With most advanced drivers, ClearSCADA is the SCADA master (see Master-Slave Communications). With such drivers, ClearSCADA uses Points to represent the measuring instruments and control devices that are connected to the outstations that are scanned by those drivers. The type of point differs, depending on the type of measuring instrument or control device that the point represents.
The point types that are supported by each advanced driver differs, depending on the driver—for a list of the points that a particular driver supports, see the driver-specific documentation.
You configure the points that are required on your system using the appropriate Point Forms. For example, to configure an analog input point, you use the appropriate Analog Input Point Form.
Each Point Form has several tabs (see Tabs on Point Forms). Use the tabs to define different aspects of point configuration.
Use the appropriate driver documentation, along with the ClearSCADA Guide to Core Point Configuration, for information on configuring the properties that appear on the <Point Type>, or Control tabs of the Point Form.
The specific driver guides explain point types and settings that are driver-specific. The ClearSCADA Guide to Core Point Configuration cover aspects of point configuration that are common to many drivers.
For information on creating a point and displaying a Point Form, see Create and Configure a Point in the ClearSCADA Guide to Core Point Configuration. Also see Preparation.
On systems on which ClearSCADA is configured as a SCADA Slave, ClearSCADA acts as a Slave outstation. Slave outstations use Value Maps to map the point data into simple blocks of memory within the driver (see Configuring Value Maps).