Standards

The Standards activity allows you to create and configure assets that are intended for use across multiple Plant SCADA projects. For example, you may need to configure alarm fonts that adhere to a corporate safety strategy.

The following features are configured in the Standards activity:

• Labels

  Labels allow you to use a series of commands (or expressions) in your system without having to repeat them each time they are used. When you compile the project, the commands (or expressions) defined in the label are substituted in every occurrence of the label.

  Labels are similar to macros used in programming languages such as Basic or 'C'.

• Groups

  Groups can be used for many purposes, for example, to define a set of users, multiple areas or multiple devices.

• Fonts

  Alarm categories and Cicode functions allow you to use predefined fonts, known as system fonts, to display text.