Specifications

8 – Configuring Points
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Point Types
PlantScape provides the following standard point types, which have fixed data
structures:
PlantScape also provides the following point types:
Type Description
Status Represents digital inputs or outputs. For example, the on and off states
of a pump or light.
Analog Represents continuous values. For example, pressures in a boiler or
temperatures in a blast furnace.
Accumulator Represents total values. For example, the volume of water that has
flowed into a tank or through a turbine.
Type Description
Database A standard point that accesses data from parameters of other points, or
from user files. See “Database Addresses” on page 179.
Container A point that ties together a set of related standard points so that you can
manage them as if they were one point. A container point is, in effect,
a user-defined point type that matches your data requirements for a
particular device type or scenario.
For more information, see “Template Displays and Container Points” on
page 237.
Flexible Point A point that is accessed via a point server (other than the CDA server). The
format of the point is determined by the point server, not by PlantScape.
For more information about configuring flexible points, see “Point
Servers” on page 119 and the documentation supplied with your field
device.
CDA A PlantScape Process point, which is accessed via the CDA Server.
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