1. Fundamentals Pages 1 to 19 in your workbook

2. A Tour of VTScada WEB – Script based, using its own programming language VTS – Visual Tag System. Added a graphical development environment VTScada – Originally an OEM layer for VTS, providing Water & WW tools. – Now, it’s all VTScada (running on its own programming language)

3. The VAM VTScada Application Manager Six VTScada controls at the bottom: – New application, Internet Server, Help, Theme, Information, Stop Five controls for each application: – Delete, Configure, Import File Changes, Run, Stop Can be hidden from operators

4. Pages Hold the visual portion of your application Full screen or pop-up Many, many configuration options Unlimited in number Access by security privilege Built-in pages include: Alarms, HDV, Reports, Operator Notes, Internet Client Monitor, Site Maps

5. Navigation List menu Tiled menu Pinned pages on the navigation bar History buttons (Previous & Next) Hotboxes Page buttons

6. Tags Represent “things” – Ports, device drivers, I/O addresses, alarms, loggers, calculations,... I/O tags subject to your license count limit Configuration can be controlled by expressions Can be disabled You can build your own complex types to represent equipment

7. Security Create an account for each user Create a role to define privileges for groups Roles can contain roles, inheriting privileges Create rules that limit privilege scope to tag groups Create custom privileges to protect output tags and pages Many administrative options

8. Alarms Part of every VTScada installation Built into many type of tag Add new alarm tags as required Many tools in the alarm page for managing the display and working with alarms Build a custom alarm interface in any page Storage of every operator action

9. Alarm Notification System Optional component Notify operators of alarms by voice, email, or SMS-text (, or pager) Allow acknowledgement of alarms by the same Create rosters to control who is contacted when, how and for what

10. Network Configuration Run your application on multiple workstations Automatic fail-over to a defined list of backup servers Load distribution: one workstation can take the load of alarm management while the another takes the load of logging. Define independent fail-over lists. Automatic data backup to multiple workstations

11. Internet & Mobile Access An Internet connection is like a run-time connection The Mobile interface is optimized for phones where the display area is small and bandwidth charges are expensive Both allow remote monitoring, control, and alarm management

12. Version Control Uses a proprietary distributed version control system Unlimited storage of every configuration change, logged by user, workstation and time stamp Unlimited ability to switch to earlier or later versions, cherry-picking changes from intermediate steps

13. The Help Files The author’s goal is to eliminate the need for training courses Includes a powerful search tool, index and glossary