Troubleshooting An Autotune Process - Allen-Bradley Micro830 User Manual

Troubleshooting an
Autotune Process
Rockwell Automation Publication 2080-UM002G-EN-E - March 2015
First peak is defined as:
For Direct Operation: First peak = PV1 - (12 x Deviation)
For Reverse Operation: First peak = PV1 + (12 x Deviation)
Where PV1 is the process value when Initialize is set to FALSE.
Once the process value reaches first peak, the control output reduces by the
amount of Step and waits for the process value to drop to the second peak.
Second peak is defined as:
For Direct Operation: Second peak = PV1 - (3 x Deviation)
For Reverse Operation: Second peak = PV1 + (3 x Deviation)
Once the process value reaches or falls below second peak, calculations
commence and a set of gain will be generated to parameter OutGains.
You can tell what is going on behind the autotune process from the sequences of
control output. Here are some known sequences of control output and what it
means if autotune fails. For the ease of illustrating the sequence of control output,
we define:
Load: 50
Step: 20
Output Sequence 1: 50 -> 70 -> 30
Sequence Condition
Process value reached 'first peak' and
'second' peak in time
Output Sequence 2: 50 -> 70 -> 50
Sequence Condition
Process value not able to reach
'first peak'
Output Sequence 3: 50 -> 70 -> 30 -> 50
Sequence Condition
Process value not able to reach
second peak
IPID Function Block Appendix F
Autotune Result Action for Autotune Fail
Likely successful NA
Autotune Result Action for Autotune Fail
Likely unsuccessful Reduce Deviation or Increase Step
Autotune Result Action for Autotune Fail
Likely unsuccessful Increase Deviation or increase Step
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