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Description
ProductVersionModule
HMI/SCADA - iFIX All All
Code : TIE
Vendor : GE Intelligent Platforms
Hardware Manufacturer : Texas Instruments
Notes : Available for use with FIX32 and iFIX only.

General

Platform Version Type
Windows NT4 / 2000 / XP(SP2) / Server 2003 / Vista (SP1) 6.40 NET

Supported
Devices

Device Manufacturer Comment
520 Texas Instruments -
530 Texas Instruments -
545 Texas Instruments -
555 Texas Instruments -
560 Texas Instruments -
565 Texas Instruments -
575 Texas Instruments -

Additional
Requirements

Software Manufacturer Vendor Part No. Comment
Microsoft TCP/IP Microsoft GE Fanuc Automation - -

Protocol

Type Supported Baud Rates Data Bits Stop Bits Parity Error Checking Hand Shaking Comment
Communication Network CAMP, NITP, and TCP/IP Network - - - - - CAMP allows longer poll blocks but does not work with older PLCs.

Supported
Data Types

Data Type Comment
ASCII 8-bit character
Digital ON/OFF status
Float 32-bit floating point (IEEE)
Signed Signed 16-bit integer
Slong/Long Signed and Unsigned 32-bit integer
Unsigned Unsigned 16-bit integer

Supported
Memory Types

Device Memory Type Comment
none

Commands

Device Command Description Uses
All Devices Read and Write - -

Signal
Conditionings

Signal Type Description Comment Typical Gain Convergance Range
12AL 12 Bit Binary Scaled to EGUs - Alarming on out of range Ignores most significant 4 bits (nibble). - -
12BN 12 Bit Binary Scaled to EGUs- No Alarming on out of range Ignores most significant 4 bits (nibble). - 0 - 4096
15AL 15 Bit Binary Scaled to EGUs - Alarming on out of range Ignores most significant bit. - -
15BN 15 Bit Binary Scaled to EGUs - No Alarming on out of range Ignores most significant bit. - 0 - 32767
20LP Scales the raw 16-bit value from a 4-20 mA value to an EGU value. (20LP - 20% LIN) - - -
20P 20 percent, intended for 4-20 mAmp sensors, range is 6400 to 32000 and scaled to DB block - - -
20P2 Scales the raw 16-bit value from a 4-20 mA value to an EGU value (linear scaling). - - -
20PR Scales the raw 16-bit value from a 4-20 mA value to an EGU value. Scales proportional to the Square Root of the raw range. (Diff pressure across orifice plate to indicate fluid flow). - - -
3BCD 3 Digit Binary Coded Decimal Scaled to EGUs. Alarming on out of range.
Ignores most significant 4 bits (nibble).		 - -
4BCD 4 Digit Binary Coded Decimal Scaled to EGUs. Alarming on out of range. - -
8AL 8 Bit Binary Scaled to EGUs - Alarming on out of range Ignores most significant byte. - -
8BN 8 Bit Binary Scaled to EGUs - No alarming on out of range Ignores most significant byte. - 255
DEC Divides by a power of 10 where the power x is entered in HW-Options. - - -
DHUN Divides raw value by 100. (Also works on long values). - - -
DTEN Divides raw value by 10. (Also works on long values). - - -
INT Forces value to be interpreted as a signed integer regardless of the data type of the poll record. (Allows you to mix signed and unsigned in one poll record). - - -
LIN Value scaled to EGUs Scaled PLC min/max to FIX min/max. No alarming on out of range. Signed and unsigned data types. - -
NEG Value is clamped from -32768 to +32767 and scaled to EGU range in data base block - - -
NEG1 Value is clamped from -32000 to +32000 and scaled to EGU range in data base block. - - -
NLIN Scaled PLC Min/Max to -32768 to 32767 - - -32768 - 32767
NONE Returns raw value Raw Data. No alarming on out of range. - -
PROP User configurable raw range (edited in HW-options) Scales user defined raw range entered in the HW-Options field to EGU range (Linear Scaling). - -
ROOT User configurable raw range scaled proportional to the square root of raw value (edited in HW-options) - - -
S&M Shift and Mask - bit field to analog extraction Shift and Masks shifts the raw value left by SHIFT then ANDS the result with MASK where SHIFT:MASK is entered in the HW-Options. Also works on long values. - -
TNO1 Scales input value from a range of 0 - 32000 to the EGU limits. Range checking and alarming performed and Over/Under range values clamped at Hi/Lo limits.      
TNON Value is clamped at 0 to 32767 and scaled to EGU range in data base block - - -
UINT Forces the value to be interpreted as an unsigned integer regardless of the data type of the poll record. (Allows you to mix signed and unsigned in one poll record). - - -

Miscellaneous
Info

Relevant Notes
none

History

Revision History
Reason for 6/11/98 Release:
* Intellution taking ownership of driver previously sold through Phil DeBreen in South Africa.

Reason for 8/25/98 Release:
* Corrects problem with not being able to enter signal conditioning NLIN and NEG.

Reason for 3/3/99 Release:
* Corrected problem of 0.0 being displayed in View as -0.0 when using Signed data type and LIN signal conditioning.

Reason for 8/27/99 Release:
*Corrected the problem of all signed numbers not being properly read and displayed in View when using signed data types.
* Corrected the problem of incorrect values being written to the PLC when writing to signed data types.

Reason for 9/10/99 Release:
* Corrected problem of intermittent digital writes to CR memory locations.

Reason for 10/15/99 Release:
* Corrected problem of floats not being written and read back properly.

Reason for 10/22/99 Release:
* Corrected CSV import problem with loops
when set as floats and trying to poll L: #LODA through L: #LTS.

Reason for 6.10 Release on 2/4/00:
* Added TCP support.

Reason for 6.10a Release on 4/28/00:
* VF and VL memory type addressing did not work as expected and not consistent with use in other TI drivers. To correct this, we added 2 new memory types DVF and DVL and changed the behavior of VF and VL to be consistent with other TI drivers.
* Now all four memory types are treated as true 32-bit registers. DVF/DVL are 32-bit word aligned in memory (every 2 x V registers) whereas VF/VL are 16-bit word aligned (every 1 x V register). For example, DVF1 is V1/V2 and DVF2 is V3/V4. VF1 is V1/V2 and VF2 is V2/V3.

Reason for 6.10b Release on 1/18/01:
* Corrected problems accessing Multi-Loop variables (ML) as floating-point values.

Reason for 6.10c Release on 2/23/01:
* Corrected a problem with correctly displaying data from VF/VL poll records longer than 128 bytes.

Reason for 6.10d Release on 11/01/01:
* Corrected a problem with scrolling through the process database. Apparantly the I/O address was too long. Increased the size of the local buffer to 16 characters.

Reason for 6.10e Release on 03/11/02:
* Corrected a problem with DHUN signal conditioning. The driver is reading values correctly, but writing 1/10 of the expected value.

Reason for 6.11 Release on 11/27/02:
* Added NEG1 signal conditioning.

Reason for 6.11a Release on 01/27/2003:
* Corrects a problem with the scaling of input data to the EGU range when 3BCD or 4BCD signal conditioning is being used. Previous versions did NOT scale the input data. Note: If your database contains blocks that use BCD signal conditioning and that were created without taking scaling into account, it may be necessary for you to modify those database blocks to adjust the EGU ranges to the appropriate full scale range (3BCD is 0-999 ... 4BCD is 0-9999)...

Reason for 6.11b Release on 02/20/2003:
* Modified documentation to comply with GE standards.

Reason for 6.12 Release on 08/19/2003:
* Added TNO1 signal conditioning option, which functions in the same manner as the 6x TIA TNON signal conditioning.

Reason for 6.13 Release on 11/16/2004:
* Implemented DEC signal conditioning for signed and unsigned integers.
* Corrected issue with writing to long datatypes.
* Corrected issue with signed integers regarding DTEN and DHUN signal conditioning.

Reason for 6.14 Release on 11/17/2005:
* Validated for use runing under Windows XP/SP2 and Windows Server 2003/SP1.

Reason for 6.40 Service Pack release on 05/29/2008:
* TIE now validated for use with Microsoft Vista OS.

 


Details
ID: DG212
Category: I/O Drivers
Last Updated: 03/29/10
Date Created: 04/24/00
Status: Published
Attachments: Yes
Language: English


 


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