DEPARTMENT OF TECHNICAL EDUCATION

ANDHRA PRADESH
Name : Sri.E. BABU
Designation : Lecturer
Branch: : Electronics and Instrumentation Engineering
Institute : S.G.P.R. Govt. Polytechnic, Kurnool.
Year/Semester: VI Semester.
Subject : IE , PLC AND SCADA .
Subject code : AEI-602.
Topic : SCADA.
Duration : 50 mts.
Sub Topic : Attach Tags with memory
Teaching Aids: Animations, Diagrams.
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 Objectives

On the completion of this topic, you would be

able to know about

• Associate Tags with memory.

• Creating a Tag.

• Naming a Tag.

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 Associate tags with memory

• SCADA systems usually implement distributed database

commonly called a Tag database, which contains data

elements called Tags or Points.

• Points represents a single input, output value monitored

or controlled by the System..

• Points are mainly two types

• Hard points
• Soft points
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 Associate tags with memory…

• A hard point is representatives of an actual input(or)

output connected to the system.

• Where as soft point represents the result of logic and

math operation applied to other hard and soft points.

• Tag or point values are normally stored as value- time

stamp combinations.
• A series of value – time stamp combination is the history

of point.
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 Creating of Tags

• Launch the Application manager, select a application

from the list.

• Click window Maker on the Tool bar.

• Select Tag dictionary on the menu.

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 Creating of Tags…

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 Creating of Tags…

• Click New on Tag Dictionary menu

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 Creating of Tags…

• Type the NAME of the Tag and Click TYPE

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 Creating of Tags…

• Available data types

are displayed on the

menu.

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 Creating of Tags…

• Memory Tags are variables with in SCADA package.

• These variables are not directly connected with real world

inputs.

• I/O Tags are variables not within the SCADA package.

• These variables are directly connected with the real world.

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 Creating of Tags…

Fig.4

• Select Data Type and click Ok, Finally click

Save to save Tag.
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 Creating of Tags…

• In SCADA tags are the variables declared to the database.

• In general Some of SCADA packages declare variables

as points as in CIMPLICITY package.

• Creation of tags using CITECT package is as follows

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 Creating of Tags…

Fig.5
• Go to the project editor. Click on tags on the menu.
Setup your variable tag as shown and after the
information is entered press add.

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 Creating of Tags…

Fig.6
• Go to the project editor, click on tags then trends tag
on the menu. Setup your trends tag as shown and
after the information is entered press add.

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 Creating of Tags…

Fig.7
• Analog alarm tags (found under alarms in the
project editor)
• There are four analog alarm tags. These tags define
the low, high, low low and high high.
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 Summary

We have discussed about

• Creating a Tag

• Naming a Tag

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 Quiz

1. A Tag containing

(a) Inputs.

(b) Outputs.

(c) Data Elements.

(d) None.

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 Quiz

2. Hard points are representatives of

(a) Set points.

(b) Controlled variables.

(c) Actual Inputs or Outputs connected to system.

(d) None .

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 Frequently Asked Questions

1. Explain the process of creating a tag in SCADA ?

3. How can we name a tag?

5. Write short notes on tags.

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