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1. TISTAR Considerations TISOFT Support Trackball Problems If your PCS or TISTAR system does not support TISOFT 4 x you cannot view APT generated code in the controller If the trackball does not work correctly with TISTAR after loading APT you must use the MOUSESYS SYS driver that came with TISTAR Instead of pointing to the MOUSESYS SYS from APT point to the MOUSE SYS from TISTAR Old CONFIG SYS New CONFIG SYS device c app drivers msmouse sys g input TISTAR Memory Limits PCS TISTAR and APT Downloads Setting DOWNLOAD Attribute on Read Only Memory Addresses If your APT program is very large or if you reserve lots of V memory APT objects may be created with V memory addresses above 65536 TISTAR Rel 1 x and 2 x cannot address V memory addresses above 65536 This is not a limitation for PCS 3 x APT now supports 2048 I O points for the 545 and 8192 I O points for the 555 and 575 controllers This does not affect PCS 3 x When configuring a TISTAR secondary if your TISTAR release does not support these upper limits consider choosing a 565 controller that supports up to 8192 I O points When downloading an APT program through a PCS or TISTAR system PCS and TISTAR automatically turn off the scan to the associated secondary After the download is complete the scan is turned on again PCS and TISTAR do not turn off the scan if the program is downloaded by another method Turn the scan off and on man2. CP1413 communication card is still supported and required for H1 communications for MS DOS and Windows 95 platforms The download functionality for S5 controllers has been improved by adding a checksum for Functions Blocks FBs This provides faster and more efficient incremental download capability The FSL PDL and PBL executables are included on the installation media These tools facilitate the creation of custom objects and devices by knowledgeable users who are familiar with the internal architecture of the APT product Debug charts now support the display of words in binary format In addition the words may be modified in binary hexadecimal or integer format Several reported software problems with previous product releases have been corrected Specifically the issues described by Technical Advisories 059 060 061 and 062 have been addressed Communication issues reported with the use of the TIWay Host and UniLink Adapters have been resolved The APT manuals and software now ship exclusively on CD ROM If you require diskettes for software installation the contents of the software CD is organized to permit generation of diskettes in either 1 2 MB or 1 44 MB format Instructions for doing this are included in the Diskettes section of these Release Notes The APT manuals continue to be provided on a separate CD The manuals are best viewed using Adobe Acrobat Reader Version 4 0 or later If you do not have at least this
3. of the extension may start with a value of 1 after a download when the controller is placed in the RUN mode and before the block is enabled After a controller power cycle with the battery on COLD START the analog alarm may return in the disabled state unless code enables the block When the block returns in the disabled state the SMODE extension has an incorrect value of 1 12 SIMATIC APT Software Release 1 9A MAITT Considerations MAITT ASSIGN CONFIG APTPROGRAM MAITT Print Number Base Parameter MAITT Memory Constraints After changing to a new controller using the ASSIGN CONFIG APTPROGRAM new_controller statement APT incorrectly applies any previously defined assignments to the new controller Use the CLEAR ALL statement before the ASSIGN CONFIG APTPROGRAM new_controller statement to clear any assignments Refer to the SIMATIC APT MAITT User Manual for assistance with these statements You can use the B parameter in the MAITT PRINT instruction to set the number base 2 Baseg 16 Base16 etc Do not use 10 with the B parameter this causes MAITT to generate an error Since 10 is the default number base leave out the B parameter for a Base10 number MAITT may run out of memory if you assign a large number of synonyms and run large WAIT loops To resolve this constraint use automatic synonym assignments and or break your WAIT loops into smaller easier to manage WAIT loops SIMATIC APT Software Release 1 9A 13
4. these Release Notes can be found in the README TXT file on the APT software CD ROM If you are upgrading your system from APT Rel 1 9 Modification 1a or earlier refer also to the Updating Pre Release 1 9A Programs section in these Release Notes Refer to Appendix A of the SIMATIC APT User Manual for APT 1 9A software installation instructions Appendix B contains information on installing APT on an Industrial Ethernet H1 network Appendix C discusses using APT with DOS Appendix D discusses using APT with Windows 95 and Appendix E discusses using APT with Windows NT and Windows 2000 Refer to Chapter 9 for configuring and using the PROFIBUS DP network with APT If you need assistance call the Technical Services Group in the U S at 800 333 7421 or outside the U S at 49 911 895 7000 2807402 0005 publication date 04 01 Summary of Major Enhancements for APT Release 1 9A Windows NT and Windows 2000 CP1413 and CP1613 S5 Download Development Tools Binary Format Problems Fixed CD ROM Media In addition to MS DOS and Windows 95 the Windows NT and Windows 2000 operating systems are now supported Computer to P C communications for Windows NT and 2000 include Industrial Ethernet H1 TIWay via the Host and UniLink adapters and serial communication via direct connect For Windows NT and Windows 2000 platforms the CP1613 communications card is now used for Industrial Ethernet H1 communications The
5. to read how to turn off these restrictions 5 is a trademark and STEP SIMATIC and SINEC are registered trademarks of Siemens AG PCS APT Series 505 TISOFT and TISTAR are trademarks of Siemens Energy amp Automation Inc Windows Windows 95 Microsoft and MS DOS are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation SIMATIC APT Software Release 1 9A 15
6. up and act erratically You must use an earlier version of the driver with APT Even if APT has enough memory 520K bytes to allow you into the programming environment you may still have memory problems For Series 505 controllers the Module Table may run out of memory in split screen mode with a large number of I O points The CFC editor may run out of memory after entering six PID loops In both cases APT displays a yellow memory message In addition MAITT may run out of memory if you assign a large number of synonyms and run large WAIT loops Returning to the hierarchy may fix the memory problem because it defragments the RAM memory Another technique to try is reducing the number of CFBs in the CFC If the problem still occurs exit out of APT completely If the problem still continues consider freeing additional DOS RAM memory Refer to Appendix C of the SIMATIC APT User Manual Consider freeing 520K bytes of memory for APT For Series 505 controllers APT Rel 1 5a and higher permits large arrays of 32767 elements for integer arrays and 16383 elements for real arrays Many operations treat each array element as an individual point Depending on the speed of your computer APT may require several minutes on avery fast computer to create the array Archiving restoring copying or moving a large array individually or with the declaration table unit or program requires several hours even with a very fast computer If you do not n
7. 0 during compilation APT now performs the conversions when exiting the form field When you compile a pre Rel 1 8 program for the first time APT issues warnings in Phase 2 indicating the integers will be converted to reals APT no longer issues warnings on subsequent compiles When you upgrade a program that was created under APT Rel 1 3a or earlier and the program has a Boolean array of length 10 mapped to a TISTAR DO10 tag type follow these steps before doing a tag translation 1 Unmark the Boolean array declaration 2 Change the declaration to a DX declaration type 3 Mark the DX declaration for translation The DX declaration type is translated to a DO10 tag type SIMATIC APT Software Release 1 9A 5 S5 Notes Sequential Function Charts Archive Restore from Series 505 to S5 Scaling S5 Analog Inputs and Outputs The APT Sequential Function Charts SFCs are fully operational for S5 controllers S5 users must be aware that all of the SFCs are reset to the first step when a power failure occurs regardless of whether a cold or warm restart is issued To restore a Series 505 program for an S5 controller you can use the Restore option and then modify the Compiler Control File for an S5 controller When you switch controller families everything is retained except the module information The I O and their attributes are not lost but you will lose the addresses In order to successfully compile you must perform the fol
8. For example to turn off the LOCK command set the device name RTL extension to false For the 575 Release 5 x controller selection in APT verify that your controller version number is 5 02 or greater Please refer to TA 575 006 Technical Advisory for more information For Series 505 controllers the COPY BYTES procedure to or from word I O operates differently on the 575 than on the 545 and 555 For the 545 and 555 controllers a single byte copy of 16 1234 to WY1 results in a SYWY value of 16 12xx where xx retains the value before the procedure However for the 575 controller the same single byte copy results in a WY value of 16 1212 10 SIMATIC APT Software Release 1 9A UNSCALE with Reversed Ranges Object Level Download Downloading G Memory Initial Value Downloads For Series 505 controllers the UNSCALE procedure typically has the low range value less than the high range value Although TISOFT does not allow the low range value to be higher than the high range value APT allows the reversed ranges In APT the procedure operates as desired except at the low range If you choose to use UNSCALE in an unconventional manner you must unscale the input in a separate conditional structure at the low range value Disable any enabled objects in the controller before incrementally downloading a recompiled version of the object For Series 505 for example Dynamic CFBs do not reflect a changed gain until the block is disa
9. SIEMENS Release Notes SIMATIC APT APT Software Release 1 9A Read Me File Software Installation For Help in Installation Siemens Energy amp Automation Inc is pleased to present the tenth major release of its computer aided software design package the SIMATIC Application Productivity Tool APT Release 1 9A This release of APT enhances the APT Release 1 9 software package offering new features and improving existing ones Asummary of the major enhancements is listed in these Release Notes Documentation for APT Release 1 9A consists of the tenth editions of the SIMATIC APT User Manual and SIMATIC APT Programming Reference Manuals and the eighth editions of the SIMATIC APT MAITT User Manual and the SIMATIC APT Applications Manual APT Release 1 9A ships with manuals exclusively on CD ROM Printed manuals can be ordered separately The order number for the complete printed manual set is APT 8201 T order numbers for individual manuals appear on the title pages of the corresponding CD ROM files These Release Notes list general guidelines and software characteristics that are not described in the manuals Technical Advisories TA 1 15 17 21 23 30 32 48 and 50 62 are superseded by these Release Notes TA 16 is hardware related and the problem was corrected for RCC Rel 4 52 and Rel 3 52 TAs 22 31 and 49 still apply to APT Release 1 9A Information that became available after publication of the manuals and
10. ad and debug them NOTE To minimize the risk of losing your APT program in the event of system or media failure malfunctioning hard disk diskettes with bad sectors etc always create a backup that you can use to recover your program You can back up your program by any of these methods e Execute an APT archival and place the archive on another hard disk or on diskettes that can be stored in a safe place You can verify that the archival is successful by restoring the archive to another drive or system e Do a backup of the entire APT subdirectory e Use the MS DOS BACKUP command or a commercially available backup utility to back up the APT PROGRAM and APT DATABASE subdirectories APT Rel 1 9A cannot restore programs earlier than Rel 1 3a You must first restore a Rel 1 1 or a Rel 1 2d archive to either Rel 1 3a or Rel 1 4a then archive the Rel 1 3a or Rel 1 4a program and finally use Rel 1 9A to restore the archive The Rel 1 94 DOS utility APTREST can display the information of an APT archive including the version of APT that was used to archive the program Refer to Appendix H DOS Utilities of the SIMATIC APT User Manual for information on APTREST To ensure correct and current tag translation information all tags that are marked for Tag Translation must be unmarked and then remarked After restoring a pre Rel 1 9A program under Rel 1 9A you must compile the program You do not have to select the Forc
11. bled and re enabled For S5 CFBs may or may not be disabled and re enabled thus a changed gain may take effect immediately For Series 505 controllers APT does not download application specific G memory initial values for example GA5 even if the specified application is the local controller The APT download ignores any initial value entered in a declaration or recipe value field for objects with application specific G memory addresses APT does not download VMM or VMS memoty initial values The APT download ignores any initial value entered in a declaration or recipe value field for objects with user assigned VMM or VMS memory addresses When you change the initial value of an object and incrementally compile and download Table 1 shows the objects that are downloaded for each change Table 1 Incremental Downloading Object Changed Object Downloaded Initial value of a recipe array element Entire recipe array only Initial value of a recipe element Recipe element only Additions or deletions to template All recipes with the same template If you incrementally compile and change the user defined address of an object before incrementally downloading all addresses that were compiled for the object receive the last initial value during compile SIMATIC APT Software Release 1 9A 11 Compile Controller Issues continued PROGRAM RUN Transitions for Timers Disable Event Math CFBs De queuing SF Math Blocks Analog Ala
12. e Compile option APT automatically does a forced compile of the program Starting with APT Rel 1 4a APT creates the following extensions which are used with recipe code INUSE STATUS DRDY RTU DSTBL and with Rel 1 6 SCALE RECREQ and HOLDREQ The function of these extensions is described in the Recipes chapter of the SIMATIC APT Programming Reference Tables Manual If you are restoring a program compiled under a release prior to Rel 1 4 and any of these names were used as element names you need to change the element name before compiling the program 4 SIMATIC APT Software Release 1 9A Device Output Manipulation Real Fields Require Real Literals Boolean Array of Length 10 DO10 Tag Type In pre Rel 1 4 programs you can write code to manipulate the device outputs CMMD OPENC CLSC STRTC STOPC etc or the symbolic name that has been configured as one of these extensions when the device is locked In Rel 1 5a and higher the program containing this code still compiles successfully but the code is ignored This is due to changes in how APT implements the device logic Use the commands described in Section 6 1 Basic Operation of Devices of the SIMATIC APT Programming Reference Tables Manual to manipulate devices Fields such as loop alarm ranges require real literals In pre Rel 1 4 programs APT accepts and displays integers but converts the values to real values by appending a
13. eed to provide initial values or to translate the array elements to PCS consider reserving a large amount of memory creating an array of length 1 and providing a user defined address 8 SIMATIC APT Software Release 1 9A Compile Controller Issues Escape from Compile Database Time Date Stamps Extensions of Changed Objects Analog Alarm and G Memory S Memory Mapping Change To terminate a compile in process use Lesc The system acknowledges that esc was pressed but the response is not immediate The compiler must finish the compile of an object in progress before it can stop A CAUTION _ In almost all cases you can terminate a compile by pressing the ESCAPE key If you are sure the compile has locked up you must power cycle the system Performing a power cycle during program compile corrupts the APT cross reference files In order to recover from the power cycle you must perform a forced compile and full program download in the PROGRAM mode Each APT object has a time date stamp that gets updated each time you edit the object APT incrementally compiles the objects based on the objects time date stamps If you restore an APT program to a computer with an internal clock time and date older than an object s time date stamp APT does not incrementally compile the object and can cause unexpected results You must keep the internal clocks among computers synchronized If you modi
14. fy an object some but not all records of extensions are deleted For example when you create an Integrator block with an integer output APT creates the IOUT extension If you later change the output to a real number the IOUT extension is deleted and an OUT extension is created in its place However records of IOUT remain in the symbol table you can see them in symbol and address reports and in Debug The compile fails if you use IOUT in your code The compile can report warnings even if you do not reference the object directly in code If the integer output IOUT of an Integrator CFB is marked for translation and the output is changed to a real variable the IOUT extension no longer exists You must unmark and remark the object after the change Do not allow an analog alarm CFB process variable to be a SIMATIC 575 G memory location Use a V memory location for the process variable and copy to or from G memory as needed For Series 505 controllers if you change the parameters of a standard type CFB such as a PID or analog alarm block to map from S memory instead of V memory and to incrementally compile the old initial values may overwrite any new initial values These changes should be accompanied by a force compile and a full download SIMATIC APT Software Release 1 9A 9 Compile Controller Issues continued Flags and Incremental Download 575 Release 5 x Support COPY_BYTES and the 575 If you delete the only
15. lowing steps 1 Enter the new addresses for the S5 I O 2 Unmark and then remark all tags that are marked for Tag Translation 3 Select the Force Compile option and compile If PRAGMA statements are present in the Series 505 program that you are restoring the compiler ignores them for S5 controllers When you select scaling option B Z or T for an S5 analog input or scaling option B or Z for analog output the input or output value is automatically shifted by the SCALE or UNSCALE procedure as described in the Math Functions and Procedures chapter of the SIMATIC APT Programming Reference Graphics Math Manual In consequence when you use Debug to view your scaled analog inputs and scaled analog outputs their values seem to fall outside the range permitted by the scaling option This is not an error during Debug the values are interpreted as if all 16 bits had resolution However analog input and analog output values are properly interpreted by APT and by your S5 module both of which read the correct in range value from the upper bits of the analog input or analog output value See the SIMATIC APT Programming Reference Graphics Math Manual for information about how to understand and analyze the values you see when you view scaled analog inputs and scaled analog outputs using Debug 6 SIMATIC APT Software Release 1 9A Address Report RBE Code Included Retentive Safe State SFCs The APT address report identifies
16. rm and SMODE 1 For Series 505 controllers any APT object that uses the RLL TMR or TMRF instruction may be delayed in execution after a controller PROGRAM to RUN transition or a HOLD to RUN transition The TMR TMRF instruction does not decrement during the first controller scan after the transition The declaration timers are examples of APT objects that use the RLL TMR and TMRF instructions Disable event math CFBs as soon as the execution finishes The CFB executes again under certain conditions if left enabled An event math CFB that maps to RLL or STL and that is left enabled executes again if that CFB is re downloaded as part of an incremental download For Series 505 controllers event math CFBs that map to SFPGM code and that are left enabled execute again after a controller PROGRAM to RUN transition For Series 505 controllers when you disable a math block CFB math or SFC step math that is mapped to SFPGM code the block is no longer placed on the queue for execution If the block is already on the queue the block cannot be taken off and executes one more time If your application requires that the block not execute again after being disabled then place the entire math section inside an IF statement where the IF condition is block_name ENABL When an analog alarm CFB is disabled the SMODE extension should have a value of 0 When the block is enabled the SMODE extension should have a value of 1 Occasionally the value
17. section of code that references a command for an object e g LOCK OPEN CLOSE etc and then do an incremental download while the controller is in RUN mode and the command is executing the command remains continuously active For example if the only DISABLE command for a CFB is deleted while the command in another CFB is still active the flag used by APT to disable the CFB remains on continuously The following sequence of events causes this to occur e You delete the only section of code that references a command for an object This can be a line of code within an SFC step or a CFB math block or an entire SFC step or CFB containing the code e You recompile the program without selecting the Force Compile option and then do an incremental download e The controller is in the PROGRAM or RUN mode when you do the incremental download and the code referencing the command the SFC step or the CFB is active The incremental download deletes the code referencing the command but does not disable the command If the command is used in any other section of code in the program the flag for the command operates correctly even if this code is not active when you download the program Therefore to avoid this situation be sure that you include at least one other reference to the command in another section of the program NOTE Ifthe program contains no other code that references the command you can use APT Debug to disable the command
18. the peripheral I O as WORD IN OUT The address report does not distinguish between inputs and outputs because the address can be the same for an input and an output The user must know which I O names are inputs and which are outputs An I O address report IO ADR lists the I O points with their addresses in consecutive order With your cursor at the I O Symbolic Name Table select R for reports then select Address Image which lists the name type address and description for each I O point If you are translating to PCS you must select the RBE code included option in the Compiler Control File When you select RBE code included the RBE code uses FB 120 through FB 127 data handling blocks and DBs 100 101 108 110 and 111 Since they are used by the RBE code these FBs and DBs cannot be reserved If you are not including the RBE code you do not get the data handling blocks If you need the data handling blocks you can reserve FB 120 through FB 127 and download them to the controller You can also reserve DBs 100 101 108 110 and 111 If you want safe state SFCs to be retentive in the event of power failure you must select the RETENTIVE option for the safe state SFC A retentive safe state SFC will execute upon returning from power failure SIMATIC APT Software Release 1 9A 7 General Notes Using a Microsoft Mouse Low RAM Memory for APT Large Arrays The Microsoft Mouse software driver Rel 9 0 causes APT to lock
19. ually from the NETWORK UTILITIES for TISTAR 1 x and 2 x or from Network Setup for PCS 3 x For Series 505 controllers an error occurs in tag translation to TISTAR 1 x or 2 x if the DOWNLOAD attribute has been set in the Mark PCS Tags editor for tags with read only memory addresses K WX and X For example the analog input RAW extension could produce this error if the DOWNLOAD attribute is set Verify that the DOWNLOAD attribute for such tags is not set before compiling 14 SIMATIC APT Software Release 1 9A Restricting Write Operations in Debug Download and MAITT Remove Debug APT Debug and MAITT typically allow you to write or force controller Functionality variables Download allows you to add code to the controller You may restrict a user such as an operator to read functions only Enter the command below at the DOS prompt to create a file LIMIT APT in the X APT SYS subdirectory where X is the drive on which you installed APT ECHO no gt x apt sys limit apt The file LIMIT APT will contain the word no Customizing the Instead of placing no in LIMIT APT you may tailor which task codes are Restrictions restricted Restriction changes occur for all task codes that start with the prefix listed in LIMIT APT A before the prefix instructs the task code to be blocked A before the prefix instructs the task code to be allowed Remove this sheet of paper and place it in a secure location if you do not want operators
20. version installed on your system you can install it on systems running Windows 95 or later from the manuals CD 2 SIMATIC APT Software Release 1 9A Creating Diskettes If you require 3 5 or 5 25 inch 1 44 MB or 1 2 MB diskettes for installation you can copy the CD ROM folders to diskettes You can create diskettes either from the DOS Command Prompt or from Windows Explorer DOS Command Prompt To generate diskettes using the DOS Command Prompt enter the following command XCOPY lt CD ROM drive gt DISK1 lt Floppy drive gt S E V Repeat this command for each of the CD ROM folders DISK2 DISK3 DISK8 Windows Explorer To generate diskettes using Windows Explorer follow these steps 1 Double click on your CD ROM drive 2 Click on the CD ROM s folder DISK1 3 Click Edit gt Select All on the menu bar 4 Drag the highlighted contents from the right hand side of the display to your Floppy diskette drive 5 Repeat steps 2 3 and 4 for each of the folders DISK2 DISK3 DISK8 For both methods be sure to label each diskette with its DISKn folder name immediately after it is created SIMATIC APT Software Release 1 9A 3 Updating Pre Release 1 9A Programs Archive and Restore Marked Tags Compile Recipe Extensions Archive any existing programs before installing APT Rel 1 9A on your system All pre Rel 1 9A programs must be restored and recompiled under Rel 1 9A before you can downlo
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