System Management Lab Guide

Introduction In this Lab Exercise, you will use the System Management Display Handler (SMDH) to perform the following: Acknowledge System alarms Read the station or peripheral device status information table Take a station off-line Reboot a station Checkpoint a Control Processor Use the System Alarm List to view and inhibit System alarms

For best results, this lab exercise should be performed on the AW connected to the Nodebus.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

System Management Display Handler ........................................................................... 4 The Initial System Health Display ................................................................................................... 4 50 Series Help .................................................................................................................................. 5 Title Bar ........................................................................................................................................... 6 Bottom Softkeys .............................................................................................................................. 7 On-Line Diagnostics ........................................................................................................................ 7 Setting the System Time and Date................................................................................................... 8 Acknowledging System Alarms....................................................................................................... 8 Checkpointing a CP ....................................................................................................................... 12 Taking a Station Off-Line.............................................................................................................. 16 Rebooting a Station........................................................................................................................ 16 System Alarm List ......................................................................................................................... 16

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SYSTEM MANAGEMENT DISPLAY HANDLER

You will now access and use the System Management Display Handler (SMDH) to perform routine maintenance procedures. To access the SMDH in FoxView, select the [System] button. To access the SMDH in Display Manager, select the [Sys] menu bar key, and then Sys_Mgmt. The Initial System Health Display 1. Access SMDH, depending on your system type, using either [Sys] or [System]; AW51 or AW70, respectively. Upon entering SMDH, you will see one of the following Initial System Health Displays, depending upon the size of the system and how it is configured: System Monitor Domain Display - a list of the stations within a single System Monitor Domain. This display appears when a System Monitor has been selected or if there is only one System Monitor in the network. System Monitor Domains Display - a list of all System Monitors and the stations they monitor (only if there are fewer than 30 names in total) System Monitors Display - a list of only System Monitors (if more than one System Monitor and more than 30 names)

 Based on the above descriptions, which initial health display appears?

__________________________________________________________________ Your AW is listed in blue text, indicating that it is the currently selected station. A list of all stations appears after the AW. The asterisk (*) means a stations alarm has not been acknowledged. Flashing also indicates the presence of an unacknowledged System alarm. 2. Observe the softkeys located at the top of the display. The following functions are available: HELP displays on-line help for using SMDH. CLOSE exits the SMDH program and returns you to the previous display. HOME returns to the Initial Health Display from any other display. When selected, all System Monitors are requested to supply updated information regarding the stations in their domain. DOMAIN returns you to the most recently accessed System Monitor Domain display. Domain is not selectable if a System Monitor Domain display has not been previously selected. CLR MSG allows you to clear any message appearing at the message line, which is located above these softkeys. A new message overwrites an old message. ACK ALL allows you to collectively acknowledge all System alarms ACK CBL allows you to acknowledge cable faults. SAL displays The System Alarms List of the current acknowledged and unacknowledged System alarms.

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Title Bar 1. Observe the title bar centered below the top softkeys. Each display has a title bar, which identifies: System Monitor Selected Station Peripheral Device Selected Network Level

 What is the name of the System Monitor?

__________________________________________________________________ 2. Select the COMMP1 station. 3. Observe the color-coding within the title bar. The text in each display title bar is color-coded to indicate the health of the item. An asterisk indicates an unacknowledged state.

A System Monitor's name is color-coded to indicate the status of a System Monitor and its stations and peripheral devices in the following manner: White Red Yellow Gray All stations and peripheral devices within the System Monitor's Domain are normal At least one station within the System Monitor's Domain is in alarm (failed or offline) At least one station within the System Monitor's Domain has an attached peripheral device in alarm, or a fault-tolerant station is non-operational System Monitor status is unknown, a non-communicating state

An individual station's letterbug (MID) is color-coded to indicate the status of the station and its attached peripheral devices in the following manner: White Red Yellow The station and its peripheral devices are all healthy and on-line The station has failed or is off-line The station has an attached peripheral device that has failed or is off-line, or one of a fault-tolerant pair is non-operational

 List all control stations and their corresponding state.

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Bottom Softkeys 1. Observe the keys on the bottom of the Initial System Health display. The following keys appear on all displays: The key containing two up-pointing arrows can be used to returns to the previous level in the SMDH display hierarchy. If currently at the top level, this key does nothing.

Single up and down arrows are available to scroll through multiple pages, when necessary. The current page number appears on the right. SMDH provides two paths (or sets of displays) that allow you to investigate information regarding the health of the system. These paths are: Station Functions Displays Network Displays

From either set of displays, you can access other displays that: Provide equipment information Allow equipment change actions Give configuration information Allow diagnostic testing

You will now use the Station and Network displays to perform various functions. On-Line Diagnostics 1. Select NETWORK. The Nodebus display is used to perform network functions or investigate a failure in network communications. Such a failure is indicated by the NETWORK key text appearing in red. The displays accessed through the NETWORK key indicate the health of the network communication hardware: Carrierband LAN Nodebus PIO Bus (Fieldbus) Station Transmitters and Receivers

These displays relate to the network hierarchy and the stations attached to each level. On-line diagnostic testing of the Carrierband LAN and Nodebus is available.

 What stations are attached to the Nodebus?

__________________________________________________________________ 2. Select [HOME] to return to the Initial System Health display.

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Setting the System Time and Date Another network function is to set the time and date for the entire system. 1. Select TIME to access the Set Date and Time display. The resulting display is used to set the date and time for the entire network and should only be performed by authorized personnel. The AP that is hosting the System Monitor for the operator's workstation will become the Master Timekeeper for the network and will broadcast the new date and time setting to all stations to synchronize their individual internal clocks. The date and time are typically set only during initial startup procedures. Be aware that resetting the time could affect other activities on the network such as historian data collection, trending and certain process control timing operations. 2. Use the various arrows to set the current date and time. The large arrows change values by +/- 5, and the small arrows change values by +/- 1. 3. Select RETURN-SET to set the date and time. RETURN-CANCEL would leave the Set Date and Time display without changing the system date and time. Acknowledging System Alarms 1. Ensure you have the Initial System Health display on the screen. The remaining keys on the bottom of the Initial System Health display are used to investigate the status of an individual station, or its peripheral device, or to perform some change action on it. The status of a station or peripheral device is indicated by the color-coding of the letterbug (MID) for that station and/or device. These displays relate to the System Monitor(s) and the individual stations and peripheral devices within the System Monitor Domain(s) The keys are: PERF, used to view system and peripheral communication performance statistics for the selected station. This is primarily used by Foxboro field service. CONFIG, used to view a graphic display of the selected station and its peripheral devices OFFLINE, used to perform off-line diagnostic tests on the selected station

2. Select the COMMP1 station. 3. Select CONFIG. This action brings you to the next level, the Station Display. From this display, you can select the station or one of its peripheral devices and perform several station functions. The Station Display for the COMMP1 is now on the screen. You see a graphic display showing the COMMP1 as a box and identified as a CMP. Notice that this box has a black background color and that COMMP1 is shown in yellow and with an asterisk. The black background indicates the box has been selected. A printer, LP00, is also displayed, represented by a box with a blue background. Recall that the red color of the LP00 text indicates that the printer is currently in alarm and that the asterisk indicates that the alarm is not acknowledged.

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4. Notice that the top and bottom softkeys have changed. 5. Ensure that the box labeled COMMP1 is black. 6. Select EQUIP INFO. Status information is displayed for the previously selected item, COMMP1. The Equipment Information display for stations includes: Run Mode (on-line or off-line) Fail State (failed or not failed) Fail state is "failed" when a hardware problem is detected, the station is physically removed from the Nodebus, or FAIL has been selected after running off-line diagnostics. Other actions, like a requested REBOOT, cause the Run Mode to go to "off-line", but the Fail State remains "not failed". Fail Ack State (acknowledged or not acknowledged) The ACK and ACK ALL keys change this to "acknowledged". Fail Dev Att (yes or no) "Yes" means one or more peripheral devices attached to this station are reported as failed. FT State (no information, operational, or non-operational) If one of two modules in a fault tolerant pair is off-line or failed, then "non-operational" appears.

 What is the status for Failed Devices Attached (FAIL DEV ATT)?
__________________________________________________________________ 7. Select the double arrow key in the bottom left of the screen. This action returns you to the previous level of display, namely the Station Display. 8. Select LP00. The background color of the box changes from blue to black, showing that LP00 is now selected. This associates the EQUIP CHG and EQUIP INFO keys on the bottom row with LP00. 9. Select EQUIP INFO. Equipment Information for the selected peripheral is given.

 What information is shown in each of the following categories?

RUN MODE FAIL STATE ______________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________ _________________________________________________

FAIL ACK STATE

10. Note that [ACK] in the top menu bar is white, indicating it is selectable. 11. Select [ACK] to acknowledge the printer alarm.

 How does ACK differ from ACK ALL?

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12. Select [HOME]. This action returns you to the initial display. Keep in mind that the initial display will vary on different systems, depending on the number of system monitors and/or the number of stations on the node.

 Has the asterisk next to COMMP1 been removed?

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 The [Sys] or [System] alarm key ______________ (is/is not) be flashing.

13. Return to the Equipment Information display for LP00. The screen has now been refreshed with updated information.

 What information is now shown in each of the following categories?

RUN MODE FAIL STATE 14. Turn the printer ON. ______________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________ _________________________________________________

FAIL ACK STATE

 What information is shown in each of the following categories now?

RUN MODE FAIL STATE ______________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________ _________________________________________________

FAIL ACK STATE

15. Select [HOME] and acknowledge any existing alarms. 16. Select [CLOSE] to exit the SMDH. Notice that the [Sys] or [System] key has returned to its normal state, steady green. By acknowledging the alarm, you stopped the flashing. By turning the printer back, on you made the color change from red to green.

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Checkpointing a CP Parameter changes made using the detail displays are not automatically updated to the CP's checkpoint file on its host AP's disk. The checkpoint file is the source of the CP's database during a reboot. Thus, checkpointing the CP should be done after changing parameter values. If the station is a Control Processor, Tank Processor, Display Station Processor, or one of the Gateways, such as the Allen Bradley Gateway, this operation updates the checkpoint file with the current compound, block and parameter settings. The checkpoint file is part of the station's image downloaded to the Processor when it boots up. The most common use of this command is to update the CP's checkpoint file after the control block's tuning or alarm limit parameters have been adjusted. The consequence of not doing this checkpoint option is that your tuned control blocks and alarm limits will work fine until your CP reboots. At that time all compound:block parameters return to the values held by the out-of-date checkpoint file, and all tuning parameter values and alarm limits would be lost. You will now perform a checkpoint. 1. Ensure that your AW is still selected its box should be black. 2. Select EQUIP CHG. 3. Select CHECKPOINT COMMAND. A printer message is generated when the checkpoint is complete. This is not considered a priority 1 message, but a priority 2 message.

 How else does the system inform you that the checkpoint was successful?
__________________________________________________________________ 4. Select [CLR MSG] to clear the message from the message line.

Taking a Station Off-Line 1. Ensure that the Initial Health display is on the screen. 2. Select COMMP1 and then OFFLINE. 3. Select YES in the resulting dialog box. Describe the condition of the LEDs on the front of COMMP1. __________________________________________________________________ 4. Select RESTART to bring the station on-line again. CAUTION: Be careful not to select FAIL, which is adjacent to RESTART. It would then be necessary to physically push-pull COMMP1 to restart it. 5. Wait until the station is back on-line and then read the message at the printer.

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Rebooting a Station Occasionally you may need to reboot a station to recover from a software problem. 1. Ensure that the Initial Health display is on the screen and COMMP1 is selected. 2. Select CONFIG and then EQUIP CHG to show the equipment change options for COMMP1. 3. Select REBOOT STATION to reboot the station. 4. Select Yes in the resulting dialog box. Notice that COMMP1, at the top of the display, appears in red, signifying that it is off-line and rebooting. 5. Quickly view EQUIP INFO to confirm the off-line status of COMMP1. 6. Select [HOME] and wait for the station to finish rebooting. 7. Access the Equipment Information display for COMMP1. Note that the RUN MODE status is now On Line. 8. Ensure that all stations are running properly and all System alarms have been acknowledged. 9. Exit SMDH.

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System Alarm List First, a system alarm will be generated, and then the System Alarm List (SAL) will be opened. 1. Turn the printer off and wait for the [Sys] or [System] key to blink red. 2. Access SMDH. 3. Select [SAL]. The SAL displays all current System alarms acknowledged or not. The printer alarm should be displayed. The fields of the message are as follows: System Monitor Name Station Name Peripheral Name (if applicable) Asterisk (*) is only present when the alarm has not been acknowledged. Alarm Message

The date and time when the alarm occurred are shown on the second line of the alarm message. This display is not dynamic. To view new System alarms that have occurred since calling up the SAL, press REFRESH. The DSP UNACK key displays only the unacknowledged System alarms. 4. Select the first line of the alarm message. The text turns green. 5. Select INHIBIT.

 What happens as a result of this action?

__________________________________________________________________ 6. Return to the Initial Health display. 7. Select COMMP1 and the CONFIG. 8. Select the box labeled LP00 and then EQUIP CHG. 9. Enable LP00 alarming by selecting ENABLE DEVICE ALARMING. 10. Turn the printer back on, and acknowledge any System alarms. 11. Exit SMDH.

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