
PowerStudio PowerStudio
CONTENTS
DISCLAIMER ....................................................................................................................................................... 3
CONTENTS ........................................................................................................................................................... 4
LOG OF REVISIONS .......................................................................................................................................... 6
1.- GENERAL DESCRIPTION ........................................................................................................................... 7
1.1.- POWERSTUDIO TOPOLOGIES ............................................................................................................... 7
1.1.1 All in one ......................................................................................................................................... 7
1.1.2 Engine/editor and clients ................................................................................................................ 7
1.1.3 Engine/editor and clients ................................................................................................................ 8
1.1.4 Engine, editors and clients .............................................................................................................. 8
1.2.- POWERSTUDIO INSTALLATION .......................................................................................................... 9
1.3.- TYPICAL APPLICATION ...................................................................................................................... 14
1.3.1 Configure the communications engine .......................................................................................... 14
1.3.2 Create the application in the editor .............................................................................................. 15
1.3.3 Export the application to the engine ............................................................................................. 16
1.3.4 View the application in the client .................................................................................................. 18
2.- SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS ....................................................................................................................... 21
3.- APPENDICES ................................................................................................................................................ 22
3.1.- XML SERVICES ......................................................................................................................................... 22
3.1.1 services / user / devices.xml .......................................................................................................... 22
3.1.2 services/user/deviceInfo.xml?id=device?... ................................................................................... 22
3.1.3 services/user/varInfo.xml?var=device.variable?...?id=device?... ................................................ 23
3.1.4 services/user/values.xml?var=device.variable?...?id=device?... .................................................. 24
3.1.5 services / user / forceVariables.xml? id = device .......................................................................... 25
3.1.6 services/user/records.xml?begin=…?end=…?var=…?period=900............................................. 25
3.1.7 services/user/events.xml?begin=…?end=…?id=… ...................................................................... 27
3.1.8 services/user/recordsEve.xml?begin=…?end=…?id=… .............................................................. 28
3.2.- F.A.Q ........................................................................................................................................................ 30
3.2.1 Some equipment is not communicating. What could be happening? ............................................ 30
3.2.2 A TCP2RS converter does not communicate. What could be happening? ................................... 30
3.2.3 I cannot see the applet. What could be happening? ...................................................................... 30
3.2.4 The Applet does not display the texts properly. What could be happening? ................................. 30
3.2.5 The values display is not what I expected. What could be happening?......................................... 30
3.2.6 An event is not behaving as expected. What could be happening? ............................................... 31
3.2.7 I can’t paint the graph correctly. What could be happening? ...................................................... 31
3.2.8 The Paint Pot is not working correctly. What could be happening? ............................................. 31
3.2.9 The software is not sending e-mails. What might be happening? ................................................. 32
3.2.10 Can I launch external applications from applet? .......................................................................... 32
3.2.11 How can I see the applet from a machine which is not running Windows? .................................. 32
3.2.12 Can I directly connect with a known IP when I execute the Applet? What happens if there’s
authentication? What parameters can I use to configure the Applet application launch? ........................... 32
3.2.13 I am making my first screen or report and I cannot add a background image or a still picture.
What is happening? ....................................................................................................................................... 33
3.2.14 What can be "counted"? ................................................................................................................ 33
3.2.15 I would like to export the report data in order to process it later. How can I do it? .................... 33
3.2.16 I tried to make a table with the client application and I get the Message "Table too Big." What
can I do to see it? .......................................................................................................................................... 35
3.2.17 How can I simulate a control switch? ........................................................................................... 36
3.2.18 How do I add animation to the SCADA? ...................................................................................... 36
3.2.19 How can I simulate a level control? .............................................................................................. 37
3.2.20 How can I change the properties of control in accordance with a condition? ............................. 37
3.2.21 How can I know the status of a device? ........................................................................................ 38
3.2.22 How can I display documents from a SCADA screen? ................................................................. 38
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