The SE RPC driver is designed to allow Geo SCADA Expert to interface with Schneider Electric rod pump controllers. The controllers are represented by outstation items in the Geo SCADA Expert database.
The SE RPC driver supports these types of controller (outstation):
- SE RPC Direct Outstation—to represent a rod pump controller that is directly connected to the Geo SCADA Expert server.
Depending on the system setup, a Direct controller can belong to a Direct or Switched Outstation Set.
- SE RPC Shared Outstation—to represent a rod pump controller that is directly connected to the Geo SCADA Expert server, and that can communicate with the server using either of two channels. Each controller in a Shared Set can communicate via either channel.
If your database structure is ‘modular’ and Group Templates are used to store ‘model’ SE RPC configuration, in addition to the above types of controller, you can add this driver-specific ‘abstract’ controller item to your Group Templates:
- SE RPC Abstract Outstation—Converts to any of the SE RPC Outstation items listed above.
You can only add Abstract Items to Group Templates. The abstract items appear as additional driver-specific entries when you display the context sensitive menu from a Group Template. As with other abstract items, in order to represent a ‘real’ controller, you need to convert the abstract items into the required type of controller (outstation) within the Group Instances that reference the Group Template. For more information, see Add an Abstract Item to a Group Template in the Geo SCADA Expert Guide to Core Configuration.
You specify each controller’s properties using the fields on the appropriate SE RPC Outstation Form.
Each SE RPC Outstation Form has several tabs.
Use the SE RPC tab to:
- Specify the Controller Address.
- Specify Whether Geo SCADA Expert Sets the Controller’s Clock.
- Specify the Dynacard Stores that Store the Rod Pump Data.
- Define the Data Retrieval Intervals (see Define the Data Retrieval Intervals in the Geo SCADA Expert Guide to the Advanced Modbus Driver). The Retrieval Intervals determine the frequency with which Geo SCADA Expert retrieves current point data from the controller. You use Generic Advanced Modbus points to process the retrieved current data (see Points Used on SE Rod Pump Controllers).
- Specify how any Scanning Gaps are Handled (see Specify how any Scanning Gaps are Handled in the Geo SCADA Expert Guide to the Advanced Modbus Driver).
- Define the Dynacard Poll Intervals. You use Dynacard Stores to store the dynamometer data (see Specify the Dynacard Stores that Store the Rod Pump Data),
- Define the Historic Data Poll Interval. You use SE RPC points to process the retrieved historic data (see Points Used on SE Rod Pump Controllers).
- Specify any Local Pre and Post Amble Message Settings (see Define any Pre- and Post-Ambles for an Individual Outstation in the Geo SCADA Expert Guide to Advanced Drivers).
For information on the other tabs, see Configuring a Generic Modbus Controller on the Advanced Modbus Driver in the Geo SCADA Expert Guide to the Advanced Modbus Driver.
For information on the minimal amount of configuration that you can undertake to produce a functional SE rod pump controller in Geo SCADA Expert, see Minimum Configuration.