I'm running ClearSCADA 2017 R3 and have a number of copy-paste issues.    About half the time after copying an object in the database tree I can't interact with it until I minimize the group it's in or restart ViewX.    I also have to restart ViewX after embedding new objects as they won't update consistently using the overrides. I can close the screen and reopen it and it'll update to the current state but never thereafter.   Is there no way to copy embedded objects from one screen to the other? They are in the same template but the link is broken and you get an empty X object that says the object no longer exists on the system. I can then go find the same original object and embed it again from the same place and it works fine. I'm not sure if it's best to leave the object path set to relative or not but it seems silly to have to select all the objects, set them to not relative, copy them to the other screen and then set them back to relative. ... View more

I don't know, there would have to be a pretty good use case for that and I'm not sure what that would be. I didn't hard-code it to the group name for a reason. The only scenario where it leaves it alone is when you copy it. If I drag it or cut and paste it, it takes the expression I entered and modifies and hard codes it to forever be tied to the old group. Maybe there's a good reason or scenario where you would want that but I'd rather it leave what I entered alone. You must be doing some pretty fancy stuff if you wanted to behave one way if you create it from scratch or copy it and another way if you move it after it's been created.   When you delete something it warns you that other objects are using it and if you try to create something with the same name it warns you maybe when you drag an object it should tell you it's modified the following expressions. ... View more

10k points license... you're living the dream.  I'm doing a project with a 5k point license right now... I have a sphincter tightening experience everytime I add a single point that it might be the straw that breaks the camel's back...   Things like... 'ohh we want the monthly runtime and starts for each pump' (and we want low / high alarms on them).. just two points... but then across like 60 pumps... they're big multiples when you're only a few hundred points from your license limit. ... View more

Hi!    Internal points use a different control method called "Hand Control" that isn't compatible with the way these buttons are configured. That might be why you are having trouble testing with internal points.    You can configure a DNP3 slave in ClearSCADA and point the site's communications back to the ClearSCADA slave. This can be somewhat sophisticated if you have not done it before. It would give you a test environment that uses the same points as your PLC. If you have a different PLC (Modbus perhaps?) on the lab bench you can use those points too. All the other points use the Control aggregate's Control method for controlling and changing values.    Otherwise your best bet is to get some hardware to do testing with, or find a friend with some PLCs available remotely.  ... View more

Thanks for the help. I have not configured a PIDD. So here is the issue. The total open-close time is approximately 60 seconds. I'm having trouble with the min/max where the pulse output isn't consistent. Like you, I'd like to have it open/close for say 10 seconds to increase or decrease temperature. Thanks again.  ... View more

Are you currently holding a SCADAPack 300E in your hands? If not, then you'll be looking at spending around AUD$2000 to get one.   I would recommend for a student to investigate other options.  I would expect that the project would have a budget, and you would divide that budget up between all the different things necessary to achieve the project outcome.  Spending that much on a controller is unlikely to be the 'right' engineering decision for the constraints that you have.   If you are designing a critical infrastructure project which needs to last 15-25years.... then I'd say you probably want to look into the upcoming SCADAPack 47x series, or a SCADAPack 57x.   But for a project which needs to last a few months, and likely needs to be cheap, you probably want to start with one of two things: Something you already have in your hands (if you have a SCADAPack great, or a Siemens S7-1200, or a Rockwell MicroLogix... etc) Something that is CHEAP.. like an Arduino, or a Twido, or a Raspberry PI, and then some relays   In regards to your actual design... what do your requirement specifications say?  What does a 'custom car wash' actually mean? Do you mean that you need to design a system that manufacturers car washes (i.e. assembles the panels, creates the brushes, the high pressure pumps etc etc...)?  Because that sounds INTENSE.. The other option is that you could mean you need to design something that will wash someones car... in which case I'd recommend a pressurised water supply (like from your home tap), and a button connected to a valve that opens to spray water onto the car... 'car wash' complete... the user can 'customise' their carwash by holding the button for a different length of time to give the appropriate degree of 'wash' (NOTE: I wouldn't expect much repeat business from such a car wash). ... View more