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Configure a Synthetic valve

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  • Last UpdatedApr 24, 2025
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The selected valve record will represent a collection of real valves in the field if the Valve Type is configured as a Synthetic Valve.

When the Valve Type is configured as a Synthetic Valve:

  • A Connection Type can be configured.

  • The Path must be specified (underlying multistate or status record).

  • You can configure how each state of the underlying point in interpreted (State Configuration).

  • (Optional) Command Open may be configured if it is supported by the underlying point.

  • (Optional) Command Close may be configured if it is supported by the underlying point.

  • (Optional) Command Stop may be configured if it is supported by the underlying point.

  • You cannot set a Logic Excluded Mode Time Out.

  • Inhibits cannot be configured. Alarm and Event inhibit flags are configured on the underlying point.

To configure a Synthetic valve

  1. Open the valve record. For more information on opening a valve record, see Opening the Valve Record.

    The valve Row Edit dialog appears.

  2. From the Valve Type dropdown list, select either Synthetic PLC-based or Synthetic SCADA host-based.

  3. (Optional) In the Priority Display field, enter the priority display for the valve.

    Note: If a valve record is automatically created by the Flow Network, the Priority Display configuration of the underlying status/multistate record will be inherited. Administrators and Controllers can later change the Priority Display field on the valve or the underlying record independent of each other.

  4. (Optional) In the Parent Valve field, select (...).

    The Parent valve dialog appears.

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  5. Select the Name of the Parent valve record. Select Accept.

  6. In the Connection Type field, select Series or Parallel. For more information, see Understand connection types.

  7. In the Path field, select (...).

    Note: Synthetic Valves require a Path to be selected to provide input and output telemetry for the valve record.

    The Path Selector dialog appears.

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  8. From the Table dropdown list, select status or multistate.

  9. In the Record field, select (...).

    Depending on the table selection, the status or the multistate dialog will appear. For more information, refer to the Advanced Database Editor (ADE) Administrator documentation.

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  10. Select the Name of the record. Select Accept.

  11. From the Path Selector dialog, select Accept.

  12. Configure the State Configuration. For more information, see to State Configuration dialog box.

  13. (Optional) Configure the valve command state for the Command Open field. For more information, see Configure the valve command state.

  14. (Optional) Configure the valve command state for the Command Close field. For more information, see Configure the valve command state.

  15. (Optional) Configure the valve command state for the Command Stop field. For more information, see Configure the valve command state.

  16. Save the record.

  17. If the selected Parent Valve was not a synthetic or logical valve, you will receive a warning, and the record will not be saved.

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    Notes: For Synthetic Valves, Inhibits cannot be configured from the Inhibits tab.
    Inhibit settings on the point selected in the Path field will be used when generating alarms and events.