The Geo SCADA Expert DNP3 SCADAPack E driver supports the following DNP3 SCADAPack Binary Point types:
- Physical binary inputs using DNP3 SCADAPack Binary Input Points.
- Physical binary outputs using DNP3 SCADAPack Binary Output Points.
- Derived (User and System) binary points using either DNP3 SCADAPack Binary Input Points or DNP3 SCADAPack Binary Output Points.
You configure the properties of each binary point using the appropriate DNP3 SCADAPack Binary Point Form. Each Form has several tabs. This section covers configuration of properties on the Binary Point and Mapping tabs of both DNP3 SCADAPack Binary Point Forms, the Input tab of the DNP3 SCADAPack Binary Input Point Form, and the Control tab of the DNP3 SCADAPack Binary Output Point Form.
Binary points are referred to as Digital points on many other drivers and throughout much of the Geo SCADA Expert documentation.
For DNP3 SCADAPack Binary Input Points and DNP3 SCADAPack Binary Output Points, use the Binary Point tab to:
- Configure General Properties
- Configure the Binary Point States
Use the RTU Event field (see Configure General Properties) to specify how the outstation handles any state change events.
- Configure Override Properties (see Configure Override Properties in the Geo SCADA Expert Guide to the DNP3 Driver)
- Optionally Associate one or More Profiles with the Point
- Configure Trend Properties (see Define a Digital Point’s Trend Settings in the Geo SCADA Expert Guide to Core Point Configuration)
- Configure Logged Data Properties (see Configure Logged Data Properties in the Geo SCADA Expert Guide to the DNP3 Driver)
- Specify the Point Data Class that Applies when Communicating with another DNP3 Master.
For DNP3 SCADAPack Binary Input Points and DNP3 SCADAPack Binary Output Points that are Physical Inputs or Physical Outputs, use the Mapping tab to:
For DNP3 SCADAPack Binary Input Points, use the Input tab to:
For DNP3 SCADAPack Binary Output Points that can be controlled by Geo SCADA Expert, there are two additional tabs: a Control Tab and a Control Checks tab.
Use the Control tab to:
- Configure the Control Actions (see Define the Control Settings for a Digital Output Point in the Geo SCADA Expert Guide to Core Point Configuration)
- Promote Retrieval of Data Associated with Controls (see Specify which Outstations are Integrity Polled after a Successful Control in the Geo SCADA Expert Guide to the DNP3 Driver)
- Configure Binary Output Point DNP3 and SCADAPack Control Properties.
For each DNP3 SCADAPack output point that Geo SCADA Expert is to control exclusively, or for which point control alters between Geo SCADA Expert and ISaGRAF, ensure that the point’s Control aggregate is enabled (see Specify Whether an Output Point is Controlled by Geo SCADA Expert in the Geo SCADA Expert Guide to the DNP3 Driver).
For each DNP3 SCADAPack output point that is controlled exclusively by another application, rather than Geo SCADA Expert, you need to disable that point’s Control aggregate. For such points, fields on the Control tab are unavailable for use and you can ignore the above references.
You can optionally use the Control Checks tab to configure the Control Checks settings (see Configuring Control Checks Settings in the Geo SCADA Expert Guide to Core Point Configuration).
The properties on other tabs are common to points on many advanced drivers—for information, see Tabs on Point Forms in the Geo SCADA Expert Guide to Advanced Drivers.
If the outstations on your system are to sample binary point data for data trends, you need to configure the required Trend item(s) in the database and associate those items with the relevant binary points (see Configuring DNP3 SCADAPack E Trend Sampler Functionality).
Trend sampler limitations apply to multi-bit binary points (see Trend Sampler Limitations - Multi-Bit Binary Points).