Point Forms have several ‘tabs’ or ‘pages’ for configuring different aspects of point data. For many points on simple drivers, these tabs are available:
- Identification—Use to optionally define a Help View and to indicate whether a point is to be excluded from any Exclusive Control activity (see Defining Identification Details in the ClearSCADA Guide to Core Configuration).
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Location—Use to specify the item's geographical coordinates. (You need only configure the properties on this tab if your system uses ClearSCADA's Geographical Location features.)
- User Methods—Use to define any custom pick actions (‘methods’) for a point (see Using the User Methods Tab to Define Custom Actions in the ClearSCADA Guide to Core Configuration).
- Alarm—Use to define optional features associated with any point alarms (see Defining an Item or Group’s Alarm Properties in the ClearSCADA Guide to Core Configuration).
- Redirection—Use to define any alarm redirections for a point (see Configure Alarm Redirections for an Item or Group in the ClearSCADA Guide to Alarm Redirection).
- <Point Type> (see the driver-specific documentation, and also see the ClearSCADA Guide to Core Point Configuration).
- Historic—Use to define any historic data storage properties for a point (see Defining Historic Details for a Point in the ClearSCADA Guide to Core Point Configuration). This tab is only displayed for points that can support historic data.
The Historic tab is only included on the relevant configuration Forms when the Historic Data feature is enabled on the server. The feature enables ClearSCADA to store data historically (see Historic Data Storage Settings).
- <Driver Type>—Use to define any point- or driver-specific properties. See the driver-specific documentation and also, as applicable:
In addition, on drivers that support controls (outputs), a Control tab and a Control Checks tab are displayed.
For information on configuring the properties on the Control tab, see the driver-specific documentation for any driver-specific fields, and also, as appropriate:
- see Define the Control Settings for an Analog Output Point in the ClearSCADA Guide to Core Point Configuration.
- see Define the Control Settings for a Digital Output Point in the ClearSCADA Guide to Core Point Configuration.
- see Define the Control Settings for a String Point in the ClearSCADA Guide to Core Point Configuration.
- see Define the Control Settings for a Time Point in the ClearSCADA Guide to Core Point Configuration.
For information on configuring the properties on the Control Checks tab, see Configuring Control Checks Settings in the ClearSCADA Guide to Core Point Configuration.