Please bear with me I have never actually used a PIDE block in anger and I base what I say on previous experience with Stand alone PID controllers and a quick look at the PIDE block parameters in Reference document B0193AX volume 3...... What are your P, I and D, and BIAS settings? I suspect that to achieve what you are looking for you should find it is Proportional only, I and D should be 0 (as there is no MODOPT to select Pb only). BIAS should then be adjusted to achieve 0% when Meas = SPT. This should equate to -50% as BIAS is scaled in output units, I assume 0 to 100%....???? Best Regards Paul McQuaid Mob:+44(0)7776 245320 -----Original Message----- From: foxboro-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:foxboro-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Andriny Bt Rusman (T&E/PETH) Sent: 06 February 2013 07:28 To: foxboro@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [foxboro] PIDE controller query Dear all knowing list, I have a problem with my PIDE. It is an override controller that is supposed to operate ONLY when the MEAS=< (same or below) SPT. The meas variable is always way above SPT. The output should always be 0 unless MEAS=<SPT. My problem is, everytime my Meas approaches SPT, my output starts to increase, which I don't want as the output shd start increasing only when meas value drops to SPT or below! How do I avoid this with PIDE? Is it a tuning issue as the PB is very tight as I want it to act fast. Do I need to change to PIDA? What are the parameters I need to change to achieve this? Many thanks, Andriny DISCLAIMER : This e-mail and any files transmitted with it ("Message") is intended only for the use of the recipient(s) named above and may contain confidential information. You are hereby notified that the taking of any action in reliance upon, or any review, retransmission, dissemination, distribution, printing or copying of this Message or any part thereof by anyone other than the intended recipient(s) is strictly prohibited. If you have received this Message in error, you should delete this Message immediately and advise the sender by return e-mail. Opinions, conclusions and other information in this Message that do not relate to the official business of PETRONAS or its Group of Companies shall be understood as neither given nor endorsed by PETRONAS or any of the companies within the Group. _______________________________________________________________________ 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