A faceplate is a page that is associated with a piece of equipment. It typically contains a graphical representation of the equipment, measurements and controls that allow an operator to engage with the equipment at runtime.
When the piece of equipment comes into context at runtime, the faceplate will be displayed. To support this, the default layout for a Situational Awareness project includes a Faceplate Zone in the Information Zone.
Note: When the equipment is out of service, all controls (buttons and numeric inputs) on the faceplate are disabled.
Citect SCADA provides a set of sample faceplates for meters, drives and valves. Note that the sample faceplates are fully configured and ready to use. However, you can create new faceplates if it is required.
Faceplates are made up Genies and/or Composite Genies. User interaction with faceplates is achieved through items (tags) associated with the various components of a faceplate. The items associated with each faceplate are listed in the Associated Tags column of the faceplate table.
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Published June 2018