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Hello,
I am a controls system engineer and I am rather new to turbine controls, particularly the GE Mark VI and VIe DCS software. I am studying this system for future work on a company client's system and am using a VMWare image to train with on the software. I have gleaned over a number of the manuals pertaining to the various features of the system and have gone over a number of topics already on this website over the system, and while I like to say I have a decent rudimentary understanding of the architecture and functionality of the system, there are still some areas I would like information on (made blatantly aware by my boss's thorough questioning). My questions on the Mark VI and VIe are as listed:
1) I understand that the controllers communicate through the EGD Network and that the HMI reads data via UDP and sends commands via CMP through the EGD. Is the EGD Network supported on the EGD Server on the OPC DA Server for both VIe and VI or just VIe? If not how do they differ?
2) Is CIMPLICITY the only GE supplied HMI? If so how does it relate to the graphics editing functionality on Toolbox for Mark VI? (I do not have CIMPLICITY on the VMWare image I possess.)
3) Is the HMI built from a singular data source or do all operator workstations require to have the same HMI graphics individually installed? If the former, how is this done?
4) Is WorkstationST and ToolboxST separate applications or is WorkstationST nested in ToolboxST? (I cannot access ToolboxST as I do not have the USB dongle.)
5) Is OPC necessary for multiple operator workstations? Can the operator HMIs simply interface with just the EGD?
I'm sure I'll come up with more questions, but for now these are what I have. I appreciate any time being taken to answer these.
Thanks.
I am a controls system engineer and I am rather new to turbine controls, particularly the GE Mark VI and VIe DCS software. I am studying this system for future work on a company client's system and am using a VMWare image to train with on the software. I have gleaned over a number of the manuals pertaining to the various features of the system and have gone over a number of topics already on this website over the system, and while I like to say I have a decent rudimentary understanding of the architecture and functionality of the system, there are still some areas I would like information on (made blatantly aware by my boss's thorough questioning). My questions on the Mark VI and VIe are as listed:
1) I understand that the controllers communicate through the EGD Network and that the HMI reads data via UDP and sends commands via CMP through the EGD. Is the EGD Network supported on the EGD Server on the OPC DA Server for both VIe and VI or just VIe? If not how do they differ?
2) Is CIMPLICITY the only GE supplied HMI? If so how does it relate to the graphics editing functionality on Toolbox for Mark VI? (I do not have CIMPLICITY on the VMWare image I possess.)
3) Is the HMI built from a singular data source or do all operator workstations require to have the same HMI graphics individually installed? If the former, how is this done?
4) Is WorkstationST and ToolboxST separate applications or is WorkstationST nested in ToolboxST? (I cannot access ToolboxST as I do not have the USB dongle.)
5) Is OPC necessary for multiple operator workstations? Can the operator HMIs simply interface with just the EGD?
I'm sure I'll come up with more questions, but for now these are what I have. I appreciate any time being taken to answer these.
Thanks.