Specifications

8 – Configuring Points
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By assigning points to a trend set, you enable users to view trend information for
the data collected from those points by calling up a Trend Set display. For
examples of Operating Group and Trend Set displays, refer to “Configuring
Group and Trend Displays” on page 225.
You can configure up to 16000 operating groups and up to 3000 trend sets.
Before assigning points to operating groups and trend sets, you need to have
thought about the number of groups and trends you will need in your system,
and which points are to belong to which groups and trends.
You can use Quick Builder to configure points to form operating groups or trend
sets. You can also use Station displays, as described in “Configuring Group and
Trend Displays” on page 225.
For information about defining operating groups and trend sets for points on a
PlantScape Control Processor, see the Process Control Building Guide.
Note When you use Quick Builder to configure operating groups and trend sets, you
can only assign a point to one operating group and one trend set. When you use
Station to configure operating groups and trend sets, you can assign a point to as
many operating groups or trend sets as you want.
If you assign a point to more than one operating group or trend set on Station,
and then “backbuild” your configuration data by uploading it from the server to
Quick Builder, this information about the multiple groups and trend sets will be
lost because Quick Builder can only handle a single operating group and a single
trend set per point.
User-Defined Point Detail Displays
PlantScape comes with a set of pre-defined displays that are used to show point
detail data.
You can create custom Point Detail displays and then use Quick Builder to
specify the custom Point Detail display for particular points.
For information on creating a user-defined point detail display for a point on a
PlantScape Control Processor, see the Process Control Building Guide.
Group Faceplate Templates
PlantScape comes with a set of pre-defined “faceplates” or templates that are used
for status, analog, or accumulator points in a Group Detail display.
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