Diagnostic Tools

The GE Control System Toolbox is a Windows®-based operator interface program used to configure, tune, and monitor FCRís. Its user-friendly interface by using diagrams to view signal flow, sequencing, and regulator control in the FCR, which helps the operator in all levels of setup and operation with password security levels for protecting the configuration.

Regulation and sequencing is driven by a set of parameters which can be edited/monitored using any of three operator-selected methods:

• Functionally organized menus block diagrams that detail the regulators and sequencing function.
• Wizards that guide the user through a complete drive configuration and tune-ups.
• The drive control window which allows the user to control the system from the toolbox, having the look and feel of the drive diagnostic Interface.

Trend Recorder

The trend recorder monitors and graphs signal values from toolbox and graphs data collection analysis (.dca) files. Data can also be saved and exported for other applications, such as spreadsheets like Microsoft Excel.

This application is configured using drag-and-drop to move a variable from the block diagram view to the trend recorder window which has an intuitive VCR-style interface for data record and playback. Live data can be sampled and viewed as fast as 20 ms.

It uses three methods to collect data:

Real Time
Mode is for low-to-medium-data collection rates, typically used for live monitoring.

Capture Buffer
Using the trace back data feature which trends several preset variables at high speed, during fault events and save them on non volatile memory for its post-analysis.

Data Historian
mode for historical data contained *.Dca files. a given trend can display one or multiple data historian files using an innovation series controller, and a personal computer (pc). The program runs in the background as a service on the pc that is running the windows nt operating
system and records the values of any egd or srtp signal on any ethernet connected to the pc on which the program is running.

Trace Back Data

If you experience a fault on FCR equipment, Toolbox allows you to view Fault History and Traceback Data. This feature is capable to collect up to 8 events, and several selected variables at speeds up to 244 us storing the event on non volatile memory, remaining even while powering down the equipment. It also eliminates the need of using an oscilloscope during the failure solution, because it is able to display the information of these variables in a trend recorder window.