To use the ClearSCADA database with your TBox RTUs, the devices are installed using the configuration software provided by the manufacturer. ClearSCADA cannot remotely configure TBox RTUs.
You need to configure the ClearSCADA database so that entries in the database correspond to the plant, measuring instruments, and control devices on your system. This section summarizes the database items that you need to configure to represent the TBox RTUs.
In order to represent TBox devices, the TBox Driver has to be installed and running on the ClearSCADA servers on your system (see Installing the TBox Driver).
When you configure TBox items in the ClearSCADA database, many of the settings for those items need to correspond to the settings of the relevant TBox devices on your system. Some settings are either fixed (included in the design of the TBox RTU), or are configured by an engineer. You need to have access to, or an understanding of, the settings of the TBox devices on your system before you can configure the corresponding database items successfully.
You should be aware of any optional features required for each TBox item. These features include:
- Alarm views
- Alarm redirections
- Historic data storage (Chronologies and Sampling Tables)
- User methods.
You can also use core ClearSCADA features with TBox database items, including Lists, Actions, and Mimics. For Actions that are specific to the TBox driver, see Actions that are Specific to the TBox Driver. For further information on Actions and details on Lists and Mimics, see the core documentation.
To represent TBox devices in ClearSCADA, you need to configure:
- TBox Channels to represent the communication links between the TBox RTU and the ClearSCADA server (see Configuring a TBox Channel)
- TBox Outstation Sets to define groups of TBox RTUs that use particular channels (see Configuring a TBox Outstation Set)
- TBox Outstations to define the TBox RTUs that monitor data and control plant (see Configuring a TBox Outstation)
- TBox Points to represent items of data that are received by the ClearSCADA server from the TBox RTUs or sent by ClearSCADA to the TBox RTUs (see Points Used on TBox Outstations).