ProSimulator

CS3000 Operator Station

User Guide

Version 2.0
Feb 2016

Sim Infosystems Private Limited,

Chennai.
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Rev. DESCRIPTION PAGE DATE APP. CHK. DR.

0.0 First Issue All 3/9/2013 Raman.V C.B.Mohankumar Manivelan.D

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Training Mode
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Table of Contents
1 Introduction to Operator Station ................................................................................... 1
2 Name Input Window ........................................................................................................ 2
3 Training Mode ................................................................................................................. 3
4 Overview Window ........................................................................................................... 7
5 Control Window .............................................................................................................. 7
5.1 Changing the Set Value ........................................................................................... 9
5.2 Changing The Mode Of Controller ......................................................................... 11
5.3 Changing The MV Of The Controller...................................................................... 11
5.4 Changing MV High And Low Limits........................................................................ 11
5.5 Sixteen Faceplate Window ..................................................................................... 13
6 Tuning Window ............................................................................................................. 14
7 Graphics Window .......................................................................................................... 15
7.1 Invoking Other Pages ............................................................................................. 16
8 Trend Window ............................................................................................................... 17
9 Event Log ....................................................................................................................... 18
10 Invoking Faceplate And Trend Point ...................................................................... 19
10.1 Pen Assignment ..................................................................................................... 19
10.2 Horizontal Time Scrolling ....................................................................................... 20
10.3 Vertical Values Scrolling ........................................................................................ 21
11 Process Alarm Window ............................................................................................ 22
11.1 Alarms Acknowledgement ...................................................................................... 22
11.2 Priority alarms ........................................................................................................ 22
11.3 Current value .......................................................................................................... 23
11.4 Delay ...................................................................................................................... 23
11.5 Filtered alarms........................................................................................................ 23
11.6 To invoke Faceplate ............................................................................................... 24
11.7 List of Five Recent Alarms ..................................................................................... 24
12 Tool Button................................................................................................................ 25
13 Key Board .................................................................................................................. 27

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1 Introduction to Operator Station

The Operator Station is the heart of any simulation system. It is the window through which an
operator or an engineer monitors, controls and manages the process plant.
ProSimulator provides emulation for several standard DCS interfaces including Yokogawa’s
Centum XL, CS 3000, Honeywell’s TDC 3000 and Foxboro I/A system.

All functions and features that are essential for training are included in this station. With
ProSimulator, operators learn dynamic process interactions with the same in depth
understanding of the process, as with fully functioning operator training stations. ProSimulator
contains many standard features of real DCS console. Using either PC keyboard or simulated
keyboard (on the screen keyboard) or ProSimulator emulated keyboard and touch
screen/mouse the trainee can operate the simulated plant.

The emulated Centum CS1000/CS3000 operator station software helps the trainee to
monitor, tune and operate the simulated plant. The important Centum CS1000/CS3000
Windows that are provided are:
 Training Mode
 Overview Window
 Control Group Window
 Tuning Window
 Graphic Window
 Trend Group Window
 Trend Point Window
2. Process Alarm Summary Window
In this section we shall discuss the procedures to invoke the various Windows, how to
effectively utilize them in monitoring the simulated plant.

As soon as the instructor station & the operator station are invoked, the operator station
appears as below

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2 Name Input Window

From all the available Windows in the operator station it is possible to move to any page or
any particular desired tag. This can be done, by keying in the tag name or page name of the
Window in the input window name. This input window name can be invoked by clicking the
name icon present in the toolbox. The page names for various Windows are as follows:

GR01 – Graphics Window

CG01 – Group Window
TR01 – Trend Window

Here 01 represents the page numbers for the corresponding Windows. For the tuning
Windows the tag name shall be followed by TUN (eg) DLC11 TUN

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3 Training Mode
The training mode window displays two mode of training namely.

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 Normal Training Mode

 Group Training Mode

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1. Normal Training Mode

In the normal mode the operator is connected to the instructor automatically
through the socket connection.

2. Group Training Mode

In the group training mode the operator need to provide the input as to which
instructor it should connect and the IP address of the specific Instructor
station PC.

Example:
Instructor: INS 1 or INS 2 or INS 3
IP: IP address of the instructor PC, either you can enter in the edit box or you
can select it from the list

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4 Overview Window
From the over view Window navigation to various Windows like trend Window, group Window,
graphics Window and tuning Window is possible. The overview Window has to be invoked
from the popup box present in the windows switching icon. The overview Window appears
as follows.

Navigation to various objects in the overview Window can be done by using arrow keys.
Once the required object is selected, double clicking or pressing “Enter” Key will invoke the
corresponding Window

5 Control Window
The windows switching menu helps to move on to the various Windows listed in the popup
box as shown on the next page. In this, currently the control Window is selected. The Control
Group Window is an important display for an operator because most of the process control
manipulations are performed here. The Control Group Window includes maximum eight tags.
The tags may be any combination of Indicators, Controllers, Digital Switches and Manual
Loading Stations like Globe Valves. For each tags, current values of PV, SV and MV and
operation modes like AUTO, MANUAL and CASCADE are displayed. From this display, the
operator can change the control mode, controller SV and MV and switch positions.

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To navigate to various pages of the control Window, page down and page up keys are
used. To move between the tags left and right arrows keys are used.

In this page, the faceplate having the green filled arrow is selected and is ready for the
possible changes.

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5.1 Changing the Set Value

The Set Value for a controller can be changed if the controller is in Auto mode.

This can be done in two ways namely

1) By clicking on SV, a data entry dialog box is displayed and the Set Value can be changed.

2) By clicking on the Set Value pointer (Red Arrow) on the faceplate, a data box appears and
the value can be increased or decreased by pressing the corresponding red arrows buttons.

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5.2 Changing The Mode Of Controller

To change the mode of operation of the controllers, we have to click on the modes namely
AUT, CAS, MAN mentioned in the selected faceplate. Then the required mode can be
selected. A confirmation in the same window by pressing Yes or a cancellation by pressing
No can be given.

5.3 Changing The MV Of The Controller

The output also known as Manipulated Value (MV) of a controller can be changed if the
controller is in Manual mode. This can be done in a similar fashion how a SV was changed.

5.4 Changing MV High And Low Limits

To change the controller output high and low limits (OPHI & OPLO), the blue index on the
left hand side of the controller bar is double clicked. A data entry box appears and the
required low limit or high limit is entered.

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On clicking the Data Entry dialog box call button (Red color Diamond Button at the bottom of
a controller bar), the Data Entry dialog box appears. On click of Item button, parameters like
P, D, SV, MV, PH, PL, OPLO and OPHI can be changed.

The faceplate window can be invoked by double clicking on the Comment display area or
Status display area. All the possible operations in the group Window can also be performed in
the faceplate window.

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5.5 Sixteen Faceplate Window

Primarily ,the sixteen faceplate need to be configured as follows

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6 Tuning Window

The tuning Window can be invoked by clicking on tuning in the popup box of the windows
switching menu icon. In this Window, the various parameters like mode of operation, set
point, MV, alarm limits and PID values of controllers are configurable. Here, various tags can
be invoked one at a time by using page down and page up keys. In this Window, only those
parameters which are associated with “=” are configurable. The tuning Window appears as
follows:

Configuring A Parameter

To configure a particular parameter, it has to be selected either in anyone of the two ways
mentioned below.

1. By using arrow keys and make the green arrow pointing the parameter, then
pressing enter.

2. By double clicking on the parameter, which has to be changed.

The required value of the parameter has to be entered in the invoked dialog box

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7 Graphics Window
The graphics Window can be invoked by clicking on the graphics in the popup box of
the windows switching menu. In the graphics Window, the pictorial representation of
the process is shown with some possible internal representations. Using page up and
page down keys we can navigate the various pages of the graphics Window. The
faceplate of the tags can be invoked by double clicking on the corresponding tag name.
All the possible functionalities in the faceplate can also be invoked from here. The graphic
Window appears as follows:

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When any malfunction occurs in the plant like pump trips, change in valve position, failure of
fans, change in switch position from the design condition etc, then those things appears in
red color to attract the operator’s attention.

7.1 Invoking Other Pages

Other Windows can also be invoked from the graphics Window by double clicking on
the eight configurable soft keys present at the bottom of the graphics Window.

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8 Trend Window
The Trend Group Window is used to select and display past values and trends of various
process variables and instrument parameters. Each Trend Group Window contains 8 pens. It
has to be invoked by clicking on the trend form the popup box in the windows switching menu.
The trend Window appears as follows:

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9 Event Log
It displays the complete log of the work done by the operator in the separate list which can be
used for the further verification

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10 Invoking Faceplate And Trend Point

Upon clicking on the process value box for a particular tag the faceplate of that tag gets
invoked. All the functionalities available in the faceplate can be invoked from the trend
Window also.

Upon clicking on the tag name the trend point of that tag gets invoked as follows:

10.1 Pen Assignment

Online configuration of the eight pens in the trend Window can be done by invoking the pen
assignment screen by clicking the pen assignment icon in the toolbox of the trend
Window. Here either the value of PV, SV and MV for a particular tag can be selected and its
display can be made either switch ON or OFF. The scale high and scale low values of the
tags can also altered here.

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Selection of various pens in a trend Window can be done by using the arrow keys. When a
particular tag is selected its scale limits are displayed on the right side of the trend portion.

10.2 Horizontal Time Scrolling

The default time limits for the view of process parameters is six minutes. The process values
of the parameters, within a short or prolonged period of time can be viewed by clicking on
the time reduce or time enlarge icons present in the trend Window tool box.

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10.3 Vertical Values Scrolling

To view the trend in a magnified manner giving importance to small disturbances data
reduced or data enlarged icons present in the trend Window tool box can be clicked and
viewed. The values of the process parameters at a particular instant of time can be viewed by
scrolling the time cursor to that position.

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11 Process Alarm Window

In the process alarm Window, the alarms like Deviation Alarms, MV Alarms and Process
Alarms triggered are displayed. A maximum of 200 alarms can be viewed in the Window. The
alarms appear in chronological order with associated details like date, time, tag no, tag
description and nature of alarm.

The MV alarms and the deviation alarms are shown in yellow color and the process
alarms appear in red color. Once the tags return to the normal values, the alarm changes to
green color.

The process alarm Window can be invoked in two ways namely:

1) By clicking on the process alarm icon present in the tool bar.

2) By selecting the process alarm in the popup box from the windows switching icon

The process alarm Window appears as follows:

11.1 Alarms Acknowledgement

The triggered alarms can be acknowledged by clicking the acknowledge button. Once the
alarms are acknowledged, the blinking of the alarm stops. The normalized alarms will be
deleted.

11.2 Priority alarms

The important alarms alone can be displayed by clicking on the priority icon. All alarms are
displayed when button is released.

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11.3 Current value

By clicking the current value button , the present process variable of the analog data is
displayed with the engineering unit symbol. When the button is released , these displays
disappear.

11.4 Delay

The alarm message display is retained for 5 seconds without being updated. Click button
again to restart display update.

11.5 Filtered alarms

On click of the filter button, alarms of particular equipment or individual tags can be
viewed by filtering them from the rest of the triggered alarms. The range and type of
selection in the filter window will be displayed in the status bar.

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11.6 To invoke Faceplate

On double click of the alarm-triggered tag, the faceplate of the tag can be invoked. A blue
arrow points the tag whose faceplate has been recently invoked.

11.7 List of Five Recent Alarms

The five recent alarms can be viewed by clicking on the box in the system message window.

The faceplate can also be invoked by selecting a tag in the recent alarm box.

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12 Tool Button
On click of Tool Button displayed in front of the system message window, tool box gets
invoked.
The toolbox is a window that contains the buttons for calling up various types of windows.

Specifies whether to display or hide the Toolbox.

When the pin is active the Toolbox is always visible.
The Toolbox does not close without closing operation.
When the pin is not active, The Toolbox closes after
a single button operation.

Calls up the System Status Overview window.

Calls up the Help dialog for the active operation and

monitoring window.

Calls up the Process Alarm window.

Calls up the Operation Guide window.

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Calls up the graphic window with Control attributes.

Calls up the Tuning window.

Calls up the Trend window.

Calls up the graphic window with Graphic attributes.

Calls up the Process report window.

Calls up the Historical message window.

Calls up the hierarchy window of the active window

in ascending order and in the order specified in
the hierarchy definition.

Calls up the upper windows of the active window.

Calls up the hierarchy window of the active window

in descending order and in the order specified
in the window hierarchy definition.

Calls up the graphic window that has the Process

Overview attribute.

Saves the currently displayed operation and monitoring

window group as a dynamic window set.An “M” follows
the name of the operation and monitoring windows
saves as a window set if it is a primary window
and “S” follows if it is an auxillary window.

Deletes the currently set dynamic window set.

Calls up the Image window.

Switches the active window in sequence, when the

multiple operation and monitoring windows
are displayed.

Calls up the active operation and monitoring window

in Large size window.

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Calls up the active operation and monitoring window

in a Medium size window.

13 Key Board
Virtual Key board gets invoked on pressing F11 in PC keyboard. Virtual
key board is used to do invoke window and to change values.

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