Minimum Configuration – Pulse Actions

This topic relates to Pulse Actions on the SCADAPack x70 driver.

When you add an item to the database, various properties on the item's configuration Form are assigned a value automatically. These default values are assigned on creation of the database item, to help reduce the amount of manual configuration that is required. As such, you only need configure a subset of the properties that exist on an item's configuration Form. Typically, the properties you have to configure include:

• Those properties that require a value, but for which the property field is blank
• Those properties for which the value needs to differ from the default.

For a Pulse Action on this driver to be capable of functioning in Geo SCADA Expert, as a minimum you have to specify these properties on the Pulse Action's configuration Form:

• The protocol-specific SCADAPack x70 Outstation with which the Pulse Action is associated (Pulse Action tab)
• The SCADAPack x70 Object(s) (Digital Configuration item(s)) that represents the digital output(s) on which the Pulse's action(s) are to be triggered (NULL, or Trip/Close tab).

Also ensure that the database items on which the Pulse Action depends are In Service, and have saved, valid configuration. This will produce a Pulse Action that is capable of functioning using the default configuration settings.