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Engineering Workflow
• Create displays, alarm lists, logs, trends and documentation.
Below follows a step by step Tutorial with some of the steps described more in
detail.
To carry out the activities below please log in to the system as the user AppEng
(same password if not changed) if nothing else is specified.
1. Install PLC configuration tools and OPC servers.
This activity is not covered in this manual as this is specific to each PLC.
The tools for the ABB AC 800M PLC has been preinstalled. Further
information can be found by starting the Compact Control Builder AC 800M
tool below ABB Industrial IT PLC in the Start menu. Please open the menu
item Help-Manuals for further information. Note that Compact Control Builder
AC 800M can only be used by one of the compact HMI users (AppEng) and
only in the server node.
2. Working with object types.
This chapter describes how object types are created to make it possible to
create an object oriented representation of the signals in the PLCs. The signals
from the PLCs OPC servers are represented by signal objects in Compact HMI
800. The signal objects are grouped to form an object representing a controlled
device or process object. To reduce the effort involved in this the Compact
HMI 800 includes the possibility to use Object Types. Object Types are the
base for the object instances. Objects instances are representations of each
individual real device in the factory.
3. Creating the device objects and related signals. The signals from the PLCs are
connected to device object instances. Device object instances are stored in the
Control Structure.
4. Building the Functional Structure. In order to have displays, trends, alarm lists
etc. logically organized, a Functional Structure should be created. The object
instances in Control Structure are organized according to the functionality in
the plant in the Functional Structure. Note that an object represented in 2
structures still refers to the same object in the system.
5. Creating Displays, Logs, Alarm lists and project documentation. These steps
concludes the main part of the Compact HMI 800 engineering work.
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