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MARK VI SYSTEM CONFIGURATION

(A Step by Step guide)


1) Usually the Mark6 controller should have an IP address like 192.168.101.111.
2) Once the rack is ON and the Ethernet connection from HMI to Mark6 is
complete you can ping for connectivity: open a DOS windows and type:
ping 192.168.101.111 (IP address of the controller)--------This is to check
whether the HMI and the MarkVI controller is connected or not.
3) If the ping is ok then go to point 20.
4) Otherwise verify the hardware (cable properly plugged, the port on HMI is
the UDH, HUB switched ON, HUB and ethernet ports led blinking, etc).
5) If the hardware looks OK then maybe the IP address on Mark6 is different
and we need the Serial loader.
6) Refer to GEH-6403 / Chapter 3 / Software Set-up for Serial Loader
instruction for more details.
7) You need the 9 pins Micro Port (usually on Mark6 spare part) to connect the
UCVE COM1 to a Serial port on HMI.
8) Jump the INITIALIZE FLASH PROCEDURE, follow only the CONFIGURE
TCP/IP.
9) To start the Serial Loader from the Start menu, select Programs, GE Control
Systems Solutions, Mark VI Controller, and Serial Loader. The Serial Loader
dialog box displays.
10) Check the Display Summary Information box.
11) Click Start Command(s).
12) Take note of the actual TCP/IP address.
13) Click on TCP/IP Setting and insert the proper parameters, as you found on m6b
file.

14)
15) Save setting and OK
16) In the Serial Loader dialog box, check Configure TCP/IP
17) Click Start Command(s).
18) After the command completes, reboot the controller for the change to take
effect.
19) Back to point 2
20) Once the PING is OK, the hardware and Port configuration are OK.
21) Create new SITE folder in E drive.
22) Copy all software into SITE like cimproj, unit1,2,3 etc these are common to
all units.
23) Then copy unit specific files like hyd starter, ge fanuc plc files, Bentley etc in
the site folder.
24) IOPORTS.DAT, TIMEZONE.DAT, CONFIG.DAT are to be present in SITE.
25) .m6b and .syb files are the only files that are initially needed in the each unit
folders. All other files are created during various sequence of the
configuration.
26) The system file (*.syb ) include all the information common for all the system,
such as the Scales. This file should exist already on the HMI. Search that file
on the HMI’s, if not available request a new one or create it. The new one will
arrive as a *.tre file, to be opened, Validated and saved as sys1.syb. Last
option is to create it through the m6b file…….. With “*m6b” file open select
from toolbar File\New, under system configuration select System Information.
This will create a “.syb file”
27) Return to “*m6b” and under External signal definitions highlight and copy
all scales.
28) Return to the newly created Sys file and under scale definitions paste the scale
definitions taken from the “*m6b” file.
29) Double click on file and select Turbine option (This will allow scales to be
Imperial and Metric)
30) Validate Sys file and under options select Put into Database.
31) Configuring SDB: open m6b file / options / settings / database
For a single unit system, create a new folder SDB at E/SITE. Select server
name as “local host” and path as E:\Site\SDB. For multiunit system there
should be only one SDB. This common SDB is maintained generally in the
local HMI of unit-1 or common engineering HMI if any. For unit 1, select
server name as “local host” and path as E:\Site\SDB. For Other units select
server name as “192.168.1.1.111 (IP of the HMI where SDB is located)” and
path as E:\Site\SDB. Hit OK.
32) SDB selection for a multiunit is shown below,

33) To build the database, follow the put-get steps as below,


34) m6b/put
35) syb/put/validate
36) m6b/get/validate/build/save
37) HMI reboot
38) download application code (uncheck download to memory). If unable to
download due to version mismatch, then download product code (runtime).
39) device/download/product code (runtime)
40) normally 6 boxes will be checked, if not sure what to check, use Scan
Hardware
41) Reboot/yes
42) Device/download/application code/ reboot
43) m6b offline – reboot Mark VI
44) online, control equal or control/major/minor – then goto 46
45) If Fail/equal --- then the firmware has to be downloaded as below,
46) VCMI/ rt click/ download/ check download firmware
47) Rack 0 channel R/ rt click/ download/ check download firmware/ok
48) protective (rack8 channel rst)/ rt click / download/ check download
firmware/ok / check all channels.
49) Reboot Mark VI and VPRO
50) Now u will get control/equal/major/minor
51) Download application code for getting control/equal.
52) Once the controller to HMI communication is established, controller to
cimplicity communication to be established. The *.hmb file is used to convert
all the information on the SDB to the files necessary by the TCI to allow the
functionality of the Cimplicity. If it’s not available, can be easily created:
53) From Toolbox, FILE/NEW, select SYSTEM CONFIGURATION, HMI
CONFIGURATION;
54) With the *.hmb open, select “Option” and Privilege 2
55) Right click on the top of tree “HMDV1” and select “Modify”.
56) Verify the information and modify if necessary:
57) Configuration name: leave it as it is
58) PDH: put the information related to the PDH port, it’s important the IP
address (unique for each HMI and same as Network Settings).
59) UDH: put the information related to the UDH port, it’s important the IP
address (unique for each HMI and same as Network Settings).
60) HMI project file: the path of the Cimplicity project *.gef
61) Under Hardware and I/O Definitions add the EGD Exchanges:
62) Right click -> Insert First, select EGD1
63) Right click on EGD1 -> Insert First, select all the Exchanges
64) OK, Validate and Save.
65) put into database
66) Save in unit folder
67) All files are created and final database update has to be done
68) sys1.syb put/ save and close
69) m6b / put /save
70) hmb / put
71) m6b / get / validate / build
72) hmb/get/validate/build
73) HMI reboot
74) m6b/online --- now it will be in control/ download/application code
75) Control / equal major
76) Open the Cimplicity project and you should be able to see live data on the
screens.
77) If you are configuring other units like unit2 or 3, then do final put-get in the
main unit1 where SDB exists. Do not forget to select newly added EGDs in the
hmdv1,hmb file. Hardware and IO / rt click / insert first / select all the EGDs
including newly added ones.

Configuration Done
Check also the hosts file and see if all the IP addresses are updated. This file exists at
C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\etc. Open it with notepad and activate the IP addresses if
not already active just by removing the “#” symbol.
Add IP address of all nodes connected to that HMI including Bentley
Nevada, GE Fanuc, DCS etc.

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