1. L25 - PlantPAx Process Application Development Lab I

2. Distributed Control System (DCS)
What is PlantPAx?
Rockwell Automation’s Modern Distributed Control System
Process Automation, small and large applications
Characterized system that provides known performance
Guidelines to size and build your PlantPAx system
Following guidelines and rules makes it a PlantPAx system!
Selection Guide
Distributed Control System (DCS)
Reference Manual
What is PlantPAx?
Rockwell Automation’s Modern Distributed Control System (DCS)
It’s a modern approach on DCS because:
- Is has All core capabilities expected from contemporary, World-Class DCS, while enabling plant-wide control & optimization
- It’s Scalable and modular architectures to match exact control requirements and reduce time to market
- It’s Open, information-enabled & secure architectures with easy connectivity to business systems & 3rd party networks
- And it’s Provides flexibility in the technology, delivery, and support for the system
When you follow our guidelines and the sizing recommendations from the Process System Estimator (PSE) and you use RA architecture, you have a PlantPAx system
A system built using our hardware and software and Library of Process objects but without following the guidelines for building and sizing is NOT a PlantPAx system.

3. About This Lab About this Lab
This lab will familiarize the user with the steps necessary to start development of a PlantPAx™ system using Studio 5000 Architect and the Rockwell Automation Library of Process Objects.
The user will define system controllers and servers and configure a control application with pre-defined library objects for common functions helping to reduce engineering time.
Templates are included in the library for both controller applications and HMI applications to provide a consistent starting point for system implementation.

4. What the Lab Will Cover
In this lab we will cover the following subjects:
Use the Studio 5000 Architect Application and templates to develop a PlantPAx application
Leverage Process Strategies for level control using a tank with a pump and level indicator as an example
Configure an HMI display to include pump, level objects, and alarms
Test the controller program and HMI functionality by creating and using an HMI client
Leverage the Logical Organizer to take advantage of past engineering efforts to save time and reduce errors

5. Library of Process Objects
Application code in the form of an Add-On instruction to control each associated device i.e. motors, valves, inputs, outputs, etc.
Graphic objects used to build HMI displays
Operator Faceplates that launch automatically when user clicks on graphic objects to display detailed information and offer control options

6. Code creation tools and features
New
Logical Organizer
Create and organize code
Create libraries
Process Strategies
50+ control strategies
Import, name and DONE
Logical organizer
Within the broader theme of modular automation and reusable engineering is the power of the Logical organizer. It’s amazing how much more we can get done when the information in front of us is displayed in organic ways. For humans it is much simpler to think about a process when we envision the portions of that process, maybe the order of the events that make up that process, well with this new feature the user is capable of creating and visualizing the logic that controls the process in the same way; and what happens is that in the future, even if he or she is trying to build an application that isn’t exactly the same, they will be able to see what portions can be reused more easily just because they can organize it in the code in the same way that it is naturally organized in their brains. In the left we see this mixer application with its programs organized according to the execution times and in the right, the logical organizer displays all the programs that form this mixer application organized together.
Process Strategies
Process strategies combine our powerful AOIs and faceplates to form complete solutions for typical applications. Leveraging our process strategies means you only need to link the I/O, the rest is taken care of. This decreases engineering time, drives up the functionality you get from your devices and promotes consistency among your current and future projects which can translate into easy troubleshooting and maintenance efforts.

7. Lab Takeaways From this lab, the user will become familiar with:
Studio 5000 Architect
The Controller Application templates
The HMI Application templates
Process Strategies from the Rockwell Automation Library of Process Objects
The Logical Organizer feature of Studio 5000 Logix Designer
Symbol Factory, an HMI library of graphic symbols

8. Please Begin the Lab
Keep these items in mind while you are performing the lab:
The hard controllers next to you are NOT used for this lab. RSLogix Emulate 5000 is used for the lab simulation. Please do not “X” out of RSLogix Emulate 5000! It’s OK to minimize the window.
There are details in this lab that require your utmost concentration for what you are typing or clicking.
We value your feedback – please provide lab feedback using the PSUG event mobile app.
Feel free to raise your hand to ask for help at any time!

9. Questions? Thank you