Electronic schematics and element parameters

• Element properties
• Modus schematics
  • Binding objects
  • Display title

Element properties

The Element Properties command is opened from the context menu for a selected object group:

The table-based editing mode simplifies work with many objects. Objects appear in rows and their parameters appear in columns:

Cells can be filled by dragging the selection from the lower-right corner, similarly to Microsoft Excel. If a cell value ends in a number, the number is incremented or decremented automatically during the fill operation. Hold Ctrl while dragging to disable the automatic number change.

The table context menu also provides Copy and Paste operations for objects.

Modus schematics

Displays — files with the sde and xsde extensions — are created and edited in the Modus graphical editor. The editor is not part of the SCADA delivery: it is a separate Windows program supplied by its maker, MODUS (swman.ru). The SCADA Client shows the displays itself, with its built-in module; workstations do not need the ActiveXeme component for that.

A finished display can be placed in one of two ways:

• copy the file to %ProgramData%\Telecontrol\SCADA Client on every client workstation. The Client opens that folder with Settings -> Open Displays Folder;
• upload the file once to the Server, which then serves it to every Client — see Server files.

A display added to a workstation’s folder becomes available from the Display main menu after the Client is restarted.

If a display file or object alias is changed, it is enough to close and reopen the display in the Client.

Binding objects

To bind a discrete or measured object to a display, define an alias for the object in its Properties window (the Alias field), opened with Properties from the object’s context menu.

After the alias is defined, bind it to a display element. Discrete objects are usually bound to elements with a position property, while measured objects are commonly bound to text fields.

In the Modus graphical editor, select the display element and set the alias as the value of the binding_key property in the element property editor (F11).

For an arbitrary property binding, use an expression such as property_name=alias.

To bind several properties, separate them with ;, for example: property_name1=alias1;property_name2=alias2

Display title

The display title shown in the Display menu is stored in the sde and xsde files. It can be edited in the Modus graphical editor through Display -> Page properties -> About file... by setting the Title attribute:

The Client Displays menu then shows the text defined in that title attribute: