UOC optionally supports redundant control operation.

Single Rack Redundancy is provided

through a single rack scheme where the partner CPMs are placed in the same rack along with
power supplies. The power supplies in a single rack scheme do not provide for REDUNDANT power
supplies. The left power supply provides power to the CPM mounted in the left slot. Likewise, the

UOC may be used for both control and strategy-check-out simulation without the need to deploy a
special purpose simulation application. Simulation behaviors of strategies are controlled through
the SIMMODE parameter of I/O Reference blocks within the Control Module under test.

control strategies. UOC control strategies may be configured and tested independent of their
corresponding I/O.
This independence is achieved through two kinds of function blocks supported by Control Builder
o They allow the binding to be made by name, without constraining the strategy to work
with the particular channel of a particular I/O Module.
o They allow the configuration of the I/O Module to be separated from the
configuration of the control strategy.
o They complement I/O Points by serving as the reference end of the connection to the
I/O Point.
o In addition to referencing I/O channels, they can be used to reference key parameter
data which do not correspond to actual I/O channels.
UOC’s I/O Points and I/O Reference Blocks provide key enablers of the Lean Execution of
Automation Projects (LEAP) methodology supported by Experion.
2.12 Control Redundancy
o They can be created before or after the corresponding control strategy.
o In addition to I/O channels, they can be used to represent key parameter data which
do not correspond to actual I/O channels.
l I/O Reference Blocks

o I/O Reference Blocks are basic blocks instantiated in Control Modules to make an I/O
signal available for connection to algorithm blocks.
o They are bound to I/O Points though named references independent of particular
channels in particular I/O Modules.
o They support a simulation mode that allows for strategy checkout to be done in the
absence of I/O Modules.
and by CEE.
l I/O Points

o I/O Points are Experion tagged blocks representing the device connected to the UOC
through an input or output channel of an I/O module.
o They are typically tagged with the same name (up to 40 characters) that labels the
device in a P&ID diagram.
o They serve as a connection target that binds a control strategy to an I/O channel.
UOC may be used for both control and strategy-check-out simulation without the need to deploy a
special purpose simulation application. Simulation behaviors of strategies are controlled through
the SIMMODE parameter of I/O Reference blocks within the Control Module under test.