Citect.ini Parameters in Citect SCADA 2018

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Citect.ini Parameters in Citect SCADA 2018

This topic lists the parameters that have changed in Citect SCADA 2018.

The following parameters are new or have been altered in this release. For an entire list of the system parameters, refer to the Parameters documentation.

CtEdit Parameters

[CtEdit]IncrementalEquipmentUpdateAutoClose

Determines if the Update Equipment confirmation dialog appears when an incremental equipment update has completed.

Debug Parameters

[Debug]DebugLogHistoryFiles	Determines how many "debug.<process name>.log" files are kept when rolled over.
[Debug]DebugLogFileSize	Sets the maximum size of the "debug.<process name>.log" file.

MultiMonitors Parameters

[MultiMonitors]Context<n>	Allows you to share a single context with one or more screens.
[MultiMonitors]ScreenProfile	Sets the arrangement of monitors on a client workstation.
[MultiMonitors]StartupPage<Name>	Sets the pages that appear when using a particular screen profile.
[MultiMonitors]Workspaces	Indicates the number of workspace pages to be shown at startup.

SA_Library.Meter Parameters

[SA_Library.Meter]UseDefaultPLCLimits	Allows you to use PLC alarm limits for faceplates.
[SA_Library.Meter]PLCLimitNames	Names for PLC alarm limits. This is a comma-separated list of values.
[SA_Library.Meter]PLCLimitLabels	Display labels that correspond to each PLC alarm limit defined. This is a comma-separated list of values.
[SA_Library.Meter]DefaultPLCLimits	A number that determines the order in which to use the defined PLC alarm limits. 0 corresponds to the lowest PLC alarm limit defined, while the largest number corresponds to the highest limit defined.

Workspace Parameters

[Workspace]AlarmSortOrder	Defines a customized sort order for the default alarms pages in a Situational Awareness project.
[Workspace] EquipmentNavigationModelFilter	Filters the equipment model loaded by the workspace.
[Workspace]InfoZoneAlarms.IncludeReferences	Determines if alarms from referenced equipment are included in the Alarms page on the Information Zone.
[Workspace]InfoZoneTrends	Determines the pens that will be displayed in the Information Zone of the workspace based on the equipment items configured.
[Workspace]InfoZoneTrends.Type	Determines the pens that will be displayed in the Information Zone of the workspace based on the equipment types configured in the Equipment Editor.

Published June 2018

[Format]FormatName	Defines a display format for tabular data and identifies it with a specified name. This allows you to name a customized display format that you can then apply to an alarms list.
[Code]Thread	Defines the number of Cicode threads (tasks) that can run concurrently. The default value has changed from 64 to 128.