UDH Networking

MarkVIe Maintenance Class

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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 to be exchanged with other GE devices
(MarkVI, MarkVIe, GE PLC’s, Cimplicity) must be
put 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 producers 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 one who’s
configuration is not applicable to 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 get the EGD
information from the SDB for the producer’s
EGD information.
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Getting EGD data from a legacy
device into a MarkVIe controller
Open the producing device .m6b file, set
privilege level to 2 (options, privilege 2,
password “site2”
Select Device, Put into database full

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Getting EGD data from a legacy
device into a MarkVIe controller -2
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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Getting EGD data from a legacy
device into a MarkVIe controller -3
All of the information from the SDB for all
devices is now available in the ToolboxST
system. Provided the MarkVIe device has the
external device referenced in the EGD page of
the component editor

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 Getting EGD data from a legacy
device into a MarkVIe controller -4
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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Getting EGD data from a legacy
device into a MarkVIe controller -5
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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Getting EGD data from a legacy
device into a MarkVIe controller -6
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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 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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Publishing a MarkVIe signal -4
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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