This is a recent question to our support team:
I received a pop-up warning when trying to start VTScada. When I click OK, it starts the VTScada Application Manager (VAM). This is the warning. "The performance counter registry hive is corrupted. Some WorkstationStatus functions may not work. Click OK for next warning or Cancel to clear all warnings." Is there anything I need to worry about goin
dougs
posted May 31 '17 at 6:17 pm
Sync'ing the clock on a PLC with the VTSCada computer time comes up fairly often. Depending on the requirements of the PLC, there are a number of ways to do this. The easiest way for all of them require using a trigger tag in the VTScada application that will trigger at a known time. For now, call this TriggerTimeSync and set an On schedule for 01:01 am and off 2 seconds later with no off schedul
Hi all,
I am working on my first VTScada application. I am trying to set up the internet client and I am not using an SSL certificate. I have already created a realm. I am trying to set up the server now. I cannot get my 'server list' to stay populated. I click 'add' and I have tried adding the IP address of the computer that will be running VTS and that same computer's name. They will add t
dougs
posted May 17 '17 at 1:01 pm
This one came in by email but I thought it was worth adding -
I have a couple of different machines running the same application that need to start up with different pages. Is there a way to do this?
Tank cut-away images are designed to work with the Color Fill widget. Place a cut-away on a tank and then set the color of that cut-away to something that will be unique on the page. Orange is a great choice. Now, place a Color Fill widget on top of the cut-away and set its Changed Color to match the color of the cut-away.
The Color Fill will be visible only where it overlaps the matching co
Answer - Yes!
Answer - Alarm notes can be found on the Alarm Page in the right-most column, it will contain an icon if the alarm contains a note. Simply click the icon to view the note. You will also see the note on the Operator Notes page. More on notes: www.trihedral.com/operator-notes
Answer - All application configuration, such as settings, tag configuration, pages and user accounts, are synchronized amongst all workstations that are running the application.
Answer - File types supported: .png, .jpg, .bmp, .wmf.
More on the Idea Studio: www.trihedral.com/graphic-editing-studio-new
Answer - A small portion of application settings require the app to be restarted when they are changed, though most do not. Compiling some types of custom code will require an app restart as well, though this does not apply to pages, graphics and tag types.
Answer - All configuration changes get synced to all workstations. These changes can be automatically deployed as soon as they are made, or it can be setup to require manual deployment.
Typically, the faceplate will need the number of tags associated directly with IO. Tags such as alarms, loggers, calculations, etc., are not part of the licensing tag count.
Answer - Yes, you will need one license per server. This can be a Runtime license or a Development Runtime license.
Note that free VTScadaLIGHT licenses can be redundant servers to one another but NOT to standard paid VTScada licenses.
More on VTScada redundancy can be found here: www.trihedral.com/redundancy-and-automatic-failover
Answer - Our input tags are capable of reading arrays of history from a PLC, so long as the driver supports it.
Answer - Yes. Pages can be parameterized so that their graphics can dynamically display values from different tags.
Answer - There are several ways to export data from the VTScada Historical Database.
From the Historical Data Viewer (HDV) you can export the visible values using the Export Wizard Button at the top of the HDV. See help: www.trihedral.com/help/Content/OP_HDV/OP_HDVExport.htm?Highlight=Export%20historical.
You can use the standard reports page to easily export data for specific tags and timef
Answer - Typically, all modifications to drivers are made directly by Trihedral personnel to ensure compatibility with future software releases. In exceptional circumstance, you should contact us directly.
Answer - VTScadaLIGHT can be installed as either 32 or 64 bit.
Answer - Yes, print alarm history using the icon at the top of the Alarm Page.
Answer - None of VTScada's features require scripts to work.
Our SupportPlus team regularly answers this question:
Q: I just updated to a newer version of VTScada and now my modems no longer work!
A: Customers using the modem dialer feature of the Alarm Notification System must ensure that they apply Windows updates on a regular basis. Updates to VTScada will often include modem drivers that have been patched to work with the latest Microsoft updat
jsanden
posted Apr 25 '17 at 5:18 pm
Does VTScadaLIGHT support the Anywhere Internet Client?
The mobile client seems to work fine in a browser, but when I log into the AIC throw a web browser all I see is a white page. A logon failed notification gets logged to the System Event DB even though I know I'm using the correct credentials.
A customer asked: Can operators be barred from shutting down a VTScada application?
Afternoon All;
I am trying to poll a Modbus flow meter. The register I am polling is a floating point, and at this time just looking to get a proper HEX response. Below is a couple of request and response. The request is correct as I have tested with a Mdbus master modbus simulator. It is looking to me that there is a inter-character time out issue. But any thoughts, questions or solutions wou
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Is there a way to read a 32 bit modbus value directly into a 32 bit value in VTSCADA? This way we will not need to read a 32 bit value as 2 single 16 bit values and then combine it.
ChrisG
posted Mar 23 '17 at 7:42 pm
Are there any plans to allow tags names to be modified from the tag window instead of forcing us to browse for them?
This is a question that comes up more and more so our own Dave Spencer created this quick and easy video tutorial.
This video was created for VTScada version 11.2 in 2016-10.
https://www.youtube.com/edit?o=U&video_id=Ljc9DvsrHms
Instructions can also be found in the VTScada Help System.
https://www.trihedral.com/help/Content/D_DrawAndEdit/D_MultipleMonitors.htm?Highlight=multi%2
Is the latest version of VTscada, 11.2. Siemens S7 driver compatible with the S7-1200 and S7-1500 PLCs?
The driver list pdf on the website did not specifically list those models and I was curious.
Thanks,
JP
From a customer: Can multi-monitor layouts be configured separately for different users?
