Configuration Examples

It is very common to underestimate just how much control VTScada gives you through configuration properties. A few examples might help to expand the horizon:

Alarm Properties

AckAllRequiresConfirmation - force operators to confirm that they meant to use Ack All.

MinMuteDuration - Set the minimum time duration for alarm muting.

AlarmSpeechEnable - speak alarms at the server.

NoteRequiredForShelve - force operators to record why they are shelving an alarm.

AlarmPriorityIndicatorColor - set the color of an Alarm Priority widget displaying a shelved or disabled alarm.

Security

MaxFailedLoginAttempts - How many attempts before the account is locked for X minutes.

MaxRateFailedLoginAttempts - How frequently attempts can be made before switching from the maximum attempt value used for operators to the maximum value used for automated cracking programs.

Tags

RememberNewTagParameters - Whether new instances default to the values from the last instance created.

DefaultAnalogDeadbandFractionOfFullScale - The default deadband when logging analog values.

ParmChangedColor - The green background when a tag parameter is changed.

ParmInfoDateFormat - How to display dates in the tag modification tooltip

Application Properties

AutoActivate - Activate and start are not the same thing.

AutoStart - Run this application every time.

DoNotStart - Maybe your OEM layer isn’t meant to run.

HideFromVAM - Maybe it shouldn’t even be seen

NoSoftDriverFailure - Controls whether drivers should switch to backup servers on failed communications.

DriverNameSharedRPC - Controls whether the same service should be used for all instances of the specified driver.

Pages

DefaultPageColor - default page color

ThemedPageBGColor - The background color to use for VTScada system pages.

Page - Default page upon startup

Logging

OperatorLogTemplate - controls what information is included when VTScada logs operator events.

HistorianConnectionRetryDelay - the number of seconds to wait before retrying a connection.

TraceUserConfigActions - Log operational events