How to Program RSView32

How to Program an HMI and SCADA System with Rockwell Automation’s

RSView32

2009 Edition

Neal Babcock

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Rockwell Automation and its line of Allen-Bradley PLCs (programmable logic

controllers) are the most commonly used controllers in today's industrial
environment. Untold numbers of processes and machine control applications are
controlled by the Rockwell's Allen-Bradley SLCs and their RSLogix software.

Controlling the logical operation of a machine or a process is only half the solution,
though. A reliable Human Machine Interface, or HMI, is just as critical.

RSView32 provides an inexpensive but powerful solution. Not only can RSView
work as HMI software, it can also function as a full fledged SCADA (Supervisory
Control And Data Acquisition) system.

If you understand how to program RSView32, you can:

• create programs and edit existing PLC SCADA programs with RSView32.
• increase your skill set, making yourself worth more to your company.

• communicate more effectively with your co-workers or your clients regarding HMIs
and PLC SCADA systems. 

If you to want to take the quick path to learning RSView32, this training manual
is for you.

And, you can begin right now. 

This tutorial explains everything you need to know to get a solid understanding
of RSView32 and provides the most cost-effective training available today.

This ebook is more than an introduction to RSView32, HMIs or SCADA systems. It

contains real world examples that are a result of many years of industrial programming
experience. It contains tips and routines you can start using immediately.

To the beginner in RSView32, it is more valuable than the thick and complex books
written by college professors. They cover functions and algorithms you may never use.
After wading through one of those, you still might not know how to turn on a motor
with an HMI.

"How to Program RSView32" makes learning RSView32 easy.

If you are:

- a software engineer who needs to quickly learn RSView32

- a student of engineering

- an engineer in a non-electrical field

- a technician and maintenance person who works with Allen-Bradley equipment

"How to Program RSView32" will get you up to speed - fast.

"How to Program RSView32" will

• explain the overall philosophy of programming an HMI or SCADA system

• give you an awareness of the problems that an HMI/SCADA programmer faces

• explain the terms that are you need to understand to program RSView
• show you how to collect information from the plant and display it in the HMI

• show you how to create a fully functioning HMI

• teach you step by step how to design professional looking screens

• save you a bunch of money (other HMI courses cost hundreds of dollars)

• save time (this ebook can be read and understood in a few evenings)

• show you how to be comfortable programming a PC with RSView32

• teach you how understand enough Ladder Logic to produce an HMI

We don't just tell you what you need to do in RSView - we show you a picture.

This book has dozens of screen shots explaining how to:

- understand Allen-Bradley's unique method of assigning addresses, and how those

addresses work with RSView32

- create and use tags, the "links" that connect RSView and the PLC

- animate graphic elements of the HMI

- create an HMI/SCADA system from scratch

- connect to the PLC and modify the program online.

and much more.

Here is the Table of Contents for "How to Program RSView32"

Introduction 3
PLCs 4
Hardware 5
SLC Rack 5
SLC Power Supply 5
SLC Processors 6
SLC I/O Modules 6
Ladder Logic 7
The Dialect of PLCs 7
 Project Scope 11
Summarizing the Scope 19
Beginning the Project 20
Tags and the Tag Database 25
Digital Tags 26
Timers 30
Analog Tags 32
Creating the Screens 36
Screen 1 – System View 38
Designing the Master Layout 41
Color Blindness 41
Designing the Header 43
The Navigation Menu 48
Screen 1 Content 72
Pump Icons 80
Agitator Motor 83
Scales 84
Adding Piping 86
Review of the System View Display 88
Configuring the Menu 91
Screen 2 - Agitator Process Run Time Display 95
Screen 3 - Valve Fault Time Delays 99
Screen 4 - Maintenance Display 101
Screen 5 - Alarms Display 104
Alarm Setup 109
Configuring a Tag to Trigger an Alarm 110
Screen 6 - Batch Log display 113
The Final Result 118
Finishing Touches 122
Trending 126
Tips and Tricks 128
The Steps to a Successful and Profitable RSView Project 131

This book contains 131 pages of text and screen shots to give you what you need to
start programming in RSView32.

The Project

The best way to learn a new language or piece of software is by looking at a real world
example.
"How to Program in RSView32" uses a batching project to show you how to
program. This is a functioning program - the real thing; not just a simulation.

There is a Project Scope included in the book. If you are a consultant or a programmer
already, you are familiar with this type of document. It outlines in detail how the
completed system must work. It would be your job to write the program and make sure
that the system performs indicated in the project scope.

The book takes you through each step of writing the program to meet the specification.
you will learn how to turn words into screens and actions in RSView32. Here is a
diagram and a brief description of the Project Scope that is used in the book.

Project Overview
Three ingredients (city water, ingredient
QR and ingredient KM) are added in
specified amounts by weight to the
Mixing Tank. After all the ingredients
have been added to the Mixing Tank, the
mixture is blended by running the agitator
for a given time. When the blending time
is complete, the finished product is
pumped to the Filling Lines for bottling
and final packaging.

10.1. General HMI Specifications

10.1.1. The monitor is a touchscreen.

With the exception of the E-Stop
pushbutton operator, all system control is
performed with this monitor.

10.1.2. The screens are to be designed to

run at a resolution of 1024 x 768.

10.1.3. Colors

10.1.3.1. All colors used on the HMI will

adhere to the following RGB (red, green,
blue) values:

10.1.3.1.1. Black (0, 0, 0)
10.1.3.1.2. White (255, 255, 255)
10.1.3.1.3. Gray (192, 192, 192)
10.1.3.1.4. Light Gray (224, 224, 224)
10.1.3.1.5. Red (240, 0, 0)
10.1.3.1.6. Green (0, 192, 0)
10.1.3.1.7. Yellow (255, 255, 0)
10.1.3.1.8. Blue (0, 102, 255)
10.1.3.1.9. Light Blue (102, 153, 255)
10.1.3.1.10. Teal (0, 255, 255)

10.1.4. The screen background color is

light gray.

10.1.5. The normal screen font is Arial

12, black. The minimum screen font is
Arial 10, black.

10.1.6. The status of the system is

indicated on every screen. The font is
Arial 18, bold, black.

10.1.7. If an alarm occurs, a yellow

graphic with the text “ALARM” of
sufficient size is displayed to draw the
attention of the operator. The font is Arial
16, bold, red. A separate “RESET” button
allows the operator to reset the alarm.

10.2. Equipment Symbols

10.2.1. All equipment symbols will be 3-

D, shaded, and drawn from the Graphic
Libraries within RSView. Icons will be
animated using colors to indicate the state
of the equipment.

10.2.2. The position and status of all

valves are indicated by the fill color of
the respective valve icon. Valve icon
colors are displayed as follows:

10.2.2.1. Closed: red
10.2.2.2. Open: green
10.2.2.3. Alarm: yellow

10.2.3. The status of all pumps and

motors valves are indicated by the fill
color of the respective icon pump and
motor icon colors are displayed as
follows:

10.2.3.1. Stopped: red
10.2.3.2. Running: green
10.2.3.3. Alarm: yellow

10.3. Screen Descriptions

10.3.1. There are 6 screens in the system,

described as follows:

10.3.1.1. Screen 1 - System View

10.3.1.1.1. An overall system view is

shown, similar to the example shown in
this document.

10.3.1.1.2. The Mixing Tank Weight is

displayed numerically.
 10.3.1.2. Screen 2 – Agitator Process Run
Time

10.3.1.2.1.1. The agitator process run

time is adjustable from 60 seconds to 360
seconds.

10.3.1.3. Screen 3 – Valve Fault

Detection Time Delays

10.3.1.3.1.1.1. The time delays used in

the Valve Fault detection logic are
individually adjustable from 1 to 10
seconds.

10.3.1.4. Screen 4 – Maintenance

10.3.1.4.1.1. Total runtime (in hours) for

all motors is displayed.

10.3.1.5. Screen 5 – Alarms

10.3.1.5.1.1. An Alarm Screen is

available to view all alarms. All alarms
and the status of each alarm are
displayed. All alarm events are logged
and viewable for a period of 90 days.

"How to Program with RSView32" shows the logical progression of the project
from the start.

You learn how to:

- understand the Project Scope

- lay out the screens

- select the right hardware

- configure RSView32 and your personal computer

- program RSView32 to meet the specifications in the scope

- go online to verify the operation of the program

Actual screen shots are used from RSView32 to show you exactly how to use the
software.

Excerpts - How to Program RSView32 

Excerpt 1 

Creating a New Screen

In the Project window, expand the “Graphics” folder. Double-click on “Display”.

 
A new window with an “untitled” display is created. Right-click on the new window
and select “Display Settings”.

This will appear:

 

Many of the default values are fine, but we need to set a few. Some of them you may
want to set for ease of development, such as the title bar.

Display Type:
It is less confusing for the operator if you use “Replace”. This keeps windows from
getting stuck behind other windows.

Allow Multiple Running Copies:

For our application, there is no need for this.

Cache After Displaying:

In large applications, this could help speed things up. It will consume extra RAM on
the PC that is running RSView, though.

Title Bar:
You want to leave this on during development, with the “System Menu” and
“Minimize Buttons” enabled.

However, at runtime (when RSView is actually running in a live plant environment),

you will probably disable this, as it allows more access than the operators need.

Check “Size to Main Window at Runtime” and “Show Last Acquired Value”.

Size:
Specify the correct size of the monitor.

Resize:
Check “Allow Display to be Resized”. This will compensate for minor hardware
variations and make sure that the screen will resize to fill the monitor.

Position:
In most cases, set this to 0, 0.

Excerpt 2 

The Final Result

Let’s take a look at how the screens look in actual operation.

 
 
 
 
 
 

Not only will you get 131 pages of text and images showing you how to program an
SLC 500 with RSLogix, you will also get:

• a complete I/O listing in Excel format. You can use this format over and over
again on projects of your own

• a printout of the RSLogix program (with rung cross references and rung
comments in PDF format)

This ebook is the result of many years of experience in PLC programming, electrical
design and engineering.

It summarizes dozens of techniques that are needed to write a solid RSView32

application.

It has easy to understand text with RSView32 techniques that can be used again and
again.

The purpose of this book is to teach you how to set up, program an HMI and connect
to an Allen-Bradley SLC 500 PLC.

There is a sample project included that contains a Project Scope. The Project Scope (or
Functional Specification, or whatever your company might call it) defines in detail
how the system is to operate when the project is finished.

You will learn how to take a Project Scope and turn it into a working RSView32
program.

It will show you the keystrokes and mouse movements that you need to know to use
RSView32.

Finally, it provides a number of tips and a Frequently Ask Questions section that will
save you hours of frustration.

"I needed a quick way to figure out RSView. This book worked
great."

Andre James
Technician

"I have used this book to train some of my people. Thanks for
writing it."

Marion Simon
Project Manager

"It cut through all the useless stuff. I was creating screens in just a
 couple of hours."

Tom Witherell
Instrument Tech

About the author

Neal Babcock has a degree in Electrical Engineering and has written and maintained a
number of PLC programs used in the semiconductor, automotive, health care and
aviation industries.

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