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Posts from...
Tuesday, September 9, 2008
from the instrumentation department...
PID tuning help
Topic: Motion control, servos, steppers, etc.
Originally posted by pk on 8 September, 2008 - 4:57 pm
Oscillations in control system.
New Replies:
By Morpheus on 9 September, 2008 - 1:16 am -
Hi there, Have you tried using the offline tuning method? If possible, try to do a step test and...
By George Younkin on 9 September, 2008 - 12:41 am -
pk, If it will be of any help, I can email documents on the basics of PID to you. Contact me if...
from the Instrument department...
CS3000 Yokogawa DCS
Topic: Engineering and workplace issues.
Originally posted by Imran on 8 September, 2008 - 4:44 pm
Isolation of operating station by changing the position of terminating resistor on CS3000 DCS failed.
New Replies:
By Shahid Waqas on 9 September, 2008 - 1:14 am -
It would be a good idea to contact your local Yokogawa service centre. They would help you in...
By wboyes on 9 September, 2008 - 12:52 am -
For your sake, and the sake of your co-workers, PLEASE call Yokogawa for assistance. Replacing...
from the Automation List department...
Mark 5. Analog I/O card problem
Topic: Continuous process industries, DCS questions.
Originally posted by rabia on 28 August, 2008 - 9:47 am
Analog I/O card replaced in <T> core, but processor booted up till A6 (should have gone till A7 for okay status) and indicated "I/O card missing alarm"
New Replies:
By rabia on 9 September, 2008 - 1:06 am -
Anyone has any info to share??...
from the Old Days department...
Vintage Field Instrumentation
Topic: Information resources, documentation.
Originally posted by stemp on 6 September, 2008 - 2:02 pm
need information for absolete field Instrument
from the Automation List department...
Inheritance (object-oriented) in PLC programming?
Topic: Software, including programming, OS issues, etc.
Originally posted by Zen Master Soso on 1 August, 2008 - 11:22 pm
Does any PLC programming software implement the object-oriented-programming concept of "inheritance"?
New Replies:
By James Ingraham on 9 September, 2008 - 1:04 am -
"...if you insist to use the OOP-style order, I have no objections." Well, it's not so...
from the Control Engineer department...
Mark 6 - VPRO diagnostic alarm
Topic: Application Questions and Problems
Originally posted by AmAm on 17 August, 2008 - 12:46 pm
we experience the following alarm diagostic alarm on VPRO Z: The solenoid voltage 06 mismatch request state.
New Replies:
By CSA on 9 September, 2008 - 1:00 am -
There's a couple more things I want to bring up here. You mentioned disabling monitoring of contact...
from the Automation List department...
Annubar calculation
Topic: Application Questions and Problems
Originally posted by bekazemian on 8 September, 2008 - 5:22 pm
Our annubar was broken.
New Replies:
By wboyes on 9 September, 2008 - 12:58 am -
You have an inserted hollow stick, with holes in it, in a 52" diameter pipe, flowing 2000 T/h....
from the gas turbines department...
MarkV controls
Topic: Application Questions and Problems
Originally posted by ankarao on 8 September, 2008 - 4:52 pm
MarkV controls problem
New Replies:
By CSA on 9 September, 2008 - 12:52 am -
If you look in the Mark V Maintenance Manual, GEH-5980, you will see that all of the cards which...
from the Instrumentation department...
Auto change over from ISCHO to Droop mode
Topic: Engineering and workplace issues.
Originally posted by Rajkumar on 29 August, 2008 - 4:57 pm
When we started the compressor, GTG output frequency dropped down and it was automatically changed to Droop mode...
New Replies:
By CSA on 9 September, 2008 - 12:45 am -
You should obtain the services of someone who's knowledgeable in Mark IV Speedtronic turbine...
from the Instrument and Control systems department...
New "DCS" control system selection
Topic: Continuous process industries, DCS questions.
Originally posted by George Whaley on 3 September, 2008 - 12:24 am
Requesting member feedback for the replacement selection of an existing petrochemical control system "DCS".
New Replies:
By wboyes on 9 September, 2008 - 12:45 am -
MTL recently sold the MOST system to GE Fanuc, who are just pleased as punch with their new...
By dsiler on 9 September, 2008 - 12:16 am -
I am not an Emerson Distributor, just an integrator that's been working with Delta V for 11 years...
from the Automation List department...
Restart GE Mark V HMI online?
Topic: Human-Machine Interface and SCADA.
Originally posted by dinster on 12 August, 2008 - 12:57 am
On why restarting Mark V HMI is not advisable.
New Replies:
By CSA on 9 September, 2008 - 12:40 am -
dinster, About the ONLY reason one would not want to re-boot a GE Mark V operator interface is...
from the Mark IV department...
Mark IV indication errors on startup
Topic: Continuous process industries, DCS questions.
Originally posted by John Tennyson on 30 July, 2008 - 11:52 pm
Indications jump or drop out at 3600 RPM for 15 seconds and than trip on IGV trouble.
New Replies:
By John Tennyson on 9 September, 2008 - 12:29 am -
To start with the battery. The voltage was suspect. We put in a new battery. The 125Vdc bus was...
from the Automation List department...
MKV Enumerated state command
Topic: Software, including programming, OS issues, etc.
Originally posted by martinc on 26 August, 2008 - 4:31 pm
Creating an enmurated state and adding to a user defined display
New Replies:
By Simon on 9 September, 2008 - 12:29 am -

Hi CSA,

I am a colleague of Martin's and have been working with him on this...

from the Algorithm department...
Back Propagation ANN
Topic: Engineering and workplace issues.
Posted by Hemlal on 9 September, 2008 - 12:23 am
How to train ANN using Matlab for given input and Target?
from the Automation List department...
Measuring static pressure in GT exhaust system
Topic: Information resources, documentation.
Posted by Mike H on 9 September, 2008 - 12:22 am
Measuring static pressure losses in exhaust duct on GE LM6000 gas turbine.
Topic: Motion control, servos, steppers, etc.
Originally posted by Anonymous on 5 August, 2002 - 12:28 pm
I design a interface circuit of sin/cos encoder,
but i don't know the amplitude of its output. Do different companies produce this kind of encoder with the same output voltage amplitude?
New Replies:
By Jim Miller on 9 September, 2008 - 12:17 am -
Chinmay, I am not sure what you mean exactly. It sounds as though you are looking for a...
from the Operation department...
Isochronous Control
Topic: Continuous process industries, DCS questions.
Originally posted by ST on 8 August, 2008 - 7:53 pm
Question on Isochronous Mode of Control
New Replies:
By DMello on 9 September, 2008 - 12:14 am -
For MKV - On main display there is no provision to change TNRI_CMD. You have to go to...
from the DLN Tuning department...
DLN Tuning gas turbines
Topic: Engineering and workplace issues.
Posted by Brian on 9 September, 2008 - 12:05 am
Can anyone explain to me the meaning of "DLN system tuning"?
from the Automation List department...
SCADA Evaluation
Topic: Software, including programming, OS issues, etc.
Posted by Ketan on 9 September, 2008 - 12:04 am
What are the parameters to be considered for SCADA system evaluation?
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