VTScada Admin Guide

655 Pages·2016·7.27 MB·English

by  Andrew Harvie

VTScadaAdminGuide
Excerpts from the VTScada Help Files
Copyright Trihedral Engineering Limited, 7/26/2016
All rights reserved.
Printed in Canada
Trihedral EngineeringLimited Trihedral UK Limited Trihedral Inc.
HeadOffice GloverPavilion,Campus 3 Suite160
1160BedfordHighway,Suite AberdeenSciencePark 7380SandLakeRoad
400 BalgownieDrive,Aberdeen Orlando,Florida
Bedford,NovaScotia UK,AB228GW USA
Canada 32819
B4A1C1 Phone:[phone]
258910 Phone:[phone]
Phone:[phone] Fax:[phone] Fax:[phone]
Toll free:800-463-2783
[email protected]
[email protected]
Trihedral Calgary Office
Suite505– 8884AveSW,
Calgary,AB,
T2P0V2
403.921.5199
Contents
Manage Applications 30
Contact Trihedral Engineering Limited 30
What's New... 31
Moving to the Current Version 88
Explore the Features of VTScada 109
Application Manager (VAM) 149
Change the VAM's Color Theme 151
Application Configuration 153
Application Information 154
predefined Date Codes 155
predefined Date Codes 158
Application Properties 160
Display Tab of the Edit Properties Page 164
Alarms Tab of the Edit Properties Page 169
Historical Data Viewer Tab of Edit Properties 177
Other Tab of the Edit Properties Page 181
Sort and Filter the Application Properties Dialog 184
Add a Property 186
Copy a Property 189
Change a Property's Value 193
Set a Workstation-Specific Property Value 195
Unsaved Configuration Changes 198
Application Properties Files 199
Configuration Hierarchy 200
Editing Application Properties 200
Import Edited Files 202
Application Property Components 205
Rules for Application Property Files 206
Workstation-Specific Properties 207
Section Names for Property Files 208
<ALARM_MANAGER> 210
[Areas] 213
[LABELS] 213
Sections for Realm Area Filtering 214
[REALMAREAS] Section 215
[*-REALMAREAS] Section 215
[<Area>-REALMAREAS] Section 216
Alarm Notification System Properties 217
AlarmCheckMail 219
AlarmCheckMailFastPoll 219
AlarmDialerStatusTemplate 219
AlarmDialerTemplate 220
AlarmEditEmailAck 220
AlarmEmailAckSubjectTemplate 220
AlarmEmailAckTemplate 221
AlarmEmailStatusTemplate 222
AlarmEmailSubjectTemplate 223
AlarmEmailTemplate 224
AlarmNotifyEmailAcknowledge 225
AlarmNotifySMSAcknowledge 226
AlarmPagerStatusTemplate 226
AlarmPagerTemplate 227
AlarmPriorityIndicatorShowNormalUnacked 228
AlarmSMSAckTemplate 228
AlarmSMSStatusTemplate 229
AlarmSMSTemplate 230
AlphaNumericXFormScheme 231
AnswerAlarmCalls 232
CallOutDelay1 232
CallOutDelay2 232
CallOutPriority 233
DialCancelOnAck 233
DialCancelOnNormal 233
DialerConnectDelay 234
DialerLocation 234
DialerPort 234
DialerSpeechInit 235
DialerVoice 235
DialInControl 235
DialOnActive 235
DialOnClear 236
EchoPhoneThroughSpeaker 236
EnableLexiconDialog 236
GiveUpCallTimeout 237
HideMenuOnOutgoing 237
IncomingCallSection 237
MaxCallAlarmPriorityReported 237
MaxPagerBaudRate 238
MenuRepeatMax 238
DialerAckIndividualAlarms 238
PhoneKeyFeedback 238
PINRetries 238
PINTimeOut 239
RepeatMenuTime 239
RosterDelay 239
SkipLogonDialout 239
SMTPPort 240
SpeechEngine 240
UseOldSpeechEngine 240
UseSMTPOverTLS 241
Application Properties for Alarms 241
AckAllRequiresConfirmation 245
ActiveAlarmFlash 246
ActiveCommColor 246
ActiveFlashRate 246
AlarmAutoNavEnable 246
AlarmAutoNavHold 247
AlarmAutoNavTimeout 247
AlarmAutoNavWindowed 248
AlarmCheckMail 248
AlarmCheckMailFastPoll 249
AlarmColor 249
AlarmDatabaseGroups 249
AlarmDatabasePurgeDelay 250
AlarmDatabasePurgeEnable 251
AlarmDatabasePurgeRate 251
AlarmDisplayDateFormat 251
AlarmDisplayTimeFormat 251
AlarmEventDescWidth 252
AlarmEventDesc0 - AlarmEventDesc21 252
AlarmFlashTime 253
AlarmFlashTitleBar 253
AlarmFlashTitleBarOnVIC 254
AlarmIndDisable 254
AlarmIndDisableOnVIC 254
AlarmKeySize 255
AlarmListBGColor 255
AlarmMaxPriority 255
AlarmMinPriority 255
AlarmOperatorVarName 255
AlarmPageHistoryRecordHardLimit 256
AlarmPageHistoryRecordLimit 256
AlarmPopupsEnable 257
AlarmPrintDateFormat 257
AlarmPrintTimeFormat 257
AlarmPrintPort 257
AlarmPriorityDescWidth 257
AlarmRevUnack 258
AlarmRPCEnable 258
AlarmSeparatorString 258
AlarmSnapshotCount 259
AlarmSoundDisable 259
AlarmSpeechEnable 259
AlarmSpeechInit 259
AlarmSpeechQuality 260
AlarmSpeechTemplate 261
AlarmSpeechVoice 262
AlarmStateDesc0 262
AlarmStatRange0 - AlarmStatRange3 262
AlarmStatRange0Label - AlarmStatRange3Label 264
AlarmStatusDesc0 - AlarmStatusDesc5 267
AlarmStatusDescWidth 267
AlarmStatusField 267
AlarmTemplateDateFmt 268
AlarmTemplateTimeFmt 268
AlarmTimeStampField 268
AlarmTxtColClear 268
AlarmTxtColDisable 269
AlmColumn1 269
AlmColumn2 269
AlmColumn3 269
AlmColumn4 270
AlmColumn5 270
AlmColumn6 270
AlmColumn7 271
AlmDBArea 271
AlmDBHPUnits 271
AlmDBHPValue 271
AlmDBMessage 272
AlmDBOperator 272
AlmDBPointName 272
AlmDBPriority 272
AlmDBStatus 273
AlmDBTimeStamp 273
AlmDBType 273
AlmHdg1 273
AlmHdg2 273
AlmHdg3 274
AlmHdg4 274
AlmHdg5 274
AlmHdg6 274
AlmHdg7 275
AlmListTextColor 275
AlmPgLineStyle 275
AlmPgStartList 275
ApplyMuteSilencePerComputer 276
ApplyMuteSilencePerUser 277
AlmTagsOnly 277
BackupAlarmPriority 278
ClientAlarmSoundOn 278
Cycles 278
FlashUnackedAlarmsOnServer 278
FlashUnackedAlarmsOnVIC 279
HighlightUnackedAlarms 279
MaxMuteDuration 279
MaxShelveDuration 280
MinMuteDuration 280
MinShelveDuration 280
MuteAlarms 280
NoteMinLengthForAck 280
NoteMinLengthForShelve 281
NoteMinLengthForUnshelve 281
NoteRequiredForAck 282
NoteRequiredForShelve 282
NoteRequiredForUnshelve 283
SecurityAlarmArea 283
UnackAlarmFlash 283
UnackFlashRate 283
WavAmplitude 284
WAVType 284
Color Properties 284
BadQualityColor 286
ButtonFace 286
ButtonHighlight 286
ButtonShadow 287
ButtonTextColor 287
DefaultBGColor 287
DefaultPageColor 287
DefGraphicBColor 288
DefGraphicPColor 288
DialogBGColor 288
DigitalIndicator0Color 288
DigitalIndicator1Color 288
DigitalIndicator2Color 289
DigitalIndicator3Color 289
DigitalIndicatorAlarmColor 289
DigitalIndicatorInvalidColor 289
FieldHighlight 289
FieldShadow 290
GrayedText 290
GridColor 290
InvalidColor 290
MenuBgnd 291
MenuTextColor 291
NormalColor 292
OffColor 292
OnColor 292
OpaqueBackground 292
PollDisabledColor 293
ReceiveColor 293
SelectedBGnd 293
SelectedText 294
State0DefColor 294
State1DefColor 294
State2DefColor 295
State3DefColor 295
TransmitColor 296
UnselectedBgnd 296
UnselectedText 296
WindowBgnd 297
WindowFrame 297
Communication Driver Properties 297
#DataLines 299
BackupSwitchCount 299
BadQualityColor 299
CIP_O_to_T_RPI 300
CIPTimeoutMultiplier 300
CommFailColor 301
CommStatsQualityFactor 301
CommStatsUpdateRate 302
DataFlowModuleName 302
DataFlowStationName 302
DemoMode 303
DFSimulateOn 303
DisableCommStats 303
DNP3DataInvalidOnFail 304
DNP3DelayedResponseTimeout 304
DNP3FailoverCount 304
DNP3MaxFileSize 304
DNP3SharedRPC 304
DriverRPCOptimization 305
FastPollCommColor 305
FastPollDuration 305