MarkVIe Maintenance Class

Monitoring I/O

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Objectives

Learn how to locate and identify any I/O Point

Learn how to monitor and override (Force) any
I/O point
Learn how to generate and read I/O Reports

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Overview
Local VS Remote I/O
General Purpose I/O
Turbine Specific I/O
Uploading from Controller
Forcing Logic and Analog signals
I/O Report
Drawings

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Remote and Local I/O
Supports 2 main types of
I/O – Local and Remote

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General Purpose I/O

Contact Inputs
Contact Outputs
RTD’s
TC’s
Analog Inputs
Analog Outputs

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Turbine Specific I/O

Servo
Vibration
Speed inputs
Primary Trip
Backup Trip

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Panel Layout Drawing
Location of
boards
01 case
1A1A Location
Type of board
and IOPacks
TBAIHIC
PAIC
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I/O Variables Report
Self Documenting Feature
Information allows us to t/s down to the T/B
and Screw.
Open the Component Editor for the MarkVIe
device

View

Reports

I/O Report

Variables Report
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I/O Variables Report -2

Double click on a line places the user where

the I/O point is configured

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I/O Variables Report -3

Explain details
Give an example
Exercise to re-enforce learning

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TCP/IP Address for I/O Packs
The base addresses for I/O Packs
are –

R 192.168.1.x - Red

S 192.168.2.x - Black

T 192.168.3.x - Blue
Where X is the Pack number from
the hardware tab of the
configuration editor.
PAIC-21 ‘s T IONet address would
be 192.168.3.21
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Configuring I/O Packs

Required – I/O Pack must be communicating

and working for control to reach controlling
state on bootup
Barcode Number – Number from T/B that I/O
Pack is connected to.
If Barcode number is incorrect the I/O Pack will
not communicate with the controller

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Hardware Revisions
May be obtained through Component editor,
hardware tab, or IO Variables Report

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Hardware Revisions -2

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 Redundancy Configuration
Controller Redundancy Configuration

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Redundancy Configuration –2

IONet Redundancy
Configuration

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Redundancy Configuration –3

I/O PACK
Redundancy

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UDH Network Configuration

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EGD Information

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Forcing I/O Points

Must be
forced at
hardware
tab
Double
click on
green live
value

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Forcing EGD Points

Select the
EGD Tab
Double Click
on live value

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Viewing Forced Variables

In component editor

View

Forced Variables
Or <Control>+<Shift>+<f>

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Viewing Forced Variables -2

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Uploading from MarkVIe Device
Component Editor

Device

Upload
Follow the wizard’s questions.
Will first backup the device that was open by
creating G1_date as a new device added to the
system.
Then uploads from controller to device G1.
File>Compare Devices shows differences.

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Lab #3

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