Module template dynamos

frsModules dynamo set

The frsModules dynamo set in DeltaV Operate contains the following dynamos, which can be used with modules created from module templates in the library or any module containing a single instance of one of the function blocks supported by that dynamo.

frsModules_Theme dynamo set

The frsModules_Theme dynamo set provides dynamos that incorporate spatial orientation and color coordination to improve operator pattern recognition and focus on the important information within the dynamo. The _Theme dynamo set uses the Theme_Colors threshold table (Silver) as the default color theme. You can change the color theme for the dynamo set using the Duplicate color table utility.

Typical operator displays and dynamos rely on operators reading and comparing the process values. For example, operators are commonly shown the SP and PV values for loops. From these values, operators are tasked with determining whether the SP and PV are properly tracking, whether there is a deviation worth addressing and how close to an alarm limit is the PV.

Human factors research shows that reading requires users to focus on each value individually. Operators read the values and calculate the difference in those values one at a time (that is, serially). While focusing on one value, the other values on the screen are ignored. Thus, with only numeric displays, operators must periodically focus on each value and determine whether action is required.

Spatial orientation is also a concept applied to these dynamos. Each dynamo is made up of individual elements. These elements are placed in the same location across all the dynamos where used. For example, alarm indication is in the upper left corner for all of the dynamos and mode indication is always tot he left of the status indication. Consistency of element location creates a fixed spatial location within the dynamo for this related information. This is important because when operators can rely on looking to the same place, the display is less confusing and they can more quickly scan a display to understand what tags are affected.

The colors used within the dynamos were selected based on their impact in attracting operator attention. The order is defined as:

1. Alarms

2. Abnormal Status

   • Mode not as expected

   • Simulate active

   • Abnormal equipment states - such as when a relief valve is open

3. Process values/information

   • Process patterns

   • ON/OFF equipment states

   • Process values - Easily readable

4. Display information

   • tag name / value label color

The frsModules_Theme set contains the following dynamos, which can be used with modules created from module templates in the library or any module containing a single instance of one of the function blocks supported by that dynamo. The module can have 0 through the maximum number of alarm types supported by a particular dynamo. The alarms can have any user-defined name.

Arrows and display links are also in this dynamo set. The display link dynamos perform a replace picture using the replace picture expert. Operators click on the dynamo and the picture is replaced based on how the link is configured.  Refer to the Replace Picture Expert topic for more information on this expert.

The frsModules_Theme dynamo set uses the following naming conventions. Underscores group the letters.

Type of module

• M = Module

• A = Analog

• D = Discrete

• # = the number of modules with which this dynamo works

Type of bar graph

• C = combination bar graph

• D = deviation bar graph

• N = no bar graph used or an OUT bar graph only

• NML = normalized bar graph

Orientation of bar graph

• H = horizontal orientation for the bar graph

• V = vertical orientation for the bar graph

Size of bar graph indicator line

• S = small level indicator on the bar graph

• M = medium level indicator on the bar graph

• L = level indicator on the bar graph (useful on a vessel as a level indicator)

Type of equipment

• PMP = pump module

• VLV = valve module

frsModules_HighPerf dynamo set

Adding an frsModules dynamo to your display

In the configure mode of DeltaV Operate, you can paste these dynamos onto a process graphic display. The first figure below shows the frsModules dynamo set; however, these instructions also apply to the frsModules_Theme set and frsModules_HighPerf set.

The Dynamo Properties Dialog figure shows the Dynamo Properties dialog that is displayed when one of the pump dynamos is pasted on the process graphic. In the edit box, delete the word MODULE and replace it with the actual tag of the module you created from the module template. Suppose PMP-432 is a module in one of the plant areas you created from the module template MTR-11_ILOCK. The Dynamo Properties Dialog Module Tag figure shows the same dialog box after the module tag PMP-432 has been entered. After you click OK, the dynamo is displayed on the process graphic and all of the data links within it have a path based on the module PMP-432.

You can select the faceplate icon from the pictures folder in DeltaV Operate. This causes the faceplate display that is defined as a property of PMP-432 to pop up. As the faceplate display is opened, the generic data links within it are substituted so all the paths are based on PMP-432. No configuration is necessary for the faceplate displays when the standard DeltaV displays are used.

Some dynamos, such as those in the frsModules_Theme set, display alarm information by entering the name of the module's alarm on the Dynamo Properties dialog. If using one of the applicable library module templates, the default alarm names on the dynamo match the default module template alarm names. If making your own modules or changing the name of a module's alarm, you must enter or change that name on the Dynamo Properties dialog. If your module does not contain any configured alarms, the dynamo will work correctly but without any alarm indication.

The process of pasting a dynamo from DeltaV Operate is the same for all the dynamos except DISCRETE_IN. When DISCRETE_IN is pasted, the Dynamo Properties dialog box is displayed, as shown in the last figure in this series. In the two edit boxes, enter the On-state and Off-state words associated with the discrete input channel. One of these words is visible (depending on the module's state) when the dynamo is viewed in Operator Interface.

Once a dynamo is on the process display, you can set the background color for blinking. Keep in mind that an unacknowledged alarm blinks in the priority color in DeltaV Operate (in run mode). If you want the alternating blink color to be the background color of your process display, perform the following steps in DeltaV Operate (configure mode):

1. Select the dynamo on the process display.

2. Right click and select Animations from the context menu to open the Animations dialog.

   Note

   If the Basic Animation dialog is selected as the default in User Preferences, click the Configure button in the Additional Animations section to open the Animations dialog.

3. Select the Color tab on the Animations dialog.

4. Select the check box next to Background Color.

5. Click the ellipsis button (...) and pick a color.

6. Click OK again to return to the process graphic.

Figure: The Modules Dynamo Set in DeltaV Operate

Figure: The Dynamo Properties Dialog (Dynamo Pasted on the Process Graphic)

Figure: The Dynamo Properties Dialog (Module Tag Is Substituted)

Figure: The Dynamo Properties Dialog for DISCRETE IN