Pressure Control Apparatus

Digital Control Manual

IT-5201

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 TABLE OF CONTENTS

Software Installation ....................................................................................................03

Software Guide ............................................................................................................07
Experiment 1. PID Control of Pressure .......................................................................15
Experiment 2. ON/OFF Control of Pressure................................................................19
List of Accessories .......................................................................................................23

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 Software Installation

In order to successfully implement the system, Pressure Control Apparatus software needs
to be installed. Please follow the steps below to install the software:

1. Open installer folder and run "Setup".

2. Wait a few seconds to load setup. The installer initializes as shown below.

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3. Click next to install the application in the default path as shown below.

4. Again press next, accept the license agreement verify the review summary as shown in
below then click next.

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5. The installation progress is shown below.

6. Press Next and finish installation.

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7. After installation user can find the Pressure Control Apparatus icon on the desktop to
run the application.

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 Driver installation

When the software installation is finished then the driver installer initializes as shown below.

1. Press Next, accept the license agreement verify and review summary as shown below.

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2. After the Installation press finish button as shown in figure.

Restart your PC

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 Software Guide

Process Control software has two main tabs, named “Parameters” and “Data”. These Tabs are
explained below.

 Parameters Tab:
Following figure highlight the main functions of Parameters tab.

Select Tab here 01 02

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FIG A: Parameter Tab

A brief description of these functions is given on the next page.

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1) Serial port:

This control has a prime importance in this software because this

selects the device in the software, and if the device is not selected
properly, Software will not work properly.

To start software user must select the right communication port

connected to PC. If the user is not able to choose the correct device, he
has to check the device in properties of his PC. The procedure to find
the correct communication port is described below,

Step 1: First Right-click on my computer and then select Properties from the drop-down menu.
As shown in the figure.

Step 2: Click on Device Manager, and then a window of device manager will appear

as shown.

USB Serial Port Comx

In this window, Find Ports and double click on it. Check Devices name with COM x, x could be
any number, Find com ports with USB serial port and try them one by one in your software. If
any of com ports you find here are not showing in software, then press the “Refresh” button in
Serial Port drop-down menu of software.

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2) Connectivity:

This function will indicate whether the device is connected with the software or not. If the device
is connected, then the indication will be green, and if the device is not connected, then the
indication will be red.

3) Write Hysteresis:

This function will allow user to write hysteresis value.

4) Write PID Values:

This function will allow user to write PID values to controller.

5) Load Default Values:

This function allow user to write the default stable PID values to controller. During an
experiment the user can click on this button to instantly write the stable PID values to the
controller.

6) Acquisition Rate:

This function allow user to change the data acquisition rate for the table. The default acquisition
rate is 2 seconds.

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  Data Tab:
Following figure highlight the main functions of Data tab.

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Fig B: Data Tab

A brief description of these functions is given on the next page.

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1) Write Control Mode:

This function will allow user to select the control mode for the experiment. The control mode
can be PID or ON/OFF.

2) Acquire Data:

This function allow user to start and stop the data acquisition for Table and Graph.

3) Console window:

This button will open the console window.

4) Graph window:

This button will open the graph window. The figure below is showing the graph window. There
are two graphs in the graph window; the upper graph is the graph of PV, SV and MV with
respect to time while the lower graph is the graph of controller outputs with respect to time.

To start populating the graph, user has to press Acquire Data button.

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5) Table window:

This button will open the Table window. To start populating the table, user has to press the
Acquire Data button and check on the Start table Data option. Below is the figure of Table
window.

6) Save Picture:

This function allow user to save the current screen shot of the software.

7) Clear:

This function allow user to clear the graph and table data.

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8) Generate report:

The user can press the “Generate Report” button to generate excel report against User Name and
User ID. The program will stop after the generation of the report. The excel report snapshot is
given below.

9) Process diagram:

When user starts an experiment, the process diagram of that experiment is loaded in this block.
This diagram contains different indicators corresponding to that experiment.

10) Output indicator:

This indicator shows the status of output. The indicator will turn green whenever the
corresponding output will be high.

11) Control Mode indicator:

This indicator shows whether the control mode is PID control or ON/OFF control.

12) Set Value:

This function allow user to write and change the set value during experiment.

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13) PID parameters indicator:

This indicator shows the PID parameters written on the controller.

14) Value indicator:

The runtime values of PV, SV and MV are displayed here.

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EXPERIMENT 1
PID PRESSURE CONTROL

Make connections & adjustments for Pressure Control experiment as mentioned below.

 DRAIN VALVE Fully closed.

 NEEDLE VALVE Adjustable during experiment.

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1. Digital Controller will replace the Analog Control section. Digital Controller will perform
PID, Proportional & ON-OFF control as required by the experiment to be performed.
2. Connect the digital controller for Pressure Control experiment as shown in Fig. 1-1.

Fig. 1-1

1. Connect the trainer with PC using USB cable.

2. Turn ON the trainer.
3. Run the Pressure Control software and go to the Parameters tab, connect the trainer with
relevant PC COM port. If there is a problem connecting to a PC, refer to page number 10 for
further instructions.
4. Now go to the Control Mode in Data tab, select the control mode as PID and press the Set
button as shown in Fig 1-2.

Fig 1-2

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5. The default values of PID for stable Pressure control will automatically load on controller.
6. After writing these values to controller you can read these values on Data tab.
SV represents the Set Value. This value is set by the user. (This value will be set in
percentage. For example if we set it to 100%, it will be equal to 2 bar and 0% will be equal
to 0 bar.)
7. Now change the Set value to a desired pressure. You will notice that the controller will start
to maintain the set pressure.
8. To start acquiring data for graph and table, click on the button Acquire Data.
9. Open the Graph window to see runtime graph of the process as shown in
Fig 1-3. The graph window is further explained on page no 13.

Fig 1-3
10. Click on the Table button to switch to table format. You will notice that there are no entries
in table yet.
11. To start populating the table, check the box Start Table Data in Data tab as shown in Fig 1-
4.

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 Fig 1-4

12. Generate Report button allow user to save this acquired data in the form of a report in Excel
sheet format against given User name and User id. (Note: After generating report the
experiment will end and software will be stopped, to start the experiment again click on the
run button on the top left corner as shown in Fig1-5.)

Fig 1-5

13. Current snapshot of any window in Data tab can be saved. Click on Save Picture button.
This will save the console snapshot picture on the path defined by user.

14. Now open or close the needle valve to add error in the system and change the PID values
from controller settings in Parameters tab and see behavior of system on different values of
PID control.

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EXPERIMENT 2
ON/OFF PRESSURE CONTROL

Make connections & adjustments for Pressure Control experiment as mentioned below

 DRAIN VALVE fully closed

 NEEDLE VALVE fully closed

 Set point 1 Value 6 ~ 8 Volts

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1. Digital Controller will replace the Analog Control section. Digital Controller will perform
PID, Proportional & ON-OFF control as required by the experiment to be performed.
2. Connect the digital controller for Pressure Control experiment as shown in Fig. 2-1.

Fig. 2-1

3. Run the Pressure Control software and go to the Parameters tab, connect the trainer with
relevant PC COM port. If there is a problem connecting to a PC, refer to page number 10 for
further instructions.
4. Now go to the Control Mode settings in Data tab, select the control mode as ON/OFF and
press the Set button as shown in Fig 2-2.

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 Fig 2-2
5. SV represents the Set Value. This value is set by the user. (This value will be set in
percentage. For example if we set it to 100%, it will be equal to 2 bar and 0% will be equal
to 0 bar.)
6. Now Change the Set value to a desired pressure. You will notice that the controller will start
to maintain the set pressure.
7. To start acquiring data for graph and table, click on the button Acquire Data.
8. Open the Graph window to see the runtime graph of the process as shown in
Fig 2-3. The graph window is further explained on page no 13.

Fig 2-3
9. Click on the Table button to switch to table format. You will notice that there are no entries
in table yet.

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10. To start populating the table check the box Start Table Data in Data tab as shown in Fig 2-
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Fig 2-4

11. Generate Report button allow user to save this acquired data in the form of a report in Excel
sheet format against given User name and User id. (Note: After generating report the
experiment will end and software will be stopped, to start the experiment again click on the
run button on the top left corner as shown in fig 2-5.)

Fig 2-5

12. Current snapshot of any window in Data tab can be saved. Click on Save Picture button.
This will save the Console snapshot picture on the path defined by user.

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LIST OF ACCESSORIES

 USB to USB Cable

 Manual

 Software CD

 Tuner flat head

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