Citect.ini Parameters in Citect SCADA 2015
- Last UpdatedJul 13, 2023
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This topic lists the parameters that have changed in Citect SCADA 2015.
New Parameters
The following parameters are new or have been altered in this release.
Alarm Parameters
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[Alarm]AlarmListRequestTimeout |
Specifies the length of time (in seconds) that an alarm display will wait to receive data from all clusters. |
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[Alarm]DBLogDBServer |
Use to turn on logging for the ClearSCADA Database Server. |
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[Alarm]DBLogHistoric |
When set to 119 this parameter provides logging of historic ClearSCADA data. |
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[Alarm]DBLogServerCore |
Used to find redundancy and synchronization issues. |
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[Alarm]DeltaTimeUpdate |
Determines if DeltaTime (duration) field is set on non-OFF alarms by calculating volatile duration between current time and the time when the alarm was activated. |
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[Alarm]DisableSOE |
Used to turn off the processing for the event journal. |
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[Alarm]DisableSummary |
Allows a user to turn off processing for the summary events in the alarm server. |
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[Alarm]IsolationDetectInterval |
Sets the interval between ICMP packets to detect network isolation on alarm servers. |
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[Alarm]IsolationDetectIP1 |
Determines status of the disconnected alarm server when network communication has been interrupted. |
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[Alarm]IsolationDetectIP2 |
Determines status of the disconnected alarm server when network communication has been interrupted. |
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[Alarm]IsolationDetectRetryCount |
Sets the ICMP retry count to detect network isolation on alarm servers. |
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[Alarm]MaxQueryExecuteTime |
Creates a log entry if an internal SQL query takes longer than a specified amount of time. |
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[Alarm]MemoryWarningLimit |
Value in Mb, of the threshold of the alarm server memory. |
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[Alarm]SummaryAutoRefreshMode |
Represents the default value for AlarmSetInfo type 15. |
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[Alarm]SummaryTimeoutTolerance |
The length of time from timeout after which an alarm summary entry is committed to Summary Device regardless the fact that Off Time is not set. |
Alarm Process Parameters
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[Alarm<ClusterName><ServerName>]IsolationDetectInterval |
Sets the interval between ICMP packets to detect network isolation on alarm servers. |
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[Alarm<ClusterName><ServerName>]IsolationDetectIP1 |
Determines status of the disconnected alarm server when network communication has been interrupted. |
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[Alarm<ClusterName><ServerName>]IsolationDetectIP2 |
Determines status of the disconnected alarm server when network communication has been interrupted. |
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[Alarm<ClusterName><ServerName>]IsolationDetectRetryCount |
Sets the ICMP retry count to detect network isolation on alarm servers. |
CtEdit Parameters
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[CtEdit] |
Determines whether an incremental equipment update will occur. |
DBClient Parameters
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[DBClient]Enabled |
Enables ODBC logging. |
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[DBClient]FileBase |
Specifies a location for the ODBC log files. |
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[DBClient]MaxFiles |
Specifies the maximum number of ODBC log files that are retained. |
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[DBClient]MaxSize |
Specifies the maximum size for an ODBC log file (in kilobytes). |
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[DBClient]OldFiles |
Specifies the maximum number of log file sets that can be retained. |
LAN Parameters
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[LAN]HeartbeatPeriod |
Controls how frequently a tran channel sends a heartbeat packet to the other peer. |
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[LAN]HeartbeatTimeout |
Controls how much idle time on network is accepted prior to dropping the tran connection. |
Modified Parameters
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[Alarm]DisplayDisable |
In Plant SCADA 2015, when you set this parameter to 1 (disabled alarms are suppressed), disabled alarm will now be listed on the Alarm Summary page. |
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[Debug]CategoryFilter |
New alarm filters are now supported. |
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[LAN]EarliestLegacyVersion |
The allowable values were updated and the default value is now "7500". |
Reinstated Parameters
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[Alarm]StartTimeout |
Sets the timeout period for loading each packet from the primary Alarms Server. This parameter has been reinstated for v2015 only. |
Obsolete Parameters
Alarm Parameters
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[Alarm]ArgyleTagValueTimeout |
Defines the length of time that the alarm server will wait for argyle tag values to become available (without error) before starting to scan for argyle alarms. |
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[Alarm]DefaultSOETimeRange |
Applies a time range filter to all SOE queries. |
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[Alarm]SOERowLimit |
Defined the maximum number of SOE rows per cluster that can be displayed on an SOE page. |
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[Alarm]SummaryLength |
The maximum number of alarm summary entries that can be held in memory. |
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[Alarm]SumStateFix |
Determined whether an alarm summary entry maintained its state information when the alarm changed to an OFF state. |
LAN Parameters
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[LAN]KeepAliveInterval |
Sets the length of time between two keep alive transmissions by the client. |
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[LAN]KeepAliveTime |
Sets the length of time between two keep alive transmissions in idle conditions. |