Honeywell EPDOC-XX56-en-516A Reference Manual

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Experion PKS

Release 516

Honeywell FSC Integration Reference

EPDOC-XX56-en-516A

August 2020

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Chapter 1 - Planning considerations for Honeywell FSC controllers 5

Devices supported by the Honeywell FSC interface 6

Devices supported by the Honeywell FSC interface

The server supports serial and Ethernet FSC controllers.

The server communicates with:

n Serial controllers using a point-to-point or multi-drop RS-232 link

and FSC Modbus protocol

n Ethernet controllers using a proprietary protocol based on the

Modbus protocol

Serial devices supported by the Honeywell FSC

interface

The server supports the following serial FSC controller configurations:

FSC-100 A single rack.

FSC-100R Two identical racks. Basically parallel FSC-100 configuration.

FSC-101 May consist of several racks.

FSC-102 Two Central parts and single I/O.

FSC-101R Two Central parts and redundant I/O.

FSC-202 Two Central racks and redundant I/O.

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Ethernet devices supported by the Honeywell FSC

interface

The server supports the following Ethernet FSC controller configurations.

FSC1oo1D

FSC1oo2D

Single Central Part with single Ethernet connection

Single Central Part with redundant Ethernet connection

Redundant Central Parts with single Ethernet connection to each Central Part

FSC-specific terms

FSC

Fail-safe controller.

SER

SER channel

SOE

BaseSER Number

Sequence of events recorder.

An FSC setting required so that the server can extract SOE data from the controller. The server uses the SER channel to poll for SOE data.

Sequence of events.

The unique ID assigned to a serial (non-Ethernet) controller so that the server can extract SOE data from that controller.

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Differences between serial and Ethernet controllers

The server supports serial and Ethernet FSC controllers. However, these two controller types are different, and following differences apply:

n Serial controllers use Modbus; whereas Ethernet controllers use a

proprietary protocol based on Modbus.

n The diagnostic scan rate is not configurable in Ethernet

controllers.

n The Base SER is not required for Ethernet controllers.

n There is a separate test utility for each type of controller.

n System Information and Extended Diagnostics are available for

Ethernet controllers.

Architectures for Honeywell FSC

Honeywell FSC interface supports connection to the server via serial or Ethernet connection.

Serial connections for Honeywell FSC

The server communicates with serial controllers using a point-topoint or multi-drop RS-232 link and FSC Modbus protocol.

Point-to-point configuration

A point-to-point configuration consists of a controller with a single COM module connected to a port on the server through a serial link.

Figure 1-1: Point-to-point configuration

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FSC Controller

Server

Central part 1

Server

FSC Controller

Central part 1

Central part 2

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Multi-drop configuration

A multi-drop configuration consists of a redundant FSC controller with two COM modules connected on the same serial link which connects to a single port on the server.

Note that this type of configuration does not constitute server communications redundancy, but it does provide a means of talking to a redundant FSC system across a single channel.

Figure 1-2: Multi-drop configuration

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FSC “Master” Controller

Server

Central part 1

FSC Network - Slave and/or Master Controllers

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FSC network configuration

Using an FSC network configuration, a single FSC controller manages the data that the server requests or controls. One controller, designated as a 'master' controller, is responsible for gathering SOE data from the FSC network. This enables SOE data from any networked controller to be obtained from the master controller.

A master controller is also useful for time synchronization. The master controller is responsible for time synchronization on the FSC network—synchronizing the time on the master controller also synchronizes the time on 'slave' controllers. See the topic titled "About time synchronization on Honeywell FSC controllers" for more information.

Figure 1-3: FSC network

Redundancy for serial controllers

Serial FSC controllers support communication redundancy. This is not the same as the multi-drop configuration. Communication redundancy involves a separate physical connection to communicate with the FSC controller.

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FSC Controller

Server

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Ethernet connections for Honeywell FSC

The server communicates with Ethernet controllers using a proprietary protocol based on the Modbus protocol. Process data connections to the FSC are made on TCP port 51000. Information scan connections to the FSC are made on TCP port 51001.

ATTENTION: Connecting or configuring a single FSC Ethernet controller to multiple servers is not a supported configuration.

Point-to-point configuration

A point-to-point configuration consists of a controller with a single COM module connected to a port on the server through an Ethernet link.

Figure 1-4: Point-to-point configuration

FSC network configuration

A master controller is also useful for time synchronization. The master controller is responsible for time synchronization on the FSC

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FSC “Master” Controller

Server

Central part 1

FSC Network - Slave and/or Master Controllers

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network—synchronizing the time on the master controller also synchronizes the time on slave controllers. See the topic titled "About time synchronization on Honeywell FSC controllers" for more information.

Figure 1-5: FSC network

Redundancy for Ethernet controllers

Ethernet FSC controllers support communication redundancy. Communication redundancy involves a separate physical connection to communicate with the FSC controller.

The server supports the following redundancy options:

n Redundant connection to a single Central Part via a single,

redundant 10018/E/E COM module

n Redundant connection to redundant Central Parts via a single,

non-redundant 10018/E/1. COM module on each Central Part

Figure 1-6: Redundancy options

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A B

CP1

CP2

A B

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Communication settings for Honeywell FSC

The communication settings are specific to the controller type (serial or Ethernet).

Serial connection settings for Honeywell FSC

The RS-232 connection is made to the controller's COM module, which can be of the following types:

n 10004/./.

n 10014/./.

Communication address

To communicate with a serial FSC controller, the server uses a communicationaddress, which can be calculated using the FSCSystem number specified when configuring the controller.

You use the FSC configuration utility, FSC Navigator, to specify the FSCSystem number, which must be unique within a system of FSC controllers.

The communicationaddress is equal to four times the FSCSystem number.

Modbus data tables and function codes

Serial FSC controllers use the following Modbus data tables and function codes.

In Quick Builder, you need to define a separate 'logical' controller for each data table to which the server needs access. For example, if the server needs access to the Discrete Output table and the and Input Register table, you need to define two logical controllers.

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Table 1-1: Modbus data tables

Data table Server addressable range

Discrete (digital) Output (coils) 00001–08192 (read/write)

Discrete (digital) Input (contacts) 10001–18192 (read only)

Input Register 30001–38192 (read only)

Holding Register 40001–48192 (read/write)

Serial FSC controllers support the following Modbus protocol function codes:

Table 1-2: Modbus function codes

Function code Description

01 Read output status

02 Read input status

03 Read output registers

04 Read input registers

05 Force Single Coil

06 Preset Single Register

Ethernet connection settings for Honeywell FSC

The Ethernet connection is made to the controller's 10018/E/1 or 10018/E/E COM modules.

Communication address

To communicate with an Ethernet FSC controller, the server uses a communicationaddress, which can be calculated using the FSCSystem number specified when configuring the controller.

You use the FSC configuration utility, FSC Navigator, to specify the FSCSystem number, which must be unique within a system of FSC controllers.

The communicationaddress is equal to four times the FSCSystem number.

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Ethernet data tables

Ethernet FSC controllers use the following Modbus data tables.

In Quick Builder, you need to define a separate 'logical' controller for each data table to which the server needs access. For example, if the server needs access to the Coils table and the Registers table, you need to define two logical controllers.

ATTENTION: The following points can only be built on an SOE only controller:

l FSC variables with a SER sequence number, but without a DCS

address. This includes FSC variables with a SER sequence number which are located in a FSC network. See the section "FSC network configuration" in the topic titled "Ethernet connections for Honeywell FSC" for more information.

l FSC system events. See the topic titled "Reserved SER

numbers" for more information.

Table 1-3: Ethernet data tables

Data Table Server Addressable Range (DCS address)

Coils (FSC types: I, O) 1–8192

SOE Only N/A

Registers (FSC types: BI, AI, BO, AO) 10001–18192

Assigning SER numbers for sequence of events

FSC controllers have SOE (Sequence of Events) capabilities. If you want the server to record a controller's SOEs in its SOE log, you need to assign an SER (Sequence of Events Recorder) number to each internal address.

ATTENTION: In the case of a serial FSC controller, you need to define a BaseSER for the controller.

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To record a controller's SOEs in its SOE log

1. Assign an SER number to each internal address you want the server to record. (It is recommended that you assign SER numbers in a tight block for each controller.)

You use the FSC configuration utility, FSC Navigator, to assign SER numbers.

2. When defining the controller in Quick Builder, select the SOE

Enable check box. (If you define several logical controllers, only

select this for one controller.) See the topic titled "Main properties for a Honeywell FSC controller" for more information.

3. Assign a separate point, in Quick Builder, to each SER number. A point can only have one SER number associated with it.

Reserved SER numbers

FSC controllers reserve the following SER numbers for system events. If you want the server to log these system events, you need to assign points to them that are reserved for system events.

SER Number (serial) SER Number (Ethernet) System Event

BaseSER 0 All forces cleared

BaseSER + 1 1 FSC System Fault

BaseSER + 2 2 SER Buffer Full

BaseSER + 3 3 SER Buffer Empty

BaseSER + 5 5 Force Event

ATTENTION:

l BaseSER + 4 (4 in the case of Ethernet) is not a valid event.

l The 'SER Buffer Empty' event cannot be stored in server SOE.

If a point is defined with this SER number, it is ignored.

l To be logged on to the SOE display when using an Ethernet

FSC controller, the System Events must be built on a SOE only controller. This is because System Events have no DCS address associated with them.

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Interpreting SOE lines

The following fields of the server's SOE file are populated for each SOE with a matching SER number:

Field Description

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Date & Time

Source The server's point ID that corresponds with this SOE.

Condition The SER number associated with this SOE.

Action Only applicable to Ethernet controllers. Information indicator

Description The server's point description.

Value The value returned in the SOE (if applicable).

The date and time given to the SOE by the controller.

dependent on the types of SER. See the section below titled "Action descriptions."

For a status point built against a coil, this displays the appropriate state descriptor for that point. Indeterminate values display either blank or zero.

Action descriptions

Event Type FSC Data Type

FSC Description

Server-action Field

Event Report

Process Variable Event Boolean True to False F

System events. See the topic titled "Reserved SER numbers.“

Actions that are not applicable or indeterminate appear as --.

Any N/A

False to True T

Analog Low LO

Healthy HLT

High HI

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Event Type FSC Data Type

Process Variable Force

Boolean Force Set SET

Event

Analog Force Set SET

Diagnostic Event Diagnostic

Event

FSC Description

Server-action Field

Force Cleared CLR

N/A

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HONEYWELL FSC CHANNEL AND

CONTROLLER REFERENCE

This section describes the configuration and addressing information specific to Honeywell FSC channels and controllers.

In this section:

Main properties for a Honeywell FSC channel 20

Port properties for a Honeywell FSC channel 22

Main properties for a Honeywell FSC controller 25

Optimizing Honeywell FSC scanning performance 29

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Main properties for a Honeywell FSC channel

The Main tab defines the basic properties for a Honeywell FSC channel.

For information about how to create a channel, see "Building controllers and channels" in the Quick Builder User’s Guide.

ATTENTION: If you use both serial and Ethernet Honeywell FSC controllers, you need to create a separate channel for each type of controller.

Property Description

Name The unique name of the channel. A maximum of 10 alphanumeric

characters (no spaces or double quotes). Note: In Station displays, underscore characters ( _ ) appear as spaces.

Description (Optional) A description of the channel. A maximum of 132

alphanumeric characters, including spaces.

Associated Asset

Marginal Alarm Limit

The Tag Name of the Asset to be associated with the controller.

The communications alarm marginal limit at which the channel is declared to be marginal. When this limit is reached, a high priority alarm is generated. To change the priority of the alarm system wide, see the topic titled "Configuring system alarm priorities" in the Server and Client Configuration Guide. To change the priority of the alarm for one channel, see the topic titled "About configuring custom system alarm priorities for an individual channel or controller" in the Server and Client Configuration Guide.

A channel barometer monitors the total number of requests and the number of times the controller did not respond or response was incorrect. The barometer increments by two or more, depending on the error, and decrements for each good call.

To calculate an acceptable marginal alarm limit, use the formula: Square root of the number of controllers on the channel × Marginal Alarm Limit defined on those controllers (Normally, you specify the same value for all controllers on a channel).

For example, if there are 9 controllers on the channel and their

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Property Description

Marginal Alarm Limit is set to 25, the value would be 3 (which is the square root of 9) × 25 = 75.

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Fail Alarm Limit

Connect Timeout

Read Timeout

The communications alarm fail limit at which the channel is declared to have failed. When this barometer limit is reached, an urgent alarm is generated. To change the priority of the alarm system wide, see the topic titled "Configuring system alarm priorities" in the Server and Client Configuration Guide. To change the priority of the alarm for one channel, see the topic titled "About configuring custom system alarm priorities for an individual channel or controller" in the Server and Client Configuration Guide.

Set this to double the value specified for the channel Marginal Alarm Limit.

The time (in seconds) the server waits to connect to the Port and the Redundant Port of the controller before abandoning the connection. The default is 10 seconds for both the Port and the Redundant Port. You can set different values for these two ports.

Use the default values unless the communications lines have a high error rate or you are using modems.

The time (in seconds) that the server waits for a reply from the Port and the Redundant Port of the controller. The default is 2 seconds for both the Port and the Redundant Port. You can set different values for these two ports.

Use the default values unless the communications lines have a high error rate or you are using modems.

Item Type The type of channel specified when this item was created.

Last

The date and time the channel properties were modified.

Modified

Last

The date and time the channel was last downloaded to the server.

Downloaded

Item Number

The unique item number currently assigned to this channel, in the format CHNcccc, where cccc is the channel number.

You can change the Item Number if you need to match your current server database configuration. The number must be between 0001 and

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Property Description

the maximum number of channels allowed for your system. For more information about setting the maximum value, see the topic titled "Adjusting sizing of non-licensed items" in the Supplementary Installation Tasks Guide. Note that the maximum number of channels that may be used in a system is defined in the Experion specification for that Experion release, This number is likely to be less than the maximum number that can be configured in the database as shown in "Adjusting sizing of non-licensed items."

Port properties for a Honeywell FSC channel

The Port tab defines the communication-related properties for a channel. The Port Type for FSC controllers can be:

n Serial. Only applicable to a directly-connected serial FSC

controller. A serial communications interface, such as RS-232. See the section below titled "Serial port properties" for more information.

n TerminalServer. Only applicable to a serial FSC controller that

communicates with the server via a terminal server. See the section below titled "Terminal Server port properties" for more information.

n LANVendor. Only applicable to an Ethernet FSC controller. See the

section below titled "LANVendor port properties" for more information.

Serial port properties

ATTENTION: Only applicable to serial FSC controllers.

Property Description

Serial Port Name

Baud rate The number of data bits per second.

The device name of the serial port.

The default is 9600.

Number of The number of data bits used for transmission.

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Property Description

Data Bits The default is 8.

Stop Bits The number of stop bits used for transmission

The default is 1.

Parity Defines parity verification of each character and must match

configuration on the end device.

The default is NONE.

Checksum The type of checksum error detection used for the port. Select the

value that matches the setting on the communication device:

l CRC16_0 or CRC16_1 (if Cyclic Redundancy Check (CRC) is set)

l ONESCOMP or TWOSCOMP (if Longitudinal Redundancy Check

(LRC) is set)

l XOR (If exclusive or is set)

XON/XOFF The type of XON/XOFF software flow control used to stop a receiver

from being overrun with messages from a sender. The types are:

l Input (use XON/XOFF to control the flow of data on the receive

line)

l None (default)

l Output (use XON/XOFF to control the flow of data on the

transmit line)

Handshaking

For RS-232

Options

l Enable RTS/CTS flow control. Stops a receiver from being overrun

with messages from a sender by using RTS/CTS flow control.

l Detect DCD. Select if the Data Carrier Detect communication

status line of the COM port requires monitoring (usually when using modem or microwave linking). When selected, the communications fails if the desired COM status line is not high—for example, on a dial-up link connection for a modem.

l Detect DSR. Select if the Data Set Ready communication status

line of the COM port requires monitoring (usually when using modem or microwave linking). When selected, the

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Property Description

communications fails if the desired COM status is not achieved.

Note: No options are available for RS-422.

For RS-485. The server does not support RS-485 for FSC controllers.

Terminal Server port properties

ATTENTION: Only applicable to serial FSC controllers.

Property Description

Terminal Server TCP

The name and port number of terminal server to which the channel is connected.

Host Name

You can specify either a TCP host name or an IP address, but it must Terminal Server TCP

match the TCP host name used when you installed and internally

configured the terminal server. Port No

Idle Timeout The time, in seconds, the channel waits for a successful connection to

the server before closing the connection.

A value of 0 indicates that the connection is never closed.

Checksum The type of checksum error detection used for the port. Select the

value that matches the setting on the communication device:

l CRC16_0 or CRC16_1 (if Cyclic Redundancy Check (CRC) is set)

l ONESCOMP or TWOSCOMP (if Longitudinal Redundancy Check

(LRC) is set)

l XOR (If exclusive or is set)

LANVendor port properties

ATTENTION: Only applicable to serial FSC controllers.

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Property Description

Port Name Leave blank.

Redundant port properties

A communications link being used as a redundant link requires an additional port definition for the redundant port. After you complete the port definition, enter the same kind of port definition for the redundant port.

Main properties for a Honeywell FSC controller

The Main tab defines the basic properties for a Honeywell FSC controller.

For information about how to create a controller, see "Building controllers and channels" in the Quick Builder User’s Guide.

Property Description

Name The unique name of the controller. A maximum of 10

alphanumeric characters (no spaces or double quotes). Note: In Station displays, underscore characters ( _ ) appear as spaces.

Description (Optional) A description of the controller. A maximum of 132

alphanumeric characters, including spaces.

Associated Asset

Channel Name The channel on which the controller communicates with the

Marginal Alarm Limit

The Tag Name of the Asset to be associated with the alarm group.

server.

If you use both serial and Ethernet controllers, you must select a serial/terminal server channel for a serial controller, and a LANHoneywell channel for an Ethernet controller.

The communications alarm marginal limit at which the controller is declared to be marginal. When this limit is reached, a high priority alarm is generated. To change the priority of the alarm system wide, see the topic titled "Configuring system alarm priorities" in the Server and Client Configuration Guide. To change the priority of the alarm for one controller, see the topic titled

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"About configuring custom system alarm priorities for an individual channel or controller" in the Server and Client Configuration Guide.

A controller barometer monitors the total number of requests and the number of times the controller did not respond or response was incorrect. The barometer increments by two or more, depending on the error, and decrements for each good call.

The default value is 25.

Fail Alarm Limit The communications alarm fail limit at which the controller is

declared to have failed. When this barometer limit is reached, an urgent alarm is generated. To change the priority of the alarm system wide, see the topic titled "Configuring system alarm priorities" in the Server and Client Configuration Guide. To change the priority of the alarm for one controller, see the topic titled "About configuring custom system alarm priorities for an individual channel or controller" in the Server and Client Configuration Guide.

Dynamic Scanning

Fastest Scan Period

Communication Address

Set this to double the value specified for the controller Marginal Alarm Limit.

The default is 50.

Select the Dynamic Scanning check box to enable dynamic scanning of all point parameters on this controller. The default setting for this check box is selected.

Define the fastest possible scan period (in seconds) that dynamic scanning will scan point parameters on this controller. The default is 15 seconds.

The dynamic scanning period does not affect the static scanning rate for a parameter. For example, if the scanning rate for a parameter is 10 seconds, and the dynamic scanning rate for the controller is 15 seconds, the parameter will still be scanned at a period of 10 seconds.

Set this to four times the FSC System number. The FSCSystem number is set using the FSC configuration utility, FSC Navigator. See the section "Communication address" in the topic titled "Serial connection settings for Honeywell FSC."

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Property Description

FSC Type Shows the controller type, which corresponds to the type of

channel (serial or Ethernet) selected in Channel Name.

Data Table The data table that this controller addresses.

l Serial controller, see the section "Modbus data tables and

function codes" in the topic titled "Serial connection settings for Honeywell FSC"

l Ethernet controller, see the section "Ethernet data tables" in

the topic titled "Ethernet connection settings for Honeywell FSC"

Diagnostic Applicable only to a serial controller. The value, in seconds,

between diagnostic polls. The default is 60 seconds.

To disable diagnostic polls, set the value to 0.

BaseSER Applicable only to a serial controller. The base address for this

controller. See the topic titled "Assigning SER numbers for sequence of events" for more information.

IP Address 1

The controller's Ethernet addresses.

IP Address 2

SOE Enable

Select SOE Enable if you want SOE data. Specify the time, in seconds, between polls for SOE data in SOERate.

SOE Rate

Only one logical controller per physical FSC controller can have

SOE Enabled. If an SOE only controller is built, this should be the

only logical controller with SOE enabled for that particular physical FSC controller.

The SOE Rate must be a minimum of 5 seconds and defaults to 30 seconds.

See the topic titled "Assigning SER numbers for sequence of events" for more information.

Sync Enable

Select Sync Enable if you want to synchronize the controller time with the server time. Specify the time, in minutes, since midnight

Sync Time

before synchronizing in SyncTime.

The default is –1 (no synchronization).

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Property Description

See the topic titled "About time synchronization on Honeywell FSC controllers" for more information.

Item Type The type of controller specified when this item was created.

Last Modified The date and time the controller properties were modified.

Last Downloaded

Item Number The unique item number currently assigned to this controller, in

The date and time the controller was last downloaded to the server.

the format RTUnnnnn.

You can change the Item Number if you need to match your current server database configuration. The number must be between 00001 and the maximum number of controllers allowed for your system.

For more information about setting the maximum value, see the topic titled "Adjusting sizing of non-licensed items" in the Supplementary Installation Tasks Guide.

Note that the maximum number of controllers that may be used in a system is defined in the Experion specification for that Experion release, This number is likely to be less than the maximum number that can be configured in the database as shown in "Adjusting sizing of non-licensed items."

About time synchronization on Honeywell FSC controllers

You can synchronize the time of FSC controllers with the server.

The Sync Time parameter is specified in minutes since midnight. When the assigned time is reached, the server sends a synchronization command with the current time to the controller.

If you define several 'logical' controllers for a particular controller, you can specify a different synchronization time for each logical controller, in order to synchronize the physical controller at different intervals in the day.

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Optimizing Honeywell FSC scanning performance

The maximum amount of data that can be acquired from an FSC controller is influenced by the rate of sending scan packets to the controller. An understanding of FSC scan packets will help you configure points so that optimal data acquisition performance is achieved, by maximizing the amount of data acquired with each scan packet.

The scan packets that have been built can be listed by using the list scan utility, lisscn. Listing scan packets helps verify the scanning strategy. See the Server and Client Configuration Guide for usage of

lisscn.

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HONEYWELL FSC POINTS REFERENCE

This section describes how to configure points for a Honeywell FSC controller using Quick Builder.

In this section:

Defining a Honeywell FSC address for a point parameter 32

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Defining a Honeywell FSC address for a point parameter

The format for an FSC data table address is:

ControllerName Address

Part Description

ControllerName The name of the FSC controller.

Address The address in the controller where the value is recorded.

The address syntax can be either:

l Address syntax for coils and registers

l Address syntax for SOE only points

See the relevant sections below for more information.

If you would like help with the address, you can use the Address

Builder. To display the Address Builder, click next to Address.

Address syntax for coils and registers

Address [Format|BitNumber] [SER SerNumber]

Part Description

Address

The server addressable memory address within the controller's data table.

l Serial controller, see the section "Modbus data tables and function

codes" in the topic titled "Serial connection settings for Honeywell FSC"

l Ethernet controller, see the section "Ethernet data tables" in the

topic titled "Ethernet connection settings for Honeywell FSC"

Format

(Optional) Select an appropriate format to read raw values.

To scale See the section below titled "Scaling with data formats."

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Part Description

To read without scaling Select a format of C16, or enter a 0, to read all 16

bits in the register without scaling. To read less than 16 bits without scaling, enter the starting bit number (1 to 15). If you are not using scaling, the point range is still used for PV indicator bar height only (the PV indicator bar is on the Point Detail display on Station).

To read floating point values The supported floating point formats are

specific to the controller type:

l Serial, see the section below titled "IEEEFP formats for serial

controllers"

l Ethernet, see the section below titled "Data formats supported for

Ethernet controllers"

Select format IEEEFP to read two consecutive registers as a single precision floating point number.

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BitNumber

SerNumber

(Optional) For Input register and Holding register data tables, a starting bit number can be specified. The valid range is 0 (default) to 15 where 0 is the right most bit in the 16-bit register.

Analog and accumulator point parameters can read up to 16 bits.

Status point parameters read 1, 2, or 3 consecutive bits.

The SER number. See the topic titled "Assigning SER numbers for sequence of events" for more information.

ATTENTION: For a status point with an OP configured with four output states (that is, across two consecutive coils), control of the OP is carried out by executing separate writes to each of the two coils. Therefore, a value is written to the first coil then another immediately to the second coil. FSC controller logic should be programmed to make allowance for these two separate writes operations.

Note that enabling Reverse for a status point will not reverse the value recorded for any SOEs generated for that point.

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Example

Analog point

PV source 161 U4095 SER 1000

SP destination 162 U4095

Mode destination 25 1

Status point

PV source 26

Accumulator point

PV source 171 C16

IEEEFP formats for serial controllers

Format Description

IEEEFPB Bytes are big endian format (this is the same as IEEEFP)

IEEEFPBB Bytes are byte-swapped big endian format

IEEEFPL Bytes are little endian format

IEEEFPLB Bytes are byte-swapped little endian format

ATTENTION:

l IEEEFP numbers use two data addresses to hold the number,

address and address -1. Do not specify address -1 (the lower address) as the point parameter address.

l When configuring PLC data tables, do not assign overlapping

data addresses if floating point values are used and do not set an IEEEFP address to 1.

Data formats supported for Ethernet controllers

FSC types: BI, BO

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Format Description

S8B Short signed integer

S16B Signed word

S32B Signed long integer

IEEEFP IEEE Floating point

FSC types: AI, AO

Format Description

FSC020MA 0 - 20 mA

FSC420MA 4 - 20 mA

FSC05V 0 - 5 V

FSC15V 1 - 5 V

FSC010V 0 - 10 V

FSC210V 2 - 10 V

Scaling with data formats

Parameter values with addresses in the Input register and Holding register data tables can be scaled with a data format. Select the format that corresponds to the counts that have been set in the PLC register.

ATTENTION: If auxiliary parameters have a data format type that requires scaling (U4095, U999, and so on), they will take the same range as the PV.

The data format tells the server how to interpret the register value. Raw values in the PLC register tables can be scaled by the 0% and 100% point range values in order to convert them into engineering units (EU).

To select a format for scaling, you select the format that corresponds to the counts that have been set in the register where the point parameter value is sourced.

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Figure 3-1: Scaling raw data

Address syntax for SOE only points

POS: Index SER SerNumber

Part Description

Index

SerNumber

The server's internal position allocated to this point. It must be unique.

Range = 1–8192

The SER number. See the topic titled "Assigning SER numbers for sequence of events."

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TROUBLESHOOTING HONEYWELL FSC

ISSUES

This section describes troubleshooting tasks for Honeywell FSC that you can perform either on the server or from any Station.

In this section:

Accessing diagnostics for an Ethernet controller 38

Testing Honeywell FSC communications with the server 38

Troubleshooting Honeywell FSC communication errors for a serial controller 41

Troubleshooting Honeywell FSC communication errors for an Ethernet controller 41

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Accessing diagnostics for an Ethernet controller

System information and extended diagnostic data are accessible from Station for FSC Ethernet controllers.

System information

To access FSC System Information, double-click the PV of an FSC Ethernet controller point. Alternatively, click Details in the Controller Status, which shows the Ext Diagnostics tab, then click the System Info tab for the required link.

The system information and extended diagnostic information is updated automatically every 50 seconds. You can manually refresh the information by clicking the Refresh button.

If the diagnostic data cannot be retrieved from the FSC Ethernet controller, the most recent diagnostic data from the controller will continue to be displayed until the new data is obtained. If successive attempts to obtain diagnostic data from the controller fail, then an alarm message will be generated in the Alarm Summary.

Extended diagnostics

To access FSC Extended Diagnostics, click the Details button in the Controller Status. This shows up to 18 extended diagnostics messages for each FSC Ethernet controller link. Each message represents a hardware or software fault associated with that particular controller.

If an extended diagnostic message is present for a controller, an alarm with a value of Message(s) Available will be present in the Alarm Summary. To see the Extended Diagnostic information for an alarm from the Alarm Summary, double-click the alarm to call up the Controller Status, then click the Details button.

Testing Honeywell FSC communications with the server

Two diagnostic utilities, fsctst (for serial controllers) and fscetst (for Ethernet controllers), are included as part of the server software. These utilities test communications between the server and an FSC controller. Channels and controllers must be downloaded from Quick Builder before testing.

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n The server need not be running while using the utility as long as

the database service is running. If making a connection through a terminal server, the server daemon service should also be running.

n The server is not communicating with your controllers. The test

utilities might interfere with communications.

To stop the server, enter the command at a Command Prompt:

hscserver /load

Answer 'y' to every prompt. This unloads the server, but leaves the database in memory.

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To run the fsctst utility

1. Open a Command Prompt window.

2. Type fsctst and then press Enter.

3. Follow the directions as prompted.

You can read and write data to all registers that can be addressed by the server.

For help using the utility, type ?.

To check if your controllers are present, use the find a,b command. This command locates all FSC controllers on the channel with IDs between a and b.

For example:

C:\>fsctst

Enter LRN or device name of channel

chn0001

Enter command:

find 1,4

FIND device with id 1 to 4, at 28-May-98 14:06:52

Device 1 ?

Device 2 ?

Device 3 ? ...responding

Device 4 ?

Enter command:

To the left of the channel name is the channel number. The name of the channel will be the letters 'chn' followed by the channel number. For example, your Honeywell FSC channel 'COM3' might be channel number 1. Its device name will be 'chn0001.'

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To run the fscetst utility

1. Open a Command Prompt window.

2. Type fscetst and then press Enter.

3. Follow the directions as prompted.

You can read and write data to all registers that can be addressed by the server.

For help using the utility, type ?.

Troubleshooting Honeywell FSC communication errors for a serial controller

If any errors are encountered, review the previous sections.

Error Description

0106 (Device Timeout) No response was received from the controller.

8102 (MODBUS error 2 - illegal

data address)

After you have verified that the server is communicating with the controller, you can build points to reference controller addresses.

ATTENTION: Remember to enable the channel from the SCADA

Controllers display.

You either specified an illegal address or an illegal number of addresses.

Troubleshooting Honeywell FSC communication errors for an Ethernet controller

Ensure scan packets are optimized. See the topic titled "Optimizing Honeywell FSC scanning performance" for more information.

If there are several logical controllers on a channel, make sure that there is no more than one that has SOE enabled.

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CONTENTS

Devices supported by the Honeywell FSC interface

Other documentation for Honeywell FSC

FSC-specific terms

Differences between serial and Ethernet controllers

Architectures for Honeywell FSC

Serial connections for Honeywell FSC

Ethernet connections for Honeywell FSC

Communication settings for Honeywell FSC

Serial connection settings for Honeywell FSC

Ethernet connection settings for Honeywell FSC

Assigning SER numbers for sequence of events

Reserved SER numbers

Interpreting SOE lines

Main properties for a Honeywell FSC channel

Port properties for a Honeywell FSC channel

Main properties for a Honeywell FSC controller

About time synchronization on Honeywell FSC controllers

Optimizing Honeywell FSC scanning performance

Defining a Honeywell FSC address for a point parameter

Accessing diagnostics for an Ethernet controller

Testing Honeywell FSC communications with the server

Troubleshooting Honeywell FSC communication errors for a serial controller

Troubleshooting Honeywell FSC communication errors for an Ethernet controller

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