Micro Motion Gas Flow Computers - Model 3711 Owner's manual

Configuration and Use Manual

P/N 20002983, Rev. A

October 2005

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Gas Flow Computers

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Contents

Chapter 1 Before You Begin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

1.1 Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

1.2 Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

1.3 About the Model 3711 Gas Flow Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

1.3.1 Model 3711 system components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

1.3.2 User programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

1.3.3 Implementation overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

1.4 Communication tools. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

1.5 Model 3711 configuration overview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

1.5.1 Quick start . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

1.5.2 Basic configuration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

1.5.3 Advanced options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

1.6 Model 3711 administration overview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

1.7 Documentation resources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

1.8 Micro Motion customer service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Chapter 2 Getting Started. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

2.1 Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

2.2 Starting the Model 3711 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

2.3 Installing ROCLINK 800 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

2.3.1 PC requirements for ROCLINK 800 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

2.3.2 Installing ROCLINK 800. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

2.4 Using ROCLINK 800 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

2.4.1 Starting ROCLINK 800 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

2.4.2 ROCLINK 800 user interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

2.4.3 TLP system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

2.5 Configuration files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

2.5.1 Managing device configuration files. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

2.5.2 Creating a new device configuration file . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

2.5.3 Device configuration backup and duplication. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

2.6 Setting up devices and groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

2.7 First connection to the Model 3711 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

2.7.1 Disconnecting and closing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Chapter 3 System Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

3.1 Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

3.2 Setting the Model 3711 clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

3.3 Configuring security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

3.3.1 ROCLINK 800 security. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

3.3.2 Device security. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

3.3.3 Access level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

3.4 Configuring Model 3711 device information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

3.5 Configuring display options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

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Chapter 4 Setting Up Communications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

4.1 Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

4.2 Communications overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

4.3 Connecting to the Model 3711 through the LOI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

4.4 Connecting to the Model 3711 through COMM 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

4.4.1 Using ROCLINK 800 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

4.4.2 Using a host program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

4.5 Configuring communications parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

4.5.1 Configuring COMM 2 on the Model 3711 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

4.5.2 Configuring ROCLINK 800 communications parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

4.6 Configuring communications for RBX alarming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

4.7 Configuring passthrough mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

Chapter 5 Configuring the Core Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

5.1 About this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

5.2 Configuration overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

5.3 Using ROCLINK 800 with the Micro Motion core interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

5.4 Core interface configuration panels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

5.4.1 Mass Flow panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

5.4.2 Density panel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

5.4.3 Temperature panel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

5.5 Special topics in configuring the core interface. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

5.5.1 Characterization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

5.5.2 Damping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

5.5.3 Meter factors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

5.5.4 Slug flow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

5.6 Zeroing the meter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

Chapter 6 Configuring Volumetric Flow Measurement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

6.1 About this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

6.2 Terminology. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

6.3 Configuration overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

6.3.1 Input Defs panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

6.3.2 Mass Compensation panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

6.4 Gas Quality panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

6.4.1 Advanced panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

6.4.2 Sampler panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

6.5 AO Assignment panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

6.5.1 Alarms panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58

Chapter 7 Configuring I/O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61

7.1 About this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61

7.2 Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61

7.3 Configuring I/O type . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

7.4 Configuring analog inputs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

7.4.1 Filtering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63

7.4.2 Analog Input – General panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64

7.4.3 Analog Input – Advanced panel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64

7.4.4 Analog Input – Alarms panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66

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7.5 Configuring an analog output . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67

7.5.1 Analog Output – General panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68

7.5.2 Analog Output – Advanced panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68

7.6 Configuring discrete inputs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70

7.6.1 Discrete Input – General panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70

7.6.2 Discrete Input – Advanced panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71

7.6.3 Discrete Input – Alarms panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72

7.7 Configuring the discrete outputs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74

7.7.1 Discrete Output – General panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74

7.7.2 Discrete Output – Advanced panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76

7.7.3 Discrete Output – TDO Parameters panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76

7.8 DOUT Type options and examples . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78

7.8.1 Accuracy of Time Duration and TDO Toggle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78

7.8.2 Durations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78

7.8.3 Examples . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78

7.9 Configuring pulse inputs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79

7.9.1 Pulse Input – General panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80

7.9.2 Pulse Input – Advanced panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81

7.9.3 Pulse Input – Alarms panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82

Chapter 8 Managing History, Events, and Alarms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85

8.1 About this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85

8.2 Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85

8.2.1 History . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85

8.2.2 Events and alarms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85

8.3 Configuring history points . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86

8.3.1 Archive types . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88

8.3.2 Standard history predefined points . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89

8.4 Using the historical databases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90

8.4.1 Viewing history data. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90

8.4.2 Viewing alarm logs and event logs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91

8.4.3 Using the log display window. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91

Chapter 9 Monitoring and Displays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93

9.1 About this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93

9.2 Model 3711 display variables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93

9.2.1 Display rules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93

9.2.2 Configuring display variables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94

9.3 ROCLINK 800 I/O monitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94

9.4 ROCLINK 800 custom displays. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96

9.4.1 Creating a custom display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96

9.4.2 Saving and loading custom displays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98

9.4.3 Editing a custom display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99

9.4.4 Using custom displays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99

Chapter 10 PID Control Loops . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101

10.1 About this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101

10.2 PID control loops overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101

10.2.1 PID control loop example. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102

10.3 Configuring a PID control loop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102

10.4 Tuning the PID control loop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105

10.5 Monitoring the PID control loop. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106

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Chapter 11 Function Sequence Tables. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107

11.1 About this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107

11.2 FST overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107

11.3 FSTs and Model 3711 points . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108

11.4 FST Editor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108

11.5 Developing an FST . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110

11.6 Monitoring and tracing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115

11.6.1 Monitor mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115

11.6.2 Trace mode and debugging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117

11.7 Using FSTs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117

11.7.1 Saving, reading and downloading FSTs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117

11.7.2 Starting and stopping FSTs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117

11.7.3 FST storage and restart. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118

11.7.4 Deleting an FST. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118

11.7.5 Printing and exporting an FST. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118

11.7.6 Editing an FST . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118

11.7.7 Troubleshooting an FST. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119

11.8 FST command library . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119

11.8.1 Mathematical commands. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120

11.8.2 Logical commands. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121

11.8.3 Comparison commands. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123

11.8.4 Time-related commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124

11.8.5 Control-related commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125

11.8.6 Database commands. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126

11.8.7 Miscellaneous commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127

11.9 FST examples. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128

11.9.1 Example 1 – Writing data to a history point . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128

11.9.2 Example 2 – Stopping an FST after task completion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129

11.9.3 Example 3 – Cycling an FST on a periodic basis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130

11.9.4 Example 4 – Calculate an FST’s approximate execution rate . . . . . . . . 131

Chapter 12 Modbus Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133

12.1 About this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133

12.2 Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133

12.3 Modbus overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133

12.4 Modbus and Model 3711 points . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134

12.5 Configuring the Modbus interface on the Model 3711 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135

12.5.1 Modbus scaling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140

12.5.2 Datatype conversions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141

12.5.3 Modbus register ranges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144

12.5.4 Modbus date and time formats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145

12.6 Accessing Model 3711 data via the Modbus interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145

12.6.1 Register addresses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145

12.6.2 Accessing history data. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145

12.6.3 Accessing event and alarm data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146

Chapter 13 Model 3711 Operator Interface. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149

13.1 About this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149

13.2 Viewing process data and system information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149

13.2.1 Using the Rates & Totals windows. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149

13.2.2 Using the volumetric flow measurement configuration panels. . . . . . . . 151

13.2.3 Using the core interface configuration panels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151

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13.3 Initial calculations and recalculations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153

13.4 Viewing sensor alarms and communication statistics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153

13.5 Reading and writing to the core processor Modbus interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154

Chapter 14 Administration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157

14.1 About this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157

14.2 Initializing the Model 3711 and managing memory. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157

14.2.1 Using the jumpers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157

14.2.2 Using ROCLINK 800 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158

14.3 Model 3711 memory structure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160

14.4 Meter default values . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161

14.5 Event log . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162

14.6 Alarm log . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163

14.7 Advanced communications and system controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163

14.8 Using the optional dial-up modem. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164

14.9 Managing user programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164

14.10 Managing device configuration files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165

14.10.1 Opening a device configuration file . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165

14.10.2 Closing a device configuration file . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166

14.10.3 Downloading a device configuration file to the Model 3711. . . . . . . . . . 166

14.11 Printing and exporting a device configuration file . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167

14.12 Updating firmware and user programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167

14.12.1 Updating the Model 3711 device firmware. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167

14.12.2 Updating the user programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169

14.13 Upgrading hardware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170

Chapter 15 Maintenance and Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171

15.1 About this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171

15.2 Troubleshooting the connection between ROCLINK 800 and the Model 3711 . . . . 171

15.3 Debugging ROCLINK 800 communications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171

15.4 Dial-up modem and FCC compliance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172

15.5 Diagnostic monitoring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173

15.6 Low power shutdown mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173

15.7 MPU loading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173

15.8 Backup battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174

15.9 Automatic self-tests . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174

15.10 Status alarms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174

15.11 Checking process variables and test points . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176

15.12 Checking slug flow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179

15.13 Checking the characterization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179

15.14 Checking the calibration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179

15.15 Diagnosing wiring problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179

15.15.1 Checking the power supply wiring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180

15.15.2 Checking the sensor-to-transmitter wiring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180

15.15.3 Checking grounding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180

15.16 Checking the test points . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181

15.16.1 Evaluating the test points. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181

15.16.2 Drive gain problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181

15.16.3 Low pickoff voltage. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182

15.17 Checking the core processor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182

15.17.1 Checking the core processor LED . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182

15.17.2 Core processor resistance test . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183

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15.18 Checking sensor pins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184

15.18.1 Remote core processor with remote transmitter installation . . . . . . . . . 184

15.18.2 4-wire remote installation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186

Appendix A Installation Types and Components. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189

A.1 About this appendix . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189

A.2 Installation architectures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189

A.3 Remote core processor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190

A.4 I.S. barrier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190

A.5 Termination boards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191

Appendix B Calibration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193

B.1 About this appendix . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193

B.2 Calibrating an analog input or RTD. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193

B.2.1 Preparing for calibration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193

B.2.2 Calibration procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193

B.2.3 Verification procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195

B.2.4 Viewing calibration values for analog inputs or RTD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197

B.3 Calibrating the analog output . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199

B.4 Density calibration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199

B.4.1 Preparing for calibration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199

B.4.2 Calibration procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200

Appendix C Points and the TLP System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203

C.1 About this appendix . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203

C.2 Points . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203

C.3 TLP system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203

C.3.1 Points. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204

C.3.2 Logical numbers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204

C.3.3 Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205

Appendix D Soft Points . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215

D.1 About this appendix . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215

D.2 Soft point overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215

D.3 Configuring soft points . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215

Appendix E Opcode Tables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217

E.1 About this appendix . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217

E.2 Opcode table overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217

E.3 Configuring opcode tables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217

Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219

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Chapter 1

Before You Begin

1.1 Overview

This chapter provides an orientation to the use of this manual, and includes a pre-configuration

worksheet. This manual describes the procedures required to start, configure, use, maintain, and

troubleshoot the Micro Motion

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1.2 Safety

Safety messages are provided throughout this manual to protect personnel and equipment. Read each

safety message carefully before proceeding to the next step.

1.3 About the Model 3711 Gas Flow Computer

The Micro Motion Model 3711 is a compact, high-performance gas flow computer specifically

designed to provide fiscal measurement data for gas applications. The Model 3711 uses a Micro

Motion Coriolis sensor with MVD

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technology to measure the gas flow.

The Model 3711 system performs flow measurement compliant with API MPMS Chapter 21.1a in

accordance with the AGA8-92 gas measurement standard.

1.3.1 Model 3711 system components

The Model 3711 system includes the following components:

• Model 3711 Gas Flow Computer

• Micro Motion sensor

• Micro Motion core processor (may be mounted on sensor)

• MVD Direct Connect

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I.S. barrier

See Figures A-1 and A-2 for diagrams.

1.3.2 User programs

The Model 3711 functionality is implemented via two user programs:

• Core Interface – handles communication between the Model 3711 and the sensor; performs

the sensor zero and density calibration procedures

• Gas Flow Computer Calculations – performs volumetric flow measurement and displays flow

rates and totals; manages pressure compensation on mass flow rate

These two programs are preloaded onto the Model 3711.

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1.3.3 Implementation overview

A typical Model 3711 gas measurement system is configured to write measurement data to history at

minute, hourly, daily, and user-specified intervals. The history data is then delivered to an external

system for various accounting and analysis procedures. The delivery interval is controlled by the user.

The event and alarm logs contain information related to configuration changes and various system

conditions. Events and alarms are logged automatically. The event and alarm logs may also be

delivered to an external system.

Two methods for delivering history, event, and alarm data are available:

• Manual – The user manually saves the history, event, or alarm data to a file, and then sends the

file to the appropriate parties.

• Remote communications – A host system connects to the Model 3711 and retrieves the history

data. The host communications program may use either Modbus or ROC protocol.

- If Modbus protocol will be used, the Modbus interface on the Model 3711 must be

configured.

- No special setup is required to use ROC protocol.

Measurement data may also be viewed on the Model 3711 LCD, or on various ROCLINK

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windows.

1.4 Communication tools

A special version of the ROCLINK 800 software program has been developed for configuration,

operation, and maintenance of the Model 3711. This version is written to include the two user

programs described in Section 1.3.2, which are presented as custom displays accessed via the Meter

menu. This version of ROCLINK 800 is available from Micro Motion. Installation and basic use of

ROCLINK 800 is discussed in Chapter 2.

If desired, a host program may be written to communicate with the Model 3711.

1.5 Model 3711 configuration overview

To get the Model 3711 system into operation using default values for most parameters, follow the

“quick start” steps in Section 1.5.1. The default values have been defined to provide the required

measurement and history data for most applications.

Section 1.5.2 lists the tasks involved in a basic setup and configuration. Chapters 2 through 8 of this

manual present the required tasks in the order listed here.

Section 1.5.3 lists configuration options which may or may not be implemented in your application.

More information on these options is provided in Chapters 9 through 12.

1.5.1 Quick start

1. Start the Model 3711 – see Section 2.2

2. Install ROCLINK 800 software – see Section 2.3

3. Make a direct connection to the Model 3711 – see Section 2.7

4. Set the Model 3711 clock – see Section 3.2

5. Configure the system of units to be used (U.S. or metric) – see Section 3.4

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6. Configure the following parameters for volumetric flow measurement:

• Averaging technique – see Section 6.3.1

• Pressure compensation – see Section 6.3.2

• Gas quality data – see Section 6.4

• Pressure data for pressure compensation – see Section 6.4.1

1.5.2 Basic configuration

To perform a complete basic setup, the following tasks are required:

• Start the Model 3711

• Install ROCLINK 800 software

• Make a direct connection to the Model 3711

• Set the Model 3711 clock

• Define a device configuration file for the Model 3711

• Define all required devices and groups

• Configure security for ROCLINK 800

• Configure security for the Model 3711

• Configure device information for the Model 3711

• Configure the Auto Scan interval and TLP display options

• Configure communications

• Configure the sensor interface

• Configure volumetric flow measurement

• Configure I/O

• Configure history

Before configuring history, review any requirements for special history setup.

1.5.3 Advanced options

The following advanced options may or may not be implemented:

• Reconfigured or custom displays

• The I/O monitor

• PID control loops

•FSTs

• Remote communications access:

- Via Modbus protocol – requires configuration of the Model 3711 Modbus interface

- Via ROC protocol – no setup required

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1.6 Model 3711 administration overview

To administer the Model 3711 effectively, you should know why, when, and how to perform the

following tasks:

• Writing to flash memory

• Saving configuration to a file

• Downloading configuration data to the Model 3711

• Removing and restoring power to the Model 3711

• Performing the different types of warm starts and cold starts

• Updating user programs

• Updating the Model 3711 firmware

• Upgrading the Model 3711 hardware

Information on these tasks is provided in Chapter 14.

1.7 Documentation resources

Table 1-1 lists documentation resources for other required or useful information. All listed documents

are available on the Micro Motion web site.

1.8 Micro Motion customer service

For customer service, phone the support center nearest you:

• In the U.S.A., phone 1-800-522-MASS (1-800-522-6277)

• In Canada and Latin America, phone (303) 527-5200

• In Asia, phone (65) 6770-8155

• In the U.K., phone 0800 - 966 180 (toll-free)

• Outside the U.K., phone +31 (0) 318 495 670

Table 1-1 Documentation resources

Topic Document

Model 3711 installation Micro Motion Model 3711 Gas Flow Computers: Installation Manual

Sensor installation Appropriate sensor installation manual

Core processor installation (if not installed

with sensor)

Micro Motion Model 3711 Gas Flow Computers: Installation Manual

Writing host programs using ROC protocol

TLP system

ROC Protocol User Manual

Using the Modbus host user program Modbus Host User Program Manual

Using the core processor Modbus interface Using Modbus Protocol with Micro Motion Transmitters (manual and map)

Modbus Mapping Assignments for Micro Motion Transmitters (map only)

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Chapter 2

Getting Started

2.1 Overview

This chapter discusses the following topics:

• Starting the Model 3711

• Installing ROCLINK 800

•Using ROCLINK800

• Configuration files

• Defining groups and devices

• Connecting to the Model 3711

2.2 Starting the Model 3711

To start the Model 3711:

1. Supply power to the unit. See the installation manual for power requirements.

2. Unscrew the front cover from the Model 3711.

3. Insert the reset jumper on the face of the Model 3711 into the NORM (left and center) slots.

See Figure 2-1.

4. Insert the power jumper on the face of the Model 3711 into the ON (center and right) slots.

5. Replace the front cover. Tighten securely but do not over-tighten.

Figure 2-1 Power and reset jumpers

Reset jumper

Power jumper

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On initial power-up, all configuration parameters are set to default values. If your unit includes the

optional dial-up modem card, set it to Auto Answer before supplying power. (Auto Answer is the

default setting.)

To remove power from the unit, insert the power jumper into the OFF slots (the left and center slots).

After initial power-up, there are several ways to initialize the Model 3711. See Section 14.2.

2.3 Installing ROCLINK 800

This section describes the PC requirements for ROCLINK 800 and the ROCLINK 800 installation

procedure.

2.3.1 PC requirements for ROCLINK 800

To install and run ROCLINK 800 on a PC, the PC must meet the following minimum requirements:

• Pentium-class processor (233 MHz or greater recommended)

•CD-ROM drive

• Windows 98, ME, NT 4.0 (SP6), 2000 (SP2), or XP

• 64 MB of RAM

• SVGA color monitor, 800 by 600 pixels, small fonts

• 15-50 MB of available hard disk space depending on operating system and revision level

• EIA-232 (RS-232) serial port

2.3.2 Installing ROCLINK 800

Insert the ROCLINK 800 CD into your PC’s CD-ROM drive.

If the installation program starts automatically (AutoRun):

1. Click the

Install a ROCLINK Product button in the main menu.

2. Click the

Install ROCLINK 800 button in the installation screen.

3. Follow the instructions on the screen.

4. Once you have exited the main menu, remove the installation CD-ROM.

Note: A restart may be necessary.

If the installation program does not start automatically:

1. Click the Windows

START button.

2. Navigate to the CD-ROM drive, and select

Setup.exe. If the CD-ROM drive is drive D, the

location will be

D:\Installs\ROCLINK800_W68130\Setup.exe.

3. Click

OK in the Navigation window.

4. Click

OK in the Run window.

5. Follow the steps in the preceding installation procedure (AutoRun).

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2.4 Using ROCLINK 800

This section describes how to start ROCLINK 800, how to log into ROCLINK 800, and how to

connect from ROCLINK 800 to the Model 3711.

2.4.1 Starting ROCLINK 800

You can start ROCLINK 800 using any of the following methods:

• Double-clicking the

ROCLINK 800 shortcut on the desktop

• Selecting

Start > Programs > ROCLINK 800 > ROCLINK 800

• Double-clicking the file ROCLINK.EXE. In typical installations, this file is located in

C:\Program Files\ROCLINK 800.

Enter your ROCLINK 800 operator ID and password, and click

OK. If you have not yet defined

ROCLINK 800 operator IDs and passwords, use the ROCLINK 800 default values:

• Operator ID:

LOI

•Password:

1000

Note: This operator ID allows you to start ROCLINK 800. It does not provide access to the

Model 3711.

Note: To enter the default values (LOI and 1000) automatically, press ALT-ENTER or CTRL-ENTER

at the sign-on screen.

Note: For information on defining ROCLINK 800 operator IDs and passwords, see Section 3.3.1. For

information on defining Model 3711 operator IDs and passwords, see Section 3.3.2.

2.4.2 ROCLINK 800 user interface

Upon successful login, the Device Directory window, shown in Figure 2-2, is displayed.

Figure 2-2 Device Directory window

Device directory

Toolbar

Menu bar

Connection indicator

Direct Connect icon

Connect icon

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ROCLINK 800 uses a standard Windows interface. Use standard Windows techniques to open and

close windows and dialog boxes, expand and hide options, etc.

ROCLINK 800 windows

ROCLINK 800 windows can be maximized, minimized, or resized, using the standard Windows

controls.

In addition, the Windows menu lists all windows that are currently open, and allows you to arrange

them on the screen or bring a specific window to the top. Figure 2-3 shows ROCLINK 800 with three

windows open and cascaded.

Figure 2-3 Cascaded windows

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ROCLINK 800 buttons

Several buttons are used to manage the ROCLINK 800 interface or data exchange with the

Model 3711 component. They do not interact with the core processor component. These buttons are

found on many ROCLINK 800 windows and dialog boxes (see Figure 2-4):

•

OK – Closes the current window or dialog box. If there are any unsaved changes on the screen,

a popup is displayed, asking the user if the changes should be saved to the Model 3711

configuration.

•

Apply – Writes the configuration parameters that are currently shown on the ROCLINK 800

display to the Model 3711 configuration.

•

Cancel – Closes the current window or dialog box without changing any parameters, and

without displaying a confirmation popup.

•

Update – Updates the display from current values in the Model 3711.

•

Auto Scan and Stop Scan – Enables and disables the Auto Scan feature. Auto Scan

automatically updates the display from the Model 3711, at configured intervals. See

Section 3.5 for information on configuring the Auto Scan interval.

If Auto Scan is not enabled, it may be useful to click

Apply, then click Update, so that the screen

displays the results of your actions.

Figure 2-4 Common buttons

Two additional buttons – the

Write Config and Read Config buttons – manage data exchange with

the core processor component as well as the Model 3711 component:

•The

Write Config Data button writes the displayed configuration parameters to the core

processor. If you have changed a parameter in ROCLINK 800, but not written it to the

Model 3711, a popup is displayed to allow you to save the change to the Model 3711.

- If you click

Yes, the change is saved to the Model 3711, and then written to the core

processor.

- If you click

No, the change is discarded and nothing is written to the Model 3711 or the

core processor.

•The

Read Config Data button reads configuration parameters from the core processor and

updates the ROCLINK 800 display. If you have changed a parameter in ROCLINK 800 but

not written it to the Model 3711, a popup is displayed to allow you to save the change.

- If you click

Yes, the change is written to the Model 3711 and the core processor before

values are read back to the display.

- If you click

No, the change is discarded and the existing values in the core processor are

read back to the display.

These buttons appear only on the Mass Flow, Density, and Temperature panels (see Section 5.4).

Note: The core processor is the component which provides preprocessing of the sensor data. In the

Model 3711 system, ROCLINK 800 communicates with the Model 3711 component, which in turn

communicates with the core processor component, which communicates with the sensor.

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2.4.3 TLP system

Particular locations, or “points,” in Model 3711 memory are identified using a TLP system, where:

•T = Type

• L = Logical number

•P = Parameter

For example, a TLP value of

AOU B3, EU represents the value, in engineering units, of the analog

output associated with point B3 in the Model 3711’s physical memory.

ROCLINK 800 uses the TLP system during configuration. When the TLP symbol (an ellipsis, or

...) is

displayed on a button, the button provides access to the Select TLP dialog box, shown in Figure 2-5.

Figure 2-5 Select TLP dialog box

TLP notation can be text, as shown here, or numeric. For example, if numeric notation is configured,

AOU B3, EU will be represented as 4 18, 6. See Section 3.5 for information on configuring TLP

notation.

To use the Select TLP dialog box:

1. Highlight the point type of the desired point.

2. Highlight the logical number of the desired point.

3. Highlight the desired parameter associated with the specified point.

See Appendix C for additional information on points and the TLP system.

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2.5 Configuration files

When using ROCLINK 800 to configure the Model 3711, two types of configuration files are

involved:

• The ROCLINK 800 configuration file is specific to each installation of ROCLINK 800 on a

PC. It is created automatically, and automatically saved to a file each time that ROCLINK 800

is closed. It contains device and group definitions (see Section 2.6), and other items that are

specific to the ROCLINK 800 software, rather than to a device. No user actions are required to

create and maintain the ROCLINK 800 configuration file.

• A device configuration file is a set of operating parameters that are defined in ROCLINK 800,

then applied or downloaded to the Model 3711. Multiple device configuration files may be

defined in ROCLINK 800, and stored as files on the PC; however, only one device

configuration file can be loaded into the Model 3711 at any one time. A device configuration

file must be specifically created and saved by the user.

2.5.1 Managing device configuration files

The ROCLINK 800 File menu is used to open and close device configuration files within

ROCLINK 800, and to save a device configuration file to the PC. The File menu is also used to print a

device configuration file (see Section 14.11) and to download a device configuration file into the

Model 3711 (see Section 14.10.3).

All device configuration files use the .800 extension. You can create as many device configuration

files as you need. Each device configuration file contains information describing one Model 3711,

including its interaction with the sensor, its I/O configuration, its history setup, and so on.

Note: If you use this installation of ROCLINK 800 to interact with other devices, including

non–Model 3711 devices, their device configuration files will also use the .800 extension. Be sure to

name the device configuration files so that you will be able to identify the device and device type.

Only one device configuration file can be loaded to a Model 3711. However, multiple device

configuration files can be open within ROCLINK 800 at one time. Each device configuration file

displayed in a separate Configuration Tree window. The Window menu can be used to select the

device configuration file that you want to view or use.

Saving a device configuration file to the PC is not the same as saving it to flash memory in the

Model 3711. To save a device configuration to flash memory, click

Device > Flags >

Save Configuration

. The configuration data in flash memory is used in all cold restarts, and may be

used in warm restarts. For more information on flash memory and restart options, see Section 14.2.

2.5.2 Creating a new device configuration file

You do not have to be connected to a Model 3711 to create a device configuration file. However, you

will need to be connected to a Model 3711 to configure many of the properties that are saved in a

device configuration file.

To create a new device configuration file:

1. Click

File > New.

2. In the upper left corner of the New Configuration File window, set

Configuration Type to

FB104/3711. The shown in Figure 2-6 is displayed.

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Figure 2-6 New Configuration File dialog box

3. Specify your I/O type.

• If your Model 3711 was ordered without the optional 6-point I/O expansion termination

board, select

6-point no I/O.

• If your Model 3711 was ordered with the optional 6-point I/O expansion termination

board, select

6-point with I/O.

4. If you specified

6-point with I/O, an External I/O frame is displayed. Use the options in this

frame to specify how five of the six I/O channels will be used (the sixth channel is always used

as a discrete output). The I/O types specified here must be compatible with the I/O wiring and

switches (see the Model 3711 installation manual for wiring instructions). You can change

these specifications later (see Section 7.3).

5. Specify the number of PID control loops that will be configured for this Model 3711. The

maximum value is 1. This value can be changed later. See Chapter 10 for more information.

6. Specify the maximum number of history points to be used for standard history and extended

history. If you add history points later, you will lose all existing history, so make sure that the

number specified will be sufficient for your Model 3711. See Chapter 8 for more information

about history.

7. Click

Start.

8. Specify a name and location to be used for the configuration file, and click

Save. All

ROCLINK 800 configuration files use the .800 extension.

9. If you want to continue with configuration, open the file when prompted. If you will perform

configuration later, close the file.

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