Actions Associated with Points

Points support a combination of these actions:

• Acknowledge Alarms
• Acknowledge with Comment
• Alarm Response
• Cancel Control—(Output points on simple drivers)
• Cancel Queued Request—(Output points on advanced drivers)
• Control—(Output points only)
• Disable Alarms
• Disable Controls—(Output points only)
• Disable Point
• Enable Alarms
• Enable Controls—(Output points only)
• Enable Point
• Execute—(Calculation points only)
• Initialize—(Counter-type points that support this feature)
• Override
• Release Exclusive Control—(Systems on which Exclusive Control is enabled)
• Release Override
• Remove Alarms
• Remove with Comment
• Reset Process Count
• Take Complete Exclusive Control—(Systems on which Exclusive Control is enabled)
• Take Partial Exclusive Control—(Systems on which Exclusive Control is enabled)
• Tune Alarm Limits—(Analog and Counter-type points that support this feature)
• Tune M/S Alarm Limits—(Analog points that use Master Station Alarm Limits)
• Unacknowledge Alarms
• Unacknowledge with Comment.

NOTE: The options Delete Interface Event, Log Interface Event, Modify Interface Event, Refresh Alarms, and Reprioritize Alarms are also available from the Edit Action, Edit Method, and Pick Action Configuration windows. These options are methods, not pick actions, and are purely for use with the Automation Interface. For information, see the database Schema.

With points on which Historic is enabled, further options are available from the Historic aggregate in the Edit Action, Edit Method, and Pick Action Configuration windows. These options—Annotate, Insert Value, Load Data File, Load Data Value, Load Data Values, Modify Value, Optimize Data, and Processed Value—are methods, not pick actions, and are purely for use with the Automation Interface. For more information, see the database Schema.

Further Information

‘Core’ pick actions that are common to many database items: see Object Menu Options in the ClearSCADA Guide to ViewX and WebX Clients.

For information on any point-specific actions that are not listed above, see the relevant driver guide.