Client

The graphical client is the main operator application. It provides access to diagrams, tables, graphs, event windows, configuration tools, and data export functions.

Main client window:

Main areas

The main window contains the title bar, the main menu, a command toolbar, and a status bar. Operators work with multiple views inside worksheets and can switch between open windows without leaving the application.

The menu bar provides these main groups of commands:

  • Display: open available diagrams
  • Table: create tables, user tables, data tables, and group tables
  • Graph: create new graph windows
  • Object: execute commands that apply to the selected object
  • Further: open event windows, engineering panels, and configuration import or export tools
  • Sheet: create, rename, delete, and switch worksheets
  • Window: rename, close, restore, and favorite open windows
  • Settings: configure the client look and behavior
  • Help: open online documentation or show client version

The Settings menu controls toolbar and status-bar visibility, operation confirmation, event popups, event blinking and sound, built-in Modus rendering, and the application style.

Status bar

The status bar shows:

  • the number of unacknowledged events
  • the current importance threshold for the live-event panel
  • the active user name
  • connection state to the Server
  • Server response time in milliseconds

Sheets and windows

The central workspace is divided into sheets. A client session can have multiple sheets, but only one is visible at a time. Sheets can be created, renamed, deleted, and switched from the Sheet menu.

Windows and panels can be arranged freely inside a sheet. They can be docked side by side, stacked as tabs, or restored from the Window menu after accidental closure. The recycle list keeps the 10 most recently closed windows.

The Window -> Favorite command stores a window together with its content under a user-defined name and folder. Favorited graphs and tables also appear at the bottom of the corresponding Graph and Table menus for quick reopening.

Command toolbar

The command toolbar below the main menu gives fast access to commands for the selected object or device.

Object commands

For the selected object, the toolbar can open related views or perform actions such as:

If a matching window is already open for the same object, the client switches to it instead of opening a duplicate.

Device commands

For the selected device, the toolbar can open:

It can also:

  • enable communication with the device
  • disable communication with the device
  • force a full poll
  • synchronize the device clock with the Server clock

For retransmission projects, the client can create a virtual server device and a retransmission table for the selected objects.

Common commands

Common toolbar commands include printing the active window, opening the event window, and acknowledging all events.

Control and manual input

The client supports both control commands and manual value entry.

When control confirmation is enabled in Settings, each telecontrol or teleadjustment action must be confirmed before execution. The client also indicates when control is blocked.

Manual input is intended for cases where a data item must temporarily override telemetry from field devices. If blocking is enabled for the object, incoming telemetry is ignored and the manual value takes priority. If blocking is removed, device telemetry becomes authoritative again.

Limit values can also be edited from the client. Warning limits must stay within the configured alarm-limit range.

Object panel

The object panel is used to browse the object hierarchy, open related views, and execute object operations. It is available from Further -> Objects.

The panel shows objects grouped by hierarchy. Values and quality flags appear to the right of object names. Invalid values are shown in gray. If an object has unacknowledged system events, its value flashes yellow.

Groups show the communication state of the device assigned to that group. In administration mode, objects can also be dragged between groups.

The toggle at the left side of each object or group controls whether the object is included in the current view. Double-clicking an object opens its graph. Double-clicking a group opens a table for all objects in that group.

Equipment panel

The equipment panel is available from Further -> Equipment.

It shows the device hierarchy and communication-state indicators for each device, including disabled channels, enabled channels, and non-responding devices.

The equipment panel is also the entry point to:

  • Device watch for protocol traffic
  • Device metrics for service information
  • the IEC 61850 data model view for connected IEC 61850 devices

When communication with an IEC 61850 device is established, its data model appears as a Model subtree under the device node. See Protocols and Development for the engineering details behind this view.

Event panel

The live event panel shows the current list of unacknowledged events. Operators can acknowledge an event by double-clicking it or by using the context menu. Multiple events can be acknowledged together with Shift-selection.

If the Show events on arrival option is enabled, the live event panel opens automatically when new events arrive.

The event-row context menu exposes commands for the event itself and, if the event is linked to an object or device, the corresponding object or device commands as well.

Files panel

The files panel provides access to Modus schematic files stored on the Server:

Files can be organized into folders. The context menu supports creating folders, uploading files, deleting entries, and renaming files or folders through the Properties command.

Main views

The main operator-facing views now documented in English are:

See the dedicated pages for: