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Contents

CHAPTER 1: V7.30 CONFIGURATION EXAM TOPICS OVERVIEW ......................... 1-1

The Vijeo Citect Environment ....................................................................................... 1-2 Setting Up Communications .......................................................................................... 1-6 Graphics ......................................................................................................................... 1-7 Commands and Controls ................................................................................................ 1-8 Genies and Popup Pages ................................................................................................ 1-9

Devices ......................................................................................................................... 1-10 Events ........................................................................................................................... 1-11

Alarms .......................................................................................................................... 1-12 Process Analyst ............................................................................................................ 1-14 Page Management ........................................................................................................ 1-15 Reports ......................................................................................................................... 1-16 Equipment and Scheduling .......................................................................................... 1-17

Security ........................................................................................................................ 1-18

Vijeo Citect Configuration Exam Manual Release 1 1-1

Chapter 1: v7.30 Configuration Exam Topics

Overview

The first of the CSCE exams is the Configuration Exam. This exam is based

around information that is covered in the Vijeo Citect Configuration Course.

This Chapter Covers These Topics:

The Vijeo Citect Environment 1-2

Setting Up Communications 1-6

Graphics 1-7

Commands and Controls 1-8

Genies and Popup Pages 1-9

Devices 1-10

Events 1-11

Process Analyst 1-14

Page Management 1-15

Reports 1-16

Equipment and Scheduling 1-17

Security 1-18

Introduction

1-2 Version 7.30 October 2012

The Vijeo Citect Environment

The configuration environment consists of a set of tools (applications) you use

to build the runtime system. The configuration environment is centred around

the Citect Explorer, which is used to create and manage projects.

You use projects to organize your configuration data into logical, well

organized, groups. You can design your system to use one or more projects at a

time, depending on the modularity of your plant or system.

The configuration environment consists of the Citect Explorer, Project Editor,

Graphics Builder, and Cicode Editor.

The computer equipment may need to be upgraded to run version 7.30, as the

minimum hardware requirements have changed:

Description Minimum Specification

Processor Speed 2 GHz

Random Access

Memory (RAM)

2 GB if running as a SCADA client

or 4 GB if running as a server

Available Disk Space 160 GB

Graphics Adapter (see

note below)

1024 x 768 pixel resolution, with 64MB of VRAM

Description Recommended Specification or Higher

Processor Speed 3.2 GHz, or if server 3.2 GHz quad-core

Random Access

Memory (RAM)

4 GB if running as a SCADA client

or 8 GB if running as a server

Available Disk Space 250 GB

Graphics Adapter (see

note below)

1024 x 768 pixel resolution, with 128MB of VRAM

Due to limitations in the Computer Setup Editor, Project Editor and several

input forms in Vijeo Citect it is a requirement that screen resolution be set at

1024 by 768 pixels or higher.

Configuration

Environment

Hardware

Requirements


The Vijeo Citect Environment (cont.)

Vijeo Citect Component Minimum System Software

All core components Operating System

Windows 7 with Service Pack 1 (32 bit and 64 bit) or Windows

Server 2008 R2 with Service Pack 1 (32 bit or 64 bit)

or

Windows XP Professional with Service Pack 3 (32 bit and 64 bit)

or

Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition with Service Pack 2 (32 bit

and 64 bit)

or

Windows Server 2008 Standard Edition with Service Pack 2 (32 bit

and 64 bit)

or

Windows Vista® with Service Pack 2 (32 bit and 64 bit)

And

Microsoft® .NET Framework 4.0 (installed with Vijeo Citect if not

already installed).

Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 (x64) is required by Schneider

Electric License Manager if using 64 bit Windows XP or 64 bit

Windows Server 2003.

Internet Explorer® Version 6.0 or greater.

A Local Area Network (LAN) if you intend to have multiple clients

access a remote server.

If running under virtualization with VMWare®, the minimum system

requirement is VMWorkstation 6.03 and later.

Vijeo Citect WebServer As for Vijeo Citect Server, with the addition of:

A New Technology File System (NTFS)

A LAN running TCP/IP and Microsoft Internet Information

Services (IIS)

Project DBF Add-in for

Excel

As for All Core Components, and Microsoft Excel 2007 or 2010

Note:

The target drive for the Web Server software must use an NTFS file system,

otherwise the required Windows security settings will not be available (that is,

the Folder Properties dialog will not have a Security tab). If the computer is

currently using a FAT/FAT32 system, ensure that the drive is converted to

NTFS before installing the Web Server software.

Software

Requirements


The Vijeo Citect Environment (cont.)

Use these suggested exercises to increase your understanding of the topic.

Install Vijeo Citect Version 7.30

Start Vijeo Citect and open each of the programs that make up the

Configuration Environment.

Note which projects are Included by default

View the Include projects

Use the following references to assist your understanding of the topic.

Vijeo Citect Help Topic - Including Projects.

Vijeo Citect Help Topic - Configuration Tools.

Vijeo Citect Help Topic - The Cicode Editor.

Suggested

Exercises

Further Reading


Managing Projects

The Citect Explorer is the application from which you organise your projects

and launch the configuration and run-time applications. Fundamental tasks

such as creating, deleting, backing up and restoring projects are all performed in

the Citect Explorer.


Create a new project based on the XP_Style Template

Backup, Delete and Restore the project.

Create another project and link the first project as an Include project.

Create a cluster and add Alarm, Report and Trend servers to it.

Create a new directory in your Vijeo Citect\user folder, and unzip the

.ctz file to that folder (by using WinZip, or a similar zipped-file

manager). Create a ‘project link’ to that folder .

Backup your project and use the Save System files option. Use winzip

to check which extra files have been saved.


Vijeo Citect Help Topic - Creating a New Project.

Vijeo Citect Help Topic -Including Projects.

Vijeo Citect Help Topic - Backing Up Projects.

Vijeo Citect Help Topic -Restoring a Project.

Vijeo Citect Help Topic -Rules of Clustering.

Knowledge Base Article Q1071: Command Line options for CtBackup

and CtBack32.

The Citect

Explorer

Suggested

Exercises

Further Reading


Setting Up Communications

Vijeo Citect can communicate with many types of control or monitoring I/O

Devices - including PLCs (Programmable Logic Controllers), loop controllers,

bar code readers, scientific analysers, remote terminal units (RTUs), and

distributed control systems (DCS).

Vijeo Citect communicates directly with the I/O Devices in your plant or

factory, allowing data transfer to or from the device and supervisory control of

the system.

The Express Communications Wizard enables you to quickly set up

communication with a new or existing I/O Device.

Each Vijeo Citect project will need to have at least one I/O Server defined for it

to communicate to I/O Devices. Each I/O Device will need to be set up in Vijeo

Citect with an appropriate communications protocol and settings and any

interface boards and communications ports in the computer will also have to be

defined.

Stepping through the Express Communications Wizard defines the:

I/O Server names

interface Boards in the computer

communications Ports on the boards

I/O Devices attached to the ports

Variable Tags define the data that is transferred between the I/O Device and the

Vijeo Citect I/O Server. Each Variable Tag is defined with a unique name, a

data type, an address and an associated I/O Device.


Use the Express Communications Wizard to set up a Disk I/O Device

that uses the Generic protocol.

Set up some Digital, Integer and Real tags.

Use Excel to add more tags and save the variable tags file using the

save_dbf.xls macro.

Set up your computer as a Stand-alone Server.


Vijeo Citect Help Topic - Projects.

Vijeo Citect Help Topic - Communicating with I/O Devices.

Communicating

with I/O Devices

Variable Tags

Suggested

Exercises

Further Reading


Graphics

A Vijeo Citect runtime system usually comprises a series of graphics pages that

display on your computer screen(s) and provide a "window into the process."

You can design your pages to provide your operators with control of an area (or

all) of your plant. Your graphics pages can also display the status of your plant

by using various graphical items known as objects.

The graphics pages are one of the principle components of a Vijeo Citect

system. They are the interface to plant operators, and can be designed to display

data as well as to accept operator input.

True Color support allows Vijeo Citect users to create graphically rich display

pages more easily by supporting 24-bit colour.

True Color is supported for all animation objects and static objects, including

page backgrounds, imported images, symbols, metafiles, and bitmaps. The flash

rate of flashing colours defaults to 1 second, and is user-configurable via a .ini

file parameter.


Create a new page and add these objects

o Ellipse

o Circle

o Rectangle

o Square

o Symbol

o ActiveX

Add dynamic properties to the objects so that they will display the

values of tags

Create a fill rectangle

Edit colours using the Swap Colours and Adjust Colours tools


Vijeo Citect Help Topic - Using Objects.

Vijeo Citect Help Topic - Object Properties.

Vijeo Citect Help Topic - Manipulating Objects.

Pages

True Color

Support

Suggested

Exercises

Further Reading


Commands and Controls

Commands and controls allow operators to interact with the Vijeo Citect

runtime system. There are three types of commands and controls:

Slider controls that an operator can use to change the values of analog

variables.

Touch commands that an operator can issue by clicking on an object with

the mouse.

Keyboard commands that an operator can issue by typing instructions on

the keyboard.

You can assign privileges and areas to commands and controls and you can also

send a message to a log each time an operator issues a command.


Define a key sequence on a numeric object to change the value of an

integer.

Add a slider to an object to change the value of a real tag.

Add a toggle command to an object to change the state of a digital tag.


Vijeo Citect Help Topic - Defining Commands and Controls.

Vijeo Citect Help Topic - Keyboard Commands.

Vijeo Citect Help Topic - Touch Commands.

Vijeo Citect Help Topic - Slider Commands.

Allow Operators

to Interact with

the System

Suggested

Exercises

Further Reading


Genies and Popup Pages

Usually each graphical object on a graphics page is configured individually.

With a genie, you can combine several related objects into a group and store the

group in a genie library (similar to a symbol library). The genie can then be

used as if it was a single object (pasted, moved, resized, etc.) and the elements

of the genie are then configured collectively.

All types of graphic objects and their configuration data can be stored with the

genie. For example, you can define a genie for a start/stop controller (with a

start button, a stop button and an indication lamp), and use the same genie for

all equipment (pumps, conveyors, etc.) that use that type of controller. When

you use the genie you only need to specify the information that is unique to that

particular pump or conveyor (i.e. the variable tag).

Popup pages are dynamic pages to that you can use to pass information when

the page displays in the runtime system. You can use them for pop-up type

controllers for a process or a single piece of plant floor equipment. The same

page can then be re-used with different sets of tags. For example you could

configure a graphics page with several pumps, and use a pop-up controller for

each of the pumps on the page.

In most cases where you use a popup page, you use it in association with a

genie.


Create a new Genie that will display the status of a digital tag.

Check that the genie substitution has occurred correctly.

Create a popup page that will control a digital tag. Call the popup page

from a genie using the AssPopup() function. Make sure the popup page

is a system file. Repeat the exercise using the WinNewAt() function.

Experiment with both numbered and named Tag substitutions.


Vijeo Citect Help Topic - Using Genies and Supergenies.

Vijeo Citect Help Topic - Defining Substitutions for Genies.

Vijeo Citect Help Topic - Defining Substitutions for Supergenies.

Knowledge Base Article Q1724: SuperGenies on Pages and Templates.

Genies

Popup Pages

Suggested

Exercises

Further Reading


Devices

A Device is an interface used to transfer high-level data (such as a report,

command log or alarm log) between Vijeo Citect and other elements (such as a

printer, database, RTF file, or ASCII file) in your Vijeo Citect system. Devices

are similar to I/O Devices in that they both allow Vijeo Citect to exchange data

with other components in your control and monitoring system.


Set up a device that will log operator commands into a text file.

Configure the device to create seven history files and to roll over at

midnight.


Vijeo Citect Help Topic - Printer and ASCII devices format.

Vijeo Citect Help Topic - Configuring Devices.

Vijeo Citect Help Topic - dBASE and SQL database devices format.

Transferring

High Level Data

Suggested

Exercises

Further Reading


Events

You can use an Event to trigger an action such as a command or set of

commands. For example, an operator can be notified when a process is

complete, or a series of instructions can be executed when a process reaches a

certain stage.

You can run an event by the following methods:

o Automatically at a specified time and period

o Automatically when a trigger condition becomes TRUE

o Automatically when a trigger condition is TRUE at a specified

time and period

Events must be enabled for events to run. Use the Computer Setup Wizard

(Custom setup) to enable Events. If using Vijeo Citect on a network, you can

process events on any Vijeo Citect computer (or all computers).


Define an event to change the value of an integer every five seconds to

a random number between 70 and 75.

Define an event to toggle a digital tag when the value of an integer tag

drops below 80.


Vijeo Citect Help Topic - Configuring Events.

Vijeo Citect Help Topic - Specifying times and periods.

Events Trigger an

Action

Suggested

Exercises

Further Reading


Alarms

Protection of valuable plant equipment is a central feature of your Vijeo Citect

system. The Vijeo Citect alarm facility, when it is configured, constantly

monitors equipment and alerts operators of any equipment fault or alarm

condition.

Vijeo Citect supports two types of alarms:

Hardware Alarms

Vijeo Citect continually runs diagnostic routines to check all peripheral

equipment, such as I/O Devices. Faults found are reported automatically to the

operator. This facility is fully integrated within Vijeo Citect – no configuration

is necessary.

Configured Alarms

Unlike hardware alarms, you must configure the alarms that report fault

conditions in your plant (for example, when a tank level is too high or when a

motor overheats).


Define a digital alarm, an analog alarm, an advanced alarm and a time-

stamped alarm, each in a different category.

Define in your alarm category how to show the state of the alarm on the

alarm page, and the millisecond value of the timestamped alarms.

Use the standard alarm logging device to log alarm state changes.

Create alarm, hardware, disabled and summary alarm pages.

Put buttons on the alarm page, to filter by alarm category. (Use

AlarmSetInfo())

Put a button on the alarm page, to allow filtering by alarm name. (use

AlarmSetQuery())

Configure an Alarm server to publish Alarm tags, and use the alarm as

tags to show the threshold of the analog alarm on a page.

Create a system keyboard command to disable an alarm. Observe what

happens with the acknowledge state when you re-enable an alarm (via

another keyboard command).

Alarm Types

Suggested

Exercises


Alarms (cont.)


Vijeo Citect Help Topic - [Alarm] Section Parameters.

Vijeo Citect Help Topic - Alarm Categories.

Vijeo Citect Help Topic - Digital Alarms.

Vijeo Citect Help Topic - Multi-Digital Alarms.

Vijeo Citect Help Topic - Time-stamped Alarms.

Vijeo Citect Help Topic - Analog Alarms.

Vijeo Citect Help Topic - Advanced Alarms.

Vijeo Citect Help Topic - Formatting an Alarm Display.

Knowledge Base Article Q1136: How Citect handles Alarm Server

Redundancy.

Knowledge Base Article Q2003: Understanding the Alarm Summary

System.

Knowledge Base Article Q2982: Alarm Property Rules.

Knowledge Base Article Q3218: Using user events in the Alarm

Summary page.

Further Reading


Process Analyst

A visual representation of past and current activity improves understanding of

the plant’s performance. With a trend graph, you can display the values of a

variable (or process) in graphical format. As these values change over time, the

graph moves across the page so that the latest values are always displayed.

You can also scroll back through historical data to display past values of the

variable (or process). Historical data collection continues even when the

display is not active. You can switch between pages without affecting trend

graphs.

You can trend any single variable or Cicode expression. You can display any

number of trends on the screen simultaneously, and display the trends of up to

eight variables in any trend window.

Vijeo Citect provides three types of trends: Periodic, Event, and Periodic Event.

The Vijeo Citect Process Analyst is an ActiveX control designed to allow

operators to view trend data from a Vijeo Citect trend server, and alarm tag data

from a Vijeo Citect alarm server. The Process Analyst provides a visual means

to analyse and compare trend data (real-time and historical) in a more intuitive

manner than Vijeo Citect's trend templates.


Define a trend tag of each different trend type (periodic, event, periodic

event) with a 1s sample time, and 10 history files of 10 minutes each.

Calculate the amount of storage space that will be needed for those

trends

Create a new page and add a Process Analyst Active X object to the

page.

Add Trends and Alarms to the Process Analyst

Save the View

Drag the Analyst pane to the left and right to view values through time.

Add another instance of the same trend tag to the Process Analyst.

Unlock the pens and compare the value of the trend to the values of the

same trend at another time.


Vijeo Citect Help Topic - Trending Data.

Vijeo Citect Help Topic - Using the Process Analyst.

Values in

Graphical

Format

Active X Control

Suggested

Exercises

Further Reading


Page Management

Menu entries are created in 4 levels for display in pages based on the

Tab_Style_Include project.

Menu configuration is saved in the PageMenu.dbf file in the project directory.


Add a new menu page to the menu system using the Menu

Configuration Tool.

Create a Process Analyst page and move the page into another menu.

Change your Home button to display a page of your choice.

Adjust the display order of menu entries.

View the PageMenu.dbf file in Excel to understand everything stored

there.


Vijeo Citect Help Topic - Menu Configuration Properties.

Vijeo Citect Help Topic - [Page] parameters.

Menu

Configuration

Tool

Suggested

Exercises

Further Reading


Reports

You can request regular reports on the status of the plant and reports to provide

information about special conditions in the plant. Reports can be run on a

request basis, at specified times, or when certain events occur (such as a change

of state in a bit address). Reports can also include Cicode statements that

execute when the report runs.


Make an rtf report, use WordPad as the report format file editor, and

send the output to an ASCII device. Show the values of the three tags

and the current time and date in the report.

Create page with a button to run the report.

Create another page to show the generated rtf report.

Create scroll buttons to view the report.


Vijeo Citect Help Topic - Reporting Information.

Vijeo Citect Help Topic - Report Parameters.

Knowledge base, article Q2908: Writing Reports to dBASE Files

Knowledge base, article Q2588: Running a Report from an Alarm On

Action Event

Knowledge base, article Q2361: RTF Formatted Reports - Hints and

Tips

Knowledge base, article Q1213: Error 'Maximum report size exceeded'

Report Plant

Status

Suggested

Exercises

Further Reading


Equipment and Scheduling

Equipment can be defined in SCADA to represent the layout of a production

process. Each piece of equipment can be placed in a hierarchy enabling a

parent/child relationship between pieces of equipment.

Equipment is now the focus of early project design. The project design flows

logically from the layout of physical equipment or plant in your system. By

defining equipment first, you can create a hierarchy of tags for each plant line or

process, making it easier to monitor each production process and group tags in a

way that better represent configuration of the plant.

The textual representation of a hierarchy is achieved by the use of a dot, or

period (".") to separate the items and their level in the hierarchy. For example if

you were to create a structure of a production line in a factory called 'Factory1"

which has 3 production lines each identified as Line1, Line2, Line3. Each

production line has 2 Assembly stations identified as Assy1 and Assy2. Each

assembly station has 2 conveyer belts identified as Convey1 and Convey2.

Convey2 could then be uniquely identified in the system as:

Factory1.Line1.Assy2.Convey2

The Scheduler is a component of the report server featuring an ActiveX control

that links your SCADA system to a calendar. Using the control you can

schedule equipment operations around peak and non-peak work hours within a

business. You can create recurring schedules, and configure and view schedule

entries on a daily, weekly and monthly basis.


Create an equipment hierarchy in your project.

Create Schedules for Equipment

Override Schedules


Vijeo Citect Help Topic – Using Equipment

Vijeo Citect Help Topic – Defining an Equipment Hierarchy

Vijeo Citect Help Topic – Equipment XML Template

Vijeo Citect Help Topic – Adding a New Schedule Entry

Vijeo Citect Help Topic – Daylight Saving

Vijeo Citect Help Topic – Special Days

Vijeo Citect Help Topic – Scheduler Inheritance

Equipment

Scheduler

Suggested

Exercises

Further Reading


Security

For large applications, or applications where access to certain processes or

machinery must be restricted, you can build security into your system. You can

then restrict access to commands that should not be available to all your

operators; for example, commands that operate specialized machinery,

acknowledge critical alarms, or print sensitive reports.

You can assign a separate password to each of your operators (or class of

operators), that must be entered before the operator can use the system.


Define 2 users, one with global privilege 1 and one with global

privilege 2.

Create a page with two buttons to change the value of the integer tag.

Configure one with privilege one and one with privilege 2. Create also a

button to call the UserLoginForm(). Test this page.

Now assign this page to area 1. Copy the page, and assign the other

page to area 2.

Can both users view both pages?

Add a user that has no global privilege, but only privilege 1 in area 1.

Test which pages he can see, and which buttons he can operate.

Create two analog alarms, one in area 1 and one in area 2. Create a

standard alarm page and add graphic objects that allow you to trigger

the two alarms.

Test which alarms user 1, 2 and 3 can see on the alarm page.


Vijeo Citect Help Topic - Using Security.

Vijeo Citect Help Topic - [Privilege] Parameters.

Knowledge Base Article Q1163: Check for Alarms in other Areas.

Knowledge Base Article Q1447: Number of unique Privilege levels in

Citect.

Knowledge Base Article Q2497: User Records in Include Projects.

In Built Security

Suggested

Exercises

Further Reading

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