This section summarizes the limitations and restrictions that need to be taken into account when configuring a Profile and associating that Profile with a DNP3 SCADAPack point or pulse action.
With standard (‘core’) Time Profiles, the specified Profile:
- Has to be of the appropriate type:
- A Float Time Profile to control the limits and/or current value of DNP3 SCADAPack Analog point(s)
- An Unsigned Long Time Profile to either:
- Control the current value of DNP3 SCADAPack Binary point(s) (providing that those points have a Point Type other than ‘Physical Input’)
- Control the action(s) of DNP3 SCADAPack Pulse Action(s).
- A Double Time Profile to control the High limit and/or current value of DNP3 SCADAPack Counter point(s).
- Has to have its Mode set to ‘Stepped’
- Has to use the same Time Zone as the DNP3 SCADAPack outstation on which the point(s) or pulse action(s) are located (for instance, ‘Local Time with Daylight Saving Time’ for a Profile that changes a point’s Limits during working hours). The outstation’s Time Zone is specified on the Outstation Form’s SCADAPack tab (see Configure the Profiler and ISaGRAF Time Zone Properties).
- Has to have a compatible Range:
- No greater than the point’s Zero to Full Scale range for analog points
- 0 to 1 for binary points and pulse actions
- A Minimum value greater than or equal to zero for counter points.
- Must not use an inverted scale
- Has to contain vectors (empty profiles are deemed to have invalid configuration)
- If assigned to a DNP3 SCADAPack Analog point’s limits, the profile’s values:
- Must not cross over profile values used to control any of the point’s other limits
- Must not cross any of the point’s fixed Limits.
Further Information
Configuring Standard Time Profiles: see Configuring Time Profiles in the Geo SCADA Expert Guide to Core Configuration.
With daily DNP3 SCADAPack Profiles, the specified Profile:
- Has to be of the appropriate type:
- A DNP3 SCADAPack Analog Profile to control the limits and/or current value of a DNP3 SCADAPack Analog point
- A DNP3 SCADAPack Binary Profile to control a DNP3 SCADAPack Pulse’s action(s), or a DNP3 SCADAPack Binary point’s current value (unless that binary point has a ‘Physical Input’ Point Type)
- A DNP3 SCADAPack Counter Profile to control the High limit and/or current value of a DNP3 SCADAPack Counter point.
- Has to have its Current Value profile disabled if being used to control the limit(s) of a DNP3 SCADAPack Analog point that has a ‘Physical Input’ Point Type (see Disable or Enable the Profile for a Particular Limit or Current Value).
- If it is a DNP3 SCADAPack Analog Profile, any limit profile values:
- Must not cross over the values of any other limit profiles
- Must not cross any of the point’s fixed Limits.
(The profiles for a binary point or pulse action can only contain the profile values 0 and 1. The profiles for a counter point can only contain profile values greater than or equal to 0. Both ViewX and the Automation Interface will reject any attempt to enter values that are deemed to be invalid (see Manually Edit the Vectors on a DNP3 SCADAPack Profile).)
If a Daily (DNP3 SCADAPack) profile does not have a value specified at midnight at the start of the day, Geo SCADA Expert will assume the starting value to be that of the previous day’s last profile value. (The previous day’s profile being that specified for the previous day in the Profiles section of the Point Form.)
Further Information