Drivers Guide - Disable Set (Actions that are Common to Many Drivers)

Disable Set

Associated with: Outstation sets

Security permission required to access this pick action: Disable Points

NOTE: The 'Disable...' series of pick actions are assigned the 'Disable Points' security permission so that users with that permission can disable database items without necessarily being given the full 'Configuration' security permission. A user, such as an operator, whose User Account is given the 'Disable Points' permission but not the 'Configure' permission can disable a database item, but is prevented from altering the rest of that item's configuration.

Use this pick action to take an outstation set Out of Service.

The Disable Set pick action clears the outstation set's In Service property, so that the outstation set is no longer active.

You might want to disable an outstation set, for example, if Geo SCADA Expert has detected a communication problem with the outstations in that set. Once the problem has been rectified, use the Enable Set pick action to place the outstation set back In Service.

Geo SCADA Expert logs an entry in the Event Journal whenever either pick action is used. The entry indicates whether the outstation set has been enabled or disabled.

Be aware that disabling an outstation set also de-activates its dependants, although the dependants' configuration will remain unchanged. (Dependants include the set's outstations and the points on those outstations.)

If using this pick action with the Automation Interface, you need to specify the method name Disable.