Converting And Normalizing The Loop Inputs - Siemens SIMATIC S7-200 System Manual

Converting and Normalizing the Loop Inputs

A loop has two input variables, the setpoint and the process variable. The setpoint
is generally a fixed value such as the speed setting on the cruise control in your
automobile. The process variable is a value that is related to loop output and
therefore measures the effect that the loop output has on the controlled system. In
the example of the cruise control, the process variable would be a tachometer
input that measures the rotational speed of the tires.
Both the setpoint and the process variable are real world values whose magnitude,
range, and engineering units may be different. Before these real world values can
be operated upon by the PID instruction, the values must be converted to
normalized, floating-point representations.
The first step is to convert the real world value from a 16-bit integer value to a
floating-point or real number value. The following instruction sequence is provided
to show how to convert from an integer value to a real number.
XORD
MOVW AIW0, AC0
LDW>= AC0, 0
JMP
NOT
ORD
LBL
DTR
The next step is to convert the real number value representation of the real world
value to a normalized value between 0.0 and 1.0. The following equation is used to
normalize either the setpoint or process variable value:
R = ((R
Norm
where:
R
Norm
R
Raw
Offset
Span
The following instruction sequence shows how to normalize the bipolar value in
AC0 (whose span is 64,000) as a continuation of the previous instruction
sequence:
/R
+R
MOVR
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AC0, AC0 //Clear the accumulator.
//Save the analog value in the accumulator.
//If the analog value is positive,
0 //then convert to a real number.
//Else,
16#FFFF0000, AC0 //sign extend the value in AC0.
0
AC0, AC0 //Convert the 32-bit integer to a real number.
/ Span) + Offset)
Raw
is the normalized, real number value representation of the real world
value
is the un-normalized or raw, real number value representation of the
real world value
is 0.0 for unipolar values
is 0.5 for bipolar values
is the maximum possible value minus the minimum possible value
= 32,000 for unipolar values (typical)
= 64,000 for bipolar values (typical)
64000.0, AC0 //Normalize the value in the accumulator
0.5, AC0 //Offset the value to the range from 0.0 to 1.0
AC0, VD100 //Store the normalized value in the loop TABLE
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