This driver is an extension driver. It provides additional application-specific functionality to the 'parent' driver with which it is associated. To interact successfully with devices using an extension driver, you need to:
- Install and run both the extension driver and its 'parent' driver (and, if applicable, its 'grandparent' driver)
- Ensure that the extension driver and its 'parent' driver (and, if applicable, its 'grandparent' driver) are licensed
(some extension drivers are licensed separately to their 'parent' driver) - Configure the required database items and settings on the 'parent 'driver (and, if applicable, the 'grandparent' driver)
- Configure the required database items and settings on this extension driver.
- Ensure that the database items (and any database items on which they depend) have valid, saved, configuration and are 'In Service'.
The ClearSCADA WITS driver is a DNP3 extension driver. It provides additional functionality to enable ClearSCADA to communicate with Water Industry Telemetry Standard (WITS) Field Devices.
ClearSCADA versions 71 and above are WITS verified for WITS 1.1 (and also supports the legacy WITS 1.0). They use the DNP3 driver and the WITS DNP3 extension driver to communicate with WITS Field Devices. For this reason, you should make sure that both the DNP3 driver and the WITS driver are installed on all ClearSCADA servers in your system before you create WITS items in your database (see Confirm that the DNP3 and WITS Server Components are Installed).
NOTE: Only install the WITS Driver if you have a WITS driver license (the WITS driver cannot be used in ClearSCADA's demo mode). Installing the WITS Driver without an appropriate license will result in your ClearSCADA server being unable to run.
Do not install the WITS Driver for the demo version of ClearSCADA.
This ClearSCADA Guide to the WITS Driver explains how to configure WITS-specific features and items within the ClearSCADA database. It includes:
- Quick Start Tutorial
- Database Items Required for WITS
- WITS Bulk Configuration Files, Incremental Configuration Files, and Application Program Files
- WITS Configuration Strategies
- Making Changes to WITS Field Device Configuration
- Configuration Reports for WITS Field Devices
- WITS Device Profiles
- Configuring a WITS Device Profile
- Configuring a WITS Outstation
- WITS Data Logging
- Configuring WITS Database Points
- Configuring a WITS Application Program
- Example Configuration - Talus T4e and ClearSCADA
- Importing and Exporting (WITS)
- Uploading and Downloading (WITS)
- WITS-Specific Alarm and Event Categories
- WITS-Specific Alarm and Event Categories
- WITS-Specific Actions and Methods
- WITS-Specific Status Display Attributes
- WITS-Specific Driver Log File Options
As the WITS driver is an extension of the DNP3 driver, WITS database items have many configuration settings that work in exactly the same way as DNP3. They also have settings that are common to many different types of database item (such as Identification settings). In this WITS Driver Guide, we explain how to use the WITS-specific configuration settings. For any 'common' settings, we will refer you to other ClearSCADA Guides.
We also recommend that you read the ClearSCADA Guide to the DNP3 Driver before reading the WITS driver guide. Much of the information covered in the ClearSCADA Guide to the DNP3 Driver is assumed knowledge and needs to be followed in conjunction with information in this driver guide. It is also advisable that you have access to your WITS Field Device product documentation when reading this guide.