CITECT SCADA TRAINING
COURSE DESCRIPTION
The Citect SCADA tag-based course is a 4-day, instructor-led class focused on HMI application design. The course uses lectures and hands-on labs to provide a fundamental understanding of the basic principles of the Citect visualization module and the steps to develop a Human Machine Interface (HMI) system for your specific plant floor. You will be guided through setup, layout, best practice concepts, features, and functions of the Citect SCADA software platform. Hands-on labs will reinforce concepts and features.
OBJECTIVES
- Create new projects
- Use Citect SCADA to communicate with an I/O device
- Utilize the benefits of an equipment hierarchy
- Create graphic pages and manipulate graphic symbols
- Generate and manage alarms, trends, and reports
- Troubleshoot and resolve problems encountered during the course
- Use the online Citect SCADA Help Topics and Knowledge Base effectively
AUDIENCE
- Plant floor operators and managers, system administrators, system integrators, and other
- Individuals who need to use the Citect SCADA software in manufacturing processes.
PREREQUISITES
- Familiarity with Microsoft Windows
- Manufacturing industry experience (recommended)
MODULE 1 – INTRODUCTION TO CITECT SCADA
Section 1 – Citect SCADA Configuration
Section 2 – Citect Studio
Section 3 – Citect Graphics Builder
Section 4 – Summary
MODULE 2 – OVERVIEW OF CITECT STUDIO
Section 1 – Activities
Section 2 – Navigation
Section 3 – The Grid Editor
Section 4 – Property Grid
Section 5 – Summary
MODULE 3 – PROJECT MANAGEMENT
Section 1 – Projects Activity
Section 2 – Citect SCADA Project Types
Section 3 – Include Projects
Section 4 – New Project Creation
Section 5 – Backup, Restore, and Delete a Project
Section 6 – Copy a Project
Section 7 – Include Custom Projects
Section 8 – Setup Wizard
Section 9 – Summary
MODULE 4 – DEFINE A TOPOLOGY
Section 1 – Citect SCADA Communications
Section 2 – Topology Activity
Section 3 – Configuring Topology
Section 4 – Device Communications Wizard
Section 5 – Summary
MODULE 5 – SYSTEM MODEL
Section 1 – System Model Activity
Section 2 – Variable Tags
Section 3 – Test Communications
Section 4 – Structured Tag Names
Section 5 – Use Microsoft Excel to Add Variable Tags
Section 6 – Summary
MODULE 6 – EQUIPMENT
Section 1 – Enterprise Hierarchy
Section 2 – Using Work Centers
Section 3 – Work Units
Section 4 – Equipment in Citect SCADA
Section 5 – Configuring Equipment
Section 6 – Configuring Equipment Using Equipment Editor
Section 7 – Duplicate Equipment
Section 8 – Summary
MODULE 7 – GRAPHICS
Section 1 – Graphic Pages
Section 2 – SxW_Style_Include Project
Section 3 – Create New Pages
Section 4 – Draw Basic Objects
Section 5 – Draw the Main Graphics Page
Section 6 – Rectangles, Squares, Ellipses, and Circles
Section 7 – Pipes, Lines, and Polylines
Section 8 – Runtime Properties
Section 9 – Custom Symbols
Section 10 – ActiveX
Section 11 – Summary
MODULE 8 – OPERATOR INPUT
Section 1 – Slider Controls
Section 2 – Touch Commands
Section 3 – Keyboard Commands
Section 4 – Summary
MODULE 9 – GENIES
Section 1 – Paste a Genie from the Libraries
Section 2 – Custom Genies
Section 3 – Modify a Genie
Section 4 – Genie Syntax
Section 5 – Link a Genie to an Equipment Type
Section 6 – Paste a Linked Genie using the Equipment Editor
Section 7 – Summary
MODULE 10 – POPUP PAGES
Section 1 – Popup Pages
Section 2 – Using Equipment References with Dynamic Associations
Section 3 – Summary
MODULE 11 – DEVICES
Section 1 – What are Devices?
Section 2 – Set Up Devices
Section 3 – Device History Files
Section 4 – Summary
MODULE 12 – EVENTS
Section 1 – Define Events
Section 2 – Enable Events
Section 3 – Summary
MODULE 13 – ALARMS
Section 1 – Configure Alarms
Section 2 – Alarms and Equipment
Section 3 – Alarm Categories
Section 4 – Device Groups
Section 5 – Alarm Properties as Tags
Section 6 – Summary
MODULE 14 – PROCESS ANALYST
Section 1 – Trend Tags
Section 2 – Trend History Files
Section 3 – What is the Process Analyst
Section 4 – Pen Types
Section 5 – Change the Properties of the Process Analyst
Section 6 – Other Data Sources
Section 7 – Data Export
Section 8 – Summary
MODULE 15 – PAGE MANAGEMENT
Section 1 – Menu Configuration Tool
Section 2 – Re-order Menu Items
Section 3 – SxW Style Navigation
Section 4 – Summary
MODULE 16 – REPORTS
Section 1 – Define a Report
Section 2 – View Reports
Section 3 – Summary
MODULE 17 – SECURITY
Section 1 – Plan Plant Security
Section 2 – User Privileges
Section 3 – Areas and Privileges
Section 4 – Allocate Privileges and Areas
Section 5 – Add User Records
Section 6 – Restrict Access to Objects
Section 7 – Manage In-Project Authentication
Section 8 – Object Security
Section 9 – Project Security
Section 10 – Operating System Security
Section 11 – Runtime Manager
Section 12 – Summary
MODULE 18 – COURSE SUMMARY
Section 1 – Summary of Citect SCADA Configuration