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1. Minidump as See Also For further information about Crash Logs and related information see CitectSCADA KnowledgeBase 04366 Crash Logs Crash Dumps User Dumps Mini Dumps Dr Watson Logs and Exception Reports 2 20 Version 7 20 January 2011 Logging Tools cont Debug On occasions a Citect crash may not generate a usable Exception report In this Diagnostics Tool situation it is advisable to use an active exception monitoring tool such as Microsoft s Debug Diagnostic Tool Debug Diagnostic Tool Connected to DbgS c File Edit View Tools Help Jo E fom Rules Advanced Analysis Processes Userdump Count Userdump Path Crash rule for all instances of Citect32 exe Citect Crash Report Active O C Program Files DebugDiagiLogsi Crash rule For all instances of Citect32 E Add Rule Remove Rule For Help press F1 According to the Help contained within the Debug Diagnostics Tool The Debug Diagnostics Tool is designed to assist in troubleshooting issues such as hangs slow performance memory leaks or fragmentation and crashes in any Win32 user mode process id 3 See Also For further information about The Debug Diagnostics Tool see CitectSCADA Knowledgebase Q5387 Monitor Process using Debug Diagnostics Tool Suggested Use these suggested exercises to increase your understanding of the topic Exercises gt Cause a system to crash using the command debu2. 2 Your address This is the address you would like any certificates sent to Please give either a Citect office or a company or home address ai E lt Previous Next gt It is critically important that this page is correctly completed and properly submitted as it is the only cross check we have to ensure the examination was conducted under suitable conditions Those exams received by the Chief Examiner without this information may be declared null and the candidate required to re sit the exam Version 7 20 January 2011 The Examination cont V The Examination Instructions provide the candidate with important information regarding the type of questions that they will see Examination Instructions Please read the following instructions before you proceed to the Examination Examination Questions The Examination is randomised and may include any of the following types of questions e Multiple choice Select ONE correct answer e Multiple select Select ALL correct answers One two three or all answers may be correct You will only receive points if you select ALL of the correct responses e True or false Select whether the statement is true or false 3 e Yes or no Select yes or no in response to a question e Fill in the blank Type the correct answer into the space provided If two spaces are provided the answer will be two words Vi The Examination Sections provides information on the c
3. Configure Servers gt CitectSCADA Knowledgebase Article 03943 Implications for Citect and Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2 gt CitectSCADA Knowledgebase Article 04813 Default TCP IP Ports used by Citect gt CitectSCADA Knowledgebase Article 04946 WebClient across LAN WAN v7 0 2 22 Version 7 20 January 2011 Performance Management Monitor and CitectSCADA has the ability to distribute its various server tasks across the Manage multiple CPUs in a multi core system This permits some semblance of load Performance balancing to occur In addition it is useful for system managers to undertake regular base line performance measurements to get an accurate view of the long term trends in the system s activity This may give early warning of the need for upgrade or other remediation work Suggested Use these suggested exercises to increase your understanding of the topic Exercises gt Use the Computer Setup Wizard to allocate server tasks to CPUs on a multi core computer gt Use Performance Monitor to access the variety of dotNet counters provided by CitectSCADA Diagnostics and Manual Release 1 2 23 Troubleshooting Exam Chapter 3 Navigating the Knowledge Base Overview Introduction The Knowledge Base contains three navigational tools to help you quickly find relevant information gt Contents so you can always find the start and also lists the Latest Articles gt Index Lists all articles in nu
4. Diagnostics and Manual Release 1 2 5 Troubleshooting Exam Tag Extensions cont Suggested Use these suggested exercises to increase your understanding of the topic Exercises gt Access the Tag Extensions popup page in the Example project and manipulate the various properties available gt Work with the available citect ini parameters and cicode functions to control the display of quality and other Tag Extension attributes Further Reading Use the following references to assist your understanding of the topic CitectSCADA Help Topic Tag Extensions CitectSCADA Help Topic Tag data Types CitectSCADA Help Topic Controlling and OverridingTag Values CitectSCADA Help Topic Page Parameters VV V Y 2 6 Version 7 20 January 2011 The Cicode Kernel How to Open the Kernel There are several ways to gain access to the Kernel gt To open the Citect Kernel using the Computer Setup Editor Open the Computer Setup Editor and add this parameter DEBUG Menu 1 This will place an entry for the Kernel on the Control Menu that is displayed when the icon to the left of the title bar is single clicked or by pressing Alt Space on the keyboard amp Restore Move Size Minimize a Maximize Shutdown Explorer Graphics Builder Project Editor Cicode Editor Kernel About Or Add this parameter Debug Kernel l1 This will show the Kernel as the project is compiling and also when CitectSCADA s
5. there are easy questions worth few marks and hard questions worth more marks This is your last opportunity to decide you re attempting the wrong exam Examination Sections This Examination is divided into sections Each section has its own Start button timer and Submit button To begin each section click the Start button This will take you to questions for that section Do not click Next to start a section as this will take you to the beginning of the next section Answer all questions in the section then click the Submit button when you are sure of your answers Once you have clicked Submit your answers cannot be changed Section 1 The Citect Environment Section 2A Managing projects Section 2B Managing projects Section 3A Setting Up Communications Section 3B Setting Up Communications Section 4A Graphics Section 4B Graphics Section 5 Commands and Controls Section 6 Genies and Super Genies Section 7 Devices Section 8 Events Section 9A Alarms Section 9B Alarms Section 10 Trends Section 11 Process Analyst Section 12 Navigation Section 13 Reports Section 14 Security Once you click the Start button not shown in the graphic timing commences for the first section You will be given the name of the section and advised the value of each section and the total number of marks available in the section The timer in the top right corner of the screen commences a count down Click submit at t
6. 2 22 Performance Management cccccccsssseesseeceeeeeeeeseeeeeees 2 23 V7 20 Diagnostics and Troubleshooting Access to Plant Meta data 2 2 Tag Extensions A tag name by itself for instance TIC_P1_PV carries the current value as its only attribute In order to access additional information a series of sub fields referred to as Tag Extensions has been defined In addition to the actual plant data Tag Extensions provide access to gt Tag value Quality and Timestamp information gt Extended data associated with a variable tag In addition it is now possible to perform the following actions gt Override the tag variable value gt Prohibit writing to the tag variable value gt Display and trend the tag values even if quality is not Good Access to this extra information allows operators to gain a deeper understanding of the actual state of their plant Quality information was available in CitectSCADA v7 0 and v7 10 via a suite of Cicode functions however the information has now been made more visible with this new structure co See Also For further information about Tag Extensions in previous versions see CitectSCADA KnowledgeBase Q5741 PSI Quality values Project developers should also be aware that Tag Extensions can be used inside SuperGenies and Popup pages but not in their associations If a tag with an extension is passed to an association then Runtime doesn t parse it and
7. Quality and There are a number of Cicode functions provided to deal with the Quality and Timestamp Timestamp attributes of the Tag Extension fields Cicode Functions QualityIsControlInhibit Returns a value indicating whether the tag is in Control inhibit mode QualityGetPart Extracts a requested part of the Quality value from the QUALITY variable QualitySetPart Sets a Quality part s value to the QUALITY variable QualityToStr Returns a textual representation of the CitectSCADA quality VariableQuality Extracts the quality from a given variable Timestamp Functions TimestampAdd Adds time in part of to a TIMESTAMP variable TimestampCreate Returns a timestamp variable created from the parts TimestampToStr Converts a TIMESTAMP variable into a string TimestampDifference Returns a difference between two TIMESTAMP variables as a number of milliseconds Returns the current system date and time as a TIMESTAMP variable Format a TIMESTAMP variable into a string TimestampGetPart Returns one part year month day etc of the timestamp variable TimeIntToTimestamp Converts a time INTEGER which is represented as a number of seconds since 01 01 1970 to a TIMESTAMP TimestampSub Subtracts time in part of from a TIMESTAMP variable TimestampToTimelInt Converts a TIMESTAMP variable into a time INTEGER which is represented as a number of seconds since 01 01 1970 VariableTimestamp Extracts the timestamp from a given variable
8. The exam may be held at the end of a training course or independently of any courses When the candidate arrives at the Examination Centre they will need to identify themselves to the Exam Supervisor If this is the candidate s first exam the Exam Supervisor will need to supply them with their Exam Username and Password They will then be escorted to the Examination Room The location of the testing room is most likely to be a Citect Training Room Diagnostics and Manual Release 1 1 3 Troubleshooting Exam The Examination System Open Book All exams are open book The computers in the Examination room are loaded with Exams an appropriate version of CitectSCADA for the exam being undertaken the Knowledge Base and all PDF documents available on the distribution CD ROM or DVD ROM However no other material will be permitted in the Examination Room for example the Educational Services Training Manuals or the Study Guides The exams are supervised by the Exam Supervisor Whilst candidates are allowed to refer to the online documentation and to create test projects on the installed CitectSCADA system no speaking is allowed and no looking at another computer The examination procedure does not allow gt Notes to be taken in or out of the examination room gt Screen shots or copies of examination questions to be taken from the examination room gt USB keys or any other removable media to be taken in or out of the examination room g
9. active at any time Version 7 20 January 2011 Communication and the Kernel cont Variable Tag A deadband is expressed as a percentage of the engineering range of the tag to Deadband which it is applied For example if a variable tag has an engineering range of zero to 5 000 a deadband of 1 would mean a change of at least 50 would be required before the change was sent through the system Thus if the current value was 3 230 a value lower than 3 180 or greater than 3 280 would be required in order for the new value to appear at the clients Clearly some tags are more amenable than others to being deadbanded Suggested Use these suggested exercises to increase your understanding of the topic Exercises gt Configure a multi server CitectSCADA system and observe the start up screens of all computers gt Use a variety of kernel pages to track the creation and termination of tag subscriptions between the I O Server and a variety of clients Further Reading Use the following references to assist your understanding of the topic gt CitectSCADA Help Topic Foreground and background tasks gt CitectSCADA Help Topic Using the Kernel gt CitectSCADA Help Topic TaskNew Diagnostics and Manual Release 1 2 19 Troubleshooting Exam Logging Tools The Minidump As part of the standard CitectSCADA installation the Windows crash handler is File automatically extended to enable Mini Dumps to be captured whenever a system
10. assist your understanding of the topic gt CitectSCADA Help Topic Foreground and background tasks gt CitectSCADA Help Topic Using the Kernel gt CitectSCADA Help Topic taskNew Diagnostics and Manual Release 1 2 11 The Cicode Kernel cont Cicode tasks or threads can be executed in either foreground or background Troubleshooting Exam Multi process Kernel Startup 2 12 Communication and the Kernel Every instance of CitectSCADA on a given computer has a separate kernel view for each process when the Multi Process option is selected in the Computer Role setup Examples of processes include a Trend Server an Alarm Server a Report Server and an I O Server In pre V7 versions of CitectSCADA each of these Servers existed but they were all contained within a single process Even the Control Client is now a process Computer Role Setup Op x The minimum role of this computer is determined by matching its IP address with the server addresses configured in your project Select the role of this computer Server and Control Client W Multi Process Control dient P Full License i Yiew only client Mote IF no servers match this computer then this ASS computer must be a client Back Cancel Help In this mode when the project is run the Runtime manager window will display separate tasks for each process Runtime Manager Gtec SCADA Version 7 20
11. search For example exclusive or contains the keyword OR and would cause an error without the quotes Wild Cards Use wild cards and where you are uncertain about the form of a word For example if you are uncertain about whether to search for alarms alarm or alarming search instead for alarm The is similar but works only for one character 3 2 Version 7 20 January 2011
12. section cag CitectSCADA Configuration v 0 Examination Session 1 lt Previous Next gt Section 1 The Citect Environment Answer all questions in this section then click the Submit button Each question in this section is worth 3 marks The maximum number of marks for this section is 6 marks You are allowed to attempt this section 1 times This section is timed You will have S Minutes from the time that you press the Start button to complete this section Press the Start button to begin lt Previous Next gt The candidate is able to control when they start each section The section timer starts when the candidate clicks the Start button This time is indicated by an onscreen counter clock in the top right hand corner of the screen 0 0 0 8 5 2 Version 7 20 January 2011 Exam Sections cont Completing a When the candidate clicks Submit the section is graded and the section results are Section displayed This is the reason why it is not possible to return to a section Total Score 100 00 OR 6 00 6 00 Diagnostics and Manual Release 1 Troubleshooting Exam Working through the Exam Exam Sections Inside a section 1 16 Having confirmed your details you are then presented with the exam sections you will encounter Each of these sections is separately timed and questions in each section although having equal value may have different value to questions in other sections Typically
13. split to Tag Element and Item but interprets entire string with dots as a tag name This will almost certainly lead to a tag not found compile error H Note The use of tag Extensions will have an effect on network traffic as the distribution of Quality and Value timestamps will increase the amount of data being sent between servers and clients Version 7 20 January 2011 Tag Extensions cont Quality The primary extension fields are as follows tagname v The current tag value this is the same as referencing the tagname without any extension tagname vt The value timestamp This is the timestamp of when the value last changed Attributes tagname q The quality of the tag value This will represent the quality of the value and is expressed as either GOOD UNCERTAIN or BAD tagname qt The quality timestamp This is the timestamp of when the quality last changed tagname t The timestamp of when the tag or element was last updated Tags may now be referenced according to this syntax Cluster Tag Element ltem The tag data may be accessed via a Cicode function or a Text element on a graphics page by using either a qualified or an unqualified tag reference A qualified tag reference includes the tag element name and provides access to the specified tag element or the element item for example Tagl Field Tag1 Field Q where Field is the element name and Q is the item name An unqualified tag refe
14. start loading the RDB files Initializing Font This is now creating all fonts that have been defined within System CitectSCADA These are fonts for displaying items such as Alarms and any pre V5 0 dynamic text Initializing Client This is determining what Servers the Client needs to talk to as System set in the INI file TCPIP only This is a relic Prior to V7 CitectSCADA supported both configuration TCP IP and NetBIOS Initializing Cicode All the Cicode has been loaded into memory and is getting System ready to run Diagnostics and Manual Release 1 2 13 Troubleshooting Exam Kernel Startup Information cont 2 14 Status Messages when the Kernel Starts Up cont Loaded RDB _Library Debugger listening Initializing Alarm System Client _Categor Alarm loaded RDB Alarm Client initialization complete Initializing Trend Client System Initializing Report System Initializing Event System Initializing System Page Citect PID 4760 Startup _Library RDB contains all of the compiled custom Cicode functions developed as part of the project these must be loaded separately The breakpoint debugger is always active whether or not breakpoints have been placed in any Cicode functions Breakpoints are discussed in Exercise Thread Window Starting the Alarm Server Alarm Category information is separately stored in _Categor RDB this file is loaded into the Alarm Client s
15. they will be given CitectSCADA Certified Professional CSCP or CitectSCADA Certified Engineer CSCE status Unlike the course certificates a CSCP or CSCE qualification is one that implies attainment of a level of expertise In order to separate the two types of certificate given by Citect any accreditation that implies the attainment of expertise is represented by the word PASSED on the certificate The certificates may be sent either directly to the candidate or to the Examination Centre Educational Services This is to certify that Josephine Bloggs D passed the q Li Citect Certified SCADA Engineer Exam A k f i on 21st May 2008 rig a AUTHORIZED BY A prda Brown DUCAN 4 n GLA OLEATE MAAGI 1 20 Version 7 20 January 2011 Chapter 2 Exam Topics Overview Introduction At any time a fully configured and properly operating system may experience problems These may be related to issues on the network on the computers or simply a side effect of growth in the system In order to be able to isolate and deal with such issues the ability to intelligently troubleshoot is an important skill This Chapter Covers These Topics VV VV WV Ar AGF KLE IS 1 ING sae 2 2 The C1COde KCtie lets docacite wut a AE 2 7 Communication and the Kernel ccccceseeseseeeeeeeeeeeeeees 2 12 Lorne TOO isa tinea ssiwent an taweuinee 2 20 Communications Analysis seeeeessssssseeeressssseceressssssseeeeees
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17. 56 Retry 2 Delay 0 Timeout 2000 PollTime 1000 WatchTime 30000 IO Server Started Channel DISKDRY is Online Unit C Documents and Settings All Users Application Data Citect CitectSCADA 20 Users PulpDSK P gt Initializing Alarn system Alarm Client loaded _Categor RDB time 2010 08 12 16 25 34 Alarm Client initialization complete Initializing Trend Client system Initializing Report system Initializing Event system CAPI disabled in MultiProcess spawned instances 2010 08 13 10 42 15 875 10 00 Citect I0Server Pulp _Cluster_1 PulpPrimary PID 5680 Startup Initialize Functions 2 16 Version 7 20 January 2011 Communication and the Kernel cont Publish A more effective method of communication is for the Clients to join a list of users Subscribe Model and identify the information they need In other words the Clients Subscribe to the Server Subscribe Me Please Subscribe Me Please ay hs he s koa k a G a Client ra Please join the uy Subscribe Subscriber List for An a Me Please Data Updates ba 7 Client Subscribe We Please Client The Server will announce or Publish the new information to the subscribers when there is data that has changed This reduces the amount of network traffic considerably Look Guys ou A Change gt Good Grief It s been ages since the last change Broadcast 1 th
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19. E ccccccsssssssssssssccccccccsssssssscccooees 3 1 OVINI Wace ate sash a hes edison bccn aa te E T 3 1 NC Al CMMI E sake eaaa E E E 3 2 Diagnostics and Manual Release 1 Troubleshooting Exam Chapter 1 Introduction to the Examination System Overview Introduction There are not many people who enjoy taking exams In fact most people view impending exams with some degree of trepidation There are however three things that help alleviate anxiety preparation preparation and preparation This Study Guide is designed to help prepare you for the exams in the CitectSCADA Certified Engineer stream In this study guide you will see a list of suggested exercises and a list of references for suggested reading The CSCE exams cover a very broad range of topics so to enhance your chances of passing the exams it is advisable to take enough time to study the topics with which you are not yet familiar The best resource is the Educational Services Training courseware Each of the exams is designed around the content in the Educational Services curriculum Of course you also need to be familiar with searching the CitectSCADA Help files and searching the CitectSCADA Knowledge base This Chapter Covers These Topics gt Examination and Certification c ccccccccccccsssssceeeeeeceeeeeens 1 2 X RE SASU AU OM vasa sccicasisinstsaeduesiesies N nmendenczeast 1 3 gt The Examination Sy Stem sicnriaceseapstastentiaseitegscaieiesi
20. NING cae Examination Instructions Session One lt Previous View Examination Syllabus Click here to upload your marks Course Outline Notes Dates Grades e n r When you have finished an Examination News Trainer When you have finished the last section in the Examination click the link Click here to upload your Resources i marks This will record your marks for all sections in the Examination Discussions Glossary Attendance lt Previous Classmates Click here to upload your marks Logged in as David Heath DOTS Created By WebRaven Home Settings Training Careers Tools Help ea S e a Once done you are advised that your final grade may be seen via the Grades link on the left side menu The exam is completed DOTS Windows Internet Explorer HOME BACK RELOAD PRINT LOGOUT Citect UniverCiTe cae CitectSCADA Configuration v7 0 Examination Session 1 You have completed this Examination Syllabus Notes i A ae To view your current grade click on Grades in the side bar menu Resources Glossary Attendance Achievement Award Logged in as David Heath DOTS Created By WebRaven Home Settings Training Careers Tools Help es eel fel fal al a a y Diagnostics and Manual Release 1 1 19 Troubleshooting Exam Successful Completion Certificates If the candidate has been successful in all the required examinations
21. Pulp Clus Trend Running Fulp_Clus lOSemwer Running Fulp_Clus Report Running Client Client Running Fulp_Clus Alarm Running Shutdown All Hide Help Version 7 20 January 2011 Communication and the Kernel cont Kernel Startup Once the Kernel is open a Line by Line description of the startup process is visible Information this is identical whether the computer is a standalone or a networked Server Main OR Citect Workstation Copyright fo 1989 2010 Schneider Electric fAustralia Pty Limited Yersion 7 20 Initializing Sub Systemes Initializing Font system Initializing Client system TCPIP only configuration Initializing Cicode system Loaded _Library RDB time 2010 08 06 14 48 20 Debugger is listening Initializing Alarm system Alarm Client loaded _Categor RDE time 2010 08 06 14 46 20 Alarm Client initialization complete Initializing Trend Client system Initializing Report system Initializing Event system Initializing Page system 2010 08 10 09 49 15 656 10 00 Citect PID 4760 Startup 7 20 Initialize Functions These are some typical startup notifications and their meanings The first line displays version of CitectSCADA Initializing Sub These internal sub systems provide services to the major Systems components and must be started first so that the bigger components can be started Once all these sub systems are loaded then the RDB system is initialised and CitectSCADA can
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23. amination Mo Grade The Citect5SCADA Caie atian Examination has been designed to test your knowledge of CitectScaDa il The introduction page will give the title of the examination and the passmark Click the Start gt link to open the Title Page cag CitectSCADA Configuration v7 0 Examination Session 1 The CitectSCADA Configuration Examination has been designed to test your knowledge of CitectScaDa Passmark 75 00 Start gt iii The next page is the title page of the examination Click the Next gt link to continue cag CitectSCADA Configuration v7 0 Examination Session 1 lt Previous Mest gt Examination CITECTSCADA CONFIGURATION v7 0 EXAMINATION Welcome to the CitectSCADA Configuration Examination Click Next to read the Examination Instructions lt Previous Next gt Diagnostics and Manual Release 1 1 9 Troubleshooting Exam 1 10 The Examination cont IV This page is for the candidate to enter the information that is needed to print and send their certificate The certificate will be created using the exact spelling of the candidate name entered on this page Click the Next gt link to continue cag CitectSCADA Configuration v 0 Examination Session 1 lt Previous Mest gt Your Examination Details Please fill in your details below MB This won t contribute to your course grade Question 1 To 2 of 2 1 Name of your examiner First name Last name
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25. crash occurs Mini Dumps which were introduced with Windows XP are an alternative to the full crash dump that is usually associated with Dr Watson Microsoft s full crash analysis tool The crash dump sometimes also referred to as a user dump dumps all running threads Mini dumps give a smaller dump which just provides information on errors due to the faulted thread rather than other threads They can be an asset to problem discovery By default a crash will create a light mini dump which generally seems to contain less information than is required to properly understand the issues at play Customers are generally recommended to ensure Heavy Mini Dumps are acquired instead This is achieved with the Citect ini file setting Debug MiniDumpType 3 The Mini Dump type may also be configured with a Registry entry this is described in KnowledgeBase article Q4495 How do I Enable the Mini Dump Feature in the Event of a Crash The following table lists the available types of Mini Dump No Minidump Light MiniDump WithIndirectlyReferencedMemory Minidump Heap referenced by stack Medium MiniDumpWithDataSegs Global Variables and heap referenced by stack MiniDumpWithHandleData MiniDumpWithUnloadedModules Details of recently unloaded modules Minidump MiniDumpWithProcessThreadData Complete process and thread data Same as Medium but with MiniDumpWithFullMemory Heav All memory same as a User dmp but smarter
26. ectSCADA Configuration v 0 Examination Session 1 lt Previous Next gt Section 1 The Citect Environment Answer all questions in this section then click the Submit button Each question in this section is worth 3 marks The maximum number of marks for this section is 6 marks You are allowed to attempt this section 1 times This section is timed You will have S Minutes from the time that you press the Start button to complete this section Press the Start button to begin see Diagnostics and Troubleshooting Exam lt Previous Next gt Manual Release 1 1 13 Entering the Section Section Time 1 14 Exam Sections cont The Section Information page has a Start button that must be clicked to enter the section The candidate should NOT press the Next gt link as this will not enter the section Instead it will take them to the beginning of the following section Press the Start button to begin lt Previous Next gt All Sections allow a certain maximum amount of time in which to complete your work Each section of the examination corresponds to chapters in the courses and is timed independently The available time is fixed for each exam and is also subdivided into allotments for each section of the exam The system will not bank time at the end of a section any spare time is lost The Introduction page of each section provides the candidate with the time available for that
27. en designed to test your knowledge of CitectSCADA Examination Instructions Mo Grade You should read these instructions before completing your first Examination Networking and Architecture v 0 Examination Mo Grade The Networking and Architecture Examination has been designed to test your knowledge of CitectSCADA Version 7 20 January 2011 Examination Instructions Course Course for New A course has been provided to introduce new candidates to the examination system Candidates If this is a new candidate they should complete this course before proceeding 1 Complete the Examination Instructions course i Once the candidate has logged into the examination system all courses and examinations in which they are enrolled are listed If this is a first time candidate they should complete the Examination Instructions course Click the Examination Instructions title to enter the course Examination ET s You should read thes _Anstructions before completing your first Examination ii Click the Start gt link to open the course Lae Examination Instructions Session One You should read these instructions before completing your first Examination eo iii The title page of the Course will open Click the Next gt link to begin the course lt Previous Next gt Module Examination Instructions You should read through the following Examination Instructions before completing any of the Examinations Click N
28. eparately The Alarm Client is loaded and functional The Trend Client is slightly different than the normal Client so it has its own method of doing things Starting the Report Server Starting the Event Server The system is ready to display the Startup Page It is at this time that CitectSCADA will cover up the Kernel Use the TaskBar or switch to the kernel with Alt Tab or Alt Esc to return to the Kernel screen This identifies the Windows Process ID Number of the client task and confirms that the Server has completed the startup teps successfully Version 7 20 January 2011 Status Messages when the Kernel Starts Up cont Kernel Startup Information cont Things to Watch o Hints amp Tips Areas to watch are that all the PLCs come online First the ports must be initialised and be online then the PLCs should all come online Some PLCs may take 2 attempts from CitectSCADA to come online or may not be connected initially In that case messages that are specific to every PLC type will be displayed All these messages are basically similar and will identify something like PLC not responding or Unit Offline or something similar If the PLC is difficult to connect to then wait 30 seconds the standard period that CitectSCADA waits until it will try to connect again and see what happens this time If still nothing good happens then it is time to check EVERYTHING Use the Pulp or Paper project for the
29. exercises to do with networking It may be useful in the exercises that examine performance and code to use different projects such as the Example project and compare the differences Diagnostics and Troubleshooting Exam Manual Release 1 2 15 Communication and the Kernel cont Server Startup This screen displays the Kernel startup for the I O process of a computer that is the I O Alarm Trend and Report Servers The screen displays all messages as the Servers are first initialised and then started The previous exercises were based on a persisted Memory I O Server which is relatively invisible to the kernel startup logs The next few steps will be based on a Disk PLC I O Device Citect Kernel 1O0Server Pulp_Cluster_1 PulpPrimary Options View Tools Window Help Main Iof Xx Internet Server disabled in MultiProcess spawned instances Citect Workstation Copyright c 1989 2010 Schneider Electric Australia Pty Limited Version 7 20 Initializing Sub Systems Initializing Font system Initializing Client system TCPIP only configuration Initializing Cicode system Loaded _Library RDB time 2010 08 12 16 25 34 Cicode Debugger disabled in this process Starting IO Server Disk Driver v 20 00 551 driver loaded from C Program Files Citect CitectSCADA 7 20 Bin DISKDRY DLL modification time is 1 03 28 AM Tuesday 27 July 2010 file size is 48248 bytes Driver base address 0x088d0000 Common Parameters MaxPending 20 Block 2
30. ext to view the Examination Instructions lt Previous Logged in as Alynda Brown DOTS Created By WebRaven Home Settings User Admin Training Careers Reports Tools Help IV Follow the links through the pages to view examples of all the question types that are used throughout the examination system i0 Diagnostics and Manual Release 1 1 7 Troubleshooting Exam Exam Questions Single Answer Read the question and select your response from the list of options Select the radio button beside your choice 1 How many people live on the moon Select the correct answer A Oo Be yt LC O50 D 200 Multiple Answers These questions are expecting at least one response possibly as many as four Tick boxes are provided for you to select as many or as few responses as you think appropriate In order to score the marks for these questions you much select exactly the correct set of responses there are no partial marks for partially correct responses 2 Which planets in our solar system have no moons Select all that apply D Venus B D Jupiter C DO Mercury D fF Pluto 1 8 Version 7 20 January 2011 The Examination Starting the Once a candidate has completed the Examination Instructions course they are ready Examination to begin their first examination 1 Open the Examination i Return to the Welcome page and open the examination by clicking the link CitectSCADA Configuration v7 0 Ex
31. g GPF and experiment with the various tools including the debug diagnostics tool to investigate the crash and the various information it provides gt Investigate the use of various citect ini parameters for logging Alarm and other transactions Further Reading Use the following references to assist your understanding of the topic gt CitectSCADA KnowledgeBase 04366 Crash Logs Crash Dumps User Dumps Mini Dumps Dr Watson Logs and Exception Reports gt CitectSCADA Knowledgebase Q5387 Monitor Process using Debug Diagnostics Tool Diagnostics and Manual Release 1 2 21 Troubleshooting Exam Communications Analysis Understand the A variety of publicly available tools may be used to determine the computers on the Network network and what processes or tasks they are running This information may be used to confirm that only the expected computers are present and that they are only running tasks intended for them The course investigates as examples only the following tools NetStat Process Monitor Nmap Wireshark VV V Y Suggested Use these suggested exercises to increase your understanding of the topic Exercises gt Install and or make use of the featured analysis tools NetStat Process Monitor Nmap and Wireshark on a running system to become familiar with their installation and use Further Reading Use the following references to assist your understanding of the topic gt CitectSCADA Help Topic
32. he bottom of the screen to complete the section You will be warned if there are un completed questions and the section will not close section 1 The Citect Environment Answer all questions in this section then click the Submit button Each question in this section is worth 3 marks The maximum number of marks for this section is 6 marks Version 7 20 January 2011 Submitting an Exam Last Exam Once the examination has been completed the candidate needs to submit their Section examination This is done by clicking the Click to Complete Course amp upload Marks link fag CitectSCADA Configuration v7 0 Examination Session 1 lt Previous Click here to fy your marks End of Examination You have now completed the Examination You should now do the following 1 Click on the link Click Here ta Upload Your Marks This will record your marks for all sections in the Examination 2 You will then be able to check your grades lt Previous Click here to upload your marks Confirmation The examination completion is confirmed and the candidate may view their results and Results by clicking the Grades link on the left side menu TRAINING The page will display their overall result The full section detail may be viewed by clicking the module name fag CitectSCADA Configuration v 0 Examination Session 1 You have completed this Examination To wiew your current grade click on Grades in the side bar men
33. his page needs to be filled out with the candidate s details When the request is submitted an email will be sent to the Exam Coordinator in the Examination Centre that has been specified The Exam Coordinator will contact the candidate regarding the details of the examination Go to the page http www citect com education and select the Exam Registration option from the left side menu Complete the Exam Registration page with the appropriate information The registration process not only allows your local office to coordinate exams but is the first step in the exam process When you register for the first time the Exam Coordinator in your region will arrange for your unique Student Login and Student Password This Student Login and Password will be used in all of your Exams We will also need an email address so that your exam results may be sent to you The Student Login follows this format es firstname lastname The Student Password is a computer generated random selection of characters The password will generally not be revealed to you instead the Examination Supervisor will log in on your behalf at the examination centre The exam enrolment is created prior to the day of the exam When the Exam coordinator registers the candidate to sit for a particular exam their Username is entered into the Enrolled User Group for that exam The enrolment is disabled until the day of the exam The Exams are supervised by Examination Supervisors
34. meric order gt Search the quickest way to find relevant articles It allows you to query all of the text in the entire Citect Knowledge Base This Chapter Covers These Topics Be Cat CMS ar E A T ieestisetiattexantateasieeen 3 2 Searching Search Queries Learning about effective queries will help you to locate relevant articles The simplest query consists of just one word For example to find articles about alarm pages you could enter the word alarm This query would return a list of all articles that contain the word alarm If the query word is common a large number of articles will be displayed and you may need to further narrow your search Enter Multiple To narrow your search enter more than one word For example to find articles Words about alarm pages you could enter the words alarm page This query would return all articles that contain both the words alarm and page Some search engines require the keyword AND to be used for this kind of search it is not necessary here Operators Customise your queries with the NEAR NOT and OR keyword operators For example the query alarms page not hardware would exclude an article about the hardware alarms page Literal Phrases Put quotation marks around keywords if you want to search for a literal expression For example searching for alarm page would find articles that contain that exact phrase This can be quite useful if you need to use a keyword in your
35. ontent of each section and the controls that are contained within each section It is important that the candidate is familiar with these controls Examination Sections This Examination is divided into sections Each section has its own Start button timer and Submit button To begin each section click the Start button This will take you to questions for that section Do not click Next to start a section as this will take you to the beginning of the next section Answer all questions in the section then click the Submit button when you are sure of your answers Once you have clicked Submit your answers cannot be changed Section 1 The Citect Environment Section 24 Managing projects Section 2B Managing projects Section 34 Setting Up Communications Section 3B Setting Up Communications Section 44 Graphics Section 4B Graphics Section 5 Commands and Controls Section 6 Genies and Super Genies Section 7 Devices Section 6 Events Section 9A Alarms Section 9B Alarms Section 10 Trends Section 11 Process Analyst Section 12 Navigation Section 13 Reports Section 14 Security Diagnostics and Manual Release 1 1 11 Troubleshooting Exam Starting the Examination cont Vil viii The instructions page provides information regarding the time limits and how to submit each section Once the section has been submitted they may not re enter that section The time allocated increases with the diffic
36. ought he d gonetosleep Sa Client He never writes never phones Client Diagnostics and Manual Release 1 2 17 Troubleshooting Exam Tag Subscriptions to I O Device 2 18 Communication and the Kernel cont The IODevices Subs table shows all the tag subscriptions that have been made to this I O Device Table Table ODevices Subs Verbose Handle 249 Length 0 Offset 0 OQ 170 Device PulpDevP Handle Oo 0 OF ee Co hi Fe Tag bark conveyor _ speed bark drum_level bark drum speed bark tank level chipper conveyor _ speed chipper motor chip pile level digester conveyor speed digester level digester temp bark conveyor bark drum chipper conveyor chipper digester_conveyor digester hark conveyor bark drum chipper conveyor chipper digester _conveyor digester bark tank pump digester level paper mill pump paper mill pipe bark tank level bark tank pump Hetwork Number Biel E Scan Rate 1000 1000 1000 1000 1000 1000 1000 1000 1000 1000 500 500 c00 500 500 500 1000 1000 1000 1000 1000 1000 1000 250 250 250 250 250 An internal subscription handle unique identifier The variable tag the subscription has been made for Scan Rate The scan rate of the subscription in milliseconds L Note There may well be multiple subscriptions to an individual tag and varying scan rates depending on the project configuration and the number of I O Clients
37. rd or electronic form or make any adaptation or other commercial use of it without Schneider Electric s prior written consent Schneider Electric Australia Pty Ltd will not accept any liability for action taken in reliance on this training manual COPYRIGHT c Schneider Electric Australia Pty Ltd 2006 2010 All rights reserved This material is copyright under Australian and international laws Except as permitted under the relevant law no part of this work may be reproduced by any process without the prior written consent of Schneider Electric Australia Pty Ltd Any authorised reproduction must acknowledge Schneider Electric Australia Pty Ltd as owner of copyright in work TRADEMARKS Schneider Electric Australia Pty Ltd has made every effort to supply trademark information about company names products and services mentioned in this manual Trademarks shown below were derived from various sources CitectSCADA CitectHMI Vijeo Citect CitectFacilities CitectHistorian Vijeo Historian and Ampla are registered trademarks of Schneider Electric Australia Pty Ltd Windows Windows NT Windows 2000 Windows XP Windows Vista MSSQL Server and Excel are trademarks of Microsoft Corporation Oracle is a registered trademark of Oracle Corporation and or its affiliates Novell and NetWare are registered trademarks of Novell Inc dBASE is a trademark of dataBased Intelligence Inc GENERAL NOTICE Some product names used in this manual are
38. rence is one that does not include a tag element name or item name and is resolved at runtime for example Tag1 Tag1 Q Diagnostics and Manual Release 1 2 3 Troubleshooting Exam Ensure Operators are Aware 2 4 Tag Extensions cont To provide a visual indication to the operator that a tag is in the Control inhibit mode the following can be done Set any of the following Citect in1 parameters in such a way that Control inhibit mode will be indicated by changing the background colour or overlaying the numeric or text graphics objects and symbol set objects with a dithered pattern Page ControlInhibitDitheringColor Page ControlInhibitDitheringDensity Page ControlInhibitlextBackgroundColor In addition set Page Ignore ValueQuality parameter to a value of 0 or 2 Use the Control Mode element value 0 if the tag is not in the control inhibit mode or otherwise Use the Field element quality Tag Status ControlInhibit bit 1 if the tag is in the control inhibit mode or 0 otherwise NIZ Caution Dithering values are not implemented when values are delivered to a graphic page using the tagname V format If the V format is used project designers must find some other way to identify that Override of Control Inhibit modes are set This may be confirmed with a close inspection of the popup page in Exercise Control Inhibit and Override Modes Version 7 20 January 2011 Tag Extensions cont
39. rsion 7 20 January 2011 The Cicode Kernel cont Password Cicode and Cache commands are password protected in the Kernel preventing Protection unauthorized access A user named kernel must be defined in the User database of the CitectSCADA project in order to gain access to these windows fa Users Pasteuriser Oy x User Name kernel E Full Mame Kernel User Password LEP ET ETT EET Era ETI Confirm Password ELLLLLLLLILILLLILILLITT Roles Kernel r Type KERNEL Comment Replace Delete Help Record 2 L The user must be called kernel and have a non blank password There is no requirement for the user to have any specific privileges or areas assigned ae W See Also For further information about The kernel user see CitectSCADA Help Using the Kernel Diagnostics and Manual Release 1 2 9 Troubleshooting Exam The Cicode Kernel cont Debug Cicode This command is particularly useful for debugging Cicode functions and running Functions functions directly from within the running system The Cicode command opens a child window that can be used to call Cicode functions Any in built or user written function can be called from this window When the Cicode command is entered a local Cicode window is created The syntax is Cicode Each Cicode command is executed with its own Cicode task so tasks that take a long time to complete can be executed The Cicode prompt returns immediately after the Cicode
40. sion must be used If the function cannot be found try again by adding an underscore _ to the front of the function name e g _DevClose 1 2 10 Version 7 20 January 2011 Tasks and Pre emption mode A foreground task is one that displays and controls animations on the graphics pages Any expression not a command entered in a property field e Text Rectangle Button etc is executed as a foreground task All other commands and expressions are executed in background mode The difference between a background and foreground task is that a background task can be pre empted that is if system resources are limited the task e g the printing of a report can pause to allow a more critical task to be executed When the critical task is completed or when system resources become available the original task resumes Foreground tasks are considered critical and can never be pre empted Suggested Use these suggested exercises to increase your understanding of the topic Exercises gt Access the kernel using all available methods gt Open a variety of Kernel windows and note their behaviour gt Write a function that will increment the value of a variable indefinitely gt Call the function from a command button gt Call the function from a command button using TaskNew gt Compare the two running threads using the Page Cicode in the kernel and the Thread Window in the Cicode Editor Further Reading Use the following references to
41. t Photographs of any type gt Talking gt Collaboration with anyone 1 4 Version 7 20 January 2011 The Examination System cont Logging Intothe The Examination system is hosted on the Citect UniverCITe website and can be Exam System accessed from a web browser loaded prior to your arrival 1 Diagnostics and Troubleshooting Exam Login to the Examination System Enter the student name and password at the login page 4 DOTS Microsoft Internet Explorer Citect UniverCiTe FLEASE LOGIN BELOW LS E useRnene uoco O O oes TO SEE COTS MINIMOM REQUIREMENTS CLICK HERE FORGOTTEH YOUR FaStSworRter CLICK HERE The name and password follows this format es _ firstname_lastname password Click GO Manual Release 1 The Examination Supervisor will have the page 1 5 1 6 Logging In to the Exam System cont iO The Citect UniverCite will open at the Welcome page All examinations and courses in which the candidate is currently enrolled will be listed You are enrolled in the following courses Cicode Programming v 0 Examination Mo Grade The Cicode Programming Examination has been designed to test your knowledge of Cicade CitectSCADA Configuration v7 0 Examination Mo Grade The CitectSCADA Configuration Examination has been designed to test your knowledge of CitectScaDa Customization and Design v 0 Examination Mo Grade The Customization and Design v7 0 Examination has be
42. tarts runtime As most problems with CitectSCADA are to do with something not communicating or not connecting properly the only way to see exactly what happens and when is to be viewing the Kernel as CitectSCADA starts up Diagnostics and Manual Release 1 2 7 Troubleshooting Exam The Citect Kernel cont How to Open the pane gt To open the Kernel using the Runtime Manager cont Another way to gain access to the kernel is to single click the Runtime Manager icon in the system tray then right click one of the processes and select Kernel from the menu H Note The availability of the Kernel option in the Runtime Manager is controlled by the Menu 1 parameter described earlier Access to the Runtime Manager may also be gained via the Cicode function DisplayRuntimeManager which will display the Runtime Manager on the local computer If the Runtime Manager is already running it will be brought to the foreground Kernel Access It is important to restrict access to the Kernel because once a user has acces to the Kernel any Cicode function can be executed with no privilege restrictions Anyone using the Kernel will have total control of CitectSCADA and subsequently the plant and equipment Therefore in a normal runtime environment it is not good practice to enable the Kernel menu command or configure the Kernel to start up automatically The function DspKernel 1 will open the Kernel from a button or system command 2 8 Ve
43. task has started and the task continues to run in the background If the function is completed immediately the return result of the function is displayed If the function continues to run the result is not displayed and cannot be returned LL Note As mentioned previously Cicode and Cache commands are now password protected in the Kernel preventing unauthorised access The Cicode prompt 0 gt shows the current window number with which any object is associated To change the current window use the WinGoto function or any other Cicode function that affects the current window The Cicode window does not recognise any variable names so when a Cicode function is called it is possible to pass constants only e g numbers or strings When a function that expects a string is called ya string constant should be passed e g Prompt Hello from the Kernel If the string is only a single word delimiters need not be used e g Prompt Hello The Cicode window tries to convert whatever is entered as arguments into the correct data type If it cannot convert the arguments it passes either O zero or an empty string to the function H Note Some Cicode functions are implemented as label macros by the compiler These macros allow backward compatibility when the number of arguments to a function has been changed These functions cannot be called directly because the Cicode window does not expand macros In this case the macro expan
44. the exam is entered but before the exam starts Examination Sections This Examination is divided into sections Each section has its own Start button timer and Submit button To begin each section click the Start button This will take you to questions for that section Do not click Next to start a section as this will take you to the beginning of the next section Answer all questions in the section then click the Submit button when you are sure of your answers Once you have clicked Submit your answers be changed cannot Section Section Section Section Section Section Section Section Section Section Section Section Section Section Section Section Section Section 1 The Citect Environment ZA ZB JA 3B Managing projects Managing projects Setting Up Communications Setting Up Communications 44 Graphics 4B Graphics 5 Commands and Controls 6 Genies and Super Genies Y Devices 8 Events oA QB 10 11 1 ta 14 Alarms Alarms Trends Process Analyst Navigation Reports Security Each section contains a pool of questions The candidate is given a random selection from this pool Not all questions are of the same difficulty Therefore different sections have different values assigned to the questions However all questions in each section have the same value The Section information at the beginning of each section indicates the value of the questions cag Cit
45. u Your grades for each module are displayed here For a complete breakdown of each module click on the module name 4 CITECTSCaADA CONFIGURATION v7 0 EXAMINATION 89 09 100 00 d Total Grade 89 09 100 00 89 0990 Diagnostics and Manual Release 1 1 17 Troubleshooting Exam Submitting an Exam cont Detailed Results The full section detail allows the candidate to view the results for each section so that they can see which sections they may need to review O Section 1 Introduction O Section 1 Introduction S00 7 6 00 Topic Total 6 00 6 00 O Section 2A Variables O Section 24 Variables Drag and Drop 7 00 z 7 00 Topic Total 7 00 7 00 O Section 2B Variables O Section 2B Variables 16 00 18 00 Topic Total 16 00 18 00 L Section 3A Simple Functions O Section 3A Simple Functions drag and drop 4 97 7 00 Topic Total 4 97 7 00 Passing Grade The pass mark for all exams is 75 Once all of the exams have been passed or the upgrade exam for an existing CSCE the Examination Administrator will be advised automatically The certificate will be mailed within a few days 1 18 Version 7 20 January 2011 Completing the Exam Uploading Your After submitting the final exam section a screen will be presented inviting you to Marks upload your marks DOTS Windows Internet Explorer ioj Xx Mh HOME BACK RELOAD PRINT LOGOUT Citect UniverCiTe LOE Logged in as David 7 TRAI
46. ulty of the questions Regardless of the difficulty or the number of the questions each section is given a minimum of 5 minutes Extra time has been provided in this system due to the needs of candidates who do not not speak English as their primary language Time Limits Each section in the Examination is timed Your time for a section starts once you have clicked on the Start button for that section 4 timer will then appear in the top right hand corner of your screen If your time expires you will be awarded points for the questions you have answered correctly but will not be able to go back and answer the other questions in that section Answer all questions in the section then click the Submit button when you are sure of your answers Once you have clicked Submit your answers cannot be changed The instructions page also provides information regarding how to finalise the examination and upload their marks When the candidate has finished reading this page click the Next gt link to continue When you have finished When you reach the end of the Examination click the link Click to Complete Course amp Upload Marks This will record your marks for all sections in the Examination Wow start the Examination Click Next to go to Section 1 of the Examination lt Previous Next gt Version 7 20 January 2011 Topics Value Exam Sections Each Exam Section covers a specific Topic These topics are listed when
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