System Operation

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 Basic Operating Concepts

• Context Menus
• Multiwindow, Multiscreen

• Drag & Drop

• Mask Operation

• Multiple Selection

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 Typical Desktop Layout

• Menu line and system-toolbar:

Contain SCALA Standard-
functions – are often suppressed
in projects
(e.g..: Archive editor, etc.)

• User-Toolbar:
adapted according to project needs
used for operation

• Comfortable selection of process

views / functions via selection button 
left Mouse click

• Deselecting/closing via standard

windows buttons

• All regions can be blanked specific for the project and user.

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 Desktop Layout - Project Example

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 Operations on Objects – general

Right Mouse click

Object • Context menu
z.B.: circuit breaker • Object’s Properties"

Object Context menu

Object is
Left Mouse click selected
• Selection
• Drag&Drop
•Picture selection

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 Object operation - SCADA specific

 Blocked

 Revision

 Allocated

 Commented

 Substituted

Right mouse click

• Context menu
• Object’s
"Properties"

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 Status Representation

The status is the quality of an information

Only by the status the operator can determine the validity of a process information

Prioritized Status
To much information, therefore order corresponding to importance

Priority
Information commented
Value invalid substituted
Value Limit 4 exceeded invalid
Value Limit 2 exceeded Deviation from the regular state

Representation of the prioritized state by means of:

Colour Icons

Value Limit 2 exceeded Value substituted

Alert stats
commented

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 Lists
Lists are used for viewing events from the process data flow.
Process oriented selection of the events with filters

Sequence of Events - CEL Acknowledgeable State List QZL

•All Events •Events in state of alert or unacknowledged
•Chronological order •unacknowledged alerts on top
Application: Analysis of chronological Application: Alert list
activities

Filter Filter

Process data stream 4 Types Process data stream

Filter Filter

Quittierbare Ereignis Liste QEL Plant State List AZL

•Shows actual state of preselected
•Alle Ereignisse in Alarmstellung
•zeitlich sortiert Process variables
Application: Display PVs which have
Anwendung: Spezielle Form der Alarmliste
no appearance in process views

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 List operation

Left Mouse Click on Button Element

Predefined Process data filters Text address filter
Configurable list toolbar

Free
definable
columns

Data area

Status bar

List properties:
Right mouse click on the background - Options

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 Curve Operation

Left Mouse Click on Button Element Scale

Common used
menu functions
e.g.: ruler, zoom

Scrollbar (Time)

Free
selectable
curve colours
Info area

Curve legend

12 channels:
Drag & Drop can fill them
with process variables

Curve properties:
Right mouse click on curve area - Options

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