UDH Networking

Mark VIe Controls System

GE Energy Learning Center
 Objectives

Learn how to access data from other GE devices

Learn how to share MarkVIe data with other GE
devices

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 Overview

GE devices communicate with each other over the

UDH using a TCP/IP based protocol called Ethernet
Global Data (EGD)

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 Vocabulary

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 EGD Basics

All data signals to be exchanged with other GE

devices (MarkVI, MarkVIe, GE PLC’s, Cimplicity) must
be placed on an EGD exchange.
Normally the device that produces the EGD
exchange is the only device that may modify the
exchange. This device is known as a producer.
All other devices that use the producer’s EGD data
are consumers.

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 EGD External Devices, MarkVI, PLC’s etc
All legacy devices put their produced EGD exchange
information into the System Data Base (SDB). A legacy
device is configured by a configuration program other than
ToolboxST.
If a device needs to use data from another device the
producing device must PUT its EGD exchange data into the
SDB.
The consuming device must then GET the producer’s EGD
exchange data from the SDB.
Each device is configured using PUTs and GETs to and from
the SDB; but, during operation, the SDB is not used.

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 Getting EGD data from a legacy device into
a MarkVIe controller
Open the producing device .m6b file using legacy
Toolbox, set privilege level to 2 (options, privilege 2,
password “site2”)
Select Device> Put into database >Full.

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At the system editor level
right click on the MarkVI
device and select Get EGD
from SDB.
A Get Device dialog box
appears. Select OK.

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All of the information from the SDB for all devices is
now available in the ToolboxST system. Verify that
the MarkVIe device has the external device
referenced in the EGD page of the component
editor.

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If the external device is not
listed as a referenced device in
our component editor EGD tab
tree view we may add the
device
Right click on the Referenced
devices in the tree view and
select “select devices”
Select the device in the select
devices window and select OK

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Lets control the MarkVIe G2 devices output variable
light8 with the L4T Signal from the G1 MarkVI device
Add a BFILT block to our application software in the
G2 device

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Build and download the G2 device software
Don’t forget to check for errors in the device editor’s
component info view log tab, after the build and
after the download
We can now logic force the G1 device’s L4T signal
test our light.

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 Getting EGD data from another ToolboxST
device
All EGD information from any other ToolboxST device
is automatically available to any other ToolboxST
device within a .tcw system.
All that is needed is to use another ToolboxST
devices signal name in our MarkVIe controller.
We will use L3RS from the G13 MarkVIe device to
control light6 in our MarkVIe G2 device

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device -2
Lets add a BFILT block that provides a 3 second
delay from the pickup of G13’s L3RS signal and
drives our light6.

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 Getting EGD data from another ToolboxST
device -3
Build and download the G2 device software
Don’t forget to check for errors in the device editor’s
component info view log tab, after the build and
after the download
We can now logic force the G13 device’s L3RS signal
test our light.

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 Publishing a MarkVIe signal
To publish a MarkVIe signal we must go to the
signal’s pin definition. We will publish the G2 devices
Light6 signal.
Open the finder and search for Light6 in the G2
device

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 Publishing a MarkVIe signal -2

Double click on the pin variable result in the find

results tab of the component info view area.

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 Publishing a MarkVIe signal -3

In the summary view find the EGD page cell and

select the EGD page to add the light6 variable. We
will use the Default page.

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Build and download the G2 device software
Don’t forget to check for errors in the device editor’s
component info view log tab, after the build and
after the download.
If we are publishing this signal for a legacy device
we must also do a Device, Put Device to SDB from
the component editor.

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