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© 2017 Saia-Burgess Controls AG
Saia Visi.Plus
Version 1.7
User Manual
by Saia-Burgess Controls AG
Saia Visi.Plus is a process control and visualisation system for the
areas of building, traffic and industry
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Printed: Juli 2017 in Belp, Switzerland
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Special thanks to:
All the people who contributed to this document.
Managing Editor
Technical Editors
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Christoph Müller
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Preposition 26
Part 1 Introduction
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................................................................................................................................... 281 Summary
................................................................................................................................... 282 Information
................................................................................................................................... 283 Using the manual
................................................................................................................................... 294 Structure of the manual
................................................................................................................................... 315 Symbols and conventions used
................................................................................................................................... 316 Using the manual
Part 2 Working with Visi.Plus
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................................................................................................................................... 331 Summary
................................................................................................................................... 332 What is Visi.Plus ?
................................................................................................................................... 343 Which functions does Visi.Plus offer?
................................................................................................................................... 344 Where can Visi.Plus be used?
................................................................................................................................... 345 What types of communications are supported by Visi.Plus ?
................................................................................................................................... 356 Performance characteristics and technical data
................................................................................................................................... 357 System architecture
.......................................................................................................................................................... 39Signal processing
................................................................................................................................... 398 Overview of network structure and topology
................................................................................................................................... 429 Typical methods of working with Visi.Plus
.......................................................................................................................................................... 42Method 1
.......................................................................................................................................................... 43Method 2
.......................................................................................................................................................... 43Method 3
Part 3 Installation
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................................................................................................................................... 461 Summary
................................................................................................................................... 462 System requirements
.......................................................................................................................................................... 47Operation on systems without a hard disk
.......................................................................................................................................................... 47Virtual PCs
................................................................................................................................... 473 Executing the setup program
................................................................................................................................... 484 Software update
................................................................................................................................... 495 Licence packs
................................................................................................................................... 506 Licensing Consept
................................................................................................................................... 527 Licence key installation
................................................................................................................................... 548 Hardware dongle
................................................................................................................................... 559 Software dongle
................................................................................................................................... 5710 Installation activation code
................................................................................................................................... 5911 Installing template objects
................................................................................................................................... 6112 File structure / project structure
................................................................................................................................... 6213 PG5 installation
................................................................................................................................... 6314 Network installation
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................................................................................................................................... 6315 Installing the WEB Server
................................................................................................................................... 6316 Porting existing projects to other platforms
................................................................................................................................... 6417 Remote systems
................................................................................................................................... 6418 Connect with multiple DMSs
Part 4 Starting programs
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................................................................................................................................... 661 Summary
................................................................................................................................... 662 Starting Visi.Plus
.......................................................................................................................................................... 67The first start-up of the Visi.Plus graphic editor
................................................................................................................................... 673 The Project Manager (Project.Cfg.exe)
.......................................................................................................................................................... 68Creating a new project
.......................................................................................................................................................... 69Renaming a project
.......................................................................................................................................................... 69Copying a project
.......................................................................................................................................................... 70Changing project
.......................................................................................................................................................... 70Editing a network project
.......................................................................................................................................................... 70Installing a project licence
.......................................................................................................................................................... 74Defining the programs to be started
......................................................................................................................................................... 75Starting additional (external) programs
.......................................................................................................................................................... 75Delete project
.......................................................................................................................................................... 76Creating a project backup
.......................................................................................................................................................... 78Restoring a backup
................................................................................................................................... 784 Windows autostart
.......................................................................................................................................................... 79Autostart setup in the registry
.......................................................................................................................................................... 79Autostart setup under Win XP (GUI)
Part 5 Engineering
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................................................................................................................................... 831 Summary
................................................................................................................................... 832 AKS system
.......................................................................................................................................................... 83Structure of an AKS system
......................................................................................................................................................... 84Other delimiters
.......................................................................................................................................................... 85AKS key
......................................................................................................................................................... 87Facility: designation of the facility as a code
......................................................................................................................................................... 88Type of actuator/sensor
......................................................................................................................................................... 91Example:
.......................................................................................................................................................... 92Examples of AKS designations
................................................................................................................................... 923 Template objects
.......................................................................................................................................................... 92What is a template object?
.......................................................................................................................................................... 93How are template objects defined in a project?
.......................................................................................................................................................... 93Example template object: Motor
................................................................................................................................... 944 Working with template objects
.......................................................................................................................................................... 94Using existing template objects
.......................................................................................................................................................... 96Creating your own template objects
................................................................................................................................... 995 Inheritance of template objects
.......................................................................................................................................................... 99What does inheritance mean?
.......................................................................................................................................................... 99Procedure for reinitialisation
................................................................................................................................... 1006 Process diagrams
.......................................................................................................................................................... 100What is a process diagram?
.......................................................................................................................................................... 101Creating process diagrams
................................................................................................................................... 1027 Interaction with PG5
.......................................................................................................................................................... 102Generate PLC Code (general function)
.......................................................................................................................................................... 103Linking objects (generally held possibility)
.......................................................................................................................................................... 104FUPLA integration
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................................................................................................................................... 1068 WEB Interface
................................................................................................................................... 1069 Backing up project data
.......................................................................................................................................................... 106Storage space for historical data
................................................................................................................................... 10710 Data backup
Part 6 Project Engineering Tool (PET)
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................................................................................................................................... 1091 Summary
.......................................................................................................................................................... 109Restrictions
.......................................................................................................................................................... 110What do the Visi.Plus data points contain?
................................................................................................................................... 1132 Starting the PET
................................................................................................................................... 1153 The PET user interface
................................................................................................................................... 1154 Template objects (VLOs)
.......................................................................................................................................................... 116An example template object
................................................................................................................................... 1165 AKS system
................................................................................................................................... 1166 Working with existing template objects
.......................................................................................................................................................... 117Installing existing template objects
.......................................................................................................................................................... 118Description in the scope of delivery
................................................................................................................................... 1187 Registering system objects
................................................................................................................................... 1258 Delete an inserted system object
................................................................................................................................... 1269 Creating new template objects
.......................................................................................................................................................... 127New Template Object Attribute <+>
.......................................................................................................................................................... 130Adding an alarm
.......................................................................................................................................................... 133Deleting template object attributes
................................................................................................................................... 13310 The thumb index
.......................................................................................................................................................... 133View: System objects
.......................................................................................................................................................... 134View: Detail view
.......................................................................................................................................................... 136View: Digital signals
.......................................................................................................................................................... 139View: Analogue signals
.......................................................................................................................................................... 141View: Data Blocks
................................................................................................................................... 14111 The PET menus
.......................................................................................................................................................... 141File menu
......................................................................................................................................................... 142Save
......................................................................................................................................................... 142Import Data Points
......................................................................................................................................... 144Import option 1
......................................................................................................................................... 146Import option 2
......................................................................................................................................................... 148Export Data Points
......................................................................................................................................................... 148Update from DMS <F6>
......................................................................................................................................................... 149Print <CTRL+P>
......................................................................................................................................................... 149Print Preview
......................................................................................................................................................... 150Printer Settings
......................................................................................................................................................... 150Exit
.......................................................................................................................................................... 150Edit menu
......................................................................................................................................................... 151Cut <CTRL+X>
......................................................................................................................................................... 151Copy <CTRL+C>
......................................................................................................................................................... 151Paste <CTRL+V>
......................................................................................................................................................... 151Delete Object <->
......................................................................................................................................................... 151Edit Object <Return>
......................................................................................................................................................... 155Find <CTRL+F>
......................................................................................................................................................... 156Find Next <F3>
......................................................................................................................................................... 156Update from DMS <F6>
......................................................................................................................................................... 156Sort DMS Attributes
.......................................................................................................................................................... 156Template Objects menu
......................................................................................................................................................... 156Template View <F5>
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......................................................................................................................................................... 157New Template Object (VLO)
......................................................................................................................................................... 157New Template Object Attribute <+>
......................................................................................................................................................... 158Templates from Library
.......................................................................................................................................................... 158Options menu
......................................................................................................................................................... 158DMS Server
......................................................................................................................................................... 158PLC Driver
......................................................................................................................................................... 159Login
......................................................................................................................................................... 159Logs and format definitions
......................................................................................................................................................... 160Remote alarms
......................................................................................................................................................... 160List View
......................................................................................................................................................... 160Filter Functions
......................................................................................................................................................... 161Checking telegrams
......................................................................................................................................................... 162Settings
......................................................................................................................................................... 163Image assignment for alarms
.......................................................................................................................................................... 163PG5 menu
......................................................................................................................................................... 164SPM Project Manager
......................................................................................................................................................... 164Create PLC
......................................................................................................................................................... 165Create PG5 File
......................................................................................................................................................... 166Import PG5 Symbols
......................................................................................................................................................... 181Generate Resource List for AWL/IL (.src)
......................................................................................................................................................... 182Generate Resource List for FUPLA (.rxp)
......................................................................................................................................................... 183PCD/PCD Communication
......................................................................................................................................................... 186PG5 Options
......................................................................................................................................................... 189Export Options
.......................................................................................................................................................... 191Toolbar for important PG5 commands
.......................................................................................................................................................... 191View menu
................................................................................................................................... 19212 "?" or Help menu
.......................................................................................................................................................... 192Help Topics
.......................................................................................................................................................... 192About PET
................................................................................................................................... 19313 PET-File
.......................................................................................................................................................... 193Section for digital and analogue values
.......................................................................................................................................................... 195Section for data types
.......................................................................................................................................................... 195Section with freely deinable column defintions
.......................................................................................................................................................... 196Section for code generation
.......................................................................................................................................................... 196Section for data export
.......................................................................................................................................................... 199SDriver.pet
Part 7 Database programs and systems
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................................................................................................................................... 2081 Summary
................................................................................................................................... 2082 The Data Management System DMS (dms.exe)
.......................................................................................................................................................... 210Starting the DMS
.......................................................................................................................................................... 211DMS user interface
.......................................................................................................................................................... 216Data types
.......................................................................................................................................................... 217Creation of the DMS structure
......................................................................................................................................................... 217Insertion of DMS elements
......................................................................................................................................................... 218Editing DMS elements
......................................................................................................................................... 222Delete DMS Elements
......................................................................................................................................... 223Rename Data Element
......................................................................................................................................... 223Copy Data Element
......................................................................................................................................... 223Export/Import Sub-Tree
......................................................................................................................................... 224Update Objects
.......................................................................................................................................................... 225System data points
.......................................................................................................................................................... 233Control functions
......................................................................................................................................................... 233General
......................................................................................................................................................... 234Settings and troubleshooting
......................................................................................................................................................... 234Compiled control functions
......................................................................................................................................... 239Addition (ADD)
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......................................................................................................................................... 240Subtraction (SUB)
......................................................................................................................................... 240Multiplication (MUL)
......................................................................................................................................... 241Division (DIV)
......................................................................................................................................... 241Equate (EQU)
......................................................................................................................................... 242Minimum (MIN)
......................................................................................................................................... 242Maximum (MAX)
......................................................................................................................................... 242And (AND)
......................................................................................................................................... 243Or (OR)
......................................................................................................................................... 244Not (NOT)
......................................................................................................................................... 244Exclusive Or (XOR)
......................................................................................................................................... 245Program Start (PRG)
......................................................................................................................................... 245RS FlipFlop (RSF)
......................................................................................................................................... 246Compare (CMP)
......................................................................................................................................... 247Percent calculation (PRC)
......................................................................................................................................... 247Percent calculations betw een Minimum and Maximum (PMM)
......................................................................................................................................... 248Threshold Value Low (TVL)
......................................................................................................................................... 248Low hysteresis threshold (TLH)
......................................................................................................................................... 248Threshold Value High (TVH)
......................................................................................................................................... 249High hysteresis threshold (THH)
......................................................................................................................................... 249Counter (CNT)
......................................................................................................................................... 250Counter (CTR)
......................................................................................................................................... 250Average Value (AVG)
......................................................................................................................................... 251Select (SEL)
......................................................................................................................................... 252Copy (CPY)
......................................................................................................................................... 252Sine (SIN)
......................................................................................................................................... 253Cosine (COS)
......................................................................................................................................... 253Triggered Addition (ADT)
......................................................................................................................................... 253Triggered subtraction (SUT)
......................................................................................................................................... 254Equate triggered (EQT)
......................................................................................................................................... 255Not A and B (NAB)
......................................................................................................................................... 256A and not B (ANB)
......................................................................................................................................... 256EQU from file (EQF)
......................................................................................................................................... 258Copy BIT to DW (BIT)
......................................................................................................................................... 259Converting bit data to DW (BTI)
......................................................................................................................................... 260Converting DW data to float IEEE (CIE)
......................................................................................................................................... 260Add / Subtract Times (HHMMSS) ADC
......................................................................................................................................... 261Minutes Since Midnight (MSM)
......................................................................................................................................... 261Convert telephone number to hex (TEH)
......................................................................................................................................... 262Convert number to hex (NTH)
......................................................................................................................................... 262Impulse (IMP)
......................................................................................................................................... 263Delay (DLY)
......................................................................................................................................................... 264Compiling control functions
......................................................................................................................................................... 265Interpreted control functions (FRM)
......................................................................................................................................... 265Mathematical functions
................................................................................................................................... 266Absolute value (@ABS(x))
................................................................................................................................... 266Arc cosine (@ACOS(x))
................................................................................................................................... 266Arc sine (@ASIN(x))
................................................................................................................................... 266Arc tangent (@ATAN(x))
................................................................................................................................... 267Cosine (@COS(x))
................................................................................................................................... 267Cosine hyperbolic (@COSH(x))
................................................................................................................................... 267Radians to degrees (@DEGREES(x))
................................................................................................................................... 268Exponential (@EXP(x))
................................................................................................................................... 268Round dow n to smaller integer (@FLOOR(x))
................................................................................................................................... 268Integer part of a floating-point number (@INT(x))
................................................................................................................................... 269Natural logarithm (@LN(x))
................................................................................................................................... 269Base 10 logarithm (@LOG(x))
................................................................................................................................... 269Round to n digits (@ROUND(x,n))
................................................................................................................................... 270Sine (@SIN(x))
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................................................................................................................................... 270Sine hyperbolic (@SINH(x))
................................................................................................................................... 270Square root (@SQRT(x))
................................................................................................................................... 270Tangent (@TAN(x))
................................................................................................................................... 271Tangent hyperbolic (@TANH(x))
......................................................................................................................................... 271Statistical functions
................................................................................................................................... 271Sum (@SUM(..))
.......................................................................................................................................................... 272XML data transfer from and to a DMS
......................................................................................................................................................... 272Sample Data Transfer Procedure
.......................................................................................................................................................... 274File menu
......................................................................................................................................................... 274Open... <CTRL+O>
......................................................................................................................................................... 275Save <CTRL+S>
......................................................................................................................................................... 275Save As...
......................................................................................................................................................... 275Exit
......................................................................................................................................................... 276Close Window
.......................................................................................................................................................... 276Edit menu
......................................................................................................................................................... 276Insert Data Element <INSERT>
......................................................................................................................................................... 277Rename Data Element
......................................................................................................................................................... 278Copy Data Element
......................................................................................................................................................... 279Delete Data Element <DEL>
.......................................................................................................................................................... 279Settings menu
......................................................................................................................................................... 280Compile control functions <F2>
......................................................................................................................................................... 280Execute control functions
......................................................................................................................................................... 280Control functions and troubleshooting
......................................................................................................................................... 282Execute control functions (recursion)
......................................................................................................................................... 282Debugging Control Functions
......................................................................................................................................................... 284DMS Passw ord
......................................................................................................................................................... 285Debug Display (changes in value)
......................................................................................................................................................... 285Delete Debug Display
......................................................................................................................................................... 285General Settings
......................................................................................................................................................... 288Watchdog Settings
......................................................................................................................................................... 289Connection Settings
......................................................................................................................................................... 290Log Settings
......................................................................................................................................................... 293Login Monitoring
......................................................................................................................................................... 294Operating Language
......................................................................................................................................................... 294Encoding
......................................................................................................................................................... 294Select standard language
......................................................................................................................................................... 294Value simulation (Group1)
......................................................................................................................................................... 295Filter Settings
......................................................................................................................................................... 295Tree View Filter
......................................................................................................................................................... 296Backup Settings
......................................................................................................................................... 296Restore Backup
.......................................................................................................................................................... 297View menu
......................................................................................................................................................... 297Update
......................................................................................................................................................... 297System Object View
......................................................................................................................................................... 297Template object view
......................................................................................................................................................... 297Licences
......................................................................................................................................................... 298Toolbar
......................................................................................................................................................... 298Status bar
.......................................................................................................................................................... 298Help menu
......................................................................................................................................................... 299Help Topics
......................................................................................................................................................... 299Activation code
......................................................................................................................................................... 299About DMS
................................................................................................................................... 2993 The PDBS long-term database (pdbs.exe)
.......................................................................................................................................................... 300Starting the program
.......................................................................................................................................................... 300Data storage
.......................................................................................................................................................... 300General information for communication between the modules
.......................................................................................................................................................... 301The PDBS user interface
.......................................................................................................................................................... 302File menu
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......................................................................................................................................................... 302Exit
......................................................................................................................................................... 302Close Window
.......................................................................................................................................................... 302Settings menu
......................................................................................................................................................... 303Debug
......................................................................................................................................................... 305Debug Settings
......................................................................................................................................................... 305Log Settings
......................................................................................................................................................... 306Import Data and Log Settings
......................................................................................................................................................... 307Reorganise
......................................................................................................................................................... 307Data backup
......................................................................................................................................................... 309Starting backup
......................................................................................................................................................... 309Inserting HDB files
......................................................................................................................................................... 309Connection and Log Settings
.......................................................................................................................................................... 310View menu
......................................................................................................................................................... 311Toolbar
......................................................................................................................................................... 311Status bar
.......................................................................................................................................................... 311"?"/Help menu
......................................................................................................................................................... 311Help Topics
......................................................................................................................................................... 311About the PDBS
Part 8 Utility programs
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................................................................................................................................... 3131 Summary
................................................................................................................................... 3132 The Alarm Manager (AlmMng.exe)
.......................................................................................................................................................... 314Alarm management
.......................................................................................................................................................... 314Defining an alarm
.......................................................................................................................................................... 316Deactivating alarms (temporarily)
.......................................................................................................................................................... 316Alarm group
.......................................................................................................................................................... 318Alarmdatapoints
.......................................................................................................................................................... 319Start behaviour
.......................................................................................................................................................... 320Starting the Alarm Manager (AlmMng.exe)
.......................................................................................................................................................... 321Alarm Manager (AlmMng.exe) control window
.......................................................................................................................................................... 322Exporting alarms via ASCII file in real time
.......................................................................................................................................................... 324System alarms
.......................................................................................................................................................... 324Alarm Manager menus
......................................................................................................................................................... 324File menu
......................................................................................................................................................... 325View menu
......................................................................................................................................................... 326Settings menu
......................................................................................................................................... 326Printer
......................................................................................................................................... 328Alarm forw arding (sockets, scripts)
......................................................................................................................................... 333NTP Server Connection
......................................................................................................................................... 333Log Options
......................................................................................................................................... 334Watchdog Settings
......................................................................................................................................................... 335Help menu
................................................................................................................................... 3353 The MALM Manager (MalmMng.exe)
.......................................................................................................................................................... 336Starting the MAlm Manager program
.......................................................................................................................................................... 337The MAlm Manager main window
.......................................................................................................................................................... 338The MAlm Manager menus
......................................................................................................................................................... 338File menu
......................................................................................................................................................... 338Settings menu
......................................................................................................................................................... 340Test menu
......................................................................................................................................................... 340View menu
......................................................................................................................................................... 340Help menu
.......................................................................................................................................................... 340Alarm counter
.......................................................................................................................................................... 341MalmMng error handling
......................................................................................................................................................... 341E-mail error messages
......................................................................................................................................................... 345SMS error messages (UCP protocol)
......................................................................................................................................................... 346SMS error messages (TAP protocol)
......................................................................................................................................................... 347SMS message centre error messages
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......................................................................................................................................................... 349Pager error messages
......................................................................................................................................................... 350Pager centre error messages
......................................................................................................................................................... 353Cityruf error messages
......................................................................................................................................................... 354Voice error messages
......................................................................................................................................................... 354Spool mode error messages
................................................................................................................................... 3554 Historical Data Acquisition (HDAMng.exe)
.......................................................................................................................................................... 355Inserting a trend in a template object attribute
.......................................................................................................................................................... 357Starting the program HDAMng
.......................................................................................................................................................... 358The HDAMng main window
.......................................................................................................................................................... 358The HDAMng menus
......................................................................................................................................................... 358File menu
......................................................................................................................................................... 360View menu
......................................................................................................................................................... 360Settings menu
......................................................................................................................................... 361Watchdog Settings
......................................................................................................................................... 361Restart settings
......................................................................................................................................... 362Debug Settings
......................................................................................................................................... 362Log Setting
......................................................................................................................................... 362File Update Setting
......................................................................................................................................................... 363Help menu
................................................................................................................................... 3645 The Log Manager (PRTMng.exe)
.......................................................................................................................................................... 364Inserting a log into a template object attribute
.......................................................................................................................................................... 365Starting PRTMng
.......................................................................................................................................................... 366The PRTMng main window
.......................................................................................................................................................... 367The PRTMng menus
......................................................................................................................................................... 367File menu
......................................................................................................................................................... 368View menu
......................................................................................................................................................... 370Settings
......................................................................................................................................................... 370Help menu
................................................................................................................................... 3716 Time switch functions (CLK)
.......................................................................................................................................................... 371The Time Switch Manager (CLKMng.exe)
......................................................................................................................................................... 372The Time Switch Manager main w indow
......................................................................................................................................................... 373Time Switch Manager menus
......................................................................................................................................... 373File menu
......................................................................................................................................... 374View menu
......................................................................................................................................... 375Help menu
................................................................................................................................... 3757 The WebAccess (pWA.exe)
.......................................................................................................................................................... 375Introduction
.......................................................................................................................................................... 376Differences compared to the GE
.......................................................................................................................................................... 378Start and conversion
......................................................................................................................................................... 380Start w ith Project
......................................................................................................................................................... 381Configure
......................................................................................................................................................... 382State
......................................................................................................................................................... 383Terminate
......................................................................................................................................................... 383About
.......................................................................................................................................................... 383GE2XML
.......................................................................................................................................................... 384Applications
......................................................................................................................................................... 386Alarm View er
......................................................................................................................................... 386Start
......................................................................................................................................... 388Settings
......................................................................................................................................... 388Filterung
......................................................................................................................................... 388Export
......................................................................................................................................... 389Acknow ledgement
......................................................................................................................................... 390Electro Scheme
................................................................................................................................... 391Brow ser setting
......................................................................................................................................... 393Options
......................................................................................................................................................... 393Protocol View er
......................................................................................................................................... 394Start
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......................................................................................................................................... 395Settings
......................................................................................................................................... 395Filtering
......................................................................................................................................... 395Export
......................................................................................................................................................... 396DataList
......................................................................................................................................... 396Start
......................................................................................................................................... 398Settings
......................................................................................................................................... 398Filtering
......................................................................................................................................... 399Export
......................................................................................................................................................... 399Integrate PDF in the pWA.
.......................................................................................................................................................... 400Fault analysis
.......................................................................................................................................................... 401Appendix
......................................................................................................................................................... 401Hot Standby
......................................................................................................................................................... 408Print Logo
................................................................................................................................... 4088 The WebServer (pWEB.exe)
.......................................................................................................................................................... 409Minimum requirements
.......................................................................................................................................................... 410Starting the program WebServer (pWEB.exe)
.......................................................................................................................................................... 410The WebServer main window
.......................................................................................................................................................... 411The WEBServer menus
......................................................................................................................................................... 411File menu
......................................................................................................................................................... 412Settings menu
......................................................................................................................................... 412WEB Settings
......................................................................................................................................... 415Watchdog Settings
......................................................................................................................................... 415Applet settings
......................................................................................................................................... 417Log and Debug Settings
......................................................................................................................................... 418Brow ser Client Settings
......................................................................................................................................................... 419View menu
......................................................................................................................................................... 419Help menu
.......................................................................................................................................................... 420Required files
.......................................................................................................................................................... 421Creating JPG files
.......................................................................................................................................................... 422Technical settings
......................................................................................................................................................... 422Brow ser settings
......................................................................................................................................................... 423Proxy Settings
......................................................................................................................................................... 423Port Setting
......................................................................................................................................................... 423PC server name settings
......................................................................................................................................................... 424Configuration file
......................................................................................................................................................... 424Settings for the trusted client list
......................................................................................................................................................... 425Security
......................................................................................................................................................... 425Login
......................................................................................................................................................... 425Alarm w indow
.......................................................................................................................................................... 425Request of a specific website
.......................................................................................................................................................... 425Scaling a web page
................................................................................................................................... 4269 The FTP server (pFTP.exe)
.......................................................................................................................................................... 426Starting the program pFTP
.......................................................................................................................................................... 427The FTP Server main window
.......................................................................................................................................................... 427Accessing the FTP Server via Windows Explorer
.......................................................................................................................................................... 428FTP Server menus
......................................................................................................................................................... 428File menu
......................................................................................................................................................... 429Configuration menu
......................................................................................................................................................... 429View menu
......................................................................................................................................................... 430Help menu
.......................................................................................................................................................... 430Supported FTP commands
.......................................................................................................................................................... 431FTP error management
................................................................................................................................... 43510 Cyclical data logging (logger.exe)
.......................................................................................................................................................... 435Configuration of the (Logger)
.......................................................................................................................................................... 435Save location of the configuration file
.......................................................................................................................................................... 436Create the configuration file
.......................................................................................................................................................... 438Start the Logger program
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.......................................................................................................................................................... 438The Logger window
.......................................................................................................................................................... 439The Logger menus
......................................................................................................................................................... 439File menu
......................................................................................................................................................... 439View menu
......................................................................................................................................................... 440Help menu
.......................................................................................................................................................... 440Logger error handling
................................................................................................................................... 44111 The calculation tool (pCalc.exe)
.......................................................................................................................................................... 441Introduction
.......................................................................................................................................................... 441Program outputs
.......................................................................................................................................................... 442Configuration
.......................................................................................................................................................... 443Restrictions
.......................................................................................................................................................... 443Constants
.......................................................................................................................................................... 444Comment
.......................................................................................................................................................... 444Creating objects
.......................................................................................................................................................... 445Parentheses
.......................................................................................................................................................... 445Arithmetic operations
......................................................................................................................................................... 445Addition
......................................................................................................................................................... 446Subtraction
......................................................................................................................................................... 446Multiplication
......................................................................................................................................................... 446Division
......................................................................................................................................................... 447Special functions
......................................................................................................................................................... 447Minimum, Maximum
......................................................................................................................................................... 448Example
......................................................................................................................................................... 449Error messages
......................................................................................................................................................... 450Historical data
......................................................................................................................................... 450Defining the date and time
......................................................................................................................................... 450Calculating counter values
......................................................................................................................................... 452Examples of applications
................................................................................................................................... 452Bar Charts
................................................................................................................................... 453XY Diagram
.......................................................................................................................................................... 454Special functions
......................................................................................................................................................... 454Average calculation
......................................................................................................................................................... 454Calculating hours of operation
......................................................................................................................................................... 455Calculations using hist. data
......................................................................................................................................................... 455Calculating heating degree days
................................................................................................................................... 45612 SMS alarm logging (pSMS.exe)
.......................................................................................................................................................... 457Starting SMS alarm logging (pSMS.exe)
.......................................................................................................................................................... 458Control window of the SMS Alarm Logging (pSMS.exe) module
.......................................................................................................................................................... 459Defining alarms
.......................................................................................................................................................... 463Input rules
.......................................................................................................................................................... 467Example
.......................................................................................................................................................... 470Deleting alarms
.......................................................................................................................................................... 473Evaluating an SMS
.......................................................................................................................................................... 478Modem monitoring
.......................................................................................................................................................... 480File menu
.......................................................................................................................................................... 480View menu
.......................................................................................................................................................... 481Settings menu
......................................................................................................................................................... 481Modem Settings
......................................................................................................................................................... 482WatchDog Settings
.......................................................................................................................................................... 483"?" or Help menu
................................................................................................................................... 48313 SyncDMS
.......................................................................................................................................................... 483Introduction
.......................................................................................................................................................... 484Fault analysis
.......................................................................................................................................................... 485Operation
.......................................................................................................................................................... 487Special data points
.......................................................................................................................................................... 489Configuration
......................................................................................................................................................... 490DMS
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......................................................................................................................................................... 491Rules
......................................................................................................................................................... 493File output
......................................................................................................................................................... 496Examples
......................................................................................................................................... 496Collection of alarm counters at a DMS_2
......................................................................................................................................... 499Collection of alarm counters at several DMSs (1 SynchDMS)_2
......................................................................................................................................... 500Collection of alarm counters at several DMSs (3 SynchDMS)_2
......................................................................................................................................... 501Write a CSV file_2
................................................................................................................................... 50214 System-Startprgramm
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................................................................................................................................... 5041 Summary
................................................................................................................................... 5042 Selection of the PLC driver
................................................................................................................................... 5053 The BACnet driver (BacDriver.exe)
.......................................................................................................................................................... 505Introduction
......................................................................................................................................................... 506Pending issues
......................................................................................................................................................... 506Supported BACstac version
.......................................................................................................................................................... 507QuickStart
......................................................................................................................................................... 507First steps: first run
......................................................................................................................................................... 508Installation of BACstac
......................................................................................................................................................... 510Import PG5 BACnet objects (DDC Suite)
......................................................................................................................................................... 511Internal test tool: BACnet Brow ser w indow
......................................................................................................................................................... 511Connectivity control BacDriver <-> BACnet devices
......................................................................................................................................................... 513Define device range
......................................................................................................................................................... 514Control of all communicating devices
......................................................................................................................................................... 514Check for update
......................................................................................................................................................... 515Objects
.......................................................................................................................................................... 515Restrictions, BacDriver limitations
.......................................................................................................................................................... 516The BacDriver user interface
......................................................................................................................................................... 516Status bar display
......................................................................................................................................................... 517The BacDriver menus
......................................................................................................................................... 517"File" menu
......................................................................................................................................... 519"View " menu
......................................................................................................................................... 519"Settings" menu
......................................................................................................................................................... 523The monitor w indow
......................................................................................................................................... 525Object Filter
......................................................................................................................................................... 526The message w indow
.......................................................................................................................................................... 528Configuration
......................................................................................................................................................... 540Device-dependent configuration
......................................................................................................................................................... 546Firew all setting
......................................................................................................................................................... 546Call up of an external GUI configuration program
......................................................................................................................................................... 546Automatic update control
......................................................................................................................................................... 547DMSRoot
......................................................................................................................................................... 548DMS connection (DMSConn)
......................................................................................................................................................... 548BACnet netw ork options
......................................................................................................................................... 549Destination network number (BacnetDestNETno)
......................................................................................................................................... 549Device instance numbers range (WhoIsDeviceInstNoMin/Max)
......................................................................................................................................... 550Selective device scan
......................................................................................................................................... 550BACnet WhoIs Timeout
......................................................................................................................................... 551Write priority (BacWritePrio)
......................................................................................................................................... 552Debug options
......................................................................................................................................................... 552Assembly of the DMS name
......................................................................................................................................................... 552Scan options
......................................................................................................................................... 554BMO templates option "BacPushUpBMONAME"
......................................................................................................................................... 556BMO templates option "BacDelUnusedBMONAME"
......................................................................................................................................... 557BMO templates option "BacForceBMOUpdate"
......................................................................................................................................... 557DMS control functions compilation and execution
......................................................................................................................................... 558Log of the scanned objects and their properties
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......................................................................................................................................................... 558Time synchronisation of the BACnet devices (BacDriver as Time Master)
......................................................................................................................................................... 559COV (Change Of Value) options
......................................................................................................................................................... 559Poll options
......................................................................................................................................... 560Poll of all active devices
......................................................................................................................................... 560Poll of all visualised properties (in GE/brow ser w ebserver)
......................................................................................................................................................... 561Weekly-schedule options
......................................................................................................................................................... 561Filter options
......................................................................................................................................... 562BMO template name extraction: Positions, levels, masks
......................................................................................................................................... 563BACnet name conversion: BacToDMSDelimiter and BacToDMSErase
......................................................................................................................................... 564Write operation conversion: DMSToBacStrErase
......................................................................................................................................... 564Filter for scanned objects: Black and White Lists
......................................................................................................................................................... 567Debug and logging options
......................................................................................................................................................... 570Watchdog monitoring of the active controllers (BACnet devices)
......................................................................................................................................................... 571Restart notification (event-controlled start notification)
......................................................................................................................................... 572Configuration
......................................................................................................................................... 573Restart counter
......................................................................................................................................... 573Automatic entry of BacDriver in restart recipients list (AddListElement)
......................................................................................................................................................... 575Watchdog monitoring of the BacDriver
.......................................................................................................................................................... 575BacDriver's system data points in DMS
.......................................................................................................................................................... 583Summary of DMS help variables in BACnet objects
.......................................................................................................................................................... 585Monitoring of the BACnet devices (via alarm data points)
.......................................................................................................................................................... 587BACnet Browser Window
.......................................................................................................................................................... 588Troubleshooting, error handling
......................................................................................................................................................... 588How to check if device is online and reachable
......................................................................................................................................................... 590How to check if an object is connected
......................................................................................................................................................... 591Most frequent errors
.......................................................................................................................................................... 592Scan of the BACnet network
......................................................................................................................................................... 592Control of the BACnet properties
.......................................................................................................................................................... 592BACnet objects templates (BMO)
......................................................................................................................................................... 593Name conventions for BACnet ObjectNames
......................................................................................................................................................... 594Name conventions for BACnet PropertyNames
......................................................................................................................................................... 595Property status flags
......................................................................................................................................................... 596Scheduler
......................................................................................................................................... 598Function description
................................................................................................................................... 598Implement in PG5
.......................................................................................................................................................... 603Connection of BMO objects
......................................................................................................................................................... 603Specification of VLO name from BMO from the ‘object name’ property
......................................................................................................................................................... 604Generation of DMS names from a BACnet property
......................................................................................................................................................... 604Specify the insertion position of the VLOs determined in DMS
......................................................................................................................................................... 604Grouped VLOs
......................................................................................................................................... 610Unused objects contained in a grouped VLO
......................................................................................................................................................... 611Error handling - not associable objects
.......................................................................................................................................................... 611Commandable objects: Manual control, replacement value, default value (Relinquish Default)
......................................................................................................................................................... 612Manual control, replacement value, default value (Relinquish Default)
......................................................................................................................................................... 613Visualisation
......................................................................................................................................................... 613Functionality w hen w riting w ith the same priority for commandable objects
.......................................................................................................................................................... 614Schedule object
......................................................................................................................................................... 614Property w eekly-schedule
......................................................................................................................................................... 615Data type of the sw itched object
......................................................................................................................................................... 616Setting NULL of the sw itched object
......................................................................................................................................................... 616Error Handling
......................................................................................................................................................... 617Visualisation
......................................................................................................................................................... 617Integration of an external timer application
.......................................................................................................................................................... 619Calendar object
......................................................................................................................................................... 619Property date-list
.......................................................................................................................................................... 620File object
.......................................................................................................................................................... 621Alarming
......................................................................................................................................................... 621Introduction
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......................................................................................................................................................... 621Specification Alarming
......................................................................................................................................................... 622Specification BacDriver
......................................................................................................................................................... 625Specification BMO Objects
......................................................................................................................................................... 626Configuration
......................................................................................................................................... 627Alarming types activation
.......................................................................................................................................................... 627Trending (Historic Data Logging)
......................................................................................................................................................... 627Introduction
......................................................................................................................................................... 628Configuration of the BacDriver
......................................................................................................................................................... 631Configuration of the trend-log object
......................................................................................................................................................... 631Useful DMS data points for trends
................................................................................................................................... 6334 SDriver (sdriver.exe)
.......................................................................................................................................................... 633Starting the program SDriver
.......................................................................................................................................................... 634The SDriver User Interface
.......................................................................................................................................................... 636SDriver menus
......................................................................................................................................................... 636File menu
......................................................................................................................................................... 637Settings menu
......................................................................................................................................... 639Log Settings
......................................................................................................................................... 641Channel settings and error handling
......................................................................................................................................... 643Channel Settings (driver menus)
......................................................................................................................................... 648Watchdog Settings
......................................................................................................................................................... 648View menu
......................................................................................................................................................... 648Help menu
......................................................................................................................................................... 649Number of channels, telegrams and data points
.......................................................................................................................................................... 649Possible types of communication
.......................................................................................................................................................... 656Communications error handling
.......................................................................................................................................................... 657Suspended communication
.......................................................................................................................................................... 658SDriver logs
.......................................................................................................................................................... 658Channel PCD backup
.......................................................................................................................................................... 659PLC error messages
.......................................................................................................................................................... 661Status of channels and stations in the DMS
.......................................................................................................................................................... 661Monitoring of the SDriver
.......................................................................................................................................................... 663SDriver <-> PLC communication via modem
.......................................................................................................................................................... 665AutoAnswer
......................................................................................................................................................... 665Controller Hardw are Settings
......................................................................................................................................................... 665Using FUPLA
......................................................................................................................................................... 666Information for Visi.Plus
......................................................................................................................................................... 667Requirements from Visi.Plus
......................................................................................................................................................... 668Definitions in the PET
......................................................................................................................................................... 669Definitions in the SDriver
................................................................................................................................... 6725 The OPC Driver (opcdriver.exe)
.......................................................................................................................................................... 672Starting the program "OPCDriver"
.......................................................................................................................................................... 673Starting the OPCDriver in remote mode
......................................................................................................................................................... 674Monitoring of the OPCDriver in remote mode
.......................................................................................................................................................... 676The OPC Driver user interface
.......................................................................................................................................................... 677Configuring the OPC Driver
.......................................................................................................................................................... 678The OPC.INI file
.......................................................................................................................................................... 679The OPC menus
......................................................................................................................................................... 679File menu
......................................................................................................................................................... 681View menu
......................................................................................................................................................... 681Settings
......................................................................................................................................................... 685Help menu
.......................................................................................................................................................... 685Scaling
.......................................................................................................................................................... 686Diagnostics options
.......................................................................................................................................................... 687Supported data types
.......................................................................................................................................................... 688Monitoring of the OPC Server
................................................................................................................................... 6906 The ESPA driver (espadriver.exe)
.......................................................................................................................................................... 691Starting the program "ESPADriver"
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.......................................................................................................................................................... 691The ESPA driver user interface
.......................................................................................................................................................... 692The ESPA driver menus
......................................................................................................................................................... 692File menu
......................................................................................................................................................... 693View menu
......................................................................................................................................................... 693Settings menu
.......................................................................................................................................................... 696Settings and configuration
......................................................................................................................................................... 696Configuring the ESPA driver (ESPADRIVER.INI)
......................................................................................................................................................... 698Settings for the ESPA/DMS interface
......................................................................................................................................................... 699Settings for the log entries
.......................................................................................................................................................... 700Monitoring of the ESPADriver
................................................................................................................................... 7037 The SNMP Driver (snmpdriver.exe)
.......................................................................................................................................................... 705Starting the program "SNMPDriver"
.......................................................................................................................................................... 705The SNMP Driver user interface
.......................................................................................................................................................... 706The SNMPDriver menus
......................................................................................................................................................... 706File menu
......................................................................................................................................................... 707View menu
......................................................................................................................................................... 707Settings menu
.......................................................................................................................................................... 708Settings and configuration
......................................................................................................................................................... 709Configuring the SNMP interface
......................................................................................................................................... 710Controls
......................................................................................................................................................... 710Example of an SNMP configuration
......................................................................................................................................................... 711Settings for the SNMP/DMS interface
.......................................................................................................................................................... 712Monitoring of the SNMP Data Points
................................................................................................................................... 7148 The TAPI Driver (tapidriver.exe)
.......................................................................................................................................................... 714Starting the program "TAPIDriver"
.......................................................................................................................................................... 715The TAPI Driver user interface
.......................................................................................................................................................... 716The TAPIDriver menus
......................................................................................................................................................... 716File menu
......................................................................................................................................................... 717View menu
......................................................................................................................................................... 717Settings menu
.......................................................................................................................................................... 718Settings and configuration
......................................................................................................................................................... 718Configuration of the TAPI Driver
......................................................................................................................................................... 721Settings for the log entries
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................................................................................................................................... 7241 Summary
................................................................................................................................... 7252 Object editor (oList.exe)
.......................................................................................................................................................... 725Starting the program
.......................................................................................................................................................... 725The oList User Interface
.......................................................................................................................................................... 727Inserting new columns
.......................................................................................................................................................... 728File menu
......................................................................................................................................................... 729New Query <CTRL+N>
......................................................................................................................................................... 729Save
......................................................................................................................................................... 729Save template <CTRL+S>
......................................................................................................................................................... 730Print... <CTRL+P>
......................................................................................................................................................... 730Export
......................................................................................................................................................... 731Print Preview
......................................................................................................................................................... 732Printer Settings
......................................................................................................................................................... 732Exit
.......................................................................................................................................................... 732Edit menu
......................................................................................................................................................... 732Sort Up
......................................................................................................................................................... 733Sort Dow n
......................................................................................................................................................... 733User Login <CTRL+L>
......................................................................................................................................................... 733Additional functions via keyboard
.......................................................................................................................................................... 733Settings menu
......................................................................................................................................................... 733Connection Settings
.......................................................................................................................................................... 734View menu
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......................................................................................................................................................... 734Toolbar
......................................................................................................................................................... 734Status bar
.......................................................................................................................................................... 734Help menu
......................................................................................................................................................... 735Help
......................................................................................................................................................... 735About oList
................................................................................................................................... 7353 Graphical Editor (GE)
.......................................................................................................................................................... 736Starting the Graphical Editor (GE)
.......................................................................................................................................................... 739Starting a Remote Graphical Editor
.......................................................................................................................................................... 747Brief instructions for creating a process diagram
.......................................................................................................................................................... 749The toolbar
......................................................................................................................................................... 749Menu bar
......................................................................................................................................................... 749General toolbar
......................................................................................................................................................... 750Graphical Objects toolbar
......................................................................................................................................................... 751Link object tool bar
.......................................................................................................................................................... 752File menu
......................................................................................................................................................... 752New Process Diagram
......................................................................................................................................................... 754Open Process Diagram
......................................................................................................................................................... 754Close Process Diagram
......................................................................................................................................................... 755Save Process Diagram
......................................................................................................................................................... 755Save DMS
......................................................................................................................................................... 756Save catalogues
......................................................................................................................................................... 756Convert Project to ASCII
......................................................................................................................................................... 756Form Printout
......................................................................................................................................................... 757Print <CTRL+P>
......................................................................................................................................................... 759Print Preview <CTRL+W>
......................................................................................................................................................... 760Printer Setup <CTRL+U>
......................................................................................................................................................... 761Template objects
......................................................................................................................................................... 762Load VLO Object
......................................................................................................................................................... 765Save VLO Object
......................................................................................................................................................... 766Macro
......................................................................................................................................................... 766Load Macro
......................................................................................................................................................... 769Save Macro
......................................................................................................................................................... 770The Icon Editor
......................................................................................................................................................... 771Mode change and exiting the GE
......................................................................................................................................................... 772Save WEB images
.......................................................................................................................................................... 772Edit menu
......................................................................................................................................................... 772Cut menu
......................................................................................................................................................... 772Duplicate menu
......................................................................................................................................................... 773Copy menu
......................................................................................................................................................... 773Paste menu
......................................................................................................................................................... 773Delete menu
......................................................................................................................................................... 773Select All
......................................................................................................................................................... 774Attributes
......................................................................................................................................................... 775Crosshair
......................................................................................................................................................... 776Group Objects
......................................................................................................................................................... 776Ungroup Objects
......................................................................................................................................................... 777Rotate Objects
......................................................................................................................................................... 777Reinitialise
.......................................................................................................................................................... 778View menu
......................................................................................................................................................... 778Gridlines <g>
......................................................................................................................................................... 779Grid Settings
......................................................................................................................................................... 779Show Hidden Objects
......................................................................................................................................................... 780Diagram Background Colour
......................................................................................................................................................... 780Display Initialisations
......................................................................................................................................................... 782Toolbars/Tool Lists
......................................................................................................................................................... 782Status Bar
......................................................................................................................................................... 782Catalogue Bar
.......................................................................................................................................................... 793Layer menu
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......................................................................................................................................................... 793Layer generation according to PCD
......................................................................................................................................................... 794Filter by PCD
......................................................................................................................................................... 794Linklayer:Design
......................................................................................................................................................... 795LinkLayer:Boxes
......................................................................................................................................................... 795Display layer / Draw ing layer
.......................................................................................................................................................... 797Objects menu
......................................................................................................................................................... 797General information about draw ing graphical objects
......................................................................................................................................................... 798Attributes w indow
......................................................................................................................................................... 799Process diagram/w indow /image attributes
......................................................................................................................................................... 800Select
......................................................................................................................................................... 800Line
......................................................................................................................................................... 801Box
......................................................................................................................................................... 802Rounded Box
......................................................................................................................................................... 803Ellipse
......................................................................................................................................................... 804Polygon/Polyline
......................................................................................................................................................... 805Text/Text Field
......................................................................................................................................................... 806Button
......................................................................................................................................................... 807Checkbox
......................................................................................................................................................... 808Radio Button
......................................................................................................................................................... 809Input Field
......................................................................................................................................................... 810Combo Box
......................................................................................................................................................... 811Bitmap
......................................................................................................................................................... 812Trend graph
......................................................................................................................................... 813Example 1: Inserting a trend graph in the PET
......................................................................................................................................... 818Example 2: Displaying a trend graph
......................................................................................................................................... 823Example 3: Creating control buttons for the trend graph
......................................................................................................................................... 825Example 4: Additional trend graphs in the same diagram
......................................................................................................................................... 828Example 5: Trend graph w ith command continually from DMS
......................................................................................................................................... 830Example 6: Zooming a trend graph
......................................................................................................................................... 831Example 7: Calling up the graph ruler
......................................................................................................................................... 835Example 8: Autoplay function
......................................................................................................................................... 837Example 9: Multiple trend objects in the process diagram
......................................................................................................................................................... 839Graph ruler object
......................................................................................................................................... 840Example 10: Inserting trends in the PET
......................................................................................................................................... 843Example 11: Inserting a graph ruler object
......................................................................................................................................... 847Example 12: Inserting control buttons for a graph ruler
......................................................................................................................................... 848Example 13: Autoplay function
.......................................................................................................................................................... 850Attributes menu
......................................................................................................................................................... 851Foreground Colour
......................................................................................................................................................... 852Background Colour
......................................................................................................................................................... 852To the foreground <CTRL> + <Plus>
......................................................................................................................................................... 852To the background <CTRL> + <Minus>
......................................................................................................................................................... 852Move a level forw ard <Plus>
......................................................................................................................................................... 852Move a level back <Minus>
.......................................................................................................................................................... 853Project Settings menu
......................................................................................................................................................... 853Project Settings
......................................................................................................................................................... 854DMS Settings
......................................................................................................................................................... 856WatchDog Settings
......................................................................................................................................................... 857Users/Access Rights
......................................................................................................................................................... 857User Login
......................................................................................................................................................... 858Error definitions
......................................................................................................................................................... 859Engineering Tool
.......................................................................................................................................................... 859Window menu
......................................................................................................................................................... 859New Window
......................................................................................................................................................... 859Cascade Window s
......................................................................................................................................................... 859Tiled
......................................................................................................................................................... 860Arrange Icons
.......................................................................................................................................................... 860Help menu
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......................................................................................................................................................... 860Help
......................................................................................................................................................... 860Help Overview
......................................................................................................................................................... 860About ...
.......................................................................................................................................................... 861Graphical attributes
......................................................................................................................................................... 862Frame colour / Frame colour 2
......................................................................................................................................................... 862Background Colour
......................................................................................................................................................... 862Line Attribute
......................................................................................................................................................... 862Line Width
......................................................................................................................................................... 863Visibility
......................................................................................................................................................... 863Positions start point (X1), (Y1) and end point (X2), (Y2)
......................................................................................................................................................... 864Draw ing Type
......................................................................................................................................................... 865Fill Pattern
......................................................................................................................................................... 865Text Colour
......................................................................................................................................................... 865Text
......................................................................................................................................................... 866Font
......................................................................................................................................................... 867Alignment
......................................................................................................................................................... 868Icon Name
.......................................................................................................................................................... 870Initialisation attributes
......................................................................................................................................................... 872Foreground Colour/Text Colour
......................................................................................................................................................... 877Background Colour
......................................................................................................................................................... 883Text
......................................................................................................................................................... 894Action
......................................................................................................................................................... 896Action: Load Diagram
......................................................................................................................................................... 901Action: Close Diagram
......................................................................................................................................................... 902Action: Set Value
......................................................................................................................................... 903Buttons, polylines, bitmaps
......................................................................................................................................... 913Checkbox
......................................................................................................................................... 915Radio Button
......................................................................................................................................... 919Input Field
......................................................................................................................................... 923Combo Box
......................................................................................................................................................... 931Action: Graph
......................................................................................................................................................... 935Action: Graph Ruler
......................................................................................................................................................... 940Action: System Login
......................................................................................................................................................... 941Action: Start Program
......................................................................................................................................................... 943Action: Exit Program
......................................................................................................................................................... 943Action: Visibility
......................................................................................................................................................... 944Action: Position
......................................................................................................................................................... 948Icon Name
......................................................................................................................................................... 948"Icon Change" initialisation
......................................................................................................................................................... 952Delete Initialisation
.......................................................................................................................................................... 954Multi DMS
......................................................................................................................................................... 954Defining Connections
......................................................................................................................................................... 956Assign layer
.......................................................................................................................................................... 957Link objects
......................................................................................................................................................... 957Views
......................................................................................................................................... 958Design view
......................................................................................................................................... 960Link Boxes view
......................................................................................................................................... 961Open View
......................................................................................................................................................... 964Create link objects
......................................................................................................................................... 964Automatic creation
......................................................................................................................................... 965Graphical editor
................................................................................................................................... 982Pop-up menus
......................................................................................................................................................... 986Moving link objects
......................................................................................................................................................... 988Deleting Objects
......................................................................................................................................................... 993Reinitialising Objects
......................................................................................................................................................... 998Creating and inserting macros
......................................................................................................................................................... 1004Checking DMS links
......................................................................................................................................................... 1005Changing colours
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