Mark VIe System Overview and
Architecture
MARK VIe Control
System
The FIRST
Installation
in
INDIA
at our
Site
LANCO Kondapalli
Turbine Controls History
Mark I Mark II Mark IV Mark V Mark VI Mark VI e
Introduced 1966 1973 1982 1991 1997 2004
Shipments 850 2181 1080 3411 915
Application Gas Turbine Gas Turbine Gas Turbine Gas / Steam Turbine / BOP Governor / BOP
Relays for Discrete Solid-state Complete Upgradable CPUs. Upgradable CPUs.
Sequencing & for Sequencing. IC's Microprocessor Distributed VME Backplane. cPCI Backplane.
Discrete Solid-state & Microprocessor for Based. 8086/80286. Processors 186/196. Distributed Networked I/O.
Technology for Control Control Proprietary Backplane Proprietary Backplane Controllers Local/Remote
Redundancy Single Single Single / Triple Single / Triple Single / Triple Single / Dual / Triple
Meters, PBs, Meters, PBs, Black & White PC. Initially
Operator Switches, Relay Switches, Solid-state Monitor with Proprietary. Later Windows PC with Windows PC with
Interface Annuniciator Annuniciator Membrane PBs Windows, Cimplicity Cimplicity GUI Cimplicity GUI
Third Party Modbus & Ethernet
Modbus, Ethernet Modbus, Ethernet
Interface Hardwired Hardwired Serial & Proprietary TCP-IP GSM GSM, OPC, DNP 3.0 GSM, OPC, DNP 3.0
10MB Ethernet, Peer- 100MB Ethernet,
to-Peer Peer-to-Peer
Networks NA NA NA Arcnet Communications Communications
Maintenance Analog Cablibration, Analog Cablibration, Software Calibration, Software Calibration,
Interface Pots, Timers Pots, Timers Software Calibration Software Calibration Windows Based Windows Based
Overview
Common items in any Mark VIe Control
System
HMI
Viewer
IO Pack
IO Net
H
Controller
PD
Terminal Board
UD HMI
H Server
The Building Blocks
The Controllers The I/O
The Software
The Networks
Communications
Unit Data Highway (UDH)
• Connects Controllers and HMI’s
• Ethernet Global Data (EGD)
• Usually 2 UDH’s for redundancy
Plant Data Highway (PDH)
• Connects HMI server with Printers, HMI
Viewers
• Usually Dual Networks for Redundancy
I/O Network (IO Net)
• Communications between
controllers and IO Packs
> Controller to Controller
Communication (<R> to
<S> to <T>)
> Controller to/from IO
Packs
• Single, Dual, and Triple
networks
Human Machine Interface (HMI)
• Win2K or WinXP O/S
• Cimplicity
• 2 Types – Servers, and Viewers
• Servers- Can configure Cimplicity Project
• Servers- Provide Data to Viewers
• Viewers- Only for control and monitoring
not configuration
Communications with DCS
• Four types
> Serial Modbus
Slave from HMI
Server
> Modbus Slave
over TCP/IP
> GE Standard
Messaging (GSM)
over TCP/IP
> OPC
Mark VIe Control Components
IO NET
Entron Ethernet
Switches – no
configuration or
diagnostics.
Network 1 <R> Red
Network 2 <S> Black
Network 3 <T> Blue
Controller Enclosure
• 6 Slot CPCI
• Backplane for power only
• CPCI Power Supply
• +-12, +5 +3.3 VDC
• Optional 2nd Power
Supply
Controller
• CPCI form factor for
mounting in rack
•Operating System is QnX
• Permanent storage is
Compact Flash
• Up to 3 RJ-45 IO Net
connections
• There are 3main
controllers:
> UCCA
> UCCC
> UCSA
IO Packs
•1 Generic Processor
Board
•1 PACK specific A/D
board
•-30 Deg C. to +60 Deg
C.
•IR Port
•2 IONet Ethernet RJ45
T type Terminal Board
•T Type
•Supports 3 IO Packs
•2 Barrier type removal terminal blocks
•Supports Spade or Ring Lugs
S Type Terminal Board
• 1 IO Pack Per Board
• Half the size of T type
• Din Rail Mountable
• High Density Terminal
Block
IONet Switches Features
• Operating Temp: -40 to 85C
• Operating Humidity: 10 to 95% Non-Condensing
• Shock: 200g @ 10ms
• Vibration / Seismic: 50g, 5-200Hz, Tri-axial
• MTBF: > 2M hours
• Auto-sensing 10/100 Base TX, Duplex, and MDIX
• Up to 2.6Gb/s, High Speed Backplane
Switch Types • Steel Enclosure, Prevents EFI and RFI
• N-TRON 500 Series • DIN-Rail or Rack Mounted
• 508TX – 8 10/100 BaseTX RJ-45 Ports • Redundant Power Inputs 10-30Vdc,
• 516TX – 16 10/100 BaseTX RJ-45 Ports - 200ma (w/o fiber) 400ma (w fiber) at 24Vdc
• 509FX – 8 10/100 BaseTX RJ-45 Ports • Bi-color LED’s for Link, Speed, Activity, and Duplex Status
1 100 BaseFX Fiber Port
• 517FX – 16 10/100 BaseTX RJ-45 Ports Emissions and Safety Approvals
1 100 BaseFX Fiber Port • FCC Part 15 Class A
• UL Listed (US & Canada)
• Class 1, Div 2, Groups A, B, C, D, T4A
• CE: EN55011, EN61000-6-2 and –6-4
• EN61000-4-2,3,4,5,6,11, EN61010-1 Class III,
Pollution Degree 2
Designated Controller Determination
• Weighted algorithm based
> Control State
> UDH Connectivity
> IONet Connectivity
> NVRAM health
• If there is a numerical tie:
> R then S then T
UDH Communicator
• Processor selected to send EGD data and
Alarm
Data over the UDH
• All controllers receive EGD Data from the
UDH
• In the event that a controller can not
receive UDH EGD Data, the controller will
request the data over the IONet from the
UDH communicator
Redundancy
4 different levels
• Field Devices (Simplex, Dual, TMR)
• Controllers (Simplex, Dual, TMR)
• IO Network (Single, Dual, Triple)
• IO Pack (Single, Dual, Triple)
Simplex Redundancy Options
example
• Lowest Cost
• No online repair
• No redundancy
•All IO is Single
Pack, Single
Network (SPSN)
Dual Redundancy Options example
• More reliability
(simplex)
• Online repair
limited by IO
redundancy
• A- SPDN
• B- 2SPSN
• C- DPDN
• D- TPDN
TMR Redundancy Options example
• Most Reliable
• Online repair
limited by IO
redundancy
• A- SPDN
• B- 2SPDN
• C- DPDN
• D- TPTN
Voting
• Voting is separated into 2 different categories
> Inputs
> Outputs
• Inputs voted in Software (SIFT)
> 2 out of 3 for logics
> Median Select for analogs
> Voting Disagreement Detector (Voter Mismatch)
Input Voting Analog Example
Input Processing Examples
Input Processing Examples
Input Processing Examples
Input Processing Examples
Output Processing
• TMR system outputs voted in Hardware at
the TB.
• For Dual System or Simplex system
outputs are set by the Designated
Controller
Output Hardware Voting Examples
4-20 mA Outputs
I/O Packs
Output Hardware Voting Examples
Servo Outputs
I/O Packs
Output Hardware Voting Examples
Relay Outputs
Turbine Overspeed Protection
Example
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Mark VIe
• Flexible redundancy
• High bandwidth I/O network;
time synchronized to Sec
• High accuracy across broad
temperature range
• Architecture provides clean
upgrade path
Total Plant Solution
