Woodward 723PLUS Digital Control

VALUE blocks. The FIELD block is used to identify a particular value, and the

VALUE block displays the current value of a variable. There are two types of

values available in Watch Window. One is a monitor value, which is marked

in the INSPECTOR window with a pair of glasses. This means it may only be

looked at. The other value is a read/write value, which is marked with a

pencil. The read/write type may be modified using the up and down arrows in

the value block.

Downloading to the 723PLUS

NOTE that this is the only way to download to a 723PLUS, and it will not work on

a regular 723.

Make sure that all other programs that may access your computer’s

communication port are shut down.

Get the right cable to talk from your PC to the control J1 port (5416-870).

Start the Servlink server and open a new file. From the dialog window, select

the proper COM port for your PC, select POINT TO POINT communications

mode, and set the baud rate to 19200.

Select OK. If everything is working right, you should see an animated picture

of a string of “1”s and “0”s flying from the control to the PC on your screen.

You now have a network definition file whose default name is NET1. You

should save this file. Link this name to your control part number as it will only

work with that application. For instance if the upper level control number is

9907-031. you could save the file as 9907031.NET. DO NOT DISCONNECT

THE SERVER.

In the Servlink window you will now have another dialog window titled “your

filename.net”. In this window you will see a ballhead icon and a control

identifier name. Unless you have given the control a serial number (or name)

with the SLSN.EXE program, this name will display as “”.

Start the Watch Window program. Under the title bar in the Explorer window

you will find a tab with your network file and the control ID displayed. Right

click this tab to display the pop-up menu, and select LOAD APPLICATION.

This will close the Inspector window and open a new window where you will

enter the name of the file you want to download. Once the filename is

correct, click on the OPEN button. A Warning screen will ask you to make

sure the engine is shut down before downloading. Downloading will proceed

automatically once your accept the message to shut down the engine.

Transferring Tunable Values Between 723PLUS

Controls

Note that this will not work with regular 723 controls.

Make sure that all other programs that may access your computer’s

communication port are shut down.

Get the right cable to talk from your PC to the control (5416-870 for J1. 5415-

614 for J2 or J3).

Start the Servlink server and open a new file. From the dialog window, select

the proper COM port for your PC, select POINT TO POINT communications

mode, and set the baud rate to 19200.

Select OK. If everything is working right, you should see an animated picture

of a string of “1”s and “0”s flying from the control to the PC on your screen.

You now have a network definition file whose default name is NET1. You

should save this file. Link this name to your control part number as it will only

work with that application. For instance if the upper level control number is

9907-031. you could save the file as 9907031.NET. DO NOT DISCONNECT

THE SERVER.

In the Servlink window you will now have another dialog window titled “your

filename.net”. In this window you will see a ballhead icon and a control

identifier name. Unless you have given the control a serial number (or name)

with the SLSN.EXE program, this name will display as “”.

Start the Watch Window program. Under the title bar in the Explorer window

you will find a tab with your network file and the control id displayed. Right

click this tab to display the pop-up menu, and select CONFIGURATION. If

you want to take the configuration from a control, select SAVE TO FILE. If

you want to download a new configuration to a control with an existing

application, then select LOAD FROM FILE.

If you select SAVE TO FILE, you will have to provide the name of a file

where you want to save the configuration. If your control has a part number

of 9907-031 then you might want to call this file 9907031.cfg. Make the name

meaningful so you can find it easily the next time you need it.

If you select LOAD FROM FILE you will get a confirmation warning telling

you that the unit will be shut down. If you answer yes then you will be asked

for the name of the configuration file that you want to download