ViewX is a feature-rich Windows application designed to provide you with day-to-day access to your ClearSCADA system. A PC that uses ViewX to connect to ClearSCADA is referred to as a ViewX client.
Typically, a ClearSCADA system contains a central ClearSCADA server and multiple ViewX clients. The ViewX clients present users with information from the ClearSCADA database and also send user-defined actions to the ClearSCADA server.
By logging on to a ViewX client, you can interact with remote devices via the ClearSCADA server. For example, you could use a ViewX client to issue a control to a device - the control is sent from the ViewX client to the ClearSCADA server, where it is processed and sent to the appropriate device. The ClearSCADA server then updates the database to indicate the outcome of the control attempt.
You can use a ViewX client to perform a wide range of tasks on your ClearSCADA system, including issuing controls, responding to alarms, and configuring the database. However, your user permissions may restrict access to features depending on your duties. For example, operator-level users are often able to use ViewX to monitor a system and respond to alarms, but are denied access to configuration features.
When you log on to a ViewX client, you access the ClearSCADA system via a ViewX window.
As an operator, you will predominantly use ViewX to access:
- Mimics—Graphical displays that can provide access to action menus (for alarm management, controls, and so on) and related displays such as other Mimics, Trends, Lists
- Alarm displays—A variety of displays (Alarm Banner, Alarms Lists, and so on) that provide information about the alarms currently raised on your system. You can use these displays to access the alarm management features
- Trends—Displays that show traces of values over a period of time
- Queries Lists—Lists that you can use to view database items of the same type, or with specific property values. For example, the points on a particular site
- Event Journal—A record of events on your system. You can use the Event Journal (also referred to as the Events List) to trace the causes and times at which specific events occurred
Similar displays can also be accessed from a WebX Client.
On a ViewX client, the functions are accessed via drop-down menus, the ViewX ribbon, or context sensitive menus that can be selected with the mouse. You can also use keyboard shortcuts to access many of the features.
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