Specifications

Control Panel

Automation Electronics AEPOC (tm) EZ-Viewer (tm) Card Display

This display shows the current operating mode, card information, current and recent run time, and scrolling information in the upper left quadrant of the window. The upper right quadrant shows user selectable cards. The lower left quadrant displays alarm information and load ranges for the displayed cards. The lower right quadrant provides buttons to access frequently used EZ-Viewer features and issue common commands to the controller.

Current Status Viewing Area: The information in the current status area includes the current mode of the controller, today's and yesterday's run time, idle time, and cycle information, and any current alarms. It also includes estimated time left in the state if possible, and information about the current card from the controller. This information is updated once per stroke.
Card Viewing Area: This area allows the user to view the cards currently saved in the controller in any combination or available quantity. All selected cards are retrieved and may be overlaid or displayed sequentially. Descriptive information about each card is included. An auto update feature can be used with current or raw current cards to update the display when new cards are available.
Engineering unit cards show the final card after all input device conditioning has been applied. Raw cards show the card data as read from the end devices. Cards may be automatically scaled to a 0 to 100engineering unit cards and raw cards.
The cards can be saved to disk if desired. Colors for card information can be changed for various lighting conditions.
Alarm and Load Viewing Area: This area has the current alarms in the controller. A clear alarms button will clear the alarms in the controller. The load range on the currently selected card is also displayed. There is a button to download the range to the normal load range registers in the controller when using polished rod load cells.
Command Area: The commands area provides buttons to start and stop the pumping unit as well as change operating modes of the controller. For less frequently used commands, a pull down lists is available. Each of the other major functions in the EZ-Viewer has an associated button for access. They are also available from the toolbar for users that prefer that interface.

Configuration

A setup wizard guides a user through the setup of a new well - configuring the end devices, starting the well, calibrating strain gauge load cells if needed, saving a base stroke, synchronizing position switch inputs to true top of stroke, and setting up the basic operating characteristics of the unit.
Sample wizard configuration screens are seen with the links below:
Templates
Site
Communications
Position end device
Load end device
Time
Load calibration
Base stroke
Top of stroke
Pump off rectangle
Timers
The EZ-Viewer supports the creation of user defined templates allowing you to set up field or well type specific initialization data that can be easily downloaded when setting up a new well.
Alarm limits are shown textually and graphically where possible. The actions to take for alarms can be configured at the same time as the limits.
User programs can be saved locally, edited, and downloaded to the unit for execution.
Special buttons on configuration screens perform related commands without leaving the screen.
Sample configuration screens are seen with the links below:
Time
Communications
Site
Library functions
Discrete Inputs
Analog to Digital Inputs
Continuous position input devices
Fast position switches
Damped inclinometer input devices
Load cell input devices
Strain gauge input devices
Load alarms
Tagging alarm
Work alarms
Pump off rectangle configuration
Card shape alarms
Percent runtime
Trend registers
Stroke and speed trend
Time trend
General trend
Stroke interval user program
Time based user program
User event program
Scrolling registers
Data analysis events
Load work events
Analog to digital input alarm or status events
Discrete input alarm or status events
Control mode events
Messages

Data

The AEPOC can be configured to collect thousands of registers worth of information in trends and historical summaries. The data displays present these collected data points to the user in easy to follow tabular or graphical form. Automation Electronics AEPOC (tm) EZ-Viewer (tm) Event Log Display

The Event Log displays the controller's event log one event at a time with Previous and Next buttons to allow the user to navigate forward and backward through the time stamped event history of recent alarm and status changes at the unit to diagnose the cause of problems.
Historical daily and monthly gauge off summaries show average fluid stroke length, surface stroke length, SPM, total cycles, fluid produced, and pumping unit time summaries.
Trend Displays show collected stroke, cycle, time, and high speed trend data in overlaid or x-y format.
Register Displays allow you to configure your own pick list of data you want to look up that is scanned on a stroke basis from the controller.
Sample data displays can be seen with the links below:
Cards
Trends
XY Trends
Historical
Registers
Event log

HHDT

Automation Electronics AEPOC (tm) EZ-Viewer (tm) Scrolling Display

Finally, the EZ-Viewer also provides an emulation mode that simulates the Oyster Hand Held Data Terminals. This permits an operator to use the EZ-Viewer for wells with newer software in the full graphical mode of operation and still maintain compatibility with units that have not yet been upgraded.

Other initial screenshots can be seen with the links below:

Splash
Initialization
New AEPOC
Scrolling
Establishing connection