MasterTool Extended Edition MT8000

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Product Description
The software MasterTool Extended Edition MT8000 is the configuration and programming tool for ALTUS equipments
(Grano, PX and Ponto Series, and AL-2004), including PLCs and remotes. This tool, IEC-61131-3 compliant, also allows
monitoring processes, modules configuration and generation of reports.
MT8000 can be executed on Windows 2000® and Windows XP®, and there are available versions of the software, as well
as the manual, in English and Portuguese.
MasterTool Extended Edition allows the developing of applications for ALTUS PLCs. The edition of the application program
uses a concept of symbolic programming (TAGs or Nicknames), allowing the project documentation during the modules
edition. The project concept, which allows a relation among several files making a network, eases the work, reducing the
time of the project, besides preventing the user from committing the most common configuration errors, through
verification.
It has the project environment optimized, making its use easier. The environment is divided into three parts:

 TreeView: This window can be used to increase the agility of MasterTool Extended Edition use, as with only a double click a
module or a configuration can be opened, or a list of the instructions used on the program modules can be enabled.
 Visualization Windows: the visualization of one or more program module(s), reports, monitoring window or any other file or
configuration done by MasterTool Extended Edition.
 Project Verification: In this window, the result of the module or project verification is presented. The configuration and
programming errors are indicated. Warnings of a programming configuration that cannot have the expected result are also
presented.

Ordering Information
Included Items
The product can be bought in two manners:

 The product package has the following itens:

 Software MasterTool Extended Edition recorded in CDROM
 License Contract of ALTUS Software
 License to subsequent software download on Altus website: www.altus.com.br (Versions /L Licenses)
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Product Code
The following codes must be used to the product purchase:

Code Name
MT8000 Lite MasterTool Extended Edition Lite
MT8000 Lite/L MasterTool Extended Edition Lite/L (license)
MT8000 Professional MasterTool Extended Edition Professional
MT8000 Professional/L MasterTool Extended Edition Professional /L (license)
MT8000 Advanced MasterTool Extended Edition Advanced
MT8000 Advanced/L MasterTool Extended Edition Advanced /L (license)

Product Features
MasterTool Extended Edition has three distribution versions:
 Lite
 Professional
 Advanced
Those versions have the following characteristics:

Lite Professional Advanced

Verification of the Project Yes Yes Yes
Verification of modules uploading Yes Yes Yes
Programming of PX Series No Yes Yes
Programming of Series AL (Only AL-2004 or superior) No Yes Yes
Programming of Ponto Series No Yes Yes
Programming of Grano Series Yes Yes Yes
Structured Text Language(ST) No Yes Yes
Blocks and Relay Languages (Ladder) Yes Yes Yes
Communication with devices through Ethernet Yes Yes Yes
Saving of Monitoring Windows Yes Yes Yes
Independent numerical base for each operand on
Yes Yes Yes
monitoring windows
Conversion of Projects from MasterTool Programming
Yes Yes Yes
MT4100 and MT4000 to MasterTool Extended Edition
Redundancy Wizards No No Yes
Tags of Operands up to 25 characters Yes Yes Yes
Printing of program modules and project configuration Yes Yes Yes
Skins of Function Modules Yes Yes Yes
Skins to loop PIDs Yes Yes Yes
Modules call hierarchy Yes Yes Yes
Substitution of operands blocks Yes Yes Yes
Inclusion of files on the project Yes Yes Yes
MTConsole No No Yes

Programming of UCP Quark Series, AL-600, AL-2000, AL-3000 Series and Piccolo (by MT
4100 module programming) is available from version 5.50 of MasterTool XE.
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Language
The software MasterTool XE MT8000 is available in Portuguese and English languages. The language is selected during
the software installation process.

Project Verification
Project verification is a tool that indicates errors or dangerous programming practices. So, the user can work in a safer and
faster manner. The result of the project verification allows visualizing where the error occurred, pointing the reason for it.

Modules Upload Verification

The verification of modules uploading occurs whenever a module is sent. The objective of this verification is to detect
invalid alterations to a given device, taking into consideration the PLC model and the executive version. This verification is
extremely important especially when a project is done from another one, which uses another PLC.

Monitoring Windows
Monitoring windows allow a great variety of configurations, for a better versatility on its use. Among the functionalities there
are:
 Several operands can be monitored in independent numerical bases.
 The monitoring windows can be saved, to be restored subsequently.

Skins of Function Modules

The function modules supplied by Altus, on its majority, have a personalized way to be filled in. So, it is not necessary to fill
in information and configurations to function modules from numbers anymore. This characteristic fasts and guarantees the
configurations of those functions.

Skins to Loop PID

The skin to loop PID need to set loop PIDs configured on PLCs. It has friendly interface, where is possible to set all
parameters and monitored PID variables like SP, PV and VM within a trend graphic.
The Skin PID is available to function module F-PID16.056 and to PID loops configured by Function 100 Loops PID AL-
2752, that running over Realtime Multitasking Processor AL -2005.

The Skin PID is available from version 5.45 of MasterTool XE.

ST Language
The Structured Text, or ST, is a textual programming language, structured, high level and with resources equals to C and
Pascal languages. With ST, you can write programs with statement IF, THEN, ELSE, FOR loops and WHILE loops. Also
you can create local variables and arrays, create and call functions; and you can access all PLC operands.
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Characteristics
Data Types BOOL, BYTE, WORD, DWORD,
USINT, INT, DINT,
REAL
PLC Operands Can access the PLC operands:
 %A, %E, %S
 %M, %TM
 %I, %TI
 %F, %TF
Subdivion for operand Only for operands bits of the %A, %E, %S e %M.
Operators + - * / MOD
& AND OR XOR
< <= > >=
= <>
Functions Yes
Recursive call functions No
Nested call functions Up to 16 nested call
Local variables Yes
Variable to PLC operands Yes, through AT keyword:
VAR WEIGHT AT %M1000 : INT; END_VAR;
Standard related IEC 61131-3 compliant

MT4100 Programming Module

MT4100 Programming Module allow to MT8000 programming the PLC series AL-600, AL-2000, AL-3000, QUARK and
PICCOLO and router devices AL-2400/S, AL-2401, QK2400 and QK2401.

MTConsole
The MTConsole is a utility that allows the communication with the PC through the command prompt windows to create
scripts for automating routine communication. Available commands are:

 Read state from PLC  Read information from PLC

 Change state from PLC  Read forced relays from PLC
 Read protection level  Change password protection of PLC
 Change protection level of PLC  Read memory banks
 Erase FLASH memory  Send modules to PLC
 Remove module of the PLC  Read modules from PLC
 Change memory storage  Compare project
 Read directory modules  Verify project

MTConsole is available from MasterTool XE 5.61 version Advanced. Also is necessary a

license for this version or higher.
MTConsole works with all models of Altus PLCs. The commands Send/Read modules,
Compare, Verify project and read forced relays work only with PLCs of Grano Series, PX
Series, Ponto Series and AL-2004.
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System Requirements
MasterTool Extended Edition presents, as minimal requisites for its installation and use, the following products:

MasterTool Extended Edition

Platform PC with Windows® 2000 SP4, Windows® XP SP2 (32bits) or
Windows® 7 (32bits).
Mdac ( Microsoft Data Access Essential for interaction with the ProfiTool.
Components ) Note: For versions of Windows ® XP with Service Pack higher than
the SP2 version is not necessary to install this component.
Available at: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads
.Net Framework Version 2.0 SP2
Processor Pentium III 800 MHz (minimum)
Disk Space 300 MB (minimum)
RAM Memory 256 MB (minimum)
Resolution 1024x768 (recommendable)

Manuals
To further technical details about Ponto Series products configuration, installation and programming, the following
documents must be consulted:

Code Name
MU299604 MasterTool Extended Edition Use Manual
MP399102 Ladder Programming Manual of MasterTool Extended Edition
MP399003 ST programming Manual of MasterTool Extended Edition
MU299605 MasterTool Extended Edition Use Manual (English)
MP399103 Ladder Programming Manual of MasterTool Extended Edition (English)
MP399603 ST programming Manual of MasterTool Extended Edition (English)