Quick Start Guide

Step 1. Find the tag for the entire logic of the process you want to detect the trip conditions.  This tag would be used on the main control line in the OTE command.  Enter this tag into the Start Tag area in the Tag Setup area of the Generator.

Control Logix: OTE(Motor_1_Healthy) where the tag is Motor_1_Healthy

SLC: OTE N7:0/1 where the tag is N7:0/1

Step 2. Determine the logic of the main control line (Healthy or Faulted) Healthy logic indicates that the start tag needs to be asserted for the machine to run and Faulted indicates that the start tag needs to be 0 for the machine to run. Select the appropriate logic style from the drop down menu in the Start Tags area in the Generator Tag Setup area.

Step 3. Generate the library file.  The code generator operates on library files only.

Control Logix: Save ACD file as type LK5

SLC: Save RSS file as type SLC, the additional L5K and L6K files are also required and are output when a Save As... for SLC type is done.

Step 4. Set the PLC Type for the PLC Type in the Generator Setup area.

Step 5. Select the input file using the Input File button in the Generator Setup Area.  Once selected the output file will be automatically set.  The output from the generator will create a directory with the name of the input file (without extension) in the same location as the input file.

Control Logix: Select LK5 file

SLC: Select SLC file

Step 6. Add any Ignore Tags.  These are tags that may be causing issues with the logic of the generated code.

Step 7. Add any parallel By-Pass tags.  These are tags that are represented as branches around a tag in the fault logic.  An example is Motor_1_Selected, where it won’t matter if Motor_1 is faulted if it is not selected.

Step 8. Add any serial condition tags.  These are tags that are represented as in line with a tag in the fault logic.  An example is Motor_1_

Step 9.   Add any fault description information into the Fault Description Info area.  This is used in the generated SQL statements for each possible trip condition.  This is currently used “In House” for quick setup with our web based “Downtime Reporting” application.

Step 10.  Click “Generate” at the bottom of the window.  This will run the Logic Generator and produce the output files.  If any errors or problems occur during processing, you will be notified via the status area just above the button.