SYS600 - Installation and Administration

MicroSCADA Pro SYS 600 9.
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Installation and Administration Manual
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1MRS756634 MicroSCADA Pro SYS 600 9.3
Issued: 31.3.2010 Installation and Administration Manual
Version: D/28.1.2013
Contents
1 Copyrights ............................................................................................. 9
2 Introduction ........................................................................................... 10
2.1 This manual .................................................................................. 10
2.2 Use of symbols ............................................................................. 10
2.3 Intended audience ........................................................................ 11
2.4 Product documentation ................................................................. 11
2.5 Document conventions ................................................................. 11
2.6 Document revisions ...................................................................... 12
3 Installation ............................................................................................. 13
3.1 Installing system servers .............................................................. 13
3.1.1 Hardware requirements .................................................. 13
3.1.2 Software requirements .................................................... 14
3.1.2.1 Additional software ........................................ 15
3.1.3 Installation procedure ..................................................... 15
3.1.4 Installing SYS 600 .......................................................... 16
3.1.4.1 MicroSCADA Pro installation procedure ....... 17
3.1.5 Verifying SYS 600 installation ......................................... 24
3.1.6 Installing SYS 600 Historian ........................................... 30
3.2 Local Area Network (LAN) ............................................................ 31
3.2.1 Network interface card .................................................... 32
3.2.2 IP addresses ................................................................... 32
3.2.3 Host names .................................................................... 32
3.2.4 Verifying the LAN communication .................................. 33
3.3 Installing Remote Desktop Services ............................................. 34
3.4 Installing process communication units ........................................ 35
3.4.1 PC-NET process communication unit ............................. 35
3.4.1.1 Installing multiport serial card ....................... 36
3.4.1.2 Installing LON cards ...................................... 36
3.4.1.3 Installing network cards ................................. 36
3.4.1.4 Verifying PC-NET process communication
unit ................................................................ 37
3.4.2 IEC 61850 ....................................................................... 37
3.5 Installing peripheral equipment ..................................................... 38
3.5.1 Installing printers ............................................................. 38
3.5.1.1 Connecting printers to the base system ........ 38
3.5.1.2 Connecting printers to LAN ........................... 39
3.5.1.3 Connecting printers to PC-NET units ............ 40
3.5.2 Installing adapter cards ................................................... 43
3.5.3 Installing SNMP components ......................................... 44
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SYS 600 9.3 MicroSCADA Pro 1MRS756634
4 System administration ......................................................................... 46

4.1 Exporting/importing objects .......................................................... 46
4.1.1 Opening and exiting Export/Import tool .......................... 47
4.1.2 Exporting objects ............................................................ 48
4.1.2.1 Exporting formats .......................................... 50
4.1.2.2 Defining CSV attributes ................................. 50
4.1.2.3 Defining common options for exported data
....................................................................... 54
4.1.3 Importing objects ............................................................ 56
4.1.3.1 Defining common options for imported data .. 59
4.2 Searching strings .......................................................................... 59
4.2.1 Opening and exiting Search tool ..................................... 60
4.2.2 Making searches ............................................................. 61
4.2.3 Defining searches ........................................................... 63
4.2.4 Saving searches ............................................................. 66
4.2.5 Analyzing search results ................................................. 67
4.3 Text Translation Tool ..................................................................... 68
4.3.1 File formats ..................................................................... 68
4.3.2 Text Translation Tool layout ............................................ 68
4.3.3 Opening and exiting Text Translation Tool ...................... 70
4.3.4 Selecting and opening a file ............................................ 70
4.3.5 Selecting the languages ................................................. 71
4.3.6 Adding languages ........................................................... 72
4.3.7 Deleting edited languages .............................................. 72
4.3.8 Finding/replacing texts .................................................... 72
4.3.9 Editing texts .................................................................... 73
4.3.10 Initializing edited languages ............................................ 73
4.3.11 Setting fonts .................................................................... 74
4.3.12 Saving file ....................................................................... 74
4.3.13 Compressing file ............................................................. 74
4.3.14 Opening locked files ....................................................... 74
4.3.15 Exporting texts ................................................................ 75
4.3.15.1 Exporting a single VSO file ........................... 75
4.3.15.2 Exporting several VSO files .......................... 76
4.3.16 Importing texts ................................................................ 76
4.3.17 Exporting to a database .................................................. 77
4.3.18 Importing from a database .............................................. 78
4.3.19 Header information in text files ....................................... 80
4.3.20 Reports ........................................................................... 81
4.3.21 Comparing language files ............................................... 82
4.3.22 Local language directories in LIB4 application libraries ... 84
4.3.23 Dictionary ........................................................................ 85
4.3.23.1 Dictionary Editor ............................................ 85
4.3.23.2 Using dictionary ............................................. 86
4.3.23.3 Editing dictionary settings ............................. 87
4.3.23.4 Finding and replacing text ............................. 87
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4.3.23.5 Editing a dictionary ........................................ 88

4.3.23.6 Exporting a dictionary .................................... 88
4.3.23.7 Importing a dictionary .................................... 88
4.3.23.8 Importing from a database ............................ 88
4.3.23.9 Text of VS objects ......................................... 89
4.4 SCIL Database Tool ...................................................................... 89
4.4.1 Opening the SCIL Database File .................................... 90
4.4.2 Creating a New SCIL Database File ............................... 92
4.4.3 Creating New Section with Value .................................... 92
4.4.4 Editing Section Value ...................................................... 93
4.4.5 Saving SCIL Database File ............................................. 94
4.4.6 Renaming Sections ......................................................... 95
4.4.7 Deleting Selected Content .............................................. 95
4.4.8 Transferring information between two SCIL Database
Tools ............................................................................... 95
4.5 Hard disk management ................................................................. 96
4.5.1 Using Disk Management tool .......................................... 96
4.5.1.1 Menus ........................................................... 97
4.5.1.2 Toolbar .......................................................... 99
4.5.1.3 Activating automatic disk space settings ...... 99
4.5.1.4 Creating new file sets ....................................100
4.5.1.5 Deleting file sets ............................................101
4.5.1.6 Defining file set properties ............................101
4.5.1.7 Viewing execution messages ........................103
4.5.1.8 Viewing log ....................................................104
4.6 Configuring Printout Template ......................................................105
4.6.1 Printout Layout Attributes ...............................................105
4.6.2 Printout Layout Format Attributes ...................................106
4.6.2.1 Custom Text and Image Items ......................107
4.7 Starting SYS 600 ..........................................................................107
4.7.1 Manual startup of base system .......................................107
4.7.2 Automatic startup of base system ...................................108
4.7.3 Command-line startup of base system ...........................109
4.7.4 Base system startup procedures ....................................110
4.7.5 Application startup procedures .......................................110
4.7.6 Starting PC-NET .............................................................111
4.7.7 Verifying SYS 600 startup ...............................................113
4.7.8 Shutting down SYS 600 ..................................................115
4.8 Opening SYS 600 Monitor Pro .....................................................116
4.8.1 Opening Monitor Pro manually .......................................116
4.8.2 Configure predefined Monitor Pro ...................................116
4.8.3 Configure customized shortcut for Monitor Pro ..............117
4.8.4 Opening Monitor Pro automatically at application
startup .............................................................................117
4.8.5 Opening Monitor Pro automatically at user logon ...........119
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4.8.6 Opening Monitor Pro using Remote Desktop Services

(single system) ................................................................119
4.8.7 Opening Monitor Pro using Remote Desktop Services
(HSB system) ..................................................................120
4.8.7.1 Configuring OPC connectivity .......................120
4.8.7.2 Verify HSB-workplace connection .................122
4.8.7.3 Troubleshooting ............................................123
4.9 Opening SYS 600 Monitor (classic) ..............................................125
4.9.1 Opening monitors manually ............................................125
4.9.1.1 Example ........................................................126
4.9.2 Configure predefined monitors .......................................127
4.9.3 Configure customized shortcut for monitors ...................130
4.9.3.1 Example ........................................................130
4.9.4 Opening monitors automatically at application startup ....130
4.9.4.1 Example ........................................................131
4.9.5 Opening monitor automatically at user logon .................131
4.9.5.1 Example ........................................................131
4.9.6 Opening monitor using Remote Desktop Services .........133
4.9.7 Opening monitor automatically at user logon .................133
4.9.7.1 Example ........................................................133
4.10 System info logging for technical support .....................................134
4.11 Backup files ..................................................................................136
4.11.1 Creating online backup ...................................................138
4.11.1.1 Manual Backup .............................................138
4.11.1.2 Auto Backup ..................................................138
4.11.1.3 Backup Media ...............................................138
4.11.1.4 General .........................................................139
4.11.2 Configuring Backup Tool .................................................139
4.12 Uninstalling MicroSCADA .............................................................139
5 Upgrading from earlier revisions ........................................................142

5.1 Base system .................................................................................143
5.1.1 Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 ..........................143
5.1.2 Configuration and revision compatibility .........................143
5.1.3 Mirroring considerations .................................................144
5.1.3.1 844_COMPATIBLE_MIRRORING ................144
5.1.4 Upgrading from revision 8.4.5 SP1 or 9.0 .......................145
5.1.5 Upgrading from revision 8.4.3 .........................................145
5.1.9 Upgrading from revision 8.2 ............................................147
5.1.10 Upgrading from revision 8.1 ............................................148
5.2 LIB 5xx ..........................................................................................148
5.2.1 Language translation ......................................................148
5.2.2 Revision compatibility switches ......................................148
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5.2.3 NO_ALIAS_CHECKING .................................................148

5.2.4 DONT_RECALCULATE_AL_AFTER_ALARM_BLOCKING .149
5.2.5 Daylight saving time ........................................................149
5.3 Monitor Pro ...................................................................................149
5.3.1 Common applications with LIB 5xx .................................149
5.3.1.1 Filters ............................................................149
5.3.1.2 Command procedures ..................................149
5.3.1.3 Process objects .............................................150
5.3.1.4 Event handling objects ..................................150
5.3.1.5 Starting MicroSCADA Pro without preparation
for Power Process Library .............................150
5.4 Communication units ....................................................................151
5.4.1 PC-NET ..........................................................................151
5.4.1.1 PC-NET from SYS 600 9.x or COM 500 4.2 ..151
5.4.1.2 PC-NET or DCP-MUX from SYS 500 8.4.x ...152
5.4.1.3 DCP-MUX from SYS 500 8.x ........................153
5.4.2 IEC 61850 .......................................................................153
5.4.3 Modbus slave ..................................................................154
5.4.4 CDC-II slave ...................................................................154
5.4.5 External OPC Data Access Client ..................................155
5.5 Communication gateway ..............................................................155
5.5.1 Upgrading COM 500 revision 2.0, 3.0, 4.0, 4.1 and 4.2 ..155
5.5.2 Upgrading COM 500i revision 1.0 ...................................156
5.6 Updating device drivers ................................................................156
6 Abbreviations ........................................................................................157
6.1 Abbreviations ................................................................................157
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1 Copyrights
The information in this document is subject to change without notice and should not be
construed as a commitment by ABB Oy. ABB Oy assumes no responsibility for any
errors that may appear in this document.
In no event shall ABB Oy be liable for direct, indirect, special, incidental or consequential
damages of any nature or kind arising from the use of this document, nor shall ABB Oy
be liable for incidental or consequential damages arising from the use of any software
or hardware described in this document.
This document and parts thereof must not be reproduced or copied without written
permission from ABB Oy, and the contents thereof must not be imparted to a third party
nor used for any unauthorized purpose.
The software or hardware described in this document is furnished under a license and
may be used, copied, or disclosed only in accordance with the terms of such license.
Copyright © 2013 ABB Oy. All rights reserved.
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2 Introduction
2.1 This manual

This manual provides thorough information on the SYS 600 software and hardware
installation: base systems, LAN connections, process communication systems, workplaces
and peripherals.
This manual provides thorough information on the various configuration settings that
you have to make in order to use your SYS 600 system. The manual also describes how
to use the configuration tools.
The rows in some of the SCIL examples in this manual have

! been split to two rows. Take this into consideration when
copying the SCIL examples.
2.2 Use of symbols

This publication includes warning, caution and information symbols where appropriate
to point out safety-related or other important information. It also includes tips to point
out useful hints to the reader. The corresponding symbols should be interpreted as follows:
Warning icon indicates the presence of a hazard which could

! result in personal injury.
Caution icon indicates important information or a warning

related to the concept discussed in the text. It might indicate
the presence of a hazard, which could result in corruption of
software or damage to equipment/property.
Information icon alerts the reader to relevant factors and

conditions.
Tip icon indicates advice on, for example, how to design your
project or how to use a certain function.
Although warning hazards are related to personal injury, and caution hazards are
associated with equipment or property damage, it should be understood that operation
of damaged equipment could, under certain operational conditions, result in degraded
process performance leading to personal injury or death. Therefore, comply fully with
all warnings and caution notices.
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2.3 Intended audience

This manual is intended for installation personnel, administrators and skilled operators
to support installation of the software.
2.4 Product documentation

Name of the document Document ID
SYS 600 9.3 Communication Gateway, COM 1MRS756633
500i
SYS 600 9.3 System Configuration 1MRS756646
SYS 600 9.3 External OPC Data Access Client 1MRS756647
SYS 600 9.3 Status Codes 1MRS756663
SYS 600 9.3 Application Objects 1MRS756660
SYS 600 9.3 Connecting LONWORKS Devices 1MRS756638
SYS 600 9.3 IEC 61850 System Design 1MRS756664
SYS 600 9.3 Programming Language SCIL 1MRS756661
SYS 600 9.3 System Objects 1MRS756662
SYS 600 9.3 CDC-II Slave Protocol 1MRS756649
Other related documents:

• LONWORKS PCLTA-20 PCI LonTalk Adapter, User's Guide
• Microsoft Windows documentation
• Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Terminal Server licensing manual
• MMC500_TS.CMD in the Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Terminal Server
installation Manual
• Product documentation of the used multiport serial card
• Product documentation of the used network adapter card
• Product documentation of the used PCLTA-10 card
• RTU documentation
2.5 Document conventions

The following conventions are used for the presentation of material:
• The words in names of screen elements (for example, the title in the title bar of a
dialog, the label for a field of a dialog box) are initially capitalized.
• Capital letters are used for file names.
• Capital letters are used for the name of a keyboard key if it is labeled on the keyboard.
For example, press the CTRL key. Although the Enter and Shift keys are not labeled
they are written in capital letters, e.g. press ENTER.
• Lowercase letters are used for the name of a keyboard key that is not labeled on the
keyboard. For example, the space bar, comma key and so on.
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• Press CTRL+C indicates that you must hold down the CTRL key while pressing
the C key (to copy a selected object in this case).
• Press ALT E C indicates that you press and release each key in sequence (to copy
a selected object in this case).
• The names of push and toggle buttons are boldfaced. For example, click OK.
• The names of menus and menu items are boldfaced. For example, the File menu.
- The following convention is used for menu operations: Menu Name > Menu
Item > Cascaded Menu Item. For example: select File > Open > New Project.
- The Start menu name always refers to the Start menu on the Windows Task
Bar.
• System prompts/messages and user responses/input are shown in the Courier font.
For example, if you enter a value out of range, the following message is displayed:
Entered value is not valid.
You may be told to enter the string MIF349 in a field. The string is shown as follows
in the procedure: MIF349
• Variables are shown using lowercase letters: sequence name
2.6 Document revisions

Version Software revision Date History
number
A 9.3 31.3.2010 New document
B 9.3 FP1 31.10.2010 Document updated
C 9.3 FP2 30.9.2012 Document updated
D 9.3 FP2 28.1.2013 Copyright information updated
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3 Installation
Always run all commands and programs with administrator

! privileges when configuring the system. In Windows 7 and
Windows Server 2008 and later this is not a trivial case. In
these operating systems, administrator runs programs with
non-admin privileges by default. To run programs with admin
privileges:
1. Right-click a program, e.g. Command Prompt
2. In the popup menu, select Run as administrator to open
the program with admin privileges
3. For example, Command Prompt is correctly opened with
admin privileges when the title of the window shows
"Administrator: Command Prompt".
3.1 Installing system servers
3.1.1 Hardware requirements
The MicroSCADA Pro base system sets the following minimum configuration
requirements. Follow Microsoft’s recommendations for supported operating systems as
shown in the Table 3.1 below.
Table 3.1: Hardware requirements
Functionality Software / Hardware Hardware Requirement
Operating System Windows Server 2008/2003 CPU 2 GHz, 2 GB RAM, 20 GB
Windows 7/XP Any keyboard or mouse

Communication Ethernet adapter Any adapter supported by Windows
1 x PCI-bus slot
• Echelon PCLTA-20 LON ad-
apter card
• XLON PCI (DH Electronics)
• only 32-bit OS supported
SYS 600 MicroSCADA Pro, depending on >20 GB, any SCSI or IDE controller
applications or RAID configuration
>2GB RAM
Operator workplace Display at least 1024 x 768 resolu-
tion
Installation CD/DVD or USB storage media CD/DVD drive or 1 x USB
Input Keyboard 1 x USB
Mouse 1 x USB
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Functionality Software / Hardware Hardware Requirement

Printing Printer 1 x USB
Old printer Parallel port
Time synchronization SNTP client software or a GPS re- SNTP Server device in the network
ceiver connected to serial port. or a COM port for GPS receiver.
Products from following vendor
have been widely used:
• Meinberg
In COM 500i the system clock may

be set by the NCC protocol, no
special hardware needed
Communication COM ports Serial communication board compat-
ible with the computer hardware or
a virtual serial port device. Products
from following vendors have been
widely used:
• Comtrol
• Digi International
• Moxa
Compatibility with the selected op-

erating system required
DuoDriver The supported Network Interface
Cards (NIC) are:
• Intel PRO/1000 GT/PT/MT
Server Adapters
Remote access Remote Desktop Services See software and hardware require-
ments from Remote Desktop Ser-
vices, Microsoft.
3.1.2 Software requirements
The MicroSCADA Pro system supports the following operating systems:

• Windows 7 32-bit
• Windows 7 64-bit
• Microsoft Windows Server 2008
• Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2
• Microsoft Windows XP Professional
• Microsoft Server 2003 Standard Edition.
Detailed list of supported operating systems can be found from Release Notes. The
compatibility of SYS 600 product with the latest Windows security updates and service
packs is tested and verified monthly by ABB. We recommend that servers are updated
according to MicroSCADA Pro SYS 600 Patch Compatibility Report. The report does
not cover SYS 600 workplace computer but it is recommended to install all updates to
the workplace computers.
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Other server versions might be compatible with MicroSCADA; however those are not
supported by this software. For more information about operating systems, refer to
Microsoft documentation.
The user documentation is available as PDF files on www.abb.com/microscada, both
as part of the product package and as separate files.
Adobe Acrobat Reader is not supplied with MicroSCADA

Pro, but can be downloaded for free from
http://www.adobe.com.
3.1.2.1 Additional software
A SYS 600 system using Exceed for remote workplaces (Classic workplaces,
MicroSCADA X and VS Remote monitor types) needs both the Exceed license as well
as the Exceed XDK license. Exceed XDK (version 14) must be installed in the
MicroSCADA Pro base system server. Additionaly the following list of Exceed files
have to be copied from the Exceed product package to the SYS 600 system.
The following files have to be copied to the \sc\prog\exec folder:
• HclIce.dll
• hclshm.dll
• HCLSM.DLL
• hclwutil.dll
• hclxaw.dll
• HCLXm.dll
• hclxmu.dll
• hclxp.dll
• hclxpmon.dll
• hclxport.dll
• HCLXt.dll
• humprdex.dll
• humxpm.dll
• localcon.exe
• XKeysymDB
• xlib.dll
Exceed version 7.0 or newer is required as an X-server on the workstation computer.
3.1.3 Installation procedure
The MicroSCADA Pro base system installation procedure:

• Install the network adapter card if a local area network is to be used.
• Install the operating system.
• Install corresponding device drivers and protocols for the local area network.
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• Install the PC cards used by MicroSCADA Pro: PC-NET cards, I/O units, LON
adapter cards and radio clock cards.
• Install the MicroSCADA Pro base product software.
• Install the Exceed XDK and Exceed X server software, if MicroSCADA Pro
X-monitors or VS remote monitors are shown on the base system computer display.
• Install optional products, if used: LIB 500 and LIB 5xx.
• Add and prepare applications.
• Configure, test and start the possible drivers.
• Modify the base system configuration files to match the actual configuration.
• Perform administrative tasks: define the startup type, change passwords, share
resources, and so on.
3.1.4 Installing SYS 600
The MicroSCADA Pro installation package contains an installation program, which

creates the directory structure and copies the required files to your hard disk. By default,
the installation program also creates a new program folder named MicroSCADA Pro
Control System SYS 600 containing icons on the desktop. Any previously installed
MicroSCADA Pro software does not need to be removed before a new installation. The
old files will be overwritten, except for the following ones:
• SHUTDOWN.CIN (in the folder\sc\prog\exec). Installation preserves the old
version of SHUTDOWN.CIN. The new version is copied into the same directory
and named SHUTDOWN$CIN.
• PC_NET.CF1, PC_NET.COM, SYS_BASCON.COM, SYS_CONFIG.PAR,
MONITORS.DAT and SYS_NETCON.COM (in the folder
\sc\sys\active_\sys_). Installation preserves the old versions and the new
versions are copied into same directory and named PC_NET$CF1, PC_NET$COM,
SYS_BASCON$COM, SYS_CONFIG$PAR, MONITORS$DAT and
SYS_NETCON$COM.
• SYS600_colors.clut, SYS600_colors_black.clut, SYS600_colors_blue.clut,
SYS600_colors_brown.clut, SYS600_colors_dark_grey.clut and
SYS600_colors_grey.clut (in the folder \sc\prog\graphicsEngine\etc).
Installation preserves the old versions and the new versions are copied into same
directory and named SYS600_colors$clut, SYS600_colors_black$clut,
SYS600_colors_blue$clut, SYS600_colors_brown$clut,
SYS600_colors_dark_grey$clut and SYS600_colors_grey$clut.
The applications located under the \sc\apl directory are not touched.
When installing MicroSCADA Pro or some other programs

on Windows Server 2003 operating system, use Add New
Programs in the Control Panel and browse the installation
package.
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3.1.4.1 MicroSCADA Pro installation procedure
To install the MicroSCADA Pro base product software:

1. Restart the computer.
2. Logon as a user with administrator rights.
3. Double-click the installation icon to start the installation. In 2003 server it is
recommended to install using Add/Remove Programs from the Control Panel.
4. In the Product Installation dialog the software packages are listed, see Figure 3.1.
Select the software packages that you want to install by selecting the appropriate
check box.
Figure 3.1: Selecting products to be installed
Program contains MicroSCADA main program and must be installed in SYS PC.
Workstation monitor opening application (mons) is installed for VS and X Monitor types
Documentation will install documents
In practice, all three packages are installed in the SYS PC. This will allow opening
VS monitors locally on SYS PC and reading documents. Workstation package is
installed on workstation PC if VS/X -type monitors are used.
5. Select the drive in which the application is to be installed. The installation program
suggests a destination drive for the MicroSCADA Pro installation. If MicroSCADA
Pro has been installed before, the destination drive used in the previous installation
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is shown as a default drive. Otherwise, the default drive is C. To select another drive,
click Change Drive and choose the drive.
MicroSCADA Pro must be installed on a disk drive

physically located in the base system computer. It cannot
be installed on a logical disk drive, for example a network
drive.
6. After selecting the components to be installed, click Start. If a previous installation

of the selected software package is detected, a System Information dialog is shown.
A system reboot may be necessary during the installation in some cases. If this
occurs, restart the SYS600 installation manually after the reboot
7. The MicroSCADA user is created during the first installation, define password for
the user, see Figure 3.2. MicroSCADA User belongs to the Administrator group and
it is the user who owns the MicroSCADA processes.
The MicroSCADA user performs all references made by the processes. If two base
system computers share resources, the MicroSCADA user should be given the same
password on both computers. The password can be changed later from the
MicroSCADA Pro Control Panel.
This user name should not be used for purposes other than
administration tasks. If the MicroSCADA user already
exists due to a previous installation, the password is not
changed.
Figure 3.2: MicroSCADA User Password dialog
8. After base software is installed, other selected packages are installed.

9. The Installation completed dialog is shown when MicroSCADA Pro has been
installed.
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Installing COM 500i

Existing product COM 500 is included in SYS 600 9.2 or newer as a functionality - COM
500i which is license dependent. COM 500i is a communication gateway running on a
MicroSCADA Pro platform. It provides a gateway between process devices and eight
Network Control Centers (NCC). The main tasks of COM 500i are signal rerouting and
protocol conversions. For information about COM 500i installation see COM 500i User's
Guide, chapter Installation.
COM 500i also handles the situation, when an existing COM

500 product is upgraded to SYS 600 9.2 or newer version.
Using the SCIL function WORKSTATION_CALL

The SCIL function WORKSTATION_CALL can be used to execute tasks on the
workstation. This function uses the TCP/IP communication and the port number 12221.
For security reasons, this function is disabled by default and the port is closed. If this
SCIL function is needed, the function has to be enabled and the firewall port opened.
To enable the service:
1. Paste a shortcut of ..\sc\prog\exec\wserver.exe to Start > Programs >
Startup folder.
2. Configure the firewall to unblock the incoming port 12221.
3. Execute the shortcut to enable workstation calls from the server right away.
Running MMC500_TS.cmd in Terminal Server environment

MMC500_TS.cmd is a batch file to register MicroSCADA as a Terminal Server
Application in Windows 2003 Server environment. In Windows 2008 Server environment
MMC500_TS.cmd is not needed.
A new Terminal Server feature in Windows Server 2008
• Remote Desktop Services RemoteApp Manager (TS RemoteApp)
Allowing MicroSCADA Pro window to be opened from client

computers
1. Start TS RemoteApp Manager by selecting Terminal Services > TS RemoteApp
Manager.
2. If you want to allow connecting clients to start any program, do the following:
• In the TS RemoteApp Manager view, click RDP Settings Change.
• In the Terminal Server tab of the RemoteApp Deployment Settings dialog,
select Allow users to start listed and unlisted programs on initial connection
(default setting).
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Figure 3.3: RemoteApp Deployment Settings
3. If you do not want to allow the default settings, do the following:

• In the TS RemoteApp Manager view, click Add RemoteApp Programs on
the right.
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Figure 3.4: TS RemoteApp Manager
The RemoteApp Wizard opens.
Figure 3.5: RemoteApp Wizard
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• In the RemoteApp Wizard, select SYS 600 Monitor Pro and click Next.
Figure 3.6: Adding SYS 600 Monitor Pro to RemoteApp Programs list
• Select Allow any command-line arguments for running FrameWindow.exe.

There are a lot of parameters which can be used when opening FrameWindow.
Command line parameters are required, for example, for OpenRemoteDesktop.
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Figure 3.7: RemoteApp Properties
4. To accept this, click Yes.
Figure 3.8: RemoteApp Wizard confirmation
The selected program appears in the RemoteApp Programs list.
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Figure 3.9: RemoteApp Programs list
3.1.5 Verifying SYS 600 installation
During the installation of the MicroSCADA Pro kernel software, two empty applications
are created. The two applications are named MAIN and WD.
The desktop icons for the MicroSCADA Pro Control System SYS 600 is created during
the installation. See Figure 3.10.
Figure 3.10: Desktop icon
SYS 600 Control Panel

The SYS 600 Control Panel dialog contains application management tools. The system
can be started by clicking Start and stopped by clicking Stop from these Application
management tools.
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Figure 3.11: MicroSCADA Control Panel
SYS 600 Notify

The revision information and all the possible error messages that occur during the start-up
and operation of SYS 600 are shown in the Figure 3.12.
Figure 3.12: SYS 600 Notification Window
SYS 600 Monitor Pro

When an operator wants to supervise an application on a monitor screen, the operator
opens a MïcroSCADA Pro monitor.
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Figure 3.13: Monitor Pro Startup Window
SYS 600 Monitor

When an operator wants to supervise an application on a monitor screen of type VS or
X, the operator opens a SYS 600 Monitor with the MicroSCADA Monitor dialog.
Figure 3.14: MicroSCADA monitor dialog
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External OPC DA Client
Figure 3.15: External OPC DA Client
The shortcut menu for External OPC DA Client Control Panel provides a link to External
OPC DA tools.
Documentation
The shortcut menu provides links to certain documents.
61850 OPC Server

This icon links to Communication Engineering (CET) tool.
Figure 3.16: CET Tool
Applications
You can add additional applications by using the administration tools accessed from the
MicroSCADA Control Panel. The MicroSCADA administration tools also provide means
for listing and removing applications. When you add an application, the application
directories for the new application are created. The startup and initialization pictures and
dialogs are copied to the application directory apl_.
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To open the Control MicroSCADA Applications dialog:

1. Open the MicroSCADA Control Panel by double-clicking the icon.
Figure 3.17: Control MicroSCADA Applications dialog
2. Click Admin.
3. Click Applications to open the Control Applications dialog.
In this dialog, it is possible to view, add, prepare and remove the applications.
Adding applications
To add a new application:
1. In the Control MicroSCADA Applications dialog, click Add to open the Add new
application dialog, see Figure 3.18.
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Figure 3.18: Adding new application
2. Type the name of the application to be created.

3. Click OK.
Preparing applications
When preparing an application, the necessary startup and initialization files are copied
to the application directory.
To prepare an application:
1. Open the Control MicroSCADA Applications dialog.
2. Select the application to be prepared.
3. Click Base Tools.
4. Select one of the following options:
• Full prepare - copies all the initialization files and pictures to the application
directory. The possible existing files are overwritten.
• Limited prepare - to copy initialization files but not the APL_INIT and
APL_START pictures. Use this option if you wish to keep the existing
APL_INIT and APL_START files. For instance, if you have prepared the
application for LIB 500, you should use Limited prepare.
If LIB 500 is used, prepare the applications for LIB 500.
2. Select the application to be prepared.
3. Click LIB 500 and refer to the LIB 500 documentation to complete the preparation.
Removing applications
To remove an existing application:
2. Select the application to be removed.
3. Click Remove to remove the selected application directory and its sub-directories.
Using this utility physically removes the application from the

SYS 600 computer file system. Therefore it is important to
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verify that the backup of the application exists, in case it is

required for later use.
3.1.6 Installing SYS 600 Historian
SYS 600 Historian is installed with its own installation program. It is recommended that
the SYS 600 Historian is not installed to the same system where SYS 600 is.
The SYS 600 Historian supports the following operating systems:
• MS Windows 2008 Server R2 SP1 (x64) recommended
• MS Windows 2008 Server SP2 (32-bit)
• MS Windows 2003 Server R2 SP2 (x64)
• MS Windows 2003 Server R2 SP2 (32-bit)
The following Office versons are supported:
• MS Office 2010 SP1 (32-bit) recommended
• MS Office 2007 SP3 (32-bit)
The SYS 600 Historian User Interface supports the following operating systems:
• MS Windows 7 SP1 (x64) recommended
• MS Windows 7 SP1 (32-bit)
• MS Windows Vista SP2 (x64)
• MS Windows Vista SP2 (32-bit)
• MS Windows XP SP3 (32-bit)
SYS 600 Installer has two different installation options: typical and advanced. Typical
installation requires database folder, backup folder, installation type, and time zone to
be set. Database folder and backup folder should be on different physical disks. Advanced
installation requires also program folder to be set. With installation type it is possible to
allocate different amount of system resources for the SYS 600 Historian. If SYS 600
Historian is ran on a dedicated system, all computers resources are reserved for the SYS
600 Historian.
Installation creates an empty database. If SYS 600 Historian is reinstalled the database
is preserved. The default database name is the name of the computer prefixed with
-RTDB, e.g. if the computer name is MY-SERVER, the name of the database will be
MY-SERVER-RTDB. Computer name can be viewed from the System view in the
Windows control panel.
SYS 600 Historian creates an online backup of it database automatically. This backup
copy can be then used for creating for example tape backups.
SYS 600 Historian requires high disk performance for random

disk writes. It is recommended that the system has a dedicated
physical disk for database and another separate physical disk
for backup. For even better performance and reliability separate
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RAID 1+0 arrays should be used for database disk. For example
large system might have 7 physical disk, where 1st disk is used
for Windows installation (drive C:), Disks from 2 to 5 are used
for RAID 1+0 array as drive D: for SYS 600 Historian
database. 6th and 7th disks are used as another RAID 1 array
as drive E: for SYS 600 Historian backup folder. Drive E:
should be as big as drive D:.
For optimal performance, the database disk should use
allocation unit size of 64 KB.
Following table can be used to estimate the required server capacity. It is assumed that
dedicated server setting is used. If mixed system is used, memory requirement must be
multiplied with factor of 2.
Small Medium Large
Number of tags 10 000 50 000 100 000
Number of writes / s 1 000 5 000 20 000
System memory 4 GB 16 GB 96 GB
Disk configuration 300 GB RAID 1 600 GB RAID 1 for 2 TB RAID 1+0 for
database and 600 GB database and 2 TB
RAID 1 for backup RAID 5 for backup.
Separate disk for oper-
ating system.
Historian User Interface can be used either in the server or it can be run over remote
connection. On the server or thought RDP, the Historian User Interface (Vtrin) can be
started from the Start Menu. Over the network the client can be started using a ClickOnce
executable. This is done by opening http://<Historian server host>/vtrin with a browser.
The link can be added to Monitor Pro toolbar.
3.2 Local Area Network (LAN)

A local area network (LAN) is a group of computers and associated devices that share
a common communications line or wireless link. Local area networks are built with
hardware such as Ethernet cables, network adapters, hubs and managed or unmanaged
switches. Wireless LAN and other more advanced LAN hardware options also exist.
LANs connect MicroSCADA workstations and SYS 600 computers and other supported
devices like IEDs using IEC 61850 protocol. Each individual device connected to LAN
has its own IP address. They are able to access data and devices anywhere on the LAN,
they can share resources on LAN. Users can also use the LAN to communicate with
each other. There are many different types of LANs. Our scope is on Ethernet and used
protocol is TCP/IP. See detailed installation instructions from corresponding Windows
Operating System manual.
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3.2.1 Network interface card
Each computer on the LAN contains a network interface card and software for handling
the card and the used protocols.
Insert the network interface card before installing the Windows operating system. Most
computers are equipped with a built-in network interface card. The LAN software is
installed and configured during the operating system installation.
3.2.2 IP addresses
The communication protocol supported by MicroSCADA is TCP/IP.

Each node or host in a TCP/IP network has an unique identifier, also called an IP address.
The IP address is composed of four numbers in the range from 0 to 255. The numbers
are separated with dots. For example: 192.168.0.1
The smallest LAN can have exactly two computers, a large LAN can accommodate many
thousands of computers. Because every computer on an IP network must have a unique
IP address, careful planning of IP addresses to the whole system is important. You should
remember to take care of the future needs in address areas when planning large networks.
There are some special IP addresses. 127.0.0.1 is known as the loopback address and it
always refers to the local computer. Hostname used for the address is 'localhost'.
Use static addressing in MicroSCADA networks.
The IP addresses of the MicroSCADA Pro base system and workplaces must comply
with the addresses of other nodes on the network. Consult the local area network
administrator for valid IP addresses and other LAN configuration issues. This document
does not include planning guide for TCP/IP networks. You can find these guides from
Microsoft or other Internet sites.
3.2.3 Host names
During Windows installation:

1. Type the computer name for the NETBIOS protocol so that the computer is
recognized on the LAN. The computer's name is not the same as the host name used
by TCP/IP. The host name is given during the TCP/IP protocol configuration.
2. Read the computer's host name and IP address by typing: ipconfig /all in a Command
Prompt window. It is also possible to verify the settings from the Network Tool in
the Control Panel.
To be able to use host names in the communication front-end computers, the names to
be recognized have to be defined in a host table on the computer. The host table maps
the host name to an IP address. On most Windows systems it is at
C:\Windows\System32\Drivers\Etc\Hosts. The following is an example of a
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host table. Here each node has two names, one in lower case letters and one in upper
case letters. The items in a host table are separated by spaces or tabs.
# Copyright (c) 1993-2009 Microsoft Corp.
#
# This is a sample HOSTS file used by Microsoft TCP/IP for
Windows.
#
# This file contains the mappings of IP addresses to host names.
Each
# entry should be kept on an individual line. The IP address
should
# be placed in the first column followed by the corresponding
host name.
# The IP address and the host name should be separated by at least
one
# space.
#
# Additionally, comments (such as these) may be inserted on
individual
# lines or following the machine name denoted by a '#' symbol.
#
# For example:
#
# 102.54.94.97 rhino.acme.com # source server
# 38.25.63.10 x.acme.com # x client host
127.0.0.1 localhost
10.58.125.45 apassi APASSI
10.58.125.46 ws1 WS1
10.58.125.47 ws2 WS2
10.58.125.48 fe1 FE1
There are, however, other mechanisms such as DNS that can be used. Consult your
network administrator for information on solutions applied to your network.
3.2.4 Verifying the LAN communication
Use the ping utility to test the connectivity on the LAN and determine if a host is available
and active. The syntax is: ping host where 'host' is the computer's IP address or node
name on the network. If the computer responds, a message is produced with some
diagnostic information.
Example
Ping 192.10.0.210
Reply from 192.10.0.210: bytes = 32 time < 10ms TTL 255
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The typical reply time is below 10ms. If the reply time exceeds 50 ms on normal Wired
or Fibre Optic Network, it is recommended to check the LAN communication equipment.
3.3 Installing Remote Desktop Services

Remote Desktop Services is a component of Microsoft Windows (both server and client
versions) that allows a user to access applications and data stored on a remote computer
over a network. This feature is needed to be able to open MicroSCADA Monitor Pro
pictures on workstations.
Following items need to be checked during installation:
• Terminal Server system requirements
• Licensing service installation
• Installing Windows 2003 or 2008 Remote Desktop Services
• Installing Terminal server Client
• Remote Display Protocol (RDP) Client
Figure 3.19: Principles of Terminal Server based computing
Server-based computing
With server-based computing it is possible to deploy, manage, support and execute
applications completely on a server. The client devices, whether “fat or thin”, have instant
access to it without application rewrites or downloads.
Components of server-based computing

Server-based computing relies on three critical components:
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1. A multiuser operating system that allows multiple concurrent users to log on and
run applications in separate, protected sessions on a single server.
2. A remote presentation services architecture capable of separating the application's
logic from its user interface, in such a way that only keystrokes, mouse clicks, and
screen updates travel the network.
3. The Terminal Server product consists of four components: the Windows Server
multiuser core, the Remote Display Protocol, the Windows-based client software
and enhanced system administration tools.
Terminal Server: A multiuser server core that provides the ability to host multiple,
simultaneous client sessions on Windows Server 4.0 (Terminal Server Edition) and on
later versions of Windows Server (Windows Server 2003 and 2008).
Remote Display Protocol (RDP): A key component of Terminal Server is the protocol,
which allows a client to communicate with the Terminal Server over the network. It is
a multichannel protocol tuned for high-bandwidth enterprise environments. Furthermore,
it supports three levels of encryption.
Terminal Server Client: The client software presenting or displaying the 32-bit Windows
user interface on a range of desktop hardware.
Administration Tools: In addition to all the familiar Windows Server administration
tools, Terminal Server adds the Terminal Server License Manager, Terminal Server
Client Creator, Terminal Server Client Connection Configuration and Terminal Server
Administration tools for managing the client sessions. There are two new objects, Session
and User, which are also added to the Performance Monitor to allow tuning of the server
in a multiuser environment.
3.4 Installing process communication units
3.4.1 PC-NET process communication unit
The PC-NET process communication unit is a Windows executable which is automatically

installed when the SYS 600 packet is installed or upgraded. The instances of these units
are defined with the system configuration tool, see System Configuration manual, chapter
‘Configuring process communication’. In runtime, each configured NET in the system
configuration will have a corresponding pc_nets.exe process running.
Depending on configuration, the communication lines configured to PC-NET instances
will use serial ports, network adapters or PCLTA extension cards (LON communication).
The required hardware must be installed and configured before a complete verification
of the system configuration can be done.
The installation of the computer hardware used by PC-NET process communication
units is described in Section 3.4.1.1 Installing multiport serial card, Section 3.4.1.2
Installing LON cards, Section 3.4.1.3 Installing network cards and Section 3.4.1.4
Verifying PC-NET process communication unit.
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3.4.1.1 Installing multiport serial card
Each PC-NET instance supports 12 communication lines and in most cases, additional
COM ports are required. The usage of standard COM ports 1-4 is also possible.
The multiport serial card is an extension card which is installed to a PCI slot in the
motherboard of the PC. As to the installation procedure, refer to the installation manual
of the product. In principle, any PCI based serial card can be used but following product
lines and manufacturers are verified and widely used in MicroSCADA Pro systems:
• RocketPort from Comtrol Corp.
• DigiBoard from Digi International
• MOXA serial boards from Moxa Technologies, Inc.
The serial port products which are not PCI-based are also widely available. However,
as long as the COM ports provided by these products may disappear from the system
during runtime, the overall reliability of the system is worse than in PCI-based alternatives.
In all cases, for the COM port, the communication line used is defined with the
SD-attribute of the line object.
3.4.1.2 Installing LON cards
For installation of LON cards, see SYS 600 9.3 Connecting LONWORKS Devices.
3.4.1.3 Installing network cards
If the system configuration contains protocols which use LAN, the necessary network
adapters must be installed. In most cases, the process communication uses the same
network adapter as the MicroSCADA Pro base system and the installation procedure is
the same as described in Section 3.2 Local Area Network (LAN)
The communication lines created to PC-NET instances may use multiple local
IP-addresses especially when there is multiple connection to Network Control Centers
(slave protocols) or the IEDs which are connected the MicroSCADA Pro are divided to
multiple networks (master protocols).
In Windows, it is possible to define multiple IP-addresses to the same network adapter
but it is also possible that the used IP-addresses are divided to multiple network adapters.
Multiple network adapters are often used in systems requiring redundant communication
lines. When the installation and the configuration of the network adapters is complete,
the successful ‘ping’ test described in Section 3.2 Local Area Network (LAN) indicates
that the given IP-address is present in the system and it can be used by the PC-NET.
In all LAN protocols supported by PC-NET, line attribute LD defines which local
IP-address is used by the communication line.
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3.4.1.4 Verifying PC-NET process communication unit
In order to verify the operation of the PC-NET process communication unit, the system
configuration must contain at least one configured NET node. When MicroSCADA Pro
system is started, printouts about starting each configured PC-NET node are displayed
in the notification window Figure 3.20 . Also, printouts about possible configuration
errors are shown in notification window.
Figure 3.20: Notification window
As described in the system configuration manual, the startup of the PC-NET process
communication unit can be done also using the SCIL procedures. When this method has
been used and system is started, the existence of the NET nodes can be verified e.g. using
the ‘Open Online’ function of the system configuration tool. If the configuration contains
errors, the error printout can still be found from the notification window and the used
status codes are the same as with the system configuration tool. The status codes are
listed in a separate MicroSCADA Pro manual ‘Status Codes’.
3.4.2 IEC 61850
The IEC 61850 related process communication unit is an Windows executable, which
has been automatically installed during the SYS 600 software installation. Before any
actual IEC 61850 process communication occurs from the set of IEC 61850 IED's (i.e.
process devices) into SYS 600 process database, there is a need to configure each of the
IEC 61850 process communication units to represent the certain part of the underlying
process devices. This is made by using the tools included into SYS 600 software, see
IEC 61850 System Design manual, chapter Configuration. At run-time, each configured
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IEC 61850 process communication unit is called an instance. Each of these instances
can be seen that the corresponding opcs_iec61850.exe process is running.
The actual IEC 61850 protocol communication occurs over the physical TCP/IP network.
However depending on the selected configuration, different TCP/IP network related
hardware and software has been installed and configured accordingly before the complete
verification of the IEC 61850 system configuration can be done, see IEC 61850 System
Design manual, chapter Requirements.
3.5 Installing peripheral equipment
3.5.1 Installing printers
Printers are used for automatic event and alarm print, and for operator initiated hard
copy. For hard copy, the hard copy functions of eXceed or Windows can be used without
any configuration measures in MicroSCADA Pro. On the other hand, the automatic event
and alarm print requires that the printers are connected to MicroSCADA Pro. These
printers can also be used for MicroSCADA Pro initiated hard copy. The installation
descriptions below apply to the printers used by MicroSCADA Pro. Regarding the
installation of Windows hard copy devices, refer to the Windows and the printer manuals.
A MicroSCADA Pro printer can be connected in the following ways:
• Directly to a base system computer, through the parallel port or a serial port.
• To a LAN via a printer server.
• Communication unit (NET, serial type connection)
3.5.1.1 Connecting printers to the base system
Printers connected to a NET unit can be made accessible to all base systems in the entirely
distributed MicroSCADA Pro system. A printer connected directly to a base system can
also be used by other base systems on the LAN. The printer has to be defined as “shared”
in the computer's operating system configuration to which it is directly connected. Printers
connected to a LAN can be made accessible to all base systems on the LAN.
On the application level, the printing can be accomplished according to two different
principles which determine the appearance of a printout:
• Picture based printing (old, “out of use, no printers available” )
• SCIL defined printing ("transparent" printing)
The SCIL defined printout can contain any characters supported by the printer.
The last mentioned type is specified by the SCIL function PRINT_TRANSPARENT.
The picture based printout produced by printers connected to a Windows computer or a
LAN is always semi-graphic. Pixel based printout can be obtained only on printers
connected to a NET. The fully graphic printout can be obtained on any printers. Each
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base system and each application is able to recognize and use up to 20 printers. It is
possible to configure virtual printers without a real physical correspondence for logging
in a file on a disk. When a printer is defined for printer logging, all printout sent to the
printer is stored on a disk. This is useful when configuring an event log, that is a disk
copy of the event list. A physical printer can also be given more than one printer object
definitions to enable several different types of printout to the same printer. The printer
operation can be supervised and controlled, for example temporarily stopped and restarted,
or the printout can be redirected to another printer. This can be done by means of the ST
and CL attributes (see SYS 600 System Objects).
3.5.1.2 Connecting printers to LAN
Printers connected to a base system computer or LAN must be configured in all base
systems that uses the printers. Configure the printer in each base system as follows:
1. Create a PRIn:B base system object, with at least the following attributes (see System
Objects manual):
DT "NORMAL" (black-and-white ASCII based print out) or "TRANSPARENT"
(SCIL defined print out)
DC "LINE"
SD Printer device name including UNC path (SD="\\My_Computer\My_printer").
The printer must be shared for the UNC name to be a valid value of the attrib-
ute
TT "LOCAL"
In addition, optional features are defined by the following attributes:

LP Lines per page, this should > = the number set on the printer
QM Printer queue length
OD Output destination: "PRINTER", "LOG" (disk files) or "BOTH"
LD, LL, LF Printer log attributes, specially the management of log files. The attributes
are meaningful, if OD = "LOG" or "BOTH"
OJ Open on Job Basis, set value to 1. The printer is opened before each print
job and closed when the job is completed
2. If needed, map the printer for an application with the APLn:BPR attribute. Printers
can be mapped for an application, which means that the application recognizes the devices
under logical numbers. The printer mapping is required only if you want to use a logical
printer number which is not the same as the printer object number.
Only the printers mapped with the logical printer numbers 1

...15 can be used as alarm and event printers; printer 15 is
reserved for event lists.
The following is an example of a configuration where a printer is connected directly to

a base system:
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#CREATE PRI2:B = LIST(-

TT = "LOCAL",-
DT = "NORMAL",-
DC = "LINE",-
SD = "\\My_SYS_name\My_Printer_name",-
LP = 66)
3.5.1.3 Connecting printers to PC-NET units
A printer connected to a NET can be used by all base systems connected to the same
network. The printer must be defined both in the base systems which uses it and in the
NET unit to which it is directly connected. It is assumed here that the NET unit has been
defined to the base system as a NODn:B object. Include the following definitions in each
base system which will use the printer:
1. Create a PRIn:B base system object with at least the following attributes:
TT "LOCAL"
ND The node number of the NET unit to which the printer is directly connected
TN The device number of the printer in the NET unit to which it is directly connec-
ted
DT "COLOR", "NORMAL", or "TRANSPARENT". Select "NORMAL", if the printer
will be used exclusively for the black-and-white character-based printout.
Select "COLOR" for all other types of picture-based printout. Even the printer
will be black-and-white, "COLOR" is preferable as this mode provides a more
picture resembling printout by exchanging graphical characters to printer
specific characters. Select "TRANSPARENT", if the printout will be SCIL
defined.
DC "NET"
In addition, optional features are defined by the following attributes:

LP Lines per page
QM Queue length maximum
OD Output destination: "PRINTER", "LOG" (disk files) or "BOTH"
LD, LL, LF Printer log attributes, specially the management of log files. The attributes
are meaningful, if OD = "LOG" or "BOTH"
2. If needed, map the printer for an application with the APLn:BPR attribute, ("Device
Mapping"). The printer mapping is required only if you want to use a logical printer
number which is not the same as the printer object number.
Include the following definitions in the NET unit to which the printer is directly
connected:
1. Select a line for the printer and define the line with the ASCII protocol:
PO 4
IU 1
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LT 0
MS, MI System message handling, see chapter 17
PS Buffer pull size, see
BR Baud rate (recommended value 2400)
PY 0
RD 8
SB 1
TD 8
OS Output synchronization, see SYS 600 System Objects)
2. Define a printer (a PRI object) on the selected printer line with the attributes:
LI The number of the selected line
IU 1
MI, MS System message handling, see
AL, AS 0 (the printer reservation is handled automatically by the base system)
PT Printer type 1 = character-based, black-and-white 2 = "transparent" 3 = pixel-
based, black-and-white 4 = character-based, black-and-white, graphical
characters replaced by printer characters 6 = Facit 4544 7 = pixel-based,
color
For more information on the attributes of the PRI object, see SYS 600 System Objects.
When a base system is started, its default application (the application created first in
SYS_BASCON.COM) sends a message to the printers (form feed). Therefore, make
sure that these applications are defined in the NETs.
Using System Configuration Tool for setting printer
Figure 3.21: Base configuration system
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Create an outline of your system configuration or a table that includes the following
information:
• The node numbers and station addresses of the base system and NETs.
• Application numbers and possible names.
• NET line numbers.
• Station numbers (in NET and in the base system if different) and station addresses
(slave numbers) of all devices.
Use System Configuration Tool and do next steps:
1. Define a configuration, which at least contains the ASCII Printer communication
line.
2. Specify the ASCII Printer line specific attributes IU and SD.
3. Save the active configuration.
4. Close the tool, re-open it, and open the active configuration.
5. Under Program/User_Defined you will find preconfigured file for printer.
6. Edit it (remove semicolons) to fit your purpose.
7. Stop the running MicroSCADA and re-start MicroSCADA.
Figure 3.22: System configuration tool
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3.5.2 Installing adapter cards
To install an adapter card, mount the alarm card used into a free PCI expansion slot in
the base system computer. A PCI card selects the necessary I/O port addresses
automatically.
To use these cards, settings to SYS_BASCON.COM must be done:
#local Sys_Modify = list(-
-; Communication Attributes
ER = 0,- ;Enable Routing 0=disabled, 1=enable
TI = 10,- ;Timeout Length
-; Time Handling Attributes
TM = "SYS",- ;Time Master, SYS or APL
TR = "LOCAL",- ;Time Reference, LOCAL or UTC
TF = 0,- ;Time Format
-; 0 = yy-mm-dd hh:mm:ss
-; 1 = dd-mm-yy hh:mm:ss
-; 2 = mm-dd-yy hh:mm:ss
-; Memory Handling Attributes
PC = 8192,- ;Picture Cache Size(kB)
RC = 8192,- ;Report Cache Size(kB)
-; Audio Alarm Device
AA = 0,- ;Audio Alarm Address, 0 = No audio alarm board
AD = "NONE",- ;Audio Alarm Device, "NONE" = No audio alarm
board
AW = 3,- ;Audio Watchdog Cycle, seconds
-; External Clock
CA = 0,- ;External Clock Address, 0 = No external clock
CF = 0,- ;External Clock Read Frequency, seconds
CL = "NONE",- ;External Clock, "NONE" = No external clock
-; SPA device attributes
SD = "",- ;SPACOM Driver Name
SP = 0,- ;SPACOM Protocol, 0 = Direct connection of SPACOM
not allowed
-; MS-STOOL Settings
SV = (0,- ;System Variables
list(t_System_Configuration_File = "sys_/SysConf.ini",-
;PC-NET Configuration information
b_Conf_Mech_In_Use = TRUE,- ;enables/disables start-up
configuration
b_SSS_Mech_In_Use = TRUE,- ;enables/disables system self
supervision routing
t_Version = "9.3")),-
-; Operating System Event Handles Attributes
OE = 0,- ;1=Enabled, 0=Disabled
OT = (Bit_Mask(0,1,2,3,4),- ;Application events (Bit 0=ERROR,
1=WARNING, 2=INFORMATION, 3=AUDIT_SUCCESS, 4=AUDIT_FAILURE)
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Bit_Mask(0,1,2,3,4),- ;System events (Bit 0=ERROR,

1=WARNING, 2=INFORMATION, 3=AUDIT_SUCCESS,
4=AUDIT_FAILURE)
Bit_Mask(0,1,2,3,4))) ;Security events (Bit 0=ERROR,
1=WARNING, 2=INFORMATION, 3=AUDIT_SUCCESS,
4=AUDIT_FAILURE)
Alarm I/O cards

Set parameters SYS:BAA to value representing the card type you use
AA = 1 ;(if no AD is given then old Flytec card)
AW = xx ;(xx = seconds between watchdog pulses)
AD = "Nudaq PCI-7256" ; supported I/O card types, Nudaq

PCI-7256,Nudaq PCI-7250 or Advantech PCI-1760
Watchdog output D25 pins 17 and 18 are open when program not running and closed
when running.
To check I/O, use test picture and next commands:
@A = audio_alarm( "all","on")
@A = audio_alarm("all","off")
@A = audio_alarm(xx,"on/off") xx=1..7
External clocks
To use a Meinberg PCI511 radio clock in the base system, set the SYS:BCL attribute to
one of next:
CL="NONE" ;No external clock
;"PC31 " = Radio clock used in PC/ATs. The radio clock is
;synchronised in accordance with Central European radio time
signals
;"PC32" = PC clock card of type PC32
;"PCI510" = PC clock card type PCI510 and new PCI511
3.5.3 Installing SNMP components
Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) devices are able to provide information
about themselves via network management protocols. Such devices are servers, printers,
hubs, switches and routers. It is common that these devices are supervised in
MicroSCADA Pro systems via third-party SNMP management software products.
To enable SNMP components in Windows operating systems:
1. Open Windows Components Wizard by selecting Control Panel > Add and Remove
Programs > Add/Remove Windows components.
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2. Select the category Management and Monitoring Tools, and click Details.
3. Select both Simple Network Management Protocol and WMI SNMP Provider
subcomponents to be installed.
Figure 3.23: Management and Monitoring Tools dialog
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4 System administration
4.1 Exporting/importing objects

The following common functionality is provided by the Export/Import tool:
• Recognizing of all the application objects from the selected MicroSCADA Pro
application.
• Defining the common options for the exported and imported application objects.
• Exporting and importing application objects.
The common options for the exported and imported data are provided in the Export and
Import field. The application objects to be handled are listed in the Applications Objects
list. The progress of operation is indicated by using the progress indicator and the status
bar field. The user can operate by clicking the appropriate buttons in the tool. See
Figure 4.3
The Export/Import tool can also act as stand-alone tool and be consequently accessed
directly through Tool Manager.
Recognizing application objects

During the start-up of the tool, the list of MicroSCADA Pro applications is read. The
application, where the Export/Import tool has been started, is used as a default item.
The list of object types contains the following application objects, which are indicated
with letters:
P Process Object Groups
IX Process Objects
X Scale Objects
D Data Objects
C Command Procedures
T Time Channels
A Event Channels
G Logging Profile Objects
UP User Defined Process Objects
F Free Type Objects
H Event Handling Objects
It is also possible to select All Object Types from the Object Type drop-down list.
When All Object Types is selected, the Export/Import tool operates with all the
application objects found from the selected application.
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Export/Import Tool composition

The Export/Import Tool is composed of:
• a menu bar
• a tabbed page containing search conditions
• Import, Export and Close buttons
• a tabbed page containing application objects to be handled
At the lowest part of Export/Import Tool dialog, there is a status bar showing the number
of processed application objects found and selected.
4.1.1 Opening and exiting Export/Import tool
Application Object Export/Import Tool can be run as a standalone tool or as a Application

Object Navigator's subtool. The standalone tool can be started by clicking the
Export/Import icon and then selecting File>Open, see Figure 4.1. If the standalone tool
is used, it is possible to export and import the application objects according to the common
options for the exported and imported data.
Figure 4.1: Export/Import icon
Application Object Export/Import Tool can also be started from the Object Navigator
menu item by selecting Tools > Export.... See Figure 4.2. In this case, the tool is started
on export mode, that is it can only be used for exporting the application objects.
Depending on the selected application objects in the Object Navigator, the common
options in the Application Object Export/Import Tool become assigned as defaults.
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Figure 4.2: Open the tool from the Object Navigator dialog
When Application Object Export/Import Tool is started from the Object Navigator menu
item by selecting Tools > Import. See Figure 4.2. In this case, the tool is started on
import mode, i.e. it can only be used for importing the application objects. When the
import operation is finished, the selected Object Navigator view becomes updated.
Close the Export/Import Tool by clicking the Close button. The tool can also be closed
by selecting File > Exit or by the keystroke Ctrl+Q. SeeFigure 4.3.
4.1.2 Exporting objects
Use common options to define the set of application objects to be exported. The
application objects that match the common options are listed in the Application Objects
tabbed page. Select the application objects that need to be exported. When Select All is
clicked, all the objects are selected. When Unselect All is clicked, none of the objects
are selected. To select separate application objects from the list, hold the Ctrl key down
while clicking the objects.
When the selection contains at least one application object, Export is enabled. When
the button is clicked, a destination (export) file is created. See Figure 4.3.
When Export All is clicked, all objects are exported without selecting any objects. The
Application Objects tabbed page shows only the first 10 000 objects in the list. The
button also exports the objects that are not shown in the tabbed page.
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Figure 4.3: Main dialog of Export/Import Tool
During the export operation, the progress indicator displays the operation progress. See
Figure 4.4.
Figure 4.4: Export operation progress dialog
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At the end of the export operation, either the objects were successfully exported dialog
is displayed or exceptions summary dialog is displayed. See Figure 4.5.
Figure 4.5: Objects are successfully exported
4.1.2.1 Exporting formats
The Export/Import tool supports two formats:

• SCIL Database Format (SDB)
• Comma Separated Values Format (CSV)
SCIL Database Format (SDB)

The SDB export format is based on the SCIL database files or SCIL data files. The SDB
format is not editable. The SCIL database files are not limited and the SCIL database's
structure is optimized for fast access. Hence it is possible to transfer a program in one
step with the SDB export format. The file name extension is .sdb by default.
Comma Separated Values Format (CSV)

The CSV export format is an editable export format and list-based engineering (LBE)
uses it. The file name extension is .csv by default.
4.1.2.2 Defining CSV attributes
To form the CSV data, the following options are available:

• Delimiter is Comma
The data's delimiter is a comma (,) instead of a semicolon (;). Select the Delimiter
is Comma check box, if the dot is used as a decimal point instead of comma.
• OI Attribute Split
The OI (Object Identifier) attribute of process objects can have a structure. If the
structure exists and the OI Attribute Split check box is selected, the attribute's value
is splitted according to the attribute's structure.
• Attribute Name Header
By default the first row of the CSV data represents the two letter attribute names,
which you can select. If the Attribute Name Header check box is selected, the first
row represents mnemonic instead of attribute names and the two letter attribute
names are represented on the second row.
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• Vertical Text Vectors

By default the complicated attrubute values are represented as a dumped in a line
(compare with SCIL function DUMP). If the Vertical Text Vectors check box is
selected, the type text vector's attribute values are represented as vertical.
• Vertical Vectors
If Vertical Vectors check box is selected, the type none-text vector's attribute values
are represented as vertical.
• Vertical Lists
If Vertical Lists check box is selected, the type list vector's attribute values are
represented as vertical.
Define how to form data, their attributes and their order in the CSV data, using the CSV
Attibute Tool dialog as shown in Figure 4.6. To open the CSV Attribute Tool dialog,
select Tools > CSV Attributes from the Application Object Export\Import Tool
dialog. See Figure 4.6.
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Figure 4.6: Opening CSV Attribute Tool dialog
To define CSV attributes:

1. In the CSV Attribute Tool dialog, select the object type from the Object Type
drop-down list. If the pre-defined (IX) or user-defined (UP) process object type is
selected, select the sub type from the Sub Type drop-down list.
2. In the Sub Type drop-down list, either select the common attributes or the process
object type specific attributes. See Figure 4.7
3. On clicking the CSV Attributes tab the following two lists are displayed: All
Attributes and Selected CSV Attributes. The All Attributes list contains all
configurable attribute names, which are available for the current object type. The
Selected CSV Attributes list contains attribute names, which are selected from the
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All Attributes list. By selecting Edit menu, it is possible to edit the Selected CSV
Attributes list's attributes. See Figure 4.7.
4. There are three buttons between Selected CSV Attributes and All Attributes lists:
left arrow, Reset and Save button. See Figure 4.7.
• The left arrow button is enabled when one attribute is selected from the All
Attributes list. Click this button, if you want to copy the selected attributes to
the Selected Attributes list.
• Click the Reset button to select and move the configurable attributes to the
Selected CSV Attributes list.
• Click the Save button to save all selected attribute names of the object types to
a file. When opening the CSV Attribute Tool again, the CSV attributes are read
from this file. Attribute names are saved during the last export session by default,
to the CSV_ATTRIBUTES.INI file. See Figure 4.7.
Figure 4.7: CSV Attribute Tool
5. Click the CSV Attribute File tab to change a CSV attribute file. Change the file
by clicking Set File (the button with three dots). New attribute names can be loaded
from the file by clicking the Load File button. See Figure 4.8.
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Figure 4.8: CSV Attribute File tab
4.1.2.3 Defining common options for exported data
In addition to the application and object type definitions, it is possible to define other
common options for the exported data. Define also the export type, available types are
CSV (Comma Separated Values) and SDB (SCIL Database) formats.
Furthermore, it is possible to define SCIL Search Condition for the application objects
to be handled through this tool during the export. As a default, the SCIL Search Condition
is empty. For example, if the Process Object's type is selected and the SCIL Search
Condition LN=="KUI_SABAY1" is defined, all the process objects with Logical Name
"KUI_SABAY1" become listed in the Application Objects tabbed page. See Figure 4.9.
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Figure 4.9: Filter dialog
The existing Filter Condition is applied by selecting the condition from the drop-down
list or using the SCIL Search Condition dialog (the button with three dots). The tool
stores the 30 latest Filter Conditions in the history list. The history list is read in the tool
during its start-up.
The file name to be used as a destination (Export) is defined by selecting the file with
the File Chooser component (the button with three dots) on the right of the field. The
default file name is assigned to the running application's picture folder (logical path PICT
is used). See Figure 4.10.
Figure 4.10: File chooser dialog
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Regarding the file handling options, it is possible to define either Overwrite or Append
option. See Figure 4.3. In the Overwrite option, the existing destination file becomes
always overwritten. Whereas in the Append option, the new data is appended into the
end of the existing destination file. In the Append option, the existing objects are only
modified. If you choose SDB (SCIL Database) for export type, the new data is not
appended, if the data already exists. When Read File is clicked, the source file defined
by file name is read and the result is shown in the Application Objects tabbed page.
The Save Datalog Values option can be toggled on/off, depending whether the user wants
to store the datalog values during the import operation. Default value is off.
4.1.3 Importing objects
The file name that contains the application objects is displayed in the common options.
When the application objects are read from the export file by clicking Read File button,
the progress indicator displays the read or review operation progress. While previewing
objects in the CSV format, the progress indicator cannot show the total number of objects.
When all the application objects are read, they are listed into the Application Objects
tabbed page. Read objects are saved in a temporary SDB data file, except those objects,
which are already in SDB format. Exceptions of the preview are shown in the summary
dialog. In addition to formats supported in export mode, the Export/Import tool recognizes
ASCII File format (ASC files) and Load File format (LOF files) in import mode.
When Select All is clicked, all the objects is selected. When Unselect All is clicked,
none of the objects is selected. To select separate application objects from the list, hold
the CTRL key down while clicking the objects.
When the selection contains at least one application object, the Import button is enabled,
and when the button is clicked a source (import) file is read. See Figure 4.11.
The Import All button also imports those objects that are not shown in the tabbed page.
The Application Objects tabbed page shows only the first 10 000 objects in the list.
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Figure 4.11: Main dialog of Export/Import Tool
During the import operation, the progress indicator displays the operation progress. See
Figure 4.12. If the file cannot be read, an appropriate notification dialog is displayed for
the user.
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Figure 4.12: Import operation progress dialog
An exception can occur, when the tool imports application objects. Due to an exception,
the application object cannot be created or modified according to the import file. If one
or multiple exceptions occur, they are listed in the Import Exceptions dialog. See
Figure 4.13. This dialog displays the following information:
Type Letter that identifies the object type
Name Name of an object
Exception Context of exception (create new or modify an existing object)
Status SCIL status received from the system
Conflicting Object The name of the object that causes the conflict
Figure 4.13: Import Exceptions dialog
Functions of the dialog:

Button Functions
Save As... Opens the file chooser to specify the location for .log file to save the
occurred exceptions. As a default, the file chooser is opened in the
application's PICT folder, and the default file name is Default.log.
Close Closes the dialog
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4.1.3.1 Defining common options for imported data
In addition to the application and object type definitions, it is possible to define other
common options for the imported data.
The file name to be used as a destination source (Import) is defined by typing the file
name into appropriate field or selecting the file by using the File Chooser component
(the button with three dots) on the right of the field. The default file name is assigned to
the running application's picture folder (logical path PICT is used). See Figure 4.10.
Regarding the object handling options, it is possible to define either Overwrite or Append
option. In the Overwrite option, data of the existing destination object are always
overwritten. Whereas in the Append option, data of the object are appended to a database,
if the object does not exist.
The Create Dummy Scales and Create Dummy Event Handling Objects options can be
toggled on/off depending on whether the user wants to create scales and event handling
objects that do not exist, while process objects are imported. Objects will be created with
their original names, but they are dummy. So, they should be modified afterwards to
make process objects work properly. The Import Exceptions dialog informs about created
objects.
The Save Datalog Values option can be toggled on/off, depending whether the user wants
to store the datalog values during the import operation. Default value is off.
The Preimport Activities and Postimport Activities options can be toggled on/off
depending on whether the user wants to execute activities just before and after the proper
import. Pre- and postimport definition tools are started from menu Tools ---> Preimport
... and Tools ---> Postimport ... . A pre/postimport command procedure/SCIL file is
executed by DO function. In postimport an argument in DO function call is a list which
includes all imported predefined process objects. The list is in form list(LN, IX), where
the vector attribute LN includes logical names and IX indexes. The second argument
passed in function call is the number of the application, where objects are imported into.
Import tool assumes that procedures/SCIL files return the status of operation. If preimport
fails, a notice dialog with status will be raised to ask whether to do the actual import or
not. If preimport (or postimport) totally fails (syntax error, etc.), the standard error dialog
will be raised and import will be interrupted.
4.2 Searching strings

The Search Tool is used for searching strings in objects and files. The tool can search
strings through command procedure and data objects, text files, pictures and Visual SCIL
Object files (VSO files). The Search Tool can be opened through the Object Navigator.
The input for the tool is selected object types in the Object Navigator. If objects or files
are also selected, they act as targets for the search. The search type, target names and
other search conditions are saved in the SEARCH.INI parameter file , when the tool is
closed. The Search Tool can also act as a stand-alone tool and be opened through the
Tool Manager.
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4.2.1 Opening and exiting Search tool
Select Tools > Find in Object Navigator to open the Search Tool. Before opening the
Search Tool, the object types can be selected in the Object Navigator. These objects act
as an input for the Search Tool. If no object type is selected, Text file search is default.
If objects or files are also selected, they act as targets for the search. In Figure 4.14
command procedures are selected for search in the Object Navigator.
The Search Tool can also be opened as a stand-alone tool from the Tool Manager's
Miscellaneous tab.
Figure 4.14: Opening the Search Tool from Object Navigator.
Figure 4.15 shows Search Tool, when the tool is started through the Object Navigator.
Note that in case the Search string(s) field is empty it should be filled out before the
search can be completed.
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Figure 4.15: View of the Search Tool started from Object Navigator.
Close the Search Tool by clicking Close. The tool can also be closed by selecting File
> Exit or by pressing CTRL+Q.
4.2.2 Making searches
After defining the search conditions, click Search to start the search. Search can also be
started by pressing Enter.
When a search starts, the tool initializes a search first by locating targets according to
search conditions. At this stage the empty Progress Indicator dialog is displayed and
the Searching text is shown on the status bar. At initiation stage, it is not possible to stop
a search in the Search Tool. After the initiation, the proper search takes place, and the
Stop button in the indicator dialog is enabled. A search is stopped by clicking Stop. The
dialog disappears, the result page shows search results and the status bar informs about
search statistics.
Figure 4.16 shows a picture search in progress.
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Figure 4.16: A picture search in progress
Figure 4.17 shows a completed ‘VSO files’ search and one error is found.
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Figure 4.17: A completed ‘VSO files’ search with a failure
4.2.3 Defining searches
The search conditions are the input for a search. They consist of a search type, an
application, target names and paths, search strings, overlapping strings to be excluded
and two boolean options: Include subdirectories and match case.
Search conditions are saved in the SEARCH.INI parameter file when the Search Tool
is closed.
If the search criteria (a search type, target names, target paths) include incompatible files,
a warning dialog informs that the incompatible files were skipped from the search. Dialog
occurs if, for example, the following criteria are selected:
Search type Text files
Target name *
Target path Folder containing pictures and/or VSO files.
The files are skipped, because they are not text
files.
Search types
Select the appropriate search type from the Search type drop-down list.
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Supported search types for report database search:

• Command procedures
• Data objects
Supported search types for file searches:
• Pictures
• VSO files
• Text files
When the Search Tool is opened, it displays the default search type, which depends on
how the tool is started.
If Search Tool is started through Object Navigator, the default search type is selected
on Object Navigator. For example, if the VSO files object is selected on Object Navigator
and Search Tool is opened. The default search type is VSO files in the Search type
drop-down list. If no object type is selected or Search Tool does not support the selected
type, default search type is Text files.
If the tool is started as stand-alone, default search type is the last saved search type in
the SEARCH.INI parameter file while the Search Tool was closed. If the tool is started
for the first time, default search type is Command procedures.
When the appropriate type is selected, the Target names drop-down list is also changed
to correspond the search type, see Figure 4.17.
Application
Select the application, where the search is performed, from the application drop-down
list. The application list is updated when the search type is changed. The option is disabled
when searching text files.
Applications are in the form <name>(n), where <name> is the application's name and
(n) is the application's logical number. Local applications are available for both the file
and database searches. External applications are available only for database searches.
If Search Tool is started through Object Navigator, the default application is the
application that was selected before the Search Tool was opened. If the tool is started as
stand-alone, default application is the last saved search type in the SEARCH.INI parameter
file while the Search Tool was closed.
Target names
The Target names drop-down list can be edited. The Target names box can be edited
as follows:
• Type a name or names separated with a delimiter. Wildcard characters are allowed
in the names.
• Select an earlier saved item from the drop-down list.
• Select a file by browsing the directory. Add a file by clicking the Add file button.
In the Select File dialog, select the appropriate file. The file name is the last in the
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Target names box and it is separated by the delimiter from the other file names. A
directory name is added to the target paths box.
• Select objects or files in Object Navigator. The selected items are target names when
Search Tool is started. If the selected objects or files are more than 255 characters
long, the extra characters are removed. The search is single search, because of this
the Target name box is disabled. To enable the Target names drop-down list, make
another selection in Object Navigator or click the Add file button.
The default target names for the different search types:
Command procedures *
Picture *.PIC
VSO files *.VSO
Text files *
Data objects *
Target paths
The Target paths option can be used only for file searches. When performing the report
database searches, the option is disabled. The Target paths box can be edited as follows:
• Type a directory name or names separated with a delimiter.
• Select an earlier saved item from the drop-down list.
• Select a directory by browsing the directory. Add a directory by clicking the Add
file button. In the Select Directory dialog, select the appropriate directory. The
directory is the last in the Target paths box and it is separated by the delimiter from
the other file names.
If the selected application is the current one (the application number is zero), the field
also accepts logical paths as input. For other local applications, logical paths are not
available. Therefore, when an application is selected in the Search Tool, the field is
changed to ‘PICT' and dimmed. The ‘PICT' stands for ‘\sc\apl\<apl_name>\pict'. It is
not a logical path anymore.
Include subdirectories
If the Include subdirectories check box is selected, the tool also searches all subdirectories.
The option is used only for the file searches and it is disabled for the other searches.
Search strings
The Search strings drop-down list can be edited. Its text box shows a string or strings
to be searched. Different strings are separated by the delimiter to enable multiple searches.
Earlier searched strings can be selected to the text box from the saved choices in the
drop-down list.
Match case
If the Match case is selected, letters are case sensitive.
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Exclude overlapping strings

Strings can be typed to the text box, when the Exclude overlapping strings check box
selected.
When the check box is selected, a defined string is excluded from a search, if they overlap
the strings selected in the Search strings box. When the check box is not selected, the
text box is disabled.
Changing delimiter
The default delimiter is semicolon (;) and it separates the editable search conditions
items. To open the Delimiter dialog, select Options > Set Delimiter.
When a delimiter is changed, all the choices containing old delimiter in the drop-down
lists are updated with the new one.
4.2.4 Saving searches
Search results can be saved and printed. To save the search results, select File > Save
Results and to print the search results, select File > Print Results.
Both produce the following output:
Search type: 'Pictures'
Target name(s): '*.PIC'
Target path(s): 'C:\SC\LIB4'
Search string(s): 'store'
Exclude overlapping string(s): '!restore'
Application: 0
Name Location Program Line Column Search string
C:\SC\LIB4\base\ALARM\USE
BAU_ALARM1.PIC PF:ALARM_BASE EXIT 1 4 store
BAU_ALARM2.PIC PF:TEMP2_BASE EXIT 1 4 store
C:\SC\LIB4\base\BBONE\inst
BGI_BASE.PIC MAIN PICTURE EXIT 1 4 store
BGI_BASE2.PIC MAIN PICTURE EXIT 1 4 store
C:\SC\LIB4\base\BBONE\use
BGU_DBTLA.PIC PF:DBT_BASE EXIT 1 4 store
C:\SC\LIB4\FMOD\MVPROCESS\Use
FPU_BAY2A.PIC MAIN PICTURE .START_PRO- 3 2 store
GRAM2
FPU_C501V.PIC MAIN PICTURE .KEY_OK 22 11 store
…
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Standard printer set-up dialog is displayed by selecting File > Print Setup from the
menu, if the tool is started from the local VS monitor.
4.2.5 Analyzing search results
The Search Results page shows results of a search completed according to conditions.
The page has a header, a result list and a text box for a program line. When a search
proceeds, hits are shown and added to the result list as they are found. When a search is
completed or stopped, the last hit is selected and the program line including a searched
string is shown and highlighted in the text box, if no errors are encountered. See
Figure 4.18
Up to 10000 results can be handled on Search Results page. If the limit is exceeded,
the search is interrupted and an information dialog pops up.
Figure 4.18: Search completed with no errors
The figure above shows a command procedure search completed with no errors. The
last finding is selected and the program line with a searched string is shown as highlighted
in the text box.
If the Search Tool is started via the Object Navigator, double-clicking the selected hit
result starts the corresponding editor or dialog and brings up the program, where the
searched string was found (for ‘VSO files’ search only VS Dialog editor is started). If
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the tool is started as stand-alone, straight away editing is possible only for Text files
searches.
4.3 Text Translation Tool

The Text Translation Tool is for translating all language dependent texts of SCIL text
databases, LIB 5xx, CAP 500 Visual SCIL tools and MicroSCADA Visual SCIL tools.
In addition to manual translation of texts, the tool also provides the possibility to transfer
all translated texts from one revision of MicroSCADA/CAP 500/LIB 500 to another.
The tool supports a dictionary for automatic translation of common words and phrases.
The tool is compatible with SYS 500, COM 500, SMS 500 revision 8.4.2 and later. The
tool can only be used in VS monitor types.
4.3.1 File formats
The Text Translation Tool is used to translate texts stored in files.

The tool supports the following file formats:
• SCIL Text Databases
• Files exported from VSO files
• VSO files
• LIB 5xx texts - list format
• LIB 5xx texts - variable format
• LIB 5xx texts - SPACOM module event texts
• LIB 5xx texts - text profile format (RED module event texts)
• LIB 5xx - help files (ASCII text files)
• LIB 5xx – menu configuration files
• Base System tools – Windows Initialisation file format
• Base System tools – text file format for language dependent texts
4.3.2 Text Translation Tool layout
The Text Translation Tool consists of a menu bar, toolbar and drop-down list boxes for
selecting languages. It also includes a table with columns for row numbers, object names,
text IDs, texts in reference language and in the edited language, and X indicating the
translated texts that were found in the dictionary. At the lower part of the tool there is
the Edit text box for typing the text in the edited language.
The width of the columns in the table can be adjusted by dragging column borders.
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Figure 4.19: The Text Translation Tool for translating all language dependent texts of LIB 5xx,
CAP 500 Visual SCIL tools and MicroSCADA Visual SCIL tools
The buttons in the Text Translation Tool toolbar, from the left, are:
• Open
• Save
• Initialise
• Next line
• Import texts
• Export texts
• Compare
• Add language
• Delete selected language
• Use keywords
• Settings
• Edit keywords
The following mnemonics make the use of the main window controls easier (see
Figure 4.19):
• ALT + R moves the focus inside the dialog box to the Reference Languagecombo
box.
• ALT + I moves the focus inside the dialog box to the Edited Language combo
box.
• ALT + S moves the focus inside the dialog box to the list box containing the language
texts.
• ALT + X moves the focus inside the dialog box to the Edit text box.
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4.3.3 Opening and exiting Text Translation Tool
To open the Text Translation Tool, double-click the Text Tool icon in the User Interface
page of the MicroSCADA Tool Manager.
The following properties are preserved from the previous session:
• Maximised
• Size
• Position
• Column widths in the table
• Reference language
• Edited language
To exit, select Exit from the File menu or click the rightmost button in the upper right
corner of the dialog box.
4.3.4 Selecting and opening a file
The tool provides fast navigation to standard directories from which the files can be
selected. The navigation is done in a tree structure, which reflects the directory structure.
The tree shows the directories starting from the SC directory. When you add a new
directory or file, click Refresh in the dialog to update the tree structure.
To open a file in standard directories:
1. Select Open from the File menu.
2. Navigate the tree structure and select a file.
3. Click Open.
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Figure 4.20: File navigator for opening files for editing
4.3.5 Selecting the languages
When a file is open, all the text IDs in it are shown in the Text Translation Tool. When
the Text Translation Tool is used for the first time, English is the reference language. If
the Text Translation Tool has been used before, the reference language is the one selected
in the previous session. If the language exists in the file, the Text Translation Tool loads
the texts in the reference language.
If the Text Translation Tool has been used before, the edited language is the same as in
the previous session. If the language exists in the file, the Text Translation Tool loads
the texts in the edited language.
To select languages:
1. Select the reference language from the Reference Language drop-down list. If the
language is the edited language, it is removed from the Edited Language column.
All the texts in the reference language are loaded from the file and shown in the
table. The texts in the Reference Language column cannot be edited.
2. Select the edited language from the Edited Language drop-down list. All texts in
the edited language are loaded from the file and shown in the table.
3. Edit the texts in the Edited Language column.
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4.3.6 Adding languages
To add a new language:

1. Select Add Language... from the Language menu.
2. Enter a new language code following ISO 639 standard or select a language from
the list.
3. Click OK or Apply, if several languages are to be added.
4. Select the language from the Edited Language drop-down list in the Text Translation
Tool.
4.3.7 Deleting edited languages
To delete edited languages:

1. Select Delete Edited Language from the Language menu. A dialog box appears
asking the user to confirm the deletion of the edited language.
2. Click Yes to delete the language.
4.3.8 Finding/replacing texts
To find/replace texts:
1. Select Find/Replace from the Edit menu. The Find/Replace dialog appears.
2. Select the column to be searched. The Edited Language radio button is enabled
only when at least one edited language is added.
3. Type the text to be searched to the Find what: field, or select an already searched
string from the drop-down list.
4. Click New Search to start a new search.
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5. Select suitable search options. Select Match Case to search for match case results.
6. Click Find First, or click Replace All to replace all matching words.
7. If you selected Find First and a match case is found, replace the matching word by
clicking Replace.
8. A word can be replaced only for the Edited language. Select the Edited language
radio button to enable the Replace with field.
9. To replace the found word, type the new word to theReplace with: field, or select
an already used replacement string from the drop down list.
4.3.9 Editing texts
To edit the text:

1. In the Edited Language column, click the cell you want to edit.
2. Type the correct text in the Edit text field.
3. Select the next cell.
The Text Translation Tool gives you a notification when the edited text is longer that
the reference text. To enable or disable the notification, select Texts > Warn about long
texts.
4.3.10 Initializing edited languages
Initialization of edited languages copies all the text from the referenced language cells
to the corresponding empty (not yet translated) edited language cells. This can be used,
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for example when editing a very long list of reference language texts to prevent such
human errors as having no text at all in a language dependent LIB function (event list,
control dialog, etc.).
To initialize edited languages, select Initialize from the Texts menu.
4.3.11 Setting fonts
Different fonts can be used in the Text Translation Tool.

To select a font:
1. Select Set Font... from the Options menu. The Font dialog appears.
2. Select a font family, style and size. Click OK.
4.3.12 Saving file
The edited texts can be saved. To save the texts, select Save from the File menu.
4.3.13 Compressing file
Files can be compressed in the Text Translation Tool. The original and the new size are
shown in a dialog box after the compression. Compressing files removes unnecessary
data from the file, so it is useful, for example, after deleting an edited language.
To compress a file, select Compress File from the Tools menu.
4.3.14 Opening locked files
When you open a file in the Text Translation Tool and a warning about the file being
locked appears, the Text Translation Tool or MicroSCADA monitor may have crashed
during the previous editing session. In such case you can open the locked file in the Text
Translation Tool.
To open a locked file:
1. Click OK in the file lock warning dialog box.
2. Choose Break File Lock from the Tools menu.
3. Open the file.
If a file is locked because it is already open in another tool, for

example in the Dialog Editor, the locked file cannot be opened
and the Break File Lock is disabled.
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4.3.15 Exporting texts
The texts in the edited language can be exported to a text file. All texts in the selected
edited language in the whole VSO file are exported. Different languages in the same
VSO file can be exported to the same file. Texts in a VSO file can be exported into a
separate text file and later imported, for example, into a newer version of the VSO file
with language dependent text. The texts can also be exported at the same time to all the
VSO files in a selected folder and its subfolders.
4.3.15.1 Exporting a single VSO file
To export a single VSO file:

1. Select Open... from the File menu. To open a single file, first open the file in the
Text Translation Tool.
2. Select VSO Export from the Texts menu. The Select Export Options… dialog
opens, see Figure 4.21.
Figure 4.21: The Select Export Options... dialog box
3. Under Export Type, click Manual. The other two options are for exporting several
files.
4. Select the language by clicking Select. The Add Language dialog appears. For
information on using the dialog, see Section 4.3.6 Adding languages, steps 2-4.
5. Click OK. The file chooser dialog appears.
6. Select the destination folder and type the name of the .txt file to the Save as:text
box. The default name of the text file is same as the VSO file, with the extension
"txt". The default folder is the same as the one that was used in last import or export
action.
7. Click Save to save the file and close the dialog, or Apply to just to save the file
without closing the dialog. If you click Apply you can save the file to several
locations without having to repeat the steps 2-6.
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4.3.15.2 Exporting several VSO files
Exporting several VSO files may take several minutes and

load the workstation’s processor enough to remarkably slow
down its operation. Therefore it is not advisable to perform
this operation while running a process.
To export several VSO files:

1. Select VSO Export from the Texts menu. The Select Export Options… dialog
appears, see Figure 4.21.
2. Click Automatic, ask before processing each file or Automatic, assume "yes"
for all questions. The first option stops before processing each file to ask whether
it is OK to proceed. The second option processes files automatically without
confirmation.
3. Select the language by clicking Select. The Add Language dialog appears. For
4. Click OK. The Select Export Source directory dialog appears.
5. Select the export source folder. All the VSO files under that folder and its subfolders
are included in the export. A subfolder is created to store the generated text files
(*.vtx). The subfolder is created into the original file location folder and is named
LangY, where Y is the language number from the language cross-reference file
sc\lib4\base\bbone\use\bgu_lxref.txt.
After the export operation of several VSO files has finished, an Export Summarydialog
appears. For information on summary dialogs and their reports, see Section 4.3.20 Reports.
4.3.16 Importing texts
Texts can be imported from two sources:

• From another file of the same type, for example, another version of the same file.
• From a text export/import file (for information on exporting texts, see Section 4.3.15
Exporting texts).
Texts can be imported in two ways:
• Manually into one file at a time, by selecting the import source file with a file
chooser.
• Automatically into one or several files.
Manually imported texts are imported from a file that is selected with a file chooser, into
the file, which is translated. Texts can be imported manually for all file types. The tool
gives a warning if the source file name is different from the destination file name.
Automatically imported texts are imported into all files selected in the file navigator,
from files of same name in another directory. When importing texts automatically the
source directory must first be selected. The tool also provides a list of files/texts, which
were not found in the source directory. The list can be printed or saved to file. The tool
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stops at each file and asks the user to confirm the automatic translation. When importing
texts to VSO files automatically, the user can select whether to import from text files or
VSO files.
When importing from text files, the same file name is assumed, but with the .txt or .vtx
extension. When importing texts into VSO files or menu configuration files, the language
of the source and destination must match. The “Object” and “Text ID” must be the same
for the source and the destination file.
Importing several files may take several minutes and load the
workstation’s processor enough to remarkably slow down its
operation. Therefore it is not advisable to perform this
operation while running a process.
To import a file:
1. Select Import from the Texts menu.
2. In the appearing Select Import Options... dialog, check suitable options for the
import action. Click OK to proceed.
3. Select the text file with the file chooser that appears. The default file name is the
same as the VSO file, with the .txt extension. The default folder is the one that was
used in last import or export action.
A warning is shown if the imported texts were originally exported from a VSO file
with a different name than the one currently being edited.
4. Click OK.
After the import operation has finished, the Import Summary dialog shown inFigure 4.24
appears.
4.3.17 Exporting to a database
All files in one folder and all its subfolders can be exported to a single text file, a database.
The database makes it easier to create dictionary files and also enables editing of language
files in, for example, Microsoft Access or Excel. For information on the dictionary, see
Section 4.3.23 Dictionary. For information on the types of language files the export
handles, see Section 4.3.1 File formats.
Exporting to a database may take several minutes and load the

To export files to a database:

1. Select Export... from the Database menu. The Database Options dialog appears.
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2. Type the operating system relative path and the folder name to the Source text box
or click Browse... next to the Source text box to select the path and the folder with
the file chooser.
3. Type the operating system relative path and the name of the English source folder
to the English Source text box or click Browse... next to the English Source text
box to select the path and the folder with the file chooser.
4. Type the operating system relative path and the name of the destination file, that is,
the database, to the Destination text box or click Browse... next to the destination
text box to select the path and the file with the file chooser. The destination file is
always in .txt format. The file can already exist or it can be a new file that is created
during the export operation.
5. Select the separator from the Separator drop-down list. The options are semicolon,
tab and fixed. An example of the semicolon separator in the database is shown in
Figure 4.22. The tab separator displays a tab instead of the semicolon and the fixed
separator displays the unused characters, out of maximum number reserved for the
particular file information, as spaces.
6. Select the language by clicking Select.... The Add Language dialog appears.
Instructions for using the dialog box are in Section 4.3.6 Adding languages, steps
2-4.
7. Under Handle existing file(s), select Overwrite or Append. Overwrite overwrites
all information in an existing destination file and Append appends all the information
that is missing in an existing destination file.
8. Click OK to start the export operation.
After the export operation has finished, an Export Summary dialog appears.
The report in the dialog box shows the following information:
• File name and text id with the selected separator.
• Information if any of the file information elements was too long.
For information on summary dialogs and their reports, see Section 4.3.18 Importing from
a database.
4.3.18 Importing from a database
Text files can be regenerated from a database, which is a text file itself. The import
operation handles the type of language files listed in .
The database must contain the following information for the import operation:
• Row ID (number starting from 1 for the first text Id) (String, max. length 6 char).
• Path (String, max. length 60 characters).
• Filename (String, max. length 50 characters).
• Modification date and time (String, max. length 16 characters: 1999-01- 31_01:45).
• Type of text file (String, max. length 3 characters: VSO, LIF, VVF, EFT, INI, MNU,
…).
• Object(s) (String, max. length 50 characters).
• Text ID(s) (String, max. length 50 characters).
• Row number (String, max. length 2 characters: 0,1,2,3, … ,99).
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• Text ID type (String, max. length 1 character: T, V, I).

• Contents (String, max. length 255 characters).
An example of the file information in a database is shown in .
Figure 4.22: An example of a database opened in Notepad. In this database the semicolon has
been selected as a separator for the row IDs, paths, filenames, etc.
The database can be imported to, for example, Microsoft Access or Excel. For this, a
header is needed with information about the drive, path, language, exported date and
time. The header information is 10 lines starting with the character #, as shown in
Figure 4.22 and Figure 4.23. The compatibility of the database with, for example,
Microsoft Access enables combining already translated texts with the latest English
versions of files containing language dependent texts.
Figure 4.23: An example of a database imported to Microsoft Excel
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Importing from a database may take several minutes and load

the workstation’s processor enough to remarkably slow down
its operation. Therefore it is not advisable to perform this
To import from a database:

1. Select Import... from the Database menu. The Database Options dialog appears.
2. Type the operating system relative path and the database name to the Sourcetext
box or click Browse... next to the Source text box to select the path and the file
with the file chooser.
3. Type the operating system relative path and the name of the English source folder
to the English source text box or click Browse... next to the English Source text
box to select the path and the folder with the file chooser.
4. Type the operating system relative path and the destination folder name to
theDestination text box or click Browse... next to the destination text box to select
the path and the folder with the file chooser.
5. Select the separator from the Separator drop-down list. The options are semicolon,
tab and fixed. An example of the semicolon separator in the database is shown in
Figure 4.22. The tab separator displays a tab instead of the semicolon and the fixed
separator displays the unused characters, out of maximum number reserved for the
particular file information, as spaces.
6. Select the language by clicking Select.... The Add Language dialog appears. For
7. Under Handle existing ids, select Overwrite all existing text ids or Overwrite
only empty text ids. Overwrite all ids overwrites all IDs in the destination folder
and Overwrite only empty ids overwrites all the missing IDs in the destination
folder.
8. Click OK to start the import operation.
A report is shown after the import from the database is completed.
The report contains the following notifications:
• Any empty text ID in a language that is not empty in the English version.
• If there is any attribute or file in other languages not present in the English version.
For information on the summary dialog boxes and their reports, see Section 4.3.20
Reports.
4.3.19 Header information in text files
A header of the text file written by the Text Translation Tool includes information about
the version of the Text Translation Tool and the date when the file was written.
Example:
;OBJECT : BEU_EVENTS.TXT
;COPYRIGHT : ABB Substation Automation Oy
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;DEPARTMENT : RSD
;PROJECT : LIB 500 Base 4.0.2 / Event List 2.0
;AUTHOR : S-O LUND ;CREATED : 96-04-18
;MODIFYED : 99-07-26
;
;TTT version 1.6.13 99-01-31
;DESCRIPTION: This is texts for the event list pictures
;---------------------------------------------------------------------------
4.3.20 Reports
A report is generated every time an import or export operation is done. The report shows
erroneous and missing Text IDs, see Figure 4.24. The status of the text is displayed
separately for each language.
The header of the error list includes the following information:
• Time and date when the report was generated.
• The selected options.
• Source and destination directories.
Figure 4.24: This Import Summary dialog box is an example of a report from an import operation
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The command buttons in the dialog allow saving and printing the report, as well as
closing the dialog box, seeFigure 4.24.
Figure 4.25 shows an example that includes the following error information:
• The Text Id MAIN*B_HELP was not translated in the imported file.
• The Text Id MAIN*L_COMPILED was not found from the imported file.
This means that these two Text Ids have to be edited in the Text Translation Tool. The
status may be:
Absent destination The text Id is not found from the destination file.
Non-empty destination The text was already in the destination file.
Absent source The Text Id was not found from import file.
Empty source The Text Id was empty in import file.
Figure 4.25: An example of information in an error list after an import operation from
sc\De_Tool\AplBuild to sc\Stool\AplBuild. This example is an import from MicroSCADA version
8.4.2.
4.3.21 Comparing language files
Using the latest translated material and a summary of differences between the English
source versions simplifies the translation process. An example of a translation process
is shown in Figure 4.26.
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Figure 4.26: An example of a translation process. The members in the boxes represent different
versions of texts, 1.2 being the latest version.
The summary of differences is a result of language file compare operation. Two different
versions of files can be compared in the same language.
In Figure 4.26, for example, the differences between versions 1.1 and 1.1.2 of the English
language files are compared in the Text Translation Tool before translating the English
file version 1.1.2. The summary shows the differences between the language dependent
texts that have been added to the English file 1.1.2 version. Since the English file version
1.1 has already been translated to another language, only the new English texts in the
English file version 1.1.2 need to be translated.
The comparison may take several minutes and load the

To compare two different versions of a file in a selected language:

1. Select Compare from the Texts menu. The Compare options dialog appears.
2. Type the operating system relative path and the database name to the First source
directory text box or click Browse next to the text box to select the path and the
file with the file chooser.
3. Type the operating system relative path and the database name to the Second source
directory text box or click Browse... next to the text box to select the path and the
file with the file chooser.
4. Select the language by clicking Select.... The Add Language dialog appears. For
5. Click Compare text id values and/or Include subdirectories to compare language
dependent texts and include subdirectories to the comparison.
6. Click OK to start the comparison.
When the comparison is finished, the summary of differences is displayed. Information
on the summary dialog boxes and their reports is found in Section 4.3.20 Reports.
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Figure 4.27 shows a more detailed description of the different phases in the simplified
translation operation.
Figure 4.27: The simplified translation process
4.3.22 Local language directories in LIB4 application libraries
Each time a local language is added (by selecting Menu > Language > Add in the Text
Translation Tool), a LANGn directory is created under all locations where LANG0 folder
is present. When a file is selected and edited it in the local language (Edited Language),
the file is saved under the LANGn folder. Ex- LANG1 is created at all locations where
LANG0 is present. The file BAU_ALARM1.HLP is edited in LANG1 and saved under
the LANG1 folder as shown in Figure 4.28.
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Figure 4.28: LANGn folder location
4.3.23 Dictionary
The Text Translation Tool manages a dictionary, which can contain words and phrases
in different languages. The dictionary can be edited with the Text Translation Tool. The
dictionary can be used to translate individual texts as well as all texts of a file. In this
case all words and phrases which are found in the dictionary are translated.
The dictionary contains the following functionality:
• Add a new word.
• Paste copied text from the Text Translation Tool.
• Delete a word.
• Erase all words from one language.
• Export the words and translations (in one language) to a text file or database.
• Import the words and translations (in one language) from a text file or database.
• Search and replace a word.
• Sort the dictionary in alphabetic order by each language.
• "Use Dictionary" functionality that uses the translations found in the dictionary.
An English version of the dictionary can be built from a database after importing all files
(i.e. c:\sc\) with language support to the database. For instructions on exporting to a
database, see Section 4.3.17 Exporting to a database. The English version of the dictionary
contains entries only in English. All unique strings from the file (database) should be
written to the dictionary when importing from an exported database to a dictionary.
4.3.23.1 Dictionary Editor
The dictionary can be modified and new entries can be added with the Dictionary Editor,
see Figure 4.29. The Dictionary Editor can be accessed from the Text Translation Tool.
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Figure 4.29: The Dictionary Editor dialog
The Dictionary Editor toolbar includes the following buttons:

• Exit
• Import from file
• Export to file
• Add new word
• Delete current word
• Next cell
• Add language
• Delete current language
4.3.23.2 Using dictionary
To use the dictionary:

1. Select Use Keywords from the Dictionary menu. All occurrences of the referenced
language entries in the dictionary import the corresponding translation into the edited
file.
2. If there are two different translations available in the same language, the dialog
shown in Figure 4.30 appears. In the dialog, select the correct translation for the text
from the All translations list and click OK. To cancel the translation of a single
word and proceed with the operation, click Cancel this unit. Cancel translation
cancels the Use Keywords operation.
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Figure 4.30: The Resolve Translation Ambiguity dialog
4.3.23.3 Editing dictionary settings
To edit dictionary settings:

1. Select Settings from the Dictionary menu. The Dictionary Settings dialog appears.
2. Select suitable options.
3. Click OK.
4.3.23.4 Finding and replacing text
To find/replace text:
1. Select Find/Replace from the File menu. The Find/Replace dialog appears. Before
selecting Find/Replace you can also select only a part of the text to be searched.
2. Type the text to be searched to the Find what: field or select an already searched
string from the drop-down list.
3. If the found word should also be replaced, type the replacement word to theReplace
with: field or select an already used replacement string from the drop down list.
4. Select suitable search options below the Replace with: field.
5. Click Find First, or click Replace All to replace all matching words.
6. If you selected Find First and a match case is found, click Replace to replace the
matching word. New Search starts a new search from step 2.
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4.3.23.5 Editing a dictionary
To edit the dictionary:

1. Select Edit Keywords... from the Dictionary menu. The Dictionary Editordialog
appears.
2. To add a language to the dictionary, select Add language... from theLanguage
menu. Select desired language from the list. Click OK.
3. To select the reference language, select the Select Reference Language submenu
from the Language menu. Select an option on the list.
4. To select edited language, select the Select Edited Language submenu from
theLanguage menu. Select an option on the list.
5. To add a new entry into dictionary, select Add New Word from the Word menu.
An empty cell is selected. Type the new word.
6. To delete an entry from the dictionary, select the cell with the word to be deleted.
Select Delete Current Word from the Word menu.
7. To save the dictionary, select Save Dictionary from the File menu.
4.3.23.6 Exporting a dictionary
To export a dictionary:
1. Select Edit Keywords... from the Dictionary menu.
2. Select Export to file... from the File menu.
3. In the Save As dialog, select the appropriate directory and enter a filename without
file extension. Click Save. The file is saved with the extension .dic by default.
4.3.23.7 Importing a dictionary
To import a dictionary:
2. Select Import from File... from the File menu. Select directory and file (*.dic).
3. Click Open.
Entries of the referenced language that are not found in the edited dictionary are
imported.
4.3.23.8 Importing from a database
Import from database may take several minutes and load the
operation. Therefore it is not advisable to perform the operation
while running a process.
To import from a database:
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2. Select Import from Database... from the File menu. The file chooser dialog appears.
3. Select the database (*.txt) to be imported to the dictionary with the file chooser.
4. Click Open to save the file and close the dialog box, or click Apply to save the file
without closing the dialog. Clicking Apply enables you to import several databases
without having to repeat the steps 2-3.
4.3.23.9 Text of VS objects
Texts of the VS_PROGRAM_EDITOR and VS_NOTICE_DIALOG objects can be

translated in the stdlang.vso file, which is located in the ../sc/ prog/exec folder. The
stdlang.vso file contains texts only in English (EN). They are meant to be used only for
referencing, so modifying these texts has no effect. If the language in the monitor is
English “EN”, the default texts are used. The stdlang.vso file includes also examples,
texts in Finnish (“FI”) for VS_PROGRAM_EDITOR.
4.4 SCIL Database Tool

In MicroSCADA, it is possible to create SCIL database files that may contain any SCIL
data types. For more information on SCIL databases, see the Programming Language
SCIL Manual. In the operating system's file system, the SCIL database files are recognized
by their file extension .SDB (SCIL Database file).
SCIL Database Tool provides the following functions for these files:
• Creating a new file
• Opening an existing file to display the contents of the file in a structured way
• Editing the file with regard to the sections, element names and their values
• Saving the file
• Copy and paste the contents of the file between two SCIL Database tools open at
the same time
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Figure 4.31: Main view of the SCIL Database Tool
The main view of the tool consists of the following parts. See Figure 4.31
• Menubar
• Toolbar
• Area for displaying the file contents in a structured way
4.4.1 Opening the SCIL Database File
When File > Open is selected or the appropriate toolbar button is clicked, the File Chooser
dialog is opened. See Figure 4.32.
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Figure 4.32: Selecting a file in File Chooser
The default folder for File Chooser is the active application's PICT folder. The files,
which have the .SDB extension are shown as default. When the SCIL Database file to
be opened is located in another folder, use the File Chooser to select the appropriate
drive and folder. To open the file, select the file name from the list or type the name of
the file to the File name field. It is also possible to open the latest files from the tool's
file history list, located in the File menu of the tool.
When the file is opened, its contents is displayed in the tool in a structured way.
If the Text Database files (SYS_TEXT.SDB, APL_TEXT.SDB

or other Text Database files defined by the APL:BTD Text
Databases attribute) are opened in SCIL Database Tool, the
following dialog is displayed for the user. See Figure 4.33.
Figure 4.33: Notification for opened Text Database files
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In this case, the tool disables the saving function. This is because, the Text Translation
Tool should be used for localization purposes of these files. However, it is possible to
edit the contents of this file, and save it to another file name.
When the file is opened in the tool, its contents is shown in the tree. Sections node of
the tree displays the number of sections included in this file. As a default, the Sections
node is expanded, thus displaying all the sections found from the file. The contents of
each section becomes displayed, when the appropriate Section node in the tree is
expanded.
For each section and element, the following information is displayed:
• Data type of the section or element (with icon)
• Name of the section or element
• Value of the section or element
4.4.2 Creating a New SCIL Database File
When File > New is selected or the appropriate toolbar button is clicked , the contents
of the SCIL Database file tree is cleared in the tool. If the current SCIL database file in
the tool has been modified before creating a new file, the following dialog is displayed
to the user. See Figure 4.34.
Figure 4.34: Current file is modified notification
When Yes is clicked, the tool saves the current SCIL database file before clearing the
contents of tree. If No is clicked, the contents of tree is cleared without saving the content
of the current SCIL database file. If Cancel is clicked, the contents of tree is not cleared.
4.4.3 Creating New Section with Value
When root node Sections is selected in the tree, select Object > New from the menubar
or click the appropriate toolbar button . Then the New dialog is opened. See
Figure 4.35
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Figure 4.35: Opening the New dialog
Type the section name in the Section text field, and the value in the Value text field.
Here are some examples for entered values:
TRUE
10
"10"
LIST(FIRST=1, SECOND=VECTOR(1,2,3), THIRD=TIME)
VECTOR(TRUE, FALSE, 12)
Clicking OK or pressing ENTER creates a new section in the tool with the entered value
and closes the New dialog. Clicking Cancel discards the entered section with value and
closes the dialog.
4.4.4 Editing Section Value
When some section is selected in the tree, select Object > Edit from the menubar or
click the appropriate toolbar button . Then the Edit dialog is opened. See Figure 4.36
Figure 4.36: Edit dialog
Modify the contents of the existing value in the text field. When OK is clicked or ENTER
is pressed, the modified value is applied into tool and Edit dialog is closed. If the entered
value does not follow the SCIL syntax (for more information on this, see the Programming
Language SCIL manual), the message dialog (Figure 4.37) is displayed for the user.
Clicking Cancel discards the entered value and closes the dialog.
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Figure 4.37: Incorrect value entered in the Edit dialog
4.4.5 Saving SCIL Database File
When File > Save As is selected from the menubar, the Save As dialog is opened. See
Figure 4.38. The files with .SDB extension are recognized as SCIL Database files and
are listed in the default folder. Type the file name in the text field, and click Save. Or
select some existing file name in the list to replace the existing file. Clicking Cancel
discards the operation and closes the dialog.
Figure 4.38: Save as dialog
If an existing file has been modified in the tool, select File > Save from the menubar or
click the appropriate toolbar button to save the file with the same name.
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4.4.6 Renaming Sections
Select some existing section in the tree, and select Object > Rename from the menu or
click the appropriate toolbar button. Then the Rename dialog is opened. See Figure 4.39.
Figure 4.39: Rename dialog
Type another section name in the text field. Clicking OK or pressing ENTER accepts
the entered section name in the tool and closes the Rename dialog. Clicking Cancel
discards the entered new section name and closes the dialog.
4.4.7 Deleting Selected Content
Select some existing section or value in the tree, and select Edit > Cut or click the
appropriate toolbar button. The selected content is deleted. However, it is possible to
paste this section or value later, because it is saved to the clipboard of tool.
4.4.8 Transferring information between two SCIL Database Tools
It is possible to copy and paste section and value information between two parallel SCIL
Database Tools. The purpose of this function is to provide easier engineering, when there
is a need to reuse the data from one SCIL Database File to another. This can be done by
the following way:
1. Start the first SCIL Database Tool from the Tool Manager.
2. Start the second SCIL Database Tool from Tool Manager
3. Open the SCIL Database in this tool. Select some section name in the tree.
4. Select Edit > Copy from the menubar or click the appropriate toolbar button.
The contents of the selected section is copied to the clipboard of the first tool. After
this is done, do as follows:
5. Select the root node of the tree, that is, click the Sections item.
6. Select Edit > Paste from the menubar or click the appropriate toolbar button.
The contents of the copied section is pasted in the contents of the second tool. See
Figure 4.40.
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Figure 4.40: Transferring information between two tools
4.5 Hard disk management

The Disk Management Tool (DMT) is designed for automatic and manual hard disk
management in MicroSCADA Pro, that is file deleting, moving and compression, in
order to free up disk space. The DMT uses external executable 7z.exe (www.7-zip.org)
for compression.
The Disk Management Tool is able to perform the following actions to maintain the disk
space available:
• Deleting files
• Moving files to another hard disk or removable media
• Compressing files and deleting original ones, archives created by the DMT are
handled by the DMT User Interface part
The DMT can be activated in one or more of the following ways:
• Manual triggering via the User Interface
• Automatic periodic triggering at predefined time of the day
• Automatic triggering based on the LIB 5xx hard disk space alarm
4.5.1 Using Disk Management tool
The Disk Management Tool is accessed by double-clicking the Disk Management icon
in the Miscellaneous tab of the Tool Manager. When the DMT User Interface part is
started, the main dialog box appears. The typical appearance of the main dialog box is
shown in Figure 4.41.
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Figure 4.41: The Disk Management Tool main dialog box
4.5.1.1 Menus
Table 4.1: File menu commands

Save This command saves current activation settings and file sets to the
parameter file. Base system objects are updated according to the
new activation settings. The left toolbar button also corresponds to
this command.
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View Log This command opens the viewer dialog box to view the log created
by the Execution part. Log messages are displayed as plain text,
each one on a single line. Messages include date and time stamp,
message type (information, caution and critical), and the message
text.
‘Information' messages are those not requiring immediate attention,

such as the number of processed files from each file set, the time
when the Execution part was started and so on.
‘caution' messages are logged when there is an I/O or other no-

critical error, but the DMT is able to recover and continue execution.
‘critical' messages are logged when there is a critical error, which

has caused the Execution part to stop.
Note that the log viewer is able to display up to10000 messages of

the log, so it is necessary to clear the log periodically. The log file
is stored in the language-independent format. When it is viewed in
the UI part, messages are translated using the current language.
The second toolbar button corresponds to this command.
Clear log This command empties the log file and immediately logs a message
that the log file was cleared. The third toolbar button also corres-
ponds to this command.
Run now This command activates the Execution part immediately, if it is not
already running. If there are unsaved changes in file sets or activa-
tion settings, the tool prompts whether to save them prior to activat-
ing the Execution part. The fourth toolbar button also corresponds
to this command.
View messages This command shows the dialog box containing recent messages
received from the Execution part. The dialog box also opens auto-
matically when a new ‘critical' or ‘caution' message is received. See
for more detailed description of the message dialog.
Exit This command closes the UI dialog box. If there are unsaved
changes in file sets or activation settings, the tool prompts whether
to save them.
Table 4.2: Archive menu command

Open This command allows the user to view and extract files from archives
created by the Execution part. See for the description of the archive-
handling dialog.
Table 4.3: Options menu command

Toolbar Visible This option toggles the toolbar state.
Table 4.4: Help menu command

About This command opens the About information sheet.
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4.5.1.2 Toolbar
Corresponds to the Save command in the File menu.
Corresponds to the View log command in the File menu.
Corresponds to the Clear log command in the File menu.
Corresponds to the Run now command in the File menu.
4.5.1.3 Activating automatic disk space settings
The following activation methods are supported by the Disk Management Tool (DMT):
• The time-based activation (daily, weekly or monthly)
• The activation based on LIB 500 disk space alarm
These options are independent of each other, but only one instance of the Execution part
may run at a time. Therefore, if the Execution part was triggered by the disk space alarm
or manually, and has not finished before the time-based activation has occurred, then
the time-based activation is ignored.
1. Setting a daily, weekly or monthly activation in the main dialog
2. Select the Activation schedule check box in order to activate the option buttons. See
3. Select on of the following options, Daily at, Weekly at or Monthly at, depending
on which kind of activation is preferred.
Type the time of the day for the activation in the freely editable text box next to the
option button. The time must be typed in 24 hour format, for example 16:30. For the
Daily at activation, in addition to the time of the day, also the day of the week has to be
selected from the drop-down list next to the time text box. For the Monthly at activation,
in addition to the time of the day, also the date has to be selected from the spin box next
to the time text box.
The monthly activation will be ignored on months, which do not contain the selected
day. For example, the Execution part will not be activated on February, if the 30th day
is selected.
Setting activation on disk space alarm is done by selecting the Activate on disk space
alarm check box. The disk space alarm limit can be adjusted with the LI attribute of the
process object 10 in the B_HDS process object group, see the Application Objects manual
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for more detailed information on adjusting the attribute. Changing B_HDS process object
group also effects LIB 5xx since it uses the same group. If LIB 5xx is installed after
adjusting the LI attribute, the LIB 5xx default value will replace the adjusted value.
4.5.1.4 Creating new file sets
Each file set consists of the following attributes:

Table 4.5: File attributes
Source path This is the directory specification, where source files are loc-
ated. It can be application-related or operating system-depend-
ent absolute path.
File mask This attribute is the pattern of the file names to operate on. It
is also possible to specify several patterns separated by semi-
colon (;). The DMT correctly handles file names matching more
than one pattern. For example, if A*.* and *.PHD are specified,
APL_991004.PHD will be processed only once.
Action One of the following actions can be performed by DMT on file
sets:
Delete: Deletes all files matching the pattern and criteria.
Move: Moves all files matching the pattern and criteria to anoth-
er location.
Compress: Places all files matching the pattern and criteria into
the archive and deletes original ones if the operation was suc-
cessful. The archive file and extension naming can be followed
as per the file systems (FAT32 / NTFS) standard naming con-
ventions. The extension selection can be .7z (default), .zip or
.tar depending on the compression format requirement.
Note that for the compression operation to succeed, the amount

of free disk space on the drive where MicroSCADA is installed
needs to be more than twice the size of the files to be com-
pressed.
Action Destination This attribute is only applied for Move and Compress actions.
For Move action, it specifies the directory, where to move the
affected files. For the Compress action, it specifies the destin-
ation archive file. The destination file name is given as an argu-
ment to 7z.exe
Criteria One of the following criteria can be checked by the DMT to find
out whether to process the file set:
Time: All files older than the specified time stamp and matching
the pattern are processed.
Size: If the size of a file set matching the pattern is greater than
the specified limit, the file set is processed.
Criteria value This is the number of criteria units, selected for the file set. This
value must be between 1 and 999.
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Criteria unit The following units are applied to the ‘Time' criteria:
'day'
'month'
'year'
The following units are applied to the ‘Size' criteria:
KB - Kilobyte, is equivalent to 1 000 bytes.
MB - Megabyte, is equivalent to 1 000 000 bytes
GB - Gigabyte, is equivalent to 1 000 000 000 bytes
File sets are processed by the Execution part in the same order as they are listed in the
UI main window. Two buttons, Move up and Move down, allow changing the order.
4.5.1.5 Deleting file sets
File Sets can be deleted as follows:

1. Select the file set(s) to be deleted. Several file sets can be selected by holding down
Ctrl and clicking on the sets to be selected. Clicking Select All selects all the file
sets in the main dialog box.
2. Click Delete. The tool promps to confirm the operation.
4.5.1.6 Defining file set properties
The File Set Properties dialog allows to create file sets and edit attributes of existing file
sets. The appearance of the dialog is shown in Figure 4.42.
Figure 4.42: The File Set Properties dialog
The File Set Properties dialog contains dialog items for all attributes described in the
File sets section. The browse button enables a file chooser allowing selecting the directory
or file specification.
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Adding new file sets

New file sets can be added as follows:
1. Click the Add command button in the DMT main dialog.
2. Select a Source path by typing the path in the freely editable text box, or click the
Browse button next to the text box and select the path with the file chooser.
3. Insert File mask by typing the pattern in the freely editable text box. Acceptable
extensions for the files are phx, phz, phd, phi, cfg, dat, and inf, files with other
extensions are not handled. It is also possible to specify several patterns separated
by semicolon. If, for example, d*.*;u*.ini is used as the file mask pattern, a warning
shown in Figure 4.43 is displayed. The warning appears after the first file set that
may include not supported files, has been approved, but only once every time the
DMT is used.
Figure 4.43: Warning about a file mask that may include files not supported by the DMT
4. Select the appropriate Action for processing the files included in the file mask. The
drop-down list provides the Delete, Compress and Move options.
5. The destination path has to be defined for the Move and Compress actions. Type
the path in the freely editable text box or click on the browse button to select the
path by file chooser. For Compress action a file name for the archive file needs to
be defined in addition to the destination path, for example \sc\temp\compress.7z.
6. In the Criteria group box, click Older than to select time criteria or Occupy more
than to select space criteria.
7. Select the criteria value from it’s respective spin box and unit from it’s respective
drop-down list.
8. Click OK to accept the settings.
The two navigation buttons in the File Set Properties dialog can be used to move between
file sets in the main dialog. The left arrow moves to the previous file set in the list and
the right arrow moves to the next one. If there are unsaved changes in the File Set
Properties dialog, the tool asks whether to save them prior to moving. Saved changes
are propagated to the main dialog; the separate Save command should be given to save
file sets to the parameter file.
Files compressed with old utility AR.EXE is no more supported

for compress action, only files can be extracted. If you have
existing file sets compressed with AR.EXE, you must edit
those file sets and change the old file extension to .7z.
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Editing existing file sets

Existing file sets can be edited as follows:
1. In the DMT main dialog click on the file set to be edited.
2. Click the Edit button.
3. Do the necessary changes in the File Set Properties dialog.
4. Click OK.
5. The OK button propagates changes to the main dialog and then closes the File Set
Properties dialog.
The Cancel button abandons any changes and closes the dialog. If there are unsaved
modifications, the tool prompts whether to save them.
The two navigation buttons in the File Set Properties dialog can be used to move between
file sets in the main dialog. The left arrow moves to the previous file set in the list and
the right arrow moves to the next one. If there are unsaved changes in the File Set
Properties dialog, the tool asks whether to save them prior to moving. Saved changes
are propagated to the main dialog; the separate Save command should be given to save
file sets to the parameter file.
4.5.1.7 Viewing execution messages
When the Execution part is activated, and the UI part is open, the Execution part sends
urgent messages to the UI part. All messages sent to UI are also logged, but not all of
the logged messages are sent to UI. When a ‘critical’ or a ‘caution’ message arrives, see
File > View Log in Table 4.1. Using Disk Management tool, the UI part opens the
Execution Message dialog. The appearance of the dialog is shown in Figure 4.44.
Figure 4.44: The Execution Part dialog
The dialog shows the message status icon, the time stamp, the message text, and the
SCIL status code if any. These messages are not stored permanently. When the main
dialog is closed, they are automatically removed.
The Close button closes the dialog.
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The Clear button removes all the messages from the list, but they still remain in the log
file.
The "Open this dialog upon incoming critical and caution messages" check box allows
turning off the dialog pop-up. If this option is turned on, then incoming ‘information’
messages are placed on the list, but the dialog is not automatically opened. However,
the last message sent by the Execution part opens the dialog regardless of the message
status.
4.5.1.8 Viewing log
The Archive dialog handles archives created and updated by the Execution part. It allows
deleting compressed file sets and extracting individual files from archives. The appearance
of the Archive dialog is shown in Figure 4.45.
Figure 4.45: The Execution Part dialog
The Source file text box shows the name and the path of the currently open archive. The
corresponding Browse button allows selecting another archive.
The leftmost list contains IDs of compressed file sets in the first column. IDs are 4-digit
numbers assigned in the ascending order. The result of the first compression receives
the ID 0000, the next one has the ID 0001, and so on. Other two list columns contain
the original and the compressed size of the whole data.
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The rightmost group box displays the following information related to the selected file
set:
• Time stamp, the date/time when the compression was performed
• Location, the original location of files
• File mask, the file mask of the file set
• Condition, the condition used to select files
• The list, that shows the name and the original size for each file
The Refresh command button forces the tool to refresh the contents of the archive. It is
useful to reflect changes made by the recent activation of the Execution part.
The Extract files... command button allows to extract all or only selected files from one
file set at a time. When this button is clicked, a dialog is displayed allowing changing
the destination directory.
The Delete file set button allows deleting one or more selected file sets. There is no way
to delete individual files from a compressed file set.
Delete File Set is no more supported for the files compressed

with old utility AR.EXE, only Extract Files can be performed.
4.6 Configuring Printout Template

Common printout layout for all the Displays in Monitor Pro and VSCIL tools is available
in the file \sc\sa_lib\defaults\misc\PrintLayout.XML. It consists of PrintLayout and
LayoutFormat elements:
• PrintLayout element describes the placement and styling of the items in the printout
• LayoutFormat element describes the formatting of the printout like margins and
font styling.
4.6.1 Printout Layout Attributes
Printout layout is defined in the PrintLayout element of the PrintLayout.XML. The

PrintLayout element includes the following attributes:
• Name: Name of the element
• InUse: 0 (True) or 1 (False)
• Version: Internally used version information.
The PrintLayout element consists of LayoutItem child elements for each text and image
items that are visible in the printout. The LayoutItem element includes always the
following attributes:
• Type: Text or Image
• Name: Name of the element
• Vertical: “Top”, “Bottom” or numeric value (line number)
• Horizontal: “Left”, “Center”, “Right” or numeric value (indent).
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Rest of the attributes for LayoutItem element depends on the type of the element. The
following attributes of LayoutItem element are used only with text items:
• Bold: 0 (False) or 1 (True)
• Italic: 0 (False) or 1 (True)
• Case: “Lower” or “Upper”. If empty, no post-processing for the text is done
• Color: RGB (0-255, 0-255, 0-255) color value
• FontFamily: Name of the font. If not defined, using the “global” font definition
• FontSize: Size of the font. If not defined, using the “global” font definition
The following attributes of LayoutItem element are used only with image items:
• Width: Width of the image
• Height: Height of the image.
Either width or height has to be defined otherwise the image won’t be printed at all. If
both are defined the size is interpreted as logical units. If only one of the values is defined
the size is interpreted as units related to defined font size with the aspect ratio retained.
For image items there are no font definitions at all.
Font color for DataArea has no effect since the color information is included in the data
structure. For DataArea there’s also Legend attribute available. With this attribute it is
possible to configure the visibility of the Legend:
• Legend: 0 (False, not visible) or 1 (True, visible).
If Legend visibility has been set to 0 (False, not visible) there won’t be any Legend
shown in the printout.
4.6.2 Printout Layout Format Attributes
Printout layout formatting is defined in the LayoutFormat element of the

PrintLayout.XML. The LayoutFormat element includes the following attributes:
• Name: Name of the element (freely configurable)
• InUse: 0 (True) or 1 (False)
• Version: Internally used version information.
The LayoutFormat element consists of FormatItem child elements. The FormatItem
element can include the following attributes:
• FontFamily: Name of the font. This is the “global” font definition
• FontSize: Size of the font. This is the “global” font definition
• TopMargin: Top margin of the printout (millimeters)
• BottomMargin: Bottom margin of the printout (millimeters)
• LeftMargin: Left margin of the printout (millimeters)
• RightMargin: Right margin of the printout (millimeters)
• SplitterColor: RGB (0-255, 0-255, 0-255) color value of the table splitter color.
The actual value for appropriate FormatItem is given as an element value. If one is not
defined, default value for the formatting is used.
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4.6.2.1 Custom Text and Image Items
With custom text and image items it is possible to add resource file strings and images
from defined file path or SCIL strings from appropriate SCIL database to the printout.
This can be achieved by defining the special data key that is related to the key describing
the actual layout of the item.
Custom texts can be added by defining attribute named CustomItem (Type=”Text”) in
the PrintLayout.XML (see the configuration possibilities for text items) and element
value for the actual text data. Text data should include one of the following values:
• Text string (no localization support)
• Path to the resource file (with or without drive letter) and resource string table id
divided by comma. This action is indicated by RES_STR – prefix. In order to get
localized results, path to the resource file should be of format
[path]\[ISO6391LangCode]\File_[ISO6391LangCode].dll
• String ID of the text to be get from SCIL database. This action is indicated by
SCIL_STR – prefix.
Custom images can be added by defining attribute named CustomItem (Type=”Image”)
to PrintLayout.XML (see the configuration possibilities for image items) and element
value for the actual image data. Image data should include path to the picture (with or
without drive letter).
Any of the items can be removed from the layout just by commenting or removing the
appropriate key from the PrintLayout.XML. If the file does not exist at all or there are
no keys defined in it, the built-in default layout will be used.
4.7 Starting SYS 600
4.7.1 Manual startup of base system
Manual startup means that SYS 600 is started manually, from the Control Panel. If the
base system has not been configured for automatic startup, start it manually.
To start:
1. Log into the operating system as a user belonging to the Administrators group.
2. Double-click the MicroSCADA Control Panel icon.
3. The MicroSCADA Control Panel is displayed as shown in Figure 4.46.
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Figure 4.46: MicroSCADA Control Panel
4. Click Start.
5. The dialog box is displayed as shown in Figure 4.47.
Figure 4.47: This dialog box tells that MicroSCADA has been started
6. Click OK.
7. The application defined in the configuration is started and VS/X - type monitors are
opened to the defined workstations.
4.7.2 Automatic startup of base system
Automatic startup means that MicroSCADA service is started directly after Windows
has been started. No user needs to log in. In addition to automatic startup, automatic
logon into Windows can be used and MicroSCADA monitors can be opened
automatically.
To define the automatic startup:
1. Open the SYS 600 Control Panel.
2. Click Admin.
3. Click Service.
4. The dialog shown in Figure 4.48 is displayed on the screen.
5. Select the Automatic Startup type.
6. Click OK.
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Figure 4.48: Automatic startup of MicroSCADA is chosen in this dialog
Disabled startup determines that MicroSCADA cannot be started. Disabled startup is

also chosen as described above.
4.7.3 Command-line startup of base system
Base system can be started by running the ms_serv.exe program together with the
parameters described in Table 4.6. The ms_serv.exe is located in sc\prog\exec\ folder.
The MicroSCADA service can be started, for example from the operating system
command prompt with the following command line:
ms_serv -start
When running this command line from the command prompt, the working directory
should be the same as the file's location, which in this case is the sc\prog\exec.
Several parameters can be combined into one command line, for example in the following
way:
ms_serv -start -no_create_dir -no_info_dialog
In this example the command line starts the base system, prevents the creation of
additional directories such as "Form" and "Pic" during the startup, and prevents displaying
the info dialog box telling if MicroSCADA is started successfully.
Table 4.6: Parameters of the ms_serv.exe
Parameter: Description:
-start With this parameter MicroSCADA service is
started.
-stop With this parameter MicroSCADA service is
stopped.
-forced_stop With this parameter MicroSCADA service is
forcibly stopped.
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Parameter: Description:
-no_create_dir If this parameter is given, additional directories
such as "Form" and "Pic" are not created under
application directories during service start-up.
This parameter can only be used with "-start".
-no_info_dialog If this parameter is given, the info dialog telling
if MicroSCADA is started or stopped success-
fully is not shown.
The service start and stop access can be granted only for user-defined groups and "Users"
group.
The following groups are not granted access:
• Power Users
• Back-up Operators
• Guests
• Replicator
This is because the MicroSCADA monitor and notify window, can only be opened by
users belonging to the following groups:
• Administrators
• Users
4.7.4 Base system startup procedures
Base system runs as a service in the operating system. This means that the program runs
in the background without any visible user interface.
At startup, the MicroSCADA main program runs the following operations:
• The base system is configured with the SYS_BASCON.COM file.
• The remote communication system is configured and communication modules are
started (SYS_NETCON.COM).
4.7.5 Application startup procedures
The applications that are configured in the SYS_BASCON.COM are started after the
service has started. For each application that has started and has been set to "HOT", the
following tasks are performed:
• The entire process database of the application is copied from disk to the primary
memory. The values for process objects with SS= =2 are marked as not logged
(status code 10).
• An event channel (APL_INIT_1) is activated. Often the channel starts an
application-specific command procedure(s). The function is defined in the event
channel configurations.
• All time channels in the active applications, which are connected to data objects
and should have started during the system break, are executed. The missing report
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data, due to the break, is marked as not logged. Command procedures and data
objects with SE= =1 are executed. After the marking of data objects is complete,
another event channel (APL_INIT_2) starts another command procedure(s).
The tasks are performed regardless of whether they are started from the
SYS_BASCON.COM file or later on. If the application is a part of a hot stand-by system,
the procedures are identical.
The command procedure started by APL_INIT_1 is normally programmed to perform,
for example, the following operations:
• Reading process object values from the remote terminal units and updating them in
the process database (the primary memory).
• Completing and modifying the equipment/line configuration. The command
procedure started by APL_INIT_2 can, for example, be programmed to send
messages to printers.
4.7.6 Starting PC-NET
In the normal situation, the PC-NET process communication units need not to be
separately started but they are started automatically if the system configuration contains
NET nodes. In system startup, the PC-NET starting should be seen from the notification
window as described in Section 3.4.1.4 Verifying PC-NET process communication unit.
The system configuration tool as shown in Figure 4.49 provides a possibility to start and
stop PC-NET instances during runtime. This feature is useful when the system is under
testing and the configuration changes has been done. In normal use of a MicroSCADA
Pro system, this function is not needed and PC-NET processes are running without
interruptions.
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When PC-NET process is running, online configuration changes can be done in online
mode by selecting Configuration>Open Online. In this mode, the background of the
dialog is purple.
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If the online mode does not show all NET nodes which are configured and saved, most
probably the corresponding PC-NET process has not been started and the notification
window (and “sys_error.log” file) contains related error messages.
4.7.7 Verifying SYS 600 startup
Follow this procedure when starting up the entire SYS 600 system:
1. If not already running, start the process units as described in their respective manuals.
2. Start the remote communication equipment, modems, etc.
3. Start the printers by switching the power on.
4. Switch on the workstations.
5. Start the base systems. If there are hot stand-by (redundant) base systems, start both
the hot and stand-by base systems.
6. Start the communication frontends. If there are redundant frontends, start both the
hot and stand-by frontends.
7. Open monitors.
8. Log into the application.
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During the installation of the SYS 600 software, a MicroSCADA Control System SYS
600 icon is created on the Desktop, in which you will find links to available tools. Refer
to the Figure 4.51 given below.
Figure 4.51: Links to available tools
In addition to base system software, two empty applications named MAIN and WD are
also created. You can verify the start of MicroSCADA service, applications and SYS
600 Monitor Pro without any further editing, by opening the SYS 600 Notify window
shown in Figure 4.52 to see information messages and the possible reasons for failure.
Software revision information is available in the SYS 600 Notify window.
Figure 4.52: Notification window
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More information of installed SYS 600 software is available in .log files under sc\Setup
directory.
Figure 4.53: Revision info
To verify the start of MicroSCADA service, applications and SYS 600 Monitor Pro:
1. Open SYS 600 Notify.
2. Open SYS 600 Control Panel.
3. Click Start and then click OK in opened window.
4. Check SYS 600 Notify window for successful startup
5. Open SYS 600 Monitor Pro.
6. Log into MAIN application by typing user name and password.
4.7.8 Shutting down SYS 600
To stop MicroSCADA:
1. Close all monitors.
2. Open the MicroSCADA Control Panel.
3. Click Stop.
4. The dialog box shown in Figure 4.54 is displayed.
Figure 4.54: Stopping service confirmation dialog box
5. Click Yes.
6. The dialog box shown in Figure 4.55 is displayed, when the applications have been
closed.
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Figure 4.55: Shutting down SYS 600
7. Click OK.
MicroSCADA can also be stopped using Forced Stop. This function is only to be used
when the MicroSCADA system is not stable and has to be ended fast. However when
the shutdown sequence has started there is no way of changing the operation. The
procedure of closing by force should not take longer than 15 seconds.
Do not shut down the base system computers simply by

! switching off the power, because this might damage the
MicroSCADA system files.
4.8 Opening SYS 600 Monitor Pro
4.8.1 Opening Monitor Pro manually
To open Monitor Pro manually, double-click the SYS 600 Monitor Pro shortcut in
Desktop > MicroSCADA Pro Control System SYS 600 folder. Monitor Pro window
opens with login dialog. Select application, enter user name and password and then click
OK.
4.8.2 Configure predefined Monitor Pro
Predefined Monitor Pros can be configured to simplify and automate the opening process.
• 1. Create a .bat file, e.g. \sc\apl\<aplname>\StartMonitors.bat
2. Define to launch Monitor Pro with certain attributes, for example
FrameWindow.exe -login demo DEMO APLOPERA. See
FrameWindow.exe -help for more information about the command line
arguments
3. Right-click the .bat file and select Create shortcut. Copy the shortcut to place
where it can be easily found, for example to MicroSCADA Pro Control System
SYS 600 folder on the desktop
There can be unlimited number of .bat files and in each .bat file there can be several
Monitor Pros defined to be opened. Use start command in front of the actual Monitor
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Pro command so the execution won't stop on the first command and there won't be any
command prompts left open.
4.8.3 Configure customized shortcut for Monitor Pro
To configure a shortcut for opening a Monitor Pro with predefined properties:

1. Copy the original SYS 600 Monitor Pro shortcut icon and rename it as needed
2. Right-click the copied shortcut and select Properties. Insert the command line
arguments in the Target after FrameWindow.exe definition. See FrameWindow.exe
-help for more information about the command line arguments
4.8.4 Opening Monitor Pro automatically at application startup
Monitor Pro can be configured to start automatically when an application state becomes
HOT.
This example shows how this configuration can be done.
1. Add Trigger Event Generation
Add the following line into APL_INIT_1 procedure. This procedure is executed
when this application state changes to HOT. In HSB systems the same command
should be added into APL_INIT_H which is executed when switch-over occures.
@callEvent=ops_call("eventcreate /t information /so SCIL /l
application /id 4 /d ""Application 1 is hot"" ")
In this example values “/so SCIL”, “/id 4” are used later

but they may differ from the ones used here. Used event
id must be an integer between 1 and 1000. For more
information about “eventcreate”, see Microsoft Windows
documentation
2. Configure Windows Task Scheduler

Start Task Scheduler (Control Panel\System and Security\Administrative Tools\Task
Scheduler) and create a new task.
a. Start configuring task by giving it a descriptive name.
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b. Create a new Trigger which will activate this task. Value for these settings
comes from the “eventcreate” call added to procedure code.
c. Create a new Action which will determine what will happen when this task is
activated. In this case starting FrameWindow.exe process from appropriate
location.
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4.8.5 Opening Monitor Pro automatically at user logon
To configure a Monitor Pro to be opened automatically when a user logs on to Windows:

1. Configure Monitor Pro to start with defined command line arguments, see
Section 4.8.2 Configure predefined Monitor Pro or Section 4.8.3 Configure
customized shortcut for Monitor Pro for more information.
2. Copy the file into the Startup folder of the user.
3. Add command line argument -wait to Monitor Pro commands defined in the file.
This makes Monitor Pro to wait for SYS 600 to start.
4.8.6 Opening Monitor Pro using Remote Desktop Services (single system)
Monitor Pro can be opened on a separate workplace computer. To establish a remote

connection between SYS 600 server and workstation, the following steps are needed:
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1. Remote Desktop Services and licensing service should be running on the server.
Licensing service must be available in the same server or in the same network. For
more information, see Section 3.3 Installing Remote Desktop Services.
2. Create Windows user account to the SYS 600 server
3. Connect from workstation to server
4. Login to Monitor Pro
To create a remote desktop user on the server:
1. Right-click cmd.exe and select “Run as administrator”
2. Execute following commands:
net user ScOperator <password> /add
net localgroup "Remote Desktop Users" ScOperator /add
net localgroup "Administrators" ScOperator /add
net localgroup ScOperators /comment:"SYS 600 Operators" /add
net localgroup ScOperators ScOperator /add
To connect from workstation to server, follow these steps in the workstation computer:
1. Run mstsc.exe to open Remote Desktop Connection.
2. Enter following information to General tab:
IP address of SYS 600 server
User name: ScOperator
Password: as given above
3. In the Display tab, go to Display configuration and set Large size.
4. In the Programs tab, check Start the following program on connection and enter
following information:
Program path and file name: c:\sc\prog\sa_lib\FrameWindow.exe
Start in the following folder: c:\sc\prog\sa_lib
5. Go to General tab, and press Save as... to save remote connection details.
6. Press Connect and login to Monitor Pro when remote connection is established
4.8.7 Opening Monitor Pro using Remote Desktop Services (HSB system)
RDP connection is lost if the primary server stops responding. In SYS 600, there is
OpenRemoteDesktop program that can be used for opening a connection from a
workstation to the active server in the MicroSCADA HSB system. The program that
runs on workstation computer inspects both servers, detects active server of HSB pair
and establishes a Remote Desktop session to it.
4.8.7.1 Configuring OPC connectivity
Preparations
1. Create a mutual Windows user group and user account for workstation computers
(OPC client) and HSB servers (OPC server). The user name and password has to
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be same for all computers. Open cmd.exe and run following commands in all
computers:
net user ScOperator <password> /add
net localgroup "Remote Desktop Users" ScOperator /add
net localgroup "Administrators" ScOperator /add
net localgroup ScOperators /comment:"SYS 600 Operators" /add
net localgroup ScOperators ScOperator /add
2. In HSB servers, copy following to \sc\prog\utils\OpenRemoteDesktop folder:

• file sc\prog\61850_OPC_Server\Management\bin\dcomperm.exe and
• folder sc\Setup\OPC_Core_Components.
3. Create a new folder <drive>:\scws to the workstation computer
4. Copy following folders and subfolders from HSB server to newly created folder:
• sc\prog\utils\OpenRemoteDesktop
• sc\setup\security
Installing software to the OPC client computer (workplace)

To install OPC software:
1. Right-click cmd.exe and select “Run as administrator” and then go to directory
<drive>:\scws\OpenRemoteDesktop in the workplace computer.
2. Run Install 2003 server.bat to install OPC software. This script works in Windows
7 and Windows Server 2008 as well.
3. Run services.msc to stop OpcEnum service. Set startup type as Disabled. Since the
workplace computer does not have OPC servers running, unused service can be
disabled.
To install OpenRemoteDesktop software:

1. Modify <drive>:scws\OpenRemoteDesktop\OpenRemoteDesktop.ini and remove
all RDP settings except SYS_1 and SYS_2
2. Open Remote Desktop Connection and create two RDP configuration files under
scws\OpenRemoteDesktop (SYS_1.RDP and SYS_2.RDP) and configure those to
connect to primary and secondary server.
3. Create a shortcut to OpenRemoteDesktop.exe to the Desktop or to Startup folder.
The shortcut can be renamed e.g. Connect to SYS 600.
Setting up DCOM on OPC client computers (workplace)
OPCDCOM.cmd script configures DCOM Access and Launch

and activation permissions for the machine. Both default and
limits are configured. It also configures DCOM settings for
ABB MicroSCADA OPC DA Server.
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If OPC client and server are part of a domain network and user
logged in the OPC client is a domain user, then Default
Authentication Level can be set to Connect in OPC client and
server. If the server is a standalone computer, it cannot
authenticate the users unless there is a matching user
name/password on both the OPC client and OPC server
computer.
To set up DCOM on OPC client computers:

1. Start DCOMCNFG.exe and go to Component Services > Computers > My Computer
2. Right-click My Computer and select Properties.
3. Select Default Properties tab, set Enable Distributed COM on this computer, set
Default Authentication Level = None, and set Default Impersonation Level = Identify.
4. Confirm changes and close DCOMCNFG
5. To set other DCOM settings Go to <drive>:\scws\OpenRemoteDesktop\ and run:
OPCDCOM.cmd workplace "ScOperators"
Setting up DCOM on OPC server computers (HSB servers)

Each OPC server has its own DCOM settings for controlling access to this particular
server. To set up DCOM on OPC server computers:
1. Start DCOMCNFG.exe and go to Component Services > Computers > My Computer
2. Right-click My Computer and select Properties.
3. Go to the Default Properties tab, set Enable Distributed COM on this computer, set
Default Authentication Level = Connect, and set Default Impersonation Level =
Identify.
4. Confirm changes and close DCOMCNFG
5. Go to <drive>:\sc\prog\utils\OpenRemoteDesktop and run:
OPCDCOM.cmd server "ScOperators"
4.8.7.2 Verify HSB-workplace connection
1. Login to workplace computer using ScOperator user account

2. To verify remote desktop connection to both HSB servers:
• Login to workplace computer using ScOperator user account
• Open <drive>:\scws\OpenRemoteDesktop\SYS_1.rdp and press Connect
• Open <drive>:\scws\OpenRemoteDesktop\SYS_2.rdp and press Connect
3. To verify DCOM settings, open OpenRemoteDesktop shortcut from the Desktop
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4.8.7.3 Troubleshooting
The following error messages are displayed in case a HOT application is not found on
the servers of the HSB pair. If the server is not found in the network, that is, it does not
respond to the ping request, the program displays the error message "Server disconnected
from network". If MicroSCADA is not running, the program displays the error message
"Failed when making OpcServer Connect (Error: ActiveX component can't create object)".
This error message means that:
• MicroSCADA is not running on the computer, or
• DCOM settings of MicroSCADA OPC DA Server are not correct.
An error message for a running MicroSCADA OPC server (Server 1) without a valid
license is shown in Figure 4.57.
Figure 4.56: Error: ActiveX component cannot create object
Figure 4.57: Error: No valid license
If the MicroSCADA application is not in the HOT state, the program displays the error
message "Application <application number> state is not "HOT"". See Figure 4.58 (Server
1). In this case the OPC connection has been successfully established to the server, and
the application with given number exists in the system, and it is possible to read
application attributes via the OPC server.
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Figure 4.58: Error: Application 1 state is not HOT
If the MicroSCADA application does not exist in the system, the program displays error
message "Application <application number> does not exist in system". See Figure 4.59
(Server 1). In this case the OPC connection has been successfully established to the
server, but an application with the given number did not exist.
Figure 4.59: Error: Application 2 does not exist
If there is a DCOM authorization problem, usually the error message "Method '~' of
object '~' failed" is produced. See Figure 4.60. In this case, make a shortcut that launches
OpenRemoteDesktop.exe as a user that has DCOM access and launch permissions to
MicroSCADA OPC server on the server computer.
Define the same username and password for both the server
and client computer, or launch OpenRemoteDesktop.exe as a
domain user with an appropriate DCOM authority to the server.
Figure 4.60: Error: Method '~' of object '~' failed
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4.9 Opening SYS 600 Monitor (classic)
4.9.1 Opening monitors manually
To open SYS 600 Monitor manually:

1. Double click the SYS 600 Monitor icon.
2. Define the following:
• Monitor Type
• Application number
• Application Monitor number
• The size of picture, modern look & feel
• VS Printer - used only with VS Remote monitors
Figure 4.61: Basic SYS 600 Monitor Definitions
3. Click OK.
The options available to define the monitor include:
Monitor Type: Choose the monitor type you want to open from the following:
• VS Local
This is the local Visual SCIL monitor and requires no X emulation software. The
base system must be on the computer from where the monitor is started.
• VS Remote
This is the remote Visual SCIL monitor. It requires an X-server on the computer
where the monitor is to be displayed. The base system can be on any computer on
the network and the monitor can be opened to any computer on the network, provided
that the privileges are sufficient and network configuration allows it.
• X
This is the X monitor. It requires an X-server on the computer where the monitor
is to be displayed. The base system can be on any computer on the network and the
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monitor can be opened on any computer on the network, provided that the privileges
are sufficient and network configuration allows it.
Application #: Choose the application you want to connect to.
Application Monitor #: Choose the monitor in the application you want to use.
Picture Size: Choose the picture size to be used in the monitor.
The possibilities are:
• 640 by 480 pixels
• 1600 by 1200 pixels
Picture size is always 48x80. Semi graphic characters and the sizes of the fonts are:
• 8x10
• 12x15
• 16x20
• 20x25
Modern look & Feel: Selecting Modern look & feel option shall open the Classic Monitor
equipped with more modern user interface appearance. This means in practise that dialog
items shall support the highlight event behavior during their selection, also menu items
of menubars shall contain icons. Generally, the appearance of each dialog item is drawn
in more modern manner, when comparing the standard Classic Monitor without modern
look & feel.
VS Printer: This property is only used with VS Remote monitors. This printer is used
for Visual SCIL screen dumps and the output for the Visual SCIL object
VS_PRINT_OBJECT.
4.9.1.1 Example
For example the printer LPT1 stands for the local printer using the LPT1: parallel port
connected to the base system computer. You can also give an UNC path to a printer
shared on the network. The UNC path to the printer shared as MYPRINTER on the
computer MYCOMPUTER is: \\MYCOMPUTER\MYPRINTER.
The MicroSCADA user must have appropriate rights to use the shared postscript printer.
Opening a predefined monitor

To open a predefined monitor:
1. Select In Use check box.
2. Insert the setting number and the name of the base system computer where the
monitors.dat file is. These definitions are described in Section 4.9.2 Configure
predefined monitors
3. Click OK.
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4.9.2 Configure predefined monitors
Predefined monitors (up to 999) can be configured to simplify and automate opening of
monitors. The monitors are defined in the file monitors.dat located in the
\sc\sys\active\sys_ folder of the base system computer.
To configure predefined monitors:

1. Edit the monitors.dat file in a text editor. The monitors.dat file is described in the
following section.
2. Copy a monitor definition block of the required type and change the predefined
monitor number to a previously unused number.
3. Modify the block to meet your needs regarding:
• monitor type
• application
• logical monitor number
• semi-graphic font
• display
• print file
To change the font, copy the desired font name of the monitor type in question from
the comment part of the file. When entering a print file name in the file, the name
must end with a colon (:).
4. Save the file as an ASCII file.
Monitors.dat
The monitors.dat file is a text file with a specified format. The default monitors.dat file
has the following contents:
; The comments (lines beginning with ';') can be removed.
; NOTE no space character is allowed before and after the equal
sign
; The following attributes can be set for the different monitors
;
; VS Local Monitor:
; SCS_MON_TYPE
; LVS
; SCS_MS_WINDOWS_APPLICATION
; 0 - 250 (0 stands for default)
; SCS_MS_WINDOWS_MONITOR
; SCS_X_TERMINAL_FONT
; family:MicroSCADA0810-size:10
; family:MicroSCADA2025-size:25 ; FONT
; family:MS Sans Serif-size:8 (default)
; DISPLAY
; (should be empty)
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;
;
; VS Local Monitor, Modern Look & Feel:
; SCS_MON_TYPE
; MVS
; FONT
; family:MS Sans Serif-size:8 (default)
; DISPLAY
; (should be empty)
;
;
; VS Remote Monitor:
; SCS_MON_TYPE
; RVS
; -abb-scada-medium-r-normal--10-100-75-75-c-100-iso8859-1
; FONT
; family:helvetica-size:12 (default)
; DISPLAY
; the name of the display
; PRINTFILE
; the name of the printer to send monitor dumps
; note: the printer "name" must end with a colon
;
;
; X Monitor:
; SCS_MON_TYPE
; XMON
; SCS_X_TERMINAL_APPLICATION
; SCS_X_TERMINAL_MONITOR
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; DISPLAY
; the name of the display
[1]
SCS_MON_TYPE=LVS
SCS_MS_WINDOWS_APPLICATION=0
SCS_MS_WINDOWS_MONITOR=0
SCS_X_TERMINAL_FONT=family:MicroSCADA0810-size:10
DISPLAY=
[2]
SCS_MON_TYPE=MVS
SCS_X_TERMINAL_FONT=family:MicroSCADA0810-size:10
DISPLAY=
[3]
SCS_MON_TYPE=RVS
SCS_X_TERMINAL_FONT=-abb-scada-medium-r-normal--15-150-75-75-c-100-iso8859-1
DISPLAY=localhost:0
PRINTFILE=LPT1:
[4] SCS_MON_TYPE=XMON
SCS_X_TERMINAL_APPLICATION=0
SCS_X_TERMINAL_MONITOR=0
SCS_X_TERMINAL_FONT=-abb-scada-medium-r-normal--15-150-75-75-c-100-iso8859-1
DISPLAY=localhost:0
The first part of the file is composed of comments. The four blocks in the latter half of
the file define four monitors numbered 1, 2, 3 and 4. Monitor number 1 is of type “Local
VS” and it uses the smallest semi-graphic font (scada810). Monitor number 2 is of type
“Local VS, Modern Look & Feel” and it uses the smallest semi-graphic font (scada810).
Monitor number 3 is of type “Remote VS”. It is also to be shown on the base system. It
uses the medium size semi-graphic font (scada1215). Monitor number 4 is an “X” type
monitor to be shown on the base system screen. It uses the medium size semi-graphic
font (scada1215). All monitors will be connected to the default application and given
default logical monitor numbers.
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The predefined monitors numbered 1, 2, 3 and 4 are examples

and can be removed from the monitors.dat file.
4.9.3 Configure customized shortcut for monitors
To configure a shortcut for opening a monitor with predefined properties without using
the Monitor window:
1. Define a predefined monitor in the base system where the application is located.
2. Copy the original SYS 600 Monitor shortcut icon and rename it as needed
3. Right-click the copied shortcut and select Properties to change the target. Insert
the command for opening a predefined monitor by setting the following flags -d for
the predefined monitor and -r for retries. See the example below.
4.9.3.1 Example
mons -r 4 -d mycomp 4
The command opens the predefined monitor number 4 on the base system computer
mycomp. By stating retries with the -r flag the program tries again if the network
initialization has not finished when the monitor is requested. The retries are made every
5 seconds as many times stated after the flag.
4.9.4 Opening monitors automatically at application startup
In Windows 7, Windows Server 2008 and later, automatic

launching of local classic monitors or Monitor Pro windows
at application startup is no longer possible. The following
instructions are applicable only when SYS 600 is running on
Windows Server 2003 or Windows XP. The instructions are
applicable also when SYS 600 is running on Windows 7 and
Windows Server 2008 for automatic launching of remote
classic monitors (X and Remote VS).
To configure a monitor to be opened automatically at the startup of an application:

1. Define a predefined monitor in the base system computer as described in Section 4.9.2
Configure predefined monitors.
2. Insert the SCIL function OPS_PROCESS or OPS_CALL with the command for
starting a predefined monitor.
By using the -n flag MicroSCADA knows that the monitor

request was given from within MicroSCADA. If an error
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occurs, the error message will not be displayed on the screen.

It is put in the event log of the operating system. If you use the
-n flag, the monitor properties must be predefined. If a monitor
is started from within MicroSCADA and the monitor is to be
displayed on the base computer screen, there must be a user
logged on.
4.9.4.1 Example
@OPS = OPS_CALL("mons -n -d mycomp 4",1)

The command opens the predefined monitor number 4 defined on the base system
computer mycomp. The ‘-n’ flag should be used when opening the monitor from within
MicroSCADA. The -fl, -fr and -s parameters cannot be used together with the -d parameter
and the -n parameter can only be used with the -d parameter. The predefined monitors
numbered 1, 2 and 3 are examples and can be removed from the monitors.dat file.
The X-server program should not be started from within

MicroSCADA using OPS_CALL. Use the Startup folder for
starting the X-server or start the X-server manually. If the
monitor requires the X-server program, the X-server should
also be started from the Startup folder.
4.9.5 Opening monitor automatically at user logon
To configure a MicroSCADA monitor to be opened automatically when a user logs on

to Windows:
1. Define a MicroSCADA monitor in the base system as described in Section 4.9.2
2. Copy a MicroSCADA Monitor program icon into the Startup folder of the user.
3. Change the target line (found by choosing the properties of the icon/program) by
setting the following flags -d for the predefined monitor and -r for retries. See the
example below.
4.9.5.1 Example
initialization has not finished when the MicroSCADA monitor is requested. The retries
are made every 5 seconds as many times stated after the flag.
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If the MicroSCADA monitor requires the X-server program, the X-server should also
be started from the Startup folder.
Table 4.7: Parameters of the Mons Program
Parameter Description
-d mycomp x where mycomp = computer name and x =
number of predefined monitors. Use this para-
meter when predefined monitor is to be opened.
-n Non-interactive; Use this parameter when
monitor is opened from within MicroSCADA.
-r n Number of retries, where n = integer
-fl font_local where font_local is the font to be used in VS
local monitors. For example "family:MS Sans
Serif-size:12".
-fr font_remote where font_remote is the font to be used in VS
remote monitors. For example "family:Helvetica-
size:12".
-s n Picture size value in the MicroSCADA monitor
dialog, where n = integer, 1...4.
-start_serv If this parameter is given, MicroSCADA service
is started automatically during monitor start if
service is not already started. The dialog box
informing that MicroSCADA service is started
successfully is not shown, when this parameter
is used.
-serv_create_dir_disabled If this parameter is given, no directories are
created during MicroSCADA service startup.
This means that, for example, with current SYS
500 default installation, directories "Form" and
"Pic" are not created under application director-
ies. This parameter can only be used with "-
start_serv" parameter.
-start_as_logon_user With this parameter the monitor is started as
logged-in user's context.
Note:
Only VS Local monitors can be started with this

parameter.
-default With this parameter a monitor with default
properties is opened. Properties are:
Monitor type: VS Local
Application #: 0
Application Monitor #: 0
Font: family:MicroSCADA0810-size:10
VS Printer: LPT1
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4.9.6 Opening monitor using Remote Desktop Services
See Section 4.8.6 Opening Monitor Pro using Remote Desktop Services (single system)
for configuring remote desktop connection between a workstation computer and server.
Replace following information in the configuration of remote desktop connection:
1. In the Programs tab, check Start the following program on connection and enter
following information:
Program path and file name: mons -start_as_logon_user -default
Start in the following folder: c:\sc\prog\exec
4.9.7 Opening monitor automatically at user logon
To configure a MicroSCADA monitor to be opened automatically when a user logs on

to Windows:
1. Define a MicroSCADA monitor in the base system as described in Section 4.9.2
2. Copy a MicroSCADA Monitor program icon into the Startup folder of the user.
3. Change the target line (found by choosing the properties of the icon/program) by
setting the following flags -d for the predefined monitor and -r for retries. See the
example below.
4.9.7.1 Example
initialization has not finished when the MicroSCADA monitor is requested. The retries
are made every 5 seconds as many times stated after the flag.
If the MicroSCADA monitor requires the X-server program, the X-server should also
be started from the Startup folder.
Table 4.8: Parameters of the Mons Program
-d mycomp x where mycomp = computer name and x =
number of predefined monitors. Use this para-
meter when predefined monitor is to be opened.
-n Non-interactive; Use this parameter when
monitor is opened from within MicroSCADA.
-r n Number of retries, where n = integer
-fl font_local where font_local is the font to be used in VS
local monitors. For example "family:MS Sans
Serif-size:12".
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-fr font_remote where font_remote is the font to be used in VS
remote monitors. For example "family:Helvetica-
size:12".
-s n Picture size value in the MicroSCADA monitor
dialog, where n = integer, 1...4.
-start_serv If this parameter is given, MicroSCADA service
is started automatically during monitor start if
service is not already started. The dialog box
informing that MicroSCADA service is started
successfully is not shown, when this parameter
is used.
-serv_create_dir_disabled If this parameter is given, no directories are
created during MicroSCADA service startup.
This means that, for example, with current SYS
500 default installation, directories "Form" and
"Pic" are not created under application director-
ies. This parameter can only be used with "-
start_serv" parameter.
-start_as_logon_user With this parameter the monitor is started as
logged-in user's context.
Note:
Only VS Local monitors can be started with this

parameter.
-default With this parameter a monitor with default
properties is opened. Properties are:
Monitor type: VS Local
Application #: 0
Application Monitor #: 0
Font: family:MicroSCADA0810-size:10
VS Printer: LPT1
4.10 System info logging for technical support

To solve any problems which may have occurred in the MicroSCADA Pro system, it is
important to collect all significant information of the current system for the technical
support. The data can be collected with a tool for system info logging. Start the tool from
the SYS 600 Control Panel. Follow the steps described below.
1. Open the SYS 600 Control Panel.
2. Click Admin.
3. Click Support.
4. The following dialog is displayed on the screen.
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Figure 4.62: The System Info Logging dialog
Click the Start button to start the system info logging. The data collection may take
several minutes depending on the contents of the system. While the logging is in progress
the following message dialog is displayed.
Figure 4.63: Logging in progress
The following dialog will be displayed when the system info logging has been completed.
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Figure 4.64: System Info Logging completed
All the collected information is included in a single zip file that should be delivered to
the Product Support Center for analysis.
The collected data contains the following information:
• date and time
• SYS600 system configuration information
• base system log files
• Drwtsn32.log
• license data
• system information (Os version, CPU info, RAM info, Network card info)
• list of running processes with properties (CPU usage, VM Size, etc.)
• Windows event logs
• list of files in sc directories including date and time
• the state of the running SYS600 system and applications (memory pool usage,
running objects, queues used, etc.)
4.11 Backup files

With Backup Tool you can make an online backup of the MicroSCADA application.
MicroSCADA is running while the backup is made.
This tool makes a backup of the main application, not of the whole MicroSCADA. In
other words, it makes a backup of everything located under \SC\APL\'main
application name'.
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This means that you always need a second backup of \SC, if you change
SYS_BASCON.COM or other files located outside the application.
This backup makes a shadow of the application in an other application (shadow
application). In normal use the shadow application is passive.
When the backup starts, it removes all the files in the shadowing application and after
that, it copies files from the main application to the shadowing application.
If some changes are made on files, which are already copied, it copies them again. When
the copying is ready, it freezes the shadow application and starts to copy the shadow
application to the backup storage media.
This tool is meant to be used for making an online backup in

the single MicroSCADA system. This is not meant for the
online backup functionality in the redundant (HSB)
MicroSCADA systems. In HSB systems the backup of the
main application is made on the receiver side after the
shadowing has been stopped. When the backup is ready then
the shadowing is enabled again and the HSB procedures start
the shadowing. The SYS 600 product does not include a backup
tool for HSB systems.
Figure 4.65: Main view of the Backup Tool
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4.11.1 Creating online backup
This section provides information on how to use the backup function.
4.11.1.1 Manual Backup
Click Backup in the Backup Tool window shown in Figure 4.65, and after that click
Yes. The procedure may take several minutes or even hours depending on the size of
the application.
When you start a manual backup from this tool, it will trigger the command procedure
BCK_START, which starts the backup.
4.11.1.2 Auto Backup
When No Backup is selected in the Backup Tool window shown in Figure 4.65, no
automatic backup is made. If Once a month is selected, the time channel BACKUP_1
activates the start of backup.
If Once a week is selected, the BACKUP_2 activates the start of backup, and if Once
a Day is selected then BACKUP_3 activates the start of backup.
As default, the time channels are started as shown in Table 4.9. If there is a need to
change the time, it can be done with the Time Channel Tool, which is opened from the
application object navigator.
Table 4.9: Backup time channels
BACKUP_1 First day every month at 00:10 (once a month)
BACKUP_2 Every Friday at 18:01 (once a week)
BACKUP_3 Every day at 00:10 (once a day)
4.11.1.3 Backup Media
It is possible to select where the application backup is created to. In Windows Xp and
Windows 2003 Server it is possible to select the option Tape. It will start the Windows
Backup program NTBackup, which creates a backup of the backup application to a tape.
In Windows 7 and newer Windows versions this option is disabled.
If the option Directory is selected, the backup application is copied to the given directory.
The directory definition should be in the operating system format.
If the option Advanced is selected, then it is possible to define a SCIL program to handle
the backup operations.
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4.11.1.4 General
When the shadowing is ready and the backup creation command has been executed, the
tool shows the following message, "Shadowing is ready. Backup will be created by
operating system".
This means that the tool does not have any connection to the creation of the backup,
which is normally made by the operating system tools like Windows Backup.
4.11.2 Configuring Backup Tool
The configuration of Backup Tool requires the following steps:

1. Stop MicroSCADA.
2. Open the configuration file SYS_BASCON.COM and change the value of the
variable Apl_Backup to TRUE. Make sure that the variable Hot_Standby is defined
to be FALSE.
#local Hot_Standby = FALSE ;Hot Stand-by enabled/disabled
#local Apl_Backup = TRUE ;Backup enabled/disabled
3. Create the backup application with the MicroSCADA Control Panel. Set the name
to BCK_ plus six first characters of the main application name.
4. Start MicroSCADA.
5. Enter the Base System Object Navigator, select Base Object (SYS), then select
Tools>HSB Management. Verify that the latest Hot Standby package is installed.
Press Install to install the latest package. This will create all the command procedures
needed for the shadowing management.
6. Enter the Online Backup tool and select File > Save. The tool asks you to confirm
the creation of some backup command procedures and time channels. Click Yes to
create the backup objects.
7. Define the backup interval and the backup storage media.
4.12 Uninstalling MicroSCADA

At the moment there is no uninstall program in MicroSCADA releases. The following
items have to be deleted when uninstalling MicroSCADA.
Please note that the control set numbering may vary in different
computers.
Delete the following:

1. \sc directory (and subdirectories)
2. Service (only, if CAP 50x/SMS510 are not installed into the same computer,
otherwise those products do not work)
(KEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\MicroSCADA)
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(HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Services\MicroSCADA)
(HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet003\Services\MicroSCADA)
Use uninstall program of the services, if possible.

3. MicroSCADA group from start menu
4. Shortcut to MicroSCADA group on desktop
5. Following fonts from Windows font directory:
scada0810.fon
scada1215.fon
scada1620.fon
scada2025.fon
scalo0810.fon
scalo1215.fon
scalo1620.fon
scalo2025.fon
abb10.fon
abb14.fon
abb18.fon
6. Package & Product information from registry:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\ABB\PAK\SYS_600\..
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\ABB\Products\SYS_600\..
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\ABB\MicroSCADA\..
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\ABB\Products\SA_LIB\..
7. Driver information from registry:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Services\...Driver
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Services\EventLog\System\...Driver
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\...Driver
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\EventLog\System\...Driver
The drivers are named starting with letters "MiSC"

(MiSCAlrm, MiSCRAM...).
8. Misc event log information from registry: (only, if CAP 50x/SMS510 are not installed
into the same computer, otherwise those products do not work.)
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\EventLog\Application\MicroSCADA
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Services\EventLog\Application\MicroSCADA
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet003\Services\EventLog\Application\MicroSCADA
9. Path definitions (this one is needed for older MicroSCADA product versions):
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HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session
Manager\Environment\ key "MS_SYS"
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\Session
sc\prog\exec from
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session
Manager\Environment\ key “Path”
sc\prog\exec from
sc\prog\exec from
Please note the following, when uninstalling MicroSCADA:

• Wserver-process should be killed first. (only, if CAP 50x/SMS510 are not installed)
• Starting of Wserver should be removed also from the Startup folder. (only, if CAP
50x/SMS510 are not installed)
• Service should be uninstalled second. This should be done before deleting
sc-directory, because service can be uninstalled with the command "servinst -r".
(only, if CAP 50x/SMS510 are not installed)
• MicroSCADA fonts from Exceed -directory should be removed too.
• MicroSCADA user should be removed too. (only, if CAP 50x/SMS510 are not
installed)
In the directory HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\ABB the following keys:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\ABB\PAK\SYS_500
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\ABB\Products\SYS_500
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\ABB\Products\Common\MS-SBASE
(this key only if CAP 50x/SMS510 are not installed)
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5 Upgrading from earlier revisions
This chapter describes upgrading information related to the base system, communication
system and LIB 500 system.
Previous and current program packages available for MicroSCADA usage are shown in
Table 5.1.
Table 5.1: Previous and current program packages available for usage
SYS revision Base LIB revision Application library revision
SYS 600 LIB 500 4.2 LIB 510 4.2
LIB 520 4.1
LIB 530 4.0.4
LIB 542 4.2

LIB 500 4.1 LIB 510 4.1
LIB 520 4.1
LIB 530 4.0.4
LIB 542 4.0.5

SYS 500 8.4.4 SP1 or newer LIB 500 4.2 LIB 510 4.2
LIB 520 4.1
LIB 530 4.0.4
LIB 542 4.0.5

LIB 500 4.1 LIB 510 4.1
LIB 520 4.1
LIB 530 4.0.4
LIB 542 4.0.5

LIB 500 4.0.5 LIB 510 4.0.5
LIB 520 4.0.4
LIB 530 4.0.4
LIB 542 4.0.5

SYS 500 8.4.4 or newer LIB 500 4.0.4 LIB 510 4.0.4
LIB 520 4.0.4
LIB 530 4.0.4
LIB 542 4.0.4
Application Libraries:
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• LIB 510 Application Library for Medium Voltage process

• LIB 520 Application Library for High Voltage process
• LIB 530 Application Library for High Voltage process
• LIB 542 Application Library for Medium Voltage process
5.1 Base system

If the system to be upgraded is running an operating system other than Windows (Unix
or iRMX), please consult our Product Support Center for the details of the upgrade.
5.1.1 Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008
The new security policy restrictions introduced in Windows Vista and Windows Server
2008 operating systems have an impact on MicroSCADA applications. When upgrading
to SYS 600 revision 9.3 or creating a new application on 9.3, the new behavior described
in this section should be carefully considered.
The most important change in security policy is the isolation of Windows session 0 from
the desktop. The applications run as a service, including SYS 600, have no access to the
desktop. Consequently, no application program that has a visible window or requires
user input can be started by a service. Each user of the system has to do a proper Windows
login to be able to access the system.
In SYS 600 this means that no human interface programs can be started by SCIL executed
in SYS_BASCON.COM, in command procedures or via OPC. For example, automatic
launching of classic monitors or Monitor Pro windows at application start-up is no longer
possible. In addition, external programs (SCIL-API programs) automatically started by
SCIL have no access to the desktop.
Extensions to the SCIL functions that start a new Windows process have been
implemented to specify the session of the new process. The affected functions are
OPS_CALL, OPS_PROCESS, AEP_START and IP_START. These changes are
described in SYS 600 9.3 Release Notes. When upgrading to revision 9.3, the usage of
these functions should be checked. The default value for the session may be inappropriate
for the case, or even a bigger design change may be required.
If DDE functions of SCIL language are used in the application, see the heading “DDE
functions” in SYS 600 9.3 Release Notes for required changes.
5.1.2 Configuration and revision compatibility
Apart from the Windows requirements described above, no modifications to the

application are required to start it after the installation. However, there are some issues
to be considered to make the application work exactly as before (or better):
• The configuration file templates SYS_BASCON$COM, SYS_CONFIG$PAR and
SHUTDOWN$CIN should be merged to the corresponding old application files
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SSYS_BASCON.COM, SYS_CONFIG.PAR and SHUTDOWN.CIN to enable new

features introduced in newer revisions. The configuration files are described in the
System Configuration manual.
• During the development of the product some errors have been fixed in a way that
may have influence on the old applications that have relied on the error. In addition,
the default behavior in some situations, often related to event and alarm handling,
have been changed. The Revision Compatibility mechanism, implemented as the
RC attribute of the application object (see the System Objects manual) and the
REVISION_COMPATIBILITY function (see the Programming Language SCIL
manual), may be used to keep the old behavior.
In the following sections, the most important revision compatibility switches to be
considered at the upgrade are described. They are listed in the reverse order of the revision
of the old system. For example, if the system is upgraded from 8.4.3, the sections down
to Section 5.1.5 Upgrading from revision 8.4.3 are relevant.
5.1.3 Mirroring considerations
If the system to be upgraded is or is going to be a part of a mirroring network, the

compatibility switch "844_COMPATIBLE_MIRRORING" must be set in the following
two cases:
• There is a system running revision 8.4.4 in the network.
• "844_COMPATIBLE_MIRRORING" is set in the other systems of the network.
5.1.3.1 844_COMPATIBLE_MIRRORING
Mirroring between revision 8.4.4 and any later revision does not work when default
settings are used. When upgrading from 8.4.4, both the host system and the image system
has to be upgraded to make mirroring work again.
Compatibility switch "844_COMPATIBLE_MIRRORING" has been implemented to
make it possible to upgrade systems of the mirroring network one by one.
When "844_COMPATIBLE_MIRRORING" is set (in revision 8.4.5, or later), the
mirroring works with an 8.4.4 application, and also with a newer application that has
specified "844_COMPATIBLE_MIRRORING". However, it does not work with an
8.4.5 or later application without "844_COMPATIBLE_MIRRORING".
Using "844_COMPATIBLE_MIRRORING", the upgrading can be done system by
system without disturbing the operation of the network. In this case, each new node that
is added to the network later must set "844_COMPATIBLE_MIRRORING" as well.
The setting of "844_COMPATIBLE_MIRRORING" does not affect the functionality
of the program or cause any decrease in performance.
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5.1.4 Upgrading from revision 8.4.5 SP1 or 9.0
COUPLE_AUDIO_ALARMS_AND_PRINTOUTS
Generation of audio alarms has been changed in SYS 600 revision 9.1 and in SYS 500
revision 8.4.5 SP2. Audio alarms and alarm printouts are now generated independently
of each other. In earlier revisions, an audio alarm was generated only when an alarm
row was printed on the event printer.
When "COUPLE_AUDIO_ALARMS_AND_PRINTOUTS" is set, the audio alarms of
the application are generated as in earlier program revisions.
5.1.5 Upgrading from revision 8.4.3
DONT_RECALCULATE_AL_AFTER_ALARM_BLOCKING
Since revision 8.4.4, the alarm state is recalculated when AB is set back to 0. However,
neither alarm printouts nor event channels are activated (they are not activated when AB
is set to 1, neither)
"DONT_RECALCULATE_AL_AFTER_ALARM_BLOCKING" may be set if the
application, for a reason or another, does not want this new behaviour.
NO_ALARM_BY_OR_AND_OF
Since revision 8.4.4, the protocol specific attribute OR (Out of Range) and OF (Overflow)
value 1 generate an alarm (cf. OS value 1, or FAULTY).
"NO_ALARM_BY_OR_AND_OF" may be set if the application, for a reason or another,
does not want this new behavior.
DEFAULT_DAYLIGHT_POLICY_IS_CALENDAR
In revision 8.4.4, the implementation of time handling was comprehensively rewritten.
Both local and UTC time as well as daylight saving time are fully supported. There is a
slight incompatibility between the new and old implementation of the scheduling of time
channels: The default behaviour of time channels at daylight saving time / standard time
transitions has been changed.
Prior to revision 8.4.4, the scheduling of time channels was synchronized to the local
time of the system. When the local time was moved backwards at daylight saving to
standard time transition, the time channels stopped for an hour. Correspondingly, at
standard to daylight saving time transition, the time channels were excessively scheduled.
In revision 8.4.4, the default behaviour is that the time channels are scheduled evenly
(synchronized to UTC time) when the local time changes due to daylight saving and
there is a new attribute DP (Daylight Switch Policy) to specify the behaviour, see the
manual “Application Objects”.
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When "DEFAULT_DAYLIGHT_POLICY_IS_CALENDAR" is set, the time channels

created with earlier program revisions keep behaving as before. Even scheduling is the
default behaviour of new time channels, however.
ALLOW_CONFLICTING_F_ATTRIBUTE_NAMES
When a pre-8.4.3 application is upgraded to 8.4.5 or later, the creation of F (Free Type)
objects fails by PROF_FREE_ATTRIBUTE_NAME_ALREADY_EXISTS (2212), if
the F object defines attribute names implemented as common process attributes in the
base system in revisions up to 8.4.4. Examples of such conflicting attributes are RB, TI,
TY, OI, BL, RB, OR and CT.
When "ALLOW_CONFLICTING_F_ATTRIBUTE_NAMES" is set, such conflicting
attribute names are accepted when an F object is created.
This switch should be used only when an old application is upgraded, because the new
base system functionality implemented by conflicting attributes will be lost when the
name is overloaded. In addition, some common SCIL tools (such as the Object Navigator)
and other SCIL software may be confused when the data type and meaning of some
common attributes are not that expected.
NO_QUALITY_ATTRIBUTE_SEMANTICS
In revision 8.4.2 and earlier, the quality attributes SB (Substituted), BL (Blocked), OR
(Out of Range) and OF (Overflow) have been information-only attributes, i.e. they have
been stored in the process object to be available for SCIL but their values have not
affected the behavior of the process object in any way.
In newer revisions the following rules apply:
• A change of a quality attribute generates an event if EE = 1
• A change of a quality attribute activates an event channel, a printout and/or history
logging if the activation is enabled (AE == 1, LD <> 0 or HE == 1) and the activation
criterion (AA, PA or HA) is "NEW VALUE" or "UPDATE".
• In such activation, the changed attribute is reported as the value of CA
pseudo-attribute. If more than one attribute is changed at the same time, each change
will be reported separately in any order. For example, if OV changes from 0 to 1
and SB from 1 to 0, two activations occur, one with CA == "BI", BI == 1 and SB
== 0, the other with CA == "SB", BI == 1 and SB == 0.
• When the switch state (SS) or the substitution state (SU) of the object is changed,
the quality attributes are set to 0.
When "NO_QUALITY_ATTRIBUTE_SEMANTICS" is specified, the quality attributes
behave as in revision 8.4.2 and earlier.
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NO_ALIAS_CHECKING
Since revision 8.4.2 global variables are guarded against alias references. Status
SCIL_VARIABLE_ALIASING_ERROR is generated when aliasing rules are violated.
When "NO_ALIAS_CHECKING" is set (either by the RC attribute of the application
or by REVISION_COMPATIBILITY function), alias checking is not done. Turning on
the switch by the RC attribute disables the checking of alias referencing in the whole
application. To disable the alias reference checking locally in a program, use the
REVISION_COMPATIBILITY function. The REVISION_COMPATIBILITY function
is described in the “Programming Language SCIL” manual.
The arguments of method calls, as well as all the arguments of SCIL functions, are passed
by copy instead of reference. This degrades performance when text, bit string, byte string,
vector and list arguments are used.
If the base system will be used together with applications created with pre-8.4.2 revisions
of the base system, e.g. using LIB 4.0.1, the revision compatibility switch
NO_ALIAS_CHECKING should be turned on.
SETTING_LA_AND_AG_DOES_NOT_ALARM
In revision 8.4.0 and earlier, setting AG or LA attribute of a process object did not affect
the alarm state of the object and no post-processing was done. Since revision 8.4.1, the
alarm state is updated according to the new value and normal post-processing is done.
Due to the change, some old applications generate unwanted alarms and printouts when
run under 8.4.1 or later. To prevent this, this revision compatibility value was
implemented.
The value can be used only as the value of the application attribute RC. It cannot be used
as an argument of SCIL function REVISION_COMPATIBILITY, because event handling
is done by the process database.
5.1.9 Upgrading from revision 8.2
DO_NOT_SYNCHRONIZE_PICTURE_UPDATE
The timing of update programs of pictures is synchronized to the system clock (See the
Programming Language SCIL manual, command !UPDATE). In revision 8.2 (or older),
such a synchronization was not done. When an old application that relies on the old
behavior is upgraded, this setting may be used to avoid recoding of the pictures.
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When "DO_NOT_SYNCHRONIZE_PICTURE_UPDATE" is set, the executions of

update programs are not synchronized. This setting does not affect the cyclic methods
of Visual SCIL objects.
5.1.10 Upgrading from revision 8.1
ON_COMMAND_EXPANSION
In revision 8.1 or older, the 'macros' of each SCIL command line were expanded before
the line was interpreted. This lead to an incorrect behavior in case of a single line #ON
command, as shown in the following example:
@A = "XYZ"
#ON EVENT:E1 #EXEC 'A':E2
When event EVENT:E1 occurred, command "#EXEC XYZ:E2" was executed regardless
of the current value of A. Variable expansion is a run-time operation, which should use
the current values of variables. The following worked correctly:
#ON EVENT:E1 #BLOCK #EXEC 'A':E2 #BLOCK_END
When "ON_COMMAND_EXPANSION" is set, the expansion of macros is done as in
revision 8.1, that is, before the line is interpreted.
5.2 LIB 5xx
5.2.1 Language translation
When LIB 5xx is updated there might be new attributes in language text files. This means
that those attributes has to be added and translated to corresponding localized language
files.
5.2.2 Revision compatibility switches
If only base system is updated and LIB 5xx is from earlier revision, some malfunction
may occur in LIB 5xx application. This situation can be handled by means of revision
compatibility switches. In this chapter the relation of revision compatibility switches
having influence to LIB 5xx applications is explained.
5.2.3 NO_ALIAS_CHECKING
If SCIL_VARIABLE_ALIASING_ERROR is generated turn this switch
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5.2.4 DONT_RECALCULATE_AL_AFTER_ALARM_BLOCKING
If base system is 8.4.4 or newer and LIB5xx application is revision 4.0.3 or older each
switch device control action generated an alarm. This can be avoided by turning this
switch on.
5.2.5 Daylight saving time
When LIB 500 is updated to revision 4.0.4 or latter a new daylight saving time mechanism
is taken into use. Command procedures (BGU_SUMMER, BGU_WINTER) and related
time channels handling the daylight saving time in a "old" way are disabled. A back up
of the command procedures is stored to files PICT/BGU_SUMMER.CIN and
PICT/WINTER_SUMMER.CIN
5.3 Monitor Pro
5.3.1 Common applications with LIB 5xx
SYS 600 revision 9.2 or newer contains the User Management, Calendar and Login
Dialog integrated from LIB 500 to SYS 600. By default, the user name and password
are requested for the applications. If the application has not been previously prepared
for the LIB 500 User Management, then the first operator who logs into application will
be the System Manager.
By default, the User Management, Calendar and Login Dialog, are run from Power
Process Library. This is applied also when the application has been prepared for the LIB
500.
For the Login Dialog, the authentication has become more strict. This means that
passwords are case sensitive, i.e. passwords that have been created with SYS 600 revision
9.1 or older must be typed with upper case letters.
5.3.1.1 Filters
In SYS 600 9.2 and newer versions, the Event and Alarm List filters must be in predefined
directory, whereas in 9.0 and 9.1 it was possible to store the filter files anywhere in the
directory structure. When updating to 9.2 or newer version, the filter files must be moved
to directory \sc\apl\<application name>\PAR\<user name>\FILTERS,
otherwise they are not shown in Save/Load Filter dialog.
5.3.1.2 Command procedures
Monitor Pro functionality uses some command procedures to communicate with base
system. These command procedures are overwritten during the update from previous
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versions. If there are any modifications done to these command procedures these changes
will be overwritten during the update. To avoid this, the code of the command procedures
should be copied manually into text files. Following command procedures are overwritten
during the update:
ACK_SOUND
BGU_AL
BGU_ALARMINDS
BGU_BAYLR
BGU_BLOCK
BGU_CALEN
BGU_CALMP
BGU_CONTROL
BGU_CREATEDB
BGU_EL_TS
BGU_RDRE
BGU_STALR
BGU_SUMMER
BGU_TRAFO
BGU_WINTER
SAGR_EAB_MAIN
SAGR_OBJNAV_MAIN
SAGR_REPORTS
5.3.1.3 Process objects
Following process objects are re-created during the installation:

ACK_SOUND
BGU_ALARMINDS (indexes 1..10)
5.3.1.4 Event handling objects
Also certain event handling are re-created. Modifications made to these objects are also
lost. To avoid loosing such changes, use Import/Export Tool (can be found in Tool
Manager) to export the objects and import them back after installation. The name of
these event handling objects start with letters "SAGR".
5.3.1.5 Starting MicroSCADA Pro without preparation for Power Process

Library
If MicroSCADA is wanted to run without Power Process Library do the following actions
after version 9.2 or newer is installed and before starting MicroSCADA.
1. Comment SYS_600 specific part from the file \sc\sys\active\sys_\sys_bascon.com
2. Comment SYS_600 specific part from the file \sc\Stool\Misc\Apl_Stl.txt
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3. Rename file \sc\sa_lib\base\bbone\inst\INDEX5_B1.TXT to e.g. _INDEX5_B1.TXT

4. Rename file \sc\LIB4\base\bbone\use\PATH4_Z1.TXT to e.g. _PATH4_Z1.TXT
5.4 Communication units

In principle, the process communication unit PC-NET, Modbus Slave and CDC-II slave
can be upgraded to a newer version without changes in the system behavior. This chapter
provides additional information related to the upgrading of IEC 61850 and External OPC
Data Access Client.
If the system to be upgraded contains DCP-MUX units, they must be replaced with
PC-NET process communication units. See chapter DCP-MUX from SYS 500 8.x for
more information.
5.4.1 PC-NET
The main issue in the development tasks made to PC-NET is to retain backward
compatibility from revision to another. This principle applies also to protocols developed
already to DCP-MUX hardware.
However, the differences in processor speeds, operating system versions and
communication hardware together with new requirements in system setups and security
will require that the system behavior must be verified after the upgrade. Before the
upgrade, please read through the backward incompatibility items listed below. The listed
PC-NET related issues are protocol specific and if the system to be upgraded does not
contain mentioned protocols, the item has no effect in the upgrade. More information
about the mentioned attributes can be found from protocol specific manuals and SYS
600 System Objects manual.
If the behavior of a communication line after the upgrade is not satisfactory, attribute
changes to the system configuration may be required. A systematic proceeding in the
problem analysis usually gives best results, sometimes it is needed to record a
communication log from the line which is causing problems.
5.4.1.1 PC-NET from SYS 600 9.x or COM 500 4.2
If the previous version is SYS600 9.3FP1 or older or COM 500 4.2, following upgrade
notification must be taken into account:
• After the upgrade, each instance of PC-NET will allocate 96 Megabytes of memory.
In principle, the usage of a newer version may lead to lack of memory if the computer
resources stay unchanged in the upgrade.
If the previous version is SYS600 9.2SP1 or older or COM 500 4.2, following upgrade
notification must be taken into account:
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• In case the serial communication line has contained a lot of disturbances, the
upgraded PC-NET may reject messages which were not rejected by the previous
version. Setting of the bit 0 of the line attribute CM may be helpful in some situations.
5.4.1.2 PC-NET or DCP-MUX from SYS 500 8.4.x
If the previous version is SYS 500 8.4.5 SP1, SYS 500 8.4.4 SP4, COM 500 4.0 SP1 or
older, following upgrade notifications must be taken into account:
• After the upgrade, each instance of PC-NET will allocate 96 Megabytes of memory.
In principle, the usage of a newer version may lead to lack of memory if the computer
resources stay unchanged in the upgrade.
• In case the serial communication line has contained a lot of disturbances, the
upgraded PC-NET may reject messages which were not rejected by the previous
version. Setting of the bit 0 of the line attribute CM may be helpful in some situations.
If the previous version is SYS 500 8.4.4 (without service packs), COM 500 4.0 (without
service packs) or older, following upgrade notification must be taken into account:
• In DNP 3.0 slave protocol, the response handling of an incoming class 1/2/3/0 request
from the DNP 3.0 master is handled differently and order of the data points in the
response is different. It is possible that the new behavior can be seen in the process
pictures of the master also.
If the previous version is SYS 500 8.4.3 SP3, COM 500 3.0 SP1 or older, following
upgrade notifications must be taken into account:
• In IEC60870-5-101 slave protocol, the RM attribute bit 4 of a station object controls
the acceptance of the incoming control commands from the master. In the newer
version the default behaviour is that an execute command is not accepted without
preceding select. The behavior stays unchanged if bit 4 of the attribute RM is set,
see corresponding manual for more information.
• In IEC60870-5-101 slave protocol, the TC attribute of the station object controls
the handling of the incoming time synchronization. In the newer version the default
value is 1 which causes the message contents to be sent to a process object also. See
corresponding manual for more information.
• In any serial protocol, the line attribute RY presented in version 8.4.4 also controls
the behaviour of the RTS-signal of the RS-232 port. For RocketPort serial cards,
the default value RY=1 will cause the RTS signal to be active one character longer
compared with the previous version. This is usually harmless. With setting RY=0
the behavior is unchanged with RocketPort. With a standard serial port of PC, the
behavior is unchanged with setting RY=1 and depending on the used modem
hardware, setting RY=0 does not necessarily work at all.
If the previous version uses a DCP-MUX unit, see following chapter for update
information.
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5.4.1.3 DCP-MUX from SYS 500 8.x
If the needed protocols can be found from the list presented below, the upgrading of the
DCP-MUX unit to PC-NET should be possible. The DCP-MUX card must be replaced
with a multi-port serial card which has sufficient amount of COM-ports. The connected
RS232-devices like modems can usually be used as such. The existing line and station
attribute configuration must be converted to a SCIL script if the DCP-MUX has been
configured with a NETCONF program.
Table 5.2: List of the DCP-MUX protocols supported in the PC-NET communication
unit
1 ANSI X3.28 Full Duplex or ACP
2 ANSI X3.28 Half Duplex
4 ASCII protocol for printer
7 RP570/RP571 master protocol
9 P214/INDACTIC 35 master protocol
12 LCU500 master
13 ADLP180 Master
14 SPA protocol
15 General ASCII
16 RP570/RP571 Slave
17 RCOM (Procontic)
18 Westinghouse F4F
23 ABB Alpha meter protocol
25 Modbus RTU master protocol
26 IEC 61107 protocol
If the DCP-MUX to be upgraded contains a protocol which is not listed here, the
upgrading is not possible as such. In this situation, please contact SA-D SupportLine for
more information.
5.4.2 IEC 61850
Migration of Communication Engineering Tool (CET) configurations

before usage
If the IEC 61850 CET project has been originally made with SYS 600 revision 9.0 or
9.1, and the appropriate configuration will be now taken in use in SYS 600 revision 9.3,
the following steps are needed to migrate the project.
Before installing the SYS 600 revision 9.3 take a copy of your {guid}.xml files. For
example:
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23a247e6-7552-4c58-a202-eff8693f372f.xml from
drive>:\sc\prog\61850_OPC_Server\CET\bin\Tools\OPCSCLExport\[project name].
After finalising the SYS 600 revision 9.3 installation, create both a new database and an
IEC 61850 OPC Server to CET. Use SCLImport tool and import your existing
configuration from the {guid}.xml file. A {guid} example included into above is an
example of such a code, the {guid} in your projects, i.e. related .xml files differs from
the example given above.
To successfully use the CET you will need 'Full Access' access rights to be assigned for
everyone to the following folders:
<drive>:\PCMDATABASES (location depends on Environment Variable
PCMDATADIR)
<drive>:\sc\prog\61850_OPC_Server\CET\bin
<drive>:\sc\prog\61850_OPC_Server\CET\bin\Tools\OPCSCLExport\[project name]
The reason for this migration is that the CET databases in SYS 600 revision 9.0/9.1 and
revision 9.3 are not fully compatible.
When existing CET configurations are taken in use with SYS

600 revision 9.3, it is important to also verify that the correct
configuration attribute values will be taken in use by your IEC
61850 project. See further information in IEC 61850 System
Design manual, chapters Timeout handling and
Troubleshooting.
5.4.3 Modbus slave
Modbus slave is a separate executable used in systems with COM 500i. The backward
compatibility approach between versions is also used with the modbus slave . The
modifications made to modbus_slave.exe been mainly extensions but the backward
compatibility has been retained in a way that the upgrading to a newer version should
not cause problems.
5.4.4 CDC-II slave
CDC-II slave is also a separate executable used in systems with COM 500i. The same
backward compatibility approach is also used with CDC-II slave. The modifications
made to cdcslave.exe has been minor and upgrading to a newer version should not cause
problems. Additional information regarding the configuration parameters related to the
CDC-II slave can be found from the CDC-II Slave Protocol manual.
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5.4.5 External OPC Data Access Client
External OPC Data Access Client is a separate executable used in systems including
devices communicating via OPC protocol or IEC 61850 systems. Any existing
configuration can be used in External OPC Data Access Client. The modifications made
to daopccl.exe have been mainly extensions but the backward compatibility has been
retained in a way that the upgrading to a newer version should not cause problems.
Previously, when External OPC Data Access Client was delivered as a separate installation
package for SYS/COM products, the destination folder for the executable was always
<drive>:\MS_Interfaces\OPC_Client. For all the SYS 600 revisions, the
installation of External OPC Data Access Client occurs always into folder
<drive>:\sc\prog\OPC_Client. Modify the application start-up routines accordingly
to start the latest External OPC Data Access Client executable, when needed. Additional
information related to the configuration parameters related to the External OPC Data
Access Client can be found from the External OPC Data Access Client and IEC 61850
System Design manuals.
5.5 Communication gateway
5.5.1 Upgrading COM 500 revision 2.0, 3.0, 4.0, 4.1 and 4.2
If an existing COM 500 revision 2.0-4.2 application is updated to COM 500i revision
9.2 and newer, please note the following:
COM 500i revision 9.2 and newer has a mechanism that makes all the required
modifications to the application to update an older revision to revision 9.2 and newer.
This mechanism is started when Tool Manager is opened to a COM 500i application for
the first time after the installation of SYS 600 9.2 and newer. After the mechanism has
been run, you must restart SYS 600 to take all the modifications in use. Also PQ and
QD attributes should be defined for queue 16 in SYS_BASCON.
SYS_BASCON modifications:
PQ = 16,- ;Number of parallel queues/ Needed in COM 500i Applications
QD = (1,1,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1),- ;Parallel queue dedication/ Needed in COM 500i
Applications
If any project specific modifications have been made to the command procedures of the
previous COM 500 revision, the modifications must be copied to the matching new
command procedures. A back-up of the project specific modifications must be taken
before installation of COM 500i, because all command procedures are updated during
COM 500i start-up.
Base System, LIB 5xx and Communication unit changes are described in Section 5.1
Base system, Section 5.2 LIB 5xx, and Section 5.4 Communication units. The same
changes should be also made when COM 500 is updated to COM 500i. Corresponding
of COM 500 and SYS revisions are shown in the following table:
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Table 5.3: Correspondence of COM 500 and SYS revisions

COM 500 revision SYS revision
4.2.SP2 SYS 600 9.1.5
4.2 SP1 SYS 600 9.1 SP1
4.2 SYS 600 9.1
4.1 SYS 600 9.0
4.0 SP1 SYS 500 8.4.4 SP1
4.0 SYS 500 8.4.4
3.0 SP2 SYS 500 8.4.3 SP4
3.0 SP1 SYS 500 8.4.3 SP2
3.0 SYS 500 8.4.3
2.0 SYS 500 8.4.2
5.5.2 Upgrading COM 500i revision 1.0
For more information about upgrading revision 1.0, see SYS 600 Communication
Gateway, COM 500i User’s Guide.
5.6 Updating device drivers

In general the device drivers are backwards compatible within a major revision number,
that is, drivers in 8.4.2 revision is used with Base System Software of revisions 8.4.1
and 8.4.0.
It is recommended to update device drivers to latest version when system upgrade is
done. The supported versions of the drivers can be downloaded from the web sites of
the respective manufacturers.
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6 Abbreviations
6.1 Abbreviations
Abbreviation Description
ASCII American Standard Code for Information Interchange
GB Gigabyte
HSB Hot Stand-by
LAN Local area network
MB Megabyte
PCI Peripheral Component Interconnect
RAM Random access memory
SCIL Supervisory Control Implementation Language
TCP Transmission Control Protocol
TS CAL Terminal service client access license
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5 Upgrading from earlier revisions ........................................................142

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2.3 Intended audience

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In COM 500i the system clock may

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3.1.3 Installation procedure

The MicroSCADA Pro base system installation procedure:

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3.1.4 Installing SYS 600

The MicroSCADA Pro installation package contains an installation program, which

When installing MicroSCADA Pro or some other programs

3.1.4.1 MicroSCADA Pro installation procedure

To install the MicroSCADA Pro base product software:

Figure 3.1: Selecting products to be installed

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MicroSCADA Pro must be installed on a disk drive

6. After selecting the components to be installed, click Start. If a previous installation

Figure 3.2: MicroSCADA User Password dialog

8. After base software is installed, other selected packages are installed.

Installing COM 500i

COM 500i also handles the situation, when an existing COM

Using the SCIL function WORKSTATION_CALL

Running MMC500_TS.cmd in Terminal Server environment

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Figure 3.3: RemoteApp Deployment Settings

3. If you do not want to allow the default settings, do the following:

Figure 3.4: TS RemoteApp Manager

The RemoteApp Wizard opens.

Figure 3.5: RemoteApp Wizard

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