Citect.ini parameters in 7.30

This topic lists the parameters that have been added or changed in PowerSCADA Expert version 7.30

New Parameters

Alarm Parameters

[Alarm]DefaultSOETimeRange

Specifies the default time range, in days, for SOE views that have no other time-based filter.

[Alarm]DefSOEFmt

Specifies an SOE display format to use if the SOE Display Format field is blank (in Alarm Categories).

[AlarmFilterRuleList.Active]Rule<n>

Defines the name of rules to appear on the Simple Rule dropdown list of the active alarm filter form.

[AlarmFilterRuleList.Disabled]Rule<n>

Defines the name of rules to appear on the Simple Rule dropdown list of disabled alarm filter form.

[AlarmFilterRuleList.SOE]Rule<n>

Defines the name of rules to appear on the Simple Rule dropdown list of alarm summary filter form.

[AlarmFilterRuleList.Summary]Rule<n>

Defines the name of rules to appear on the Simple Rule dropdown list of alarm summary filter form.

[AlarmFilterRules]<RuleName>

Defines the filter expression represented by the rule name.

AlarmFilterRuleList].Rule<n>

Defines the name of the common rules to appear on the Simple Rule dropdown list of all alarm filter form.

AlarmFilterRules Parameters

[AlarmFilterRuleList.Active]Rule<n>

Defines the name of rules to appear on the Simple Rule dropdown list of the active alarm filter form.

[AlarmFilterRuleList.Disabled]Rule<n>

Defines the name of rules to appear on the Simple Rule dropdown list of disabled alarm filter form.

[AlarmFilterRuleList.SOE]Rule<n>

Defines the name of rules to appear on the Simple Rule dropdown list of alarm summary filter form.

[AlarmFilterRuleList.Summary]Rule<n>

Defines the name of rules to appear on the Simple Rule dropdown list of alarm summary filter form.

[AlarmFilterRules]<RuleName>

Defines the filter expression represented by the rule name.

AlarmFilterRuleList].Rule<n>

Defines the name of the common rules to appear on the Simple Rule dropdown list of all alarm filter form.

Alarm Process Parameters

Alarm.<ClusterName>.<ServerName> ArchiveAfter

The archive after time (Event Journal) is the amount of time between each archive of Event Journal data.

Alarm.<ClusterName>.<ServerName> CacheSize

Defines the amount of memory (in megabytes) dedicated to the storage of event data.

Alarm.<ClusterName>.<ServerName> ClientConnectTimeout

Defines the amount of time, in milliseconds, in which the client can attempt to make a connection.

Alarm.<ClusterName>.<ServerName> ClientDisconnectTimeout

Defines the amount of time, in milliseconds, in which the client can attempt to terminate a connection to the server.

Alarm.<ClusterName>.<ServerName>ClientRequestTimeout

Defines the amount of time, in milliseconds, in which the client can request data from a server.

Alarm.<ClusterName>.<ServerName> FutureMessages Event Journal records that have a time stamp with a date and time in the future can be stored historically.

Alarm.<ClusterName>.<ServerName> HeartbeatTimeout

Defines how long a server will wait before terminating a link that has been used for receiving heartbeat poll requests from its pair server, but is currently idle.

Alarm.<ClusterName>.<ServerName> KeepOnlineFor

The Event Journal Life is the amount of time for which the Alarm Server stores event messages on-line.

Alarm.<ClusterName>.<ServerName> MonitorConnectTimeout

Defines the amount of time, in seconds, that the server will wait for a monitor connection to occur.

Alarm.<ClusterName>.<ServerName> MonitorRequestTimeout

Defines the amount of time, in seconds, that the server will wait for a response from the other server in the pair.

Alarm.<ClusterName>.<ServerName>QueryCPUUsage

Defines the percentage of processor use you want to allocate to query searches.

Alarm.<ClusterName>.<ServerName> QueryRowLimit

Defines the maximum number of rows that can be returned in the result set for a single query.

Alarm.<ClusterName>.<ServerName>QueryTimeout

Defines the amount of time (in seconds) that is permitted for query searches.

Alarm.<ClusterName>.<ServerName> StreamSize

Defines the amount of data that is included in each event data file.

Alarm.<ClusterName>.<ServerName> SyncAllHistoricData

On multi-server systems, the Primary server and Standby server synchronize their data so that the Standby server contains an accurate, up to date backup of the Primary server’s data.

Alarm.<ClusterName>.<ServerName>TransferConnectTimeout

Defines the amount of time, in seconds, that the Primary server will wait for a connection to occur.

Alarm.<ClusterName>.<ServerName> TransferInterleave

Controls how often the data synchronization is triggered by the Primary to the Standby Server.

Alarm.<ClusterName>.<ServerName>TransferInterval

Defines the number of seconds between each attempt to update the data on the Standby server.

BrowseTableView Parameters

[BrowseTableView]<BrowseType>.<ViewName>.ColWidths

Sets the column widths in pixels of the current data browse table.

[BrowseTableView]<BrowseType>.<ViewName>.Fields

Sets the field names of the columns in the current data browse table under the View Name configured on the page.

ClientParameters

[Client]PointCountRequired

Specifies what license point count a client requires.

General Parameters

[General]ClusterReplication

Controls whether tag will be replicated in a multi-cluster system.

[General]LicenseReservationTimeout

Specifies the number of seconds to reserve a license for a given IP address in cases where a remote client connection is lost.

Page Parameters

[Page]SOEPage

The name of the graphics page to display when you call up an sequence of events (SOE) page via the Cicode function PageSOE().

SQL Parameters

[SQL]MaxConnections

Defines the maximum number of DB connection objects.

Scheduler Parameters

[Scheduling]PersistPath

Directs where the configuration data for the scheduler is stored.

[Scheduling]StartDelay

Sets the delay from when the Scheduler’s server components are initialized to the point when Scheduler begins processing active schedule entries.

Modified Parameters

Alarm Parameters

[Alarm]SavePrimary

This parameter is now used only to import alarm history from previous versions of Power Operation.

[Alarm]SaveSecondary

This parameter is now used only to import alarm history from previous versions of Power Operation .

[Alarm]SummaryLength

The maximum number of alarm summary entries that can be held in memory. The maximum number for this parameter has been modified from 4096000 to 100000.

Language Parameters

Language]LocalLanguage

Used to set the default language during start-up.

SQL Parameters

[SQL]QueryTimeout

Sets the timeout period for SQL queries globally.

Tab Style Template Parameters

[Format]FormatName

Define the display format by name.

Re-instated Parameters

None

Obsolete Parameters

[Alarm]Ack

Determined whether Power Operation acknowledges current alarms on startup.

[Alarm]AckHold

Determined whether alarms that have become inactive (and have been acknowledged) remain in the OFF ACKNOWLEDGED alarm list.

[Alarm]CacheLength

The maximum number of alarms that can be held in the cache of a client

[Alarm]FilterViewByPrivilege

If privilege is not checked, a user with no privilege (0) can browse and view trends and alarms that require privilege 1. The Power Operation behavior is the same as [Alarm]FilterViewByPrivilege = 0 in 7.20.

The set of records returned from browse is now filtered by area.

[Alarm]SavePeriod

Set the path to the primary save file.

[Alarm]SaveStyle

Determines whether alarms records are identified by their record number or alarm tag.

[Alarm]StartTimeout

Sets the timeout period for loading data from the primary Alarms Server.

IIntl Parameters

[Intl]s1159

If a 12 hour clock is set (see [Intl]iTime), this parameter sets the format of the morning extension.

[Intl]s2359

If a 12 hour clock is set (see [Intl]iTime), this parameter sets the format of the evening extension.