AP-100 Advanced Process Controller
5 in 1 Process Control Solution
PID Controllers
Equations & Signal Operations
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Trend View & Recorder
Event View & Recorder
2 single PID controller or Master and Slave PID control configuration. Controllers can be configured for Open-Loop, Feedback and Feed-Forward modes
Perform advanced mathematical operations on Analogue & Digtial Input & Output signals.
Compute logical expressions and conditional statements with configurable IF Statements.
View & save trend data to a USB memory device to view in MS Excel (or spreadsheet program).
View & save Alarm & Event data to a USB memory stick to view in MS Excel (or spreadsheet program).
PID Controllers
The AP-100 has 2 single PID controller that can be configured as Master or Slave Cascade PID control configuration. Controllers can be configured for Open-Loop, Feedback and Feed-Forward modes. Both PID controllers have very fast execution times and can be user selected to execute up to 50 times per second (50 Hz).
The Input signal range from 0.00% to 100.00% can be divided up into 1 to 5 zones. Each Zone can be configured to have separate Proportional, Integral and Derivative gain constants. The enables better performance for each PID Controller.
Equations & Signal Operations
The AP-100 is able to perform advanced mathematical operations on Input & Output signals that are either Digital or Analogue, in the form of Equations. Up to 5 floating-point (32-bit) intermediate variables are available. Maths operations such as Sin, Cos, Tan, Log10, Exponential and Square-Root are available for implementing any equation or algorithm.
Some examples of Equation uses are:
To assign signals to PID Controllers.
Create feed-forward & feed-back signals.
To linearize Input & Output signals.
Add/subtract signals from each other.
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Compute logical expressions with configurable IF Statements. The AP-100 is able to evaluate logical expressions to execute certain equations based on whether the logical expressions are true or false.
IF Statements can also be used to log an event in the Alarm & Events log. The AP-100 device supports two different ‘IF Statements’ which, when enabled, will execute 100 times per second (every 10mS) during each CPU cycle.
Trend Viewing & Recording
View & Record trends of analogue Input & Output signals, as well as intermediate variables. Use the touchscreen to zoom In & Out as well as forward & back in time of any trends.
Recorded trend data with sample rates as fast as 3 samples per second, to 8Gb of internal flash memory. Insert a USB memory device into the AP-100 to save trend data in .CSV to later be opened and viewed in MS Excel (or spreadsheet program).
Alarms & Event Recording
The AP-100 can capture 10,000+ Alarm & Events and save them to internal flash memory with the recorded Date, Time, Type and Description. The easy to used touchscreen interface allows the user to view Alarm & Events with Up & Down scroll buttons.
Input channels can be configured to generate Alarm or Events if the input signal comes within specified ranges. IF Statements can also be configured to generate an Alarm or Events if an expression comes True. Insert a USB memory device into the front of the AP-100 to save the data as a .CSV file that can later be viewed in MS Excel (or spreadsheet program).
Easy to Setup Inputs & Outputs
The user friendly touchscreen interface makes setting up Analogue and Digital Input & Output channels fast and intuitive. Analogue Input & Output channels can be setup as 0-22 mA or ±10 Voltage at a press of a button. The upper and lower ranges can be set with the touchscreen keypad, as well as signal inversion if needed.
The Input channels can easily be configured to generate up to 3 Alarm or Events if the signal comes within a certain range. For example, a connected 4-20 mA transmitter can have Alarm or Events setup for; above 20mA as over-range, 3.5mA as Fault signal, below 2mA as Open Circuit.
Diverse Inputs & Outputs
The AP-100 device has 1500 Volt fault isolation between Inputs, Outputs and Power Supply using
the EN61010 test conditions.
Inputs:
2 x Analogue 0-22mA, 4-20mA, 4-22 mA
2 x Analogue 0-10V, 0-5V, +/-5V, +/-10V
3 x Digital 10-32V
Outputs:
2 x Analogue 0-10V, 0-5V, +/-5V, +/-10V, 0-22mA,
4-20mA, 4-22 mA.
2 x Digital (Relay) 60Vdc, 2Amps.
1 x Pulse Width Modulation 1Hz to 1,000Hz
* All analogue signal ranges are software configurable. Max and Min ranges are user settable.
User Friendly
The AP-100 device is designed to be intuitive and easy to use. All setup and control is done there the colour 4.3” touchscreen. Meaning that there is no need for any laptop computers, communications cables or external software.
This product comes with lifetime free firmware updates that can be loaded onto the device with use of a USB memory device. This enables new features and functions to be added.
