50 RT-flex Flexview (New)

flexView-9520
RT-flex Training
flexView-9520
for Operators
Chapter 50
© Wärtsilä Land & Sea Academy Page 1 Chapter 50 3-Mar-09

flexView-9520 Aim of the Training
Aim of the Training

The trainee should understand the function of flexView and meaning of its
displays.
Trends can be created.

flexView-9520 Basic Information
Basic information about flexView:

flexView is the visualisation tool of WECS-9520, it runs on a standard
Windows PC’s.
It can be started like a normal “Windows” program by selecting the
icon on the desktop of the PC.
The PC in the ECR can be connected to WECS-9520 by using a CAN –
USB converter.
It is recommended to leave the PC on and connected the whole time.
Service engineers can hook up their Notebooks via the “Service Port” in
the ECR panel.

flexView-9520 flexView connection
flexView connection at the manual control panel in ECR

flexView-9520 CAN – USB converter
CAN – USB converter

flexView-9520 Levels of Access
flexView has different access levels, controlled by USB dongles of different

colours.
Blue: Crew, Operator
Green: Commissioning
Red: Developer

flexView-9520 flexView Window
The flexView window is divided in two separate main-cards where different

sub-cards can be select from the menu row on top of each card.

The two standard cards “Indic” and “Journal” are shown by default when the
program is started. These two cards show all necessary data for the average
daily use at sea or during manoeuvring.
“Indic”(-ation) displays the actual engine speed, fuel command, common rail
pressures and some general injection and exhaust valve timing data.
“Journal” displays engine related failures and indications with time stamps for
occurrence, acknowledging time and restoring time. For a quick reference the
different indication groups have a colour code for easy separation of the groups.


flexView-9520 Failure Log Journal
Shut down on Safety System or

WECS-9520 Critical Failure The failure log shows the same that are transmitted via CAN- or
Rail Pressure Failures ModBus to the Alarm Monitoring System.
Cylinder Failures
Additionally events are shown that help to relate failures to actual
Common Failures
manoeuvring conditions.
Passive Failures
Events
Overview of active
failure groups
Background colour of active failures is failure type colour.

Restored failure logs have white background colour.
A checkbox allows hiding restored failure logs.
Select a failure with mouse-click and press
“Shift”+”Enter” to acknowledge.
Background colour of new failures is failure type colour.
Acknowledged failure logs have white background colour. All failures are transmitted to the Alarm
A checkbox allows hiding restored failure logs. Monitoring System.

flexView-9520 Help Messages
Alarm Page Online - Help for Troubleshooting
) After double-clicking failure designations, a window with

troubleshooting hints pops up !

flexView-9520 Indication Card
Indication Card
The indication card display common operational data of RT-flex engine.

flexView-9520 Indic- Card, Miscellaneous & Speed
Miscellaneous
The current estimated power is indicated.
Engine speed (n)

The actual engine speed from Crank Angle Sensors is indicated.

flexView-9520 Indic- Card, Fuel command (LI)
Used for Injection

The real fuel command, corresponds with the fuel command from the PCS,
unless Manual Control is used or the WECS Fuel Command Limiter is active.
Fuel Command PCS

The un-scaled fuel command received from the PCS (Speed Governor) via
databus.

flexView-9520 Indic- Card, Fuel command (LI)
WECS Fuel Command Limiter

“Normal” : As long as the fuel pumps have enough rack stroke to regulate
the fuel rail pressure.
“Limited” : If the fuel pump racks are at full delivery position and fuel
command is further increased, the fuel supply to the common rail
can not follow up. To prevent low rail pressure, the WECS Fuel
Cmd Limiter reduces the Used fuel command to the max.
possible value with stable rail pressure and max. fuel supply.

flexView-9520 Indic- Card, Fuel Rail Pressure
Fuel Rail Pressure
The pressure “Setpoint” defined by WECS SW for the actual load-point.
The “Actuator output” in percentage of the available fuel rack stroke.

Above 94% stroke the WECS Fuel Cmd Limiter gets activated, if the fuel
pressure breaks down.

flexView-9520 Indic- Card, Servo Oil Pressure
Servo Oil Pressure
The pressure “Setpoint reference” defined by WECS SW for the actual

load-point.

flexView-9520 Indic- Card, Injection Timing
Fuel Injection Timing
“VIT” shows the variable injection timing offset depending on the engine
speed, charge air pressure and fuel rail pressure.
“VIT + FQS” shows the sum of the offsets for above VIT angle value plus fuel
quality setting FQS.
“Injection begin” shows the sum of offsets for above VIT+FQS angle value
plus Standard Injection Begin angle value.

flexView-9520 Indic- Card, Number of inj. Nozzles
Working Nozzles
“Number of inj. nozzles” displays how many fuel injectors are currently
operating per cylinder unit.

flexView-9520 Indic- Card, Exhaust Valve
Exhaust Opening / Closing angle
The “Exhaust Valve” data displayed shows the Opening angle and the
Closing angle according to the current speed / load of engine.

flexView-9520 Overview Card
Overview Card
The overview card contains the most important data from the indication card
plus a few additional indications which are explained below.

flexView-9520 Overview Card, Manoeuvring Order & Control Oil Pumps
The Manoeuvring Orders show the engine

commands currently received across the data-
bus from the propulsion control system.
Pump Control displays the commands to the

control oil pumps from the WECS.
This display is active only on engines with
control oil pumps (RT-flex 96C, RT-flex 58T
and -60C MK1).

flexView-9520 Overview Card, WECS Failures
WECS Failures shows the different alarm

groups and if there are any active faults
transmitted from FCM 3 and FCM 4 to the
alarm monitoring system.
NOTE: Engines equipped with alarm

monitoring system.
Kongsberg Datachief C20 do not use this
transmission.
They receive alarm data directly across data-
busses to the propulsion control system.
(CANopen bus through FCM 1 & FCM 2)

flexView-9520 Injection Card
Injection Card
The amount of injected fuel is measured by the fuel quantity sensor in the ICU.
Each injection measurement starts at a return value and ends at a injection
value corresponding to the given fuel command.
The Injection begin dead time between sending a WECS-9520 command and the
real injection begin is shown in the next column.
Injection begin angle indicates the actual crank angle at injection begin and the
duration time of the injection is shown in the next column.
In the On Time Open / Close columns, flexView indicates the switch time that it
takes to switch the rail valves over from one state to the opposite state. Times
above 3,0 ms generally point out a rail valve failure.
These indications help troubleshooting normal and static injection system failures.
For dynamic failures, the injection curve trend gives more detailed feedback.

flexView-9520 Injection Card

flexView-9520 Exhaust Valve Card
Exhaust Valve Card
The Open Pos. & Close Pos. Sensor 1/2 columns show the valve stroke as a mA
signal. A lower value indicates an open valve in the left columns, whereas a higher
value indicates a closed valve in the right columns of this card section.
The “Deadtime” between WECS-9520 command and begin of the opening / closing
stroke is indicated in the columns for each valve and movement (open/close). This is
the time delay between the command for opening / closing and the beginning of the
valve stroke into the corresponding direction.
The “On” Time Open / Close columns indicates the switch time that it used to switch
the rail valves over from one state to the opposite state. Times above 3,0 ms
generally point out a rail valve failure.
These indications help troubleshooting normal and static exhaust valve system
failures. For dynamic exhaust valve failures, the exhaust valve curve trends give
more detailed feedback.

flexView-9520 Exhaust Valve Card
Exhaust Valve Actuator

with Rail Valve
Exhaust Valve

flexView-9520 Change Command Fields
First push the «Shift» key and keep it depressed.

Then («Shift» key still depressed) press «Arrow up» or «Arrow down» keys to
have a choice option indicated in the selected field. The option will be shown with
a yellow background.
By pressing «Shift» and «Enter», the selected option is activated for the engine
control and the background colour of the field changes back to white.
Click in field
× & ↑ × & ©

flexView-9520 User Card
User Card
The user card allows setting FQS, selecting VIT- and “Heavy Sea Mode”,
Common start valve test modes and switching injection cut offs on separately
selectable cylinders.
Further Injection venting and Exhaust valve manual test commands can be
selected.

flexView-9520 User Card, VIT + FQS
VIT + FQS
The VIT fields allow changes of the
following settings:
Altering the Fuel Quality Setting FQS
within a range of +/- 3,0<° crank angle.
Switching off the VIT function, e.g. for running-in of new components.
OPTION: If engine is delivered with Low NOx mode, this function can be
switched on and off in the VIT + FQS section. The Low NOx activates a
different tuning mode to obtain minimum NOx output at reduced firing
pressure.

flexView-9520 User Card, Control Oil Pumps
Control Oil Pumps (not on all engine types)

Manual on and off commands can be set in these fields. If a single pump is
selected “off” while the engine is running, the second pump will start up
before the first one is switched off.

flexView-9520 User Card, Common Start Valves
Common Start Valves

This function allows separate testing of the two parallel acting solenoid valves
for the automatic start air valve.
With the next start, slow turning or air run the automatic start valve will be
controlled only by the enabled solenoid valve only. When starting air release is
stopped again, the field automatically triggers back to “enabled” condition.

flexView-9520 User Card, Heavy Sea Mode
Heavy Sea Mode

The heavy sea mode changes certain functions in the WECS-9520 to allow a
safe and stable engine operation during extremely rough weather and avoids
possible failing of a cylinder unit, if a single injector fails.
The common rail fuel pressure will be set to a fixed value of 700 bar.
All injectors are used for fuel injection over the entire load range.

flexView-9520 User Card, Injection cut off
Injection cut off

The injection on single cylinder units can be cut off with these fields.
WECS-9520 automatically triggers a slowdown to prevent engine overload.
The exhaust valve will remain in operation while the injection is cut off.
CAUTION:
If more than 1 cylinder is cut off, engine
vibrations can lead to dangerous resonance
condition due to misfiring. Make sure speed is
reduced sufficiently to prevent high torsional
vibrations. If possible avoid switching off firing-
order consecutive cylinders.

flexView-9520 User Card, Injection Venting
Injection Venting
This function allows a venting of the injector pipes and ICUs. It can be
selected to vent all or separate units. The function is blocked if the fuel rail
pressure is still higher than the injector needle opening pressure.
After selection, the venting process continues
for 30 seconds, then the fields automatically
revert to OFF condition, until selected again.

flexView-9520 User Card, Exhaust Valve Auto. / Manual
Exhaust Valve Automatic / Manual CMDs

This function allows separate testing of exhaust valves during engine at
standstill with reduced pressure from the control oil pumps.
AUTO Normal condition, valve closed

at engine standstill
MAN. OPEN Valve opens
MAN. CLOSE Valve closes
TURN. GEAR Valve opens while crankshaft is
turned through

flexView-9520 Adjust Card
Adjust Card (password protected)

The Adjust page allows changing miscellaneous parameters like artificially
optimize injection timing for ICUs with disconnected FQ sensors and it allows
to modify the injection timing and the exhaust valve closing within a certain
range for balancing the cylinder loads.

Access to Adjust Parameters
Login Adjust
For any parameter access a login menu pops up when
you try to change a value with «Shift» and «Arrow up» or
«Arrow down» keys. The password is “flexView” after
clicking ok all parameters become accessible for changes.
The Adjust level automatically switches back to normal

user level 15 minutes after the last parameter change.

flexView-9520 Adjust Card, Slow Turning & Aux. Blower
Slow Turning & Aux. Blower Settings

Slow turning trigger pulse time and the period time are set with these
parameters. Standard setting is a pulse of 0.10s per each second for the
starting pilot valves on the cylinder covers.
The auxiliary blowers start and cut off levels are set in the lower fields.

flexView-9520 Adjust Card, CA Sensor
CA Sensor Offset
With cylinder #1 at TDC, the CA-sensors should indicate 0.0<° in the fields
Crank angle 1/2.
If required, any indicated offset can be entered in the upper CA 1/2 Offset
field, the corrected crank angle indication will change to 0.0<°.
CAUTION:
Wrong adjustment can cause a
WECS critical failure and shut
down the engine immediately!

flexView-9520 Adjust Card, TDC Offset
TDC Offset
The TDC angle is measured with a pickup from a target on the flywheel. When
the engine is at standstill or turned with the turning gear, TDC indication
changes from Gap to Tooth while the target is passing the pickup.
The Measured TDC Angle is only updated when the engine is running! This
angle shifts to a higher value in dependence of the engine speed. The offset is
adjusted to 0.0 <° at approximately the middle of the engine’s speed range,
therefore it is not zero at engine standstill !
CAUTION:
Wrong adjustment can cause a
WECS critical failure and shut
down the engine immediately!

flexView-9520 Artificial Injection Quantity Feedback Tuning
Artificial Injection Quantity Feedback Tuning

If a defective fuel quantity sensor is disconnected from an ICU, the WECS-
9520 uses an artificial fuel quantity feedback ramp instead of the sensor
signal. This ramp gives an artificially rising mA feedback, whose fixed
steepness (=injected fuel per ms) can be different from the real injection. The
ramp’s length corresponds to the actual fuel command from the governor /
MCP.
WECS now uses an injection-time control instead of the normal volumetric
control. With a same fuel command the real injection time gets shorter, the
steeper the angle of this ramp is set. This can lead to some load- and exhaust
gas temp. deviation between the normal cylinders and the one(s) working with
this emergency setting.

flexView-9520 Artificial Injection Quantity Feedback Tuning
The artificial injection quantity FB Tuning allows setting this steepness of the
ICU “Emergency Feedback” and balancing the cylinder load during this
operational mode.
The higher the [%/ms] parameter is set, the faster the faked “virtual fuel qty.
sensor” moves and the earlier the injection cycle is terminated. => Less
cylinder power.
Also the real injection begin angle cannot be measured in this emergency
mode. But the artificial deadtime allows a shifting of this angle, relative to the
injection command given by the WECS.
The higher the artificial deadtime [ms] parameter is set, the earlier WECS
triggers the injection command. => Higher firing pressure, lower exhaust gas
temperature.

flexView-9520 Adjust Card, Control Oil Pumps
Control Oil Pumps (only with Bosch S/O pumps)
This field allows varying the load at which the second running control oil pump
is switched off.
Possible range is 40 - 60% engine load. This function can be used to prevent
repeated starting and stopping of the second pump, if the engine is
permanently operated at e.g. 50% with slight load variations.

flexView-9520 Adjust Card, Exhaust Valve Closing Offset
Exhaust Valve Closing Offset
These fields allow the user to balance the cylinder compression by advancing
or retarding the exhaust valve closing angle of separate cylinder units in a
range of:
3.0<° (later closing, less compression)
down to
-3.0<° (earlier closing, higher compression).
Note: The average must remain in range of +/- 0.5 <°

flexView-9520 Adjust Card, Injection Begin Offset
Injection Begin Offset
These fields allow the user to balance the cylinder load between separate
units by advancing or retarding single injection begin angles in a range of:
1.5<° (later injection, less combustion
pressure)
-1.5<° (earlier injection, higher
combustion pressure).
Note: The average must remain in range of +/- 0.2 <°

flexView-9520 Adjust Card, Injection Correction Factor
Injection Correction Factor

These user fields allow adapting the cylinder load on individual cylinder units
down to 80% of the actual fuel command.
This function can be used for running-in new liners/piston rings or if there is
any operational trouble on a specific cylinder.
Cylinder units with too low firing pressure can be adapted to get a slightly
larger fuel command share, thus on single units the value can be increased
up to 110%.

CAUTION:
Wrong adjustment can lead to cylinder overpressure and
consequent damage of liner and piston rings.
Any parameter change should be done in small steps and
proper pmax and injection timing have to be verified on the
affected cylinder units with hand drawn pressure diagrams
if no cylinder monitoring system is installed !

flexView-9520 LUB Cards
LUB Cards
The LUB card contains the user parameters to adjust the lubrication feed
rate, to initiate manual lubrication and to monitor ALM status and amount of
lubrication oil pulses within a selectable time range.

flexView-9520 LUB Cards, Feed Rate
Feed Rate
In these fields the feed rate can be set for each cylinder
unit. The values can be adjusted between 0.6 g/kWh
and 1.6 g/kWh.
Different lubrication feed rates at different cylinder units

cause a drop down menu to appear at the bottom field
“Set to all”. This “Set to all” field allows to (re-)set
different cylinder unit feed rates to a common value.
Note: Set cursor to a character of the text “Set to all”

and press “F1” to call up a brief help menu on “Multi-
Target-Scalars”.
To set all values to an equal value open the dropdown
menu and select the corresponding value.
Then press «Enter».

flexView-9520 LUB Cards, Feed Rate
The selected value is shown with a blue background.
The indicated value can now be changed by using

«Shift» and «Arrow up» or «Arrow down» keys
(e.g. to 1.25 g/kWh).
With «Shift» and «Enter» all values are set to

selected value

flexView-9520 LUB Cards, Manual Lubrication
Manual Lubrication
In the upper field a single cylinder unit can be selected for manual
lubrication.
The number of pulses is adjustable in the lower filed.

flexView-9520 LUB Cards, Pulse Counters
Pulse counters
The number of counted pulses is indicated per cylinder unit in the “No. of
Command” column.
The measured peak pressure of the injected lubrication oil is indicated in the
column “Peak Pressure”.
The counter restarts again after the time selected in the field “Timer for
Memory”.
The counter can be reset to zero by changing the “Reset Counter” field from
“ready” to “reset”.

flexView-9520 LUB Cards, Pulse Counters
There are two options in “Selected:” field for the pulse counters:
Memory: This selection updated the indicated number of pulses only
after the adjusted time for memory has elapsed and updates again only
after next passing of the adjusted time.
Counter: This selection continuously counts up the pulses until the
memory timer has elapsed. Then it starts again from zero.

flexView-9520 LUB Cards, ALM Status
ALM Status Indication
This column shows the state of the lubrication module

on the separate cylinder units.
The different indications are:

OK Unit in normal operation
Download FCM downloads software into ALM
Failure No communication to the ALM module
??? No data available

flexView-9520 LUB-Par Card
LUB-Par Card
This card shows detailed pulse lubrication parameter-settings and indicates the ALM
Deadtime. Further lubrication share rates are indicated in the columns Into/Below. The
difference of these fields to 100% is the share for “above” (i.e. in below picture 60%).
This information might be useful for any feedback to Wärtsilä service or customer
support.
Note: Blue colour values are indications

flexView-9520 SW-Info Card
SW-Info Card
This card indicates detailed information on the software currently installed in the
WECS FCM-20 modules on the engine. This information might be useful for any
feedback to Wärtsilä service or customer support.

flexView-9520 View Menu
View Menu
In the View Menu, different trend menus for monitoring the RT-flex common
rail system and two special fast trends to record the performances of the
exhaust valve drive system and of the injection system including the injection
control unit ICU can be select.

flexView-9520 View Menu, Open Trend
Open Trend Menu

The Open Trend menu offers 4 different standard trends.

flexView-9520 View Menu, Open Trend
Show shape indicates separate data points as dots on the measuring curves.
Update time defines how often the screen data-points are updated.
Max = All other flexView cards will be frozen, data exchange between WECS-9520
and fV is used only for trend-data Visible time range defines the visible time frame
on the trend screen.
High = All received values are indicated.
Visible Time Range changes the
timescale.
Trend time range defines the time
frame that will be stored in the flexView
database. After this time has elapsed,
the latest data of the time range length
remains stored, when a trend is saved.

flexView-9520 View Menu, Exhaust Valve Curve
Exhaust Valve Curve

The exhaust valve curve records precise trends from single opening or
closing strokes of individual exhaust valves.
These functions help to detect erratic performance of single units. Each
trend is triggered by the corresponding WECS-9520 command.
Curves from different cylinders can be recorded together to verify
suspicious behaviour with “normally” performing exhaust valves.

Trend with exhaust valves opening strokes.

Cylinder #7 shows faulty sensor feedback.
Trend with exhaust valves closing strokes.

Cylinder #7 shows faulty sensor feedback.
flexView-9520 View Menu, Injection Curve
The Injection Curve

The injection valve curve records precise trends of individual ICUs. This
function helps to detect erratic performance of single units.
Each trend is triggered by the corresponding WECS command.
Curves from different cylinders can be recorded together to verify
suspicious behaviour with “normal” performing ICUs.
At high engine load the screen shows only the important part of the curves.

All ICU measuring curves at very low engine load.

Begin dead time and the injection stroke of the ICU’s

quantity piston feedbacks.

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Aim of the Training

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Basic information about flexView:

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flexView connection at the manual control panel in ECR

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CAN – USB converter

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flexView has different access levels, controlled by USB dongles of different

 Blue: Crew, Operator

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The flexView window is divided in two separate main-cards where different

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Shut down on Safety System or

Background colour of active failures is failure type colour.

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Alarm Page Online - Help for Troubleshooting

) After double-clicking failure designations, a window with

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Engine speed (n)

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Used for Injection

Fuel Command PCS

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WECS Fuel Command Limiter

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Fuel Rail Pressure

 The pressure “Setpoint” defined by WECS SW for the actual load-point.

 The “Actuator output” in percentage of the available fuel rack stroke.

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Servo Oil Pressure

 The pressure “Setpoint reference” defined by WECS SW for the actual

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Fuel Injection Timing

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Exhaust Opening / Closing angle

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The Manoeuvring Orders show the engine

Pump Control displays the commands to the

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WECS Failures shows the different alarm

NOTE: Engines equipped with alarm

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Exhaust Valve Card

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Exhaust Valve Actuator

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Control Oil Pumps (not on all engine types)

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Common Start Valves

Blue: Crew, Operator

The pressure “Setpoint” defined by WECS SW for the actual load-point.

The “Actuator output” in percentage of the available fuel rack stroke.

The pressure “Setpoint reference” defined by WECS SW for the actual

First push the «Shift» key and keep it depressed.