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?
ProCoDA II Prior to 2013 Process Controller was located in the Runtimes folder on the computer's desktop. The 2013 release of Process Controller is available from the program menu under ProCoDA (Process Control and Data Acquisition).
Troubleshooting
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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
General troubleshooting includes help on troubleshooting data logging failures, communication with stamp box failures. The link is here.
More specific troubleshooting for help on method files can be found here.
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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 2015.
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 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
- Circuitry in the Control Box
Software Details
Installing ProCoDA
Install Process Control and Data Acquisition (ProCoDA II) software for the stand alone ProCoDA control boxes..
Components for use with ProCoDA
Ethernet Pump AdaptersThe LabVIEW Runtime Engine needs to be installed.