Project Setup – Changed Parameters
Project Setup lets you quickly set up a variety of project information. The following parameters are organized according to the Project Setup page that lets you edit them.
System Definition screen
Project Setup Setting |
Section |
Parameter Name |
---|---|---|
Resolution |
MultiMonitors |
Resolution |
Style |
MultiMonitors |
IsHighContrast |
Servers
Project Setup Setting |
Section |
Parameter Name |
---|---|---|
Advanced Reports Server |
Applications |
Hostname |
Menus in Project Setup
For each page selected in Project Setup (Step 5), the menu configuration items are added.
Project Setup Setting |
Section |
Parameter Name |
---|---|---|
Monitor Count |
MultiMonitors |
Monitors |
Monitor 1 Landing Page |
MultiMonitors |
StartupPage1 |
Monitor 2 Landing Page |
MultiMonitors |
StartupPage2 |
Monitor 3 Landing Page |
MultiMonitors |
StartupPage3 |
Monitor 4 Landing Page |
MultiMonitors |
StartupPage4 |
Monitor 5 Landing Page |
MultiMonitors |
StartupPage5 |
Monitor 6 Landing Page |
MultiMonitors |
StartupPage6 |
Monitor 7 Landing Page |
MultiMonitors |
StartupPage7 |
Monitor 8 Landing Page |
MultiMonitors |
StartupPage8 |
In addition to parameters, you can do the following:
Servers, Network Addresses, and Computers
Project Setup Location |
Item |
---|---|
Step 3: Servers |
Add I/O, Alarm, Trend, and Report Servers, primary and redundant
NOTE: Clusters are also added here. |
Step 3: Servers |
Add network addresses, primary and redundant |
Step 5: Display: Menus and Display Pages |
Create HMI menus: setup for graphics pages |
Step 5: Display: Menus and Display Pages |
Determine runtime landing pages at various monitors used in the project |
Step 7: Device Profiles |
Choose device profiles |
Step 8: Devices |
Add I/O devices; including equipment, ports, boards, I/O devices, variable tags, alarm tags, trend tags |
Step 9: Finish |
Compile and run the completed project |
Final - Compile and Run Project
When you click Compile and Run Project on the final screen, the following changes are made to the citect.ini file:
Section |
Parameter Name |
Value |
---|---|---|
Lan |
TCPIP |
1 |
CTEDIT |
Run |
(Project's path) |
CTEDIT |
LASTDATABASE |
(Project's name) |
CTEDIT |
LASTDATABASEPATH |
(Project's path) |
Client |
ComputerRole |
0 |
Client |
FullLicense |
0 |
Client |
PartOfTrustedNetwork |
1 |
Client |
Clusters |
(Comma separated list of available clusters for the project) |
CtSetup |
CustomSetup |
0 |
Internet |
Server |
0 |
Alarm |
SavePrimary |
(Project's path) |
Report |
InhibitEvent |
1 |
Report |
RunStandby |
1 |
Trend |
InhibitEvent |
1 |
Event |
Server |
0 |
Win |
AltSpace |
1 |
Server |
AutoLoginMode |
1 |
Server |
EWSAllowAnonymousAccess |
0 |
(ServerType.Cluster.ServerName) |
StartupCode |
PLS_StartAdvOneLine() *This is set on one IO server on each server machine in the project |
(ServerType.Cluster.ServerName) |
Clusters |
(Comma separated list of available clusters for the project) |