Configuration Environment

StruxureWare
PowerSCADA Expert 8.0
 Chapter Objectives

By the completion of this chapter you will be able to:

● Know the supported protocols and devices

● Successfully install PSE

● Get familiar with the various configuration windows of PSE environment

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Agenda

● Protocols and hardware supported

● System Requirements
● Licensing
● Configuration windows
● PSE vs Citect SCADA
● Productivity tools
● Include Projects
● How to do a PSE Demo
● PLS_Example
● Online Demo

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Agenda

● Protocols and hardware supported

● System Requirements
● Licensing
● Configuration windows
● PSE vs Citect SCADA
● How to do a PSE Demo

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 Several types of clients:
Overview -fat clients (PC have client application installed)
-web client
>> they can be control or view only

Server modules of
PSE project

High performance system:

Controls up to 2000 devices, 200k tags
Can support 1s response time
Sequence Of Event recording & alarming with 1ms
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Protocols supported

●Large protocol support to answer all needs

Generic: ModBus, ModBus TCP/IP, SNMP, etc…
Electrical: IEC61850, DNP3, IEC104 (as a master)
Power Quality: ION Protocol
Process: BACnet, KNX (options)
…and more!

●Concurrent protocol support

Only one server needed for all protocols

>> PSE adapts to the site and application needs

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Application integration

● PowerSCADA Expert & Power Monitoring Expert

● New option: « Advanced Reporting and Dashboard »
● PSE 8.0 Data Center Edition is also available

●OPC server
1 license provided with a PSE server

●Others
SQL, ODBC, OLE-DB

>>PSE shares its data to expand the solution value

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Devices supported with PSE 8.0

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Devices supported with PSE 8.0

https://exchangecommunity.schneid
er-electric.com/docs/DOC-10334

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 PSE also supports PLCs

●Inherits from Vijeo Citect core

● M580, M340, Premium, Quantum

● For Quantum, we can retrieve onboard alarm timestamps

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 Compatibility with other Citect Drivers

● PSE is compatible with Citect drivers on the Citect Core level

● But not available from Profile Editor

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Agenda

● Protocols and hardware supported

● System Requirements
● Licensing
● Configuration windows
● PSE vs Citect SCADA
● How to do a PSE Demo

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System Requirements
>>Refer to PSE 8.0 Installation and Configuration Guide

●Server specifications:

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System Requirements
OS supported
PSE 8.0 SR1 core platform has been updated to
Citect 7.50 and provides support for
•Windows 2012 R2
•SCADA as a windows service

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System Requirements
Project DBF Add-In

>> Project DBF Add-In is used for the Project Configuration

> Required:

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System Requirements
Browser supported

More information:

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Install PowerSCADA Expert

Complete the exercise on page 1-4

Learning Outcomes
● Install PowerSCADA Expert with all its core components.
● Refer to PowerSCADA Expert Installation Guide if needed

>> It is recommended to launch the installation from an

.iso file or from a DVD

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Install PowerSCADA Expert

Procedure
● Install all core components:

Learning Outcomes

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Install PowerSCADA Expert

Procedure
● Modify firewall settings:
● Creates firewall Rules

Learning Outcomes

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Agenda

● Protocols and hardware supported

● System Requirements
● Licensing
● Configuration windows
● PSE vs Citect SCADA
● How to do a PSE Demo

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Licensing

●Hardware dongle: physical key

● Plug into parallel port or USB port of the computer
● Contains user license details (type, IO point count…)

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Licensing

●Software key: supported with PSE 8.0 SR1

● Soft Keys option selected and configured during ordering through
the Sales Order Configurator
● Activation ID will be sent via email entitlement certificate
● Software Licenses are activated using the Schneider Electric
Floating License Manager in the PSE directory
●Enter activation ID for software license

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Licensing

●500, 1500, 5000 and unlimited points server licenses

●Control or view only clients

●No more web VS thick client

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Demo Mode

●Without any dongle: PSE will run in demo mode

● No historical report and LiveView

● 15 minutes of runtime

●PSE Integration partner key:

● allows 8 hours with a max of 42,000 real I/O

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Agenda

● Protocols and hardware supported

● System Requirements
● Licensing
● Configuration windows
● PSE vs Citect SCADA
● How to do a PSE Demo

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Citect Explorer

●To create and manage projects

●Controlling application which runs the Citect Project Editor,
Citect Graphics Builder and Cicode Editor

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Citect Explorer

●Perform key project management tasks:

● Create, backup, restore, copy and delete projects
● Prepare Web deployment for projects
● Change project properties (i.e. manage versions)
● Navigate to project Windows folders

●Access to other applications:

● Cicode Editor
● Computer Setup Wizard
● Time Synchronizaton service

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Citect Explorer

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Citect Project Editor

●To create and manage the PSE databases

● Contain the configuration information for the project that is not

related to graphics pages

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Citect Project Editor

●Used to create and manage the configuration information

for your project:
● tags, alarms, system components, and communications
components …

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Citect Graphics Builder

●To design, create, and edit the graphics components of a

project
● Including templates, graphics objects, symbols, genies, and Super
Genies

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Citect Graphics Builder

●The graphics components of a project:

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Citect Cicode Editor

●To write and edit customized Cicode functions

● Behaves similarly to other code editing tools like Microsoft Dev Studio

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Citect Cicode Editor (Cont.)
● Contains advanced editing features such as:
● Dockable windows and toolbars
● Syntax highlighting - color highlighting of syntax functions
● IntelliSense AutoPrompt - function definition tooltips
● IntelliSense AutoComplete - automatic inline prompting and completion of
functions with their parameters
● AutoCaseCorrect - automatic case correction of function keywords
● AutoIndent - automatic indent alignment of code
● AutoScroll - automatic mouse middle button support
● Drag and Drop - copy or move of selected text
● Bookmark and Breakpoint indicator bar - single click set and reset of bookmarks
and breakpoints
● Keyboard Shortcuts support

● Cicode Editor window is opened when you double-click a Cicode file object
in Citect Explorer, or click the Cicode Editor button in Citect Explorer
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Agenda

● Protocols and hardware supported

● System Requirements
● Licensing
● Configuration windows
● PSE vs Citect SCADA
● Additional productivity tools
● Include Projects
● How to do a PSE Demo

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 Profile Editor

●Pre-configured device types for supported devices

●Allows to save time during project design
●Allows to create device profiles used for several equipments
or several projects
●Allows to import SCL files from IEC 61850 devices

+ Specific drivers in PSE

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Profile Editor

●Additional tools to customize your project:

● Device Categories and subcategories
● Engineering unit templates (Base units and conversions)
● Trend Definitions
● Import and export SCL (IEC61850) files
● Export and import projects to/from other instances of the Profile Editor

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 PSE Workflow overview

Create a
new
project

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Include Projects

●Installed by default with PSE

●Contain predefined elements that can be used in all PSE

projects
● Graphics objects, functions…

●3 Include projects:
● Include Project
● Library_Controls project
● PLS_Include Project

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Application Configuration Utility

● For PSE Applications configuration: Historical reports, ENM, Liveview,

Colorisation tool for Single Line Diagrams
One Line configuration utility

●To implement Single Line Diagrams coloring

● Self checking and correcting tool

Runtime page:

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LiveView

●To create tables for real time data visualization

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Historical reports

●4 basic reports are available to visualize the historical data

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WFC viewer

●To display and analyze waveform captures from the devices

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Agenda

● Protocols and hardware supported

● System Requirements
● Licensing
● Configuration windows
● PSE vs Citect SCADA
● How to do a PSE Demo
● PLS_Example
● Online demo

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PLS_Example Project

● Project provided by default whenever PSE is installed

● Functions are used to simulate equipements
● No license key is needed
● Single Line pages, Communication pages are available
● Alarms can be simulated
● Screen captures of PSE Applications

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 New with PSE 8.0 !
Online Demo

● PSE 8.0 Online Demo Connection information:

https://powersolutionscommunity.schneider-electric.com/docs/DOC-3886
● Video of how to do a demo with the Online Demo:
https://powersolutionscommunity.schneider-electric.com/docs/DOC-3885

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Explore the environment

Complete the exercise on page 1-8

Learning Outcomes
● Become familiar with the various windows of PSE
● Navigate through the content of PLS_Example project

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Key Points to Remember

● PSE supports installation on the latest versions of Microsoft Operating

Systems

● Hardware requirements for a Runtime system depend greatly on the

size and architecture of the application,
> Design Reference Guide document

● Several components:
● Citect Explorer
● Citect Project Editor
● Citect Graphics builder
● Profile Editor

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