Honeywell Controller Designer Specifications

Controller Designer Software

Specifications

51-52-03-43, November 2019

Description

Controller Designer software for the ControlEdge HC900 Controller is an easy-to-use Windows-based application that is operable over Ethernet, a serial port or modem connection to simplify controller configuration. Designer software supported in English and Mandarin language. When used with the C70 series CPUs with dual Ethernet capability, Controller Designer software supports verification of both communication ports and may be used with either port.

It provides advanced monitoring functions for debug, allows RUN/PGM-mode configuration changes, uploads the complete, annotated graphic controller control strategy, plus supplies an array of reports for enhanced documentation.

Figure 1 - Controller Designer Software

Features

•Graphic drag and drop, soft-wire configuration

•Supports configuration edit downloads in RUN mode

•Version Control System

•User Library Creation

•Configures:

Controller

Peer-to-peer data exchange (Peer and safety peer communication)

Recipes, SP profiles,

SP Schedules, Sequences

Alarms, events, e-mail alarms/events

Modbus Serial and Modbus TCP Master communications

•Graphic function block configuration and annotations

•Allows graphic configuration partitioning for Process and Safety

•Extensive on-line monitoring features including:

User defined and pre-defined watch windows

Power flow indication

Function block pin values

Multiple function block access

Signal trace-back to source

•5 Zoom levels for detail viewing

•On-line diagnostic windows for analyzing controller, I/O, network host and controller peer connections

•Supports Ethernet, RS 485 direct connection to access controller

•Supported OS:

Windows™ 7 (32 and 64 bit OS)

Windows™ 8.1 (32 and 64 bit OS)

Windows 10 (32 and 64 bit OS)

The ControlEdge HC900 Controller Designer provides separate functional tabbed worksheets for:

•Controller hardware setup

•559 Operator interface setup

•Function block configuration for Process

•Function block configuration for Safety

•Utilities, communication ports setup and other diagnostic support.

•Custom Modbus Map

The user-friendly graphic function block development environment allows partitioning of the control strategy into up to 160 (40 for version below 6.6) “worksheets” of 20 pages each.

This allows the configuration to be organized according to Process and Safety function, providing faster configuration access, and improved documentation. In addition, OEMs may apply additional security to specific worksheets to prohibit access to proprietary operations while allowing their customers to modify unprotected worksheets. For maximum security, the default password access feature for worksheets may be disabled.

Function Blocks are selected from a categorized list, dropped on a selected worksheet page, and soft-wired to other blocks directly or via tag references. Index numbers allow users to read or write data within the block when the data type is not brought to an output pin of the object. Editing tools such as box copy and paste speed development. You may also copy and paste portions of strategies from other configurations. The Undo feature provides a convenient method to reverse incorrect or undesired actions.

Configuration Management

The controller configuration file may be imported directly into Station Designer software for configuring 900 Control Station operator interfaces. Maintaining controller and operator interface configuration files that match the actual configuration being executed in the controller is a simple task with Controller Designer’s configuration upload capability. When a PC with Controller Designer software is in communication with the controller, the Upload feature reads the configuration from the controller’s memory and back-builds an exact configuration file in the PC, including all text annotations used to describe functional areas. This file can then be saved to disk as a back-up and downloaded when needed to simplify maintenance.

New versions of Controller Designer software may be used to develop configurations for older controller versions. Configurations developed for early firmware versions of ControlEdge HC900 Controllers are automatically converted to be compatible with newer controller versions when saved as the desired version level. All controllers in the ControlEdge HC900 product line are supported with the same software. Configurations developed with Control Builder software version 5.0 for UMC800 Controllers may also be converted for use with ControlEdge HC900 controllers.

Configuration Edits-RUN Mode

Configuration changes such as block additions or substitutions and soft-wiring can be transferred to the controller during the RUN/PRGM mode, avoiding initialization. All outputs and status are held during a minimal transfer time after which processing continues at the start of a scan. Changes with I/O module updates require additional time. The amount of time the outputs will be held, typically several seconds, is presented to the user at the time of download along with options to proceed.

Configuration changes downloaded to the controller while the controller is in the Program mode, or if cold start is selected while in the Run mode, all controller outputs are turned off and a re-initialization of the controller database is executed.

Configuration File Properties

Configuration file properties are maintained during configuration development identifying the date of initial file creation and the date of the last file modification. Areas are provided to include a configuration name and the name of the author. During configuration, a Statistics summary (Figure 2) indicates the amount of controller resources used by the configuration and the amount of resources available. Security is provided via password entry to limit access to the entire configuration or to only user specified configuration worksheets.

Figure 2 - File properties

Edit mode Overview

Main Menu	Main Tool Bar	Function-related Tool Bar
File Browser shows all open files (configurations,

recipes, data storage, and backup)

Double-click on block for properties

Status Bar

Functional Tabs (left to right) (see page 20 for details):

Controller - lists I/O used, e-mail alarms

Display - format select, tag assignment, F-key assignment (limited to versions prior to 6.0)

Function Blocks - graphic configuration (shown above)

Modbus Map – shows custom Modbus addresses

Utilities - setup for ports, data storage, time, calibration and diagnostics

Config tab lists all configured blocks, click on any block to find.

Worksheet Toolbox lists available Function Blocks and software tools, categorized by tabs Normal/Fast Scan & by block type.

On-Line Monitoring Features

Controller Designer on-line monitoring tools allows quick analysis of configuration problems. Tools include:

1.Multiple function block monitor access on a single display from multiple worksheets. Most internal parameters are available for read/write plus block outputs may be forced including I/O and logic blocks. Principle blocks such as PID, Setpoint Programmer and Sequencers have dialog boxes to allow operation and test. Stored profiles or sequences may also be selected on-line.

Figure 3 - Multiple function block monitoring

2.Logic Power Flow indication. You can choose solid green = ON/dotted red = OFF or solid red = ON/dotted green = OFF to indicate power flow.

Figure 4 - Logic power flow

On-Line Monitoring Features (cont’d)

3.User-selected Watch Window. Allows access to digital and analog I/O, Signal Tags, Variables), and custom display data groups by tab selection. A custom Watch Window may also be created by selecting parameters from the configuration diagram. Write capability from Watch Windows is supported. Variables on the safety worksheet must be enabled and restricted to non-critical safety functions for writing while operating in the safe mode. Writes are then enabled utilizing the associated Write Variables function (WVAR) located on the process worksheet.

Figure 5 - User defined watch window

4.Dynamic function blocks input and output values. Provided when monitoring the function blocks of the configuration diagram, the dynamic value presentation may be limited to a single pin, a single function block, or it may encompass the entire display window.

Figure 6 - Dynamic function block values

5.Signal Trace-back for any function block input. Used to find the signal source for quick identification of potential errors.

6.FIND. A FIND function allows location of multiple instances of specific tags across all worksheets.

On-Line Monitoring Features (cont’d)

7.Recipe Management. A separate Recipe Management feature allows creating, editing, copying and exporting recipes, profiles, schedules and sequences to allow transferring this information between configurations and controllers.

8.Diagnostic Monitoring. Provided in the Utilities section of the software to view controller status, I/O rack status and communication port diagnostics status for both serial and network ports. A search function to locate/force/unforce function blocks is also provided.

Figure 7 - Forced blocks window (left), Diagnostic monitoring window

900 Control Station

When configuring 900 Control Station, the configuration file from Controller Designer is imported into Station Designer software to simplify database management when building displays. Database mismatches between the controller and operator interface configurations are detected at run-time of the interface.