Using Tridium’s Sedona 1.
2 Components with Workbench
This tutorial assists in the understanding of the Sedona components provided in Tridium’s Sedona-1.2.28
release. New with the 1.2 release is that the Sedona components, previously concentrated in one Control kit,
are now organized in smaller kits under a functional name. Components discussed in this document can be
found in the following kits:
• basicSchedule
• datetimeSTD
• func
• hvac
• logic
• math
• pricomp
• timing
• types
Sedona components are deployed in kits of which there are three types – Tridium-release, custom hardware-
independent, and custom hardware-dependent. This tutorial only addresses the Tridium-release components
which can be found in any Sedona application. By Tridium-release we are referring to Tridium release 1.2.28.
Custom components deployed in custom kits are provided by developers from the Sedona community. It is up
to the developer to explain how their custom components function. They are not explained here. However,
the techniques found in this tutorial can be applied to any Sedona project.
The intent of this tutorial is not to teach how to create HVAC applications using Sedona because Sedona can be
used anywhere where control of processes is required. It is only intended to introduce the basic Sedona
components which can be assembled onto a wire sheet by integrators thereby creating applications.
This tutorial was conducted using Niagara Workbench as the Sedona tool so the appearance of the
components and the configuration of parameters are unique to this tool. Other Sedona tools such as the
Sedona Application Editor create a somewhat different appearance of the components and use different
methods for configuration. However, all the examples in the tutorial can be implemented with any Sedona
tool.
Variable Types
Although there are several variable types used by Sedona, three are the most interesting — Boolean, Float and
Integer. You can define constants for each type and use converting components to change the data
representation to a different type.
Configuring Constants
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Using Write Components
Converting Between Component Types
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Float-to-Boolean and Boolean-to-Float Conversion
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Negating a Boolean Variable — Inverting Your Logic
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Boolean Product — “ANDing” Boolean Variables
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Boolean Sum — “Oring” Boolean Variables
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Exclusive OR — A OR B but Not Both
Cascading Logic Blocks and Unused Inputs
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Boolean, Float or Integer Selection
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De-Multiplexing
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Float Addition
Float Subtraction
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Float Multiplication
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Float Division
Finding Minimums and Maximums
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Rounding Off Floats
Averaging Successive Readings
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On-Delays and Off-Delays
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Using the Timer
Using One-Shots — Mono-Stable Multivibrators
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Creating Ramps — A-Stable Multivibrators
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Comparing Two Floats
A Simple Clock — the TickToc
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Introducing Counters
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Operating on Real-World Signals — Hysteresis and Limiting
Handling Non-Linear Signals
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Simple Set-Reset Flip Flop — Bi-Stable Multivibrator
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The Loop Component — Basic PID Controller
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Linear Sequencer — Bar-Graph Representation of a Float
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Reheat Sequencer — Four Staged Outputs from a Float Input
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Reset — Scaling a Float Input between Two Limits
Tstat — Basic On/Off Temperature Controller
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Real-Time Clock and Scheduling
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Priority Arrays
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