8000 & Cimplicity
This content is a training module that looks at the integration of a PAC8000 Remote Terminal Unit (RTU) with the CIMPLICITY SCADA system. The content has been broken up into two distinct areas of knowledge so the user can easily distinguish between the two parts. The module will give the user a solid background in both the PAC8000 RTU and the CIMPLCITY SCADA system.
The content here is aimed at a target audience of Control Engineers, Instrument Engineers or Instrument technician personnel who have a base understanding of the PAC8000 controller and the GE CIMPLICITY system.
PAC8000
The PAC8000 module details the PAC8000 controller and its associated components. It provides an overview of the controller, an introduction to the PAC8000 workbench and its system components, an overview of the project (including creating, deleting and purging a project), and a detailed section on project tags. It highlights the modules that are associated with the controller, compiling I/O to a module, reviews the program logic utilised by the controller and gives examples of creating / downloading / debugging a program, looks at the hardware configuration, as well as setting up the network required. It also details accessing data from other devices (other PAC8000 devices, or a remote MODBUS device), details how to download to a controller, utilising the ‘tag checkout’ feature, looks at setting up security features, and how to generate pre-defined reports or custom build your own reports. There is also an overview on some of the standard functions / tools that you would be using (backup / restore / adding users / etc.), as well as some troubleshooting tools that are used.
CIMPLICITY
This module discusses how to integrate the PAC8000 controller with the CIMPLICITY SCADA, how to open projects in the Workbench environment, a review of the different points that can be populated within the programming and some examples of errors and how to troubleshoot them when importing points into the system. It goes into detail on the alarms that can be configured in the system and how to develop them, an overview of the ports available in CIMPLICITY for communications, a description of how to configure the various devices that can communicate to the CIMPLICITY system, and an overview of the Database Logger that allows analysis of your system processes and equipment performance and how to configure it for your application.
It also details the CimEdit function and provides examples of how to create new screens or edit existing screens, how to add items to the screens, and a detailed description of the toolbars associated with the CimEdit function. There is also a section on CimView, which is the graphics runtime portion of CIMPLICITY, an overview of the Basic Control Engine (BCE) which monitors for events and lets the user define actions to be taken in response to those events, a description on Linked Objects and how to create them, as well as an overview of Smart Objects and examples of how to create them, and a definition on the Navigation Configuration Editor and how to create new Navigation files
The content here is aimed at a target audience of Control Engineers, Instrument Engineers or Instrument technician personnel who have a base understanding of the PAC8000 controller and the GE CIMPLICITY system.
