FLS Automation

Example of a process display

NTech
ECS/OpStation
Software platform Operational tool-bar:
Each main ECS/OpStation window has an
In the ECS/NTech series, the ECS/OpStation
operational tool-bar with several functional blocks of
software program for advanced Human-Machine-
icons. The motor group control block allows
Interface (HMI) runs on purchase and Microsoft’s
selection, start or stop of a group of motors, and
Windows 2000 operating system. It is integrated to
stopping a complete department, either according to
the ECS environment which offers a set of basic
the programmed interlocking sequence (master stop)
process-control functionality with object-based
or at once (quick stop). The alarm functional block
drivers to process controllers, process-object
includes icons for silence and reset, and for access to
database, object and event treatment, and data logging
the alarm list of the process department in focus or of
and trending, through OLE Automation interfaces.
the last selected object. The trend block gives direct
access to the predefined trend group for the
Software features department or to the trend curve of the last selected
ECS/OpStation is used primarily by control-room object. The tool-bar can be configured by the user and
operators for process supervision and control, but it moved around within the main window.
can also be distributed to other desktop PCs for
process and operation supervision. ECS/OpStation Object-based control:
consists of a runtime application and of a set of ECS/OpStation’s object-based control structure
engineering tools for process mimic design. enables access to all related supervision information
and control commands with a simple right-button
Runtime application mouse-click on any mimic object. Among other
Multiple windows: things, it is possible to access the object template, its
Unlike all other PC-based HMI software, several property and parameter sheets, a real-time and
main ECS/OpStation application windows can be historical trend curve, and an alarm list.
opened concurrently on the same monitor, thus
permitting supervision and control of several process
departments at once. And from each main window, it
is possible to open secondary or child windows to
display additional information - for example, on
complex machinery or on related equipment in an
adjacent process department.

OpStation Product Profile

Rev June 2002 Software Description
ECS/OpStationNTech Software Description

Object template: diagram. For discrete objects, conversion

Each process-object on the display is associated with algorithms provide a powerful tool for definition of
a template. For an information-object such as an custom object behaviour. Each discrete object is
analogue measurement, the template shows the object represented by a 16-bit word in the database. With the
code, text, status, alarm limits and other PLC-related algorithm editor, any combination of these 16 bits
data. A short-term and real-time trend can be given a value, a status, a colour, a
curve can also be included. For a PID symbol offset and an alarm state, and
control-object, it displays the PID initiate statistical calculations.
mode, the process variable, the set-point
for automatic control, the output for On-line configuration:
manual control and an auxiliary value As in the older ECS/VMS, all
such as the output return. A short-term configuration changes can be made fully
trend curve can be displayed with these on-line. The client/server architecture
four values to monitor PID behaviour ensures that changes made from any PC
and assist the engineer during tuning. For with the proper access rights are
a motor control-object, the template distributed immediately and globally.
displays all the information related to the This greatly simplifies system
motor electrical, mechanical and maintenance tasks and allows changes to
interlock status, and allows start/stop of be introduced regularly without the need
individual motors and transfer between to wait for a process shutdown and
local and central control mode. without disturbance for the operator.

Engineering tool
These tools are used to create or modify existing Technical data & performances
mimic displays, including the background picture and
the object animations. They are similar to our older • High graphical resolution (1024×1280), up to
ECS/VMS systems, permitting easy reuse by 29" and dual monitors
conversion of applications between the two series. • Standard PC or industrial keyboards
• Multiple real-time windows per PC
Mimic backgrounds: • Fully sizable windows in runtime
They can be constructed with the ECS/OpStation • Unlimited number of displays and dynamic
CAD-type editor, or imported from other drawing animations per display
programs in BMP or DXF format. A mimic is • All displays available from all PCs
designed from symbols and models which are • On-line creation and modification of displays
available in libraries or created by the user. A model • Automatic broadcasting of changes to all PCs
can be applied as local or global. This gives the • Fully object-based graphics and animations
flexibility to update it at once in all the mimics in • Enhanced motor animation with “Motor-Status-
which it is used, or only in the current mimic. Word”
• Process-object information and control
Object animation: templates
It is possible to choose between selection of • Direct access to object-related parameters in the
predefined macros for analogue or discrete devices PLCs
and creation of user-defined macros for more complex • Standard and user-defined templates and
or special animations. Because the object dynamic models
characteristics are defined in the process-object • Standard and user-defined object-animation
database, any modification of these characteristics macros
will be automatically and immediately distributed on-
line to all objects of the same type, without the need
FLS Automation reserves the right to vary these
for editing of each individual object on each mimic specifications without prior notice.

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