Citect SCADA 7​.10 Release Notes

New features and enhancements

• Windows Integrated Security

• Citect SCADA Security Enhancements

• Multi-Signature Support

• Edit DBF Files in Microsoft® Excel

• Enhanced Driver Installation

• New Font Selection for Graphics Button

• Microsoft Windows Vista Support

• New Location for Configuration and Project Files

• New Alarm Field Enhancements

• New Time Synchronization Service

• New Equipment Database Functions and Forms

Citect.ini parameter updates

The following Citect.ini parameters have been introduced or modified in this release.

New Parameters

• Alarm Parameters

  [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.

• Code Parameters

  [Code]HaltOnInvalidTagData

  When enabled will cause the Cicode to halt when any tag read returns invalid data.

• Client Parameters

  [Client]AutoLoginMode

  Set to enable auto login. Users can select one of seven modes.

• CtAPI Parameters

  [CtAPI]AllowLegacyConnections	When enabled current version of CTAPI server can accept connections from previous versions of CTAPI client.
  [CtAPI]AllowLegacyServices	When enabled the Citect Web Service and the Citect OLEDB Provider can connect to the CTAPI server.

• DDE Parameters

  [DDE]AllowCicode	Allows Cicode to be run on the Citect server via the DDE Execute command.
  [DDE]AllowWrites	Allows tag writes to the Citect server via the DDE Poke command.

• Kernel Parameters

  [Kernel]ErrorBuffers

  The total number of error buffers available for logging to the syslog.dat file.

• LAN Parameters

  [LAN]AllowLegacyConnections	Set to allow previous versions of client to connect to the server.
  [LAN]AnonymousLoginName	The name of the default identifier to allow ‘view-only’ data access for a client process to the SCADA server(s).
  [LAN]SecureLogin	When set to 0 security measures are disabled and the system acts as it did in versions prior to 7.10.
  [LAN]ServerLoginEnabled	Set to disable default server login.
  [LAN]ServerLoginName	The name of the default identifier to allow data access for a server process to another SCADA server process(es).

• ODBC Parameters

  [ODBC]Server

  Set to enable ODBC connections.

• Page Parameters

  [Page]AllowHScroll	Defines the default behavior for horizontal scrolling.
  [Page]AllowHScrollBar	Defines the default behavior when displaying horizontal scroll bars.
  [Page]AllowVScroll	Defines the default behavior for vertical scrolling.
  [Page]AllowVScrollBar	Defines the default behavior when displaying vertical scroll bars.

Obsolete Parameters

• Win Parameters

  [Win]CtrlEsc

  Determines whether the Windows key command [Ctrl]+[Esc] can be used in the runtime system (to display the start menu).

• COM Parameters:

  [Com]StartTimeout

  Determines the period to wait for I/O Devices to come online before displaying any data.

Cicode function updates

The following Cicode functions have been introduced or modified in this release.

New Functions

• Security Functions

  FormSecurePassword	Adds both a password prompt and edit field to the current form.
  MultiSignatureForm	Displays a form that allows up for 4 users to have their credentials verified in order to approve an operation.
  MultiSignatureTagWrite	Displays a form that allows up for 4 users to have their credentials verified in order to approve a write of a specific value to a specific tag.
  UserLogin	Logs an operator into the Citect SCADA system using a secure password string.
  UserVerify	Uses the authentication functionality in the user login system
  VerifyPrivilegeForm	Displays a form that allows a single user to enter their credentials.
  VerifyPrivilegeTagWrite	Displays a form that allows any single user to enter their credentials in order to approve a write of a specific value to a specific tag.

• Miscellaneous Functions

  KernelQueueLength	Obtains the number of rows in a queue.
  KernelTableInfo	Provides a consistent method of accessing items within Kernel Table.
  KernelTableItemCount	Obtains the number of rows in a Kernel Table
  ProcessRestart	Restarts the current process in which Cicode is running.
  ServerRestart	Restart any alarm, report, trend or I/O server from any Cicode node in system, without affecting other server processes running on same machine.

• Tag Functions

  TagRDBReload

  Works in conjunction with the TagInfo function. Reloads the variable tag database so when TagInfo is called it picks up online changes to the tag database.

• Windows Functions

  WinStyle

  Switches on and off scrolling and scroll bar features for existing windows.

Obsolete Functions

• Window Functions

  WndGetProfile	Gets the value of a WIN.INI parameter. If called it will return 0. No longer available due to Vista support.
  WndPutProfile	Updates a parameter in WIN.INI. If called it will return 0. No longer available due to Vista support.

• Time and Date Functions

  TimeSet

  Sets the new system time. No longer available due to Vista support.