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Chapter 11 Video terminal VT310W

Contents Page

Technical characteristics 11-2

Functions 11-4

Front view 11-8

Customizing label 11-10

Rear view 11-11

Dimensions and Cut-out 11-13

Accessories 11-14

Transfer PC -> VT 11-14

Preparation for reception 11-15

Information relating to driver 11-16

Adjusting the contrast on the display 11-20

This chapter consists of 20 pages.

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F12 F16

F13 F17

F14 F18

F15 F19

VT310W X0 Power Battery

F1 F2 F3 F4 F5 F6 F7 F8 F9 F10 F11
. V Y +
F20 F21 ± PgUp Clr
W Z / Spare
Space X 7 - 8 = 9 Esc

M P S
Alarm Info shift N Q T
O 4 R 5 U 6
A D G J
Ack PgDn
Help B E H K Enter
All Ack C 0 F 1 I 2 L 3

Technical The following table lists the principal technical characteristics of the prod-
characteristics uct in question.

Code of terminal Characteristics of the terminal

VT310W A0000
VT310W AP000
Display ▼ ▼
LCD monochromatic STN ● ●
Type LCD 16 Colors STN
LCD 16 Colors TFT
Representational format Graphic ● ●
Resolution [pixels] 240 x 128 (5,5”) ● ●
Rows by characters 16 x 40 / 8 x 20 / 4 x 10 ● ●
Display area size [mm] 123 x 68 ● ●
Character matrix in text mode [pixels] 6 x 8 / 12 x 16 / 24 x 32 ● ●
Character size [mm] x 1 / x 2 / x 4 3 x 4 / 6 x 8 / 12 x 16 ● ●
Software ● ●
Contrast adjustment
Automatic compensation with temperature
Character sets Programmable fonts/TTF Windows ® ● ●
Backlighting
LED
Type
CCFL lamp ● ●
Minimum lamp-life at 25°C [hours] 10000 ● ●
Keyboard
Non-customizable function keys 10 ● ●
Customizable function keys 11 ● ●
Function key LEDs 32 ● ●
Alphanumeric keys 11 ● ●
Operational keys 14 ● ●
Operational key LEDs 4 ● ●
Diagnostic LEDs 3 ● ●

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Code of terminal Characteristics of the terminal

VT310W A0000
VT310W AP000
User memory ▼ ▼
Project [Bytes] 192K + 384K (Text + Graphics) ● ●
Data memory [Bytes] 128K (With back-up battery) ● ●
Memory for Windows ® -based fonts [Byte] 64K ● ●
Memory Card for backup 4Mb ● ●
Memory Card for expansion --
Interfaces
MSP (Multi-serial port) RS232/RS422/RS485/TTY-20mA ● ●
ASP (Auxiliary serial port) RS232/RS485 ● ●
ASP-15L (Auxiliary serial port) RS232/RS485
ASP-8 (Auxiliary serial port) RS232
ASP-9 (Auxiliary serial port) RS232
LPT parallel port Centronics ●
Auxiliary port Connection for accessories ● ●
Accessories
Connectable accessories See table ”Chapter 34” ● ●
Clock
Clock Hardware (With back-up battery) ● ●
Networks
Profibus-DP
Integrated CAN Open (Optoisolated interface)
Ethernet 10/100Mbit RJ45
Universal Bus Connector --
Optional See table ”Chapter 34” ● ●
Proprietary networks
Network server ● ●
ESA-Net
Network client ● ●
Technical data
Power supply 24Vdc (18..32Vdc)
Power absorbed at 24Vdc 11W
Protection fuse Ø5x20mm - 800mA Quick Blow F
Protection level IP65 (front-end)
Operating temperature 0..50°C
Storage and transportation temperature -20..+60°C
Humidity (non-condensing) <85%
Weight 1500gr
Dimensions
External W x H x D [mm] 252 x 196 x 60
Cut-out W x H [mm] 232 x 178
Certification
Certifications and approvals CE, cULus, NEMA12

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Functions The following table lists in alphabetical order all the functions of the VT in
question.

Table 11.1: Functions and objects realizable with this VT (Part 1 of 4)

Code of terminal
VT310W ✳✳✳✳✳
Objects/Functions Quantity ▼
Alarm field ●

Alarm help 1024 ●

Alarm history buffer 256 ●

Alarm statistics
Alarms (Total/active simultaneously) 1024/256 ●

Arc ●

Automatic operations 32 ●

Backup/Restore ●

Bar data ●

Bit-wise password 8bits ●

Buttons
Circles ●

Command: Change language ●

Command: Clear trend buffer ●

Command: Delete recipe ●

Command: Hardcopy ●

Command: Load recipe from data memory ●

Command: Modify password ●

Command: Next page

Command: Page help ●

Command: Password login ●

Command: Password logout ●

Command: Previous page

Command: Print alarm history ●

Command: Printer form feed ●

Command: Quit project ●

Command: Report ●

Command: Restarts reading time-sampled trend ●

Command: Run pipeline ●

Command: Save alarms history and trend buffers in flash

Command: Save recipe in data memory ●

Command: Save recipe received from device in buffer ●

Command: Save recipe received from device in data memory ●

Command: Send recipe from video buffer to device ●

Command: Send recipe to device ●

Command: Service page ●

Unless otherwise stated, there is no limit to the number of includable elements, only the size of project memory sets a limit.
*) indicative value determined by the dimensions of the project, **) depends on memory available

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Table 11.1: Functions and objects realizable with this VT (Part 2 of 4)

Code of terminal
VT310W ✳✳✳✳✳
Objects/Functions Quantity ▼
Command: Show alarms history ●

Command: Show page directory

Command: Show project information ●

Command: Show recipe directory ●

Command: Show sequence directory ●

Command: Shows driver status page

Command: Shows page help
Command: Shows page with function: PG
Command: Stops reading time sampled trend ●

Command: Trend reading saved in device ●

Command: Zero number of general pages ●

Date field ●

Day-of-the-week field ●

Dynamic texts: Bit-group-structured dynamic texts ●

Dynamic texts: Single-bit dynamic texts 1024* ●

Dynamic texts: Value-structured dynamic texts ●

E-keys ●

Equations 32 ●

F-keys ●

Free terminal
Function: Disables key ●

Function: Go to page
Function: Internal command ●

Function: Invert bit value ●

Function: Macro ●

Function: None ●

Function: Reset bit permanently ●

Function: Reset real-time bit ●

Function: Sequences ●

Function: Sets bit permanently ●

Function: Sets real-time bit ●

Function: Value-structure direct command ●

Global configuration of E-keys ●

Global configuration of F-keys ●

Headers and footers (Total/Number of fields per H-F) 128/128 ●

Info-messages (Total/active simultaneously) 1024/256 ●

Internal registers 4096bytes ●

Labels ●

LEDs assigned to sequence ●

Unless otherwise stated, there is no limit to the number of includable elements, only the size of project memory sets a limit.
*) indicative value determined by the dimensions of the project, **) depends on memory available

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Table 11.1: Functions and objects realizable with this VT (Part 3 of 4)

Code of terminal
VT310W ✳✳✳✳✳
Objects/Functions Quantity ▼
Lines ●

Lists of bitmap images ●

Lists of texts ●

Local configuration of E-keys ●

Local configuration of F-keys ●

Macro field
Macros (Total/Commands x macro) 1024/16 ●

Message field ●

Message help 1024 ●

Multilanguage texts 8 Langs. ●

Object - Indicator
Object - Potentiometer knob
Object - Selector knob
Object - Sliding potentiometer
Object - Sliding selector
Page 1024 ●

Page help 1024 ●

Password 10 ●

Pipelines (Numero/Tot bytes) 64/512 ●

Print ●

Print page (Total/Number of fields per page) 1024/128 ●

Programmable fonts ●

Project images ●

Public variables of ESANET network (Number/Tolat bytes) 256/1024 ●

Recipe field for recipe structure ●

Recipes (Number of variables per recipe) 1024/256 ●

Rectangles ●

Redefinable characters
Reports 128 ●

Sequences - Random ●
128
Sequences - Start/stop ●

Static bitmaps ●

Symbolic field: Bit-group-structured dynamic bitmaps ●

Symbolic field: Single-bit-structured dynamic bitmaps 1024* ●

Symbolic field: Value-structured dynamic bitmaps ●

System messages ●

System variables assigned to recipe structure ●

Time long field ●

Time short field ●

Unless otherwise stated, there is no limit to the number of includable elements, only the size of project memory sets a limit.
*) indicative value determined by the dimensions of the project, **) depends on memory available

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Table 11.1: Functions and objects realizable with this VT (Part 4 of 4)

Code of terminal
VT310W ✳✳✳✳✳
Objects/Functions Quantity ▼
Timer 16 ●

Touch Area
Trend buffers 128 ●

Trends (Trends x page/Channels x trend) 4/4 ●

Trends sampled automatically (Memory/Trends/Readings) 512bytes ●

Trends sampled on command (Memory/Trends/Readings) /**/240 ●

Value direct command: ADD ●

Value direct command: AND ●

Value direct command: OR ●

Value direct command: SET ●

Value direct command: SUBTRACT ●

Value direct command: XOR ●

Variables: Limit values and linear scaling variables ●

Variables: Movement variable (Mobile symbolic field) ●

Variables: Threshold variables ●

96 x pages
Variables: Floating Point numerical variables ●

Variables: Numerical variables (DEC, HEX, BIN, BCD) ●

Variables: String variables (ASCII) ●

Unless otherwise stated, there is no limit to the number of includable elements, only the size of project memory sets a limit.
*) indicative value determined by the dimensions of the project, **) depends on memory available

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Front view

1
F12 F16 3
F13 F17
2 6
F14 F18

F15 F19
7
VT310W X0 Power Battery

4 8
F1 F2 F3 F4 F5 F6 F7 F8 F9 F10 F11
.
5
V Y +
F20 F21 ± PgUp Clr
W Z / Spare
Space X 7 - 8 = 9 Esc

M P S
Alarm Info shift N Q T
O 4 R 5 U 6
A D G J
Ack PgDn
Help B E H K Enter
All Ack
C 0 F 1 I 2 L 3

Key Function

1 Display

2 F-keys with one LED

3 F-keys with one LED

4 F-keys with two LEDs

5 F-keys with one LED

6 X0 LED. Blinks when communication error is detected

7 Power LED. Lights up when power in ON

8 Battery LED. Lights up when the battery has nearly run out

9 Alphanumeric keys

Starts input

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Key Function

Enter Confirms setting of data

PgUp Page up
When in setting phase, edits dynamic text

PgDn Page down

When in setting phase, edits dynamic text

Moves the cursor between settable fields

When in setting phase, moves cursor to the left of the field

Moves the cursor between settable fields

When in setting phase, moves cursor to the right of the field

Clr
Quits: setting of data, info-messages, sequence directory, com-
Esc
munication driver

Info Displays info-messages

Alarm Displays ISA alarms

Displays according to context: information message help, alarm

Help
help or page help

Ack
All
Ack
Acknowledgment of ISA alarms on display

Print the entire display area

Spare No predefined function

Clr
shift + Esc
In setting phase restores the initial value of the field

Ack
shift + All
Ack
Acknowledges all ISA alarms

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Customizing
label

1 4

2 5

3 6

Position Function - Dimensions L x H (mm)

1 F-key customization F - 16 x 92

2 ESA Logo - 91 x 10

3 F-key customization F1... F5 - 116 x 15

4 F-key customization F - 16 x 92

5 VT Model - 91 x 10

6 F-key customization F6... F11 - 134 x 15

The total thickness of the label must not exceed 125µm (microme-
ters). Do not use either stiff materials or glues.

Before starting to insert the customized label, see “Chapter 29 ->

Inserting customized labels“.

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Rear view

C D E F

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Position Function

A Auxiliary port for connecting optional accessories

B Trimmer for brightness control

C Power supply connector

D LPT port for connecting printer (Optional)

E ASP serial port for communicating with PC or other devices

F MSP serial port for communicating with PLC/PC

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Dimensions
and Cut-out

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To fix the sealing gasket and secure the VT to the container see “Chapter 30
-> Mounting the terminal within the container“.

Where accessories need to be fixed in or onto the VT terminal, you

are advised to do this before securing the VT to its container.

Accessories Any accessories should be mounted in accordance with the instructions in

the relevant chapter (see “Chapter 34 -> Video terminal accessories“).

Transfer PC -> For everything to function properly, the first time the VT operator terminal
VT is switched on it needs to be correctly loaded, that is it needs to have trans-
ferred to it:

• Firmware
• Communication driver
• Project

(Given that the transfer of the three files in practice occurs with a single
operation, it will be defined as “Project transfer” for the sake of simplicity.)

For this it is essential that the VT be prepared to receive the transfer. (See
also “Chapter 38 -> Command area“).

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Preparation The program VTWIN (see Software Manual) must be used for the transfer,
for reception but the terminal must be set up to receive. This means carrying out the fol-
lowing steps:

• Check that the VT is off

• Check that there is a serial connection between the PC and the VT
Enter
• Switch on the VT with pressed down or with the VT on press
shift Enter
together + ; in either case wait a moment

VT terminal with no Modem function:

• The following mask appears. F3=MemoCARD is only enabled when a

Memory Card has been inserted in the VT terminal (see Page 11-18).
The function to press depends on which port you intend to use (MSP
or ASP). The VT is now ready to receive (refer to Software Manual for
transfer procedure)

VT310 TRANSFER PAGE

Graphic controller BOOT check : OK

Graphic controller RAM check : OK

Graphic controller synchronization : OK

Main FIRMWARE check : NOT PRESENT

Graphic controller FIRMWARE : ERROR

F1=ASP F2=MSP F3=MemoCARD ENTER=Prj

VT terminal with Modem function:

• Proceed from the preceding mask; the following mask appears

VT310 TRANSFER PAGE

Graphic controller BOOT check : OK

Graphic controller RAM check : OK

Graphic controller synchronization : OK

Main FIRMWARE check : NOT PRESENT

Graphic controller FIRMWARE : ERROR
F1=MODEM F2=PC ENTER=Prj

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• Choose the required transfer mode: MODEM if you intend to use a

modem or PC if you intend to use a serial port; press the corresponding
function

If the choose made is PC, the VT is ready to receive (see Software Manual
for transfer), if, on the other hand, you choose MODEM, the following
mask will appear

VT310 TRANSFER PAGE

Graphic controller BOOT check : OK

Graphic controller RAM check : OK

Graphic controller synchronization : OK

Main FIRMWARE check : NOT PRESENT

Graphic controller FIRMWARE : ERROR
F1=SLOW F2=FAST

The choice should be according to the speed you intend to use for the trans-
fer (Slow=9600bit/sec or Fast=38400bit/sec), press the corresponding func-
tion . The VT is now ready to receive (see Software Manual for the
transfer).

Information After the project has been transferred, the VT can make available informa-
relating to tion relating to what has been loaded. The information regards:
driver
• Serial ports present
• The name of the driver loaded
• The version of the driver loaded
• Network address of the VT
• Last error to have occurred

To acquire this information carry out the following operations:

• Be situated in any page of the project

Shift
• Press twice; you will see

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Port : xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Driver : xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Ver : xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Addr VT : xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Error : xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Right = next page Enter = settings page

There is one of these pages for each communication port; you can move

between the various pages by pressing .

Enter
If you press while displaying this page you can access the page for set-
ting the clock and the contrast.

SET CONTRAST : ±##

SET CLOCK :
ddd,dd/mm/yy
hh:mm:ss

Up/Down = select Enter = set

PgUp PgDn

In order to access the contrast setting, use or to select the SET

Enter
CONTRAST option that is displayed in reverse colors and press ; the
following mask will appear:

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CONTRAST : ±##

Up/Down = change Enter = memo

PgUp PgDn
Enter
Use and/or to effect any variation and for the confirmation.
PgUp PgDn

To be able to set the clock use or to select the SET CLOCK option
Enter
that is displayed in reverse colors and press ; the following mask will
appear:

For the clock to be used properly, a special battery has to be

inserted in the terminal (see “Chapter 34 -> Video terminal accesso-
ries“).

hh:mm:ss dd/mm/yy

Lf/Rt=select Up/Down=change Enter=memo

PgUp PgDn

Use and/or to select the field and and/or to effect any

Enter
variation; use to confirm.

Enter
To use the Memory Card either switch on the VT with held down or, if
shift Enter
the VT is already on, press + together; in both cases it will be

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necessary to wait a moment before the following mask appears on the VT:

VT310 TRANSFER PAGE

Graphic controller BOOT check : OK

Graphic controller RAM check : OK

Graphic controller synchronization : OK

Main FIRMWARE check : NOT PRESENT

Graphic controller FIRMWARE : ERROR

F1=ASP F2=MSP F3=MemoCARD ENTER=Prj

Press F3=MemoCARD (if the key is not on the screen, see Page 11-15)
and the following mask will appear:

MEMORY CARD MENU

F1= BACKUP F2= RESTORE

F3= ERASE F4= EXIT

For the meaning and function of the keys see “Chapter 34 -> Memory card“.

Possible error messages are:

• PR ERR

Problem-> Errors have been detected in the data exchange between

the VT and the Device.
Solution-> Check the cable; there may be disturbance.

• COM BROKEN

Problem-> Communication between VT and Device interrupted.

Solution-> Check the serial connection cable.

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An error message followed by [*] indicates that the error is not currently
present but was and has since disappeared.

Example: COM BROKEN*

Esc
When is pressed you quit the display of information regarding the
driver.

Adjusting the To improve the quality of the representation on the display it may be neces-
contrast on sary to adjust its contrast. This can be done by going to the page proposed
the display (see Page 11-17) and changing the value (from +31 to -32) in evidence at
that moment. Increase the value to darken the display; to lighten it decrease
the value.

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