Adding a Page menu item to Launch a WebDiagram

The following procedure describes how to access a WebDiagram by invoking Cicode from your project menu, however later procedures here describe how to alternatively add a WebDiagram view in your genie equipment popup. For more information, see Add Web Diagrams to Equipment Popups.

To add a new page to the project that will display a given WebDiagram:

  1. Create a new menu configuration item that calls the PLS_WebReachDsp Cicode explained below:
    1. In Power Operation Studio, click Visualization > Menu Configuration.
    2. Enter the call to the PLS_WebReachDsp function (found in the PLS_Applications.ci file), with the slideshow (if desired), and the page title.

About the WebReachDsp Cicode

In the following step, you will call the WebReachDsp function from a button. This function is part of the Cicode in the PLS_Include.ci file, which is packaged with this document. The code is shown here for reference:

FUNCTION PLS_WebReachDsp(STRING sDeviceName, STRING sTitle = "")
STRING sPage = PLS_GetWebReachURL(sDeviceName);
IF ("" = sPage) THEN RETURN; END

IF ("" = sTitle) THEN sTitle = sDeviceName; END
PLS_WebDsp(sPage, sTitle);
END

There are some important things to note about this code:

  • sDeviceName is the name of the device, determined in the previous topic.
  • sTitle is the title of the page

If the diagram does not display, try the following troubleshooting steps:

  • Enter the URL of the diagram directly into a browser window; verify that it launches

    • The URL is: http://<servername>/ION/default.aspx?dgm=OPEN_TEMPLATE_DIAGRAM&node=<device name>

    If this does not work, verify that the WebReachServer is correct in citect.ini, and the diagram appears correctly in WebReach.

  • The steps above should resolve most issues. One last option is to test by putting the Web browser in a window on the calling page.