ALSTOM Common Programming Tools for all Drives and Automation

Innovative Concepts

To satisfy the diverse requirements of its extensive range of available speed drives,

ALSTOM has a range of controllers available from 16-bit, fixed point, embedded

software versions to 32-bit floating point versions.

ALSTOM recently developed a new power electronic controller family (PEC) that ranges

from single card units (standard or advanced) for products and small systems to modular,

rack based arrangements, suitable for the most complex applications.

ALSTOM has embarked on a programme to make the PEC family available for all of its solutions.

The advantages that the PEC family will bring to the user are numerous, some features are highlighted below.

Common Programming Tools

for all Drives and Automation

The new PEC family provides a single architecture for all drives in which the essential features are implemented

using common technologies, including:

• Pentium class processor operating at 32-bit with floating point calculations

• Common operating system, used by both drives and automation

• IEC 61131-3 programming with Function Block Diagram as the core language

• Common control structure built from a common library of function blocks

• Common programming tools

• Common HMI systems

• Communication interfaces including all popular fieldbusses

• All hardware, software and communication interfaces based upon industry standards

Flexibility and Options

Optional features can extend the functionality of all controllers in the family:

• Enhancement processors Pentium class or digital signal processor DSP

• Extendable user I/O

• Fieldbus options including WorldFIP,Profibus, Interbus, Ethernet, etc

Diagnostics and History

Records

Because the entire controller family is fully integrated, diagnostics is significantly enhanced.

All controllers in the range offer:

• Extremely powerful yet flexible history recording to enable analysis after a fault condition.

The data is exportable to common file formats for analysis by third party tools

• Extensive status monitoring of alarms, trips, and user defined events

• Tele-diagnostics / Tele-maintenance Diagnostics data can be viewed or extracted 

sing one of several common tools, including a Drive Data ManagerTM keypad,

a PC based visualisation package, or a central programming console(for a large system).