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1. 17 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 18 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 O TimeQuality Parameter The following table describes the TimeQuality parameter format Attribute Name Type Description Value LeapsSecondsKnown BOOLEAN B7 This bit is set to FALSE ClockFailure BOOLEAN B6 Same meaning as 1 implicit variable CLOCK FAILURE ClockNotSynchronized BOOLEAN B5 Same meaning as the 1 implicit variable CLOCK _NOT_SYNC 150 EIO0000001217 12 2012 Event Format Attribute Name Type Description Value TimeAccuracy CODED ENUM Number of significant bits in the Fract ionOfSecond B4 BO Minimum time interval is 2 n In IEC norm the TimeAccuracy represents the number of significant bits N in the FractionOfSecond e Forthe 1 ms time stamp resolution of BMXERT module TimeAccuracy is set to 0xx01010 bin e If ClockNotSynchronized 1 or if ClockFailure 1 the TimeAccuracy keeps its usual value as if the clock is synchronized TimeAccuracy is also used to set specific values of TimeQuality as described in the following table TimeAccuracy Values Comments Specific Values Unspecified 0xx11111 Used in case of time stamping detection cycle not periodic Invalid 0xx11110 Time invalid used in case of buffer full IOChannelError 0xx11101 Used in case of I O channel error de
2. Function Time Stamping v Task B PLC bus E om E 0 3 BMXE 1 configuration Label Symbol Value 4 Dechatter filter Disable 2 Channel 4 used Enable 3 Channel 4 edge Both edges A Channel 4 debounce time 1 5_ Channel 4 chatter count 255 6 Channel 4 chatter time 255 7 Channel 5 used Enable 8 Channel 5 edge Both edges 9 Channel 5 debounce time 1 10 Channel 5 chatter count 255 11 Channel 5 chatter time 255 12 Channel 6 used Enable 13 Channel 6 edge Both edges 14 Channel 6 debounce time 1 _15 Channel 6 chatter count j 255 16 Channel 6 chatter time 255 47 Channel 7 used Enable 18 Channel 7 edge Both edges 19 Channel 7 debounce time 1 20 Channel 7 chatter count 255 21 Channel 7 chater me 255 _ pon ms 100 ms ms 100 ms ms 100 ms ms um The 16 discrete inputs are logically grouped in 4 channels 4 inputs per channel group Channel 0 Time stamping function is mandatory for this channel Channels 4 8 and 12 Time stamping function is user defined in the Function drop down list box for this channel Each channel group needs the following parameters to be set e Debounce filter type e Dechatter filter 76 EIO0000001217 12 2012 Selecting Variables For each of the 16 discrete channel set e Channel x used Channel use is enabled or disabled e Channel x
3. If OFS client is not responding the event group is deactivated and OFS stops reading events in the sources For that reason it is important to configure a client alive timeout value not equal to 0 in order to activate this function Client alive timeout value is set between 2 30 s Timeout value is determined by the customer For more details on setting client alive service in OFS refer to Client alive Service see OPC Factory Server V3 40 User Manual chapter NOTE Events notified to the client will be lost if the client has no time to process or back up the notified values before it disappears The following figure shows OFS Configuration Tool menu accessed to set the client alive timeout value OFS Configuration Tool Version 3 40 File Settings Help gt ta A hdi H jl Devices 3 Device overview a Features Z Default devices IV DCOM security IV DNS Scanning TCP IP i Devices without Aliases Processor Affinity Le By OPC settings Gl Deadband Client Alive timeout s 0 Bj OFS Server settings Diagnostic zj Server mode B Simulation Batch file bat 3 D Symbols 4 PLC Software Tempo after server shutdown s e Qj Communication 2em 86 EIO0000001217 12 2012 Setting Vijeo Citect Parameters 11 Overview This chapter describes the parameters to configure in Vijeo Citect to visualize the sequence of events and quality parameters What Is in This Chapter
4. Time and Time Stamp Resolution Value System Events Source Value Comment Modules Internal time resolution BMX ERT 1604 T 1 ms Internal clock resolution BMX CRA 312 10 Internal clock resolution Time stamp resolution BMX ERT 1604 T 1 ms between 2 events in the BMX CRA 312 10 BMX CRA 312 10 scan Time stamp resolution same module time depends on the module scan average value 3 ms time 1 n many modules maximum value depends on system architecture EIO0000001217 12 2012 55 Selecting Time Stamping Module Value System Events Source Modules Value Comment Time stamp resolution between 2 events on different source modules n x BMX ERT 1604 T e 2 ms with IRIG B 000 time code GPS e 4 ms with DCF77 time code NOTE Time stamp resolution is given if each BMX ERT 1604 T module is supplied with the same time source n x BMX CRA 312 10 gt 10 ms n x BMX ERT 1604 T n x BMX CRA 312 10 1 10 ms NOTE The worst time stamp resolution becomes the system time stamp resolution 1 n many modules maximum value depends on system architecture 56 EIO0000001217 12 2012 Selecting and Setting Time Synchronization 7 Overview This chapter describes the available time sources the time synchronization principles and corresponding software settings What Is in This Chapter This chapter contains the fo
5. Time stamp variables can be added to TSEvent sGroup For more details refer to topic Time Stamped Events Configuration see OPC Factory Server V3 40 User Manual lt lt system gt gt ClientAlive Specific Item This item can be periodically written to inform OFS that the OPC client is alive If OFS detects that the client is missing OFS deactivates all active OPC groups including TSEventsGroup For more details refer to topic Time Stamped Events Configuration see OPC Factory Server V3 40 User Manual PLCQualStatus Specific Item This item can be activated to diagnose the connection state of aPLC device or an event source device For more details refer to topic Specific Item see OPC Factory Server V3 40 User Manual 138 EIO0000001217 12 2012 3rd Party Client SCADA TSEventsGroup OnDataChange Interface Overview The following topics details IOPCDataCallback OnDataChange OPC method invoked in the TSEventsGroup An item in the TSEventsGroup is notified with a value time and quality parameter described in the following topics Value Value is the event value value field in the event data format see page 149 converted to VT_BOOL Time Time is the event time stamp DateAndTime field in the event data format see page 149 converted to FILETIME The following conversion is applied to the time stamp pftTimeStamps 10 000 000 DateAndTime SecondSinceEpo
6. H MBT 192 188 2 11700 4 0 8 BMX ERT device EIO0000001217 12 2012 105 Diagnostic Vijeo Citect View Introduction In Vijeo Citect alarm viewer or event viewer the following information is available once the settings see page 92 are done e SOE Uncertain alarm or event Displays beginning and end of uncertain sequences e Time quality Provides time quality diagnostic and precedence of display It is highly recommended to configure and display custom fields for each alarm of event for example display the source of alarm or event Custom fields are filled in during configuration see page 89 Network access to the time stamping module is an OFS specific item that can be displayed on the SCADA for more details refer to Specific Items section of OPC Factory Server V3 4 User Manual see page 12 It provides information on module access specific item in TS Event Group PLCQualStatus SOE Uncertain Sequence and Time Quality Display Each source of event SOE uncertain alarms and the time quality associated with every TS event can be displayed in Vijeo Citect see page 87 Example of SOE uncertain sequence and time quality display on Vijeo Citect V7 30 SOE page Name Message Quality TSQuality Equipment Custom1 PLC1_Breaker1_Fai PLC1 Breaker1 Fail Alarm cleared PLC1_Breakeri_Fai PLC1 Breaker1Fail Alarm raised PLC1_Breaker1_Fai PLC1 Breaker1Fail Alarm cleared PLC1 Breaker1Fail PLC1_Breaker1_Fai
7. Selecting Variables vit To set a channel time stamping parameter for the discrete module chosen proceed as follows 1 In the Data Editor click the beside the implicit device DDT name that corresponds to the discrete module you want to set in order to display the module elements 2 Click the beside DIS_CH_IN or DIS_CH_OUT elements to display each channel parameter 3 Click the beside the channel to be set 4 In the VALUE parameter line double click in the Time stamping cell to set the event detection edge Selecting the edge enables the channel for time stamping NOTE Do not change the Modicon X80 drop SOE_UNCERTAIN parameter time stamping condition It is activated and set to Both Edges by default 15 tel x es Vanaties DDT Types Function Blocks DFB Types v Be 2 00 Faa Sr re RATE TI Name ff ETF DOT WP 10007 W Device DOT v 2 5 sad sede Name Tp As vase Comet v Tne stamping vll Sauce 1510 aj pea pat ra 5 a OROP_1 T_M_DROP_EXTIN EV ur ia 5 OOP T_U_DROP_STO_IN g gt 2 ei DOM 10022 A MOD COM 1 T_U_CAP_STD_IN A steerer iste 5 AB MOD_DIS_16_1 T_M_DIS EAT vo AE MOD S 16 2 T_U_DIS_STO_IN_8 OUT_8 v SW MOD 0I5 163 T_U_DIS_STO_IN_16 wX z6 MOD HEALTH BOOL Modde health vy 72 Moo FLT BYTE Modde faults Me 38 DIS CHIN ARRAYIO 15 OF T_U_DIS_S_ ie AP DiS CHINI T_U_DIS_STO_CH IN Ya 0 O S CH MI T_U_DIS_STO_CH_IN Vi Ol HEALTH BOOL Channel
8. This chapter contains the following topics Topic Page Vijeo Citect Parameters 88 Time Quality and SOE Uncertain Sequence 92 EIO0000001217 12 2012 87 Setting Vijeo Citect Parameters Vijeo Citect Parameters Overview Vijeo Citect receives time stamped variable data from OFS via OFSOPC driver and provides a display of e Time stamped data e Time quality e Diagnostic information The time quality information can be viewed on e the Active Alarm page for Vijeo Citect V7 20 e the Active Alarm and SOE pages for Vijeo Citect V7 30 Vijeo Citect minimizes the chance of time stamped data loss by replicating event data between redundant I O server instances More details on Vijeo Citect configuration are provided in Vijeo Citect User Guide and Vijeo Citect Help see page 12 More details on redundancy configuration are provided in chapter Building Redundancy Into Your System of Vijeo Citect User Guide see page 12 or Vijeo Citect Help see page 12 and in topic Configuring Redundancy of OFSOPC Driver html help file At source time stamping functionality is provided from Vijeo Citect V7 20 and time quality is natively displayed from Vijeo Citect V7 30 It is supported by OFSOPC driver from version v2 05 09 001 Variable Tag Configuration A variable tag needs to be configured in Vijeo Citect to represent the corresponding time stamped variable in the PLC The variable tag provides access to the current
9. 50 92 EIO0000001217 12 2012 Setting Vijeo Citect Parameters More details on Format Alarm and Format SOE parameters is provided in sections Alarm display fields of Vijeo Citect User Guide see page 12 or Vijeo Citect Help see page 12 and in topic Format FormatName of Vijeo Citect Help see page 12 Time Quality in Vijeo Citect V7 20 The Active Alarm page can be used to display time stamped event data received from the event source To display the time quality of a time stamped event on the Active Alarm page a separate variable tag needs to be configured in addition to the digital time stamped variable tag This new variable tag is created with the address lt item_ID gt Q lt item_ID gt isthe original digital variable tag address and it represents the overall quality of the original digital variable tag The value of this tag includes time quality information see page 107 and is built as follows e Highest 8 bits represent the time quality e Lowest 8 bits represent the quality substatus and limit status according to the OPC specification More details are provided in section The Quality Tag Element of Vijeo Citect User Guide see page 12 or Vijeo Citect Help see page 12 In addition to the variable tag configuration a custom Cicode function should be written to return a string representation of time quality To display the time quality in runtime environment in the Desc column on the Active Alarm p
10. Chapter Chapter Name Page 6 Selecting the Time Stamping Module 55 7 Selecting and Setting Time Synchronization 57 8 Activating System Time Stamping Service 65 9 Selecting and Configuring the Variables to Time Stamp 73 10 Selecting the Communication Parameters 83 11 Setting Vijeo Citect Parameters 87 EIO0000001217 12 2012 53 Design and Configuration 54 EIO0000001217 12 2012 Selecting the Time Stamping Module 6 Time Resolution Overview Time resolution is a key point in selecting the time stamped event sources Time and time stamp resolution are to be understood as follows Internal module time resolution Absolute time resolution depending on the module internal clock time management Time stamp resolution between 2 events in the same module Depends on the module internal Input and Output event detection cycle Time stamp resolution between 2 events on different source modules of the same family BMX ERT 1604 T or BMX CRA 312 10 Time resolution between 2 source modules depends on the time source external clock tolerance each module internal time resolution and the network transmission delay for modules synchronized through NTP Time stamp resolution between 2 events on different source modules of a different family BMX ERT 1604 T and BMX CRA 312 10 Same constraints as with 2 source modules of the same family except that the time stamp resolution will be the one of the less accurate module
11. Status T amv Unselect al Parameter M wT amo JE Command M vi zmo ue Implichs Val av Tl oT rl HERR l xaf xawl xa zor Update co foo maf on onee co ro Address 20 1 0 10 11 1012 10 1 3 10 1 4 20 1 5 20 1 6 210 1 7 10 1 8 10 1 9 10 1 10 101 11 210 112 10 1 13 10 114 Name ERT1_CHO ERT1 CH1 ERTI_CH2 ERTI_CH3 ERTI_CH amp ERTI_CHS ERTI_CH6 ERTI_CH ERTI_CH8 ERTI CHS ERTI_CHIO ERTI_CHI1 ERTI_CHI2 ERTI_CH13 ERT1_CH14 ERT1_CH15 Type Comment EBOOL EBOOL EBOOL EBOOL EBOOL EBOOL EBOOL EBOOL EBOOL EBOOL EBOOL EBOOL EBOOL EBOOL EBOOL ESOOL mn The SOE_UNCERTAIN parameter must be activated by entering its address in the Data Editor To activate it proceed as follows 1 2 3 4 5 Open the Data Editor Select the next empty row Select the Address parameter Enter lWr m 0 3 7 where r represents the rack number and m represents the BMX ERT 1604 T module position in the rack Enter a name for the variable created for example SOE UNCERTAIN ERT as shown in the following picture and validate The variable type is automatically set to BOOL time stamping field is set to Both Edges and a unique time stamping ID created 78 EIO0000001217 12 2012 Selecting Variables Example of activated time stamped variables that appear in the Data Editor If a time stamped variable or SOE_UNC Variables DDT Types Function B
12. capability depending on the polling rate chosen This tool is located on the OFS installation DVD OFS Time Stamp Helper Tool Purpose and Use OFS Time Stamp Helper tool is intended to help you to define OFS setting parameters when it is used in a configuration with time stamping solution NOTE NET Framework 3 5 Service Pack 1 or higher is required to run OFS Time Stamp Helper The Configuration tab allows to configure OFS Time Stamp Helper tool When the cursor points to a spin box with a value to be entered Minimum and Maximum values are displayed in a dialog box e In Configuration General specify the number of PLCs included in the installation e In Configuration gt PLC Configuration gt PLC n x specify the parameters for each PLC of the installation The Results tab displays information provided by the OFS Time Stamp Helper Tool When the cursor points to a result dialog box the value Limit is displayed in a dialog box lf the limit value is exceeded the dialog box border is displayed in red e Recommendation on normal number of events detected per second According to the hardware architecture and the associated OFS time stamped events polling rates the tool provides a recommendation on the normal number of events detected per seconds that should be targeted in order to be able to manage additional temporary bursts of events stored in the buffer This information appears in the following folders e Results PLC Results
13. ms Adjustment information Time Stamped Events parameters Parameter Value for System Description Time Stamping Service support Enabled When checked the time stamped events service is enabled e Time stamped items can be added to the event group e Access to event sources buffer is performed at the per family Polling Rate all event sources linked to the current PLC are accessed BMX CRA Polling Rate 1000 Polling rate for event read request sent to the BMX CRA 312 10 ms Rate at which ReadEvent requests are sent on a BMX CRA 312 10 event channel If value is 0 then no BMX CRA 312 10 event buffer read is performed it can be used to disable temporarily the BMX CRA 312 10 event sources when tuning the configuration or definitively if the time stamped events function is not required for BMX CRA 312 10 family A unique event channel is opened to a BMX CRA 312 10 for all TS variables of the BMX CRA 312 10 sub module except BMX ERT 1604 T variables Range 250 4000 ms by step of 50 ms value 0 is an acceptable value no event source polling 70 EIO0000001217 12 2012 Service Activation Parameter Value for System Time Stamping Description BMX ERT Polling Rate ms 1000 Polling rate for event read request sent to the BMX ERT 1604 T Rate at which ReadEvent requests are sent on a BMX ERT 1604 T event channel If value is 0 then no BMX ERT 1604 T
14. 12 2012 141 Troubleshooting 142 EIO0000001217 12 2012 Troubleshooting SOE Page in Vijeo Citect V7 30 1 6 Vijeo Citect SOE Display Troubleshooting Introduction The following pages provide actions to perform when e SOE page is empty e SOE page displays old events with recent events not shown SOE Page Is Empty Possible cause for an empty SOE page non exhaustive e The system is not able to get events or there are no events in the system Example of use cases which may lead to an empty SOE page e The alarm server is busy and cannot answer the request in the given time e The client display is not connected to the alarm server e The client user does not have the privileges to see the existing events Actions to perform Step Action 1 Check that information is displayed in the active alarm page If the active alarm page is empty then proceed with following steps e not empty then proceed from step 5 2 Check in the hardware alarms and verify that your client is connected to the alarm server a detected error is displayed when the alarm server is not connected 3 Verify that you did not deactivate the cluster for this client More details on Client Cluster parameter are provided in the Parameters section of Vijeo Citect User Guide or Vijeo Citect Help see page 12 Verify that you are logged in with the appropriate level of privileges Check that no filter is applied filterin
15. 61 Selecting and Setting Time Synchronization BMX ERT 1604 T Clock Settings in Unity Pro BMX ERT 1604 T Clock To set the clock type in Unity Pro select the module Configuration tab by double clicking the BMX ERT 1604 T module in the drop BMX ERT 1604 T module can be in a local drop or in a Modicon X80 drop as shown in the following figure 140 CRP 31200 01 00 Select the clock type by setting the Clock SYNC source value DIG 161 24 125 DC TSTAMP BMX ERT 1604 Ba Channel 0 Time Stamping BS Channel 4 Time Stamping BB Channel 8 Time Stamping Channel 12 Time Stamping z hd 2 ClockSYNCsource er 3 Debounce filter type Steady state v 4 Dechatter filter I Disable x 5 Channel 0 used Enable ha 6 Channel 0 edge i Both edges 7 Channel 0 debounce time 1 ms 8 Channel 0 chatter count 255 9 Channel 0 chatter time 255 100 ms The allowed clock sources are e IRIG B External Clock preferred clock source for system time stamping e DCF77 External Clock 62 EIO0000001217 12 2012 Selecting and Setting Time Synchronization BMX CRA 312 10 Clock Settings in Unity Pro BMX CRA 312 10 Clock The BMX CRA 312 10 module clock is provided by an Ethernet NTP server The server access is configured on the Quantum Ethernet I O head module 140 CRP 312 00 NTP Server Settings in Unity Pro To access the NTP server parameters in Unity Pro double click the 140 CRP 31
16. Alarm cleared 05 42 55 PM 609 PLC1 Breaker1Fail ri_Fai PLC1 Breaker1Fail Alarm raised Benefits The system time stamping benefits are e No need for PLC programming e Direct communication between the time stamping modules and the client If the time stamping modules are in a Quantum Ethernet I O drop the PLC communication bandwidth is not used e Consistency in the I O values between the process time stamping modules and the client SCADA e Advanced diagnostic functions e Signalization of uncertain SOE sequence during which some events may be lost to the client e Time quality information associated with each time stamped event e No loss of events in normal operating conditions e A buffer is available to store the events in each time stamping module The event storage is stopped when the buffer is full e Rising and falling edges transitions are stored for each discrete I O e Hot Standby configurations on the PLC and or redundant SCADA are managed 18 EIO0000001217 12 2012 Presentation System Time Stamping Solution System Time Stamping Versus Applicative Time Stamping System time stamping All in one solution to benefit from at source time stamping easy to start up without requiring any user programming This solution requires the OFS product in the architecture Applicative time stamping Solution recommended when a 3rd party SCADA that does not support OPC DA interface is required In this case events
17. PLC n x gt BMX CRA or BMX ERT Number of events detected per second per CRA or ERT Total number of events detected per second per PLC 84 EIO0000001217 12 2012 Selecting Communication Parameters e Results General BMX CRAs total number of events detected per second for all PLCs BMX ERTs total number of events detected per second for all PLCs e Estimation of the time needed to read a full buffer After a temporary burst or after a particular operating mode such as a cable disconnection between the time stamping source of events and OFS the event buffer can become full The tool provides an estimation of the time needed to read this event buffer and to come back to a normal situation in which the system runs with the normal number of events per second The time to read the buffer depends on the OFS time stamped events polling rate buffer output flow the number of events stored in the buffer and the normal number of events per second buffer input flow This information appears in the following folder e Results PLC Results PLC n x gt BMX CRA or BMX ERT Time to read full buffer in second NOTE For a BMX ERT 1604 T Time to read full buffer in second is a minimum value because the tool considers that there is 1 event in each of the 255 groups of the BMX ERT 1604 T buffer A group is a set of 1 to 16 events detected in the same cycle If 16 events are detected in each group the Time to read full buffer in second value ha
18. PLC1 Breaker1 Fail Alarm raised Explanation on Quality field value from previous example e 2752 dec 00001010 11000000 binary Higher and lower part content description e 00001010 1 ms resolution e 11000000 OPC Quality Good e 7872 dec 00011110 11000000 binary Higher and lower part content description e 00011110 Buffer Full e 11000000 OPC Quality Good 106 E100000001217 12 2012 Diagnostic Quality Display Format The following table provides the relationship between the TSQuality string and the Quality values the complete quality information is provided in the Quality column in Vijeo Citect display Context Source Status Quality Description TSQuality Quality Highest 8 Bits Binary Value Comment Quality Clock not reliable or initial Time Uncertain 011x xxxx x xxxx can be equal to clock synchronization not e 0 1010 Time resolution is 1 ms done e 1 1110 Buffer full e 1 1100 Values synchronization e 1 1101 I O channel error Clock not synchronized Clock Not Synchronized 001x xxxx x xxxx can be equal to e 0 1010 Time resolution is 1 ms e 11110 Buffer full e 11100 Values synchronization e 1 1101 I O channel error Clock OK I O channel Time Good 0001 1101 0001 1101 value meaning error e 000 Clock OK e 1 1101 I O channel error Clock OK Values Time Uncertain 0001 1100 0001 1100 value meaning synchronization TSInit e 000 Clock OK see pa
19. SCADA servers the process values are provided to the SCADA client in order to have value consistency The process value flow is then provided in addition to the event data flow with respect to time stamping order The SCADA server is informed of process value transmission with a specific value QualityHighByte TSInit see page 107 Source of Events Module Internal Buffer Full A time stamping source module internal buffer should not be full in normal operating conditions but it can become full in case of disconnection between the module and the SCADA servers for example The system time stamping solution can generate non accurate process values transitions between the buffer full detection and the time when a percentage of the buffer is free again The SCADA server is informed of non accurate process values transitions with a specific value QualityHighByte Invalid see page 107 The buffer threshold the value cannot be modified below which the time stamping module can time stamp events is e 70 of buffer full for the BMX ERT 1604 T e 80 of buffer full for the BMX CRA 312 10 114 E100000001217 12 2012 Behavior on Operating Modes SOE Uncertain Event In case of reset and restart or buffer full the event detection is frozen and some events may be lost Time stamped SOE uncertain events are sent to inform the SCADA server of the beginning and end of an uncertain sequence of events SOE_UNCERTAIN values e SOE_UNCER
20. System Limitations System Constraints Compatibility At source time stamped events online change service is not available Internal PLC variables cannot be time stamped using at source time stamping solution No selection of transition edges Events detection is processed on both value change edges rising and falling A Modicon X80 Ethernet RIO drop supports up to 36 expert channels A BMX ERT 1604 T module is counted as 4 expert channels In a Modicon M340 local drop the maximum number of BMX ERT 1604 T modules depends on the local drop CPU type For more details refer to Technical Data see BMX ERT 1604 T M340 ERT Module User Manual topic A maximum of 256 discrete I Os are managed per BMX CRA 312 10 module A maximum of 2500 discrete I Os per Quantum PLC are managed A maximum of 144 discrete inputs per Modicon M340 PLC local drop are managed 128 discrete inputs can be managed by BMX P34 2000 2010 2020 processors System time stamping solution does not support the CCOTF function 2 OPC servers running on HMI and SCADA for example cannot access simultaneously the same time stamping source A reservation mechanism is implemented to avoid simultaneous access A communication path between OFS and the time stamping sources is mandatory to manage at source time stamping solution If routers are placed in the communication path they must be set accordingly Redundancy in a Quantum PLC local drop Hot Standby configuration i
21. are read by function blocks in the PLC application with Unity Pro software and the events read are formatted to be sent to the SCADA For more details on the applicative mode refer to the Applicative Time Stamping with Unity Pro User Guide NOTE System and applicative time stamping modes are exclusive in the same Unity Pro application running in the PLC NOTE Time stamping with 140 ERT 854 O modules can be used in both applicative and system modes but this topic is not discussed in this guide For more details on those modules refer to the Quantum with Unity Pro 140 ERT 854 10 Time Stamp Module User s Guide and the Quantum with Unity Pro 140 ERT 854 20 Time Stamp Module User s Guide EIO0000001217 12 2012 19 Presentation Examples of System Time Stamping Architectures Example of system time stamping in a Quantum PLC with remote Modicon X80 I O drops Vijeo Citect Alarm Backend Ethernet Routing function through Quantum CPU 140 NOC 781 00 module of a Quantum PLC Ethernet Modicon X80 Ethernet IO Drops 2 5 BMX ERT 1604 T Modules 4 BMX CRA 312 10 Modules 1 3 20 EIO0000001217 12 2012 Presentation Example of system time stamping in a Modicon M340 local PLC with a BMX ERT 1604 T module Vijeo Citect Alarm Backend Modicon M340 LLL EL i 1 1 BMX ERT 1604 T Module EIO0000001217 12 2012 21 Presentation System Time Stamping Limitations
22. for both BMX ERT 1604 T and BMX CRA 312 10 modules The time source for each BMX ERT 1604 T is an external clock DCF77 or IRIG B time format synchronized on GPS The BMX CRA 312 10 module and the Vijeo Citect OFS need to be synchronized on GPS 44 EIO0000001217 12 2012 Architecture The unique time reference can also be an NTP server dedicated high accuracy hardware like a Gorgy Timing LEDI Network NTP Server for example that provides the IRIG B 000 or DCF77 time code for BMX ERT 1604 T synchronization see page 59 In this case the GPS usage is not mandatory E100000001217 12 2012 45 Architecture Redundant Architectures Overview Redundancy in a time stamping architecture is possible at 2 levels e PLC in a Quantum PLC local drop This is a Quantum Hot Standby configuration for details refer to Modicon Quantum Hot Standby System User Manual see page 12 e SCADA Vijeo Citect NOTE Redundant SCADA servers are recommended to prevent loss of data If there is no SCADA redundancy some events may be lost in case of communication problem between SCADA servers Redundant Quantum local drop Hot Standby architecture example Vijeo Citect servers Vijeo Citect Unity Pro software OFS server display client NTP server Standby QUANTUM local drop Primary QUANTUM local drop Ethernet bus Time code generator 46 EIO0000001217 12 2012 Architecture Redundant
23. heal barak lt EC CT en CE ed i ger er 52 DIS CH INZ TU DIS STD CH IN A T nocreoo our a OIS CHN Tu DIS STO CH IN Variables Mapping As the module is located in a Modicon X80 drop mapping is provided by device DDT the I O time stamped module location is used for example 2 1 0 1 means bus 2 RIO drop 1 rack 0 slot 1 An alias can also be associated with a time stamped variable in device DDT 82 EIO0000001217 12 2012 Selecting the Communication Parameters 1 0 Overview This chapter describes how to set the communication parameters once the number of events detected is properly estimated What Is in This Chapter This chapter contains the following topics Topic Page Capability Checks 84 OFS Communication Settings 86 E100000001217 12 2012 83 Selecting Communication Parameters Capability Checks Requirements OFS Performance The normal average number of time stamped events detected per second in the installation needs to be estimated by the user in order to define the communication parameters Based on the normal number of events the user sets e OFS polling rate see page 86 e OFS client alive timeout see page 86 OFS communicates with several PLCs and devices The assumption is that 50 of the PC resources are used by OFS and 50 are used by Vijeo Citect A dedicated tool OFS Time Stamp Helper is used to estimate the event detection
24. is configured as time stamped event Type VT_BOOL e Values 1 if the item is a time stamped event and 0 if not NOTE For Unity Pro variables configured as TS events the property value is set to 1 and used by the OPC client to determine which items can be added in the event group Time Stamping Events Configuration The only devices that can be configured with an alias are PLC devices Devices able to generate time stamped data are discovered at run time by reading the data dictionary table embedded in the PLC A time stamped event appears in the device panel of the current alias To configure the time stamping parameters launch the OFS configuration tool In Windows task bar click Start Programs Schneider Electric OFS OFS Configuration Tool EIO0000001217 12 2012 69 Service Activation To reach the time stamping configuration in OFS Configuration tool click Devices Device overview Communication information Time Stamped Events amp 3 OFS Configuration Tool Version 3 40 File Edit View Settings Help le gda lh 30 a A a 3 Default devices a oc Moses Device name DevExample_1 3 Deadband Device address XIPO1 116 10 U Uy OFS Server settings J Diagnostic General 3 Simulation E Symbols E Communication information il PLC Software 5 Communication Options Push Data Driver information Time Stamped Events Service support F BMX CRA Polling rate ms BMX ERT Polling rate
25. is provided in the Time stamped Digital Alarm Properties section of Vijeo Citect User Guide see page 12 or Vijeo Citect Help see page 12 and details on the equipment configuration is provided in the Using Equipment section of Vijeo Citect User Guide see page 12 or Vijeo Citect Help see page 12 EIO0000001217 12 2012 89 Setting Vijeo Citect Parameters Example of time stamped digital alarm configuration screen m Time Stamped Digital Alarms OFS_TS_Simulator_Inc1 PLC1 Breaker1 v Cluster Name a vij Testing breaker 1 PLC1 Breaker1Fail Category PLC1_Breaker1_Fail Fault on circuit breaker 1 PLC1 Breaker1Fault v CRA1 10 176 18 53 Testing 5 Testing 7 Record 1 Linked No 90 EIO0000001217 12 2012 Setting Vijeo Citect Parameters Example of equipment configuration screen Equipment Types OFS_TS_Master_Simulator Breaker EIO0000001217 12 2012 91 Setting Vijeo Citect Parameters Time Quality and SOE Uncertain Sequence Time Quality Description For time stamped variables OFS provides data related to the timestamp quality to Vijeo Citect The timestamp quality is an 8 bits time quality flag contained within the OPC flags for the OPC item Time quality configuration and display is available in Vijeo Citect V7 30 and needs to be configured in Vijeo Citect V7 20 as described in the following topi
26. module inputs and outputs with TimeQuality TSInit after time synchronization see following table sequences number 4 and 5 e Signalization of the end of the uncertain sequence of events see following table sequence number 6 e Normal time stamping after start of the SCADA server see following table sequences number 7 and 8 e Signalization of a new SOE_UNCERTAIN sequence due to the start of the SCADA server see following table sequences number 9 to 14 116 EIO0000001217 12 2012 Behavior on Operating Modes The following table presents the initial start SOE sequence provided by a BMX CRA 312 10 time stamping module with 3 time stamped inputs and 1 time stamped output Sequence Event Event TimeStamp TimeQuality Attributes Number Value 1 SOE_UNCERTAIN 1 1 Internal CRA ClockFailure 0 gt 1 time and not ClockNot Synchronized synchronized 2 CRA INPUT 1 0 Internal CRA ClockFailure 1 gt 0 time and not ClockNot Synchronized synchronized 3 CRA INPUT 2 1 Internal CRA ClockFailure 0 gt 1 time and not ClockNot Synchronized synchronized 4 CRA INPUT 3 1 Internal CRA TSInit 0 gt 1 time 5 CRA OUTPUT 4 0 Internal CRA TSInit 1 gt 0 time 6 SOE_UNCERTAIN 1 0 Internal CRA Time Resolution 1 ms 1 gt 0 time 7 CRA INPUT 1 1 Internal CRA Time Resolution 1 ms 0 gt 1 time 8 CRA INPUT 3 0 Internal CRA Time R
27. on the time stamping component BMX ERT 1604 T Normal time stamping BMX CRA 312 10 Discrete I O type Input Inputs are still time stamped Output Outputs are not time stamped during PLC disconnection PLC start while the system time stamping is running PLC cold start PLC warm start Behavior depends on the time stamping component BMX ERT 1604 T Module located in a e Local drop Same behavior as in the case of the time stamping module power Down Up see page 119 e Modicon X80 drop No impact on system time stamping BMX CRA 312 10 No impact on system time stamping SCADA No impact on system time stamping 126 EIO0000001217 12 2012 Behavior on Operating Modes Operating Mode Operating Mode Phase Behavior PLC run to stop stop to run transition while the system time stamping is running PLC run to stop transition behavior in stop state Behavior depends on the time stamping component BMX ERT 1604 T Normal time stamping BMX CRA 312 10 Discrete I O type Input Inputs are still time stamped Output Detection and time stamping of the output image in case of Unity Pro animation table evolutions NOTE The BMX CRA 312 10 module does not time stamp outputs fallback state not available in the output image on PLC run to stop transition PLC stop to run transition Normal time stamping Initialization of the PLC variables SO while the system t
28. time stamping mode Each event time stamp entry is a 12 bytes block organized as follows Reserved set to 0 Byte 0 Value Byte 1 Event ID Bit 7 0 Byte 2 Bit 15 8 Byte 3 DateAndTime SecondSinceEpoch Bit 7 0 Byte 4 Bit 15 8 Byte 5 Bit 23 16 Byte 6 Bit 31 24 Byte 7 FractionOfSecond Bit 7 0 Byte 8 Bit 15 8 Byte 9 Bit 23 16 Byte 10 TimeQuality Byte 11 Each parameter is detailed hereunder EIO0000001217 12 2012 149 Event Format Value Parameter Bit 0 defines the value of the variable after change detection e 0 Falling edge e 1 Rising edge Event ID Parameter The variable management assigns a unique value to each time stamped event including SOE_UNCERTAIN event DateAndTime Parameter Defines the date and time of the variable change detection The following table describes the DataAndTime parameter format Attribute Name Type Description Value Position SecondSinceEpoch INT32U Number of seconds since midnight 00 00 00 1970 01 01 UTC time 0 MAX FractionOfSecond INT24U FRACT SEC 0 LSByte B7 BO FRACT_SEC_1 B15 B8 FRACT_SEC_2 MSByte B23 B16 B23 1 for 1 2 s The time format is defined according to IEC 61850 7 2 Edition 2 Representation of the Fractiono fSecond parameter structure FRACT_SEC_2 MSByte FRACT SEC 1 2nd byte FRACT SEC 0 LSByte 23 22 21 20 19 18
29. to the BMX ERT 1604 T module Click the beside ERT_SYNC or ERT_CH elements to display the parameters Click the beside the channel to be set B Source EAT LERT ERT TERT ERT ERT ERT ERT ERT ERT ERT LERT EAT EAT LERT EAT ERT Click Goto details command button the Data Editor window opens In the Data Editor click the beside the implicit device DDT name that TSID 257 258 259 260 1251 262 263 stamping conditions They are activated and set to Both Edges by default ERTAIN parameter is not activated an error EIO0000001217 12 2012 79 Selecting Variables Example of time stamped variables selected in the Data Editor jason DELEN adits Variables DDT Types Function Blocks DFB Types Fiter ra Name O Name 2 MOD_DIS_16_1 MOD_HEALTH MOD_FLT ERT_SYNC TIME_STAMP_RECOR 2 TS_DIAGNOSTIC_FLA zp TIME_VALID zl CLOCK FAILURE gaily CLOCK_NOT_SYNC lp BUFF_FULL i UMAS_COM_ERR za DECHATTER_ACT_O a DECHATTER_ACT_1 zp DECHATTER_ACT_2 Elp DECHATTER_ACT_3 8 TS_BUF_FILLED_PCT TS_EVENTS_STATE 3 SOE_UNCERTAIN 43 CLR_EVT_BUF 30 ERT_CH S lt 3 ERT_CHIO FCT_TYPE 5 CH_HEALTH 74 DIS_VALUE 23 CNT_VALUE CLR_CNT H SO ERT_CHI S SO ERT_CHI2 lt 3 ERT_CHI3 2 SO ERT_CHI4 S SO ERT_CHISI Type T_M_DIS_ERT BOOL BYTE T_M_TIME_SYNC_ERT UINT WORD BOOL
30. 0 or BMX ERT 1604 T e Copy Paste anew module BMX CRA 312 10 or BMX ERT 1604 T e Replace a BMX CRA 312 00 by a BMX CRA 312 10module Replace a BMX ERT 1604 T e Same behavior as in the initial start after the application download see page 116 operating mode e The time stamping module event buffer is automatically reset O channel error on a discrete e Diagnose the PLC parameters see page 102 time stamped I O for example MWr m c 2 for a BMX ERT 1604 T module e Time stamped events have the following TimeQuality attribute TimeAccuracy IOChannelError EIO0000001217 12 2012 125 Behavior on Operating Modes Operating Mode Operating Mode Phase Behavior Disconnection connection of the SCADA server No access to the time stamping module from the SCADA server Signalization of the disconnection through the specific item see page 104 lt direct_address gt PLCQualStatus QUAL_DEVICE_FAILURE e No more events are received by the SCADA servers Access re established between the time stamping module and the SCADA server Signalization of the connection through the specific item see page 104 lt direct_address gt PLCQualStatus QUAL_GOOD NOTE If the disconnection generates a module internal buffer full refer to this specific operating mode description see page 121 No access to the time stamping module from the PLC Behavior depends
31. 2 00 module in the local drop Bus J 1 140 CPU 65260 03 10 7 CPS CPU 124 652 Select the NTP tab and set the parameters TSX Quantum Ethernet 10 HEAD m Overen F DeviceDDT iPConfig ASTP F SAMP T NTP SemcePot NTP Enabled NTP Server Configuration III Primary NTP Server P address 192 168 1 25 Secondary NTP Server P address 132 168 1 20 Polling Period 15 seconds EIO0000001217 12 2012 63 Selecting and Setting Time Synchronization NTP parameter values e NTP Enabled e Primary NTP Server IP address IP address e Secondary NTP Server IP address IP address e Polling Period 1 120 seconds NOTE Recommended Polling Period value Lower than 20 seconds to get a time stamp resolution of 10 ms between 2 events on different BMX CRA 312 10 modules 64 EIO0000001217 12 2012 Activating System Time Stamping Service 8 Overview This chapter describes the actions performed in order to activate the system time stamping in Unity Pro and OFS software What Is in This Chapter This chapter contains the following topics Topic Page Unity Pro Settings 66 OFS Settings 69 E100000001217 12 2012 65 Service Activation Unity Pro Settings Configuration Sequence The following table presents the sequence to follow in order to configure the system time stamping in Unity Pro Step Action 1 Set Unity Pro pr
32. 3 40 or later OFSOPC driver 2 05 09 001 or later Unity Pro Software 7 0 or later BMX ERT 1604 T firmware 1 1 or later BMX CRA 312 10 firmware 1 30 or later 140 NOC 781 00 firmware 1 0 or later 140 CRP 312 00 firmware 2 0 or later BMX NOC 0401 firmware 2 01 or later BMX NOE 0100 firmware 2 60 or later BMX NOE 0110 firmware 5 50 or later Limitations with Vijeo Citect V7 20 Time stamping limitations with Vijeo Citect V7 20 e In redundant architectures risk of loss of events without signalization on communication break between redundant I O servers or redundant alarm servers e Time quality display see page 87 requires a custom Cicode function to be written and a specific variable tag to be created e No SOE page in this version to display automatically historical events in a SOE format E100000001217 12 2012 37 Components Versions 38 EIO0000001217 12 2012 Architecture Examples Overview This chapter provides typical time stamping architectures What Is in This Chapter This chapter contains the following topics Topic Page Time Stamping Typical Architecture 40 Redundant Architectures 46 EIO0000001217 12 2012 Architecture Time Stamping Typical Architecture Overview Time stamping can be applied to various architectures that include at least a SCADA an OFS and a PLC Modicon M340 or Quantum with Modicon X80 Ethernet I O drop The foll
33. 5 M module select 55 module disconnected from PLC operating mode 125 EIO0000001217 12 2012 157 Index O OFS 29 69 setting 86 operating mode 113 114 buffer full 121 disconnection SCADA server 125 I O channel error 125 initial start 116 initialize PLC variables 125 module disconnected from PLC 125 PLC run to stop stop to run 125 PLC start 125 power down up 119 replace module 125 restart SCADA server 123 operation 97 P parameter communication 83 Vijeo Citect 88 performance communication 84 PLC diagnostic 102 PLC run to stop stop to run operating mode 125 PLC start operating mode 125 power down up operating mode 119 R replace module operating mode 125 resolution time stamp 55 restart SCADA server operating mode 123 router 34 S SCADA 27 3rd party 133 select communication 83 module 55 time source 57 time synchronization 57 variables 73 service activate 65 set parameters Vijeo Citect 87 setting OFS 86 SOE page troubleshooting 143 synchronization time 28 129 system time stamping 18 T time synchronization 28 129 time source select 57 time stamp resolution 55 variables 73 time stamping 18 time synchronization select 57 troubleshooting SOE page 143 typical architecture 39 U Unity Pro 30 66 158 EIO0000001217 12 2012 Index V variables BMXCRA31210 81 BMXERT1604T 75 select
34. 73 time stamp 73 version 37 Vijeo Citect 26 parameter 88 set parameters 87 E100000001217 12 2012 159 Index 160 EIO0000001217 12 2012
35. A34010 Fre S1A34011 Ger S1A34013 Ita S1A34012 Spa S1A34014 Chs You can download these technical publications and other technical information from our website at www schneider electric com We welcome your comments about this document You can reach us by e mail at techcomm schneider electric com EIO0000001217 12 2012 13 14 EIO0000001217 12 2012 Introduction to System Time Stamping EIO0000001217 12 2012 Introduction 16 EIO0000001217 12 2012 Presentation What Is in This Chapter This chapter contains the following topics Topic Page Concepts 18 System Time Stamping Solution 19 System Time Stamping Limitations 22 EIO0000001217 12 2012 17 Presentation Concepts Definition Time Millisec Tag The system time stamping provides a consistent SOE sequence of events time stamped at the source in order to allow the user to analyze the source of abnormal behavior in a distributed automation system The SOE is displayed in an alarm summary or SOE page of a client such as a SCADA Each source of time stamped event of the SOE is a discrete I O value change transition detected by a time stamping module The following graphic shows an example of Vijeo Citect SOE page display Quality TSQuality Equipment Custom1 PLC1 Breaker1Fail Alarm cleared PLC1 Breaker1 Fail Alarm raised PLC1 Breaker1 Fail
36. BOOL BOOL BOOL BOOL BOOL BOOL BOOL BOOL BYTE BYTE BOOL EBOOL ARRAYI0 15 OF T_M_ T_M_DIS_ERT_CH WORD BOOL EBOOL UDINT EBOOL T_M_DIS_ERT_CH T_M_DIS_ERT_CH T_M_DIS_ERT_CH T_M_DIS_ERT_CH T_M_DIS_ERT_CH Oeot oot J10DDT Device DDT Comment v Module health Module faults Number of Tim Diagnostic info Time valid and Clock Failure Clock Not Syn Buffer full UMAS commu Dechatter acti Dechatter acti Dechatter acti Dechatter acti Percentage of Main state oft SOE uncertain Clear all event Function type Channel heath Discrete value Counter value Not usable for Time stam vl Source Both Edges Both Edge v ERT TSID Variables Mapping For a BMX ERT 1604 T module 2 cases are considered e The module is located in the PLC local rack Mapping is the topological address of the BMX ERT 1604 T input time stamped e The module is located in a Modicon X80 drop Mapping is provided by device DDT the I O time stamped module location is used for example 2 1 0 1 means bus 2 RIO drop 1 rack 0 slot 1 An alias can also be associated with a time stamped variable in device DDT For more details on BMX ERT 1604 T module variables refer to BMX ERT 1604 T Software Implementation part of BMX ERT 1604 T M340 ERT Module User Manual see page 12 80 EIO0000001217 12 2012 Selecting Variables BMX CRA 312 10 Variables Settings
37. D Mixed display SFC lt import Fe Export 3 Reset All In Time field set the time stamping mode and time zone Time Stamping Mode System Custom TimeZone Time Offset Automatically adjust clock for daylight saving START Daylight Saving Month March START Daylight Saving Day of the week Sunday START Daylight Saving Occurence 1 END Daylight Saving Month November END Daylight Saving Day of the week Sunday END Daylight Saving Occurence 1 0 Subfield Value for Description System Time Stamping Time Stamping Mode System Select System to enable system time stamping Custom TimeZone Enabled or Enable or disable a custom time zone user selects the Disabled values as desired e If disabled Time Zone can be chosen in the following drop down box e f enabled Time Offset and Automatically adjust clock for daylight saving settings can be adjusted Time Zone 1 Can be selected if Custom TimeZone is disabled only Select the appropriate time zone Time Offset 1 Can be selected if Custom TimeZone is enabled only The selected value 1439 1439 minutes is added to current local time 1 No specific value required for system time stamping depends on Custom TimeZone subfield value EIO0000001217 12 2012 67 Service Activation Subfield Value for Description System Time Stamping Automatically adjust clock for daylight Can be selected if C
38. EIO0000001217 00 System Time Stamping User Guide 12 2012 Schneider Electric www schneider electric com The information provided in this documentation contains general descriptions and or technical characteristics of the performance of the products contained herein This documentation is not intended as a substitute for and is not to be used for determining suitability or reliability of these products for specific user applications It is the duty of any such user or integrator to perform the appropriate and complete risk analysis evaluation and testing of the products with respect to the relevant specific application or use thereof Neither Schneider Electric nor any of its affiliates or subsidiaries shall be responsible or liable for misuse of the information that is contained herein If you have any suggestions for improvements or amendments or have found errors in this publication please notify us No part of this document may be reproduced in any form or by any means electronic or mechanical including photocopying without express written permission of Schneider Electric All pertinent state regional and local safety regulations must be observed when installing and using this product For reasons of safety and to help ensure compliance with documented system data only the manufacturer should perform repairs to components When devices are used for applications with technical safety requirements the relevant instruction
39. ERTAIN event appears only if events can be lost after power up and start ofthe module assuming that the SCADA server is already started connected and operational for communication SOE_UNCERTAIN event does not appear for the BMX ERT 1604 T module 120 EIO0000001217 12 2012 Behavior on Operating Modes Module Internal Event Buffer Full Time Stamping Module Internal Buffer Full A time stamping module internal event buffer should not be full in normal case but it can become full in case of disconnection between the module and the SCADA system for example A buffer full is diagnosed from the PLC via BUFF_FULL parameters in Device DDT or IODDT or TS_BUF_FILLED_PCTAGE parameter Time stamping modules stop the recording on buffer full in a system time stamping solution The process values continue to change but as the source module buffer is full they cannot be stored SOE Sequence on Buffer Full Sequence followed after detection of a buffer full e Stop the detection and storage of events The last input and output values are frozen historical values e Signalization of the beginning of an uncertain sequence of events see following table sequence number 1 e Wait for the time stamping module buffer to have a percentage of free space again time elapsed between sequence number 1 and sequence number 2 in the following table Space is freed in the buffer when the SCADA reads it e Time stamping module
40. Example of SCADA View on Buffer Full Sequence The following picture shows the Input 1 of BMX CRA 312 10 module changes read by the SCADA server and the associated timing when the BMX CRA 312 10 buffer becomes full and then free again Detection Cycle tO t1 t2 t3 t4 t5 t6 t7 t8 v v v v r v v Y v Input 1 Value Historical ft on Input 1 Value lt gt lt 1 2 Ld v ya CRA INPUT CRA INPUT1 SOE ciant View I ii imad t7 Invalid 0 1 Buffer full detection of events stopped and historical frozen 2 Detection of events starts again Sequence followed on buffer full event detection description t0 Buffer is not full normal time stamping mode t1 Buffer is not full normal time stamping mode BMX CRA 312 10 Input 1 value change detected historical takes the current value t2 Buffer full detected no time stamping on this module last Input 1 value is frozen historical t3 t6 Buffer full no time stamping on this module t7 Buffer not full detected enough percentage of the buffer is free BMX CRA 312 10 Input 1 value compared with the historical value 1 to 0 change detected storage of the event CRA Input 1 1 to 0 in the buffer with TimeQuality Invalid t8 Buffer is not full normal time stamping mode Time Resolution 1 ms 122 EIO0000001217 12 2012 Behavior on Operating Modes Restart of the SCADA Server Overview Restart of the SCADA server is assumed to occur while the time stampin
41. O 127 RETURN Clock Failure CASE SE RETURN Unknown END SELECT END Configure an Alarm to Display SOE Uncertain Sequence To display the uncertain SOE sequence sequence during which some events may be lost each event source needs to be configured as follows e A variable tag is associated see page 88 to the source SOE uncertain variable e A time stamped digital alarm is configured see page 89 for each variable tag previously associated The SOE uncertain variable address depends on the time stamping module type and its location e BMX CRA 312 10 module in a Modicon X80 Ethernet RIO drop The variable is mapped on the SOE_UNCERTAIN field of the BMX CRA 312 10 Device DDT The Device DDT variable is automatically created see page 81 in Unity Pro and it has a T M_DROP_EXT_IN type The variable is named SOE_UNCERTAIN e BMX ERT 1604 T module in a Modicon X80 Ethernet RIO drop The variable is mapped on the SOE_UNCERTAIN field of the BMX ERT 1604 T Device DDT The Device DDT variable is automatically created see page 79 in Unity Pro and it has aT_M_DIS_ERT type The variable is named ERT_SYNC SOE_UNC e BMX ERT 1604 T module in a Modicon M340 local drop The variable needs to be created by the user see page 77 in Unity Pro and mapped on IWO n 0 3 7 where n represents the module position in the rack ERTAIN 94 EIO0000001217 12 2012 Setting Vijeo Cit
42. OFS is a multi controller data server which is able to communicate with PLCs in order to supply the OPC clients with data Object Linking and Embedding 154 EIO0000001217 12 2012 Glossary OPC OPC DA SCADA SOE OLE for Process Control OLE for Process Control Data Access OPC DA is a group of standards that provides specifications for communicating real time data S Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition SCADA usually refers to centralized systems which monitor and control entire sites or systems spread out over large areas Vijeo Citect versions from V7 30 provide an SOE view For system time stamping it refers to Vijeo Citect or 3rd party SCADA with OPC DA interface Sequence Of Events EIO0000001217 12 2012 155 Glossary 156 E100000001217 12 2012 Index 0 9 3rd party SCADA 133 A activate service 65 architecture typical 39 BMXCRA31210 32 clock 63 variables 81 BMXERT1604T 31 clock 62 variables 75 BMXNOC0401 35 BMXNOE0100 35 BMXNOE0101 35 buffer full operating mode 121 C clock BMXCRA31210 63 BMXERT1604T 62 commissioning 97 diagnostic 99 communication parameter 83 performance 84 select 83 components 25 D diagnostic commissioning 99 PLC 102 disconnection SCADA server operating mode 125 I O channel error operating mode 125 initial start operating mode 116 initialize PLC variables operating mode 12
43. Prevention Manual nationally recognized in the United States of America also provides much useful information In some applications such as packaging machinery additional operator protection such as point of operation guarding must be provided This is necessary if the operator s hands and other parts of the body are free to enter the pinch points or other hazardous areas and serious injury can occur Software products alone cannot protect an operator from injury For this reason the software cannot be substituted for or take the place of point of operation protection Ensure that appropriate safeties and mechanical electrical interlocks related to point of operation protection have been installed and are operational before placing the equipment into service All interlocks and safeties related to point of operation protection must be coordinated with the related automation equipment and software programming NOTE Coordination of safeties and mechanical electrical interlocks for point of operation protection is outside the scope of the Function Block Library System User Guide or other implementation referenced in this documentation START UP AND TEST Before using electrical control and automation equipment for regular operation after installation the system should be given a start up test by qualified personnel to verify correct operation of the equipment It is important that arrangements for such a check be made and that enough time
44. RT 1604 T Role The BMX ERT 1604 T module is a time stamping source that can be usedina Modicon M340 PLC local drop or in a Modicon X80 Ethernet I O drop It provides a millisecond level time stamp resolution see page 49 for discrete inputs at source time stamping The BMX ERT 1604 T is a 16 discrete input channels module able to generate time stamping events on input value changes To time stamp its inputs the BMX ERT 1604 T module is connected to an external GPS clock generating IRIG B 000 or DCF77 time code or a DCF77 radio receiver NOTE Some of the BMX ERT 1604 T module channels can also be used as simple discrete inputs or incremental counting inputs For more details on the BMX ERT 1604 T module refer to the BMX ERT 1604 T M340 ERT Module User Manual see page 12 The BMX ERT 1604 T inputs use positive or sink logic and the voltage input ranges are as follows e 24 Vdc 48 Vdc 60 Vdc 110 Vdc 125 Vdc EIO0000001217 12 2012 31 Components BMX CRA 312 10 Module BMX CRA 312 10 in the System NTP Server DCF77 IRIG B BMX CRA 312 10 Role The BMX CRA 312 10 module is a communication module in a Modicon X80 Ethernet remote I O drop BMX CRA 312 10 module features e In a Quantum Ethernet I O solution these modules exchange data with the Quantum PLC head module 140 CRP 312 00 e In addition to its communication function a BMX CRA 312 10 module can time stamp any discrete I O on discrete m
45. TAIN 1 Events might be lost in the following sequence of events e SOE_UNCERTAIN 0 No risk of events lost in the following sequence of events EIO0000001217 12 2012 115 Behavior on Operating Modes Initial Start After the Application Download and First Start with Connection of the SCADA Server Initial Start Sequence NOTE In order for the modules to start to time stamp the SCADA server must be started and connected and the communication between the SCADA server and the modules must be initialized Once the application download is completed the system starts following this sequence 1 The time stamping modules get their configuration from the PLC 2 The time stamping modules synchronize their internal time with the time reference see page 58 3 The time stamping modules start to detect discrete value changes once the SCADA server is started and connected 4 An initial start SOE sequence takes place as described in the following topic Initial Start SOE Sequence Initial start SOE sequence description e Signalization of the beginning of an uncertain sequence of events see following table sequence number 1 e Storage of the values of the time stamping module inputs and outputs with TimeQuality ClockFailure and ClockNotSynchronized until the internal time is synchronized see following table sequences number 2 and 3 e Storage of the other values of the time stamping
46. Timeout e Definition this parameter defines the amount of time in milliseconds in which the client can request data from a server If the server has not responded by the end of this time the request has been unsuccessful e Allowable values 0 to 4294967295 e Default value 120000 CacheSize e Definition this parameter defines the amount of memory in megabytes dedicated to the storage of event data For many systems the default setting of 25 MB is appropriate However if your system is experiencing difficulties with server performance and the cache size needs to be adjusted you can alter the cache size settings as required e Allowable values 0 to 400 e Default value 25 QueryRowLimit e Definition defines the maximum number of rows that can be returned in the result set for a single query Increasing the QueryRowLimit may affect performance e Allowable values 0 to 4294967295 e Default value 200000 146 EIO0000001217 12 2012 Appendices EIO0000001217 12 2012 147 148 EIO0000001217 12 2012 Event Format Event Time Stamp Entry Event Description Event VarlD Value Timestamp e VarlD It is internally managed by the system VarlD is unique for 1 PLC User only manages the variable name e Value Event discrete value e Timestamp Time stamp in OPC DA format Event Data Format Event data format is provided for information even if this structure is not accessed in system
47. Vijeo Citect architecture example Vijeo Citect servers Vijeo Citect servers OFS server OFS server Vijeo Citect Primary display client Ethernet bus Time code generator EIO0000001217 12 2012 47 Architecture 48 EIO0000001217 12 2012 Performances Performances Components Performances The following table sums up component performances in a time stamping solution Topic Device Value Time stamp resolution between 2 identical source modules BMX ERT 1604 T 2 ms lt time stamp resolution lt 4 ms with the same time source BMX CRA 312 10 10 ms Time stamp resolution in the same source module BMX ERT 1604 T 1 ms BMX CRA 312 10 1 cycle time lt 10 ms Maximum number of I O and available memory 1 gt BMX ERT 1604 T 16 discrete inputs on the module 255 groups in internal buffer a group is a set of 1 to 16 events detected in the same cycle 2 BMX CRA 312 10 256 discrete I O configured 4000 events in internal buffer 2 1 The maximum value depends on the global system performance it is not an absolute value and must be balanced 2 The number of events in internal buffer includes SOE UNCERTAIN events EIO0000001217 12 2012 49 Performances System Limitations The following table sums up system performance in a time stamping solution Topic Description Value M
48. acture of equipment or in the selection and ratings of components there are hazards that can be encountered if such equipment is improperly operated e Itis sometimes possible to misadjust the equipment and thus produce unsatisfactory or unsafe operation Always use the manufacturer s instructions as a guide for functional adjustments Personnel who have access to these adjustments should be familiar with the equipment manufacturer s instructions and the machinery used with the electrical equipment e Only those operational adjustments actually required by the operator should be accessible to the operator Access to other controls should be restricted to prevent unauthorized changes in operating characteristics 10 EIO0000001217 12 2012 About the Book A At a Glance Document Scope Validity Note This document presents a PlantStruxure feature at source system time stamping This guide presents detailed information about system time stamping including the following e System time stamping architecture e Design and configuration phases e Commissioning and operation phases e Interface with a Srd party client SCADA interface This document is valid from OFS V3 40 Vijeo Citect V7 20 and Unity Pro V7 0 The technical characteristics of the devices described in this manual also appear online To access this information online Step Action 1 Go to the Schneider Electric home page www schneider electric
49. age this Cicode function can be placed in the Alarm Desc field when configuring the time stamped digital alarm The Cicode function uses the highest 8 bits of the time quality information to display it into a string that represents the description of the time quality Time Quality in Vijeo Citect V7 20 Configuration Example Configuration example with an extra tag set to get the time quality information and the custom Cicode function GetTimeQuality with Vijeo Citect V7 20 Variable tag Name BreakerMain_state BreakerMain type DIGITAL Name BreakerMainQuality BreakerMain O type INT TS Digital alarm Name BreakerMain_open VariableTag BreakerMain_state Desc GetTimeQuality BreakerMainQuality Customl CRA1 10 176 18 53 Name BreakerMain_closed VariableTag NOT BreakerMain_state Desc GetTimeQuality BreakerMainQuality Customl CRA1 10 176 18 53 EIO0000001217 12 2012 93 Setting Vijeo Citect Parameters An example of Cicode function STRING FUNCTION GetTimeQuality INT iQuality INT iHighByte HighByte iQuality SELECT CASE iHighByte CASE 10 RETURN Time Good Time resolution 1 ms CASE 27 RETURN Clock In Sync CASE 28 RETURN TSInit CASE 29 RETURN IO Channel Error CASE 30 RETURN Buffer full CASE 32 TO 63 ETURN Clock Not Synchronized CASE 64 T
50. al use BMX ERT 1604 T Module in a Modicon M340 Local Drop Diagnostic data are accessed through PLC language interface or IODDT e PLC language interface IWr m 0 3 to IWr m 0 5 where r is the rack number and m is the BMX ERT 1604 T position in the rack For details on implicit input parameters refer to chapter Language Objects for Channels see BMX ERT 1604 T M340 ERT Module User Manual T ERT TS MOD IODDT This IODDT is mapped on BMX ERT 1604 T channel 0 CHr m 0 where r is the rack number and m is the BMX ERT 1604 T position in the rack For details on BMX ERT 1604 T IODDTs refer to chapter IODDTs see BMX ERT 1604 T M340 ERT Module User Manual 102 EIO0000001217 12 2012 Diagnostic BMX ERT 1604 T Module in a Modicon X80 Ethernet RIO Drop Diagnostic data are accessed through T_M DIS ERT ERT SYNC PLC device DDT For details on those device DDTs refer to chapter Device DDT Names for Quantum EIO Remote I O Adapter Modules see Quantum EIO Remote I O Modules Installation and Configuration Guide BMX CRA 312 10 Module Diagnostic in Unity Pro Diagnostic data are accessed through T_M DROP EXT IN PLC device DDTs For details on those device DDTs refer to chapter Device DDT Names for Quantum EIO Remote I O Adapter Modules see Quantum EIO Remote I O Modules Installation and Configuration Guide EIO0000001217 12 2012 103 Diagnostic OFS View Introducti
51. ary Lower part content description e 11000000 OPC Quality Good OFSOPC Driver Troubleshooting OFSOPC driver generates extensive logging information at runtime This information can be used for diagnostics of the driver operation Configuring OFSOPC driver logging is described in the Logging section of OFSOPC driver help The user can also use the Vijeo Citect kernel I O devices window which shows specific statistics and information about each I O device 108 EIO0000001217 12 2012 Diagnostic Hardware Diagnostic BMX ERT 1604 T Module View Module front view 1 Module with its LED display 2 28 pin removable terminal block LED display RUN ERR Vo The following table describes the LED display activity meaning for diagnostic purpose LED Status Description ERR ON The module has an internal detected error Flashing The module is not configured with RUN LED OFF The module is configuring its channels Flashing with RUN LED ON The module has lost the communication with the PLC CPU EIO0000001217 12 2012 109 Diagnostic LED Status Description VO ON Field power supply failure detected T ON The module clock is synchronized with the external time source connected Flashing Firmware is being downloaded with RUN LED Flashing Quick flashing Module clock synchronization error detected External time clock is temporarily un
52. ate the TSEventsGroup NOTE When activating the TSEventsGroup OFS starts polling all event sources configured for myAl ias On group deactivation or removal the polling is stopped NOTE When an event value is notified to an inactive item that event value is lost Adding inactive items to the active TSEventsGroup is not recommended On OPG client initial start it may be needed to initialize the cache values of the SOE viewer or alarm system with current process values To force the event source to provide current process values proceed with the following steps during configuration described in previous topic Step Action 3 1 Create a new OPC group 3 2 Add TSEventSynchro variable to that group 3 3 Perform a synchronous write on TSEvent Synchro variable 1 The return code of the OPC write operation is always S_OK it means that the synchro value order has been taken into account by OFS OFS manages the fact of sending this order to each time stamping module For more details refer to topic Specific Item see OPC Factory Server V3 40 User Manual EIO0000001217 12 2012 137 3rd Party Client SCADA Optional Functionalities OPC Item Property 5012 As described in the chapter OFS settings see page 69 this OPC item property can be read during a browse operation to discover if a variable is configured as a time stamp variable in Unity Pro application
53. aximum number of BMX ERT 1604 T BMX ERT 1604 T 9 per drop modules in a Modicon M340 local drop Maximum number of devices in an BMX ERT 1604 T 9 per drop a Ethernet remote I O drop BMX CRA 312 10 1 per drop Maximum number of devices in the BMX ERT 1604 T 25 2 drops controlled by the same PLC and connected to the Ethernet RIO network BMX CRA 312 10 312 Maximum number of sources of events A BMX ERT 1604 T module or 500 sources per time stamping modules polled by OFS a BMX CRA 312 10 module second 3 count as 1 source Maximum discrete I Os per 2500 2 PLC OFS polling rate Minimum OFS polling rate 250 ms value Maximum number of discrete inputs and For all the BMX ERT 1604 T 400 discrete outputs monitored by the PLC for allthe inputs For all the BMX CRA 312 10 2048 discrete vos 2 value and must be balanced consuming applications on this PC 1 ABMXERT 1604 T module contains 4 expert channels A Modicon X80 drop supports a maximum of 36 expert channels so it supports a maximum of 9 x BMX ERT 1604 T modules if there is no BMX EHC 0 00 counting module in the drop 2 The maximum value depends on the global system performance it is not an absolute 3 The maximum value depends on the CPU capacity and usage of the PC that hosts OFS and I O server It is recommended to avoid installation of other CPU or memory NOTE OFS Time Stamp Helper see page 84 is a dedicated to
54. buffer is read by the SCADA server and has free space again e Detection of input and output value changes Changes are detected by comparing the current I O value with the historical value stored when the buffer became full e Storage of all the I O detected changes with TimeQuality Invalid see following table sequences number 2 to 4 e Signalization of the end of an uncertain sequence of events see following table sequence number 5 e Start the detection and storage of new events e Normal time stamping see following table sequences 6 7 and next The following table presents the SOE sequence on buffer full provided by a BMX CRA 312 10 time stamping module with 3 time stamped inputs and 1 time stamped output Sequence Event Event TimeStamp TimeQuality Number Value Attributes 1 SOE_UNCERTAIN 1 Internal CRA time Time Resolution 0 gt 1 1ms 2 CRA INPUT 1 0 Internal CRA time Invalid 1 gt 0 EIO0000001217 12 2012 121 Behavior on Operating Modes Sequence Event Event TimeStamp TimeQuality Number Value Attributes 3 CRA INPUT 3 1 Internal CRA time Invalid 0 gt 1 4 CRA OUTPUT 4 0 Internal CRA time Invalid 1 gt 0 5 SOE_UNCERTAIN 0 Internal CRA time Time Resolution 1 gt 0 1ms 6 CRA INPUT 1 1 Internal CRA time Time Resolution 0 gt 1 1ms 7 CRA INPUT 3 0 Internal CRA time Time Resolution 1 gt 0 1ms
55. ch 11 644 473 600 DateAndTime FractionOfSecond 2 power 24 NOTE If the Quality of an event indicates a ClockFailure value the Time field is patched by OFS with the local time of the OFS machine Quality Quality is a WORD and it is the combination of the event time quality and standard OPC quality Quality format e Byte 0 OPC Quality e Byte 1 TimeQuality TimeQuality field in the event data format see page 149 OPC Quality value OPC QUALITY BAD Or QUAL_ CONFIGURATION ERROR 04 hex A configuration error is detected on the item unknown event source for example e OPC QUALITY GOOD CO hex Normal working condition E100000001217 12 2012 139 3rd Party Client SCADA OnDataChange Handle Management Please note that a SOE notification differs from a classical real time data notification The following table illustrates a series of data that could be modified Handle Value Quality TimeStamp H1 0 TimeQuality1 T1 H1 1 TimeQuality2 T2 H2 0 TimeQuality3 T3 H1 0 TimeQuality4 T4 H2 1 TimeQuality5 T5 A series of results dealing with a same handle might be provided To respect the TimeStamp values order for a given handle the OPC client must process the array that contains Handle Value Quality and Time results in its original order first array element to last array element 140 EIO0000001217 12 2012 Troubleshooting VI EIO0000001217
56. com 2 Inthe Search box type the reference of a product or the name of a product range e Do not include blank spaces in the model number product range e To get information on a grouping similar modules use asterisks If you entered a reference go to the Product datasheets search results and click on the reference that interests you If you entered the name of a product range go to the Product Ranges search results and click on the product range that interests you If more than one reference appears in the Products search results click on the reference that interests you Depending on the size of your screen you maybe need to scroll down to see the data sheet To save or print a data sheet as a pdf file click Download XXX product datasheet EIO0000001217 12 2012 11 Related Documents The characteristics that are presented in this manual should be the same as those characteristics that appear online In line with our policy of constant improvement we may revise content over time to improve clarity and accuracy If you see a difference between the manual and online information use the online information as your reference Title of Documentation Reference Number OPC Factory Server V3 4 User Manual 35008244 Eng 35008244 Fre 35008244 Ger Vijeo Citect User Guide Supplied with Vijeo Citect installation files and installed with Vijeo Citect Vijeo C
57. cs Time Quality in Vijeo Citect V7 30 Vijeo Citect V7 30 introduces an SOE page which displays events in a SOE format Each record represents a single change of an event This page can also be used to display time stamped event data with time quality In the Active Alarm page and the SOE page 2 columns display time quality information e TSQuality Displays a string that is the synthetic representation of the time quality The string takes one of the following values e Time Good e Time Uncertain e Clock Not Synchronized e Quality Displays anumeric value see page 107 reflecting the OPC quality flag This value is built as follows e Highest 8 bits represent the time quality e Lowest 8 bits represent the quality substatus and limit status according to the OPC specification More details are provided in section The Quality Tag Element of Vijeo Citect User Guide see page 12 or Vijeo Citect Help see page 12 To display the Active Alarm and SOE pages not displayed by default the following init parameters need to be modified by the user e Format Alarm e Format SOE To display TSQuality and Quality information the user needs to include the fields TSQuality and Quality in the list of columns of e Format Alarm Example Format Alarm Time 101 OnTime 101 Tag 100 Name 181 TSQuality 100 Quality 50 e Format SOE Example Format SOE Time 101 Message 250 Source 100 Name 181 TSQuality 100 Quality
58. debounce time NOTE For time stamping function channel edge event detection is set on Both edges for each BMX ERT 1604 T discrete input and cannot be modified NOTE More details on BMX ERT 1604 T variable settings are provided in the BMX ERT 1604 T M340 ERT Module User Manual The variables are automatically created in the Data Editor with an ID associated Activating the Variables in aModicon M340 PLC Local Drop To activate the variables for time stamping oahan 7 8 Add a BMX ERT 1604 T module in the PLC bus Double click the BMX ERT 1604 T module in the local drop Select the I O objects tab Check l checkbox Click Update grid Select the discrete channel to time stamp lr m n where r represents the rack number m represents the BMX ERT 1604 T module position in the rack and n the discrete channel number In the Prefix for name Text box enter a name for the selected discrete channel For each discrete time stamped channel proceed as indicated in steps 6 and 7 NOTE The activated variables are of BOOL type EIO0000001217 12 2012 77 Selecting Variables DIG 161 24 125VDC TSTAMP BMXERT 1604 BD Channel 0 Time Stamping ED Channel 4 Time Stamping BB Channel 8 Time Stamping BB Channel 12 Time Stamping Example of prefixed variables in a BMX ERT 1604 T located on the local rack in position 1 Channel Configuration T u I of xe Select all Systeme T uv
59. displayed in OFS diagnostics window Example of message Item myvar has not time stamped property set it will be ignored The same item can not be added more than once in the Events Group otherwise an OPC_E_ DUPLICATE NAME error detected message is returned Items associated to a same OFS alias cannot be added in several client Events Group otherwise an E_FAIL error detected message is returned OFS specific items can not be added in the Events Group otherwise an E_FAIL error detected message is returned If one of the following operations is performed an E_FAIL error detected message is returned immediately e 1OPCGroupStateMgt SetNane IOPCGroupStateMgt CloneGroup Any IOPCSyncIo method Any IOPCSyncIo2 method NOTE A standard OPC group cannot be renamed TSEventsGroup For more details refer to topic Time Stamped Events Configuration see OPC Factory Server V3 40 User Manual NOTE TSEventItemsReady item must be placed in a fast update rate group 200 ms 136 EIO0000001217 12 2012 3rd Party Client SCADA Operation Steps Required Steps Optional Steps Step Action 1 Configure see page 65 Unity Pro application and OFS 2 Create the TSEventsGroup Set this group to inactive Optional step described in the next topic Add the time stamped variables in the group for example myAlias eventVarl as an active OPC item 5 Activ
60. dular connectors EIO0000001217 12 2012 153 Glossary Ethernet IP GPS HMI Hot Standby OFS OLE A network communication protocol for industrial automation applications that combines the standard internet transmission protocols of TCP IP and UDP with the application layer common industrial protocol CIP to support both high speed data exchange and industrial control Ethernet IP employs electronic data sheets EDS to classify each network device and its functionality G Global Positioning System The GPS standard positioning service consists of a space based positioning navigation and timing signals delivered worldwide for civil and military use Standard positioning service performance depends on satellites broadcast signal parameters GPS constellation design the number of satellites in sight and various environmental parameters H Human Machine Interface An HMI is a device that displays process data to a human operator who in turn uses the HMI to control the process An HMI is typically connected to a SCADA system to provide diagnostics and management data such as scheduled maintenance procedures and detailed schematics for a particular machine or sensor A high availability Quantum control system with a first PLC primary and a second PLC standby that maintains up to date system status If the primary PLC becomes inoperable the standby PLC takes control of the system O OPC Factory Server
61. ears only if events can be lost after start and connection of the SCADA server SOE_UNCERTAIN event does not appear for the BMX ERT 1604 T EIO0000001217 12 2012 123 Behavior on Operating Modes Sequence Event Event TimeStamp TimeQuality Number Value Attributes 9 SOE_UNCERTAIN 1 0 Internal CRA time Time Resolution 1 ms 1 gt 0 10 CRA INPUT 1 1 Internal CRA time Time Resolution 1 ms 0 gt 1 11 CRA INPUT 3 0 Internal CRA time Time Resolution 1 ms 1 gt 0 1 SOE_UNCERTAIN event appears only if events can be lost after start and connection of the SCADA server SOE_UNCERTAIN event does not appear for the BMX ERT 1604 T module 124 EIO0000001217 12 2012 Behavior on Operating Modes Specific Operating Modes Introduction The operating modes listed in the following table represent cases with a simple system time stamping solution behavior Behavior on Specific Operating Modes The following table describes the time stamping solution behavior on specific operating modes Operating Mode Operating Mode Phase Behavior PLC application change e Same behavior as in the initial start after the e Change the time stamping application download see page 116 operating mode setting mode Applicative gt e The time stamping module event buffer is System automatically reset e Import a XEF ZEF or XHW file e Insert anew module BMX CRA 312 1
62. ect Parameters Configure an Alarm to Display TS Event Source Disconnection To display the status of the connection with the event source BMX ERT 1604 T or BMX CRA 312 10 associate 1 digital alarm per source with a specific item lt direct_address gt PlcQualStatus where lt direct address gt is the address of the source For more details refer to Specific Items Description topic see OPC Factory Server V3 40 User Manual EIO0000001217 12 2012 95 Setting Vijeo Citect Parameters 96 EIO0000001217 12 2012 Commissioning and Operation Phases IV Introduction This part presents the time stamping diagnostic the behavior on operating modes and time synchronization What Is in This Part This part contains the following chapters Chapter Chapter Name Page 12 Diagnostic 99 13 Behavior on Operating Modes 113 14 Behavior on Time Synchronization 129 EIO0000001217 12 2012 97 Commissioning and Operation 98 EIO0000001217 12 2012 Diagnostic 12 Overview This chapter describes the available diagnostic views the diagnostic information provided by the system and the components diagnostic What Is in This Chapter This chapter contains the following topics Topic Page Introduction 100 PLC View 102 OFS View 104 Vijeo Citect View 106 Hardware Diagnostic 109 EIO0000001217 12 2012 99 Diagnostic Introducti
63. er must be started and connected and the communication between the SCADA server and the modules must be initialized Power down up operating mode is assumed to occur while time stamping module is time stamping events and the SCADA system is running The time stamping module power down is detected by the SCADA system through a specific item PLCQualStatus see page 104 PLCQualStatus QUAL DEVICE FAILURE indicates that the module is not operational In the following example table the device failure detection is signaled in sequence number 4 SOE Sequence on Power Down Up of the Time Stamping Module Sequence followed on time stamping module power up after a power down e The events stored in the module buffer before power down and not read in the buffer are available for the SCADA system events from sequence number 1 to 3 in the following table e Signalization of time stamping module power down and power up see following table sequences number 4 and 5 e The rest of the sequence is the same as sequences number 1 to 6 in the initial start SOE sequence see page 119 see following table sequences number 6 to 13 The following table presents the SOE sequence on power up provided by a BMX CRA 312 10 time stamping module with 3 time stamped inputs and 1 time stamped output after a power down Sequence Event Event TimeStamp TimeQuality Attributes Number Value 1 CRA INPUT 1 1 Internal CRA time Time Reso
64. erver e BMX ERT 1604 T DCF77 or IRIG B 000 external clock e BMX CRA 312 10 NTP server 28 EIO0000001217 12 2012 Components OFS OFS in the System 2 NTP Server S s DCF77 IRIG B OFS software allows access to real time PLC data It is a multi PLC data server OFS allows to read the time stamping event buffers in the sources and to transmit them to the SCADA via an OPC DA interface OFS software offers communication with most Schneider Electric PLCs and is able to browse dynamically objects from Unity Pro software or directly from the PLC OFS Role OFS is located on the control network in the system and if you are using Vijeo Citect it is recommended to install this software on the same PC as OFS EIO0000001217 12 2012 29 Components Unity Pro Unity Pro Software in the System NTP Server J ii DCF77 IRIG B Unity Pro Role Unity Pro software is a programming debugging and operating software for most Schneider Electric PLCs It allows the full development of applications Unity Pro is necessary in a time stamping solution to program the PLC system Unity Pro allows to configure allthe elements required for the time stamping solution time stamping mode variables to time stamp Quantum Hot Standby systems support the system time stamping solution 30 EIO0000001217 12 2012 Components BMX ERT 1604 T Module BMX ERT 1604 T in the System NTP Server DCF77 IRIG B BMX E
65. esolution 1 ms 1 gt 0 time 9 SOE_UNCERTAIN 1 2 1 Internal CRA Time Resolution 1 ms 0 gt 1 time 10 CRA INPUT 1 2 0 Internal CRA Time Resolution 1 ms 1 gt 0 time 11 CRA INPUT 2 2 0 Internal CRA Time Resolution 1 ms 1 gt 0 time 12 CRA INPUT 3 1 Internal CRA Time Resolution 1 ms 0 gt 1 time 13 CRA OUTPUT 4 2 1 Internal CRA Time Resolution 1 ms 0 gt 1 time 1 SOE_UNCERTAIN event appears only if events can be lost after power up start of the module and start and connection of the SCADA server SOE_UNCERTAIN event does not appear for the BMX ERT 1604 T module 2 The duplicated SOE_UNCERTAIN sequence appears because the SCADA server starts EIO0000001217 12 2012 117 Behavior on Operating Modes Sequence Event Event TimeStamp TimeQuality Attributes Number Value 14 SOE_UNCERTAIN 1 2 0 Internal CRA Time Resolution 1 ms 1 gt 0 time 1 SOE_UNCERTAIN event appears only if events can be lost after power up start of the module and start and connection of the SCADA server SOE_UNCERTAIN event does not appear for the BMX ERT 1604 T module 2 The duplicated SOE_UNCERTAIN sequence appears because the SCADA server starts 118 EIO0000001217 12 2012 Behavior on Operating Modes Power Down Up of a Time Stamping Module Power Down Up of the Time Stamping Module NOTE In order for the modules to start to time stamp the SCADA serv
66. essage fields in Vijeo Citect SOE display e Timestamp Data available in Date and Time fields in Vijeo Citect SOE display TimeQuality attribute Data available in the highest 8 bits of Quality field in Vijeo Citect SOE display see page 107 What Is in This Chapter This chapter contains the following topics Topic Page Operating Modes 114 Initial Start After the Application Download and First Start with Connection of 116 the SCADA Server Power Down Up of a Time Stamping Module 119 Module Internal Event Buffer Full 121 Restart of the SCADA Server 123 Specific Operating Modes 125 EIO0000001217 12 2012 113 Behavior on Operating Modes Operating Modes Overview Time stamped variable value consistency between the process and the SCADA is a key point in system time stamping solution To manage that consistency in addition to the time stamped transitions flow regular events flow the system time stamping solution manages the report of process values to the SCADA system even when the system is facing operating modes that differ from the normal operating conditions Operating modes that differ from the normal operating conditions e Reset and restart of the time stamping source module e Too many events in a source of events buffer full e Reset and restart of the SCADA server Reset and Restart Immediately after a restart of the time stamping source module or the relevant
67. event buffer read is performed it can be used to disable temporarily the BMX ERT 1604 T event sources when tuning the configuration or definitively if the function is not required for BMX ERT 1604 T family Range 250 4000 ms by step of 50 ms value 0 is an acceptable value no event source polling EIO0000001217 12 2012 71 Service Activation 72 EIO0000001217 12 2012 Selecting and Configuring the Variables to Time Stamp Overview This chapter presents how to configure and activate the time stamping variables NOTE All variables that need to be time stamped as well as time stamping global parameters must be activated in Unity Pro What Is in This Chapter This chapter contains the following topics Topic Page Variables Usage 74 BMX ERT 1604 T Variables Settings in Unity Pro 75 BMX CRA 312 10 Variables Settings in Unity Pro 81 EIO0000001217 12 2012 73 Selecting Variables Variables Usage System Performance Time stamping events usage has to be restricted to real needs Each time stamped event adds additional communication to the system and thus limits the global system bandwidth System performance is therefore limited by intensive time stamping variables usage Only select the variables that really need to be mapped on time stamped events System Limitations System limitations see page 49 represent the maximum physical limits allowed in the sys
68. g can generate an empty recordset Try to decrease the requested range by using the filter capability use filter to request events for the last hour or for a particular tag for example EIO0000001217 12 2012 143 Troubleshooting SOE Page Step Action 7 Try to increase the request time out for all alarm servers or for a particular alarm server e Request time out parameter for all alarm servers ALARM ClientRequestTimeout xxx e Request time out parameter for a particular alarm server where lt Cluster gt is the name of the cluster and lt ServerName gt is the name of the alarm server ALARM lt Cluster gt lt ServerName gt ClientRequestTimeout xxx More details on ClientRequest Timeout parameter are provided in the following pages see page 146 Example of SOE display filter in Vijeo Citect SOE Filter Simple Advanced Custom New Advanced Rule 1 0 Cor localTimeDate v gt 23 11 2012 09 55 18 zl Current Ruleset Delete Select All Deselect All Reset Ca CeCe SOE Page Displays Old Events While Recent Events Are Not Shown Possible cause for old events to be displayed in the SOE page non exhaustive e The SOE page is not automatically refreshed Example of situations when this situation can occur e The refresh is done on request and the current page displayed can be old e The system may not be able to manage the ref
69. g modules are time stamping and their clock is synchronized SOE Sequence on Restart of the SCADA Server Sequence followed on SCADA server restart e The events stored in the module buffer before SCADA server restart and not read are available for the SCADA events from sequence number 1 to 3 in the following table e The rest of the sequence is the same as sequences number 1 to 6 in the initial start SOE sequence see page 116 sequences number 4 to 11 in the following table Process values provided after SCADA server restart are signaled by an uncertain sequence of events sequences number 4 to 8 The following table presents the SOE sequence on SCADA server restart provided by a BMX CRA 312 10 time stamping module with 3 time stamped inputs and 1 time stamped output 1 gt 0 Sequence Event Event TimeStamp TimeQuality Number Value Attributes 1 CRA INPUT 1 1 Internal CRA time Time Resolution 1 ms 0 gt 1 2 CRA INPUT 3 0 Internal CRA time Time Resolution 1 ms 1 gt 0 3 CRA OUTPUT 4 1 Internal CRA time Time Resolution 1 ms 0 gt 1 4 SOE_UNCERTAIN 1 1 Internal CRA time Time Resolution 1 ms 0 gt 1 5 CRA INPUT 1 0 Internal CRA time TSInit 1 gt 0 6 CRA INPUT 2 1 Internal CRA time TSInit 0 gt 1 7 CRA INPUT 3 1 Internal CRA time TsInit 0 gt 1 8 CRA OUTPUT 4 0 Internal CRA time TSInit module 1 SOE_UNCERTAIN event app
70. ge 116 e 1 1100 Values synchronization see page 123 Clock OK Buffer full Time Uncertain 0001 1110 0001 1110 value meaning Invalid see page 121 e 000 Clock OK e 1 1110 Buffer full Clock OK Time catch up Time Uncertain 0001 1011 0001 1011 value meaning mode ClockInSync e 000 Clock OK see page 129 e 1 1011 Time catch up Normal operating condition Time Good 0000 1010 0000 1010 value meaning e 000 Clock OK e 0 1010 Time resolution is 1 ms NOTE Some detected errors cannot be displayed simultaneously and if this situation occurs they will be displayed respecting the following precedence order 1 I O channel error highest priority 2 Invalid or TSInit 3 ClockInSync EIO0000001217 12 2012 107 Diagnostic PLC Connection Status If a connection to the PLC is lost a hardware alarm is generated The alarm entry contains the I O device name and the alarm message I O Device off line cannot talk Example of alarm displayed after a PLC connection has been lost Time Millisec Tag Errpage Event Source Connection Disconnection When properly configured see page 95 Vijeo Citect can show the status of the connection with the event source BMX ERT 1604 T or BMX CRA 312 10 Example of source disconnection displayed on Vijeo Citect V7 30 SOE page Time Millisec Tag Quality TSQuality Equipment Custom Explanation on Quality field value from previous example e 192 dec 00000000 11000000 bin
71. gnostic Event Service Communication Diagnostic Example of diagnostic information displayed in OFS 1 Devices H MBT 1921682110 MBP1 UNITY device P Device Identity 140 CPU 651 60 ete e Device Version 3 10 Device Status GOOD Frame TO 1000 ms newire TO SNNN me Tirre stamped events Linity service support Yes CD Timesstamped events corfigured service support Yes PLC Polling rate 1000 ms BMA CRA Poling rate 1000 ms BMY ERT Paling rate 1000 ms Event Sources Nb 2 State is Active H wet 192 168 2 116 2 INNER amp BMX CRA device Device Identity BMX CRA31210 MC Device Version 0 8 Device Status GOOD Frame TO 1000 ms Device TO 5000 ms Max Pending Req Used 1 UserDefined 0 Max Chanrel Configured 1 Used 1 Max Waiting Req 200 Request Length 1021 Reg Sent Rey 4 Bytes Sent 1077 Bytes Rov 2116 Ref Count 1 Nbef Error 1l Last Errer Code 0 Stabe Cre Good 1 Umert in 0Bad 0 Nb of Waiting Req 0 max reached 0 Best Access Time 151s 1 Worse Access Time 31 ms 2 Lest Access Time 15 ms 4 Average Access Time Oms 4 Event service available No Event source reservation Ves Reservation Id 0 Event source polling rate 1000 ms Nb Events Read 82 Nb Events Acked 0 Nb Events Discarded 0 Event diagnostics flag 0 Events buffer Fil 6
72. heir clock on an IRIG B 000 or DCF77 time code 58 EIO0000001217 12 2012 Selecting and Setting Time Synchronization Time Stamping Module in the System Recommended Time Reference Description The system see page 44 contains BMX ERT 1604 T and BMX CRA 312 10 modules IRIG B 000 or DCF77 time code from a GPS signal The GPS provides the time reference to the time sources In this case e OFS and SCADA synchronize their time on an NTP server dedicated high accuracy hardware synchronized on a GPS receiver e The BMX CRA 312 10 modules synchronize their clock on the same NTP server e The BMX ERT 1604 T modules synchronize their clock on a GPS receiver IRIG B 000 or DCF77 time code from an NTP server dedicated high accuracy hardware like a Gorgy Timing LEDI Network NTP Server or equivalent The hardware NTP server high accuracy provides the time reference to the time sources In this case e OFS and SCADA synchronize their time on the NTP server e The BMX CRA 312 10 modules synchronize their clock on the same NTP server e The BMX ERT 1604 T modules synchronize their clock on the IRIG B 000 or DCF77 output of the same NTP server NOTE As all the time sources are synchronized on the dedicated high accuracy hardware NTP server a GPS receiver is not mandatory for synchronization Time Sources for Modules The following table defines the time sources recommended f
73. ime stamping is running No impact on system time stamping EIO0000001217 12 2012 127 Behavior on Operating Modes 128 EIO0000001217 12 2012 Behavior on Time Synchronization 1 4 Time Synchronization Time Synchronization on System Start On system start the time stamping modules begin to time stamp events without waiting for the initial time synchronization To signal that the first synchronization has not been done yet see page 116 to the SCADA server the following parameters of TimeQuality are setto 1 e ClockNotSynchronized e ClockFailure Once the time stamping module time is synchronized ClockNotSynchronized and ClockFailure parameters are set to O in TimeQuality Time Synchronization When the System Is Running When the system is running each time stamping module periodically synchronizes its clock with the external clock reference On synchronization 3 situations appear Module internal time is equal to external clock time No change in module internal time Module internal time is delayed compared to external clock time Module internal time synchronizes with external clock time Module internal time is ahead of external clock time Time stamp value cannot be synchronized instantaneously with external clock a specific mechanism takes place to increase the time stamp value step by step in order to catch the internal synchronized clock time The goal of this mechanism is to keep
74. in Unity Pro Steps to Follow to Configure the Variables Steps to follow in Unity Pro for each BMX CRA 312 10 module Step Action 1 Buffer settings see page 81 Those parameters are predefined no action required Activate see page 81 each time stamped variable located in discrete I O modules Buffer Settings in Unity Pro BMX CRA 312 10 buffer behavior settings cannot be adjusted and they are preset as follows e on buffer full The BMX CRA 312 10 module stops the recording when the events buffer is full stop the recording e on power on New events are added to the existing events buffer if the application is the same NOTE If the application is not the same on power on the event buffer is cleared e on stop to run New events are added to the existing events buffer if the application is the same Activating the Variables in Unity Pro Each input and output of discrete modules see page 33 located on a Modicon X80 drop with a BMX CRA 312 10 can be time stamped To select a discrete module for time stamping in Unity Pro proceed as follows 1 Double click the discrete module in the remote drop 2 Select the Device DDT tab the implicit device DDT name attributed by default to the device is mentioned in this tab 3 Click Goto details command button the Data Editor window opens D Derived Data Types lei Dig 18 24 Vde Ser EIO0000001217 12 2012 81
75. ing Modes onee eee eee Initial Start After the Application Download and First Start with Connection of the SCADA Server annen eee eee Power Down Up of a Time Stamping Module Module Internal Event Buffer Full Restart of the SCADA Server ana cece eee ee Specific Operating Modes 0 cece ects Behavior on Time Synchronization Time Synchronization eneen eeen How to Interface with a 3rd Party Client SCADA 3rd Party Client SCADA se eee eee eee OPC Events Group eee eee eeen Operation StePS in dara ander in rk Optional Functionalities neee en TSEventsGroup OnDataChange Interface 113 114 116 EIO0000001217 12 2012 Part VI Chapter 16 Appendices Appendix A Glossary Index Troubleshooting 200 cece eee eee eee Troubleshooting SOE Page in Vijeo Citect V7 30 Vijeo Citect SOE Display Troubleshooting aes Event Formats 2 3 en a een Event Time Stamp Entry eeen 141 143 143 147 149 149 153 157 EIO0000001217 12 2012 EIO0000001217 12 2012 Safety Information ZZ Important Information NOTICE Read these instructions carefully and look at the equipment to become familiar with the device before trying to install operate or maintain it The following special messages may appear throughout this documentation or on the equipment t
76. is allowed to perform complete and satisfactory testing 4 CAUTION EQUIPMENT OPERATION HAZARD e Verify that all installation and set up procedures have been completed e Before operational tests are performed remove all blocks or other temporary holding means used for shipment from all component devices e Remove tools meters and debris from equipment Failure to follow these instructions can result in injury or equipment damage Follow all start up tests recommended in the equipment documentation Store all equipment documentation for future references Software testing must be done in both simulated and real environments EIO0000001217 12 2012 9 Verify that the completed system is free from all short circuits and grounds except those grounds installed according to local regulations according to the National Electrical Code in the U S A for instance If high potential voltage testing is necessary follow recommendations in equipment documentation to prevent accidental equipment damage Before energizing equipment e Remove tools meters and debris from equipment e Close the equipment enclosure door e Remove ground from incoming power lines e Perform all start up tests recommended by the manufacturer OPERATION AND ADJUSTMENTS The following precautions are from the NEMA Standards Publication ICS 7 1 1995 English version prevails e Regardless of the care exercised in the design and manuf
77. itect Help Installed with Vijeo Citect BMX ERT 1604 T M340 ERT Module User Manual EIO0000001 121 Eng EIO0000001122 Fre EIO0000001123 Ger EIO0000001125 Ita EIO0000001124 Spa EIO0000001126 Chs Quantum EIO System Planning Guide S1A48959 Eng S1A48961 Fre S1A48962 Ger S1A48964 Ita S1A48965 Spa S1A48966 Chs Quantum EIO Remote I O Modules Installation and Configuration Guide S1A48978 Eng S1A48981 Fre S1A48982 Ger S1A48983 Ita S1A48984 Spa S1A48985 Chs 12 EIO0000001217 12 2012 User Comments Quantum EIO Control Network Installation and Configuration Guide S1A48993 Eng S1A48994 Fre S1A48995 Ger S1A48997 Ita S1A48998 Spa S1A48999 Chs Modicon Quantum Hot Standby System User Manual 35010533 Eng 35010534 Fre 35010535 Ger 35013993 Ita 35010536 Spa 35012188 Chs Modicon Quantum Change Configuration On The Fly User Guide S1A48967 Eng S1A48968 Fre S1A48969 Ger S1A48970 Ita S1A48972 Spa S1A48976 Chs EE A AN Applicative Time Stamping with Unity Pro User Guide EIO0000001268 Eng Modicon M340 for Ethernet Communications Modules and 31007131 Eng Processors User Manual 31007132 Fre 31007133 Ger 31007494 Ita 31007134 Spa 31007493 Chs Modicon M340 BMX NOC 0401 Ethernet Communication Module S1A34009 Eng User Manual S1
78. llowing topics Topic Page Selecting the Time Source 58 Unity Pro Project Setting 61 BMX ERT 1604 T Clock Settings in Unity Pro 62 BMX CRA 312 10 Clock Settings in Unity Pro 63 EIO0000001217 12 2012 57 Selecting and Setting Time Synchronization Selecting the Time Source Overview In order to allow a consistent SOE sequence of events a unique time reference is needed to synchronize the internal time on each time stamping entity of the system e BMX ERT 1604 T e BMX CRA 312 10 Time Reference Selection The following table shows the recommended time reference based on the system architecture Time Stamping Module in the System Recommended Time Reference Description only contains BMX ERT 1604 T modules The system see page 42 NTP server An NTP server is connected on the control Ethernet network if contains only such a network is available on the PLC or on the Ethernet BMX CRA 312 10 time remote I O network stamping modules With a unique NTP server available e OFS and SCADA synchronize their time on the NTP server e The BMX CRA 312 10 modules synchronize their clock on the same NTP server The system see page 43 NTP server An NTP server is connected on the control Ethernet network With a unique NTP server available e OFS and SCADA synchronize their time on the NTP server IRIG B 000 or DCF77 time code The BMX ERT 1604 T modules synchronize t
79. locks DFB Types TA S Name af REDT We DDT W IODDT IV Device DDT Name _ ERTI_CHO ERTI_CHI ERTI_CH2 ERTI CH3 ERTI CH4 ERTI CH5 ERTI CHE ERTI_CH7 ERTI CH8 ERTI CH9 ERTI_CHIO ERTI CHN ERTI_CHI2 ERTI_CHI3 ERTI_CHI4 ERTI_CHIS HA CERTAIN_ERT Tye EBOOL EBOOL EBOOL EBOOL EBOOL EB00L EBOOL EBOOL EBOOL EBOOL EBOOL EBOOL EBOOL EBOOL EBOOL EBOOL Address 210 1 0 011 4012 1013 014 01 5 210 1 6 01 7 x101 8 101 39 101 10 0 1 11 2101 12 210113 210114 101 15 Value Comment v Time stam Both Edges Both Edges Both Edges Both Edges Both Edges Both Edges Both Edges Both Edges Both Edges Both Edges Both Edges Both Edges Both Edges Both Edges Both Edges Both Edges Both Edge detected message is displayed in Unity Pro at build time Activating the Variables in a Modicon X80 Ethernet RIO Drop To select a BMX ERT 1604 T module for time stamping in Unity Pro and activate the variables for time stamping proceed as follows 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 NOTE Do not change SOE_UNCERTAIN and DIS_VALUE parameters time Double click the BMX ERT 1604 T module in the remote drop Select the BMX ERT 1604 root menu Select the Device DDT tab the implicit device DDT name attributed by default to the device is mentioned in this tab corresponds
80. lution 1 ms 0 gt 1 2 CRA INPUT 3 0 Internal CRA time Time Resolution 1 ms 1 gt 0 3 CRA OUTPUT 4 1 Internal CRA time Time Resolution 1 ms 0 gt 1 4 CRA device failure 1 OFS internal time Not applicable detection 1 SOE_UNCERTAIN event appears only if events can be lost after power up and start ofthe module assuming that the SCADA server is already started connected and operational for communication SOE_UNCERTAIN event does not appear for the BMX ERT 1604 T module EIO0000001217 12 2012 119 Behavior on Operating Modes Sequence Event Event TimeStamp TimeQuality Attributes Number Value 5 CRA device failure 0 OFS internal time Not applicable detection 6 SOE_UNCERTAIN 1 1 Internal CRA time ClockFailure 0 gt 1 not synchronized and ClockNot Synchronized 7 CRA INPUT 1 0 Internal CRA time ClockFailure 1 gt 0 not synchronized and ClockNot Synchronized 8 CRA INPUT 2 1 Internal CRA time ClockFailure 0 gt 1 not synchronized and ClockNotSynchronized 9 CRA INPUT 3 1 Internal CRA time TSInit 0 gt 1 10 CRA OUTPUT 4 0 Internal CRA time TSInit 1 gt 0 11 SOE_UNCERTAIN 1 0 Internal CRA time Time Resolution 1 ms 1 gt 0 12 CRA INPUT 1 1 Internal CRA time Time Resolution 1 ms 0 gt 1 13 CRA INPUT 3 0 Internal CRA time Time Resolution 1 ms 1 gt 0 1 SOE_UNC
81. nery lacking effective point of operation guarding Lack of effective point of operation guarding on a machine can result in serious injury to the operator of that machine A WARNING UNGUARDED MACHINERY CAN CAUSE SERIOUS INJURY e Donotuse this software and related automation equipment on equipment which does not have point of operation protection e Do not reach into machinery during operation Failure to follow these instructions can result in death serious injury or equipment damage This automation equipment and related software is used to control a variety of industrial processes The type or model of automation equipment suitable for each application will vary depending on factors such as the control function required degree of protection required production methods unusual conditions government regulations etc In some applications more than one processor may be required as when backup redundancy is needed EIO0000001217 12 2012 Only the user can be aware of all the conditions and factors present during setup operation and maintenance of the machine therefore only the user can determine the automation equipment and the related safeties and interlocks which can be properly used When selecting automation and control equipment and related software for a particular application the user should refer to the applicable local and national standards and regulations The National Safety Council s Accident
82. nity Pro software M340 local drop Ethernet bus EN Time code generator In this example the Modicon M340 local drop contains a BMX ERT 1604 T module The BMX ERT 1604 T module is the time stamped events source The time source for the BMX ERT 1604 T module is an external clock DCF77 or IRIG B time format The Vijeo Citect OFS needs to be synchronized on an NTP server NOTE The OFS is connected to the PLC local drop with an Ethernet link as a consequence the PLC local drop must have an Ethernet communication module see page 35 EIO0000001217 12 2012 41 Architecture Quantum PLC with a Modicon X80 Drop and a BMX CRA 312 10 Time Stamping Module Unity Pro software Vijeo Citect servers Vijeo Citect OFS server display client Ethernet bus M340 remote I O drop In this example a Quantum Ethernet Remote I O architecture contains a Modicon X80 Modicon M340 Ethernet remote I O drop The BMX CRA 312 10 module is the time stamped events source the module time stamps I O transitions on the discrete I O modules in the remote I O drop The time source for the client and the time stamping module is an NTP server connected to the Ethernet control network NOTE It is necessary to choose an NTP server that provides stable clock synchronization and accurate NTP output 42 EIO0000001217 12 2012 Architecture Quantum PLC with a Modicon X80 Drop Including BMX ERT 1604 T Modules Unity Pro
83. o warn of potential hazards or to call attention to information that clarifies or simplifies a procedure The addition of this symbol to a Danger safety label indicates that an electrical hazard exists which will result in personal injury if the instructions are not followed personal injury hazards Obey all safety messages that follow this symbol to avoid possible injury or death A DANGER DANGER indicates an imminently hazardous situation which if not avoided will result in death or serious injury A WARNING WARNING indicates a potentially hazardous situation which if not avoided can result in death or serious injury f This is the safety alert symbol It is used to alert you to potential EIO0000001217 12 2012 7 PLEASE NOTE A CAUTION CAUTION indicates a potentially hazardous situation which if not avoided can result in minor or moderate injury NOTICE NOTICE is used to address practices not related to physical injury Electrical equipment should be installed operated serviced and maintained only by qualified personnel No responsibility is assumed by Schneider Electric for any consequences arising out of the use of this material A qualified person is one who has skills and knowledge related to the construction and operation of electrical equipment and its installation and has received safety training to recognize and avoid the hazards involved BEFORE YOU BEGIN Do not use this product on machi
84. odules located in the drop BMX CRA 312 10 module evaluates periodically discrete input and output values and if a change is detected it is time stamped and stored in the module internal local event buffer This buffer makes the information available for the final client and its behavior needs to be defined in Unity Pro software For time stamping application the BMX CRA 312 10 module requires a direct link to an accurate NTP server time source see page 28 and the time stamp resolution see page 49 depends on the architecture 32 EIO0000001217 12 2012 Components Discrete Inputs and Outputs The BMX CRA 312 10 module is able to time stamp any discrete module located in the drop Compatible Modicon M340 discrete modules Modules Reference BMX DAO 1605 BMX DDI 6402K BMX DAI 0805 BMX DDI 1602 BMX DDM 16022 BMX DDO 1602 BMX DRA 0804 BMX DAI 1602 BMX DDI 1603 BMX DDM 16025 BMX DDO 1612 BMX DRA 0805 BMX DAI 1603 BMX DDI 1604 BMX DDM 3202K BMX DDO 3202K BMX DRA 1605 BMX DAI 1604 BMX DDI 3202K BMX DDO 6402K EIO0000001217 12 2012 33 Components Router Router in the System Router Role Router Modules NTP Server IJ DCF77 IRIG B The router is a device that transmits data between different Ethernet networks a control network and a device network for example NOTE The router allows a direct communication path between the sources of time stamped event
85. oject settings see page 66 2 Create an application in Unity Pro with time stamping modules Select the appropriate time stamping modules see page 55 Set the time stamping module time sources parameters see page 58 4 Select the events see page 73 to time stamp Set the time stamped event parameters Time stamping module buffer parameters are preset Project Settings In Unity Pro software to allow system time stamping adjust the Project Settings by clicking Tools Project Settings General Data Dictionary Configuration Click General gt PLC Embedded data and select the Data dictionary check box This setting allows any client SCADA using OFS to animate and modify all symbolized variables of the application embedded in the PLC memory without needing to synchronize it again with Unity Pro application or with XVM export file generated by Unity Pro It also allows to make OFS variables consistent with PLC application The Data dictionary table is necessary because time stamped events are mapped on symbolized variables 66 E100000001217 12 2012 Service Activation Time Stamping Parameters Click General Time to reach time stamping parameter Project Settings Project Settings E General Management of build messages Build settings Project autosaving on download PLC embedded data PLC diagnostics PLC behaviour Path Time Variables Program Languages Common FBD L
86. ol provided to help the user to define the system capacity based on the events and devices included 50 EIO0000001217 12 2012 Performances Vijeo Citect I O Server Performance Each Vijeo Citect I O server communicate with 1 OFS The following table provides maximum values recommended for a single Vijeo Citect I O server Topic Value Comment Maximum number of 10000 transitions per Recommendation for a single I O transitions per second second server Maximum number of 3000 transitions per Recommendation for a single I O transitions on variables second server mapped on time stamped events per second Maximum storage buffer 300000 variables size of the I O server Maximum storage time of 10 minutes the I O server Maximum switchover time 4 10 s for 10000 NOTE The time stamped event source in a redundant active variables buffers may become full during an I O architecture server switch due to the switchover time NOTE Split the devices between different I O servers when the application needs to be scaled up E100000001217 12 2012 51 Performances 52 EIO0000001217 12 2012 Design and Configuration Phases Introduction This part presents the phases required to design and configure the system time stamping from service activation to diagnostic What Is in This Part This part contains the following chapters
87. on Diagnostic Data Diagnostic Sources Diagnostic data provide information on e Quality of the time stamping for each event e Time and buffers management e Communication between each time stamping source and client Diagnostic information is displayed on Vijeo Citect e OFS e PLC variable viewers e Time stamping source module hardware At source time stamping diagnostic information is provided by e Time stamping event sources BMX ERT 1604 T BMX CRA 312 10 e OFS software Diagnostic Data Availability The following table describes the diagnostic data access mode and presentation Diagnostic Data Source Diagnostic Data Presentation Time stamping event sources BMX ERT 1604 T BMX CRA 312 10 Buffer diagnostic Time valid synchronized TS Events service state O Channel error Viewers of PLC variables Device DDT or IODDT SCADA Unity Pro SOE Uncertain Time Quality gt VO channel error 2 SCADA alarm viewer or SOE viewer OFS Event service communication Network Info window in the Devices tree view Connection health status SCADA alarm viewer or SOE viewer or diagnostic animation page Vijeo Citect V7 30 1 Variable tag needs to be created by the user 2 With Vijeo Citect V7 20 variable tag needs to be created by the user not necessary with 100 EIO0000001217 12 2012 Diagnostic Vijeo Ci
88. on OFS provides diagnostic data on connection status of the event sources and buffer level Items for Connection Diagnostic Between OFS and Devices To diagnose the connection status with the time stamping event sources 2 items of VT_I2 type activated in a standard OPC group are available and can be displayed on the SCADA Vijeo Citect View for example e PLCQualStatus e PLCQualStatus2 NOTE Those 2 items have the same feature but it is recommended to use PLCQualStatus item because e It optimizes the communication when used in groups with different periods e It automatically uses PLCQualStatus2 item on devices that are not the PLC Those items can return one of the following values QUAL BAD QUAL COMM FAILURE value 0018 hex Device is INCONSISTENT SymbolFile differs from PLC application QUAL_BAD QUAL_DEVICE_FAILURE value 000C hex No communication with the device since DEVICE_TO milliseconds QUAL_BAD value 0000 hex Device is MISSING or UNKNOWN QUAL GOOD value 00C0 hex Communication with the device is correct QUAL_UNCERTAIN value 0040 hex No communication with the device since less than DEVICE_TO milliseconds For more details on the time stamping event sources diagnostic items syntax and content refer to sections Specific Items see OPC Factory Server V3 40 User Manual and Time Stamped Events Configuration see OPC Factory Server V3 40 User Manual 104 EIO0000001217 12 2012 Dia
89. or each time stamping event source module Module Time Source BMX ERT 1604 T GPS time source IRIG B 000 or DCF77 time code This solution provides the most accurate time source Radio receiver time source DCF77 time code based on a radio transmitter based in Germany near Frankfurt with an action range mainly limited to Europe NOTE For more details on clock source connection on the BMX ERT 1604 T module refer to chapter Physical Implementation see BMX ERT 1604 T M340 ERT Module User Manual NTP server IRIG B 000 or DCF77 time code Dedicated high accuracy hardware like a Gorgy Timing LEDI Network NTP Server or equivalent that provides IRIG B 000 or DCF77 time code outputs EIO0000001217 12 2012 59 Selecting and Setting Time Synchronization Module Time Source BMX CRA 312 10 NTP server An NTP server must be available on the Ethernet network accessible from the BMX CRA 312 10 module and set in Unity Pro NOTE For more details on NTP server configuration in Unity Pro refer to chapter NTP Configuration in Unity Pro see Quantum EIO Remote I O Modules Installation and Configuration Guide OFS and SCADA NTP server 60 EIO0000001217 12 2012 Selecting and Setting Time Synchronization Unity Pro Project Setting Time Zone Adjust Project Settings in Unity Pro see page 67 and set time zone parameters E100000001217 12 2012
90. owing table presents the devices combination required in a system time stamping architecture SCADA OPC PLC Local Drop Ethernet Remote I O Drop DA Family Time Time Family Time Stamping Time Server Stamping Synchronization Source Synchronization Source Vijeo OFS Modicon BMX ERT DCF77 or IRIG B N A N A N A Citect M340 1604 T 000 ordrd 1or Quantum N A N A Modicon BMX CRA 312 10 NTP server 4 party more 2 X80 SCADA I O Modicon BMX ERT 1604 T DCF77 or IRIG B 1 servers 000 N M340 Mix of both possible sources e BMX CRA 312 10 e BMX ERT 1604 T Each source has its time reference e NTP server 4 for BMX CRA 312 10 e DCF77 or IRIG B 000 for BMX ERT 160 4T N A Not Applicable 1 Redundant SCADA configuration is compatible with system time stamping 2 Quantum Hot Standby configurations are compatible with system time stamping 3 A time stamping architecture may contain several Ethernet remote I O drops with time stamping sources 4 A single NTP server can provide time reference to many BMX CRA 312 10 modules The following topics present graphically some of the devices combination allowed in a system time stamping architecture it is not an exhaustive list it represents typical application examples 40 EIO0000001217 12 2012 Architecture Modicon M340 PLC Local Drop Vijeo Citect servers Vijeo Citect OFS server display client U
91. r It is the operating and monitoring component of Schneider Electric PlantStruxure Vijeo Citect with its powerful display capabilities and its operational features delivers actionable insight faster enabling operators to respond quickly to process disturbances thereby increasing their efficiency Vijeo Citect offers the functions of a modern supervisor Its distributed client server architecture is applicable to a multitude of applications Vijeo Citect offers true redundancy for all the system components Redundancy functions are fully integrated in the system 26 EIO0000001217 12 2012 Components 3rd Party Client SCADA 3rd Party Client SCADA in the System NTP Server SJ DCF77 IRIG B 3rd Party Client SCADA Role If the system does not have a Vijeo Citect a 3rd party client SCADA can be used to monitor time stamping events through the OPC DA interface A 3rd party client SCADA must use OFS software services to implement the system time stamping solution EIO0000001217 12 2012 27 Components Time Synchronization Time Synchronization in the System Time Synchronization Time synchronization is a key point in the system time stamping solution Time synchronization between the time stamping event sources using different external source clocks is the prerequisites to have a functional time stamping solution Time synchronization means e Vijeo Citect OFS client NTP s
92. r 5 Performances 20 00c enen eneen 49 Performances hokken ba ae Men Eer ehe 49 Part Ill Design and Configuration Phases 53 Chapter 6 Selecting the Time Stamping Module 55 Time Resolution assen aa aten tnt a nity taan Gh an 55 EIO0000001217 12 2012 3 Chapter 7 Chapter 8 Chapter 9 Chapter 10 Chapter 11 Part IV Chapter 12 Chapter 13 Chapter 14 Part V Chapter 15 Selecting and Setting Time Synchronization Selecting the Time Source nnee eee Unity Pro Project Setting neee BMX ERT 1604 T Clock Settings in Unity Pro BMX CRA 312 10 Clock Settings in Unity Pro Activating System Time Stamping Service Unity Pro Settings eneen ORE EE Selecting and Configuring the Variables to Time Stamp Va rl bles USag8 r serve Zee ne hed ss BMX ERT 1604 T Variables Settings in Unity Pro BMX CRA 312 10 Variables Settings in Unity Pro Selecting the Communication Parameters Capability Checks oee eee OFS Communication Settings ana Setting Vijeo Citect Parameters Vijeo Citect Parameters aaneen Time Quality and SOE Uncertain Sequence Commissioning and Operation Phases Diagnostie 14T 2a He akan Bekina tiet Introduction u a nennen Vijeo Citect View neee eeen Hardware Diagnostic eee Behavior on Operating Modes Operat
93. resh request e The device time is delayed compared to the current local time after conversion by the client In such a case the TS events may appear at the bottom of the SOE page queue If other events in the page are based on the current local time those events fill up the SOE page and give the impression that TS events are missing 144 EIO0000001217 12 2012 Troubleshooting SOE Page Actions to perform Step Action 1 Reload the page to check if the display needed a refresh 2 Check that a filter selecting only old records is not applied 3 Try to decrease the requested range by using the filter capability use filter to request events for the last hour or for a particular tag for example 4 Try to increase the system capabilities to manage large number of events e Increase the alarm server cache size ALARM CacheSize xxx e Increase the maximum number of records returned by a single request ALARM QueryRowLimit xxx e Increase the request time out parameter for all alarm servers ALARM ClientRequestTimeout xxx More details on CacheSize QueryRowLimit and ClientRequest Timeout parameters are provided in the following pages see page 146 Example of INT file alarm CacheSize 80 QueryRowLimit 1000000 ClientRequestTimeout 300000 EIO0000001217 12 2012 145 Troubleshooting SOE Page Parameters Definitions in Vijeo Citect V7 30 ClientRequest
94. ributes Data available in Quality and TSQuality fields in Vijeo Citect SOE display Time Synchronization Lost When the System Is Running If the time synchronization is lost no link with the external time reference the time stamping module time stamps events with its internal time based on the latest successful synchronization NOTE If the time has never been synchronized then the internal time is the free running time from epoch As in the initial start case to manage that situation CLOCK_NOT_SYNC parameter is setto 1 andClockNotSynchronized parameter is set to 1 in TimeQuality byte Once the time stamping module time is synchronized CLOCK_NOT_SYNC parameter is set to 0 and ClockNot Synchronized parameter is set to 0 in TimeQuality byte NOTE As the time synchronization mechanism is specific to each module the time interval between the loss of time synchronization and the setting of CLOCK_NOT_SYNC parameter is different fora BMX ERT 1604 T anda BMX CRA 312 10 module EIO0000001217 12 2012 131 Behavior on Time Synchronization Time interval between the loss of time synchronization and the setting of CLOCK _NOT_SYNC parameter e fora BMX ERT 1604 T 10 seconds IRIG B or 10 minutes DCF77 e fora BMX CRA 312 10 3 seconds after the scheduled polling time 132 EIO0000001217 12 2012 How to Interface with a 3rd Party Client SCADA V EIO0000001217 12 2012 133 Interface with 3rd Par
95. s No event N A N A 86 N A External clock synchronization value received CRA INPUT 1 O 101 88 ClockInSync Internal Time n lt Time Stamp n 1 1 gt 0 gt Time Stamp n Time Stamp n 1 1ms CRA INPUT 1 1 102 93 ClockInSync Internal Time n lt Time Stamp n 0 gt 1 1 gt Time Stamp n Time Stamp n 1 1ms CRA INPUT 1 O 103 98 ClockInSync Internal Time n lt Time Stamp n 1 gt 0 1 gt Time Stamp n Time Stamp n 1 1ms N A Not Applicable 130 EIO0000001217 12 2012 Behavior on Time Synchronization 0 gt 1 Event Event TimeStamp Module TimeQuality Comment Value ms Internal Attributes Time ms CRA INPUT 1 1 104 103 ClockInSync Internal Time n lt Time Stamp n 1 gt Time Stamp n Time Stamp n 1 1 ms CRA INPUT 1 O 108 108 Time Resolution Internal Time n gt Time Stamp n 1 1 gt 0 1 ms gt Time Stamp n Internal Time n N A Not Applicable In this example Catch up time 100 86 x 5 5 1 Catch up time 17 5 ms around 4 detection cycles of 5 ms NOTE The following list presents some fields available in previous table and their corresponding fields in Vijeo Citect SOE page see page 106 e Event Data available in Tag Name and Message fields in Vijeo Citect SOE display e Timestamp Data available in Date and Time fields in Vijeo Citect SOE display e TimeQuality Att
96. s compatible with system time stamping For more details refer to Modicon Quantum Hot Standby System User Manual see page 12 SCADA redundancy is compatible with system time stamping 22 EIO0000001217 12 2012 System Time Stamping Architecture Introduction This part presents the list of system time stamping components component versions performances and architecture examples What Is in This Part This part contains the following chapters Chapter Chapter Name Page 2 Components 25 3 Components Versions 37 4 Architecture Examples 39 5 Performances 49 EIO0000001217 12 2012 23 Architecture 24 EIO0000001217 12 2012 Components Overview This chapter presents the components involved in a system time stamping solution What Is in This Chapter This chapter contains the following topics Topic Page Vijeo Citect 26 3rd Party Client SCADA 27 Time Synchronization 28 OFS 29 Unity Pro 30 BMX ERT 1604 T Module 31 BMX CRA 312 10 Module 32 Router 34 Modicon M340 Ethernet Communication Modules in a Local Drop 35 EIO0000001217 12 2012 25 Components Vijeo Citect Vijeo Citect in the System Vijeo Citect Role NTP Server IJ DCF77 IRIG B Vijeo Citect is the final client in a time stamping architecture Vijeo Citect displays the sequence of events in an alarm viewer history or in an event viewe
97. s and the final client SCADA via OFS Routers that can be used in a time stamping solution e In the Ethernet control network any IP router e In the Quantum PLC local rack a 140 NOC 781 00 control head module For more details on the 140 NOC 781 00 module refer to Quantum EIO Control Network Installation and Configuration Guide 34 EIO0000001217 12 2012 Components Modicon M340 Ethernet Communication Modules in a Local Drop Modicon M340 Ethernet Local Drop Communication Module in the System DCF77 gt IRIG B Communication Modules For time stamping with a BMX ERT 1604 T in a Modicon M340 PLC local drop one of the following Ethernet communication modules is required to interface the BMX ERT 1604 T with the SCADA OFS e BMX NOC 0401 e BMX NOE 0100 e BMX NOE 0110 For more details on the Modicon M340 Ethernet communication modules refer to the Modicon M340 for Ethernet Communications Modules and Processors User Manual and Modicon M340 BMX NOC 0401 Ethernet Communication Module User Manual EIO0000001217 12 2012 35 Components 36 EIO0000001217 12 2012 Components Versions Components Version General The following table shows the system time stamping component required versions Component Version Vijeo Citect Recommended version 7 30 or later NOTE Vijeo Citect version 7 20 can be used with limitations see page 37 OFS
98. s must be followed Failure to use Schneider Electric software or approved software with our hardware products may result in injury harm or improper operating results Failure to observe this information can result in injury or equipment damage 2012 Schneider Electric All rights reserved EIO0000001217 12 2012 Table of Contents Safety Information 00 cece ee eee eee 7 About the Booka wa oe eee as 11 Part I Introduction to System Time Stamping 15 Chapter 1 Presentation ee eneen nennen une 17 Concepts rar een dread in de 18 System Time Stamping Solution 0 0 0 0 ernennen nn 19 System Time Stamping Limitations 22222220 e nennen 22 Part II System Time Stamping Architecture 23 Chapter 2 Components 2 00 en nennen nenn 25 Vijeo CIt Et 2 2 ten ot aot hak nr leer eht 26 3rd Party Client SCADA neee eee 27 Time Synchronization nnee eeen 28 OF Sis ien a DR Ce Oe A S S 29 Unity Pro ar tons aed nn at oh ae ee Bean 30 BMX ERT 1604 T Module ane 31 BMX CRA 312 10 Module onee 32 Router on snee weten eel Te eg 34 Modicon M340 Ethernet Communication Modules in a Local Drop 35 Chapter 3 Components Versions een eneen 37 Components Version oee eeen 37 Chapter 4 Architecture Examples veeen ene 39 Time Stamping Typical Architecture onee 40 Redundant Architectures onee eee 46 Chapte
99. s to be multiplied by 16 e Estimation of the total OFS bandwidth msg sec The tool provides an estimation of the total OFS bandwidth msg sec used to read the normal number of events per second on all PLCs and it checks that the estimated bandwidth does not exceed the maximum OFS bandwidth allocated to read events This information appears in the following folder e Results General OFS bandwidth used to read events msg s e Total number of time stamped I Os in 1 PLC This information allows to check that the maximum number of configured time stamped I Os is not exceeded This information appears in the following folder e Results PLC Results PLC n x Total number of time stamped I Os on one PLC E100000001217 12 2012 85 Selecting Communication Parameters OFS Communication Settings OFS Polling Rate OFS polling rate see page 69 is a value defined globally for each following event source type e PLC local BMX ERT 1604 T modules and Modicon X80 Ethernet remote I O BMX ERT 1604 T modules e Modicon X80 Ethernet remote I O BMX CRA 312 10 modules NOTE OFS polling rate setting has to be validated using the OFS Time Stamp Helper Tool in order to check that the normal average number of time stamped events estimated by the user can be read and that the capability of the system is not exceeded see page 84 OFS Client Alive Timeout OFS client alive timeout allows OFS to detect that the OFS client is not responding
100. software Vijeo Citect servers Vijeo Citect OFS server display client Time code M340 remote I O drop generator Time code generator NOTE In this example the BMX CRA 312 10 modules are not used as time stamped event sources In this example a Quantum Ethernet Remote I O architecture contains 2 Modicon X80 Modicon M340 Ethernet RIO drops On each drop the BMX ERT 1604 T module is the time stamped events source The time source for each BMX ERT 1604 T is an external clock DCF77 or IRIG B time format The Vijeo Citect OFS needs to be synchronized on an NTP server EIO0000001217 12 2012 43 Architecture Quantum PLC with a Modicon X80 Drop Including BMX ERT 1604 T and BMX CRA 312 10 Modules Vijeo Citect servers Vijeo Citect OFS server display client cy Unity Pro software QUANTUM local drop in CTRL Ethernet bus M340 remote I O drop GPS GPS DCF77 xD SEHR M340 remote I O drop Time code PIS CRA VO ERT vo vo generator A GPS DCF77 IRIG B Time code GPS generator In this example a Quantum Ethernet Remote I O architecture contains 2 Modicon X80 Modicon M340 Ethernet remote I O drops On each remote I O drop both BMX CRA 312 10 and BMX ERT 1604 T modules are the time stamped event sources the BMX CRA 312 10 module time stamps I O transitions on the discrete I O modules in the remote I O drop The GPS is a unique time reference
101. stable but the internal time quality is acceptable OFF No external time source input BMX CRA 312 10 Module View RoN LED display rotary switches SERVICE port ETH 1 DEVICE NETWORK port ETH 2 DEVICE NETWORK port ETH 3 110 EIO0000001217 12 2012 Diagnostic The following table describes the LED display activity meaning for diagnostic purpose LED Status Description 1 0 ON External fault detected when the module is configured or non recoverable error detected O error detected from a module or a channel in the remote drop while in configured or in RUN state Configuration error detected while configured or in RUN state Flashing BMX CRA 312 10 power on Duplicated IP address set EIO0000001217 12 2012 111 Diagnostic 112 EIO0000001217 12 2012 Behavior on Operating Modes 13 Overview This chapter describes the system behavior during different operating modes The last topic of this chapter is dedicated to various specific operating modes that generate a simple behavior NOTE In the following chapters the behavior is described through tables showing events time stamps and time quality sequences The following list presents some of the fields shown in tables to describe the SOE sequences and the corresponding fields in Vijeo Citect SOE page see page 106 e Event Data available in Tag Name and M
102. tect Settings It is strongly recommended to set time stamping diagnostic parameters in Vijeo Citect see page 106 EIO0000001217 12 2012 101 Diagnostic PLC View Overview Diagnostic data on time stamping modules and events quality can be accessed on the PLC The following topics present the data that can be accessed through the PLC interface Unity Pro software Time Stamping Diagnostic Diagnostic data for the BMX ERT 1604 T and BMX CRA 312 10 modules TS DIAGNOSTIC FLAGS that contains e TIME VALID Means that the time is valid and the clock is synchronized CLOCK FAILURE Means that the time source is not currently reliable or that the initial synchronization has not been done since the time stamping module start CLOCK NOT _SYNC Means the time synchronization is lost while the time stamping module is running BUFF_ FULL Buffer full indication The bit set to 1 on buffer full detection bit is cleared when buffer is able to store new events e TS_BUF_FILLED_PCTAGE Percentage of buffer filled For the BMX ERT 1604 T module the percentage of buffer filled is calculated by group number whereas in the BMX CRA 312 10 module it is calculated by event number For example in a BMX ERT for 16 groups of 1 event each S_BUF_FILLED_PCTAGE 16 255 100 255 represents the maximum number of groups that can be stored in the BMX ERT buffer e TS_EVENT_STATE Time stamping events state for intern
103. tection TSInit Oxx11100 Used in case of synchronization of the values with the client done by storing a virtual event with 16 ch discrete values inside the buffer ClockInSync 0xx11011 Used in case of external clock during synchronization catch up mode If several specific values are simultaneously detected the precedence of TimeAccuracy specific values is 1 TimeAccuracy IOChannelError highest priority 2 TimeAccuracy Invalid or TSInit 3 TimeAccuracy ClockInSync 4 TimeAccuracy Unspecified EIO0000001217 12 2012 151 Event Format 152 EIO0000001217 12 2012 Glossary architecture CCOTF Ethernet A A framework for the specification of a network constructed on the following e Physical components and their functional organization and configuration e Operational principles and procedures e Data formats used in its operation C Change Configuration On The Fly A Quantum function that allows to change values while the PLC is running E A 10 Mb s 100 Mb s or 1 Gb s CSMA CD frame based LAN that can run over copper twisted pair or fiber optic cable or wireless The IEEE standard 802 3 defines the rules for configuring a wired Ethernet network the IEEE standard 802 11 defines the rules for configuring a wireless Ethernet network Common forms include 10BASE T 100BASE TX and 1000BASE T which can utilize category 5e copper twisted pair cables and RJ45 mo
104. tem 74 E100000001217 12 2012 Selecting Variables BMX ERT 1604 T Variables Settings in Unity Pro Steps to Follow to Configure the Variables Steps to follow in Unity Pro for each BMX ERT 1604 T module Step Action 1 Buffer settings see page 75 Those parameters are predefined no action required Select the channels see page 75 to time stamp in the module Activate each time stamped variable e in a Modicon M340 PLC local drop see page 77 e in a Modicon X80 Ethernet RIO Drop see page 79 Buffer Settings in Unity Pro BMX ERT 1604 T buffer behavior settings cannot be adjusted and they are set as follows e on buffer full The BMX ERT 1604 T module stops the recording when the events buffer is full stop the recording e on power on New events can be added to the existing events buffer if the application is the same NOTE If the application is not the same on power on the event buffer is cleared e on stop to run New events are added to the existing events buffer Selecting the Channels in Unity Pro In Unity Pro to select the variables to time stamp double click the BMX ERT 1604 T module in the drop EIO0000001217 12 2012 75 Selecting Variables BMX ERT 1604 T configuration screen DIG 161 24 125 VDC TSTAMP E BMX ERT 1604 BB Channel 8 Counter Ei Channel 0 Time Stamping LE IChannel 4 Time Stamping Be Channel 12 Discrete input
105. time coherence in sequence of events event n 1 cannot be time stamped with a time value lower than event n Synchronization mechanism until time stamp value lt module internal time internal time cannot be accessed by the user e Every time stamping detection cycle the time stamp value increments by 1 ms TimeQuality ClockInSync 0xx11011 bin as long as time stamp value is higher than internal time EIO0000001217 12 2012 129 Behavior on Time Synchronization The time required to synchronize the time stamp value with the new internal time is called catch up time Catch up time Internal time Synchronized time received x Detection cycle Detection cycle Incrementation step The following figure illustrates the synchronization mechanism in a BMX CRA 312 10 module when the internal time is ahead of external clock time 5 ms detection cycle and 1 ms incrementation step Clock Synchronization Tv Detection Cycle 5 ms 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 Input 1 TimeAccuracy ClockInSync Module Internal Time ms 100 88 93 98 103 108 113 4 v 108 Time Stamp ms 100 101 102 103 104 105 The following table presents the SOE sequence shown in previous figure provided by a BMX CRA 312 10 time stamping module with 1 time stamped input Event Event TimeStamp Module TimeQuality Comment Value ms Internal Attributes Time ms CRA INPUT 1 1 100 100 Time Resolution 0 gt 1 1m
106. time stamped OPC item value quality and timestamp To configure a time stamped digital alarm setthe variable tag data type to DIGITAL More details on device communication setup and variable tag configuration is provided in the Setting up device communication and Configuring variable tags sections of OFSOPC help document 88 E100000001217 12 2012 Setting Vijeo Citect Parameters Example of variable tag configuration screen Variable Tags OFS_TS_Simulator_Inc1 PLC1 Breakeri PLC1 Breaker1 Fault PLC1 Breaker1Fault DIGITAL Raw Zero Scale Eng Zero Scale Custom 1 Custom 2 Custom 3 Custom 4 Custom S Custom 6 Custom 7 Custom 8 Record 1 Linked No Time Stamped Digital Alarm and Equipment Configuration A time stamped digital alarm need to be configured in Vijeo Citect in order to display time stamped event data on the Active Alarm or SOE page The alarm is associated with the variable tag which receives time stamped event data It is recommended to add static information such as time stamped event source location in one of the 8 Custom fields available for example BMX CRA IP address or Ethernet connection point IP address used to reach the BMX ERT The name of the equipment on which the I O is connected to generate the event PLC1 Breaker1 for example can be entered in the Equipment field or directly in the equipment database with Vijeo Citect V7 30 More details on time stamped digital alarm configuration
107. ty Client SCADA 134 EIO0000001217 12 2012 3rd Party Client SCADA 15 Overview This chapter describes the steps that an OPC DA version 2 04 or later client needs to follow in order to operate the system time stamping solution with OFS It is intended for OPC client developers What Is in This Chapter This chapter contains the following topics Topic Page OPC Events Group 136 Operation Steps 137 Optional Functionalities 138 TSEventsGroup OnDataChange Interface 139 EIO0000001217 12 2012 135 3rd Party Client SCADA OPC Events Group Introduction Event Group Specific Items 3rd party SCADA must use OFS software services to implement the system time stamping solution A particular OPC group named TSEventsGroup needs to be created to manage time stamped variables This group is referenced as Events Group in this section Each OPC client can only create 1 OPC events group This Events Group complies with the following rules If the Service support tab is not set to Available see page 69 for the OFS alias of an item that item is not added and an E_ FAIL error detected message is returned Items for which the Time stamped Event Support custom property see page 69 is set to 1 can be added to the Events Group Items for which the Time stamped Event Support custom property see page 69 is set to 0 can also be added to the Events Group but a message is
108. ustom TimeZone is enabled only saving When enabled START and END daylight saving parameters can be adjusted in the following subfields It allows to have the clock adjusted by 1 hour when daylight saving starts then be adjusted by 1 hour when daylight saving ends NOTE DST START and END hours are preset if they are not displayed 1 No specific value required for system time stamping depends on Custom TimeZone subfield value Time stamped events are marked in UTC values and the time zone settings allow to convert GPS local time to UTC values in BMX ERT 1604 T NOTE When the source of time stamped events is a BMX CRA 312 10 module the time zone settings have no influence on time stamped events the module uses UTC time from the NTP server but the time zone settings are used for diagnostic purpose local time is needed NOTE The daylight saving time settings are not applicable to the BMX ERT 1604 T module because this module gets the daylight saving time switching information from the external clock DCF77 or IRIG B 000 time code IRIG B 000 must support IEEE 1344 extensions 2004 update or IEEE C37 118 in order to provide the Daylight Saving Time information 68 EIO0000001217 12 2012 Service Activation OFS Settings Features The custom OPC property is linked to OPC items with the following definition Description time stamped event support Propertyld 5012 Comment true if the variable

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