Process Controller Software
Background Information
What is
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ProCoDA?
Process control ProCoDA software allows the user to automate data collection and to control many parts of the experimental apparatus.
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More detailed information can be found in a paper published by Monroe Weber-Shirk "An Automated Method for Testing Process Parameters."
Where to find
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ProCoDA?
Process Controller is located in the Runtimes folder on the computer's desktop. If it isn't there, you can download it.
Troubleshooting in Process Controller
General troubleshooting includes help on troubleshooting data logging failures, communication with stamp box failures. The link is here.
ProCoDA II is available from the program menu under ProCoDA.
Troubleshooting in ProCoDA
Your goal is to determine which component of a complex system isn't performing properly. The failure could be in the hardware that ProCoDA is interacting with (pumps, sensors, valves), in the ProCoDA hardware, in the user edited software, or in the ProCoDA II software. Here are a list of common failure modes.
Integrating cameras and ProCoDA
The 2013 release of ProCoDA software includes image processing capabilities as an available external function that can be used by Process Controller and a new Camera Configure program that is used to set up a camera and the image analysis for use by Process Controller.
This utility is not available in 2015More specific troubleshooting for help on method files can be found here.
Tutorials
Before you use Process Controller ProCoDA for your next experiment, learn the program through various tutorials and exercises. Some of these exercises will be utilized in conjunction with a sample system that meters chemical into a tank and drains. The set-up of the sample experimental apparatus is found in the Auto Tutorial for Basics of Laboratory Research and Experimental Design.
- Tutorial 1 - Basics of Process ControllerProCoDA
- Tutorial 2 - Edit Rules
- Tutorial 3 - Organizing Rules and States
- Final Exercise
Hardware Details
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Installing ProCoDA
Install Process Control and Data Acquisition (ProCoDA II) software.