Sterlco A3 Blender Control and Data Acquisition Software - Manual (Page 54)

Page Number 54
Chapter
3
Application Screens
A3 software has many screens that can be accessed:
• Virtual Control Panel for each unit. This is used to start or stop
the unit and to monitor the current recipe and inventories.
• Alarm Log for each unit. This is used to view the alarm history of
each device.
• Change Recipe Page. This is used to change the running recipe
of a device
• Recipe Book. This is used to store recipes for later recall by an
operator.
• Batch Data Page for each unit. This is used to view the actual
weight of each batch using a visual graph.
• Uptime Data Page. This shows the percentage of time each
device has been in the “Run” mode.
• SCADA Scan Times Page. This page is used to determine the
refresh rate of each device.
• Memory Status Page. This page shows the amount of memory
that the program is consuming as well as the amount of free
memory left on the PC.
• Data Parameters Page. This page show the current enabled data
parameters for each device and is useful for customers wishing to
develop their own SCADA front end to the blenders.
Overview
This chapter is to give you information on screen access and details.