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ICS Regent

6046

Industrial Control Services

PDS to W

INTERPRET

Conversion Package

Converts PDS Application Programs and

Configurations for Upgrade to W

INTERPRET

Compatible Projects

(T3836)

Issue 1,

March, 06

The PDS to WINTERPRET Conversion Package is used to

upgrade Regent application programs and configurations

originally developed using the Program Development Station

(PDS) software to compatible W

INTERPRET

files. The package

includes a DOS program called PDS2WIN that converts PDS

source files created by versions 2.6 to 2.9x to WINTERPRET

source files. This program converts I/O configuration, shared

variable definitions, application programs, and function

blocks. All function block types are supported with the

exception of continuous control and peer to peer. Continuous

control function blocks are not currently supported by

INTERPRET. Guarded peer link configuration, the

INTERPRET replacement for Peer

Peer function blocks,

requires significantly different configuration information

than that contained in the PDS’s peer

peer function blocks.

Features

Converts PDS source files to WINTERPRET

source files.

Converts I/O and shared variable configurations.

Converts appli

cation programs and function blocks.

Allows users to upgrade PDS systems to take advantage of

enhanced features provided in W

INTERPRET

Summary of content (12 pages)

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ICS Regent ® PD-6046 PDS to WINTERPRET Conversion Package Converts PDS Application Programs and Configurations for Upgrade to WINTERPRET Compatible Projects (T3836) Issue 1, March, 06 The PDS to WINTERPRET Conversion Package is used to upgrade Regent application programs and configurations originally developed using the Program Development Station (PDS) software to compatible WINTERPRET files. The package includes a DOS program called PDS2WIN that converts PDS source files created by versions 2.6 to 2.
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PDS to WINTERPRET Conversion Package (T3836) Software Installation The PDS to WINTERPRET conversion program, PDS2WIN is provided on a separate diskette from the WINTERPRET software. The conversion program can be run directly from the diskette or can be installed on the PC running the WINTERPRET application software. You should run the conversion software only after you have installed the WINTERPRET base package.
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PDS to WINTERPRET Conversion Package (T3836) drive letter and directory path to where it is located, and know a valid system user name for the WINTERPRET software.
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PDS to WINTERPRET Conversion Package (T3836) PDS2WIN Version 1.0 Translator program converting files from PDS versions 2.6 to 2.9x to Winterpret source files. NOTE: Support for Continuous Control and Peer to Peer are not provided. Enter the full path name including drive letter for the PDS directory. >> c:\pds293 Enter the full path name including drive letter for the Winterpret system directory. Press ENTER to accept the default location of c:\winterp.
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PDS to WINTERPRET Conversion Package (T3836) Conversion Details The following paragraphs discuss details about the conversion program methods and results. I/O Configuration PDS2WIN converts I/O configuration files created by versions 2.7 through 2.95. All module types, chassis and slot positions, point tag names and descriptions are converted. Analog Alarm Limits The alarm limits for analog modules are not converted. In WINTERPRET, alarm limits are now configured as part of analog scaling function blocks.
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PDS to WINTERPRET Conversion Package (T3836) Monitored Guarded Output Modules The fault LED states for monitored guarded output modules are determined by the tags for points 1 to 16. If the points are not tagged, the LEDs are disabled. Shared Variables All shared variable control relays, registers and floating point registers are converted. This includes tag names and descriptions. Comm Protection, Initial Values and Final Values The comm protection flag for all variables is set to “not protected.
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PDS to WINTERPRET Conversion Package (T3836) Ladder Logic Function Blocks Subroutines Subroutines are not currently supported using WINTERPRET. If a PDS ladder logic function block contained a CALL element PDS2WIN will convert the function block to a WINTERPRET source file. However, when the function block is opened and compiled in WINTERPRET an error “Compilation of Call is not yet implemented” will be displayed.
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PDS to WINTERPRET Conversion Package (T3836) Figure 2. Example of Converted ASCII Output Message. Port Numbers Port 1 was a valid message port for PDS, valid port numbers for WINTERPRET are 2 to 6. When a message uses port 1, it is converted to the same port number. When editing the element or compiling the function block an error will occur. Quotation mark characters (") Any message containing a " character (quotation mark) will be converted from text to the ASCII code equivalent of 34.
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PDS to WINTERPRET Conversion Package (T3836) In order to implement the same operations the peer-to-peer function blocks performed, you should generate a printout of your PDS peer-to-peer function blocks, I/O configuration and shared variable configurations using the PDS software. These printouts will assist you in performing the necessary editing and configuration of the Guarded Peer-Link functions in WINTERPRET.
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PDS to WINTERPRET Conversion Package (T3836) WINTERPRET function block the enable and reset contacts are left blank, the timing interval is one program scan. These values will cause the scaling function block to execute once each application program scan, which is how they were executed in previous PDS versions. Sequence of Events Function Blocks All information with the exception of descriptions is converted.
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PDS to WINTERPRET Conversion Package (T3836) function block is a Peer to Peer function block and the information cannot be converted to similar information for Guarded Peer Link. PDS files converted from PDS directory name. This is the project description placed in the WINTERPRET project description. The project receiving the converted files already exists. All existing files will be deleted. Continue? (Y/N) >> The project name entered for the PDS converted files already exists in the WINTERPRET system.
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PDS to WINTERPRET Conversion Package (T3836) 12 Industrial Control Services