DNP3 SCADAPack E outstations support the point types that are listed below. You configure the properties of each point using the appropriate DNP3 SCADAPack Point Form.
Before configuring each DNP3 SCADAPack point in the Geo SCADA Expert database, you need to be aware of how your system set-up needs representing in Geo SCADA Expert (see With Which Database Item do I Associate each DNP3 SCADAPack Point?).
The rest of this section covers configuration of SCADAPack E specific point properties that are:
- Common to DNP3 SCADAPack points—see Configure Common Properties of DNP3 SCADAPack Points and see Specify any Point Mapping
- Common to DNP3 SCADAPack Output points—see Configure an Output Point or Pulse Action’s Interlock Properties.
For information on DNP3 SCADAPack properties that are specific to a particular type of point, see the following sections:
- DNP3 SCADAPack Analog Input Point—see Configuring DNP3 SCADAPack Analog Points.
- DNP3 SCADAPack Analog Output Point—see Configuring DNP3 SCADAPack Analog Points.
NOTE:If a SCADAPack E outstation is a Modbus Slave, and the Modbus Master reads or writes to 32-bit points in that Modbus Slave, use a DNP3 SCADAPack 32-bit Point Modbus Map to map the 32-bit data (see Configuring DNP3 SCADAPack 32-bit Point Modbus Maps).
- DNP3 SCADAPack Binary Input Point—see Configuring DNP3 SCADAPack Binary Points.
If a SCADAPack E outstation is to sample a point’s data and store the sampled records at the outstation, you can optionally use a DNP3 SCADAPack Binary Input Point to control when the outstation samples the analog, counter, or binary point’s data (see Configuring DNP3 SCADAPack E Trend Sampler Functionality, and see Specify the Sample Rate and Sample Criteria).
- DNP3 SCADAPack Binary Output Point—see Configuring DNP3 SCADAPack Binary Points.
- DNP3 SCADAPack Counter Point—see Configuring DNP3 SCADAPack Counter Points.
- DNP3 SCADAPack Pulse Action (NULL)—a one-action pulse (see Configuring DNP3 SCADAPack Pulse Actions).
- DNP3 SCADAPack Pulse Action (Trip-Close)—a two-action pulse, for which each action can be performed on the same, or on a separate physical point (see Configuring DNP3 SCADAPack Pulse Actions).
In addition to SCADAPack E properties, the above points have properties that are common to generic DNP3 points—for information on configuring these DNP3 properties, see Points Used on DNP3 Outstations in the Geo SCADA Expert Guide to the DNP3 Driver.
For information on configuring point properties that are common to points on many advanced drivers, see Tabs on Point Forms in the Geo SCADA Expert Guide to Advanced Drivers.
For general information on configuring points, see Configuring a Point in the Geo SCADA Expert Guide to Core Point Configuration.
In addition to the above points—which include properties that enable additional SCADAPack E functionality—SCADAPack E outstations can also support the DNP3 point types that a generic DNP3 outstation supports (see Points Used on DNP3 Outstations in the Geo SCADA Expert Guide to the DNP3 Driver). However DNP3 points (as opposed to DNP3 SCADAPack points) should only be associated with a DNP3 SCADAPack E outstation:
- If upgrading those points from DNP3 to DNP3 SCADAPack on a DNP3 SCADAPack E outstation. (You use the Convert To menu option to convert each DNP3 point to the appropriate type of DNP3 SCADAPack point, and carry out the necessary additional configuration.)
- In situations during which a point’s configuration is not to be downloaded to the SCADAPack E outstation (the point is only used internally within Geo SCADA Expert).
Also be aware that if Geo SCADA Expert scans a remote device for data and that remote is not an E outstation, the points on that remote outstation have to be configured as DNP3 points, rather than DNP3 SCADAPack points, in the Geo SCADA Expert database. This only applies if Geo SCADA Expert scans the remote device ‘transparently’ via that remote’s parent DNP3 SCADAPack E outstation, rather than if the parent outstation scans the remote (see SCADAPack E Data Concentrators and Remote Outstations).
If the SCADAPack E outstations on your system are to sample the data trends of any analog, binary, or counter points, you can configure the required Trend settings in Geo SCADA Expert then download that configuration to the outstation (see Configuring DNP3 SCADAPack E Trend Sampler Functionality).