Super-systems SuperDATA User Manual

Super Systems Inc Page 1 of 172 Super Data Operations Manual SuperData Software OPERATIONS MANUAL COPYRIGHT No part of this publication m

Super Systems Inc Page 10 of 172 Super Data Operations Manual Comms View The Comms view is normally used for trouble-shooting communications.

Super Systems Inc Page 100 of 172 Super Data Operations Manual Data Socket Destinations Data Socket Destinations use the Component Works Data Soc

Super Systems Inc Page 101 of 172 Super Data Operations Manual Function Sources Function Sources are a Data Value source which can mathematically

Super Systems Inc Page 102 of 172 Super Data Operations Manual AND: Performs a logical conjunction on two expressions OR: Performs a logical disju

Super Systems Inc Page 103 of 172 Super Data Operations Manual Simple Shapes A simple shape is a graphic drawing object that can be used as a dec

Super Systems Inc Page 104 of 172 Super Data Operations Manual Logic Boxes A logic box is used to provide a quick, visual representation to a sta

Super Systems Inc Page 105 of 172 Super Data Operations Manual Portable Images A portable image is a picture that can be relocated on the scree

Super Systems Inc Page 106 of 172 Super Data Operations Manual Simple Labels A simple label is used to display static text on the screen. Proper

Super Systems Inc Page 107 of 172 Super Data Operations Manual Auto Labels An auto label is the simplest, most direct way of displaying a data va

Super Systems Inc Page 108 of 172 Super Data Operations Manual Edit Boxes An Edit Box is a data source that can supply manually entered data of a

Super Systems Inc Page 109 of 172 Super Data Operations Manual Lookup Lists A Lookup List is a data source used to select an entry from a list.

Super Systems Inc Page 11 of 172 Super Data Operations Manual Status View There will be one line for each configured instrument. Normally commu

Super Systems Inc Page 110 of 172 Super Data Operations Manual Spin Buttons A spin button is a data source that allows the user to increment or

Super Systems Inc Page 111 of 172 Super Data Operations Manual Meters A meter allows analog representation of numeric data. The data displayed i

Super Systems Inc Page 112 of 172 Super Data Operations Manual Font - The type face selected for this particular text. Tip - ToolTip text to displ

Super Systems Inc Page 113 of 172 Super Data Operations Manual Recipe Boxes The recipe box allows an MMI/MSI V3.5 recipe to be shown as a complet

Super Systems Inc Page 114 of 172 Super Data Operations Manual Alarm Lists The alarm list is an object that will list alarm information about one

Super Systems Inc Page 115 of 172 Super Data Operations Manual a. A positive leading edge on a bit in the alarm bitmap, or b. The appearance of an

Super Systems Inc Page 116 of 172 Super Data Operations Manual Link Screen Buttons A Link Screen Button is a button that will cause a new screen

Super Systems Inc Page 117 of 172 Super Data Operations Manual RealTime Event Buttons A RealTime Event Button is a button that when clicked by th

Super Systems Inc Page 118 of 172 Super Data Operations Manual Data Grids Data grids are used to display data from an ODBC connection. Properties

Super Systems Inc Page 119 of 172 Super Data Operations Manual Top - The top position, in twips, of the object. Left - The Left position, in twips

Super Systems Inc Page 12 of 172 Super Data Operations Manual CPS – the estimated communications throughput in characters per second.

Super Systems Inc Page 120 of 172 Super Data Operations Manual Historical Graphs The Historical Graph is similar to the RealTime chart, except th

Super Systems Inc Page 121 of 172 Super Data Operations Manual Historical Graph with right click menu opened Historical Chart with XY Zoom Box

Super Systems Inc Page 122 of 172 Super Data Operations Manual Cursor measurements display

Super Systems Inc Page 123 of 172 Super Data Operations Manual Dials Dials function similarly to Meters. Dials are based on Pointer Definitions

Super Systems Inc Page 124 of 172 Super Data Operations Manual Toggle Buttons The Logical Button can be used to display or control data values wh

Super Systems Inc Page 125 of 172 Super Data Operations Manual Round Square 3D Slide Vertical Horizontal Standard Slide

Super Systems Inc Page 126 of 172 Super Data Operations Manual Font - The type face selected for this particular text. Caption - Descriptive di

Super Systems Inc Page 127 of 172 Super Data Operations Manual Numeric Edits The Numeric Edit Control is similar to an Auto Label with a Spin But

Super Systems Inc Page 128 of 172 Super Data Operations Manual Top - The top position, in twips, of the object. Left - The Left position, in twips

Super Systems Inc Page 129 of 172 Super Data Operations Manual iTools This control allows the user to create a matching front panel interface thr

Super Systems Inc Page 13 of 172 Super Data Operations Manual The values displayed in black are decimal while the ones in red are in hexadecimal f

Super Systems Inc Page 130 of 172 Super Data Operations Manual Animations New animations that require an AVI file. The advantages are that the a

Super Systems Inc Page 131 of 172 Super Data Operations Manual Red indicates OFF or zero (0) in the bit and green indicates ON or one (1) in t

Super Systems Inc Page 132 of 172 Super Data Operations Manual RealTime Events The following table describes the RTEvents available in RealEdit/R

Super Systems Inc Page 133 of 172 Super Data Operations Manual Data Value X: Data Value that contains the pending edit value to be sent. Data Val

Super Systems Inc Page 134 of 172 Super Data Operations Manual Data Value X: Any Data Value. Data Value Y: Any Data Value. Destination: N/A Hi

Super Systems Inc Page 135 of 172 Super Data Operations Manual Copy Value List to Destination. Description: Copies a Value List to a database t

Super Systems Inc Page 136 of 172 Super Data Operations Manual End RealTime and Run an External Application File. Description: Ends RealTime an

Super Systems Inc Page 137 of 172 Super Data Operations Manual Data Value X: N/A Data Value Y: N/A Destination: N/A Maximize Current RealTime

Super Systems Inc Page 138 of 172 Super Data Operations Manual Move to Previous Record. Description: Moves the record pointer in a database tabl

Super Systems Inc Page 139 of 172 Super Data Operations Manual Data Value Y: N/A Destination: N/A Do while (data value X)<=(data value Y)

Super Systems Inc Page 14 of 172 Super Data Operations Manual SDIO Installation Note – The person installing the SD_Comms Software must have admi

Super Systems Inc Page 140 of 172 Super Data Operations Manual Description: Starts a recipe in an SSI recipe programmer Data Value X: recipe n

Super Systems Inc Page 141 of 172 Super Data Operations Manual Cancel SSI Recipe Description: Takes recipe control out of edit mode and resumes

Super Systems Inc Page 142 of 172 Super Data Operations Manual SuperData Recorder Overview The SuperDATA Recorder applicatio

Super Systems Inc Page 143 of 172 Super Data Operations Manual Display Components of SDRecorder Display Menu and ToolBar area – provides

Super Systems Inc Page 144 of 172 Super Data Operations Manual Chart View Trend Chart View area Chart Title – Appears at the top

Super Systems Inc Page 145 of 172 Super Data Operations Manual Cursor Data Area Date and Time Display – Displays the date and time at the

Super Systems Inc Page 146 of 172 Super Data Operations Manual Summary Statistics Button – This button will open a window to display summary sta

Super Systems Inc Page 147 of 172 Super Data Operations Manual RealTime Button – The realtime button (button next to the right scroll button) all

Super Systems Inc Page 148 of 172 Super Data Operations Manual Menus File Menu •New – Used to create a new chart file. •Open – Use

Super Systems Inc Page 149 of 172 Super Data Operations Manual View Menu •Chart - Displays data in the Trend Chart View. •Grid - Displays da

Super Systems Inc Page 15 of 172 Super Data Operations Manual The next screen will prompt the user for the download location. The default locatio

Super Systems Inc Page 150 of 172 Super Data Operations Manual ToolBar New – Used to create a new chart file. Open – Used to open an e

Super Systems Inc Page 151 of 172 Super Data Operations Manual How To Open a Chart • Select File Open from the File Menu and select the chart

Super Systems Inc Page 152 of 172 Super Data Operations Manual A Chart Pen or Point corresponds to a Process Variable that has been logged by the

Super Systems Inc Page 153 of 172 Super Data Operations Manual Reasons to Edit a point: •Rename the Point •Change data source (chan and slo

Super Systems Inc Page 154 of 172 Super Data Operations Manual In this chart, the "IR %Carb" scale is selected. Note: When a cha

Super Systems Inc Page 155 of 172 Super Data Operations Manual The date selector opens a calendar dialog that allows you to go directly to a gi

Super Systems Inc Page 156 of 172 Super Data Operations Manual When in RealTime mode, you can "lock" the cursor on the current value by

Super Systems Inc Page 157 of 172 Super Data Operations Manual Pan To use the Pan feature you must select the Pan mode.

Super Systems Inc Page 158 of 172 Super Data Operations Manual Un checking the "IR %Carbon" point removes the trend line from the

Super Systems Inc Page 159 of 172 Super Data Operations Manual To view a pen's statistics, click on the Statistics Icon in the cursor data ar

Super Systems Inc Page 16 of 172 Super Data Operations Manual Clicking on the Cancel button will cancel the installation process. The user will ha

Super Systems Inc Page 160 of 172 Super Data Operations Manual Print a Chart To print a chart, click on the Print button or the Printer Icon in t

Super Systems Inc Page 161 of 172 Super Data Operations Manual View the Data Grid To view the Data Grid, select select Grid from the View men

Super Systems Inc Page 162 of 172 Super Data Operations Manual Historical Load Chart Historical Load Charts are only available if there exists

Super Systems Inc Page 163 of 172 Super Data Operations Manual Historical Load Charts are displayed differently from a normal chart. The Horizont

Super Systems Inc Page 164 of 172 Super Data Operations Manual View an Alarm Report To View an Alarm Report, click on the Alarm Report Icon on

Super Systems Inc Page 165 of 172 Super Data Operations Manual source, e.g. a 9200 Operator Interface) •PrintNotes - Sets options for printing not

Super Systems Inc Page 166 of 172 Super Data Operations Manual The Note Viewing Window In the Chart View, only one note is displayed at a time.

Super Systems Inc Page 167 of 172 Super Data Operations Manual Adding Notes To add a note, First position the cursor at the Time you would like

Super Systems Inc Page 168 of 172 Super Data Operations Manual Files and Configuration SDRec Files SuperDATA Recorder uses the following fi

Super Systems Inc Page 169 of 172 Super Data Operations Manual CLIP=YES – This option will limit the statistics calculations (min, max, average, a

Super Systems Inc Page 17 of 172 Super Data Operations Manual SD_Comms Minimum System Requirements • Computer with a minimum of 600 MHz processor

Super Systems Inc Page 170 of 172 Super Data Operations Manual F_QTY=QTY (This identifies the Field in the Load Table containing the quantity) F

Super Systems Inc Page 171 of 172 Super Data Operations Manual Command Line SDRecorder can be called by another application. When calling from

Super Systems Inc Page 172 of 172 Super Data Operations Manual Revision History Rev. Description Date MCO # - Initial Release 3/13/09 N/A

Super Systems Inc Page 18 of 172 Super Data Operations Manual SDIO Configuration Overview SuperData Comms Configuration File (SCSPSYS.CFG)

Super Systems Inc Page 19 of 172 Super Data Operations Manual Instrument Types Overview Supported Instrument Types SuperData Communications

Super Systems Inc Page 2 of 172 Super Data Operations Manual Table Of Contents TABLE OF CONTENTS ...

Super Systems Inc Page 20 of 172 Super Data Operations Manual MOD_ET2600 note 1. Note 1. Configured the same as Generic Modbus. Generic MODB

Super Systems Inc Page 21 of 172 Super Data Operations Manual Note 1. Testing was on a UT750. The following instruments use the same protocol and

Super Systems Inc Page 22 of 172 Super Data Operations Manual Other Instruments AllenBradley DF1 Instruments AB_PLC AB_SLC Note 1.

Super Systems Inc Page 23 of 172 Super Data Operations Manual SSI_9000 (x5C) SSI_9005 (x5D) SSI_9010 (x5E) SSI_9200 (x5F) SSI_9205

Super Systems Inc Page 24 of 172 Super Data Operations Manual CONx Section Serial communications is provided through one or more of the computer&

Super Systems Inc Page 25 of 172 Super Data Operations Manual Instrument Section Each line in the instrument configuration section specifies a l

Super Systems Inc Page 26 of 172 Super Data Operations Manual Alarm ACK Bitmap Slot, Number of Bitmap Slots). Normally this will be c

Super Systems Inc Page 27 of 172 Super Data Operations Manual Item Definition C Optional. Applies to ALL instruments. Specifies the Connecti

Super Systems Inc Page 28 of 172 Super Data Operations Manual 1. LLL Required. Applies to ALL instruments. The logical channel number assigne

Super Systems Inc Page 29 of 172 Super Data Operations Manual Note: Items enclosed in brackets [ ] are optional but may be required for certain

Super Systems Inc Page 3 of 172 Super Data Operations Manual ChStat ...

Super Systems Inc Page 30 of 172 Super Data Operations Manual NOLOG Optional. Applies to ALL instruments. Do not log data from this channel.

Super Systems Inc Page 31 of 172 Super Data Operations Manual setup. ALM(PAL slot, Alarm offset, Alarm Bitmap Start Slot, Alarm ACK

Super Systems Inc Page 32 of 172 Super Data Operations Manual MMI CARB-PC Instruments (Note: This instrument may also be polled as a 10PRO. When

Super Systems Inc Page 33 of 172 Super Data Operations Manual Example: to read 2 blocks of data, specify CB:256-10,CB:601-6. For detailed infor

Super Systems Inc Page 34 of 172 Super Data Operations Manual For MODBUS instruments the address is in the range 1-247. ID Required. Applies to

Super Systems Inc Page 35 of 172 Super Data Operations Manual 4. Active Time 5. Remaining Time 6. Segment Events 7. Status. Example: PG:1

Super Systems Inc Page 36 of 172 Super Data Operations Manual To configure SDIO to read this instrument you must specify the data to be read by ty

Super Systems Inc Page 37 of 172 Super Data Operations Manual Example: 3CH#34(72)="CPL_YOK,CB:0-10,SMULT:3x100,4x10)="UT750"

Super Systems Inc Page 38 of 172 Super Data Operations Manual 5CH#8(1-9) = "AB_SLC,DB:1-36,DB:50-40" = "SLC-N9" Note: SDI

Super Systems Inc Page 39 of 172 Super Data Operations Manual Item Definition C Optional. Applies to ALL instruments. Specifies the Connecti

Super Systems Inc Page 4 of 172 Super Data Operations Manual Communications ...

Super Systems Inc Page 40 of 172 Super Data Operations Manual STA = "0" Krunch="03:15AM" {ERES} {SCON2} *configures

Super Systems Inc Page 41 of 172 Super Data Operations Manual *configures connection 8 for Honeywell UDC protocol *note, Port is set to "no

Super Systems Inc Page 42 of 172 Super Data Operations Manual {EINST} {SABC } *ALARM BLOCK CONFIG ABC01 IS FOR 10PROE IN BLOCK MODE ABC

Super Systems Inc Page 43 of 172 Super Data Operations Manual 6=NOT EQUAL ALARM 7=BIT ON ALARM,

Super Systems Inc Page 44 of 172 Super Data Operations Manual Communications Utilities Utilities The following is a list of SuperData Communicat

Super Systems Inc Page 45 of 172 Super Data Operations Manual SDIOConfig SDIOConfig is an SDIO Configuration tool. SDIO is configured using the

Super Systems Inc Page 46 of 172 Super Data Operations Manual By selecting Files of type: Other SDComm Config files, you will be able to edit a

Super Systems Inc Page 47 of 172 Super Data Operations Manual SDIOConfig Main Screen  Station - Identifies the station (defaults to 0). Stati

Super Systems Inc Page 48 of 172 Super Data Operations Manual SDIOConfig Connection Dialog Note: Inactive controls (dimmed) cannot be modified f

Super Systems Inc Page 49 of 172 Super Data Operations Manual  Edit - Opens the Instrument Configuration dialog for the selected instrument. 

Super Systems Inc Page 5 of 172 Super Data Operations Manual Show Hourglass Mouse Cursor. ...

Super Systems Inc Page 50 of 172 Super Data Operations Manual This screen will vary depending on the connection, instrument type and instrument o

Super Systems Inc Page 51 of 172 Super Data Operations Manual Remote channels may be mapped by "channel" OR by "channel/slot"

Super Systems Inc Page 52 of 172 Super Data Operations Manual Following is a sample ComRbridge.cfg file -------------------------------------- [

Super Systems Inc Page 53 of 172 Super Data Operations Manual *SL00=1,2,49,TID-VEST *SL01=1,2,51,TID-FCE *SL02=1,2,53,TID-QNCH KEY: ALM=(pal slot,

Super Systems Inc Page 54 of 172 Super Data Operations Manual CompDT The CompDT utility is used to find the date for a given compressed data

Super Systems Inc Page 55 of 172 Super Data Operations Manual GetBuff The GetBuff utility is a SDIO utility that is used to read a current data

Super Systems Inc Page 56 of 172 Super Data Operations Manual Value = the value used to be written Example: C:\ssi\putbuff 1 2

Super Systems Inc Page 57 of 172 Super Data Operations Manual GetStats The GetStats utility is used to extract summary data from the Datalog and

Super Systems Inc Page 58 of 172 Super Data Operations Manual SuperData OPC Communications OPCBridge OPCBridge.exe is an OPC client application d

Super Systems Inc Page 59 of 172 Super Data Operations Manual Remove – Deletes the currently selected channel from the configuration. OPC The Conn

Super Systems Inc Page 6 of 172 Super Data Operations Manual For 1 to (Data value X) ...

Super Systems Inc Page 60 of 172 Super Data Operations Manual Help About OPCBridge… - displays the application version info. SDOPC Installation No

Super Systems Inc Page 61 of 172 Super Data Operations Manual The installer will either re-install the software (Repair button) or remove the so

Super Systems Inc Page 62 of 172 Super Data Operations Manual The screen will prompt the user for the download location. The default location

Super Systems Inc Page 63 of 172 Super Data Operations Manual Clicking on the Disk Usage button will display the available computer drives onto

Super Systems Inc Page 64 of 172 Super Data Operations Manual Clicking on the Cancel button will cancel the installation process. The user will

Super Systems Inc Page 65 of 172 Super Data Operations Manual Click Finish to complete the installation process. SDOPC Minimum System Requireme

Super Systems Inc Page 66 of 172 Super Data Operations Manual OPCBridge Configuration The first step in configuring OPCBridge is to connect to

Super Systems Inc Page 67 of 172 Super Data Operations Manual Select the desired OPC server and click OK. The selected OPC server will appear in

Super Systems Inc Page 68 of 172 Super Data Operations Manual Expand the target OPC server by clicking on the + icon to the left of the server nam

Super Systems Inc Page 69 of 172 Super Data Operations Manual Right click on the desired data item , an Add Slot button will appear.

Super Systems Inc Page 7 of 172 Super Data Operations Manual Command Line ...

Super Systems Inc Page 70 of 172 Super Data Operations Manual Left click on that button and a Add OPC Tag dialog box will appear. Select the desi

Super Systems Inc Page 71 of 172 Super Data Operations Manual SuperData Display and Interaction RealEdit.exe RealEdit is the RealTime Screen edit

Super Systems Inc Page 72 of 172 Super Data Operations Manual Bring to Front: Lays the selected object on top of any overlapping objects. Send to

Super Systems Inc Page 73 of 172 Super Data Operations Manual The settings dialog controls the behavior of Realedit on a machine-by-machine basis.

Super Systems Inc Page 74 of 172 Super Data Operations Manual Toolbar The buttons, from left to right are: • Creates a new screen. Clicking dir

Super Systems Inc Page 75 of 172 Super Data Operations Manual The Property Edit Sheet controls all aspects of the selected Object. When a new Obj

Super Systems Inc Page 76 of 172 Super Data Operations Manual Properties edited are committed at the moment the edit is made. Therefore, no cance

Super Systems Inc Page 77 of 172 Super Data Operations Manual Add to Custom Colors will apply a new color to the Custom Color box selected on t

Super Systems Inc Page 78 of 172 Super Data Operations Manual Del removes the item selected on the left. Clear All empties the list of applied ite

Super Systems Inc Page 79 of 172 Super Data Operations Manual Column Dropdown/Navigation Buttons: Determines whether the records are selected usin

Super Systems Inc Page 8 of 172 Super Data Operations Manual SuperData Communications (SDIO.exe) SDIO Introduction The SuperData Comms applicat

Super Systems Inc Page 80 of 172 Super Data Operations Manual RealEdit can also be made to automatically create more data processes at screen crea

Super Systems Inc Page 81 of 172 Super Data Operations Manual RealEdit Objects The corresponding buttons are defined in each section from left to rig

Super Systems Inc Page 82 of 172 Super Data Operations Manual Communications All Communications Setup is now under the Communications Source Butt

Super Systems Inc Page 83 of 172 Super Data Operations Manual Parameter - Hex parameter from instrument to write data to. Data Type - Represents t

Super Systems Inc Page 84 of 172 Super Data Operations Manual Fonts A font is a reference to a system font. Fonts are used in many objects to di

Super Systems Inc Page 85 of 172 Super Data Operations Manual Once a font is created, it gets a Property Sheet like any other object. The Browse

Super Systems Inc Page 86 of 172 Super Data Operations Manual Constants A Constant Source is static data of any type. Because a Constant is gene

Super Systems Inc Page 87 of 172 Super Data Operations Manual Function String - NOTE: This functionality has been superseded by the Function Sour

Super Systems Inc Page 88 of 172 Super Data Operations Manual Data Values A Data Value is the fundamental unit in RealTime screens. Before any r

Super Systems Inc Page 89 of 172 Super Data Operations Manual Sometimes it would be convenient to have some values that are available to all opene

Super Systems Inc Page 9 of 172 Super Data Operations Manual Menu Options The following menu options are available on the SuperData Communicatio

Super Systems Inc Page 90 of 172 Super Data Operations Manual Data Value Lists A Value List is a data source. It is actually a collection of ind

Super Systems Inc Page 91 of 172 Super Data Operations Manual Return True/False on Comparison of Non-Null Values Return Average Value (exclude Zer

Super Systems Inc Page 92 of 172 Super Data Operations Manual ODBC Connections The ODBC (Open Database Connectivity) source is a very powerful to

Super Systems Inc Page 93 of 172 Super Data Operations Manual Pointers Pointers are the indicators or controls on a Meter or a Dial/Knob Screen O

Super Systems Inc Page 94 of 172 Super Data Operations Manual Trend Lines A trend line is an invisible item that is used to feed data into chart

Super Systems Inc Page 95 of 172 Super Data Operations Manual Empty Circle Solid Circle Dotted Empty Circle Dotted Solid Circle X Bold X Small X C

Super Systems Inc Page 96 of 172 Super Data Operations Manual File References Picture File References A Picture File Reference is used to refere

Super Systems Inc Page 97 of 172 Super Data Operations Manual Name - The Name property makes the object easier for the RealEdit programmer to i

Super Systems Inc Page 98 of 172 Super Data Operations Manual Example: ;This file contains a line of data for each part to be run. ;Fields are: ;

Super Systems Inc Page 99 of 172 Super Data Operations Manual A datalog source is similar to a Communications Source, except the data comes from d