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MAN Diesel
Users Guide
CoCoS EDS
CoCoS EDS
Engine Diagnostics System
Version 1.70
MAN Diesel SE
86224 Augsburg
Germany
Telephone: +49 821 322-0
Telefax: +49 821 322 3382
CoCoS@mandiesel.com
www.mandiesel.com
www.mandiesel.com/CoCoS
About this Guide This Users Guide applies to CoCoS EDS, Software Version
CoCoS EDS
1.70. It provides an introduction to and an overview of the
entire CoCoS EDS system for surveillance and diagnostics
on two and four stroke diesel engines for marine propulsion
and stationary power plants.
Conditions of Licence The supply, distribution and use of the CoCoS EDS and
Engine Data, including the CoCoS System Documentation,
are subject to your acceptance of the Standard Conditions of
Licence which are supplied in the Software Package
containing CoCos EDS and data media.
CoCoS EDS and its data media are MAN Diesel copyright.
No part thereof may be reproduced or distributed in any form
or by any means, without prior consent in writing from
MAN Diesel.
Table of Contents
Table of Contents
Table of Contents ............................................................................ C 1
Table of Contents
6.1 System Menu ..................................................................... 6 5
6.2 Edit Menu ........................................................................... 6 7
6.3 View Menu ......................................................................... 6 9
6.4 Reports Menu .................................................................... 6 11
6.5 Monitoring Menu ............................................................... 6 13
6.6 Diagnosis Menu ................................................................. 6 15
6.7 Trend Menu ........................................................................ 6 17
6.8 Measurements Menu ......................................................... 6 19
6.9 Tools Menu ........................................................................ 6 21
6.10 Windows Menu .................................................................. 6 23
6.11 Help Menu ......................................................................... 6 25
Appendix .......................................................................................... A 1
A.1 CoCoS EDS Requirements ................................................ A 3
A.2 Software Installation .......................................................... A 3
A.3 Keyboard Functions & Shortcuts ....................................... A 3
A.4 Technical Assistance .......................................................... A 6
Glossary ........................................................................................... G 1
Glossary of Terms ............................................................................. G 3
Index ................................................................................................. I 1
Chapter 1 Before You Begin: This is the chapter which you are now reading.
It provides brief details about the contents of this Guide and shall help
you to get to know and use CoCoS EDS. In addition it contains a brief
explanation of the system, including its applications and features.
Chapter 2 Exploring CoCoS EDS: Deals with basic operation of CoCoS EDS.
It explains what you need to know in order to start using the system on
your PC.
Chapter 3 Measurements & Diagnoses: Explains how to use CoCoS EDS for manual
and semi-automatic input of off-line measurements, including engine
diagnoses on off-line measurements.
Chapter 4 System Administration & Tools: Explains how to set up CoCoS EDS for
daily use, customise different views and parameters, as well as set up
online data logging, etc.
Chapter 5 CoCoS EDS Concepts: Explains about the concepts and principles
behind CoCoS EDS so that you can more easily master using the system.
Appendix Gives brief information on system requirements for using CoCoS EDS on
your PC, keyboard short-cuts and how to obtain technical assistance.
Glossary Explains many of the terms and abbreviations used throughout this Guide.
Before You Begin
The CoCoS applications can be used for marine and stationary engines.
What is CoCoS EDS?
CoCoS EDS fulls four primary engine surveillance tasks, which are
always available to the user when using the program:
Data Logging
Monitoring
Diagnostics
Trend logging
Primary Applications
1.3.1 Data Logging
Both manual input and automatic data logging are available with CoCoS
EDS. Automatic data logging is obtained using a set of measurement
sensors, which are mounted at strategic points on the engine. These are
connected on-line with CoCoS EDS on the computer and continually
supply measurement data on the operating state and behaviour of the
engine. CoCoS EDS automatically stores and logs the measurement data
at preset intervals of every second for example, depending on the settings
chosen in the Data Logging setup.
1.3.2 Monitoring
CoCoS EDS automatically transforms the data input on-line to the
corresponding operating values and assigns appropriate measurement
units so that they are representative of the actual operating state and
function of the engine.
The measured operating values are then compared with the relevant
nominal values, which are based on data measured on the same engine
either while on the testbed and sea trial, or when CoCoS EDS was rst
installed. Thus any major deviation can easily be detected by the
operating personnel so that they can take the necessary action to
counteract, at an early stage, the consequences of abnormal conditions
and functioning in the engine.
1.3.3 Diagnosis
Primary Applications
The diagnoses are based on the symptoms of wear and unusual states
and behaviour of the engine, which are found by evaluating the operating
values. They explain what is at fault, what symptom(s) led to the condition
and what measures can be taken to restore normal operation.
The following list gives examples of irregularities and faults that might be
detected:
Turbocharger fouled/malfunction
Primary Applications
which can represent the rst signs of a major fault developing. Whereas
the former is normally corrected as part of routine maintenance, the latter
can lead to engine breakdown if corrective action is not taken by the next
port of call. In each case CoCoS EDS evaluates the symptoms and
indicates what corrective action needs to be taken.
For more specic details about the irregularities and faults, which can be
detected on your particular engine plant, a Sensor and Diagnosis list
can be obtained from your CoCoS EDS supplier.
1.3.4 Trend
The Trend system provides a graphic description of the changes in the
operating state and behaviour of the engine over time. It enables you to
more easily spot signs of irregular behaviour and to study the develop-
ment of irregularities so that countermeasures can be taken in due time.
The CoCoS EDS trend for the different parameters is based on operating
values sampled at xed intervals and stored for a specic period of time,
which are decided at the time of installation of CoCoS EDS. The trend
graph showing the behaviour of an entire family of engine parameters can
be displayed whenever required. There are three types of measurement
trend: the short-term trend, the long-term trend and measurement trends
based on manual entries.
Long-term Trend In long-term trend, CoCoS EDS examines the data contained in the short-
trend database and extracts a set of short-trend data, based on a time
interval, which is representative of the engine within that period. If stable
running conditions are dened and all of them are fullled, then it stores
these sets of representative short-trend data in the long-trend database,
where they are kept for a minimum period of 2 years.
The data storage periods mentioned above, are examples only. In practice
they may be set to shorter or longer periods, which are decided at the
time of installation of CoCoS EDS on your engine plant.
Also, the storage periods refer to the actual number of operating hours
spent collecting data while the engine is running not the chronological
time. The graphs displayed may therefore show a chronological period
that is longer.
Before You Begin
Measurements and CoCoS EDS allows you to include complete sets of measurements and/or
Manual Entries your own sets of operating values which are of special interest. These are
stored in the measurements database and are marked explicitly as
Measurements or Manual Measurements.
Additional Features
CoCoS EDS incorporates numerous additional features which are
intended partly to make operation easier, and partly to ensure appropriate
handling of all data acquired.
You can select window functions and menu commands using standard
keyboard operations or by clicking and moving the mouse. Similarly, you
can open several windows at the same time, close and move windows,
and in most cases change their size so that several windows can be
viewed at the same time or make a single window ll the entire desktop.
Access Security With CoCoS EDS access to certain commands is restricted to protect the
system, its appearance and its data integrity. This is done by access level
control, which provides two access levels:
Chief level is protected by password and is for the chief engineer and
authorized staff at the shipping ofce. This allows them to change the
appearance of CoCoS EDS on screen, open and close engines, change
measurement units, setup data logging and data calibration, etc.
Zoom Zooming allows you to take a closer look at pressure curves or other
graphics.
To Zoom In, simply click on the mouse button and, while keeping it
pressed, move the display cursor over the area to be examined. When the
mouse button is released the area of interest will be magnied. Repeating
this operation allows you to examine curves in even more detail.
Before You Begin
Customising and Setup On-line logging of the data from the measurement sensors is very exible.
For instance, you can set the time interval for collection of each new set
of operating data and the depth or period for which it is stored.
Event Logging An Event Logging facility keeps records of all engine stops with the engine
plant, as well as system errors with the CoCoS EDS operating system.
These records are kept separately in a Line Recorder Database and a
System Log, and are particularly useful for tracing events leading up to
engine shut down, emergency stops, etc., and are thus an important
investigative tool for remedying faults. In addition, certain events that
require immediate user intervention, such as wrong data acquisition bus
parameters and corrupted data bases are signalled by audible and visual
means.
Before You Begin
Help In addition to a paper back edition of this guide there is also an electronic
edition. This is included on the CoCoS EDS CD-ROM program disc
supplied, which when installed on your PC (see section A.2), is made
accessible by selecting the Users Guide function in the Help menu of
the program.
The guide is viewable via a standard Adobe Acrobat reader and makes
extensive use of hypertext links for quick selection of information from the
table of contents, index and elsewhere in the guide.
Moreover, there is the Report Editor available in the Help menu. This
document gives detailed information about how to create and congure
reports.
E.g.
Fig. 2-1 shows the main window of the CoCoS EDS program. This is what
you will see on the PC when you start the system. The appearance, layout
and use of the main window are similar to that of other Windows soft-
ware applications.
Title bar This bar indicates the name of the software application which is being run,
i.e. CoCoS EDS. In addition, the title bar of each engine view (i.e. window)
inside the main window gives the name of the engine and the view
currently presented. The right side of the menu bar shows whether the
current view is Off-line, Filtered, Non-ltered, etc.
Menu bar This shows the names of the CoCoS EDS main menus. Clicking on the
names with the left mouse button lists the functions and commands that
are available with each of these menus. Clicking on a command listed in a
menu activates the command.
Toolbar This contains a row of buttons each marked with a function symbol.
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By using the mouse to slowly move the display cursor across the toolbar,
hints are agged about the purpose of each button. Clicking on the
buttons with the mouse provides quick access to the most frequently
used commands which are also available using the menu bar located just
above the toolbar.
As with the commands listed in the menu bar, only those tool buttons
which are fully visible can be activated. They depend on the particular
window and the command or tool button which you last activated.
Status bar This provides information on the current view and the state of the engine
The Main Window
The date and time when the current set of values was generated. This
information is particularly useful when displaying stored measurements.
The operating hours of the engine concerned at the time when the set
of values was generated.
The number of system errors, i.e. data acquisition bus failure, corrupted
database, etc. are shown with ashing blue and red background, if any.
See System Log in Tools menu for details.
The current time, according to the CoCoS EDS clock shown in the
bottom right-hand corner of the status bar.
Sometimes the status bar displays a short help text when you point to
certain menu commands. This explains what will be displayed when
you activate the command.
Multiple Views For each particular engine which is opened there is a minimum of one
view. Additional views of one or more of the engines may be opened by
clicking on a view and selecting Open New View in the Windows menu.
Each view can be used to show a different aspect of an engines opera-
tion, depending on which commands have been selected with the
Monitoring, Trend and Diagnosis menus of CoCoS EDS.
Activating a View Clicking on an engine view with the mouse, activates it, highlighting its
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title bar. As with the main window, the title bar gives the identity of the
particular engine and of the view selected. In addition, by selecting an
engine view the menu bar displays the available menu items for that
engine. Furthermore, it indicates whether the operating values depicted
are Off-line (i.e. are based on stored data, including trend and manual
measurement data) or are Non-ltered or Filtered data that are currently
being measured On-line by the data logging system of CoCoS EDS.
The different types of view i.e. Non-ltered, Filtered and Off-line are
With On-line engine views, all views including those not activated are
automatically updated each time new operating data is acquired on-line
by the data logging system.
Display Groups Graphic views of engines are arranged in a way that the individual curves
for a number of related operating parameters may be viewed simultane-
ously. For viewing different families or groups of parameters, click on the
numbered tabs on the right-hand side of the window or use the Page Up
and Page Down keys on the keyboard.
Status of Operating Values The status of the operating values listed in a standard report, can be
determined with the aid of a number of display symbols. These are
activated by rst right-clicking anywhere in a report and then selecting the
respective symbols in the Display Attributes dialogue which is opened
(see Fig. 2-2). Alternatively, selecting Display Attributes in the View
menu can open the same dialogue.
Static: Denotes static values which remain relatively constant over time.
Static values are input manually as explained in section 4.3.2.
Display Units and Attributes Alternative measurement unit systems can be chosen for the operating
parameters depicted in graphic views or reports. These are selected by
activating the Measuring Units command in the View menu and provide
a choice of German, English or user-dened systems. The magnitude
range over which a curve is presented, e.g. Line Recorder, can be
dened by right-click on the curve.
For colour coding curves according to the particular part of the engine
they represent, or changing the type and size of fonts used in both
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graphic views and reports, select the Colours and Fonts commands in
the View menu.
Zoom For a close-up or magnied view of display curves and other graphics, the
Zoom function can be used.
To Zoom In, click the left mouse button and while keeping it pressed,
drag the display cursor horizontally or vertically over the area to be
examined. When the mouse button is released the area of interest will be
magnied. Repeating this operation allows you to examine curves in even
more detail.
To Zoom Out, click once on the magnifying glass button in the Toolbar
and release. This will restore the display to its original size.
Note: With certain displays you can expand both axes of a curve by
dragging the cursor diagonally over the area to be examined. With other
displays either only one or both of the axes can be expanded using
separate drag operations.
The terms used to explain the various actions which may be performed
with the mouse, are as follows:
Drag: Press the left mouse button and keep it pressed while
moving the mouse. This function is always being used
for selecting the Zoom area or highlighting a text eld.
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The following keys emulate the function of the mouse when working in
reports or graphic views:
Page Down: Steps one page down or to the next group of operating
The Main Window
parameters.
Arrow Up/Down: Step to the next adjacent line. Keeping a key pressed,
scrolls a report or moves the object in Edit Mode of
Reports vertically up or down.
Monitoring Views
2.3.1 Engine Overview
This Monitoring menu command displays short-form information and
warnings about the engine currently selected for on-line operation with
CoCoS EDS. The particular engine is identied in the heading of the
window as indicated in the example shown in Fig. 2-3. With the Engine
Overview the data logging and diagnostic intervals for the particular
engine are indicated, including the availability of serial interface data and
measured values.
Standard Report may also be used for listing off-line data, such as
measurements stored in the Long Term Trend, Short Term Trend and
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Fig. 2.4 An example of a Standard Report containing measurement data. More data
can be viewed by scrolling the report or by looking at another display group
of the standard report
With each operating parameter listed, both the actual and nominal
values are specied together with the difference between them and their
measurement units. This can be congured optionally. The desired
alternate measuring unit systems may be selected or the status of any
operating parameter checked as described in section 2.2.1.
2.3.3 Reports
Reports are used to display a user-edited version of a standard report or
one which provides a simplied view of your engine plant or instrument
panels on which readings are depicted graphically. For further information
on customised reports, see section 4.2.1.
These values are derived from each set of input data which are collected
on-line at 1 second intervals for example, from the Alarm and Measuring
Sensors mounted on the engine. Each set of input data is validated,
calibrated and then stored by CoCoS EDS for a period of 1 hour for
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example, thus permitting all sets of measured values stored over this
period to be displayed using the Line Recorder command.
Display Groups
Monitoring Views
Fig. 2.5 An example of a Line Recorder display
Time Scale and Each set of stored operating data is depicted by a short vertical gradua-
Stored Data Field tion mark at the bottom of the display window, which also indicates the
time that each set of data was stored and serves as a time scale for view-
ing data. Grey graduations indicate complete sets of data, while red and
grey graduations indicate that data is missing or is outside acceptable
limits.
Display Curves The values depicted by the Line Recorder display are for the calibrated,
non-ltered operating data and are represented by a series of dots or
crosses, which together form a curve or graph of each operating para-
meter.
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Fig. 2.6 Close-up of a Line Recorder display paramter obtained with the Zoom
function
Before the use with the Trend and Diagnoses functions, the stored data
undergo additional processing in order to lter out data having a too large
deviation, and to average all the other data acquired. The result of the
latter processing can be seen on the Line Recorder graph as a group of
three parallel lines, within and around which the individual non-ltered
operating values are represented. (See Fig. 2-6).
The same graph also shows the updating of the ltering process. Each
time new on-line data are acquired, the last portion of the Line Recorder
graph (e.g. last 5 minutes as default) becomes a living representation of
the state and behaviour of the engine or generator, which are depicted by
the non-ltered operating data.
For further information on data logging and ltering with CoCoS EDS,
see section 5.2.1 and 5.2.2 respectively.
Bar charts are otherwise known as balance plots and are therefore
useful for depicting cylinder, bearing or turbocharger balance, temperature
distribution, etc. Either Non-ltered or Filtered on-line operating data, or
off-line data such as that stored in the Trend and Measurements Data-
bases, can be viewed.
Monitoring Views
Fig. 2.7 An example of a Bar Chart display with actual and nominal values for a
cylinder-related parameter
A typical Bar Chart display is shown in Fig. 2-7. Each group of corre-
sponding parameters has its own bar chart graph. The number of bars
included in each graph consists of a set of bars from measuring points at
which the sensors are installed on the engine. An additional bar gives the
mean value which established from these measuring points.
value and the nominal value. The last bar in the graph gives the mean
difference.
The types above of bar chart presentation can be chosen by the Set
Display Bar Chart attributes dialogue. This is opened by rst selecting
Bar Chart in the Monitoring menu and then clicking on the chart with
the right mouse button.
With the rst three types of bar chart presentation, the mean of the
Monitoring Views
operating and nominal values and the mean difference are indicated by
horizontal dash lines. These dash lines go directly through all bars of
measuring points.
As the display of Line Recorder, Bar Charts has also a Zoom function.
This operates in the same manner as previously described, but magnies
only the vertical axis or scale of the graph.
Monitoring Views
Fig. 2.9 An example of a Load Diagram
The position of the line and the magnitude of the values indicated change
continuously according to the current output of the engine. They therefore
provide an easy means of comparing the current performance of the
engine against the background curves shown that were measured when
the engine was new or when CoCoS EDS was installed.
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Adding Extra Curves Select Tools > Customise > Display Groups in the main menu. A Cus-
Monitoring Views
tomise Display Groups dialogue box appears for adding extra curves as
outlined in section 4.2.2. To view your changes rst switch to another view
and then back again to Performance Curves.
Deleting Curves In the chief level you can delete the curves with a right-click on the row of
measurement number on the upper left side of the performance curve
sheet. The Delete Row dialogue appears (see Fig. 2-11). Click on the
corresponding rows and then they can be deleted with the Delete button.
Trend Views
2.4.1 Time Plots
With the Time Plots command, operating parameters are displayed as
shown in Fig. 2-12. The Time Plots window is similar to that available
with the Line Recorder command in the Monitor menu.
Trend Curves and The trend curve or graph for each operating parameter is made up of a
Display Options series of crosses which represent the magnitude of the respective
operating values stored in CoCoS EDS and correspond with the time
scale indicated at the bottom of the trend window.
Time Axis and Just above the time axis at the bottom of the trend window are a series of
Trend Data Field multi-coloured zones representing the Trend Data eld. Each of these
zones is made up of a series of tightly spaced vertical stripes representing
the individual entry status of stored data from which the operating values
depicted in the trend graphs are taken. The entry status lines or stripes
are colour coded according to the type of data stored:
Black stripes indicate sets of Trend Data which also contain data for
pressure curves.
Green stripes indicate sets of Trend Data which have been input and
stored manually.
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Fig. 2.13 The Set Display attributes dialogue for trend time plots
If required you can inspect any set of Trend Data by clicking on the entry
status line or stripe close to that representing the particular set you wish
to view. This calls the Select trend entry dialogue from which you can
scroll through the list of trend entries and load the relevant entry into a
standard report sheet. Each entry is identied by the type of data stored
(i. e. short trend, long trend, Measured) and the date and time of storage.
Trend Views
With this command X-Y plots similar to that shown in Fig. 2-14, may be
obtained. These show the magnitude spread of any pair of operating
parameters within each set of operating data stored in the Short Trend,
Long Trend and/or Measurement Databases of CoCoS EDS.
Fig. 2.14 An example of a trend plot obtained with the X-Y Plot command
If required parts of the X-Y plot may be magnied using the Zoom
function. This enables you to select a specic time range for displaying
the X-Y plot.
The X-Y plot shows only the trend entries within the time-zoom window
and the interpolation of the plot only takes these entries into account.
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Measurements Menue
The Measurements menu includes commands for manual and semi-
automatic input, as well as for storage of measurement data taken with
off-line equipment. There are also commands for inspecting and/or editing
data stored in the Short Trend, Long Trend and Measurements Databases,
as well as for manually initiating diagnostics on measurements based on
manual or semi automatic input.
Fig. 3.1 The Reading PMI System cylinder pressure values dialogue
Once a complete set of pressure readings has been taken, the readings
may be transferred to CoCoS EDS by selecting the Read Pressure
Curves command in the Measurement menu. This opens a dialogue
similar to that shown in Fig. 3-1, which should show the actual time
registered by the measuring instrument. Provided that the latest measure-
ment is not older than the depth selected with the line recorder (typically
1 hour see section 4.3.5), it should immediately commence to read the
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measurements.
To close the dialogue and store the measurement curves, click on the
OK button. A prompt will appear which will ask whether you also want to
store the measurement separately in the Trend database along side the
corresponding set of ltered line recorder measurement data that was
stored when the pressure measurements were made. Clicking the Yes
button stores the measurement and at the same time displays it in either a
To close the dialogue without storing the measurement, click the Cancel
button. Similarly to close the prompt without storing the measurement,
click the No button.
this a FFT (Fast Fourier Transform) is derived which is used by the Start
Measurements Menu
Combustion Analysis command.
The Read Pressure Curve, Pressure Curve and Start Combustion Analysis
NOTE commands are optional commands which are available on rst ordering CoCoS
EDS or as a program upgrade.
Generally, the latter type of report sheet are easiest to use, as only
readings pertaining to the off-line measurement need be keyed in. Also,
depending on the engines model curves, the nominal value of many of
the operating parameters are listed, which is useful for checking the
validity of the readings input manually.
Next, press the left mouse button at the start of the region of interest on
the curve and keeping the button pressed in the Line Recorder view,
move the cursor further along the curve.
Finally, release the button at the end of the region of interest and then
Measurements Menu
select the Manual Input > Line Recorder Zoom command in the Meas-
urements menu or its button in the toolbar. This generates a report based
on the mean of the series of measurements dened by the line recorder
zoom.
Immediately after keying in each value, press the Enter key to complete
the entry. This initiates a status check on the value input and whenever
applicable warns if it is out of range by automatically displaying an Input
Validation Check prompt (see Fig. 3-3). Click Yes to delete and enter a
new value or No to continue with the current value. Out of range values
are shown with red characters in a report.
Manual input may also be used for keying in Missing operating values or
overwriting Measured or Calculated operating values. All operating
values which are input manually are marked Manual, irrespective of their
previous status. An exception is when values are deleted in which case
they are classied as Missing Values. Also, when calculated values are
deleted their original calculated value is restored.
With each new value keyed in, CoCoS EDS performs a new set of
calculations and updates all other operating values listed in the report
sheet accordingly.
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For more information on the status of the operating values and their
coding, see section 2.2.1 and 5.2.3 respectively.
3.1.3 Diagnostics
Measurements Menu
The Diagnostics command in the Measurements menu allows you to
initiate diagnosis on off-line measurements which have been input using
the Read Pressure Curve or one of the other Manual Input commands
in the Measurements menu. It may be used both during the course of
entering operating values in a report sheet or after they have been stored
in the measurements database. For this purpose the stored measure-
ments must rst be loaded into a report sheet using the dialogue dis-
played with the Measurements command in the Measurements menu.
See section 3.1.4.
3.1.4 Measurements
This opens the Measurement for engine dialogue shown in Fig. 3-4.
It is used for loading (i.e. displaying, printing) and deleting measurements
which have been previously stored in the Measurements Database, as
well as for attaching or editing notes or comments.
Fig. 3.4 The Measurements for engine dialogue for loading and deleting
measurements, and updating measurement notes
To print a list of all measurements, click on the Print Info button. If your
current view is the Standard Report or Report, a click on the Print
button will rst load the selected measurements and then print them one
after another with the current view.
To export measurements rst click the New button and then select the
drive and directory to which the measurements are to be exported to
using the Create Measurement Archive dialogue that is opened.
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Thereafter, press the Ctrl or Shift key and use the mouse to select one
or more measurements listed on the left of the dialogue that are to be
exported and then click the > button to transfer them to the eld on the
right of the dialogue. Finally, click the OK button to export the measure-
ments to required directory. To export all the measurements listed simply
click the >> button before clicking the OK button.
Thereafter, press the Ctrl or Shift key and use the mouse to select the
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measurements to be imported from the list on the right of the dialogue
and then click the < button to transfer them to the eld on the left of the
dialogue. To import the measurements and exit the dialogue, click the
OK button.
Only the measurements from the same engine can be imported. The measurements
NOTE will be checked by content (not by number) with the current measurement
database, before they are imported. If the measurement already exists, you will be
asked for replacement.
Diagnosis Menu
The Diagnosis menu is used for viewing and acknowledging diagnoses
which are automatically generated by CoCoS EDS whenever signs of
wear or irregular behaviour are detected with the engine.
The two main commands of the Diagnosis menu are Pending and
Closed diagnoses. Examples of these diagnoses are shown in Fig. 3-6
and Fig. 3-7 respectively.
Pending diagnoses list details about all new, open, changed and pending
diagnoses, indicating the symptoms pertaining to the current operating
state and behaviour of the engine, which may or may not have been seen
and acknowledged by the maintenance staff.
Red warns that a new diagnosis has been generated about unusual
engine performance or behaviour which has yet to be acknowledged.
For further details about diagnoses, including about their status, see
section 5.2.7.
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System Log
Information about system errors are displayed using the System Log
command in the Tools menu. It lists details about erroneous operation
such as data acquisition failure, corrupted databases, etc. Events are
logged together with the date and time that they occur.
Also included in the Tools menu are the Acknowledge and Acknowl-
edge All commands. These serve for verifying inspection of the currently
selected error message or of all error messages not previously acknowl-
edged. Acknowledging an error also closes the corresponding messages
if the symptoms no longer exist.
Also shown are manually requested line recorder dumps. These are listed
with green text in the dialogue and have the sufx [m]. Manual dumps are
requested by clicking on the Add button for recording the engine
behaviour whenever there are signs of unusual behaviour for instance.
Moreover, there exist timer controlled dumps, which are dumps made at
dened timestamps, e.g. at 12:00 oclock or in a regular interval, e.g.
every 60 minutes. Timer controlled dumps are listed with black text and
have the sufx [t].
To discard unwanted line recorder dumps, select them in the dialogue and
click on the Delete button. To be able to delete data you must have
Chief level access rights. See chapter 4.3.4 for further details.
To export one or more selected line recorder records, click the Export
button. The records will be exported as a text le (.csv). The destination is
the LINEREC folder in the engine data directory.
Measurements & Diagnoses
Logging on To log on for Chief level access, select Passwords > Enter Password in
the System menu. This opens the Enter Password dialogue shown in
Fig. 4-1 (a), which prompts you to key in the password for the Chief level.
The log-on system accepts between 4 and 8 characters and is case
sensitive.
(a) (b)
Fig. 4.1 The Password dialogues for (a) Chief level access and (b) changing the
password
For rst-time use of CoCoS EDS, log on using the password FEIHC or
Chief for access to the Chief level. Later, this password should be
replaced with one of your own choice so as to help protect CoCoS EDS
from unauthorised use. Remember to make a note of the password and
keep it in a safe place for future reference.
Unsuccessful Log-on After three unsuccessful attempts at log-on, all further attempts are
blocked for a period of one minute. Thereafter, three more attempts are
allowed after which log-on is blocked for 2 minutes, and so on. To reset
CoCoS EDS and regain access to the Chief level, contact MAN Diesel
whose address and phone number you will nd in the front page of this
Guide.
Changing Passwords To change password, select and log on for access to Chief level and
then select Change Password in the System menu. You will then be
prompted to key in both the current and a new password for the Chief
System Administration & Tools
level and then to conrm the new password (see Fig. 4-1(b)). Finally, click
the OK button to save the new password or click the Cancel button to
exit the dialogue without saving any changes.
Returning to Crew Level After nishing operation at Chief level, CoCoS EDS should be returned to
Crew level by selecting Passwords > Back in the System menu. This
returns the program to its normal operating state making it ready for daily
use by the engine staff.
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Customising Views
4.2.1 Reports
The range of CoCoS EDS reports and screen presentations discussed in
section 2.3.2 are created using a set of special tools. These are available
when using the Chief access mode and are selected with the Customise
> Reports command in the Tools menu.
Besides enabling you to edit existing reports, the Customise > Reports
tools allow to create entirely new reports and on screen presentations
which contain both live on-line data and stored off-line data. In addi-
tion, virtual monitoring consoles may be built for live monitoring of your
engine plant and auxiliary equipment.
As the use of the tools is quite extensive, they are explained in a separate
booklet, the Report Editor Users Guide. Please contact your CoCoS EDS
supplier for details.
The various display groups shown in the Line Recorder, Bar Chart,
System Administration & Tools
2. Select an index card other than the one that you want to modify.
3. Select Customise > Display Groups in the Tools menu to open the
dialogue shown in Fig. 4-2.
4. Locate and click the left mouse button in the row corresponding to the
Customising Views
display group index card that you want to modify in the Display
Groups window at the bottom of the dialogue.
10. To save your changes, click the OK button and then the Ready
button.
The Customise > Unit Systems command is used together with the
Customising Views
Measuring Units command in the View menu. It is used for selecting a
system of preferred units for default operation at crew level, as well as for
creating a new unit system which suits your own organisations prefer-
ences.
Initially, a choice of unit systems from German (metric unit) and English
(english unit) are provided, but these can be copied and edited so as to
simplify creation of your own unit systems, for example, for head ofce
and plant use.
Unit system changes apply to the particular selected engine. To apply changes to
NOTE all engines, the same changes must be made on each engine in turn.
Default Units for Operation Select the Measuring Units in the View menu and then select the name
at Crew Level of the particular unit system that you want to use at Chief level and as
default at Crew level. The same unit system is retained on changing to
Crew level, provided that you do not change to another unit system while
at Chief level.
Creating Customised First select the Customise > Unit Systems command in the Tools menu
Unit System and then key in the name of the unit system that you want to create in the
Heading: eld at the bottom of the Congure Unit Groups dialogue.
Next click on the Add and OK buttons respectively to exit the dialogue
and then select the Measuring Units command and unit system that you
have just created in the View menu.
Now select the Standard Report in the Monitoring menu and alter the
unit selected for each operating value by right-clicking with the mouse in
the unit column on the extreme right of the report. This opens the Select
Unit dialogue shown in Fig. 4-4.
Once you have completed your selection for each parameter that you
want to change, you can exit the Chief level (i.e. select Passwords >
Back in the Systems menu) and view measurements using the default
settings that you have just created.
System Administration & Tools
Changing a Customised The method of changing a customised unit system is similar to that stated
Unit System above, except that you must rst select the unit system both in the Tools
> Setup and View menus. Changes are made by right-clicking in the
units column of each parameter to be changed and then selecting the
appropriate unit in the Select Unit dialogue. See Fig. 4-4.
Fig. 4.4 An example of a Standard Report showing the Select Unit dialogue.
The dialogue is opened by right-clicking with the mouse in the units column
for the operating parameter to be changed
Deleting a Customised Select the Customise > Unit Systems command in the Tools menu and
Unit System then choose the name of the unit system no longer needed in the dialogue
which is opened. Finally, click on the Delete button to erase the selected
unit system.
System Administration & Tools
Setting Up Operation
4.3.1 Global Settings
This Tools menu command opens the Global Settings dialogue shown
in Fig. 4-5. It has three separate index cards, which include the following:
Plant Name: For registering the name of engine plant or plant owner who is
licensed to use CoCoS EDS. The name appears in the product version
and license information given in the Help menu About dialogue.
Usage Ofce Version: Selects the Off-line version of CoCoS EDS for both
ofce use of the program with stored measurements and manual input
of measurement data taken with traditional measuring instruments.
Exit and restart CoCoS EDS to activate the version chosen.
Program Toolbar: Turns On or Off the toolbar the next time CoCoS EDS is
restarted.
Full Screen: Selects Full Screen view without the main menu and
toolbar when CoCoS EDS is closed and restarted again.
To toggle between Full Screen and Normal view modes, press the
Shift + Esc keys on the keyboard.
System Administration & Tools
This Tools menu command opens the dialogue shown in Fig. 4-6, which
lists the operating parameters that have been selected as Static Values
with your engine plant.
To Set Static Values Double-click on an appropriate type of operating data shown in the Oper-
ating Values list at the top of the Set Static Values dialogue. This will
expand the list to show the operating parameters which can be made
Static Values (i.e. parameters marked with a blank rectangular symbol).
To make a Static Value, select a parameter with the mouse or cursor key
and then either double-click it or click the Select button in the dialogue.
The parameter should now be moved from the Operating Value list to the
Static Value below.
To Delete a Static Value Select the value which is no longer required in the Set Static Values
dialogue, and then click on the Delete button. The value will now be
moved from the Static Value list to the Operating Value list at the top of
the Set Static Values dialogue.
When static values are deleted, CoCoS EDS automatically checks and
System Administration & Tools
To Assign Values To assign a value or update an existing value, click on the particular static
to Static Values value of interest in the Set Static Values dialogue and then key in the
required value. To store the value in the CoCoS EDS database, click the
OK button. The value will now be used in all reports and screen presen-
tations generated by CoCoS EDS, wherever the corresponding parameter
is displayed.
A value must be keyed in to the static value list. The / symbol beside a
NOTE parameter denotes not available.
Setting Up Operation
The Setup > Operating Hours command in the Tools menu opens the
dialogue shown in Fig. 4-7. This is used for synchronising the operating
hour counter of CoCoS EDS with the actual number of operating hours of
the engine currently selected. Changing the operating hour has no effect
on measurements that are already logged.
Max. Records: Sets the maximum number of line recorder records that
are automatically stored by CoCoS EDS.
Wait Time (seconds): Sets the minimum time that the engine has to
remain idle after it has stopped, before CoCoS EDS classies it as an
engine stop and stores a complete set of measurements. The default
setting is 2 minutes.
System Administration & Tools
The Setup > Data Logging command in the Tools menu opens the
dialogue shown in Fig. 4-9, which is used for setting up the following data
logging parameters for line recorder:
Depth: Sets the period of time (typically 30 minutes) that the sets of
non-ltered operating data are stored by the data logging system.
Time-out: Sets the period of time that CoCoS EDS has to wait for
missing data. It is normally set to a value greater than the sampling
interval (typically 5 seconds) in order to retain a xed sampling interval.
4.3.6 Calibration
Setting Up Operation
The Setup > Calibration command in the Tools menu is used for
calibrating the sensors for each of the operating parameters which are
monitored with CoCoS EDS. Selecting the command opens a dialogue
similar to that shown in Fig. 4-10, which has two or more index cards
depending on the type of network used to connect the sensors.
Fig. 4.10 The Calibration of data for engine EDS Demo dialogue
Protocol: This card displays the status of the current data acquisition.
In addition, it includes check boxes for initiating an audible alert each
time that CoCoS EDS requests data from the alarm system and/or that
the alarm system replies that no data is available. See Fig. 4-11.
TCP/IP: This card is used for setting the Transmission Control Protocol
IP Address and Port for communicating with one or more remote
sensors. See Fig. 4-13.
Restructuring Database
If extra measuring sensors are installed on your engine plant after
CoCoS EDS has been installed, the CoCoS EDS database will have to
be expanded to include the new operating values that are measured.
Normally, CoCoS EDS will automatically update the database to include
this data. However, if this is not possible it will highlight the Restructure
command in the Tools menu so that the process can be activated
manually.
The backup le is stored in compressed form (i.e. ZIP data format) and
lls between one third and one tenth of its original size depending on the
compression setting selected in the dialogue and the type of les
concerned.
You can stop the backup copying process at any time by clicking on the
Cancel button of the Backup dialogue.
CoCoS EDS programm, its conguration, the engine conguration and the
engine data.
To restore, close down CoCoS EDS, copy the backup of the full installa-
tion directory back to the location of the installation directoryand start
CoCoS EDS. CoCoS EDS will run then with the conguration and the data
of the time the backup was made.
CoCoS-EDS can also be obtained with automatic data backup. This offers
a convenient, time saving alternative to manual backup and is available as
an optional extra. It permits backup to be carried out entirely automatical
at daily, weekly and monthly intervals as outlined later on in this Users
Guide.
CoCoS EDS automatically starts a new autobackup on opening an engine that has
NOTE just been restored.
Use the Browse... button to choose the exported CSV le location and
name for measurements. As default, the le location is set to..\enginedir\
MT\MT.CSV. If the le selected in the le location already exists, the
following dialog will ask to overwrite the le:
4.6.2 Trends
In the second group of the dialog box of Fig. 4-16., there can be selected
if entries of short trend or long trend shall be exported. Just click on the
checkbox to activate or deactivate for exporting. Depending on the
settings of trend, there are a set of les for trend data. By exporting, each
trend le will be exported into a CSV le, and they will always be saved in
..\enginedir\ST\ for short trend, or in ..\enginedir\LT\ for long trend.
1. Click the Select-button to dene the operating value list. The dialog
box Select Export Operating Values will be displayed.
select the values for exporting. The yellow box in front of the values
will be marked black. Now click the Add button for adding the
selection. All the selected values will now be listed in the group
Selected export operating values. To change the order of the
selected values, left click the mouse on the designated value and
drag it to the position you want it to be.
Standard unit without rounding: The standard unit and the raw values
will be exported.
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In this connection it will help you to grasp many of the technical terms and
principles employed, so that you can more quickly master CoCoS EDS
when you begin using it.
Fig. 5.1 The use of CoCoS-EDS for on-line engine monitoring and diagnosis.
It may also be used with off-line equipment, such as, exemplarily, systems
for off-line cylinder pressure measurements and analysis
To obtain maximum benet from the data logging, monitoring, trend and
diagnostic facilities of CoCoS EDS, the following optional hardware is
needed:
Both, the Alarm System and Measuring Sensor System include a variety
The CoCoS EDS Environment
The number as well as types of sensor used with the Alarm and Measur-
ing Sensor Systems depends on the number of engines and types of
equipment included in your engine installation.
Whereas the Alarm and Measuring Sensor Systems are normally installed
for On-line data acquisition, the optional pressure metering system is
operated Off-line. Here a portable measuring instrument is used to
measure and log data on combustion and injection pressures. The data
is then keyed into CoCoS EDS via the keyboard of the CoCoS EDS
computer.
In cases where CoCoS EDS is also used at the main ofce, you can keep
them informed on the condition of your engine plant by sending them
measurement data, diagnoses, etc. These can be taken directly from the
database of CoCoS EDS and may be sent in the form of data les that are
copied onto data media or transmitted via radio or telephone link.
With this type of installation, staff have the option of entering data from
printed reports by typing it into CoCoS EDS on the computer. However, it
is usually quicker, as well as more convenient, to import this information
from data media sent by the ship or power generating plant or to import it
via a radio or telephone link.
Only the Alarm System is installed On-line, and the user feeds
CoCoS EDS with supplementary data which have been measured
semi-automatically or manually using portable measuring equipment.
Examples of such equipment are traditional analogue thermometers,
pressure gauges or more sophisticated electronic instruments, which
operate entirely independent of CoCoS EDS and may be used
regardless of whether a Measuring Sensor System is installed or not.
from the Alarm and Measuring Sensors on the engine plant, and thereafter
converting and storing it as measured operating data which accurately
describes the current operating state of the engine.
On-line CoCoS EDS automatically samples the data from all the Alarm
and Measuring Sensors at xed intervals of 1 second. If data for one or
more of the corresponding operating values cannot be sampled within the
sampling period, it is dened as missing input data and is logged as Not
Available.
CoCoS EDS then converts the sampled data into values expressed in
Data Flow in CoCoS EDS
With each set of new data sampled, on-line CoCoS EDS updates the
Filtering Window and computes a new average, which excludes the utter
components and erroneous data outside the window.
In addition, CoCoS EDS checks the status of the operating values which
can be set as Missing, Measured, Calculated, Static or Manual
Input. It does this in the following sequence:
4. If a formula exists, and the necessary values are present, CoCoS EDS
will calculate the value and mark it as Calculated. If not, it will leave it
marked as Missing or Measured.
You can input operating values manually using Standard Report in the
Monitoring menu of CoCoS EDS. Manual input may be used to overwrite
any operating value whatever its status, and therefore may also be used in
situations where a specic operating value is missing or is considered
suspect, such as in the case of a faulty sensor.
All operating values which are input manually are called Manual Operat-
ing Values and are marked as Manual irrespective of their previous
status. CoCoS EDS checks whether manual operating values are within
predened limits and allows the user to either accept the current value or
to enter a new value which is within the correct limits. With each operating
value overwritten, CoCoS EDS performs a new set of calculations and
updates all other operating values in accordance with the new data input.
CoCoS EDS Concepts
For use in parallel with the operating value, CoCoS EDS also generates a
Nominal Value for each operating parameter. These Nominal Values
describe how the optimally tuned engine behaves with the same load
and under the same ambient conditions as the actual engine or generator
monitored.
The Nominal Values are derived from reference values contained in the
Characteristics Maps which are selected in the Monitoring menu of
CoCoS EDS. The reference values are values measured on the optimally
tuned engine or generator (normally on the same plant, but when it was
brand-new or when CoCoS EDS was rst installed) and are taken with a
variety of typical engine loads corresponding to those which will most
likely be encountered in service.
5.2.6 Monitoring
Monitoring, or to be more exact the choice of commands available with
the Monitoring menu of CoCoS EDS, are the users tools for watching
over the engine or generating plant surveyed. They allow you to inspect
the current state of the plant, as well as to observe changes in its behav-
iour, by providing a snap shot of the very latest input data at about the
time it is input to CoCoS EDS.
For further details about CoCoS EDS diagnoses see section 3.2.
6. Terminated & Acknowledged Termination of the diagnosis has been The Final Category
acknowledged
Closed
The diagnosis is automatically archived
EDS operates with several stages of diagnosis which describe the current
Changed Diagnosis If the existence of an open diagnosis has been acknowledged, but later
the symptoms become stronger; weaker or disappear totally, EDS will
alter the status of the diagnosis to Changed, meaning that no one has
acknowledged as having seen these changes yet. The diagnosis is called
a Changed Diagnosis, and its status will remain Changed until it has
been acknowledged, no matter whether its symptoms still exist or not.
Once a changed diagnosis has been acknowledged, EDS will set the
status of the diagnosis to Acknowledged.
Pending Diagnoses All open diagnoses, no matter what their status is, contain information
which is of direct interest to the crew. Likewise, the fact that an open
diagnosis has been terminated is also of interest. Diagnoses which are
Pending with information to the crew, are called Pending Diagnoses.
Closed Diagnoses Once a pending terminated diagnosis has been acknowledged, it will be
closed, as it no longer describes the current state and behaviour of the
engine. Terminated diagnoses, which have been acknowledged, are called
Closed Diagnoses.
All diagnoses generated by EDS are stored in its database. They therefore
can be examined whenever required, including those which have been
closed.
Open Diagnoses If new symptoms of faulty sensors, wear, dirty lters or of unusual states
and behaviour of the engine occur, EDS will Open one or more new
diagnoses. These diagnoses are called Open Diagnoses. As long as the
symptoms exist, the resulting diagnoses will remain Open, no matter
whether they are new, changed or acknowledged.
Terminated Diagnoses If the symptoms of unusual states or behaviour of the engine disappear,
the corresponding diagnoses will be terminated. These diagnoses are
CoCoS EDS Concepts
New Diagnoses On the rst appearance of a diagnosis, EDS sets its status as New,
Data Flow in CoCoS EDS
meaning that no one has yet acknowledged as having seen it. The
diagnosis is called a New Diagnoses, and its status will remain New
until you or another user provides conrmation of having seen it, whether
or not its symptoms still exist.
Once a user has acknowledged having seen a new diagnosis, EDS will set
the status of the diagnosis to Acknowledged.
5.2.9 Trend
The Trend menu allows you to follow changes in the operating state and
the behaviour of the engine and other equipment over time. The changes
are presented graphically so that you can easily see signs of irregular
behaviour, as well as observe the development of irregularities.
CoCoS EDS handles three types of Trend: Short Term Trends, Long
Term Trends and Measurements.
Before the new data adding to the trend le, EDS will check the destina-
tion drive space. If the space is less than 2 MB, no data will be added to
the trend le and an error Message will be created for freeing some space.
Short Term Trend Short Term Trends provides a graphic representation of the short term
development of the operating states and behaviour of the engine and
other equipment surveyed.
For this purpose on-line CoCoS EDS automatically collects complete sets
of ltered operating values and their corresponding nominal values. These
are collected at intervals of every 5 minutes for instance, and are stored in
the Short Trend Database for several days or more depending on the
setup chosen in the Tools menu.
Long Term Trend Long Term Trends provides a graphic description of the long term devel-
opment of the states and behaviour of the engine and other equipment
surveyed over a period of, for instance, two years.
For each period of stable engine load, CoCoS EDS automatically collects
a representative set of ltered operating values and their corresponding
nominal values from among the short term entries covering each period. If
the length of such a period exceeds a time limit of 24 hours for instance,
CoCoS EDS will split it into two periods and select a representative trend
CoCoS EDS Concepts
A copy of each short term entry selected is stored in the Long Trend
Database along with the date, time and operating hours specifying the
related period.
All data stored in the measurements database is kept until deleted by the
user.
Views of engines not physically connected with CoCoS EDS are always
off-line. This is the case when operating CoCoS EDS as a completely
separate, stand-alone system, for example when installed at a shipping
line ofce.
System Menu
With this group of menu commands you can open or close an engine,
enter your password, restore data les, print displays, etc. The commands
are:
Close Engine is a secured command for access by the Chief Engineer only.
NOTE Secured commands are only accessible when the correct password has been
keyed in (i.e. Chief).
Passwords: CoCoS EDS has two levels of access Crew Level and
Chief Level. At Crew Level no password is needed, while at Chief
Level a password must be keyed in for accessing secured commands
that affect data acquisition and storage, including opening and closing
of engines and other equipment.
Enter Password: Opens the Enter Password dialogue for Chief Level
access to CoCoS EDS. Initially the password for Chief Level access
and logon is FEIHC or Chief as defalult, but later this password
should be changed to protect CoCoS EDS from unauthorised use. See
section 4.1 for further details.
Shortcut: Line Recorder Database can also be chosen using Alt. + F1.
Backup...: For restoring lost or corrupt les from backup data supplied
System Menu
by MAN Diesels technical support. See section A.4 for further details.
Restore Autobackup ...: Similar to the above, but restores lost or corrupt
les using the backup les that have been automatically created by
CoCoS EDS during daily use. For further information, see section 4.2
and 4.5.2.
Backup ... and Restore Autobackup ... are secured commands. Restoring of
NOTE backed up data les will overwrite the current data les causing loss of data from
the time the latest backup copy was taken.
Export ...: Exports data of trends and measurements into CSV le.
For further information, see section 4.6.
Print ...: Prints the content of the window which is currently activated.
Install Printer...: Opens the Print Setup dialogue for selecting printer,
printer properties, page orientation, page size and other page setup
options.
Page Setup ...: Opens Page Setup dialogue for setting page margins.
Exit: Opens a dialogue for exiting CoCoS EDS and closing on-line data
acquisition with all open engines and equipment.
Edit Menu
This menu comprises secured commands for editorial work at Chief
level. It includes common search tools for nding specic operating
parameters and tools for cutting, copying and pasting operating
parameters into Standard Reports from stored or manual measurements.
Their use is similar to that of standard ofce programs for Windows.
View Menu
This group of menu commands enables you to alter the general
appearance of the different display windows of CoCoS EDS. The
commands are:
Grid and Zoom Out : Switch the display grid on measured curves On
or Off, and restore curves to their original size after they have been
magnied using the Zoom function.
Shortcut: Grid can also be chosen using F6, while Restore Original
curves can be chosen using F5 and Restore Previous by Alt. + F9.
Display Attributes ...: Opens the Set Display attributes dialogue for
customising the display parameters shown in the Line Recorder,
Bar Chart and Trend modes.
Reports Menu
This group of menu commands deals with the customised reports that
may be created using the corresponding command in the Tools menu or
those supplied with CoCoS EDS. The commands are:
Next Report View: Steps to next report view in the Reports list.
Monitoring Menu
The Monitoring menu enables you to keep watch on your engines and
auxiliary equipment using the on-line data logging and measurement
functions of CoCoS EDS. Commands are included for comparing
measured values against the nominal values and other performance
data which were measured when your plant was rst commissioned or
when CoCoS EDS was installed on the plant.
Load Diagram: Displays the load diagram describing the power and
Monitoring Menu
speed limits for both continuous and overload operation of the currently
selected engine. See section 2.3.7.
Diagnosis Menu
The Diagnosis menu may be used to view and conrm diagnoses which
are automatically generated by CoCoS EDS whenever signs of wear or
irregular behaviour are detected with the engine.
Closed: Lists all terminated diagnoses which have been conrmed and
closed by the user as they are no longer applicable, i.e. the symptoms
no longer exist.
Trend Menu
The commands in this menu allow you to follow the operating state and
behaviour of the engine and other plant over time. They provide a graphic
description of all the relevant operating data which has been collected
and stored with CoCoS EDS over the last two years or more, and include
the very latest data which has been input and stored.
Measurements Menu
With this menu, commands are available for manual and semi-automatic
input, as well as for storage of measurements taken with off-line equip-
ment. There are also commands for inspecting and/or editing data stored
in the Short Trend, Long Trend and Measurements Databases, as well as
for starting diagnostics on measurements based on manual or semi
automatic input.
Shortcut: Read Pressure Curves can also be chosen using Shift + F9.
Tools Menu
With this group of menu commands you can dene display groups,
measuring unit systems, data logging sampling intervals and storage
periods, prepare report sheets, setup and calibrate alarm and measuring
sensors, etc.
Setup : For dening static values, data logging sampling and storage
periods, etc., as well as calibrating sensors. Setup of Data Logging
and Calibration are secured commands requiring a password.
See section 4.3.1 to 4.3.6.
System Log: Lists details of system errors, such as data acquisition bus
failure, corrupted databases, etc. See section 3.3 for further details.
Windows Menu
This menu is similar to that included with other windows based software
programs and contains the following commands:
Shortcut: Open New Window can also be chosen using Shift + F6.
Using the above commands you can open several windows for the same
engine. By arranging the windows side-by-side you can view a number of
different aspects of the engines operation at the same time. Each open
engine has a minimum of one view.
For example, you can present a line recorder window beside a report
Menus & Commands
sheet, thus enabling you to keep watch on data logging while inspecting
the latest set of measurements or a diagnosis. Please be aware, that
opening two windows with a report sheet may cause problems.
Help Menu
In this group of menu a set of help documents are available depends on
conguration of the delivered EDS version.
Users Guide: Opens an Adobe Acrobat Reader for viewing the latest
version of the CoCoS EDS Users Guide. For quick access to informa-
tion in the Guide, click on the blue hyper-text links given in its table of
contents, Index and elsewhere in the Guide.
Report Editor: Opens an Adobe Acrobat Reader for viewing the latest
version of the Users Guide Report Editor.
Appendix
1 Before You Begin
2 Exploring CoCoS EDS
3 Measurements & Diagnoses
4 System Administration & Tools
5 CoCoS EDS Concepts
6 Menus & Commands
Appendix
Glossary
Index
Appendix
To obtain full advantage of CoCoS EDS and its many features,
MAN Diesel recommends the following market standard PC system
conguration:
CD-ROM drive
Ctrl. + Esc.: Open the Start menu or Task List for selecting
another software application without closing CoCoS
EDS.
Alt. + F4: Open the Exit dialogue for closing CoCoS EDS.
Is a secured function requiring a password.
Windows Keys
Appendix
Menu Keys
Alt. or F10: Select the System menu and underline the rst
character of main menu headings.
Arrow Right/Left: Step right or left, selecting the next menu or a menu
subfunction within a menu.
Engine Views
Page Down: Steps one page down and/or to the next group of
operating parameters.
Appendix
Keeping a key pressed moves the graphics cursor
horizontally to the left or right.
Shift + Tab: Step to the previous data eld, check box, command
button or group of option buttons.
Mouse Functions
If you experience difculties in using CoCoS EDS, rst consult the Re-
adme le included on the CD-ROM containing the CoCoS EDS software
to see whether you can correct the problem.
If you cannot nd the answer, you are welcome to contact your CoCoS
EDS supplier, whose address and phone number are given on the rst
pages of this Guide.
When you call by phone, you should have the CoCoS EDS documentation
at hand and be prepared to give the following information:
The version and build number of your CoCoS EDS indicated under
About in the Help menu.
The operating system and type of hardware that you are using.
A brief account of what happened and what you were doing when the
problem occurred.
When you mail us, we ask you to include the above information, plus any
relevant computer printouts which might be helpful.
Glossary
1 Before You Begin
2 Exploring CoCoS EDS
3 Measurements & Diagnoses
4 System Administration & Tools
5 CoCoS EDS Concepts
6 Menus & Commands
Appendix
Glossary
Index
Glossary
Glossary
Glossary of Terms
Access Level CoCoS EDS restricts the access to certain commands in order to protect
the system, its appearance on the screen and its data integrity.
For this reason, CoCoS EDS uses a structured access control. The levels
in this structure are called Access Levels. The access levels are Crew
level and Chief level. See section 1.4 and 4.1 for further details.
Ambient Conditions Input data are measured under current ambient conditions. Typical
Actual or Standard ambient conditions are the barometric pressure, the intake air and cooling
water inlet temperatures, and the lower caloric value of fuel.
Sets of operating values are normally displayed under the actual ambient
conditions at the time that they were measured. However, when compar-
ing trend values separated in time, it is often necessary to use standard
ambient conditions as a common reference; for instance, as dened by
the International Standards Organisation ISO.
Bar Chart Bar charts (balance plots) display values describing cylinder and
turbocharger dependent data, etc.
Calculated Operating Value A calculated operating value is an operating value which is calculated by
CoCoS EDS.
Calculation With each new sampling or with each manual input CoCoS EDS will
calculate as many non-manual operating values and non-static operating
values as possible, depending on the availability of relevant operating
values. Each successful calculation will yield one or more calculated
operating values.
Calibration Calibration scales and offsets the operating data from the measuring
sensors so that it corresponds to the magnitude of the parameters
measured. Calibration normally takes place when commissioning CoCoS
EDS, or when replacing faulty sensors.
Characteristic Maps Characteristic maps describe the behaviour of the optimally tuned
Engine. CoCoS EDS uses these maps as the engine reference model. The
characteristic charts are based on measurements from the test bed, from
the sea trials and from the time when CoCoS EDS was installed.
Chief Level This access level is intended for the chief engineer and superintendents at
the head ofce.
At this access level you can change the appearance of CoCoS EDS on
the screen, open and close engines, plus change measuring units and the
set-up of data logging, calibration, etc.
Closed Engine An engine is Closed (to CoCoS EDS) when no views, i.e. windows,
Glossary
At this access level you will nd all the unrestricted commands that allow
you to carry out your daily work with CoCoS EDS.
Data Logging CoCoS EDS reads data on-line from alarm systems and other data
acquisition systems at intervals of 1 seconds for instance. Data Logging
converts the incoming data according to the currently selected measuring
unit system, then it validates the data before storing it as Operating Data.
See section 1.3.1 for further details.
Diagnosis A diagnosis describes the symptoms, the severity and probable cause
of unusual states or behaviour of an engine, as well as prescribes
appropriate corrective action.
Display Group A display group is a family of relevant operating parameters, that are
displayed together in monitoring and trend views.
Evaluation Evaluation checks whether the operating values are within certain xed
limits. It also compares the operating values with their corresponding
nominal values and with other relevant operating values.
For detecting symptoms, the engine load must be stable and within the
area covered by the characteristic maps. See section 5.2.7 for further
details.
Filtered Value A ltered value is an operating value, based on or derived from ltered
Glossary
operating data.
The current ltered values can differ from the current value read from the
alarm and/or measuring sensor systems because of the ltering carried
out by CoCoS EDS.
Grid The grid is a visual aid providing a series of intersecting lines for reading
values on display curves. You can switch the Grid On or Off on all
display curves, as required.
Load Conditions The load conditions are the engine power and engine speed.
Load Diagram The load diagram denes the power and speed limits of the installed
engine, both for continuous and overload operation.
Long Term Trend A long term trend shows you the development of a given operating
parameter over time.
On-line CoCoS EDS collects representative short term trend entries from
periods of stable engine load, and stores them in the long term trends
database along with the date and times specifying their respective
periods, as default it is set to every 12 hours.
Long term trend entries stay in the long term trend database for 2 years
for instance.
Manual Operating Values Manual operating values are the off-line operating values which you have
entered manually in a standard report. Manual operating values overwrite
other types of operating value.
By entering blank spaces for manual operating values you can emulate
missing operating values.
Measured Operating Values The measured operating values are the operating values logged by on-line
Glossary
Measuring Unit CoCoS EDS displays operating values in standard measuring units
expressing the character of the operating parameter. Each operating
parameter has a choice of possible measuring units. For instance,
pressure could be expressed in terms of bar, Pascal or mm Hg.
The crew can select one measuring unit that matches the specic engine
instrumentation and the head ofce can select another measuring unit
that allows comparison between engines.
Measuring Unit System A Measuring Unit System is a set of selected measuring units associated
with a set of operating parameters. Each user group: crew, superintend-
ents at the head ofce, etc. can have their own measuring unit systems
for display purposes.
Missing Operating Value If no entry is available for an operating parameter, its current status is set
as Missing. Such operating values are called Missing Operating Values.
Monitoring CoCoS EDS allows you to monitor the operating values of your engines.
You can display the operating values in standard reports. You can
monitor the cylinder balance on bar charts, display the pressure curves or
you can see where your engine is currently operating in relation to the
characteristic charts.
On-line CoCoS EDS allows you to monitor the operating data as they are
logged. See section 5.2.6 for further details.
Nominal Values Nominal values describe the behaviour of the optimally tuned engine
under the current load conditions. CoCoS EDS generates the nominal
values presented in on-line and off-line views by interpolation on the
characteristic maps. See section 5.2.5 for further details.
Non-ltered Value A non-ltered value is one which has not been averaged. It is either the
current value of a measured operating parameter before ltering, or a
value that has been calculated from the current set of operating data.
Off-line CoCoS EDS is off-line when on-line data logging is not active.
Glossary
A view is off-line when CoCoS EDS is off-line, i.e. not connected with the
alarm and measuring sensor systems. A view is also off-line when CoCoS
EDS is on-line and you are entering data manually in a standard report, or
when you are working with stored data like a trend entry.
Selecting or working with an off-line View does not terminate on-line data logging
NOTE with CoCoS EDS. See section 5.1.4 for further details.
On-line CoCoS EDS is on-line when on-line data logging is active and the alarm
and measuring sensor systems are connected.
A view is on-line, for example, when you select Line Recorder in the
Monitoring menu for viewing operating data. See section 5.1.3 for further
details.
Open Engine An Engine is Open (to CoCoS EDS) when at least one view, i.e. window,
relating to the engine is open.
You only have access to data on a specic engine, if the engine is open.
When CoCoS EDS has on-line connections to the engines alarm system
and/or other data acquisition systems, the on-line data logging is active.
Operating Data A general term for the measurement data which is sampled and logged by
CoCoS EDS from the alarm and/or measuring sensor systems. CoCoS
EDS validates and converts the data to the current selection of measuring
units.
Operating Parameters Operating parameters describe the type of operating value associated
with different elements of the state and behaviour of the engine. The
complete set of operating parameters gives a full description of the state
and behaviour of the engine.
Operating Values Operating Values are the actual values of the operating parameters which
Glossary
describe the state and behaviour of the engine under the load conditions
at the time that they where measured.
Off-line operating values are those that you enter manually or display
when you are working off-line. See section 5.2.3 for further details.
Performance Curves A set of specic characteristic charts and their corresponding current
operating values displayed in one diagram. The argument of the diagram
is the engine load.
PMI System The PMI System is a cylinder pressure measurement system developed
by MAN Diesel and uses a high quality measurement transducer to yield
the actual pressure curves.
You can connect the PMI System to your CoCoS EDS computer and read
the Pressure Curves into CoCoS EDS.
Pressure Curve A Pressure Curve describes the pressure cycle in an engine cylinder and/
or fuel injection pump. CoCoS EDS shows the pressure as a function of
the crank shaft position of the engine.
Short Term Trend A short term trend shows you the variations of a given operating
parameter over the last few days.
On-line CoCoS EDS automatically stores a short term trend entry at xed
intervals of every 5 minutes as for instance. It selects the current set of
ltered values and their corresponding nominal values.
Short term trend entries stay in the short term trend database for a period
of two days for instance. Both the storage interval and storage period are
dened at the time of installation of CoCoS EDS, and can be changed
using Setup in the Tools menu.
Standard Report A standardised report sheet giving numeric data on the latest operating
values measured on-line with CoCoS EDS, plus their corresponding
nominal values. In addition, Standard Reports may be used off-line for
viewing stored measurements and for manual input and editing of
operating values.
CoCoS EDS also contains other report sheets. Among these are examples
of engine plant layouts and instrument panels from which you can read
operating values directly. You cannot change these sheets, but CoCoS
EDS allows you to create and edit your own sheets.
Static Operating Value A Static Operating Value is an operating value, which remains relatively
Glossary
constant over a period of time. The fuel lower caloric value is a typical
static operating value. You can change static operating values whenever
required, for instance when you are bunkering fuel oil.
Trend The trends are your tool for monitoring the changes in the state and
behaviour of your engine over time. Each trend consists of a series of
values for a specic operating parameter presented on a time scale.
Trend Entry A CoCoS EDS trend entry is a set of operating values and their
corresponding nominal values. A series of trend entries forms a trend.
Values CoCoS EDS uses two types of values: nominal values and operating
Nominal and Operating values. Nominal values describe the expected behaviour of the optimally
tuned engine. Operating values describe the actual state and behaviour of
your engine.
CoCoS EDS allows you to work with several views at the same time. For
instance, you can monitor on-line operating values in one view, while you
are looking at a stored trend entry in another. You can also monitor several
engines at the same time with one or more views per engine. Each view
has its own window.
X-Y Plot An X-Y Plot is a graph where two synchronous values are plotted against
each other in a co-ordinate system.
Zoom Zooming is a visual aid. It allows you to take a closer look at your
pressure curves or other graphics. Zoom In works like a magnifying
glass, whereas Zoom Out restores the view to its previous size.
Index
1 Before You Begin
2 Exploring CoCoS EDS
3 Measurements & Diagnoses
4 System Administration & Tools
5 CoCoS EDS Concepts
6 Menus & Commands
Appendix
Glossary
Index
Index
Index
The pages of this Users Guide are not numbered sequentially as in a book but use a combination of
the chapter and page number separated by a hyphen. For example, Chapter 1, page 2 = 1 2. In the
Keyword index the chapter is shown rst with the page following in brackets. For example: 1 (2).
A Language 6 (9)
Line Recorder 2 (14)
Access Security 1 (13) Command 6 (13)
Activating a View 2 (8) Database 3 (15), 6 (5)
Autobackup 4 (19) Load Diagram 6 (14)
Manual Input Measurements 3 (7), 6 (19)
B Measurements 3 (9), 6 (19)
Measuring Units 6 (9)
Backup 4 (19) Next Window 6 (23)
Bar Charts 2 (16) Non-ltered Values 6 (9)
Off-line Values 6 (9)
C Open Engine 6 (5)
Open New View 6 (23)
Calibration 4 (20) Passwords 4 (5), 6 (5)
Characteristic Maps 2 (18) Pending Diagnoses 6 (15)
CoCoS EDS Performance Curves & Tables 2 (19), 6 (14)
Data Flow 5 (9) Pressure Curves 3 (5), 6 (13)
Environment 5 (5) Printer 6 (6)
Requirements A (3) Quick Reference Guide 6 (25)
Software Installation A (3) Read Pressure Curves 3 (5), 6 (19)
Reports 4 (7)
Commands
Restore 4 (19)
About CoCoS EDS 6 (25)
Restore Autobackup 4 (19)
Acknowledge
Restructure 4 (17), 6 (21)
Diagnoses 3 (13), 6 (15)
Setup 6 (21)
System Errors 6 (21)
Autobackup 4 (20)
Arrange Horizontal/Vertical 6 (23)
Calibration 4 (15)
Backup 4 (19)
Data Logging 4 (14)
Bar Charts 2 (16), 6 (13)
Global Settings 4 (11)
Cascade 6 (23)
Line Recorder Database 4 (13)
Characteristic Maps 2 (18), 6 (13)
Operating Hours 4 (13)
Close Engine 6 (5)
Static Values 4 (12)
Closed Diagnoses 6 (15)
Standard Report 2 (13), 6 (13)
Colours 6 (9)
Start Combustion Analysis 6 (19)
Customise 6 (21)
Store Measurement 3 (11), 6 (20)
Diagnostics 3 (9), 6 (19)
System Log 3 (15), 6 (21)
Display Attributes 2 (10), 6 (9)
Time Plots Trend 2 (23), 6 (17)
Engine Overview 6 (13)
Users Guide 6 (25)
Enter Password 4 (5), 6 (5)
View 6 (23)
Exit 6 (6)
X-Y Plots Trend 2 (25), 6 (17)
Filtered Values 6 (9)
Zoom 2 (11)
Fonts 6 (9)
Zoom Out 6 (11)
Full Report View 6 (9)
Full Screen 6 (9) Customising 1 (13)
Grid 6 (9) Display Groups 4 (7)
Import/Export Measurements 3 (9), 6 (19) Reports 4 (7)
Install Printer 6 (6) Unit Systems 4 (8)
Operating Data
Data Flow in CoCoS EDS 5 (9)
Characteristic Maps 5 (12)
Data Logging 1 (9), 4 (14), 5 (9) Filtered 5 (10)
Diagnosis 1 (10), 5 (14) Manual Input 5 (11)
Diagnosis Menu 3 (13), 6 (15) Nominal Values 5 (12)
Non-Filtered Values 1 (13), 6 (9)
Display Groups 2 (9), 4 (7)
Status Checks 5 (10)
Display Units and Attributes 2 (10)
P
E
Passwords 4 (5)
Edit Menu 6 (7)
Performance Curves 2 (19)
Engine Views 2 (8)
Evaluation & Diagnosis 5 (13) R
Event Logging 1 (14)
Read Pressure Curves 3 (5)
G Reports 2 (13), 4 (7)
Restoring Database 4 (19)
Gobal Settings 4 (11)
Restructuring Database 4 (17)
Grid 2 (11)
S
H
Setting
Help Menu 6 (25) Autobackup 4 (20)
Calibration 4 (15)
I Global Settings 4 (11)
Import/Export Measurements 3 (9) Line Recorder Data Logging 4 (14)
Operating Hours 4 (13)
K Static Values 4 (12)
Software Installation A (3)
Keyboard Functions & Shortcuts A (3)
Status bar 2 (8)
Keyboard Operation 2 (11)
Status Checks 5 (10)
L Status line 2 (23)
Status of Operating Values 2 (9)
Line Recorder 2 (14)
Store Measurement 3 (11)
Database 3 (17)
Switch Display 6 (9)
Logging on 4 (5)
System Log 3 (15)
M System Menu 6 (5)
Manual Input Measurements 3 (7) T
Measurements 1 (11), 3 (9)
Technical Assistance A (6)
Measurements Menu 6 (19)
Title bar 2 (7)
Menu bar 2 (7)
Toolbar 2 (7)
Monitoring 1 (9), 5 (12)
Tools Menu 6 (21)
Monitoring Menu 6 (13)
Trend
Mouse & Keyboard Operation 2 (11)
Long Term 1 (11), 5 (16)
Multiple Views 2 (8) Measurements 1 (11), 5 (16)
Menu 6 (17)
O Short Term 1 (11), 5 (16)
Off-line Operation 5 (7) Time Plots 2 (23)
XY-Plots 2 (25)
Index
View Menu 6 (9)
Views
Filtered Operating Data 5 (10)
Non-Filtered Operating Data 2 (15), 4 (14), 5 (9)
On-line & Off-line 5 (17)
Zoom 2 (11)
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