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OPERATOR STATION

(A) OPERATOR FUNCTIONS MONITOR AND CONTROL PROCESS MANIPULATE PROCESS PARAMETERS, CONTROLLER MODES MONITOR AND CHANGE SEQUENCE EXECUTION STATE PROVIDE VARIOUS PROCESS TRENDS ALARM MANAGEMENT AND MESSAGE HANDLING SELECT REPORTS AND HISTORIES FOR VIEWING / PRINTING GENERATE PERIODIC LOGS AND JOURNALS

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OPERATOR STATION

(B) CURSOR CONTROL DEVICES FOR PLANT OPERATION TOUCH SCREEN MOUSE TRACKBALL QWARTY KEYBOARD MEMBRANE TYPE INDUSTRIAL KEYBOARD SINGLE TOUCH CONFIGURABLE KEYBOARD

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OPERATOR STATION - DISPLAYS
PROCESS OPERATORS DISPLAYS :
CONTINUOUS PROCESS OPERATING DISPLAYS (GRAPHICS, GROUP, OVERVIEW, DETAIL ETC.) TREND DISPLAYS, SEQUENCE DISPLAYS REPORT DISPLAYS

PROCESS ENGINEERS DISPLAYS :

CONFIGURATION DISPLAYS DATAPOINT BUILDING DISPLAYS GRAPHIC GENERATION DISPLAYS SYSTEM COMMANDS AND PROGRAMMING DISPLAYS LOGS AND REPORT CREATION DISPLAYS

MAINTENANCE ENGINEERS DISPLAYS :

SYSTEM STATUS AND PERFORMANCE DISPLAYS FAULT DESCRIPTION AND MAINTENANCE RECOMMENDATION DISPLAYS

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FEATURES OF OPERATOR DISPLAY
DYNAMIC DISPLAYS DISPLAY UPDATE RATES NO. OF COLOURS & RESOLUTION OF THE DISPLAY NO. OF TAGS SUPPORTED PER DISPLAY DISPLAY LINKS GRAPHICS SCROLLING TRENDING FUNCTION WITH HAIRLINE CURSOR STANDARD SYMBOLS AVAILABLE FOR GRAPHICS. TUNING PANEL WITH REAL TIME TRENDING SINGLE TIER / TWO TIER DISPLAY NO. OF CRT PER CONSOLE NO. OF DUAL FUNCTION KEYS FOR SINGLE KEY STROKE ACCESS MULTI LEVEL ACCESS SECURITY

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STANDARD LOGGING FUNCTIONS
ALARM HISTORY / SHIFT EVENT LOG HOURLY LOG / HOURLY AVERAGE LOG SHIFT LOG /SHIFT AVERAGE LOG

DAILY LOG / DAILY AVERAGE LOG

WEEKLY LOG SHUTDOWN LOG TRIP INITIATED LOG SPOT OPERATION LOG

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OVERVIEW DISPLAY
NORMALLY 128 TAGS ARE MONITORED SIMULTANEOUSLY (PAGE)
INPUTS TO BE SHOWN AS VARIABLE LENGTHS ABOVE OR BELOW THE SET VALUE.

CHANGE OF COLOR IF CROSSES SET VALUE

AUTO MANUAL STATUS TO BE SHOWN ON OVERVIEW DISPLAY

ALARM CONDITION TO BE SHOWN AS FLASHING

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GROUP DISPLAY
NORMALLY 8 TAGS ARE MONITORED SIMULTANEOUSLY
PROCESS VALUE, SET VALUE & CONTROLLER OUTPUT VALUE TO BE SHOWN AS VARIABLE LENGTHS ABOVE OR BELOW THE SET VALUE.

ENGG. UNITS, CONTROLLER MODE, LOOP DESCRIPTION, ALARM CONDITION ETC TO BE DISPLAYED FOR EACH LOOP
TOTAL CONTROL OF THE LOOP DISPLAYED FROM THE GROUP DISPLAY TO BE MADE AVAILABLE POSSIBLE TO REPEAT ONE TAG IN MORE THAN ONE GROUP

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LOOP DISPLAY
ONE FOR EACH LOOP
DISPLAYS CONTROLLER TUNING CONSTANTS, ZERO & SPAN VALUES, ALARM SET POINTS, LIMITS ON SET POINT, PV RAW VALUES, ENGINEERING UNITS, ALARM ENABLE/DISABLE INFORMATION ETC. ALL THE CHANGES IN ABOVE PARAMETERS IS POSSIBLE, IF AUTHORISED, FROM LOOP DISPLAY LOOP DISPLAY ALSO DISPLAYS REAL TIME TREND FOR SET POINT, PROCESS VARIABLE & OUTPUT WITH SAMPLING INTERVAL OF 1 SEC FOR NORMALLY 30 MINUTES.

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OTHER DISPLAYS
GRAPHIC DISPLAY
TREND DISPLAY ALARM MONITORING & DISPLAY ALARM MANAGEMENT - DATE 7 TIME OF OCCURRENCE, ACKNOWLEDGED/ NOT ACKNOWLEDGED STATUS ETC ALARM HISTORY SYSTEM ALARM MULTI WINDOW DISPLAY

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DCS OPERATION CONTROLLER ALGORITHMS
PID PID WITH RATIO AND BIAS HIGH/LOW OVERRIDE SELECTOR AUTO/MANUAL STATION MULTIPLIER/DIVIDER SQUARE ROOT EXTRACTOR FI SWITCH CALCULATOR RAMP/SOAK GENERATOR

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DCS OPERATION
ALGORITHMS ARITHMETIC FUNCTIONS LIKE ADDITION, SUBTRACTION, AVERAGE, SUMMATION ETC. LINEARISATION BLOCKS LIKE SQUARE ROOT EXTRACTION, PRESSURE & TEMPERATURE COMPENSATION, THERMOCOUPLE LINEARISATION, POLYNOMIAL LIMITER & COMPARATORS DYNAMIC FUNCTIONS LIKE LEAD-LAG, DEAD TIME, TIMER, TOTALISER ETC. LOGICAL FUNCTION BLOCKS LIKE AND, OR, NOT, XOR, FLIPFLOP ETC. SEQUENTIAL CONTROL USER WRITTEN PROGRAMMES IN HIGH LEVEL LANGUAGE.

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DCS OPERATION
PERFORM REGULATORY CONTROL PERFORM DATA ACQUISITION PERFORM REAL TIME TRENDING OF PROCESS VARIABLES PERFORM HISTORICAL TRENDING OF PROCESS VARIABLES PRINT SCHEDULED AND EVENT DRIVEN REPORTS PRINT AND LOG SYSTEM AND PROCESS ALARMS PERFORM SYSTEM MAINTENANCE FUNCTIONS
Real-time Information

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DCS OPERATION PROCESS CONTROLLER FUNCTIONS
FUNCTIONAL DESCRIPTION INPUT / OUTPUT MONITORING MODULATING CONTROL LOGIC CONTROL SEQUENCE CONTROL (THROUGH PROGRAMMING)

Continuous

Sequential

Logic

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