Specifications

Glossary
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Server software
An umbrella term used to refer to the database software and server utilities installed on
the PlantScape server computer.
server Station
A computer running both the PlantScape database (server) software and the Station
software.
setpoint
The desired value of a process variable. Setpoint is a point parameter, whose value may
be entered by the operator. The setpoint can be changed any number of times during a
single process. The setpoint is represented in engineering units.
shape
A shape is a special type of display object that can be used in numerous displays.
Shapes can be used as “clip-art” or as shape sequences.
shapelink
A shapelink is, in effect, a “window” which always displays one shape of a shape
sequence. For example, a shapelink representing a point’s status displays the shape that
corresponds to the current status.
shape sequence
A shape sequence is a set of related shapes that are used in conjunction with shapelinks.
A shape sequences can be used to:
• Represent the status of a point (Each shape represents a particular status)
• Create an animation (Each shape is one “frame” in the animation)
SOE
Sequence of events.
softkey
A softkey is a function key which, when pressed, performs an action specified in the
configuration details for the current display.
SP
PlantScape abbreviation for set point.
Standard history
A type of history collection for a point that provides one-minute snapshots and the
following averages based on the one-minute snapshots:
• 6-minute averages
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