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Originally published on Geo SCADA Knowledge Base by Anonymous user | June 09, 2021 11:52 PM
This guide takes you through the integration of SCADAPack x70 configuration within Geo SCADA Expert and the RemoteConnect software.
It's an overview of the integration capability with some tips. Please see the product help for a full description.
This support is available from ClearSCADA 2017 R3 and RemoteConnect R2.3.1. New facilities have been added to successive releases, and in particular the release of Geo SCADA 2021 brought configuration upload AND download capability!
These features are described first.
For those using Geo SCADA 2020 and earlier, please read the section after this one titled: "Geo SCADA and SCADAPack x70 Configuration Lifecycle up to Geo SCADA 2020".
Geo SCADA Expert is 2021 - this release supports features for SCADAPack x70 from release 2.0 to release 2.6.1 (Firmware 9.6.1). These are supported by RemoteConnect versions 3.4.1 to 3.9.1.
Features in SCADAPack x70 2.7.3 (Firmware 9.7.3) are supported in Geo SCADA 2022. If your projects do not use these features then all other features are compatible:
Geo SCADA does not yet support managing the configuration (import/export/download/upload) of these three new features. If you were to import/upload a configuration to Geo SCADA Expert 2021 that uses these new features then the settings will be lost and a warning generated (in the configuration report) to inform you what was lost.
Geo SCADA Expert 2021 and upwards support the upload of configuration from SCADAPack 470 and 570 RTU types. For the first time, Geo SCADA Expert and SCADAPack join forces to support both upload and download of device configuration. Users can make changes locally using Remote Connect, or remotely using Geo SCADA Expert, allowing configuration to be managed and synchronized according to a customer’s working practices. The configuration forms for x70 devices in Geo SCADA Expert mirror the operations of the Remote Connect tool, and changes can be imported and exported from Geo SCADA Expert.
A site technician can set up an RTU, then use Geo SCADA to upload configuration. This makes hardware replacement simpler – just set up the initial communications channel, connect to Geo SCADA and send configuration down. If someone makes changes to the alarm settings on a site, a retrieval of configuration will ensure it’s not lost.
Please click this link to work through the configuration lifecycle by example.
This section is relevant if you are using Geo SCADA 2020 and earlier.
Features and platforms to be included in a future version of the Geo SCADA SCADAPack x70 driver include:
Recommendations (see diagram):
See diagrams below.
1. Create Geo SCADA SCADAPack x70 device & Configuration Objects
2. On the Geo SCADA SCADAPack 57x Device object, use the Export to RemoteConnect method
Start the RemoteConnect application & create a project
3. In the RemoteConnect offline Logic page use the Advanced section Import button
4. Import RTZ file from Geo SCADA (as created in step 2), then save the RemoteConnect project.
5. Create or modify logic & objects using RemoteConnect and the SCADAPack x70 Logic Editor
6. Using the buttons on the RemoteConnect offline Logic page, select Open Editor and use the Update & Build Logic button to generate a complete RTU configuration / logic project
7. Save the RemoteConnect project
8. Use the Import From RemoteConnect method on the Geo SCADA SCADAPack 57x Device object
9. Create or modify Geo SCADA configuration objects for Logic, as needed
10. Repeat steps 2-9 or just step 2 as needed to complete logic and associated object settings
11. When Geo SCADA communication with the SCADAPack x70 RTU is operational,
12. Connect laptop or PC to SCADAPack RTU and start RemoteConnect
13. Read Project from SCADAPack RTU
14. Modify configuration or logic as required, following steps as described in 5,6 and 7
15. Write Configuration to Device
16. Obtain the RTZ file from RemoteConnect project folder on the laptop or PC that made the changes in the field, or remotely
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