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Get More Combustion System Data into your PLC

Posted by danstips in Combustion, Communications, Flame Safeguard Controls, Flame Safety, Honeywell, Modbus on July 14, 2016

Written by: A.J. Piskor

Traditionally, combustion control panels have been living in a hard-wired world. More often than not, the status of a burner system is communicated by indicator lights on a Flame Safeguard (FSG) terminal.

With the increased use of Programmable Logic Controllers (PLCs) controlling all aspects of a combustion system, customers are demanding more information from the FSG, as many operators manage their systems from a centralized control room.

While some customers have traded in their indicator lights for relays with dry contacts that feed back into their PLC, other customers are looking to simplify the communication between the FSG and PLC, while extracting more information on the operation of their burner system.

Here, we will go over some examples of technologies that are available today, and how you can get the information you need to where you need it.

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Why Disable a Channel on a Honeywell Paperless Recorder?

Posted by danstips in Honeywell, Paperless Recorders, Trendview X-Series Paperless Recorders, Troubleshooting on April 26, 2016

Written by: Dan Weise

Over time, changes in your process needs occur, and a sensor you’ve connected to a Honeywell paperless recorder channel may be taken out of service. When this happens, I suggest that both the analog input and the pen be disabled. Here’s why:

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Changing the Clock Battery on a Honeywell Paperless Recorder

Posted by danstips in Honeywell, Paperless Recorders, Trendview X-Series Paperless Recorders, Troubleshooting on April 14, 2016

Written by: Dan Weise

The installed base of Honeywell Trendview X series paperless recorders is approaching an in-service period of a decade (introduced mid-2006). Given that kind of service time, you need to be aware of the issues involved in changing the clock battery.

The replaceable clock battery serves as a backup for the on board real-time clock chip as well as the internal battery-backed static RAM. If your paperless recorder is getting old, the battery may ready for a swap-out. If so, you may need a one-day-use access code that only Honeywell can provide, so plan ahead. You don’t want to get locked out of your recorder!

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Honeywell Increases Analog/Loop Processing Speed on HC900 Process and Safety Controller

Posted by danstips in Control, Honeywell, Process Automation Controllers, Safety Control on April 6, 2016

Written by: Dan Weise

Good news!  Recent upgrades to Honeywell’s HC900 Process and Safety Controller includes a major update to analog/loop processing speeds. Even though analog/loop cycle time has been 500mS since the early 2000s, early versions of the HC900 controller were only capable of a processing speed of 2x/second.

The upgrade to the HC900 CPU’s microprocessor hardware and an associated firmware update broke that processing speed limit for their SIL-rated CPUs. Honeywell C50S and C70S model CPUs v6.1 will now process analog inputs and loops at a rate of 10x/second (100mS per update). If your process needs additional analog/loop throughput speed, you will benefit from these enhancements to the HC900 systems.

To run at 100mS, a qualified hardware configuration is required:

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