ClearSCADA provides a command line utility that allows users to start and stop the server, as well as perform a number of other management tasks. This utility, named scxcmd.exe, can be found in the program installation directory.
ClearSCADA Command Line Utility Usage: scxcmd \[options] command
 | For a full and up to date list of options available, run scxcmd -?. |
scxcmd Options
| Option | Description |
|---|---|
| -s server[:port] | Connect to specified server and port. Defaults to localhost:5481 |
| -u user | Log on with specified user name |
| -p password | Log on with specified password |
| -h, -? | Display the help for scxcmd |
Commands
| Command | Description |
|---|---|
| START DB | Start or repair the database if necessary (i.e. when in Invalid Configuration state). |
| START driver | Start the specified driver. |
| START DRIVERS | Start all drivers. |
| STOP SERVER | Stop the server. |
| STOP driver | Stop the specified driver. |
| STOP DRIVERS | Stop all drivers |
| RESTART driver | Restart the specified driver. |
| RESTART DRIVERS | Restart all drivers. |
| COMPRESSDB | Compress the database. |
| SETLOG {DB | driver} options | Set the logging options for the database or specified driver |
| ADDLOG {DB | driver} options | Add logging options to the database or specified driver |
| REMLOG {DB | driver} options | Remove logging options from the database or specified driver |
| SHOWLOG {DB | driver} options | Show logging options for the database or specified driver. |
| SHOWDIAG diag | Show the specified diagnostic page. Use SHOWDIAG HELP to display a list of available diagnostics. |
| SHOWSTATE | Show the current server state |
| HISDUMP filename | Dump contents of historic file |
| HISFLUSH | Perform historic flush. |
| HISGEN | Generates Historic Data for performance testing. |
| HISINFO filename [Recurse] | Counts duplicates and deleted records in a historic file. |
| HISSTRIP filename [Recurse] | Removes duplicates and deleted records from historic file. |
| SETSYSTIME DB | Set server clock to specified SystemTime |
| GETSYSTIME DB | Get server clock as SystemTime |