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Series 5 Configuratorproduct bulletin

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Configurator
Engineering Utility U
This program is a powerful tool for managing the configuration
of and otherwise maintaining Series 5 Controllers. The more
general Fast Recorder and Alarm Monitor utilities are discussed
in the TrainTools Engineering Utilities product bulletin [PB5511].
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Controller Configuration
The main purpose of this program is to display all data available
from Series 5 Controllers and allow authorized users to change
configuration parameters and operator commands (which select
manual or automatic operation, select the sources and values of
set points, and otherwise modify the controller operation). To this
end, it displays a controller list from which parameter windows
displaying the current values of their variables can be opened:
• treeview windows display hierarchical lists of all such variables,
a user-specified subset of which can be displayed in a side
watch list pane; while
• custom tableview windows display groups of variables in one
or more tab-selectable tables.
Editing the value of a parameter or command will immediately
change its value in the controller, if you log into the controller
using a password allowing write access to that variable. Find
commands allow users to easily locate specific variables in the
tree, table or watch list, and online help windows are provided for
each variable or variable group.
This program can also display interactive machine controller
faceplates and field I/O debug windows.

PB5512 (1.0) May 2007

A Parameter Snapshots
Controller variable values can also be saved to CSV snapshot
files that can be used for troubleshooting, to restore the controller
(or a replacement) to its current configuration at some later date,
Features: or to compare or copy its configuration to another controller.
• Controller communication via When creating snapshot files, you can include configuration
Series 5 OPC Server parameters only or variables of all types. Either way, you can
capture them for all of the controller’s functions and features (a
• Automatically identifies data full snapshot), or only selected ones (a partial snapshot). The
available from each controller variable values in such files can then be edited even when the
source controllers are disconnected.
• Standard treeview and custom
When you download snapshot files to Series 5 Controllers, the
tableview parameter windows values of all included parameters and commands are used to
• Permanent and temporary change those in the controller. Any variables that exist in only
one of those two locations are noted in a dialog and recorded to
watch lists for monitoring
a log file.
custom variable groups
• Find commands locate Maintenance Functions
In addition to configuring the I/O and machine control features of
parameters by name
Series 5 Controllers, this program can also:
• Online editing of individual • replace their installed operating systems and process control
parameters and commands application software (which can then be configured by
downloading an appropriate snapshot file),
• Graphical editing dialog for
• load Modbus dataset and/or alarm and event updates created
characterizing functions
using the Project Builder system engineering program, and
• Easy creation of full and partial • save controller diagnostic information to archive files that can
snapshot files be sent to CCC for troubleshooting purposes, and
• change the ethernet settings of Vanguard Controllers.
• Offline editing and comparison
of snapshot files Companion Utilities
• Batch reconfiguration by down– The Series 5 Engineering Utilities package includes the following
companion programs, most of which can be started from the
loading full or partial snapshots
Configurator program’s Tools menu:
• Updating of controller operating • The Snapshot Compare utility, which displays and compares
system and control applications parameter snapshot files.
• Archiving of diagnostic data • The Series5 TrainCalc utility, which calculates the TrainLink
timing parameters for interconnected Series 5 Controllers.
• Tight integration with other • The Series 5 Check Time utility, which monitors the time
engineering utility programs synchronization of Series 5 Controllers and TrainTools PCs.
• Online program help • The Project Unzip utility, which extracts control system project
files from the compressed archives used toarchive and transfer
• Online parameter descriptions, them from one PC to another.
hyperlinked to corresponding • The Series 5 Duplex Supervisor utility, which compares and
sections of instruction manuals can synchronize the operating systems, application software,
and configuration of duplex Reliant Electronics Assemblies or
duplex Vanguard MPUs and I/O cards.

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