Home Tab

The Home tab appears on the ViewX ribbon. It contains the following command groups:

• Security
• Operate
• Navigation
• System

The Security group contains commands that allow you to access System Security.

The commands include:

1. Log On—This command allows you to Log On to ViewX
2. Log Off—This command allows you to Log Off from ViewX
3. Change Password—This command allows you to Change your Password. (The command only applies if your User Account is managed directly in Geo SCADA Expert and you have sufficient permissions to change your own password. If your User Account is associated with a Windows or LDAP User Profile, password changes are managed via the relevant Windows domain or LDAP server.)

The Operate group contains commands that allow you to navigate forward and backward between Mimics, display Alarms and Events Lists, and the Alarm Banner.

The commands include:

1. Home—Only available if a Home Page is configured for the currently logged-on user (or the Guest user if no user is logged on). Select this button to display the default ‘file object’, such as a custom Mimic, that is configured as the Home Page. For more information, see Define the Homepage Settings for a User.
2. Back / Forward—Displays the previously shown display, such as a Mimic, after you navigate between displays using a hyperlink. After clicking on Back, you can then click on Forward to view the display that was shown before you clicked on Back. You can use the Back and Forward commands, for example, to navigate backwards through multiple Mimics and then navigate forward to the original Mimic.

   The drop-down menus associated with the Back and Forward commands list the sequence of previously displayed items in the specified direction. You can jump directly to an item by selecting it from a drop-down menu.

3. Alarms—Displays a list of the current alarms on your Geo SCADA Expert system(s). The entries in the List are restricted to those alarms to which the ViewX client and your user account have access. For more information, see Alarms Lists.
4. Alarms Banner—Displays the Alarms Banner. For more information, see Alarm Banner.
5. Events—Displays a list of the events on your Geo SCADA Expert system, over a defined time period. The entries in the List are restricted to events associated with those items to which the ViewX client and your user account have access. For more information, see Events.

 

The Navigation group contains commands that allow you to navigate Mimics, Trends, and historic Lists.

The commands include:

1. Zoom—Use this combo box to select or specify a specific Mimic Zoom level.
2. Zoom In / Zoom Out—Use these commands to increase or decrease the Zoom Level of the Mimic.
3. Zoom Box—Use this command to zoom into a specific area of a Mimic by drawing a Zoom Box around the area.
4. Zoom Lock—Use this command to return the Mimic to its default zoom level. The Zoom Lock turns off automatically if you zoom in or out again.
5. Pan Mode—If the Mimic is larger than the main display area at the current zoom level, use this command to change which area of the Mimic is visible.
6. View—This combo box lists any Defined Views that have been configured for your Mimic, for example a view that is zoomed in on a particular area of the Mimic. Select the required view from the list.
7. Previous / Next—Use these commands to either:
   • Scroll a selected Trend forward and backward.
   • Display the records for the previous or next time intervals on an Events List, or Historic List
8. Active Pick Action—Use this command to toggle the highlight that shows which Mimic objects are configured to provide access to a pick action.

The above commands starting from 1 to 5 (inclusive) are also available as context-sensitive menu options when the Mimic is in Run mode (see Using Context-Sensitive Menu Options on a Mimic).

The System group contains the following commands:

The Server Config and Server Status commands display only if the tools to which they provide access are installed on the same machine as the ViewX client. As such, the commands typically only appear on the ViewX client ribbon on Geo SCADA Expert server machines.The commands only appear on a ViewX client and not on aVirtual ViewX client.

• Status—Displays the Status dialog for a selected system.
• Server Config—Enables users with the relevant permissions to configure the Geo SCADA Expert server's settings. Select the command to launch the Server Configuration Tool. For information on the Server Configuration Tool, see Working with the Server Configuration Tool in the Geo SCADA Expert Guide to Server Administration.
• Server Status—Enables users with the relevant permissions to view the status of the server, and its statistical and diagnostic information. Select the command to launch the Server Status Tool. For information on the Server Status Tool, see Working With The Server Status Tool in the Geo SCADA Expert Guide to the Server Status Tool.