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ARENA / RANGER
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  • Page 1 ARENA / RANGER User Guide Copyright © 2008 Honeywell GmbH ● All Rights Reserved EN2Z-0906GE51 R0708...
  • Page 2 ARENA / RANGER USER GUIDE EN2Z-0906GE51 R0708...
  • Page 3 ARENA / RANGER ARENA / RANGER USER GUIDE This document supports software that is proprietary to Honeywell GmbH, Honeywell Software License Advisory Control Systems Ltd, and/or to third party software vendors. Before software delivery, the end user must execute a software license agreement that governs software use.
  • Page 4 ARENA / RANGER USER GUIDE EN2Z-0906GE51 R0708...
  • Page 5: Table Of Contents

    Creating Local Site ..................44 Create Remote Site through iLON 10 ............45 Create Remote Site through ARENA............. 54 Cross Reference of iLON 10 Settings and ARENA Settings......59 Edit Site Details ....................60 Delete Site......................61 Connect / Disconnect Site .................. 62 Create Subsystem....................
  • Page 6 ........................... 140 Alias Name and NV Name Correspondents for SERVAL Controller ....140 Font Size Setting....................141 Arena Editor ....................... 142 ARENA Editor Environment ................143 Menu Bar....................... 144 Tool Bar......................145 Panel Window ....................146 Drawing Space ....................146 Drawing Tools Pane ..................
  • Page 7: Overview

    ARENA is designed to be used on a standard PC. The primary purpose of the ARENA program, is to gather a wide variety of data and display it to the user in an easy to understand graphical format for viewing and easy operation.
  • Page 8: Arena / Ranger Versions

    This access restriction provides a very high degree of system protection against accidental or malicious damage. ARENA can be equipped with individual graphic data and will be able to display selected information in a graphical environment. The tool to be used to create graphic templates and graphic navigations is the ARENA EDITOR.
  • Page 9: System Architecture

    System Scenarios System with Supervisor ARENA (middle) ARENA acts as central for the local site and as supervisor for the remote site(s) System with Remote ARENA (bottom) ARENA acts as gateway between the supervisor ARENA and the local bus. The connection can be established via modem or any TCP/IP (e.g.
  • Page 10 ARENA. Dial-out Dialing occurs from the remote site to the supervisor ARENA. Dial-out is initiated by a controller (in case no ARENA is available on the remote site) or by the remote ARENA. Dial-up Dial-in or dial-out behavior...
  • Page 11: Start Arena

    ARENA is started and the ARENA Login screen is displayed. 2. Enter your User Name and your Password. 3. In Operation Mode, select: Text, if you want to operate ARENA in the common text-based way (Site tree visible). In the Text operation mode, the default display shows the following: –...
  • Page 12 ARENA / RANGER USER GUIDE For detailed description of the main window and its functions, please refer to “ARENA Environment “section. EN2Z-0906GE51 R0708...
  • Page 13: Arena Environment

    The tree structure varies depending on the operating mode (online=connected, offline=disconnected) and on the system architecture that is, on whether you are on a local ARENA connecting to a local site or to a remote site with/without ARENA, and other scenarios.
  • Page 14 ARENA / RANGER USER GUIDE Fig. 2. Site Display Modes in Tree Depending on the current operating status (online= connected) or (offline= disconnected), the sites are indicated differently. A connected site is displayed in full color; a disconnected site is displayed in transparent color. A red triangle with exclamation mark may appear which indicates an unacknowledged alarm.
  • Page 15 Fig. 4. Example: Menu display in the Information and Editing pane Sizing the Pane Displays The size of the pane display can be varied by moving the separator horizontally to the left or right. ARENA will remember the corrected width when coming back or restarting the software. EN2Z-0906GE51 R0708...
  • Page 16 Configuration menu. In the toolbar, the path of the selected item is displayed Example: You are in: GE51WDTKSAMMET.global.ds.honeywell.com » Configuration » User Administration. On the Information and Editing pane, the corresponding data and properties of the selected item/menu are displayed.
  • Page 17 USER GUIDE ARENA/ RANGER To edit item properties, select tree item, e.g. HEATING PLANT, and then select tab, e.g., Datapoints, and click item you want to edit. Example: Datapoint editing in the Information and Editing pane for a selected datapoint of a PANTHER controller.
  • Page 18: Basic Functions

    , you can logout. Context Sensitive Online Help Clicking on the Help icon displays the ARENA online help in PDF format. Basic Functions The properties of a selected item in the tree, for example, a PANTHER controller, are displayed on tabs on the right pane.
  • Page 19 USER GUIDE ARENA/ RANGER Depending on the user privileges, data can be modified by clicking the appropriate buttons, such as Print, Save, Delete, etc, or by using allocated icons, for example the Configure icon of a datapoint. An underlined item in a list indicates that this entry links to a further dialog showing more details of the item.
  • Page 20 ARENA / RANGER USER GUIDE Further Button Functions NEW / GO / SCAN / DELETE / others Those kind of specific buttons perform functions as the button name indicates in its functional context. Multiselection of Items Clicking the checkbox in the title line of a list, Simultaneously selects all entries in the list.
  • Page 21 Defines which filter is used by default for the list display NOTE: The filter definitions apply to all local users of the ARENA. 1. At the bottom of the list, click the Configuration button. The Variable List Configuration dialog box displays.
  • Page 22 ARENA / RANGER USER GUIDE e. Click the upward or downward buttons. 4. Click the OK button so save settings or continue with: a. Setting the sort order within a column and/or (step b. Setting the default filter display (step 7 ).
  • Page 23 USER GUIDE ARENA/ RANGER Under Filtering, all displayed columns of the list and their current filter setting is shown. By default, no particular filter is used (All), that is, all items are displayed. Depending on the column property, e.g. Name or Value/Unit, you can select different particular items which you want to filter for display.
  • Page 24 ARENA / RANGER USER GUIDE 1. To apply a filter, click in the field and do one of the following: a. select the filter criterion, for example, ´Digital` in the Type column if you want to display digital datapoints only.
  • Page 25: Usage Of Illegal Characters

    Using any of these characters may result in an unexpected behavior of ARENA. Date and Time Format Display Settings The display of date and time as it used in various lists within ARENA depends on the language settings for the browser. To get the desired format displayed, set the corresponding language to the highest priority as desribed in the “Internet...
  • Page 26 ARENA / RANGER USER GUIDE ARENA Service The underlying software of ARENA is the service, named ARENA service or simply service. This service is accessible in the system tray and is indicated there as square service icon . The actual operating mode of the service is indicated by different colors of the service icon: •...
  • Page 27: Show Arena Version Information

    The names of the items (e.g. sites, controllers, datapoints, NVs, etc.) are displayed in a tree as in ARENA and can be picked. Changing of alias names in ARENA will not be reflected in the graphics and after the renaming in ARENA, the data binding will still work.
  • Page 28: Manage Library

    4. To import new or other segments via .CSL file, click Browse and select the CSL file. Then click Open. CSL files are provided by Honeywell CentraLine and EN2Z-0906GE51 R0708...
  • Page 29: Licensing

    Service dialog box. NOTE: As long as the service is running, all online changes will be stored to the ARENA database (e.g. trend data will be collected) even if the ARENA user interface is not started. Exit 1.
  • Page 30: User Administration

    ARENA he is logged in. All users having a role higher than or equal to the assigned role will have this user privilege enabled in ARENA, all others will not.
  • Page 31: Invoke User Administration

    You have not to login again, even when going to another site (e.g. to an ARENA remote site), as long as on that site a user with the same user name and password exists.
  • Page 32: Create New User

    ARENA / RANGER USER GUIDE Create New User 1. Click Create new user button. RESULT: The Edit/Create new user dialog is displayed. EN2Z-0906GE51 R0708...
  • Page 33 Sites to which the user has no access are disabled (gray). When the user administration is invoked for a remote ARENA selected in the tree, the users will be administered for that site. Then the sites of the remote ARENA are listed here.
  • Page 34: Edit User

    ARENA / RANGER USER GUIDE 12. Click Save button. RESULT: The created user is displayed in the Users list. Edit User 1. In the Users list, click on the user name you want to edit, then click the Edit button in the corresponding line.
  • Page 35: Delete User

    USER GUIDE ARENA/ RANGER 2. Edit desired properties. For description of the properties, please refer to the “Create New User” section. 3. Click Save button. Delete User 1. In the Users list, click on the user name you want to delete, then click the Delete button in the corresponding line.
  • Page 36 ARENA / RANGER USER GUIDE 1. Hover the cursor over the Configuration icon and click Password in the menu. 2. In Old password, enter the current password. 3. In New Password, enter the new password. 4. In Repeat new password, enter the new password.
  • Page 37: Site Management

    ARENA supports an automatic disconnect mechanism for sites connect via modem: After a definable time, ARENA pops up a dialog that asks you if you want to remain connected. You can decide whether to “remain connected for another X minutes” or to disconnect.
  • Page 38 Automatic disconnection prevents “forgetting to close a connection”. It is used for modem connections only. NOTE: If a remote site is disconnected, the supervisor ARENA has a time out of up to 2 minutes before the tree gets refreshed to indicate offline state.
  • Page 39: Remote Site With Arena

    When connecting to a site without physically connecting to it, only historical trend and alarm data will be available. This means that a supervisor ARENA will be able to store alarms and trend from other sites. When switching to a local site, you will be automatically connected.
  • Page 40: Remote Site With Ilon 10

    When connecting from a Supervisor ARENA, the Supervisor ARENA shows the Supervisor ARENA Web-front end of the remote ARENA in the same way as if it was locally connected. The site name is displayed on top of each page, so that you know on which site you are currently working.
  • Page 41: Supervisor Arena

    Connecting the Supervisor ARENA via iLON 10 shows the Web front-end of the Remote Site Display remote site in the same way as if the ARENA is locally connected. The site name is displayed on top of each page, so that you know on which site you are currently working.
  • Page 42: Show Sites Overview

    If the remote site of an ARENA-ARENA via LAN site combination is disconnected, Timeout after Disconnection the supervisor ARENA has a time out of up to 2 minutes before the tree gets refreshed to indicate offline state. Show Sites Overview 1.
  • Page 43 SERVAL Fig. 11. “Remote Through ilON 10” Site Type • Remote through ARENA Creates a remote site to an ARENA. Site connection is established via modem , TCP/IP, or VPN (virtual private network). This site type must be selected to connect an ARENA to a Supervisor ARENA.
  • Page 44: Creating Local Site

    When creating a local site, continue with “Create Local Site” section. When creating a remote site through iLON 10, continue with “Create Remote Site through iLON 10” section. When creating a remote site through ARENA, continue with “Create Remote Site through ARENA” section. Creating Local Site 1.
  • Page 45: Create Remote Site Through Ilon 10

    This will make ARENA use the ´Local Area Connection 2` for connections to the iLON 10. The entry can stay as it is installed as long as the ARENA PC has only 1 LAN interface card or as long as there are no problems with iLON 10 LAN connections.
  • Page 46 3. Create Remote Site through iLON 10 via TCP/IP The following descriptions refer to an Example of a typical scenario of a Supervisor ARENA – iLON 10 configuration via LAN as shown in the graphic below. EN2Z-0906GE51 R0708...
  • Page 47 Enabled: checked for receiving alarms and iLON Outgoing Connection Incoming Connection iLON 10 address settings: configuration changes IP address, subnet mask, gateway address unchecked: for maintenance by ARENA only iLON Configuration iLON Settings User name: default = ilon Password: default = ilon...
  • Page 48 ARENA / RANGER USER GUIDE 5. Under Outgoing Connection to Remote Site do the following: a. Check Enable if you want to use ARENA for dialing-in to a remote site. b. Uncheck Enable if ARENA is only used for receiving alarms. Example:...
  • Page 49 USER GUIDE ARENA/ RANGER a. Check Enable if you want the supervisor ARENA enable to receive alarms via the iLON 10 on the remote site. b. Uncheck Enable if you not want the supervisor ARENA to receive alarms. Checking Enable is necessary if you want to customize the iLON 10 by overwriting the default configuration with the settings entered in Outgoing connection to Remote Site.
  • Page 50 9. Create Remote Site through iLON 10 via Modem The following descriptions refer to an Example of a typical scenario of a Supervisor ARENA – iLON 10 configuration via modem as shown in the graphic below. Monitoring (Home) Site (A)
  • Page 51 In User Name, enter the user name which is used by iLON 10 to authenticate connections from the supervisor PC, i.e. ARENA. In the Windows Dial-Out connection to the site, this user name will be used to contact the site. In the iLON 10 configuration (section "Security"), this setting will be stored as user...
  • Page 52 This is the phone number which the remote site uses to contact the PC on which ARENA is running. In the iLON 10 configuration (section "PPP"), this setting will be stored as phone number for outgoing PPP connections.
  • Page 53 10. 14. Click OK button. The iLON 10 configuration data are sent to the iLON 10. Note that only if the iLON 10 has been reached and configured successfully, ARENA saves the site configuration. EN2Z-0906GE51 R0708...
  • Page 54: Create Remote Site Through Arena

    ARENA / RANGER USER GUIDE Create Remote Site through ARENA 1. If not already done, select “Remote Site through ARENA” in New site of type on the Sites Overview pane, and then click the Add button. 2. Under General, do the following: a.
  • Page 55 In Remote Site Address or IP Address, enter the URL or the IP Address of the remote ARENA PC. d. Under Connect, select Directly if you want to connect to the remote ARENA without an ISP (Internet Service Provider). Select Dial to ISP first using if you want to connect via ISP (dial-up).
  • Page 56 – Yahoo cannot be used as ISP because there are issues on the provider side concerning external email access. Use an alternative ISP. – ARENA shows all dial-up connections on your PC here, except the ones used to connect to remote sites. ARENA will also allow creating new Dial-up connections to ISPs, which is the recommended way for alarm forwarding.
  • Page 57 In User Name, enter the user name. b. In Password, enter the password for the user. NOTES: – User name and password of the supervisor ARENA must match the user name and password under Incoming connection from remote site on the remote ARENA.
  • Page 58 In Remote Site Address or IP Address, enter the URL or the IP Address of the remote ARENA PC. Under Connect, select Directly if you want to connect to the remote ARENA without an ISP (Internet Service Provider, see NOTES below). Select Dial to ISP first using if you want to connect via ISP (dial-up).
  • Page 59: Cross Reference Of Ilon 10 Settings And Arena Settings

    ARENA/ RANGER Cross Reference of iLON 10 Settings and ARENA Settings ARENA configures the iLON 10 when creating the site (see in “Create Site” section). If the iLON 10 configuration, e.g. user name or password, was changed manually afterwards, the ARENA settings must be changed accordingly. If ARENA settings and the iLON 10 settings are out of sync it may happen that the iLON 10 cannot be contacted anymore.
  • Page 60: Edit Site Details

    Answer phone after X rings Number of rings the iLON 10 modem waits until it takes a call from the outside. ARENA sets this value to 1 for fastest connect time. Edit Site Details 1. Show Sites Overview as described in the “Show Sites Overview” section.
  • Page 61: Delete Site

    USER GUIDE ARENA/ RANGER 3. Edit desired site details. For detailed description of the site properties, click relevant subsection in the “Create New Site” section. NOTE: It is forbidden to use any of the Umlauts Ä, Ö, Ü, ä, ö, ü in site names because this may result in an unexpected behavior of ARENA.
  • Page 62: Connect / Disconnect Site

    ARENA / RANGER USER GUIDE Connect / Disconnect Site In the tree, connected sites (subsystem, controller, etc.) are displayed in light green color. Disconnected sites with its items (subsystem, controller, etc.) are displayed in light gray color. 1. In the tree, right-click the site, you want to connect to /disconnect from.
  • Page 63: Create Subsystem

    Disconnect Sites icon. If the remote site of an ARENA-ARENA via LAN site combination is disconnected, Timeout after Disconnection the supervisor ARENA has a time out of up to 2 minutes before the tree gets refreshed to indicate offline state. Create Subsystem 1.
  • Page 64: Graphics

    GRAPHICS View/Edit SERVAL Graphics By default, ARENA displays a SERVAL graphic when clicking on the corresponding SERVAL controller in the tree. The graphic is shown on the Graphics tab. Modifications can be done for the fan switch by selecting the value from the drop- down listbox.
  • Page 65 USER GUIDE ARENA/ RANGER Example 2: Boiler 1 This function allows configuring the boiler segment by entering/changing values according to your needs on the Functions and Equipment tabs. EN2Z-0906GE51 R0708...
  • Page 66: Datapoints

    ARENA / RANGER USER GUIDE DATAPOINTS Overview Datapoints are available on Site, System, Controller, Plant, and Segment level. Depending on the level, the datapoint list display differs in the number and kind of columns (datapoint properties). Depending on the selected level, a datapoint can feature maximum the following properties displayed as columns in the list: •...
  • Page 67: Show Datapoints List

    USER GUIDE ARENA/ RANGER In the datapoints list, you can do the following: • Display certain datapoints by applying a filter as described under “Apply Filter for Display” in the “Basic Functions” section. • Enter an alias name for a datapoint.
  • Page 68: Enter Alias Name For Datapoint

    Enter Alias Name for Datapoint NOTE: It is forbidden to use the slash character ”/” in alias names because this may result in an unexpected behavior of ARENA. 1. At the end of datapoint row, click the Configure icon 2. In the Configure dialog box, enter the alias name in the Alias field.
  • Page 69: View/Change Datapoint Properties

    USER GUIDE ARENA/ RANGER 3. Click OK. The new name is reflected in the Name column. View/Change Datapoint Properties 1. In the Name column, click the datapoint´s name. The Datapoint Properties page displays. Under Name, the properties and under Value/Unit the corresponding values are shown. Values out of range are grayed.
  • Page 70: Override Datapoint Value

    NOTE: It is forbidden to use the slash character ”/” in alias names because this may result in an unexpected behavior of ARENA. 4. To print a datapoint properties list, check all properties (Multi-selection using CTRL key is possible), you want to add to the printed list.
  • Page 71: Print Datapoints List

    USER GUIDE ARENA/ RANGER 2. In the filter field, select (all) or Yes. All datapoints in Manual override are indicated by a checkmark. All others (if all are displayed) are not checked. Print Datapoints List 1. Select all datapoints in the datapoints list (Multi-selection using CTRL key is possible), you want to add to the printed list.
  • Page 72: Alarms

    Determine Alarm Reason Link to the Alarm Destination Support of different dialling destinations It is sufficient that a remote site without ARENA dials to one destination central, a so-called “relay central”. Support of alarm routing for application and system alarms (=point alarms) The remote site routes system alarms and application alarms to different destinations.
  • Page 73 USER GUIDE ARENA/ RANGER • Site Site name where the controller is located that has raised the alarm. Comes from the controller file (Panther / Tiger Controller) • Device Controller name • Alarm Reason Shows the alarm reason, for example, ´min alarm` •...
  • Page 74 ARENA / RANGER USER GUIDE Email address. • Acknowledged by station ARENA that acknowledged the alarm • Item Name Alarm source (datapoint) that has caused the alarm. – Shows ´System` when the alarm is a system alarm – Shows the datapoint name for point alarms •...
  • Page 75: Show Global Alarm List

    To acknowledge an alarm that has been forwarded by Email, just reply to the alarm Email (i.e. send it back to ARENA). ARENA will receive the Email via POP3, and will show the replier´s Email address in the acknowledged by field. If an acknowledgement has successfully been processed by ARENA, it will be deleted from the mailbox.
  • Page 76: View Alarm Details Of Single Alarm

    ARENA / RANGER USER GUIDE • View alarm details of a single alarm Please refer to the “View Alarm Details of Single Alarm” section. • Print an alarm list Please refer to the “Print Alarm List” section • Acknowledge alarms Please refer to the “Acknowledge Alarms”...
  • Page 77: Print Alarm List

    USER GUIDE ARENA/ RANGER 7. To delete the alarm, click the Delete button. This flags the alarm in the database as ´deleted`. Print Alarm List 1. Select all alarms in the global datapoints list (Multi-selection using CTRL key is possible), you want to add to the printed list.
  • Page 78: Delete Alarms

    ARENA / RANGER USER GUIDE Delete Alarms 1. Show Global Alarm List as described in the “Show Global Alarm List” section. 2. Click on alarm you want to delete (Multiselection using CTRL key is possible). 3. Click Delete button. This flags the selected alarms in the database as ´deleted`.
  • Page 79: Alarm Forwarding

    • Time of day Example: A local authority supervises schools and kindergartens using an ARENA 2.0 in the town hall. Usually, a supervisor employed by the city handles alarms from all connected sites. However, if the supervisor does not acknowledge alarms within 30...
  • Page 80: Create Alarm Forwarding

    2. Select the Forwarding tab and click Create new Destination button, or select the Destination tab and click Create Destination button. The Details Destination dialog box displays. Here you choose the destination (Email, Arena, or printer) and enter corresponding properties. Then you can test the destination and must save it.
  • Page 81 Destination Type”. When creating a printer destination, continue with step 1 1 under “Printer Destination Type”. When creating an ARENA destination, continue with step 1 5 under “Arena Destination Type”. Email Destination Type 4. If Email has been selected as destination, do the following on the General tab:...
  • Page 82 USER GUIDE a. In Destination Name, enter descriptive text for your email destination. b. In From, enter the E-mail address for ARENA. This is the sender’s mailbox address. Note that each ARENA installation must have its own mailbox. c. In To, enter the E-mail address(es) for the recipients of the alarm. Multiple addresses can be separated by semicolon.
  • Page 83 It may happen, that an anti-virus software may block the port 25 which is necessary for sending emails. In this case, you must change the configuration settings of the anti-virus software in order to allow ARENA forwarding alarms (see Anti-Virus Software Tools and Ports in the ”Security”...
  • Page 84 ATTENTION! Each installation of ARENA requires its own mailbox, when it is used for forwarding alarms. Ideally, you give the mailbox a name that allows you to determine which ARENA sent the alarm to you. The mailbox must usually reside on the POP3 server.
  • Page 85 USER GUIDE ARENA/ RANGER a. Click in the Message list and change, edit or delete text at the desired position. b. In the Message list, click at the position where you want to insert a pre- defined text component (placeholder) c.
  • Page 86 This function requires a POP3 server to be setup. b. In Retry count, enter the number of attempts ARENA should make to reach the Email server. When ARENA still cannot reach the Email server after retrying, it stops any further attempt until a new alarm comes in.
  • Page 87 In Printertype, select type, page (laser) or line printer (matrix). On page printers, ARENA calculates how many alarms fit on one page. Only if the page is full, the alarms are printed. This is done to avoid waste of paper which would occur if each alarm were to be printed on an individual page.
  • Page 88 14. Continue with creating the trigger conditions as described in the “Create Trigger” section. Arena Destination Type This destination type allows alarm forwarding via an ARENA. 15. If ARENA has been selected as destination, do the following on the General tab: General Tab Destination...
  • Page 89: Create Trigger

    18. Continue with creating the trigger conditions as described in the “Create Trigger” section. Create Trigger A trigger is the condition (event) that causes ARENA to forward an alarm if the condition becomes true. Example: If the alarm severity (property) is critical (condition), any critical alarms will be forwarded.
  • Page 90 ARENA / RANGER USER GUIDE Create condition a. In Property, select the property, for example ´alarm class` b. In Comparator, select the comparator, for example ´=` c. In Condition, select the condition for example ´System Alarms`. This condition results in the following: All system alarms will be forwarded.
  • Page 91: Create Forwarding

    USER GUIDE ARENA/ RANGER e. In Trigger Name, enter a name for the trigger, for example, ´System Alarms`. f. Click OK button. The trigger is displayed in the Trigger List. g. Continue with finally creating the forwarding as described in the “Create Forwarding”...
  • Page 92 – Next connection f. Select Infinite if ARENA should attempt to forward the alarm forever until forwarding is successful. g. Select Limited to … days if ARENA should stop forwarding the alarm after the number of days entered. 5. Click OK button.
  • Page 93: Settings

    USER GUIDE ARENA/ RANGER SETTINGS Overview Settings, also called parameters, are available on project, plant, and controller level. Settings can be uploaded from the PANTER / TIGER controller. From the SERVAL controller settings upload is not possible. Settings can be modified by value and name (alias) and a list for multiple settings can be printed.
  • Page 94: Show Settings List

    ARENA / RANGER USER GUIDE In the settings list, you can do the following: • Enter an alias name for a setting. Please refer to the “Enter Alias Name for Setting” section. • Modify the current setting value. Please refer to the “Modify Setting Value” section.
  • Page 95: Enter Alias Name For Setting Group/ Single Setting

    Enter Alias Name for Setting Group/ Single Setting NOTE: It is forbidden to use the slash character ”/” in alias names because this may result in an unexpected behavior of ARENA. You can manually change each number of a setting group or a single setting with a more descriptive name.
  • Page 96: Modify Setting Value

    ARENA / RANGER USER GUIDE 7. At the end of setting row, click the Configure icon 8. In the Configure dialog box, enter the alias name in the Alias field. 9. Click OK. The new name is reflected in the Name column.
  • Page 97 USER GUIDE ARENA/ RANGER 3. Click the number of the group in the Name column. 4. In the Value/Unit column, click the value of the setting you want to change 5. In the Value dialog box, enter the new value in the New Value field.
  • Page 98: Upload Parameter Text List

    ARENA / RANGER USER GUIDE Upload Parameter Text List When uploading a parameter text list, the setting groups and the single settings described by numbers are replaced with the more descriptive names. For example, the number 32 is replaced with Alarm 1 → Alarm.
  • Page 99 USER GUIDE ARENA/ RANGER settings of a setting group, see “Modify Setting Value” section), you want to add to the printed list. 2. Click Print. The list is built up in a new dialog. 3. Click Print. 4. In the Print dialog box, select the printer and desired options and click Print.
  • Page 100: T T Ime Programs

    ARENA / RANGER USER GUIDE T ime Programs Time programs are for setting time sequences for controller operation. For example, Overview setting HVAC start and stop times. Time programs implement these command schedules. A PANTHER / TIGER controller can have a maximum of 20 time programs.
  • Page 101: Access Time Programs

    • RoomControl2 … • Room Control10 In ARENA, the denotation of a time program can be changed. Access Time Programs 1. In the tree, click the application, for example HT02. 2. On the right pane, click the Time Programs tab. All time programs such as room control, heating circuit, domestic hot water, etc.
  • Page 102 ARENA / RANGER USER GUIDE Daily schedules Each daily schedule consists of several daily schedule types. For example, the RoomControl time programs include: – Weekday – Weekend – Global When selecting a daily schedule type, the settings are displayed on the right and can be edited.
  • Page 103 USER GUIDE ARENA/ RANGER Weekly schedules A weekly schedule contains the daily programs for each day of the week: – Wordday – Weekend By default, Monday through Friday have the daily schedule ´Workday` assigned, Saturday and Sunday have the daily schedule ´Weekend` assigned.
  • Page 104 ARENA / RANGER USER GUIDE When selecting the weekday in the tree, the daily program settings of the weekday are displayed on the right (detailed view). EN2Z-0906GE51 R0708...
  • Page 105: Daily Schedules

    USER GUIDE ARENA/ RANGER Yearly schedules Daily schedules are assigned to each day of the week in the weekly schedule. The weekly schedule is automatically repeated every week and creates the normal yearly schedule. The yearly schedules can be changed for a specific period by assigning different daily schedules to particular weekdays of the desired period.
  • Page 106 ARENA / RANGER USER GUIDE 2. Click Edit Datapoints. The Edit Datapoints dialog box displays. 3. In Default Occupied Value, enter the value in degrees Celsius for the occupied state. 4. In Default Unoccupied Value, enter the value in degrees Celsius for the unoccupied state.
  • Page 107 USER GUIDE ARENA/ RANGER 3. Add switchpoints to the blank daily schedule by doing one of the following (steps a and i) : a. On the right, click in the time table row (time), where you want to make the switchpoint start, then right-click and click Create.
  • Page 108 ARENA / RANGER USER GUIDE Fig. 22. Edit Value dialog box example for Room Control time program b. In Value, do the following: c. For Heating Circuit time programs, keep the default value as defined in Edit Datapoints or modify the value.
  • Page 109 USER GUIDE ARENA/ RANGER h. Copy switchpoints from another daily schedule to the new daily schedule as follows: i. Right-click on the new daily schedule. j. Select Copy switchpoints from, then click on daily schedule from which you want to copy the switchpoint settings, for example, Workday.
  • Page 110 ARENA / RANGER USER GUIDE 3. Change the settings as desired. 4. Click OK button. The time table indicates the updated settings according to your changes. Rename Daily Schedule 1. In the Schedules tree, expand the tree and right-click on the daily schedule you want to rename 2.
  • Page 111 USER GUIDE ARENA/ RANGER Note that ´Weekend` switchpoints will be deleted and replaced by the Workday switchpoints. 3. Click Save button on top of the Schedules tree. Copy Switchpoints from another Daily Schedule See “Create Daily Schedule” section. Assign Daily Schedule to Weekday 1.
  • Page 112: Weekly Schedules

    ARENA / RANGER USER GUIDE Weekly Schedules IMPORTANT Settings and changes made in daily schedules, weekly schedules and yearly schedules do only apply to the allocated time program, not any other time program(s). By default, the weekly schedule has the ´Workday` and ´Weekend` daily schedules assigned.
  • Page 113 USER GUIDE ARENA/ RANGER b. Or, right-click on the switchpoint area, then click Edit and change settings in the Edit Value dialog box. c. Or, enter settings in the enabled Value, Optimization, Start time and End time fields on the top.
  • Page 114: Yearly Schedules

    ARENA / RANGER USER GUIDE 9. Click Save button on top of the Schedules tree. Yearly Schedules IMPORTANT Settings and changes made in daily schedules, weekly schedules and yearly schedules do only apply to the allocated time program, not any other time program(s).
  • Page 115 USER GUIDE ARENA/ RANGER The time range is displayed below. The weekdays show their assigned daily schedules and their source. Source shows the time schedules where the assigned daily schedule is originally created, that is, either the weekly schedule or when assigning another daily schedule to a weekday here (override), the yearly schedule.
  • Page 116: Global Time Programs

    ARENA / RANGER USER GUIDE The assigned daily schedule is shown in the Assigned schedule column. In the Source column, the overriding daily schedule is indicated by the entry ´Yearly schedules`. 4. Repeat step 3 for the desired weekdays of the displayed time range.
  • Page 117 USER GUIDE ARENA/ RANGER 3. In the device list, click controllers you want to override with the global time program. 4. In the calendar, set the time period in which you want to apply the global time programs by using the Previous, Previous fast, Next and Next fast buttons.
  • Page 118 ARENA / RANGER USER GUIDE After scanning is finished, existing override dates are shown in the calendar as follows: • Gray Date is overridden by another global schedule in at least one of the selected time programs • White Date is overridden by a yearly schedule other than global in at least one of the selected time programs •...
  • Page 119: Trending And Trends

    Trend Types Historical Trend The trended datapoint values are retrieved from the ARENA database which can contain values of all levels (station, site, and controller). In the first step, the datapoint values are recorded. In the second step, the trended datapoints are displayed for a definable time interval with a fixed start and end time.
  • Page 120: Procedures

    The values can be saved to the ARENA database for performing a historical trend later. NOTE: Live trend is only possible on site level and on levels below and ARENA must be connected. Each trend is based on a template which saves the trended datapoints (not the Trend Templates values) and display settings (display type, time interval).
  • Page 121 USER GUIDE ARENA/ RANGER NOTE: Add only those datapoints to trend which you really want to trend since trending increases bus traffic and has negative impact on the system performance. 1. Hover the cursor over the Configuration menu icon and click Trending in the configuration menu.
  • Page 122: Live Trend

    For Live trends, the datapoints are set in trend at the same time when analyzing the trend data. Please refer to the “Analyze Trend Data” section. NOTE: Live trend is only possible on site level and on levels below, and ARENA must be connected.
  • Page 123 1. In the tree, click on station, site, controller, etc. you want to trend. Analysis of historical trend data is possible on all levels (station, site, controller, etc.) and in connected and disconnected states of ARENA. Analysis of Live trend is only possible on site level and on levels below and ARENA must be connected.
  • Page 124 ARENA / RANGER USER GUIDE Continue with selecting a trend template as described in step 3. In Template, do one of the following: a. Select historical or live template you want to use for the trending. By default, the last template chosen by a user is selected. Continue with step b.
  • Page 125 USER GUIDE ARENA/ RANGER Fig. 25. Example: Configure Display of Live Template (Default template) 5. In Template, change the name of the template if desired. It is recommended to keep the name of a default template. 6. In Time Interval, define the time interval under:...
  • Page 126 8. In Available Points, all stations, sites, systems, devices, etc. are shown from which trend values exist in the ARENA database. Note that the number of columns depends on the selection level in the tree. If you have selected a controller (device) for trending, the higher levels such as System, Site, and Station are not available.
  • Page 127 USER GUIDE ARENA/ RANGER Fig. 26. Example: Available Points based on a Historical Template Fig. 27. Example: Available datapoints based on a Live Template 9. In Available Points, click the datapoints you want to trend. Fig. 28. Example: Selected Points based on a Historical Template 10.
  • Page 128 16. If a Live trend template has been selected, check Store values to database if you want to save the trended values in the ARENA database. In this case, the live trend result can be reused later for a historical trend.
  • Page 129 USER GUIDE ARENA/ RANGER Fig. 30. Example “Historical trend, Display as table” EN2Z-0906GE51 R0708...
  • Page 130 ARENA / RANGER USER GUIDE Fig. 31. continued … Example “Historical trend, Display as table” EN2Z-0906GE51 R0708...
  • Page 131 USER GUIDE ARENA/ RANGER Fig. 32. Example “Historical trend, display as chart, multiple datapoints trended” EN2Z-0906GE51 R0708...
  • Page 132: Working With Charts

    ARENA / RANGER USER GUIDE Fig. 33. Example “Historical trend, display as chart, one datapoint trended” Working with Charts The chart display shows the trend curve with the time-based x-axis and the value- based y-axis. If multiple datapoints are trended, the y-axis shows the datapoint values, each of them in a different color.
  • Page 133 USER GUIDE ARENA/ RANGER In the Cursor Information pane, you can view time-value pairs dependent on the Cursor Information current cursor position when hovering the cursor over the chart. Time at cursor In the field right to this field, the trend time dependent of the current cursor position is displayed.
  • Page 134 ARENA / RANGER USER GUIDE You can zoom a desired part of the chart as follows: Zoom Chart Area 1. Click at desired position and with hold mouse button, draw a rectangle over the area you want to zoom. 2. Release the mouse button.
  • Page 135: Create New Trend Template

    USER GUIDE ARENA/ RANGER 3. To zoom out of the area in order to go back to the original scale, click ZoomOut button. Create New Trend Template A trend is based on a template which saves the trended datapoints and display settings.
  • Page 136: Configure Display

    ARENA / RANGER USER GUIDE Fig. 34. Example: “Historical trend template” 3. Under Display, in Template, enter the name for the template. 4. Continue with steps 6 through 1 8 described in the previous “Analyze Trend Data” section. Configure Display Depending on the trend type, display settings are saved in a Historical or Live trend template.
  • Page 137 ARENA/ RANGER 2. Set options as follows: Display Color Select Automatic if ARENA should define the color for the curve and axis automatically. Select Custom if you want define the color by your own and select the color in the right drop-down listbox.
  • Page 138: Define X-Axis Configuration

    The X-Axis Configuration dialog box displays. 2. Set options as follows: Select Automatic if ARENA should configure the X-Axis scale automatically. Select Custom if you want to configure the X-Axis scale by your own. a. In Range, enter a range and select the unit in the drop-down listbox.
  • Page 139 USER GUIDE ARENA/ RANGER c. In Minor scale, enter a value for the minor scale and select the unit in the drop-down listbox. For example, 1 minute(s) defines that a minor scale line is drawn every 1 minute. 3. Click OK button to save display settings.
  • Page 140: Miscellaneous

    Alias Name and NV Name Correspondents for SERVAL Controller NOTE: It is forbidden to use the slash character ”/” in alias names because this may result in an unexpected behavior of ARENA. When trending a SERVAL controller, the following table is helpful for identifying the network variable names of the corresponding alias names.
  • Page 141: Font Size Setting

    Heating Derivative Time FcuGains.si_pid_heat_Tv Font Size Setting For proper display of custom graphics created with ARENA Editor do not change the font size from Normal (96 DPI) to Large or Extralarge under Settings – Control Panel - Display – Appearance in Windows.
  • Page 142: Arena Editor

    ARENA Editor will take care of ARENA graphics for navigation and display. The work done with ARENA Editor will be imported into ARENA in order to work in the ARENA software. Fig. 35. System Graphic with interactive value drawing elements and links to other levels...
  • Page 143: Arena Editor Environment

    – Linking to time programs, settings, documents (e.g. txt, xls), pictures, and other graphic pages – Adding comments and simple lines ARENA Editor Environment After starting ARENA Editor, the Main Window is displayed providing the tools and functions read in the following figure. EN2Z-0906GE51 R0708...
  • Page 144: Menu Bar

    ARENA / RANGER USER GUIDE For detailed information on the Main Window tools and functions, please refer to the following sections: • Menu Bar • Tool Bar • Level Tree • Workspace • Drawing Tools Pane • Properties Pane • Status Bar...
  • Page 145: Tool Bar

    Add Page Adds a new page (level) to the list Arena Import Arena database Imports an Arena database (.are file) Export Arena graphic Exports Arena graphic as .are file Tool Bar The tool bar allows quicker access to some commonly used menu functions. The...
  • Page 146: Panel Window

    ARENA / RANGER USER GUIDE Panel Window In the Panel Windows, the number of panels for the graphic navigation are shown. Each time, when adding a panel, an additional panel is added to the tree. When selecting the panel in the tree, the corresponding graphic is displayed in the drawing space;...
  • Page 147: Drawing Tools Pane

    USER GUIDE ARENA/ RANGER Drawing Tools Pane The Drawing Tools Pane provides the drawing elements for creating a graphic. The following two basic drawing element types are provided in libraries: • HVAC Controls Provides typical application components such as boiler, heat pump, water pipe, etc.
  • Page 148: Status Bar

    USER GUIDE Status Bar The status bar shows the denotation of the selected drawing element property: Example: Arena Data Bindings is the property selected in the Properties Pane. Procedures The creation of a graphic includes the following steps: 1. Create new document 2.
  • Page 149: Import Arena Database

    The ARENA database contains information about all the devices and sites installed. 1. In the Arena menu, click Import Arena database. 2. In the Select Arena Database dialog box, browse to the location where the .are file is saved. 3. Select the .are file and click Open button.
  • Page 150: Draw Application Schematic

    ARENA / RANGER USER GUIDE • Linking to time programs, settings, documents (e.g. txt, xls), pictures, and other graphic pages • Adding comments and simple lines The procedures use one of the following pre-defined drawing elements provided in the Drawing Tools pane: •...
  • Page 151: Create Display Field For Datapoint, Datapoint Attribute Or Setting Values

    The assignment for a datapoint attribute and a setting is done in the same way. 1. If not already done, import the Arena database as described in the “Import ARENA Database” section. 2. In the Drawing Tools Pane, click the Custorm Graphic Controls tab.
  • Page 152 Select custom graphic control in the drawing space b. In the Properties pane, expand Data. c. Click on cell right to Arena Data Bindings. The Arena Binding Collection Editor dialog box displays. Here you can assign a datapoint, datapoint attribute, or setting to custom control graphic and define settings for back color, value, and visibility.
  • Page 153 USER GUIDE ARENA/ RANGER f. Select the datapoint and click the green button. The datapoint is assigned to the selected property. g. Scroll to the right and click the Mapping Editor icon The Mapping Editor dialog box displays for defining the color - value relationship for the custom graphic control, i.e.
  • Page 154 In the Arena Binding Collection Editor assign further properties to the datapoint in the same way by repeating steps d through k. m. Click OK button. 5. In the Properties pane, the number of bindings are shown under Arena Data Bindings. EN2Z-0906GE51 R0708...
  • Page 155: Creating Links

    “C:\Program Files\CentraLine\Arena2\Website\Documents”. The path (URL) entry when the route folder has been used, is as follows: /Arena/, e.g. 192.100.310.166/Arena/application.doc The path (URL) entry when a subfolder has been created and used below the route folder, is as follows: /Arena//,...
  • Page 156: Add Comment

    ARENA / RANGER USER GUIDE Internet Explorer Settings: Make sure that the IP address of the ARENA PC is added to the trusted sites and that the Automatic Prompting from File Downloads option is enabled (see ARENA Installation Guide EN1Z-0906GE51).
  • Page 157: Save Document

    You must export each panel separately. 1. In the Level tree, select the panel you want to export. 2. In the Arena menu, click Export Arena Graphic. 3. In the Browse for Folder dialog box, browse to the following location: :\Program...
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