Rockwell Automation T7836 ICS Regent+Plus PDS to Winternet Conversion Package - Manual (Page 9)

PDS to W INTERPRET Conversion Package (T7836)
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In order to implement the same operations the peer-to-peer
function blocks performed, you should generate a printout of
your PDS peer-to-peer function blocks, I/O configuration and
shared variable configurations using the PDS software. These
printouts will assist you in performing the necessary editing
and configuration of the Guarded Peer-Link functions in
W
INTERPRET .
For more details, refer to the product description PD-6041
“Communications Package for W
INTERPRET ” which describes
the operation and configuration requirements for Guarded
Peer-Link communications.
Scaling Function Blocks
Scale and Unscale Operation
In PDS the type of scaling operation (scale or unscale) was
determined by the type of variable entered in the “analog”
column of the scaling editor. In W
INTERPRET , the user enters
the operation type for each scaling entry. The conversion
program uses a temporary dictionary created from the entries
in the PDS symbol table to determine the type of scaling
operation. When the analog variable type is an output, the
conversion creates an unscale operation. All other tag types
are converted to scale operations.
Alarm Contacts
In W INTERPRET , each scaling entry can be configured with
alarm limits and alarm contacts. The PDS scaling function
block did not have alarm limits or alarm contacts so these
fields are made empty.
Scaling Entry Description
The PDS scaling function block entry descriptions are not
converted. In W
INTERPRET the description fields are
automatically linked to the result variable tag name
descriptions defined in the shared variable editor.
Control Parameters
In W INTERPRET , the scaling function block can be configured
with control parameters which govern the execution of the
scaling function block. The PDS scaling function block did not
include these control parameters. In the converted