Operation

Once the installation is finished, open 1x PDI Tuning and select the unit.

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Select device

Warning

If no unit is connected, e.g. when working offline, it is not possible to access the menus of the 1x PDI Tuning software.

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1x PDI Tuning - Device not connected

If it is correctly connected, it should appear in Normal mode as shown in the following figure.

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1x PDI Tuning

Note

  • 1x unit can also appear as: Maintenance mode, Maintenance mode (loaded with errors) or Normal mode - Disconnected.

  • Maintenance mode (loaded with errors) appears when something is wrong in the configuration.

The user can now access the software by clicking on ‘Open menu’. Then, the following window will be displayed:

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Initial menu

  1. Select button: After choosing the PID block to be ‘tunned’, click here to adjust its gains.

    The tuning procedure is detailed in the Tuning - Operation section of this manual.

    Note

    If no PID block has been chosen, this button remains disabled.

  2. Access command history button: This displays a panel where users can consult a history of the gains that have been commanded during the tuning procedure.

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    History panel

    To make it easier and quicker for the user to identify each record, the history has 4 columns.

    Each column gives the following information:

    • Timestamp: Indicates the day and the time the change was made.

    • Id: This is the indentifier of the block.

    • Block: The type of the PDI block, it can be PID Static or Tsched PID.

    • Command Type: The type of command sent to the Autopilot 1x \(\rightarrow\) PID gain change. For more information on this command, see Tuning - Operation section of this manual.

    To access the gains commanded in the register, just double click on the register or select it and then click on the info icon.

  3. Export configuration button: By clicking on it, the current Blocks configuration saved in the Veronte Autopilot 1x will be stored in the selected folder.

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    Exported configuration - PDI file

  4. Feedback button: Users can report a problem they have encountered by creating an issue in their own ‘Joint Collaboration Framework’. The ‘Download’ button downloads a zipped folder with the current 1x configuration and more information needed for Embention to resolve the issue. It is advisable to attach this folder when creating the issue.

    Note

    The user’s ‘Joint Collaboration Framework’ is simply a own Github repository for each customer.

    If the user has any questions about this Joint Collaboration Framework, please see Joint Collaboration Framework user manual or contact sales@embention.com.

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    Feedback