Chapter 3 Example Applications
FieldPoint FP-3000 User Manual 3-14
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Connect the PID to the AI and AO Blocks1. Drag the new PID block to the Function Block Application window.
All three of your blocks (AI, AO, and PID) should be in the window.
If not, drag the remaining blocks into the window now.
2. Using the wiring tool, connect the OUT parameter from the AI to the IN
parameter of the PID.
3. Connect the OUT parameter of the PID to the CAS_IN parameter of
the AO.
4. Connect the BKCAL_OUT parameter of the AO to the BKCAL_IN
parameter of the PID. Figure 3-4 shows what your connections should
look like.
Figure 3-4. PID Block Connections Dialog Box
Download and Bring the Loop into Auto1. Select Configure»Download Configuration to download your
connection to the network. This establishes all the linkages that you
“wired” in the previous step. It also schedules the PID function block,
which has not yet been scheduled to execute.
2. When the download is complete, open the PID block.
3. Look at the MODE_BLK parameter. Set the TARGET to Auto.