Citect.ini parameters in 7.20

This topic lists the parameters that have been added or changed in version 7.20 of Power Operation Expert.

It includes:

New Parameters

The following parameters are new in version 7.20 . For an entire list of the system parameters, refer to the Parameters documentation.

Alarm Parameters

[Alarm.ClusterName.ServerName]DisableConnection

Specifies if a client will not connect to a server.

[Alarm.ClusterName.ServerName]Priority

Specifies the client priority for the server connection.

[Alarm]ReloadBackOffTime

Back-off time configured to control the pace of the reload on an alarm server.

Client Parameters

[Client]AutoLoginClearPassword

When set to 1 the cache is cleared of any client login credentials for consistency with the [Server]AutoLoginClearPassword ini parameter.

[Client]DisableDisplay

Sets whether to allow the client process to run in the background without a visible window.

[Client]EvictTimeout

Sets the amount of time a tag reference is cached before it is evicted.

[Client]PartOfTrustedNetwork

Tells a Client process to attempt to authenticate using the stored server password. It is automatically set by the Setup Wizard.

[Client] StalenessPeriod

Number of seconds to use for tag staleness period.

[Client]StalenessPeriodTolerance

Staleness period tolerance

CtAPI Parameters

[CtAPI]RoundToFormat

Indicates to the user if values rounded to format.

CtDraw.RSC Parameters

[CtDraw.RSC]AllowEditSuperGeniePage

When set enables the user to choose whether or not to open and edit a Super Genie page.

CtEdit Parameters

[CtEdit]CompileSuccessfulCommand

Indicates to the compiler an optional command, script or batch file to execute after a successful compile.

[CtEdit]CompileUnsuccessfulCommand

Indicates to the compiler an optional command, script or batch file to execute after an unsuccessful compile.

[CtEdit]Starter

Specifies the directory where the starter projects are located.

Debug Parameters

[Debug]ArchiveFiles

Archives log files once the size specified by [Debug]MaximumFileSize is reached.

[Debug]CategoryFilter

Lets you filter logging messages by component category.

[Debug]CategoryFilterMode

Enables logging of categories declared by the [Debug]CategoryFilter value.

[Debug]EnableLogging

Enables or disables the logging mechanism.

[Debug]MaximumFileSize

Sets the maximum size for a log file.

[Debug]Priority

Lets you filter logging messages according to their priority.

[Debug]SeverityFilter

Lets you filter logging messages according to their severity.

[Debug]SeverityFilterMode

Enables logging of severities declared by the [Debug]SeverityFilter value.

General Parameters

[General]MiniumlUpdateRate

Specifies the time period (sec) at which a DataSource will send tag update value notifications to the subscription clients.

[General]StalenessPeriod

Specifies the time period (sec) after which a tag value is considered to be “stale” if it was not updated during this period.

IOServer Parameters

[IOServer]EnableEventQueue

Enables the event queue.

[IOServer]MaxEventsDrop

Sets the number of events that are dropped when too many are queued.

[IOServer]MaxEventsQueued

Sets the total number of events that can be queued.

[IOServer]MaxTimeInQueueMs

Sets the total time for which an event can be queued.

LAN Parameters

[LAN]AllowRemoteReload

Enables remote reloading of servers from a client.

[LAN]ClientRetryTime

Sets the length of time between connection attempts by a client.

[LAN]EarliestLegacyVersion

Specify the minimum legacy version from which the current version will accept connections.

[LAN]HighWaterMark

The number of messages waiting to be sent on a particular network connection at which the high water mark event will occur.

[LAN]KeepAliveInterval

Sets the length of time between two keep alive transmissions by the client.

[LAN]KeepAliveTime

Sets the length of time between two keep alive transmissions in idle conditions.

[LAN]ListenerRetryTime

Sets the length of time a server waits between attempts to listen for a client connection.

[LAN]LowWaterMark

After the high water mark has been reached on a particular network connection, the low water mark represents the number of messages waiting to be sent at which we will resume normal operations.

[LAN]NoSocketDelay

Switches off the delay on a socket caused by the use of the Nagle algorithm.

[LAN]ReadOnlyLegacyConnections

When set to 1 version 7.10 clients can only communicate in read-only mode.This parameter overrides 'EarliestLegacyVersion' .

Multi-Monitor Parameters (CSV Include project)

[MultiMonitor]DisableAutoStart

Disables the new multi-monitor functionality.

Page Parameters

[Page]AddDefaultMenu

Determines whether to add the default menu items to the tabbed menu bar.

[Page]BadDitheringColor

Sets the dithering color for graphics elements which are dithered if the value quality is “bad”.

[Page]BadDitheringDensity

Sets the dithering density for graphics elements which are dithered if the value quality is “bad”.

[Page]BadText

Text Objects can be displayed as #COM type errors, or as the text overlaid with a dithered pattern if the ‘display value’ expression has “bad” quality.

[Page]BadTextBackgroundColor

Sets the background color for numeric / text graphics objects to indicate “bad” quality.

[Page]EnableQualityToolTip

Set by default it controls the quality tooltip

[Page]ErrorDitheringColor

Sets the dithering color for graphics elements which are dithered if an internal error occurs.

[Page]ErrorDitheringDensity

Sets the dithering density for graphics elements which are dithered if an internal error occurs.

[Page]ErrorTextBackgroundColor

Sets the background color for numeric / text graphics objects to indicate an internal error.

[Page]IgnoreValueQuality

Defines the value quality handling by graphics pages.

[Page]OverrideDitheringColor

Sets the dithering color for graphics elements which are dithered if their values are override (“forced”).

[Page]OverrideDitheringDensity

Sets the dithering density for graphics elements which are dithered if an internal error occurs.

[Page]OverrideTextBackgroundColor

Sets the background color for numeric / text graphics objects to indicate that the value presented on the objects is override (“forced”).

[Page]ShowBadText

Text Objects can be displayed as #BAD text, or as the text overlaid with a dithered pattern if the "display value" expression has “bad” quality.

[Page]ShowErrorText

Text Objects can be displayed as #COM type errors, or as the text overlaid with a dithered pattern if the ‘display value’ expression has “uncertain” quality.

[Page]ShowUncertainText

Text Objects can be displayed as #UNC text, or as the text overlaid with a dithered pattern if the "display value" expression has “uncertain” quality.

[Page]Splash

Specify the name of the Splash Screen page.

[Page]SplashTimeout

Time in milliseconds for the Splash Screen to display.

[Page]SplashWinName

Specify the label of the Splash Window for use with the Cicode function WinNumber().

[Page]StartupDelay

Milliseconds between when Splash Screen and Start Screen are displayed.

[Page]StartupHeight

Height of the Start Page on main display monitor.

[Page]StartupMode

Mode of Start Page on main display monitor.

[Page]StartupWidth

Width of the Start Page on main display monitor.

[Page]StartupWinName

Specify the label of the Start Window for use with the Cicode function WinNumber().

[Page]StartupX

X coordinate of Start Page on main display monitor.

[Page]StartupY

Y coordinate of Start Page on main display monitor.

[Page]UncertainDitheringColor

Sets the dithering color for graphics elements which are dithered if the value quality is “uncertain”.

[Page]UncertainDitheringDensity

Sets the dithering density for graphics elements which are dithered if the value quality is “uncertain”.

[Page]UncertainText

Text Objects can be displayed as #COM type errors, or as the text overlaid with a dithered pattern if the ‘display value’ expression has “uncertain” quality.

[Page]UncertainTextBackgroundColor

Sets the background color for numeric / text graphics objects to indicate “uncertain” quality.

[Page]WaitForValidData

Specifies whether the animation system will attempt to wait for valid data from subscriptions necessary to draw a graphics page before it is animated.

Report Parameters

[Alarm.ClusterName.ServerName]DisableConnection

Specifies if a client will not connect to a server.

[Alarm.ClusterName.ServerName]Priority

Specifies the client priority for the server connection.

Runtime Manager Parameters

[RuntimeManager]AllowReload

Enables or disables the reload option in the Runtime Manager menu.

Security Parameters

[Security]DisableDEP

Set to turn off DEP protection for the Power Operation Runtime.

Server Parameters

[Server]AutoLoginMode

Determines the auto login method the server will use when establishing connections to other servers.

Trend Parameters

[Trend]AcquisitionTimeout

Sets a timeout to stop a trend server infinitely acquiring a valid data sample from an I/O device.

[Trend.ClusterName.ServerName]DisableConnection

Specifies if a client should not connect to a server.

[Trend.ClusterName.ServerName]Priority

Specifies the client priority for the server connection.

[Trend]ReloadBackOffTime

Back-off time configured to control the pace of the reload on an Trend server.

Modified Parameters

CtEdit Parameters

[CtEdit]Copy

Supports runtime changes, it enables you to switch the SCADA node to use a new runtime configuration by pointing to a new location.

Re-instated Parameters

 IOServer Parameters

[IOServer]BlockWrites

Determines whether Power Operation will try to block optimize writes to I/O devices.

 

Obsolete Parameters

AnmCursor Parameters

[IOServer]BlockWrites

Determines whether Power Operation will try to block optimize writes to I/O devices.

General Parameters

[General]TagAssMode

Validates the tag name in the Association Function. Refer to [General]TagDB instead.

 

LAN Parameters

[LAN]AllowLegacyConnections

Set to allow previous versions of client to connect to the server.

Replaced with [LAN]EarliestLegacyVersion and the new trusted network authentication between SCADA servers. The Setup Wizard now allows a system password to be set on each server on your network.

[LAN]ServerLoginEnabled

Set to disable default server login.

Replaced with [LAN]EarliestLegacyVersion and the new trusted network authentication between SCADA servers. The Setup Wizard now allows a system password to be set on each server on your network.

Page Parameters

[Page]BackgroundColour

Replaced with [Page]BackgroundColor. Specifies the color used to fill in the background when a page is smaller than the minimum width of a window.

[Page]ComBreak

Determines whether an error status is displayed on the screen if a communication error occurs.

Replaced with new page quality settings such as [Page]IgnoreValueQuality, [Page]BadText,[Page]BadDitheringDenisty.

[Page]ComBreakText

Determines the display of text objects if a communication error occurs that affects the text.

Replaced with new page quality settings such as [Page]IgnoreValueQuality, [Page]BadText,[Page]BadDitheringDenisty.

[Page]DynamicComBreakColour

Replaced with [Page]DynamicComBreakColor. Sets the color of the ComBreak dithering.

[Page]DynamicComBreakDensity

Sets the density of the ComBreak.

Replaced with new page quality settings such as [Page]IgnoreValueQuality, [Page]BadText,[Page]BadDitheringDenisty.

Time Parameters

[Time]Deadband

The deadband time checked by the Time Server before it adjusts the time on the client(s).

[Time]Disable

Enables/disables the processing of time messages from the Time Server.

[Time]Name

Enables the time synchronization functionality.

[Time]PollTime

The period that the Time Server uses to synchronize other Power Operation computers on the network.

[Time]RTsync

Determines whether the Time Server will synchronize with the hardware clock.

[Time]Server

Determines whether this computer is a Time Server.

Trend Parameters

[Trend]CursorColour

Replaced with [Trend]CursorColor. Allows the cursor color to be specified.