System Model > Equipment > Configure Equipment in Citect Studio > Define Equipment References

Define Equipment References

You can add equipment references to a Citect SCADA project. See Equipment References for more information.

To manually define an equipment reference:

  1. In the System Model activity, select Equipment.
  2. On the menu below the Command Bar, select References.

    3. The list of equipment references will display in the Grid Editor.

  3. Add a row to the Grid Editor.
  4. Type the required information in each column, or in the Property Grid (see below for a description of the properties).
  5. Click Save.

Equipment Reference Properties

ClosedGeneral Properties

Property

Description

Cluster

The name of the cluster to which the equipment is assigned.

Equipment

The name of the main piece of Equipment to which referenced equipment is linked from.

Referenced Cluster

The name of the cluster to which the referenced equipment is assigned.

Referenced Equipment

The name of the Equipment that you want to reference (link to).

Referenced Item

The name of the item belonging to the "referenced" Equipment. If the Item is listed only that referenced item will be returned using EquipRefBrowse functions. If this field is left blank items belonging to the referenced equipment will be available.

Category

A category that will be used to filter equipment references using EquipRefBrowse functions. You can use any separator between filter strings, for example, Equipment.MT, Equipment-MT, Equipment:MT are valid.

Order

A unique index per reference category that will be used in the ordering for the EquipRefBrowse functions.

Association

Controls the name of the association used in the AssEquipReferences Cicode function. For each reference, a super-genie association is created which uses the name specified in the Association column.

Note: Association names are also passed into the ‘meo_selector_xx’ genie instances on faceplates e.g ?MEO2?. See Configure Equipment Selection for Group Objects for more information.

Comment

Any useful comment. Enter a value of 254 characters or less.
ClosedCustom Properties

Property

Description

Custom1 .. Custom8

User-defined strings that can be used for filtering equipment when using the EquipRefBrowse functions (maximum 254 characters each).

 

ClosedProject Properties

Property

Description

Project

Name of project

See Also

Information Zone - Interlocks
Configure Interlocks
EquipRefBrowseOpen
AlarmCountEquipment

Published June 2018