Just a guess on my part but I remember LIMOPT behaving something similar to this between software upgrades. May be worth checking. Sent from my iPhone On 2012-06-06, at 5:20 PM, "Johnson, David" <David.Johnson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hello all, > We are looking into some strange behavior after a recent upgrade from a CP30 > to an FCP270. A PIDA block was set to be Proportional Derivative, MODOPT=3, > PBAND = 125, INT=0.075 (INT is BTIME in PD mode). The BCALCI and FBK were > both connected to the PIDA's own .OUT parameter. The Period is a 3, Phase is > a 2. I think the BPC of the CP30 and FCP270 are both .5 seconds. > > Behavior > In the FCP270, the output drives to the low output limit. It's as though the > loop is in open loop control. Looking at trends indicate that this loop was > controlling in the CP30. The configuration is identical to what it was in > the CP30. > > Any advice on what to check. > > Thanks, > David > > > ________________________________ > Confidentiality Notice: > > The information contained in this message is private and confidential. This > information is intended only for the individual or entity named above. If the > reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified > that any use, review, dissemination, distribution, copying or action taken > based on this message or its attachments, if any, is strictly prohibited. If > you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply email > and delete or destroy all copies of this message and any attachments. Thank > you. > > > > _______________________________________________________________________ > This mailing list is neither sponsored nor endorsed by Invensys Process > Systems (formerly The Foxboro Company). Use the info you obtain here at > your own risks. Read http://www.thecassandraproject.org/disclaimer.html > > foxboro mailing list: //www.freelists.org/list/foxboro > to subscribe: mailto:foxboro-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=join > to unsubscribe: mailto:foxboro-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=leave > _______________________________________________________________________ This mailing list is neither sponsored nor endorsed by Invensys Process Systems (formerly The Foxboro Company). Use the info you obtain here at your own risks. Read http://www.thecassandraproject.org/disclaimer.html foxboro mailing list: //www.freelists.org/list/foxboro to subscribe: mailto:foxboro-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=join to unsubscribe: mailto:foxboro-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=leave