Client Parameters

The Citect.ini file contains the following client parameters that can be set manually. Other parameters, which are not listed below, can be set by using the Computer Setup Wizard.

• [Client]AdditionalClientsArePartOfTrustedNetwork - Tells an /X client process to authenticate using the stored server password.

• [Client]AllowRPC - Allows a client computer to run a procedure called remotely on a server by the Cicode function MsgRPC.

• [Client]AutoLoginMode - Set to enable auto login. Users can select one of six modes.

• [Client]AutoLoginClearPassword - Set to clear the cached client login credentials.

• [Client]Clusters - Selects which clusters the client is connected to at startup.

• [Client]ComputerRole - Specifies the role of the computer, either server and control client, view-only or control client.

• [Client]CPU - Sets the CPU that the client component is assigned to.

• [Client]DisableDisplay - Specifies that the client process will be run in the background without a visible page or window.

• [Client]Display - Obsolete in version 7.0.

• [Client]EquipCacheTimeout - Specifies how long an equipment runtime property value is held in cache before it is considered outdated.

• [Client]Events - Sets the events to be enabled on the client.

• [Client]EvictTimeout - The amount of time a tag reference is cached before it is evicted.

• [Client]ForceClient - Starts only the client process, and connects to configured servers using a network connection.

• [Client]FullLicense - Specifies that a Control Client will use a full license.

• [Client]Manager - Obsolete in version 7.0.

• [Client]PartOfTrustedNetwork - Tells a client process to authenticate using the stored server password.

• [Client]PointCountRequired - Specify what point count a client requires.

• [Client]Primary - Obsolete in version 7.0.

• [Client]Process - Obsolete in version 7.0.

• [Client]ReadOnly - Does not allow writes to any I/O device.

• [Client]ResolveTimeout - Time the clients will wait for a successful server response for a tag exists request.

• [Client]ShutdownCode - Determines the Cicode function to run when Plant SCADA DisplayClient component shuts down.

• [Client]StalenessPeriod - Specifies the total number of seconds that will elapse after the last update before extended quality of the tag element is set to "Stale".

• [Client]StalenessPeriodTolerance - Specifies a percentage value that will be tolerated for the staleness period.

• [Client]Standby - Obsolete in version 7.0.

• [Client]StartupCode - Determines the Cicode function to run when Plant SCADA DisplayClient component starts up.

• [Client]TagReadCachedMode - Specifies which mode TagInfo() and other CiCode functions use for retrieving Tag/Ass properties.

• [Client]TagReadRoundToFormat - Determines if the variable tag values returned by the TagRead and TagReadEx will be rounded to the format of the variable tag.

• [Client]UseLocalLicense - Determines where a Plant SCADA Anywhere client gets its license from.

• [Client]WaitForConnectAtStartup - Specifies that connection to a server will wait until it can establish a connection to the server processes before starting up.

• [Client]WaitForValidDataTimeout - Allows a client to display #COM errors on a project page if a response to a subscription is not received within the specified period of time.

  Note: When Plant SCADA is running in single process mode, the client settings for Cluster, CPU, Events, ShutdownCode and StartupCode are used for the Plant SCADA process.

See Also

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