Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Seems everyone has helped me find that solution. Many thanks to all who posted a reply. Here is what I found. I really liked the sigsel block solution as it offered all the features I wanted in one easy to understand block. I did plan on being able to select/bypass the inputs also. That was going to be my original choice, but, when I tried to pass the BAD status, the block converts it(including OOS) into a error status. That meant that the mbadopt in the pida won't function. The process Eng insists on the control going to manual and the operator having the responsibility to put it in auto. I was using the calc block but didn't even know about the RE/SE and RBD/SBD functions. (I must have been late for class that day) So I tried the RE/SE and found that like the sigsel block it only passed the error status and RBD/SBD/CBD are valid commands to propagate the BAD status. Another requirement was to have a total deviation alarm based on +/- a percentage of the setpoint and individual high/low alarms on the inputs, setpoint divided by the number of inputs that was active, and +/- a percentage of setpoint. So my solution was to do it all in 2 calca blocks since there was so much math. =20 NAME =3D 46CHEM2:46FT4504A TYPE =3D AIN DESCRP =3D FLOW-PARETO FEED HSCO1 =3D 100 LSCO1 =3D 0.0 DELTO1 =3D 1 EO1 =3D GPM INHIB =3D 46CHEM2:4605_14A.DSR_RB.~ HLOP =3D 1 ANM =3D FLOW HAL =3D 46CHEM2:46CC4504.RO01 HAT =3D HIGH LAL =3D 46CHEM2:46CC4504.RO02 LAT =3D LOW END NAME =3D 46CHEM2:46FT4504B TYPE =3D AIN DESCRP =3D FLOW-PARETO FEED HSCO1 =3D 100 LSCO1 =3D 0.0 DELTO1 =3D 1 EO1 =3D GPM INHIB =3D 46CHEM2:4605_14A.DSR_RB.~ HLOP =3D 1 ANM =3D FLOW HAL =3D 46CHEM2:46CC4504.RO01 HAT =3D HIGH LAL =3D 46CHEM2:46CC4504.RO02 LAT =3D LOW END NAME =3D 46CHEM2:46FT4504C TYPE =3D AIN DESCRP =3D FLOW-PARETO FEED HSCO1 =3D 100 LSCO1 =3D 0.0 DELTO1 =3D 1 EO1 =3D GPM INHIB =3D 46CHEM2:4605_14A.DSR_RB.~ INHALM =3D 0X0 HAL =3D 46CHEM2:46CC4504.RO01 HAT =3D HIGH LAL =3D 46CHEM2:46CC4504.RO02 LAT =3D LOW END NAME =3D 46CHEM2:46FT4504D TYPE =3D AIN DESCRP =3D FLOW-PARETO FEED HSCO1 =3D 100 LSCO1 =3D 0.0 DELTO1 =3D 1 EO1 =3D GPM INHIB =3D 46CHEM2:4605_14A.DSR_RB.~ ANM =3D FLOW HAL =3D 46CHEM2:46CC4504.RO01 HAT =3D HIGH LAL =3D 46CHEM2:46CC4504.RO02 LAT =3D LOW END NAME =3D 46CHEM2:46FT4504E TYPE =3D AIN DESCRP =3D FLOW-PARETO FEED (SPARE) HSCO1 =3D 100 LSCO1 =3D 0.0 DELTO1 =3D 1 EO1 =3D GPM OSV =3D 2.0 INHIB =3D 46CHEM2:4605_14A.DSR_RB.~ HLOP =3D 1 ANM =3D FLOW HAL =3D 46CHEM2:46CC4504.RO01 HAT =3D HIGH LAL =3D 46CHEM2:46CC4504.RO02 LAT =3D LOW END NAME =3D 46CHEM2:46C4504 TYPE =3D CALCA DESCRP =3D FLOW-PARETO FEED PERIOD =3D 2 PHASE =3D 0 LOOPID =3D 46-4504 RI01 =3D :46FT4504A.PNT RI02 =3D :46FT4504B.PNT RI03 =3D :46FT4504C.PNT RI04 =3D :46FT4504D.PNT RI05 =3D :46FT4504E.PNT RI06 =3D 5.0 RI07 =3D 0.0 RI08 =3D 0.0 BI01 =3D 1 BI02 =3D 1 BI03 =3D 1 BI04 =3D 1 BI05 =3D 0 BI06 =3D 0 BI07 =3D 46CHEM2:46CC4504.BO01 BI08 =3D 0 BI09 =3D 0 BI10 =3D 0 BI11 =3D 0 BI12 =3D 0 BI13 =3D 0 BI14 =3D 0 BI15 =3D 0 BI16 =3D 0 II01 =3D 0 II02 =3D 0 LI01 =3D 0 LI02 =3D 0 MA =3D 1 INITMA =3D 1 TIMINI =3D 0 M01 =3D 1 M02 =3D 10 M03 =3D 0.0 M04 =3D 0.0 M05 =3D 0.0 M06 =3D 0.0 M07 =3D 0.3 M08 =3D 0.2 M09 =3D 0.0 M10 =3D 0.0 STEP01 =3D CLA STEP02 =3D NOP STEP03 =3D IN BI01 STEP04 =3D BIF 9 STEP05 =3D IN RI01 STEP06 =3D STM M01 STEP07 =3D ADD M06 1 STEP08 =3D STM M06 STEP09 =3D IN BI02 STEP10 =3D BIF 15 STEP11 =3D IN RI02 STEP12 =3D STM M02 STEP13 =3D ADD M06 1 STEP14 =3D STM M06 STEP15 =3D IN BI03 STEP16 =3D BIF 21 STEP17 =3D IN RI03 STEP18 =3D STM M03 STEP19 =3D ADD M06 1 STEP20 =3D STM M06 STEP21 =3D IN BI04 STEP22 =3D BIF 27 STEP23 =3D IN RI04 STEP24 =3D STM M04 STEP25 =3D ADD M06 1 STEP26 =3D STM M06 STEP27 =3D IN BI05 STEP28 =3D BIF 33 STEP29 =3D IN RI05 STEP30 =3D STM M05 STEP31 =3D ADD M06 1 STEP32 =3D STM M06 STEP33 =3D IN M06 STEP34 =3D OUT IO01 STEP35 =3D ADD M01 M02 STEP36 =3D ADD M03 M04 STEP37 =3D IN M05 STEP38 =3D ADD 3 STEP39 =3D OUT RO01 STEP40 =3D NOP STEP41 =3D NOP STEP42 =3D NOP STEP43 =3D NOP STEP44 =3D NOP STEP45 =3D NOP STEP46 =3D IN BI07 STEP47 =3D BIF 50 STEP48 =3D SBD RO01 STEP49 =3D EXIT STEP50 =3D CBD RO01 END NAME =3D 46CHEM2:46CC4504 TYPE =3D CALCA DESCRP =3D FLOW-PARETO FEED PERIOD =3D 2 PHASE =3D 0 LOOPID =3D 46-4504 RI01 =3D :46FT4504A.PNT RI02 =3D :46FT4504B.PNT RI03 =3D :46FT4504C.PNT RI04 =3D :46FT4504D.PNT RI05 =3D :46FT4504E.PNT RI06 =3D 46CHEM2:46FIC4504.SPT RI07 =3D 0.03 RI08 =3D 0.17 BI01 =3D 46CHEM2:46C4504.BI01 BI02 =3D 46CHEM2:46C4504.BI02 BI03 =3D 46CHEM2:46C4504.BI03 BI04 =3D 46CHEM2:46C4504.BI04 BI05 =3D 46CHEM2:46C4504.BI05 BI06 =3D 0 BI07 =3D 1 BI08 =3D 0 BI09 =3D 0 BI10 =3D 0 BI11 =3D 0 BI12 =3D 0 BI13 =3D 0 BI14 =3D 0 BI15 =3D 0 BI16 =3D 0 II01 =3D 46CHEM2:46C4504.IO01 II02 =3D 0 LI01 =3D 0 LI02 =3D 0 MA =3D 1 INITMA =3D 1 TIMINI =3D 0 M01 =3D 1 M02 =3D 10 M03 =3D 0.0 M04 =3D 0.0 M05 =3D 0.0 M06 =3D 0.0 M07 =3D 0.0 M08 =3D 0.0 M09 =3D 0.0 M10 =3D 0.0 M11 =3D 0.0 M12 =3D 0.0 M13 =3D 0.0 M14 =3D 0.0 M15 =3D 0.0 M16 =3D 0.0 M17 =3D 0.0 M18 =3D 0.0 M19 =3D 0.0 M20 =3D 0.0 M21 =3D 0.0 M22 =3D 0.0 M23 =3D 0.0 M24 =3D 0.0 STEP01 =3D CLM STEP02 =3D IN BI01 STEP03 =3D BIF 5 STEP04 =3D RBD RI01 STEP05 =3D STM M01 STEP06 =3D IN BI02 STEP07 =3D BIF 9 STEP08 =3D RBD RI02 STEP09 =3D STM M02 STEP10 =3D IN BI03 STEP11 =3D BIF 13 STEP12 =3D RBD RI03 STEP13 =3D STM M03 STEP14 =3D IN BI04 STEP15 =3D BIF 17 STEP16 =3D RBD RI04 STEP17 =3D STM M04 STEP18 =3D IN BI05 STEP19 =3D BIF 21 STEP20 =3D RBD RI05 STEP21 =3D STM M05 STEP22 =3D OR M01 M02 STEP23 =3D OR M03 STEP24 =3D OR M04 STEP25 =3D OR M05 STEP26 =3D OUT BO01 STEP27 =3D =20 STEP28 =3D =20 STEP29 =3D =20 STEP30 =3D =20 STEP31 =3D =20 STEP32 =3D =20 STEP33 =3D =20 STEP34 =3D IN RI06 STEP35 =3D =20 STEP36 =3D IN II01 STEP37 =3D DIV STEP38 =3D STM M06 STEP39 =3D MUL RI07 M06 STEP40 =3D ADD M06 STEP41 =3D OUT RO01 STEP42 =3D MUL RI08 M06 STEP43 =3D ADD M06 STEP44 =3D OUT RO02 STEP45 =3D MUL RI06 RI07 STEP46 =3D ADD RI06 STEP47 =3D OUT RO03 STEP48 =3D MUL RI08 RI06 STEP49 =3D ADD RI06 STEP50 =3D OUT RO04 END NAME =3D 46CHEM2:46FIC4504 TYPE =3D PIDA DESCRP =3D FLOW-PARETO FEED PERIOD =3D 2 PHASE =3D 0 LOOPID =3D 46-4504 MEAS =3D :46C4504.RO01 HSCI1 =3D 100.0 LSCI1 =3D 0.0 DELTI1 =3D 1 EI1 =3D GPM NLNBLK =3D 0 SPT =3D 0.0 SPCLMP =3D 0 SPHLIM =3D 100.0 SPLLIM =3D 0.0 STRKOP =3D 0 SPROPT =3D 0 SPRATE =3D 0.0 SPTARG =3D 0.0 SPRAMP =3D 0 RSP =3D 0.0 LR =3D 0 INITLR =3D 2 LOCSP =3D 0 LOCSW =3D 1 REMSW =3D 0 MODOPT =3D 4 INCOPT =3D 0 PBAND =3D 150.0 INT =3D 0.5 DERIV =3D 0.0 KD =3D 10.0 SPLLAG =3D 1.0 DTIME =3D 0.0 FILTER =3D 0.0 NONLOP =3D 0 HZONE =3D 100.0 LZONE =3D 100.0 KZONE =3D 1.0 SPLCOP =3D 0 SPLRDY =3D 0 TSAMPL =3D 0.0 BIAS =3D 0.0 HSCI2 =3D 100.0 LSCI2 =3D 0.0 DELTI2 =3D 1.0 EI2 =3D % BBIAS =3D 0.0 KBIAS =3D 1.0 BTRKOP =3D 0 MULTIN =3D 100.0 HSCIN =3D 100.0 LSCIN =3D 0.0 EIN =3D % HSCO1 =3D 100.0 LSCO1 =3D 0.0 DELTO1 =3D 1.0 EO1 =3D % OSV =3D 2.0 HOLIM =3D 100.0 LOLIM =3D 0.0 LIMOPT =3D 1 MCLOPT =3D 0 BATCHO =3D 0 PRLOAD =3D 0.0 TRACK =3D 0.0 TRKENL =3D 0 HOLD =3D 0 PRIBLK =3D 0 INITI =3D 0 BCALCI =3D 0.0 FBK =3D 0.0 MA =3D 1 INITMA =3D 2 MANFS =3D 0 MBADOP =3D 1 CEOPT =3D 0 PROPT =3D 0 MANSW =3D 0 AUTSW =3D 0 MANALM =3D 1 INHOPT =3D 0 INHIB =3D 46CHEM2:4605_14A.DSR_RB.~ INHALM =3D 0x0 MEASNM =3D FLOW MALOPT =3D 0 MEASHL =3D 20.0 MEASHT =3D HIGH MEASLL =3D 5.0 MEASLT =3D LOW MEASDB =3D 0.0 MEASPR =3D 5 MEASGR =3D 4 DALOPT =3D 1 DEVTIM =3D 60 HDALIM =3D 46CHEM2:46CC4504.RO03 HDATXT =3D HI DEVIATION LDALIM =3D 46CHEM2:46CC4504.RO04 LDATXT =3D LO DEVIATION DEVADB =3D 0.2 DEVPRI =3D 5 DEVGRP =3D 4 HHAOPT =3D 0 HHALIM =3D 17.0 HHATXT =3D HIHI LLALIM =3D 2.0 LLATXT =3D LOLO HHAPRI =3D 5 HHAGRP =3D 4 OALOPT =3D 0 OUTNM =3D OUTPUT HOALIM =3D 100.0 HOATXT =3D HI OUTPUT LOALIM =3D 0.0 LOATXT =3D LO OUTPUT OUTADB =3D 0.0 OUTPRI =3D 5 OUTGRP =3D 4 FLBOPT =3D 0 INITSE =3D 0 SUPGRP =3D 4 SUPOPT =3D 0 AMRTIN =3D 0 NASTDB =3D 0 END =20 Ronald G. 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