AUTOMATION

TECHNICAL
SERVICES

APPLICATION
NOT E S
Topic: PID Block Diagram
Date: August 26, 1998

APPnote: 212

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 CONTENTS

ABSTRACT 1
Block Diagram 2

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 ABSTRACT
PID block diagram example with explanations of FB41 Block in step7.

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Block Diagram
Any change inside
Set point in
this dead band will
Real Format -------SP INT
not affect the
controllers output if
PVPER_ON Proportional
set.
=SP-PV-IN (Gain)
EX> if Deaadband,2
Any kind of --------PV_IN DEADBAND
then er=0
Real Value 0 +
- X
CRP_IN PV_NORM 1
Peripheral DEADB_W
Analog Format --------PV_PER % ER=SP-PV
PV_FAC PV=
PV_OFF (feed back
signal we can Read)

1P_SEL
LMN_P=see the influence of GAIN
INT 0.0
0
I_SEL DISV
1
0.0 + +
TI,INT_HOLD, 0
I_ITL_ON
I_ITLVAL LMN_1=see the influence of I

DIF
1
0.0
TD,TM_LAG 0 LMN=see the influence of D
D_SEL

QLMN_HLM=Binary info. Upper Limit Reached

QLMN_LLM=Binary info. Lower Limit Reached
MAN_ON LMN=LMN_P + LMN_I + LMN_O

MAN LMNLIMIT LMN NORM CRP OUT

1 %
LMN_PER
0
it automatically
adjust for the
LMN_HLM=SELECT LMN_FAC=factor analog output pre
LMN_LLM LMN_OFF=offset scaled for the
module whether it
is Siemens or not.

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Figure 19-1 Block Diagram of CONT_C
–DISV = external disturbance value :example: air conditioning and open door, the cool air take minutes before sensor
response.
–LMN = LMN_P + LMN_I + LMN_O
–LMN_HLM = select upper limit value (0-100% max) of output
–LMN_LLM = select lower limit value

Network: 1

DB41
“CONT_C”
EN ENO-
-COM_RST LMN-
-MAN_ON LMN_PER-
-PVPER_ON QLMN_HLM-
-P_SEL QLMN_LLM-
-I_SEL LMN_P-
-INT_HOLD LMN_I-
-I_ITL_ON LMN_D-
-D_SEL PV-
T#100MS -CYCLE ER-
-SP_INT
-PV_IN
-PV_PER
-MAN
-GAIN
-TI
-TD
-TM_LAG
-DEADB_W
-LMN_HLM
-LMN_LLM
-PV_FAC
-PV_OFF
-LMN_FAC
-LMN_OFF
-I_ITLVAL
-DISV

OB41 - <Offline>

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Name: Family:
Author: Version: 00.00
Time stamp Code: DT#1998-02-26-09:06:48:150
Interface: DT#1998-07-22-07:33:06:000
Length (Block / MC7 Code / Data): 00366 00126 00000

Address Decl. Name Type Initial Value Actual Value Comment

0.0 in COM_RST BOOL FALSE FALSE complete restart
0.1 in MAN_ON BOOL TRUE TRUE manual value on
0.2 in PVPER_ON BOOL FALSE FALSE process variable peripheries on
0.3 in P_SEL BOOL TRUE TRUE proportional action on
0.4 in I_SEL BOOL TRUE TRUE integral action on
0.5 in INT_HOLD BOOL FALSE FALSE integral action hold
0.6 in I_ITL_ON BOOL FALSE FALSE initialization of the integral action
0.7 in D_SEL BOOL FALSE FALSE derivative action on
2.0 in CYCLE TIME T#1s T#1s sample time
6.0 in SP_INT REAL 0.000000e+000 0.000000e+000 internal setpoint
10.0 in PV_IN REAL 0.000000e+000 0.000000e+000 process variable in
14.0 in PV_PER WORD W#16#0 W#16#0 process variable peripheries
16.0 in MAN REAL 0.000000e+000 0.000000e+000 manual value
20.0 in GAIN REAL 2.000000e+000 2.000000e+000 proportional gain
24.0 in TI TIME T#20s T#20s reset time
28.0 in TD TIME T#10s T#10s derivative time
32.0 in TM_LAG TIME T#2s T#2s time lag of the derivative action
36.0 in DEADB_W REAL 0.000000e+000 0.000000e+000 dead band width
40.0 in LMN_HLM REAL 1.000000e+002 1.000000e+002 manipulated value high limit
44.0 in LMN_LLM REAL 0.000000e+000 0.000000e+000 manipulated value low limit
48.0 in PV_FAC REAL 1.000000e+000 1.000000e+000 process variable factor
52.0 in PV_OFF REAL 0.000000e+000 0.000000e+000 process variable offset
56.0 in LMN_FAC REAL 1.000000e+000 1.000000e+000 manipulated value factor
60.0 in LMN_OFF REAL 0.000000e+000 0.000000e+000 manipulated value offset
64.0 in I_ITLVAL REAL 0.000000e+000 0.000000e+000 initialization value of the integral action
68.0 in DISV REAL 0.000000e+000 0.000000e+000 disturbance variable
72.0 out LMN REAL 0.000000e+000 0.000000e+000 manipulated value
76.0 out LMN_PER WORD W#16#0 W#16#0 manipulated value peripheries
78.0 out QLMN_HLM BOOL FALSE FALSE high limit of manipulated value reached
78.1 out QLMN_LLM BOOL FALSE FALSE low limit of manipulated value reached
80.0 out LMN_P REAL 0.000000e+000 0.000000e+000 proportionality component
84.0 out LMN_I REAL 0.000000e+000 0.000000e+000 integral component
88.0 out LMN_D REAL 0.000000e+000 0.000000e+000 derivative component
92.0 out PV REAL 0.000000e+000 0.000000e+000 process variable
96.0 out ER REAL 0.000000e+000 0.000000e+000 error signal
100.0 stat sInvALT REAL 0.000000e+000 0.000000e+000
104.0 stat sIanteilALT REAL 0.000000e+000 0.000000e+000
108.0 stat sRestInt REAL 0.000000e+000 0.000000e+000
112.0 stat sRestDif REAL 0.000000e+000 0.000000e+000

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116.0 stat sRueck REAL 0.000000e+000 0.000000e+000
120.0 stat sLmn REAL 0.000000e+000 0.000000e+000
124.0 stat sbArwHLmOn BOOL FALSE FALSE
124.1 stat sbArwHLmOn BOOL FALSE FALSE
124.2 stat sbILimOn BOOL TRUE TRUE