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basic training novaPro Open 1.0 

User's Manual I 

7000993003 P3 

This manual describes version 1.0. 

It is subject to change without prior notice. 

7000993003 P3 Sauter Systems 1


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1 Installing novaPro Open Suite 3.0 .......................................................................... 7 

1.1 System requirements........................................................................................ 7 

1.1.1 Hardware................................................................................................... 7 

1.1.2 Software.................................................................................................... 7 

1.2 Installation ........................................................................................................ 7 

2 General ..................................................................................................................... 9 

2.1 System architecture.......................................................................................... 9 

2.2 The directory structure.................................................................................... 10 

2.3 novaPro Open Options ................................................................................... 11 

3 The novaPro Open working environment ............................................................ 13 

3.1 The novaPro Open Manager .......................................................................... 13 

3.2 The novaPro Open application studio ............................................................. 14 

4 User management.................................................................................................. 15 

4.1 User................................................................................................................ 15 

4.2 Groups............................................................................................................ 17 

4.3 Menu items..................................................................................................... 18 

4.4 Authorisation exercise .................................................................................... 18 

4.5 System security (WIZGina) ............................................................................. 20 

5 Station properties .................................................................................................. 23 

6 Define communication drivers.............................................................................. 25 

6.1 Integrated @aGlance server........................................................................... 27 

6.2 Block export and import options...................................................................... 28 

6.3 novaPro Open communication behaviour ....................................................... 28 

6.3.1 'Sample tags outside of blocks' disabled.................................................. 28 

6.4 Communication drivers exercise..................................................................... 29 

7 Tag definition ......................................................................................................... 31 

7.1 Tag settings.................................................................................................... 31 

7.2 Definitions....................................................................................................... 32 

7.2.1 General ................................................................................................... 32 

7.2.2 Record..................................................................................................... 34 

7.2.3 DDE Link ................................................................................................. 34 

7.2.4 Lock ........................................................................................................ 35 

7.3 System tags.................................................................................................... 35 

7.4 Import / export tag definitions.......................................................................... 36 

7.5 Creating multiple tags ..................................................................................... 37 

7.6 Exercise: defining tags.................................................................................... 37 

7.7 Checking definitions, communication.............................................................. 39 

7.7.1 Tag table ................................................................................................. 39 


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7.7.2 Single tags ...............................................................................................39 

7.8 PLC Simulation................................................................................................39 

8 Dynamic Data Exchange DDE................................................................................41 

8.1 Start settings ...................................................................................................41 

8.2 DDE single ......................................................................................................41 

8.3 DDE blocks .....................................................................................................42 

9 The signalling system ............................................................................................43 

9.1 General ...........................................................................................................43 

9.1.1 Alarm output media ..................................................................................43 

9.1.2 Alarm properties.......................................................................................44 

9.1.3 Alarms folder (level definitions) ................................................................44 

9.2 Alarm definition................................................................................................45 

9.2.1 Alarm conditions.......................................................................................45 

9.2.2 Alarm text.................................................................................................46 

9.2.3 Filter criteria .............................................................................................46 

9.2.4 Family ......................................................................................................46 

9.2.5 Severity, weighting ...................................................................................46 

9.2.6 Help file....................................................................................................47 

9.2.7 Targets.....................................................................................................47 

9.2.8 Attributes..................................................................................................47 

9.2.9 Delay........................................................................................................48 

9.3 Export..............................................................................................................49 

9.4 Import..............................................................................................................49 

9.5 The Events Summary window .........................................................................49 

9.5.1 Filters .......................................................................................................50 

9.5.2 Display .....................................................................................................50 

9.6 Pop-up ............................................................................................................51 

9.7 Pop-up buzzer.................................................................................................52 

9.8 Alarm filters .....................................................................................................53 

9.8.1 Filter properties ........................................................................................53 

10 Printer......................................................................................................................55 

11 Printer targets.........................................................................................................57 

12 Annexe ....................................................................................................................59 

12.1 Important novaPro Open files ..........................................................................59 

12.1.1 Overview..................................................................................................59 

12.1.2 Errors.dat file............................................................................................60 

12.1.3 Errors .......................................................................................................61 

12.1.4 novaVPI.DAT ...........................................................................................61 

12.1.5 novacfg.dat ..............................................................................................62 

12.1.6 novatune.dat ............................................................................................62 



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12.1.7 *.vim file................................................................................................... 63 

12.1.8 *.WLS file ................................................................................................ 64 

12.1.9 novamacro.dat......................................................................................... 64 

12.1.10*.ILS file................................................................................................... 65 

12.2 System tags.................................................................................................... 65 

12.3 Tuning Parameters for novatune.dat............................................................... 67 

12.4 List of drivers .................................................................................................. 85 


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Installing novaPro Open Suite 3.0 

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1 Installing novaPro Open Suite 3.0 

1.1 System requirements 

1.1.1 Hardware 

Computer: 

Memory: 

Hard disk: 

Parallel interface: 

Monitor: 

1.1.2 Software 

min. 200MHz Pentium 

min. 64 MB 

min. 120 MB of free memory 

required for the novaPro Open safety plug 

VGA, SVGA with min. 256 colours and minimum resolution of 640 x 

480 pixels 

Operating system: Windows NT 4.0 SP6 / Windows 2000 

Web server: Any desired web server (recommended: IIS 5.0 

Browser: Java-compatible browser (recommended: IE 5.5 SP2or 6.0) 

1.2 Installation 

We shall start by installing a "virgin" novaPro Open on your computer. To do this, you only need 

to run file Setup.exe on the CD-Rom and the novaPro Open Installation Guide will take you 

through the installation. 

First of all, you are 

asked to accept the 

licence agreement for 

novaPro Open Suite 

3.0. Then you select the 

path that specifies the 

drive and directory 

where you want the 

software to be installed (standard path: 

C:\Program 

Files\Sauter\EY3600\novaPro_Open_Suite) 

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Installing novaPro Open Suite 3.0 

You have the choice of making a 

Typical, Compact or Custom software 

installation. With the Typical 

installation, the functions that are 

normally used will be installed. 

This type of installation is recommended 

for inexperienced novaPro 

Open Suite users. A Compact 

installation only includes the 

most necessary components. You 

should only choose this type of 

installation if your system has very 

low hard disk capacity. If you 

choose Custom, you can carry out 

a user-defined installation. This 

means you can individually deselect 

or select each component. A 

Custom installation requires previous 

knowledge of the software; for this reason, further details of this type of installation are given 

below. 

The next step is to choose which 

components should be installed. 

If you want to install novaPro 

Open with additional system security 

of your own, you can use the 

novaPro Open dialogue directly 

instead of the NT-log-in dialogue 

(this is a new feature). To do this, 

select the System Security 

checkbox. 

Once you have selected the components 

you want, you will be 

asked to choose which language 

you would like. Then you have to 

indicate whether you want to install 

the Soft-PLC (novaPLC) as a 

hard or soft realtime version. (Hard real-time requires an extension with the Venturecom Kernel). 

During the installation, two tools are installed: XML Parser and Data Access from Microsoft. You 

must state your agreement with the licence conditions so that you can install them. 

The Data Access components are used for direct access to mdb files (for example), and the XML 

Parser is used to show XML-based information such as the user time schedule. 

Note: 

If you use IIS (Internet Information Server) as the web server, it will always indicate 

your current web directory in the current application. However, this only 

works if the IIS was installed before novaPro Open Suite 1.0 - otherwise you 

have to make this setting manually. 

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General 

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2 General 

2.1 System architecture 

Add-on 

C++ 

Recipes 

Images 

3rd Party WEB 

Server 

Add-on 

VB 

Analysis 

Reports 

Charts 

Alarms 

HTML 

Java Applets 

Java 

Tool 

Customer 

Module 

Alarms 

Application 

Generator 

WIZPRO 

Web Data Server 

User Management 

Tags 

SQL/ODBC 

Networking 

Archives 

Communica-tion 

Drivers (x32) 

Plc’ 


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General 

2.2 The directory structure 

As standard, novaPro Open is installed on the C drive under C:\Program 

Files\Sauter\EY3600\novaPro_Open_Suite\novaPro Open. You will find system files and all the 

drivers in the Bin directory. The Bin directory also contains another folder called NewNPOApp. 

All the files and directories contained in this directory will be copied to your application server 

directory if a new application is generated. If you have any files that are repeatedly needed for 

every application, copy them into this directory. The Cluster directory contains the libraries that 

are available in novaPro Open. Java Classes are needed to set novaPro Open up for the web; 

they are stored in the Classes directory. 

The first step is to set the paths in the application so that the relevant files are created in the right 

places. 

The path settings are stored in file WIZCFG.DAT. 

.\ = current path 

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2.3 novaPro Open Options 

WIZPRO is novaPro Open's realtime kernel. 

The following settings are made in novaPro Open and saved in WIZVP.DAT 

Menu Configuration Options WIZPRO 

• Tag sampling: if this is activated, PLC tags are read. 

• Write to HIS file: if this is activated, tags are written to the history file. 

• Alarm module: if a tag value changes, this checks whether an alarm condition is satisfied. 

• Collapse alarms: activates collapse (suppression) of alarms in the Events Summary window. 

If this function is enabled, alarms that occur repeatedly are written on one line. 

• Perform compress on next restart: if this is selected, alarms and tags are physically deleted 

from the database. This also provides you with ongoing indexing of tags and alarms. 


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The novaPro Open working environment 

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3 The novaPro Open working environment 

3.1 The novaPro Open Manager 

Application studio 

Open layout 

Save layout 

Open picture 

Open Events Summary 

window 

Open chart 

Open analysis window 

Load recipe 

Save recipe 

Tag table 

Single tags 

novaPLC Development 

novaPLC Runtime 

Adwanced 

Alarm module (AAM) 

User time schedule 

User management 

novaScheduler 

Login 

Logout 


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The novaPro Open working environment 

3.2 The novaPro Open application studio 

The application studio is roughly divided into 2 sub-sections. On the left, you will see a tree 

structure with the novaPro Open elements, and on the right there is a window which shows the 

contents of each element from the left side. On the left side, click on your application name at the 

very top, and you will see icons to call up the communication drivers, alarm filters, zone navigators, 

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4 User management 

The security and access control of a novaPro Open system are defined by assigning rights to 

users and groups, so user management is a central feature of novaPro Open. 

novaPro Open's user management has been modelled on the Windows User Manager. User and 

group definition largely follow the concepts that are familiar from Windows.It is possible to define 

any desired number of users and user groups. 

With certain novaPro Open functions, it is possible to grant access not only to one whole group 

but to specific users as well; in this way, for example, a user can be assigned more rights than 

are envisaged for his or her user group. 

4.1 User 

The function of a novaPro Open user is 

similar to that of a Windows user: novaPro 

Open uses it to authenticate a 

user for access to the system with the 

help of his user name and password, 

and to grant him the relevant rights and 

releases. 

Users are set up either via the novaPro 

Open Studio (go to the User Management 

field -> click User with the righthand 

mouse button and then click on 

"New") or start the User manager from 

the novaPro Open Manager. 

You can now specify the user name, 

the complete name and the password 

for this user in the mask shown here. 

You can also define a standard layout 

for this user (i.e. virtually a standard 

user environment - for further information, 

see Manual ), and you can already 

assign the following rights to him: 

Change password: 

Change general information: 

Web access 

The user may change his password 

The user may change general information such as 

the address, etc. which is found in the "Information" 

tab. 

Specifies whether the user may log into the system 

via a browser. Important: this box must be enabled 

for web applications. 


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In the "Groups" tab, you can specify 

the groups to which the current user 

belongs. 

The "Information" field is used to enter 

general information about the user, 

such as his address, etc. A new feature 

in novaPro Open 1.0 is that the 

user information also contains a "PIN 

Code" field which can accept any userspecific 

information; this can be read 

by novaPro Open add-ons. 

The "Messenger" tab is used to define 

the media and telephone numbers for 

Advanced Alarm Management (AAM) 

which enables the user to be reached 

in case of an alarm. 

If this box is checked, the user will have the right to add new users to this group or to remove 

users from it. 

Note: 

The "Groups" tab can only be seen if you are logged on as a user in the "Administrators" 

group. Only members of this group can add or remove users in all the 

groups. 




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4.2 Groups 

Groups are defined with the novaPro Open User Manager. You can create a new group in two 

ways: in the Studio, go to "Group" and click on "New", or in the novaPro Open Manager, select 

the User management item and create a new Group from the "Groups" tab. 

The mask shown here allows you to specify a group name and a description, and you can also 

add users that have already been created to the group. 

The "AlarmGroup" boxes and the "Teams" tab are used for the Advanced Alarm Module (AAM): 

they specify whether the group should be included in the (remote) alarming system. However, the 

precise way in which this functions is described in the relevant chapter of Manual . 

The user or users for whom the box is selected will have the right to add new users to this group, 

or to delete users from it. 


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4.3 Menu items 

All novaPro Open menu items can be made accessible or disabled depending on the user or 

group. This not only applies to menu items in the novaPro Open Manager, but also to all the 

menu items available in the Studio. To go to user authorisation for menu items: in the Studio, go 

to the "Configuration" menu -> "Authorisation" and click on "Menu items": 

4.4 Authorisation exercise 

Define these three user groups: 

• Managers 

• Foremen 

• Operators 

Now define the following users, and assign them to the relevant groups: 

Name Password Group Layout 




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Manager (Group-Admin) Manager Manager Managers 

Fritzmanager Fritzmanager Manager 

Foreman 

Foreman Foreman Foremen 

(Group-Admin) 

Hansforeman Hansforeman Foreman 

Operator Operator Operator Operators 

NB: Layouts can only be assigned if you have already saved them. 


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4.5 System security (WIZGina) 

So that you can configure the system authorisation, system security must have been included in 

the installation. 

The following actions can be controlled and 

assigned to user groups: 

• full security (disable all) 

• disable station 

• shutdown station 

• log off 

• change password 

• disable Alt-Esc 

• disable Ctrl-Alt-Delete 

• disable Alt-Tab 




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Station properties 

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5 Station properties 

Click with the right-hand mouse button on the Start file to go to the 

settings for the novaPro Open project. 

You can use the novaPro Open station properties to optimise performance 

and improve functionality. 

You can adjust system parameters and create an individual working environment for your novaPro 

Open application. 

With the station properties, you can specify general information such as the logo display mode, 

the manager view and the task bar. 

You can also define the standard user, VFI and date format: 

In the Standard User dialogue box, you can specify 

the name of the user who is to be logged on 

when you start novaPro Open (standard user). 

Enter an asterisk (*) for the last user. If there is no 

password, the user will be asked to enter it. The 

format is user.password 

The date format option allows you to specify 

the date format and separators that you want. 

The VFI dialogue allows you to specify the format 

for history data files by selecting the Virtual File 

Interface DLL. 

You can choose between VFI5CB (dBase) format 

and VFI5ST format (novaPro Open internal (20 

times faster than dBase)). Always choose dBase for alarms, and choose dBase or VFI5ST for 

tags. 


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Define communication drivers 

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6 Define communication drivers 

So that you can communicate with devices at the process level, you have to configure communication 

drivers (known as Virtual PLC Interfaces) for the relevant devices. 

Up to 32 communication drivers are possible at the same time: they are used to communicate 

with external devices. The definition of a communication driver corresponds to the definition of a 

communication channel to be used with a device. Once the channel is defined, it can always be 

addressed using its number. 

Proceed as follows to define a VPI: 

• In the Studio, click on Communication Drivers 

• In the "Design" menu, click on Configuration and then select Communication Drivers. 

The system offers a mask where you can configure 

the individual VPls. 

To add a communication driver to the system, 

select "Add", which will take you to the dialogue 

shown below: 

Here, you can select a communication 

driver from a specified list (which originates 

from the novaPro Open installation procedure). 

Select the name of a driver from the list, 

and activate the "Continue" button. 

At the moment, you can choose from more 

than 150 different drivers. You will find a 

list of current drivers in the Annexe. 


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Logical name 

Specify a name for the drivers you want to 

use. 

Attributes: 

Read means that novaPro Open should read 

process values from the PLC. 

Read/write allows the driver to write data to 

the PLC and to read them again 

immediately from it. 

Sample tags outside of blocks 

If this item is not selected, tags can only be read and written via blocks. 

Time out 

is the period which the system allows the PLC to respond before a communication error is assumed. 

Please consult the Help for the communication interface settings. 

Blocks... 

The address (Siemens in this 

case) consists of data module 

DB 120 and data word DW 001. 

Block definitions are used to 

optimise data exchange. 

Sending blocks instead of 

individual tag values reduces 

the protocol overhead, which in 

turn substantially reduces the 

data transfer time. 

The settings are saved in 

WIZvpi.dat. 




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6.1 Integrated @aGlance server 

As well as the novaPro Open standard drivers, you can also integrate an @aGlance server. 

There are various @aGlance data servers for the following systems: 

COMPANY PRODUCT PLATFORMS 

ABB Advant IMS, Mod300 NT, HPUX 

ABB (Elsag Bailey) 

Aspen - Setpoint 

INFI 90 Open, DCI System Six, Conductor, 

Maestro 

InfoPlus.21, CIM/21 SETCIM, 

InfoPLUS-X, Infoplus, SETCON 

NT, Various, SGI 

IRIX 

NT, UNIX, OpenVMS 

Bradley Ward Systems PMIS, PMIS++ HPUX 

Control Systems International 

VXL 

OpenVMS 

Crisp Automation CRISP32 OpenVMS 

Compaq BASEstar Classic OpenVMS 

eMation 

NovaPro Open Suite, NovaPro Open, 

NovaPLC 

NT 

Fisher Rosemount PROVOX, Delta-V OpenVMS, NT 

GE Fanuc CIMPLICITY NT 

Gensym G2 OpenVMS 

GSE Systems, formerly TI D/3, S/3 OpenVMS 

Honeywell IAC SCAN 3000 HPUX 

Intellution FIX/32, FIX Dynamics NT 

OPC Servers Many - see OPC Foundation NT, 95/98 

OSI Software PI NT, OpenVMS 

Siemens Industrial Automation 

Simatic PCS7, PCS 

NT, SCO UNIX 

Simulation Sciences, Inc. AIM/AT, AIM NT, OpenVMS 

Think&Do Think&Do - OPC Server NT, Windows CE 

WonderWare InTouch, InSQL NT 

Yokogawa Electric Corporation 

CENTUM CS 

HPUX 


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6.2 Block export and import options 

Press the "Files" button to access the export or import options. 

Selecting "Export" will open the directory dialogue. 

6.3 novaPro Open communication behaviour 

6.3.1 'Sample tags outside of blocks' disabled 

In this case, communication will only 

function via block definitions. 

All the tags must be integrated in a 

block. If this is not done, the tag will not 

be given any values. 

The blocks read the process values into 

the computer's RAM at the block reading 

rate. 

The tags read your values from the 

RAM into novaPro Open, at the reading 

rate of the respective tag. 

This makes it very helpful for the block 

and tag reading rates to be identical. 




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Process 

Address01 

Address 

02 

.. 

.. 

.. 

.. 

Address N 

.. 

Adresse X 

RAM 

Address01 

Address02 

.. 

.. 

.. 

.. 

Adresse N 

novaPro Open 

Tag 01 w. address 

Tag 02 w. address 

Tag N w. address 

Tag X w. address 

Individual process points are written without blocks. 

novaPro Open 

Tag 01 w. addr.01 

Tag 02 w. addr.02 

Tag N w. addr. N 

Tag X w. addr. X 

Process 

address01 

Address02 

.. 

.. 

.. 

.. 

Address N 

.. 

Adresse X 

6.4 Communication drivers exercise 

Copy the dummy drivers into the novaPro Open\Bin directory. 

Define 2 communication drivers: 

• VPIWNSHA Sine driver 

• VPIWNS36 Sauter EY3600 on COM1 


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Tag definition 

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7 Tag definition 

7.1 Tag settings 

In this dialogue, you can change the buffer size and the flush rate(= writing interval or deletion 

frequency). 

Note: you must re-start novaPro Open after you specify the buffer size. 

Flush rate 

This parameter determines the intervals (in seconds) at which the NPOPro logger empties the 

buffer onto data carriers(for history files). The maximum possible interval is 3600 seconds. 


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7.2 Definitions 

7.2.1 General 

The tag name has to be unique, 

and it must not contain more 

than 31 characters. Do not use : 

- + / or \ for tag names; instead, 

use _ ( ANALOG_1) 

Description You can enter a 

brief description of the new tag 

that you want to add here, or 

you can modify the existing 

description if you are making a 

change(max. number of characters: 

255). 

Groups Allows you to define 

security groups for tag value 

changes by users so that only 

authorised users are able to 

specify tag values. 

Tag source You can select the 

source option that you want to 

work with. The choice you make will influence the source parameters section. 

Sources you can choose include: 

PLC tags These tags are linked with the relevant data words in the PLC via their addresses, and 

they are mapped to external device variables(e.g. PLC register). 

Dummy tags These tags have no addresses and they are used as internal variables. They are 

used for calculations, monitoring and other application-related requirements. 

Combined tags These tags are calculated automatically, with the help of a user-defined formula. 

Tag type The Tag type field is split into two areas: options and parameters. The parameters 

change according to the type that is selected (analogue, digital and text tags). 




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You can make the following choices: 

Analog tag parameters 

Data formats 

• Unsigned 16 16 Bit integer 

• Signed 16 16 Bit integer with prefixed mathematical sign 

• Unsigned 32 32 Bit integer 

• Signed 32 32 Bit integer with prefixed mathematical sign 

• BCD Binary Coded Decimal number 

• Floating Floating point format 

Digital tags These tags represent different logical states, using the Boolean values TRUE (1) or 

FALSE (0). 

Text tags These tags are designed to accommodate alphanumerical strings. The maximum 

length of a string for a text tag can be changed, but it cannot be longer than 255 characters. 

Adding, changing and deleting tags: 

• Before you make any changes to the tag definitions in the Tag Configuration dialogue box, 

remember that these changes will immediately be transferred to all the other novaPro Open 

modules. 

• To delete a tag in the Tag Configuration dialogue box, select the tag you want from the list 

and press the Delete button. The tag will then be deleted from the list. 

• To change the attributes of a tag in the Tag Configuration dialogue box, select the tag you 

want and press the Change button, or double-click directly on the list entry that you want. To 

add a new tag to the list, press the Add button. After you press the Add or Change buttons, 

you will be shown the Tag Definition dialogue box where you can change the attributes of the 

tag (after selecting Change) or define new attributes for a new tag (after selecting Add). 

Tolerance Specifies the variance of a tag value since the last change. Only one change that is 

greater than the tolerance value is processed as an event with the new value. The value is 

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Tag limits This field is used to specify the upper and lower limits for the value range of the tag. If 

the lower value that you enter is greater than the upper tag limit, the low value is assigned to the 

lower limit and the high value is assigned to the upper limit (in converted units), depending on the 

type of PLC. 

Conversion External devices usually generate operating values on the basis of their internal 

format, in order to achieve maximum accuracy. 

7.2.2 Record 

The "Record" area contains these options: 

Never The tag value is not recorded. 

Changes The tag value is recorded if a 

change has been detected since the last 

reading. 

Update The tag value is recorded whenever 

a driver is specified to update the values 

(even if no changes have been detected). 

Every The tag value is always recorded at the time intervals indicated. 

7.2.3 DDE Link 

novaPro Open can communicate online with 

other applications (such as Excel) via the 

DDE (Dynamic Data Exchange) interface. 

DDE is a shared protocol which allows free 

exchange of data between applications, 

either by a single data transfer or a continuous 

transfer - in this case, the applications 

mutually transfer updated data (as soon as 

there are any). 

The DDE Link area in the Tag Definition 

dialogue box contains options to indicate 

that the tag should be linked to another application 

via DDE. This means that the tag 

values are immediately updated if a change 

occurs in the program with which the tag is 

linked. 

You can choose one of these three options in the "DDE Link" area: Block, None, Single. 




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7.2.4 Lock 

"Tag Lock" is used to suppress values that are supplied by the novaPro Open communication 

drivers. This means that a value from a faulty sensor can be manually forced, so as to prevent 

subsequent conditions and alarms. 

The authorisation for "Tag Lock" is managed in the same way as the write authorisation for a tag. 

Caution: anyone who has an authorisation for the tag editor can lock all the tags in the definitions. 

The status tag is set as soon as locking is active. It can be flagged in a picture with this function. 

A locked tag is also flagged in the tag list. 

7.3 System tags 

System tags are pre-defined novaPro Open tags which contain system variables or system information 

(date, time, current user, disk capacity, communication monitoring, etc.). 

The system tags are added in one of two ways: from the "Services" menu, or when a new application 

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7.4 Import / export tag definitions 

Use this dialogue box to define the 

filter conditions so that only specified 

tags will appear in the tag table that is 

generated. 

system. 

This option opens a dialogue box 

where you can create a tag table file. 

A tag table is an ASCII file with GLS 

as the file extension. It describes 

some or all of the tags that are available 

in the system (depending on the 

filters used). You can edit the tag table 

and add, change or delete tags. The 

file can be imported back into the 

For each criterion in the filter fields, you can indicate a range for the tags that you want to appear 

in the list. 

You can select a printer or a file as the output target. 

For 'File' output, do not indicate a path or a file extension for the file. The extension will be GLS 

and the file will be written to your novaPro Open application directory. 

If you encounter problems with requests to enter data, go to the Country settings mask and check 

whether a semicolon has been entered under List separators. 




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7.5 Creating multiple tags 

From an existing tag such as SIN_1, you can create more tags in consecutive order: SIN_2, 

SIN_3, etc. To do this, proceed as follows 

Name format 

Enter the tag name in the mask for the progression (Multi-Add Tag Definition). The second box 

shows the step width. 

The same applies to the Address format. 

The symbols mean: 

* character stays the same 

A alphabetic progression 

D numerical progression 

H hexadecimal progression 

0 octal progression 

# alphabetic or numerical progression 

Number of tags 

The number of tags which should be added to the tag list when you press the "Generate" button. 

Generate 

The tags are added directly to the tag list when you press the "Generate" button. 

7.6 Exercise: defining tags 

Define the following tags, and use novaPro Open's Multi-Add feature for the "Sine" tags: 

Name: Source: VPI: Address: 

Type: Min. Max.: Lengt Tag1: + - * / Tag2: 

: 

h: 

Sine_5 PLC Sine SIN4 Analog 

0 1000 

Sine_6 PLC Sine SIN5 Analog 

0 1000 

Text tag Dummy Text 80 

Digital_1 Dummy Digital 

Analog_1 Dummy Analog 

Com- 

Com- 

0 2000 Sine_5 + Sine_6 

bined_1 

Combined_2 

bined 

Combined 

0 2000 Sine_5 * Digital_1 


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Also define the following tags for the Sauter EY3600 : 

• Analog tag Address 001:1_13_A 

• Digital tag Address 001:1_52_B_24 

You can take the address format from novaPro Open VPIWNS36 Help. 




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7.7 Checking definitions, communication 

7.7.1 Tag table 

Now you can check whether you have the correct values on all the tags. To do this, run the tag 

table from the novaPro Open Manager, under Services. You can only read the local tags (datapoints) 

in the tag table. When you open the tag table, set the filter to match the tags you want. 

• Was the read rate entered? 

• Is "Read tags" switched on? 

7.7.2 Single tags 

A single tag can be used for simulation 

purposes or to test single datapoints, for 

example. 

A single tag can show and change datapoints 

for any desired novaPro Open 

stations. 

7.8 PLC Simulation 

First define tags with the correct drivers, 

and only then ... 

... give them Dummy drivers for simulations. 

File vpiwndum.dll must be in the 

.\novaPro Open\Bin directory. 


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Dynamic Data Exchange DDE 

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8 Dynamic Data Exchange DDE 

8.1 Start settings 

8.2 DDE single 

=Wizcon|GATE!'SCADA1:SINUS_5' (formula in Excel table) 

| = Alt Gr 7 


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8.3 DDE blocks 

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The signalling system 

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9 The signalling system 

9.1 General 

novaPro Open uses an alarm module which is powerful, but nevertheless simple to define. The 

decisive feature is a categorisation system using 16 alarm classes, with the additional possibility 

of assigning priorities between 1 and 50,000. Alarms can be received and processed by all the 

novaPro Open stations in the network. As well as alarms that you can define yourself, of course, 

there are also fixed system-specific alarms, including: hard disk full, communication error, incorrect 

tag values, printer not ready, and so on. 

The alarms can also be structured in groups and sub-groups. 

9.1.1 Alarm output media 

• Events Summary window 

• Pop-up 

• Alarm object 

• Alarm printer 

• History file 

• ASCII files 

• novaPro Open network 

Other output media with Advanced Alarm Management (AAM) 

• Fax 

• E-mail 

• SMS 

• Voice 

• Pager 


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9.1.2 Alarm properties 

The alarm properties are used to make the settings for system alarms: in this way, you can define 

the time format, priorities for network communication errors, and so on. 

9.1.3 Alarms folder (level definitions) 

The alarms folder allows you to 

arrange the alarms in groups. The 

settings in a folder are used as 

standard settings for the alarm definition. 

This gives you clarity, and 

allows you to use this structure as a 

simple way of generating group 

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9.2 Alarm definition 

Like tags, alarms are configured online. However, alarms can be arranged in Alarm Groups and 

Sub-groups. 

9.2.1 Alarm conditions 

Once you have selected the tag, the following conditions can be added. Operations between tags 

and mathematical tag operations are possible. 

Numerical operators 

• + Addition 

• - Subtraction 

• * Multiplication 

• / Division 

• % Per cent 

Relational operators 

• = equals 

• != does not equal 

• = greater than or equal to 

• < smaller than 

• > greater than 

Functions 

• Min the minimum of two values 

• Max the maximum of two values 

• Power power of two values x^y 

• Bit value of bit N of a value 

• Root square root of a value 

• Log decimal logarithm of a value 


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• Ln natural logarithm of a value 

• Abs absolute value 

• Floor rounds to the smallest value that is a whole number 

• Sign prefixed mathematical sign 

• Sin sine of a value in radiants 

• Cos cosine of a value in radiants 

• Tan tangent of a value in radiants 

Logical operations 

• AND and 

• OR or 

• NOT not 

Bit operations 

• ¦ or 

• & and 

• ^ X or 

• ~ not 

Examples of alarm conditions 

• @MYTAG_DIGITAL = 1 

An alarm is generated if the datapoint (tag) is set to TRUE. 

• @MYTAG_DIGITAL = 0 AND @MYTAG_ANALOG >= 80 

If both conditions are fulfilled, an alarm is generated. 

• BIT (0, @MYTAG_ANALOG) 

If LSB is set, an alarm is generated. 

• !BIT (15, @MYTAG_ANALOG) 

If the 16th bit (LSB = BIT 0) is set to FALSE, an alarm is generated. 

9.2.2 Alarm text 

The text from the next input box is outputted with the alarm; it is intended to give a brief description 

of the alarm. Tag values can also be incorporated (with the @ as usual). The maximum 

number of characters for the alarm text is 253. 

9.2.3 Filter criteria 

Filters are an important factor in the effective processing of alarms. Alarms and signals must be 

given time stamps, classified, arranged, diverted to various storage media, confirmed or commented 

on. One filter criterion is often insufficient for these purposes. novaPro Open offers four 

filters for processing alarms: alarm family, alarm class, severity and weighting. 

9.2.4 Family 

The name of the alarm family is also used as a filter criterion for the alarm output. Also, a group 

of alarms which all belong to the same family can be displayed and acknowledged with the help 

of alarm objects. The family may not be longer than 64 characters. 

9.2.5 Severity, weighting 

Severity and weighting are two independent filter criteria. They can both be selected between 1 

and 50,000. These parameters are virtually identical in terms of their functions. The Severity parameter 

is specially intended for use as a filter for acoustic signals (Pop-up buzzers). If you want 

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9.2.6 Help file 

Details of the specific alarm or instructions for the user 

are stored in alarm help files, whose name is set in the 

"Help file" input box. You can store an html or an ASCII 

file as a Help file. 

ASCII file 

ASCII files (with extension *.AHP) can be created with 

every editor. 

Html file 

An html file can also be created with any desired text 

editor. Its major advantage is that it allows you to insert 

graphics and pictures (such as novaPro Open Picture), 

etc. 

The operator can call up the alarm's Help file for every alarm shown in the Events Summary window. 

9.2.7 Targets 

Standard printer 

These alarms are outputted directly to the printer. 

Event, Pop-up, Pop-up buzzer 

These alarm targets describe the standard output medium. If a standard Events Summary window 

is shown, you will see all the alarms for which this item has been selected. 

Class 

Every alarm belongs to an alarm class. The class names can be assigned freely, in the 

CONFIGURATION SETTINGS ALARM CLASSES menu. You can use these classes to arrange 

the alarms freely - for example, you could categorise them in order of urgency, or you could indicate 

the responsible maintenance department. 

9.2.8 Attributes 

System-wide 

An alarm with this attribute can be shown and recorded on all novaPro Open stations. 

Auto acknowledge/Auto END 

These attributes are set for alarms which do not need to be acknowledged, or which should be 

stopped (ended) again immediately. 

Discard 

These alarms will no longer be shown when novaPro Open is restarted. 

Class at acknowledge 

If this attribute is set, an alarm can be assigned to a new alarm class when it is acknowledged. 

History file 

You must click on this item for alarms that you want to write to the history alarm file (i.e. those 

that should be logged). 

Exclude from printing 

Alarms for which this attribute is set will not be outputted to a printer. 

Inhibit 


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The alarm is collapsed (suppressed) and it will not appear in any output medium. 

9.2.9 Delay 

Incorrect operation 

This means a cut-out delay. The alarm must be ended by the time indicated so that a new alarm 

is generated. 

End delay 

This means a starting delay. If the alarm is present for longer than the time indicated, an alarm is 

triggered. 

No 

If No is selected for the delay, the alarm will be ended or started immediately after it has ended or 

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9.3 Export... 

generates a filtered ASCII alarm list. The standard 

is to export all alarms. 

9.4 Import... 

Allows the import of an(*.als) or (csv) file directly from the ASCII alarm list project directory. 

Definable alarms are always tag-dependent - this means that an alarm becomes active when a 

tag value is exactly attained, when the value falls below or exceeds the tag value, or when a specific 

bit is set. If these conditions are insufficient, you must make use of novaPro Open language 

or the novaPLC. 

9.5 The Events Summary window 

The Events Summary window is used to show the current and previous alarms, signals and messages. 

In online mode, the window shows active alarms which have not been acknowledged or 

ended. The alarm status is flagged using colour differences. Double-click on the accumulated 

alarm messages to call up a Help text or to acknowledge an alarm (setting in WIZtune.DAT or 

right-hand mouse-click on Events Summary window, and then select Properties). In online mode, 

acknowledged and ended alarms vanish from the window. You can use the history alarm files to 

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9.5.1 Filters 

To show a selection of alarms, you 

define filter criteria. You can use 

filters which have already been defined 

in the alarm filter, or you can 

create a new filter at this point. 

Alarms are only outputted if they 

meet all the criteria for the filter. 

9.5.2 Display 

The General Settings (Display) menu contains various tabs so that you can change the presentation 

and behaviour of the Events Summary window. 

General 

Use the General tab to define what should happen when you double-click on the alarm - the 

maximum number of alarms to be shown in the Events Summary window, the font, etc. 

Columns 

In the Columns tab, you define the sequence in which the columns should be displayed and what 

they should show. 

Colors 

In this tab, you define the text and background colours based on severity or weighting. 




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Events Summary window profile - Properties 

Use this tab to assign general rights, such as allow alarm help, allow forced end for alarms, allow 

acknowledgement for alarms, etc. 

9.6 Pop-up 

The Pop-up is a message window which shows very important system- and installation-specific 

statuses in a "systemmodal" 

window. "Systemmodal" 

means that the operator 

cannot perform any 

other operations on the 

computer until he has acknowledged 

the alarm or 

"relaxed" the Pop-up. "Relaxing" 

means hiding the 

Pop-up for a short time. 


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The size and other parameters for the Pop-up are set in the novaPro Open Manager's 

CONFIGURATION menu POP-UP. The display criteria for the Pop-up are set in the same way 

as for the Events Summary window. To show all the alarms included in the Pop-up class, the 

"Pop-up" class should always stay clicked "on" in the filter. 

9.7 Pop-up buzzer 

Configuration menu Pop-up settings Popup 

buzz 

Acoustic warning signals can be defined according 

to severity. The frequency and interval for the signal 

can also be set in the following window: 

Test the buzzer by indicating the severity and 

pressing START TEST. 




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9.8 Alarm filters 

The Alarm filters window contains 

all the filters that have 

been defined up to now. These 

filters can be used for output to 

the printer or to the Events 

Summary window. 

To add a new filter, click on 

"Add" and the Filter properties 

dialogue box will open. 

9.8.1 Filter properties 

General 

The General tab is used to set the filters (Family, 

Severity, Weighting and Classes). At 'Name', enter 

the name of the filter. At 'Description' you can 

give a description of this filter. 

Network 

Use the Network tab to select the station that you 

want to filter. 

Counters 

In the Counters tab, you can state which alarms 

should be counted (started, acknowledged and/or 

ended alarms). 


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Printer 

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10 Printer 

Any printer which has been installed in Windows can also be selected in novaPro Open; this also 

applies to network printers. Each printer can print either alarms, reports or both. 

You can also select the font, and portrait or landscape format, for each printer. 

For alarms, you can state whether only one alarm or several should be printed on one page, and 

you can also state which alarm columns should be printed. The colours for the alarm text and the 

background colour can be defined for each printer. 

For matrix printers, you can also indicate how many characters per line may be printed, and how 

many lines can be printed per page. 


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Printer targets 

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11 Printer targets 

The printer targets comprise a collection of alarm filters. Each printer is assigned the alarm filter 

for which it is responsible. 

To add alarm filters, click on "Add" in the Printer Targets window. Then you can select the defined 

alarm filters in the "Target Definition" window. You use the lower half of the window to define 

the printer on which the alarms should be printed. 


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12.1 Important novaPro Open files 

12.1.1 Overview 

File name 

*.@RC 

*.AHP 

*.ANL 

*.ANN 

*.CHR 

*.ERR 

*.GID 

*.GLS 

*.ILS 

*.IMG 

*.LAY 

*.TBL 

*.VIM 

*.WLS 

*.XXX 

"Applicationname".WZ7 

"Applicationname".WZA 

COMMAND1.TMP 

ECL.DAT 

ERRORS 

ERRORS.DAT 

LRM. DAT 

Netcfg.dat 

prndef.xml 

RPD.DAT 

RPT.DAT 

WIZCFG.DAT 

WIZCON.N 

WIZDATA.MDB.mdb 

WIZMACRO.DAT 

WIZPRO.txt 

WIZTUNE.DAT 

WIZUM.MDB 

WIZVPI.DAT 

Description 

Recipe models 

Alarm help texts 

Analysis window files 

Events Summary window files 

Chart files(ASCII) 

Error descriptions 

Key field definitions 

ASCII tag table 

ASCII picture files 

Picture files 

Layout files 

Text tables 

View window files 

Export novaPro Open language to file 

Recipes 

novaPro Open application 

novaPro Open start settings (Add-on, novaPLC) 

novaPro Open language commands 

novaPro Open language commands 

Status report on all novaPro Open sessions 

Status report on last novaPro Open session 

List of active alarms in the last session 

Network settings for the station 

Printer definitions 

Field definition for the protocol module 

ASCII - Protocol module mask 

Path setting, printing targets 

Initialisation file for novaPro Open (C:\WINNT) 

Tag list; alarm definitions 

novaPro Open macro definitions 

NPOpro communication error strings 

Initialisation file for various settings 


Initialisation for VPl's, communication parameters, WIZpro settings 


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12.1.2 Errors.dat file 

This file offers very important assistance if problems arise. This is where novaPro Open enters 

internal events in the current or last session (Logfile). 

Additional information 

To display more debugging information in Errors.dat, enter the relevant command in the Autoexec.bat 

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12.1.3 Errors 

This is where novaPro Open enters internal events during the last sessions (logfile). 

12.1.4 novaVPI.DAT 

This file contains information about communication drivers and novaPro Open Options. 

G+ W+ A+ C- K- 

"MRP",OTHER,VPIWNMRP,0,200,R+,W+,B+ 

"SIEMENS S7",COM1,VPIWNS2,19200,E,8,1,100,R+,W+,B+ 

"Cif 30",OTHER,VPIWNHD,0,200,R+,W+,B+ 

"Saia S-Bus",COM2,VPIWNSB,9600,N,7,1,100,R+,W+,B+ 

Baud rate 

Parity 

Data bits 

Stop bits 

Driver name 

Interface 

Logical name 

Read 

Write 

Read tags outside blocks 

Timeout 

novaPro Open Options: (Menu: Configuration -> Option -> NPOpro) 

G = Read tags 

W = Write to History file 

A = Process alarms 

C = Collapse alarms (alarm only appears once in the Events Summary window) 

K = Compress definitions 


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12.1.5 novacfg.dat 

WIZcfg.dat contains the path and printer settings for the application. 

;file=WIZCFG (novaPro Open v5.0) 

Viewport = .\Pictures\ 

GateHistory = .\History\ 

AlertHistory = .\History\ 

AlertHelp = .\AHP\ 

Application = .\ 

Users = .\ 

Macros = .\ 

Classes = .\ 

Image = .\Pictures\ 

TextTables = .\TBL\ 

Recipe = .\RCP\ 

RecipeModels = .\RCP\ 

Clusters = .\CLB\ 

AlertPrinter = nul 

ReportPrinter = nul 

GraphicPrinter = nul 

Note: *.IMG files are automatically created in the same directory as the *.vim files. 

12.1.6 novatune.dat 

You can make general entries for novaPro Open in this file. The Annexe contains a list of all the 

commands which you can enter here, with explanations. Here is an example of a WIZtune.dat. 

DEFAULTUSER=user.password 

NET_PROTOCOL=NPITCP 

VFI=VFI5FST,VFI5CB 

TRG_FEEDBACK=YES 

WIZ_DATE_FORMAT=1 

WIZ_DATE_SEPARATOR=1 

WIZNET_IMAGE_DIRECTORY=Pictures 

IMG_EDIT_REFRESH=YES 

IMG_RESFACTOR=1 

IMG_GRAD_STEP=16 

IMG_POOLSIZE=200 

IMG_PARSEONLOAD=YES 

TRG_ACTIVATE=TOP 

TRG_TEST_ON_MOVE=NO 

IMG_SMALL_INPUT_BOX=NO 

IMGMAXWAIT=2000 

IMGMINWAIT=10 

IMGNPOMSGBUF=20 

IMG_MAX_FAST_ZONES=0 

IMG_FAST_ZONE_THRESHOLD=2500 

IMG_BLINKRATES=500 1000 2000 

NPONET_ROOT_DIRECTORY=Docs 

SHOWDONEBAR=YES 

NPO_SHOWMMW=YES 

AUTORESTART=NO 

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12.1.7 *.vim file 

This file contains information on the design of the picture surface, including which palettes are 

open, the starting coordinates of the picture or its size, etc. 

VERSION = 7.6 1024 768 WIN 

//Screen resolution that was defined in system settings. 

//Properties 

128, 190, 674, 450, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 2 

//Position (x,y), size(x,y), components (title bar, name in title, etc.) 

'Title text' 

//Title text 

TB=YES, TB2=YES, SB=YES 

//Icon bar, Font bar, Status bar 

'$(VP).\MyPicture.IMG', 156, -781, 64, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 1, 1, 1 

//Stored IMG file, Coordinates for start zone, Scale, Edit mode, Navi//gation, dependent on 

scale, Trigger 

Palettes 

TOOLDLGS: 

128, 577, 1; //Objects(x,y,on/off) 

316, 577, 1; //Operations (x,y,on/off) 

238, 217, 1; //Drawings (x,y,on/off) 

449, 293, 1; //Patterns (x,y,on/off) 

772, 399, 1; //Alignment(x,y,on/off) 

772, 223, 1; //Colours(x,y,on/off) 

0, 0, 0; 


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12.1.8 *.WLS file 

The novaPro Open language entries can be exported into a WLS file, where entries can be made 

or copied together from different *.WIL files. 

List of novaPro Open commands 

No. Change Description 

#1 - User_rights 

THEN @GROUP = $GROUP 

#2 - Date 

THEN @DATE = $INDATE 

#3 - Switch valve 

IF @TEMP1 >= 90 

THEN @VALVE1 = 1 

# 

12.1.9 novamacro.dat 

This file stores all the macros which have been defined in novaPro Open. Changes are accepted 

when novaPro Open is restarted. Macros from various projects can be copied together, or they 

can be newly created in this file. 

Macro structure: 

Consecutive_No. Type Name Confirm Group 

Description 

Macro function 

Example of a WIZmacro.dat 

VERSION = 7.6 

000 A Login < A-C-S-F3> N ffffffff 

novaPro Open User Login 

UserLogin 

002 C NT_Shutd N 7 

NT Shutdown 

shutdown.exe /T:20 "novaPro Open ends NT" /L /Y 

003 P NTEnde Y ffffffff 

novaPro Open ends NT 

1,2 

Key: 

Consecutive No.: 000 – nnn 

Type: A = action (novaPro Open operation) 

C = command (Shell command) 

D = DDE command 

P = program (link several macros) 

Name: 

Name of macro 

Key combination: A = ALT 

C = CTRL 

S = SHIFT 

Confirm: 

Y = confirm execution of Macro 

N = do not confirm execution of macro 

Group: 

0 – ffffffff (select which group is authorised to execute the macro) 

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Macro function: 

action macro predefined novaPro Open actions 

command macro standard shell commands 

DDE application topic command 

Application: name of DDE-compatible program 

Topic: topic name on server 

Command: command to be executed 

Program list of consecutive numbers2 of macros 

Note: 

Program macros use the consecutive macro numbers, so a reference is only set 

to the macros that already exist. 

12.1.10 *.ILS file 

A novaPro Open picture can be saved in ASCII format. This file has ILS as the extension. 

Changes in this file can be made in a normal text editor. 

Changes to the station name or tag name, etc. can be made quickly and efficiently in this file. 

For details on this file, please consult the Annexe to the novaPro Open manual. 

12.2 System tags 

Name 

WIZSYS_TAGSAMPLING 

WIZSYS_WRITE2HISFILE 

WIZSYS_ALARMMODULE 

WIZSYS_COLLAPSEALARMS 

WIZSYS_COMPRESSDEFINITION 

WIZSYS_NOVAPLCCYCLETIME 

WIZSYS_NOVAPLCCYCLES 

WIZSYS_NOVAPLCMAXTIME 

WIZSYS_NOVAPLCSTATE 

Description 

Read (sample) tags 

Write to history file 

Alarm module 

Collapse (suppress) alarm 

Compress definition 

novaPLC cycle time 

novaPLC cycle count 

novaPLC maximum time 

novaPLC status 

WIZSYS_DAYS1970 Days since 1970 

WIZSYS_DATE 

WIZSYS_DAY 

WIZSYS_HOUR 

WIZSYS_MINUTE 

WIZSYS_MONTH 

WIZSYS_OPERATOR 

WIZSYS_SECOND 

WIZSYS_MILLISECMIDNIGHT 

WIZSYS_TIME 

WIZSYS_YEAR 

WIZSYS_DISKFREE 

WIZSYS_DISKUSED 

Date 

Day of month 

Hours 

Minutes 

Month 

Current user (operator) name 

Seconds 

Milliseconds since midnight 

PC system time 

Year 

Free diskspace 

Used diskspace 


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WIZSYS_MINUTEMIDNIGHT Minutes since midnight 

WIZSYS_DAYS1980 Days since 1980 

WIZSYS_BACKUP 

Backup mode 

WIZSYS_PLUGMODEL 

Safety plug model 

WIZSYS_PLUGTAGS 

Max. no. of tags for this plug 

WIZSYS_TAGCOUNT 

Number of tags 

WIZSYS_STATIONNAME 

Station name 

WIZSYS_STATIONID 

Station ID 

WIZSYS_NETWORKACTIVE Network active 

WIZSYS_MEMFREE 

Free memory 

WIZSYS_MEMUSED 

Used memory 

WIZSYS_WDAY 

Day of week 

WIZSYS_WILRUNNING 

novaPro Open language running 

WIZSYS_NOVAPLCRTRUNNING novaPLC runtime running 

WIZSYS_NOVAPLCDEVRUNNING novaPLC development running 



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12.3 Tuning Parameters for novatune.dat 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ALERT_END_USER_ABOVE_ACK 

Purpose : Enables the Force End operation in the User field of the Events Summary (displaying 

which user ended or acknowledged an Alarm) 

Notes : 

Value Type : Enumerated 

Default Value : NO 

Min : NO Max : YES Other : 

Via novaPro Open Menu Events Summaries -> (right) Properties -> General -> Show Force 

End User 

Key Words : alarm event 

Restart : Yes 

ALERT_PRINTER_TARGET 

Purpose : Defines the real target for alarms output to printer or file 

Notes : 


Default Value : printer name 

Min : printer name Max : file name Other : 

Via novaPro Open Menu 

Key Words : alarm event print 

Restart : Yes 

ALERT_PRT_2_LINES 

Purpose : Enables alarm information to be printed on two lines: first line - title, timestamp, etc.; 

second line - alarm text 

Notes : Default prints all alarm information on one line. 




Via novaPro Open Menu Alarms -> (right) Properties -> Printer -> Print alarm over two lines 

Key Words : alarm event format print 

Restart : Yes 

ALERT_PRT_CONDENSE 

Purpose : Enables printer to print alarms in smaller font 

Notes : ALERT_PRT_CONDENSE=27,55 sends the message "ESC 7." (In ASCII code 27 -> 

ESC and 55 -> 7.) 

Value Type : Text Default Value : 

Min : [ASCII code], [ASCII code], Max : see Notes Other : 

Via novaPro Open Menu Alarms -> (right) Properties -> Printer -> Alarm printer escape 

sequence 

Key Words : alarm event font format print 

Restart : Yes 

ALERT_TIME_FORMAT 

Purpose : Selects the day or date, and time format for the alarms 

Notes : Four possible values (formats): DAY + TIME, DAY + TIME + MILLISECONDS, DATE + 

TIME, DATE + TIME + MILLISECONDS 


Default Value : DAY + TIME 

Min : see Notes Max : Other : 

Via novaPro Open Menu Alarms -> (right) Properties -> Time Format 

Key Words : alarm date event format time 

Restart : Yes 

ALGEN_REGARD_STATE 

Purpose : Prevents generation of new alarms if an alarm condition remains true and the alarm is 

defined as auto-ended 

Notes : 





Alarms -> (right) Properties -> General -> Avoid generating new 

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Restart : Yes 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ANN_DOUBLE_CLICK 

Purpose : Obtains additional information (ASSIST) and/or acknowledges (ACK) an alarm upon 

double-clicking the alarm in the Event Summary 

Notes : 


Default Value : ASSIST 

Min : ASSIST Max : ACK Other : ACKASS 

Via novaPro Open Menu Events Summaries -> (right) Properties -> General -> Alarm help 

text status 


Restart : No 

ANN_FONTNAME 

Purpose : Sets the font type for alarm titles, text and messages in Events Summary 

Notes : The size limits depend upon the font. 


Default Value : from system 

Min : see Notes Max : Other : 


Key Words : alarm event font 

Restart : Yes 

ANN_FONTSIZE 

Purpose : Sets the font size for alarm titles, text and messages in Events Summary 

Notes : The size limits depend upon the font. 

Value Type : Numeric 

Default Value : from system 

Min : see Notes Max : see Notes Other : 


Key Words : alarm event font 

Restart : Yes 

ASKSAVELAYOUT 

Purpose : Enables system prompt upon exiting NovaPro Open about saving the Layout 

Notes : 


Default Value : YES 

Min : YES Max : NO Other : 

Via novaPro Open Menu Layouts -> (right) Properties -> Prompt to save layout 

Key Words : layout 

Restart : No 

ASSIST_HELP_BUTTON 

Purpose : Enables displaying of the "Help" button on the ANN window for Events Summaries 

Notes : 




Via novaPro Open Menu Events Summaries -> (right) New Events Summary -> (highlight 

alarm) Operations -> Assist 


Restart : Yes 

ASSIST_PRINT_BUTTON 

Purpose : Enables displaying the "Print" button on the ANN window for Events Summaries 

Notes : 




Via novaPro Open Menu Events Summaries -> (right) New Events Summary -> (highlight 

alarm) Operations -> Assist 

Key Words : alarm event print 

Restart : Yes 

 

AUDIT_TRAIL_DSN_NAME 

Purpose : Selects the name of the database file to hold the log data 

Notes : Twelve possible values (file types): dBASE files, dBASE files - Word, Excel files, 

FoxPro files - Word, odbc_name, Profibus.mdb, TRK_dBase_TK5_NT, TRK_Oracle7_TK5_NT, 

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Value Type : Enumerated Default Value : --- 

Min : see notes Max : Other : 

Via novaPro Open Menu NPO Application -> (right) Station Properties -> Audit Trail -> 

Current Data Source 

Key Words : audit 

Restart : No 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

AUDIT_TRAIL_ENABLE 

Purpose : Enables logging operator actions in the form of tag values to an ODBC data source 

Notes : 




Via novaPro Open Menu NPO Application -> (right) Station Properties -> Audit Trail -> 

Enable Audit Trail 

Key Words : audit database tag 

Restart : No 

AUTORESTART 

Purpose : Enables automatic recovery to the last stable state after a system crash 

Notes : 




Via novaPro Open Menu NPO Application -> (right) Station Properties -> General -> Auto 

Restart after an illegal shutdown 

Key Words : start 

Restart : No 

CHART_SCALE_EXTRA_WIDTH 

Purpose : Sets the width of the space containing the vertical scale for charts 

Notes : 

Value Type : Numeric Default Value : 0 

Min : 0 Max : --- Other : 


Key Words : chart 

Restart : Yes 

CHR_MULTIMARKERS 

Purpose : Enables a different color for each marker (up to ten markers) for the "Line with 

marker" and "Marker only" type charts 

Notes : 




Via novaPro Open Menu Charts -> (right) Properties -> Multi Markers -> Use chart multi 

markers 

Key Words : chart 

Restart : Yes 

CHR_SHOW_COMPRESSION_WARNING 

Purpose : Displays a warning message whenever data compression occurs for a chart 

Notes : 





Key Words : chart history 

Restart : Yes 

COMMERR_TIMEOUT 

Purpose : Determines the time out (in seconds) due to a communication error 

Notes : 


Min : 5 Max : 180 Other : 


Key Words : wait 

Restart : Yes 

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Purpose : Enables selection of the user name for automatic login on NovaPro Open startup 

Notes : Default requires user to supply password on login. Use * for last user. 

Value Type : Text Default Value : --- 

Min : user.password Max : Other : 

Via novaPro Open Menu NPO Application -> (right) Station Properties -> Default User 

Key Words : login start 

Restart : No 

 

 

 

 

 

DRAW_EXCLUSIVE_RECT 

Purpose : Draws the rectangle without the border 

Notes : This parameter is used for backward compatibility with OS/2. 





Key Words : image 

Restart : Yes 

DRV_TIMEOUT_FACTOR 

Purpose : Determines the driver timeout (in milliseconds) by adding 5000 ms to the value of this 

parameter 

Notes : 




Key Words : wait 

Restart : Yes 

FULL_SECURE_LOGOFF 

Purpose : Reinstates full system security when the current user logs out of the system 

Notes : 





Key Words : logout 

Restart : No 

HOTBACKUP_UPDATE_ALARMS 

Purpose : Enables Backup station to update online alerts from Master station 

Notes : 





Key Words : alarm backup 

Restart : Yes 

HOTBACKUP_UPDATE_TAGS 

Purpose : Enables Backup station to update tags from Master station 

Notes : 





Key Words : backup tag 

Restart : Yes 



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IMG_BLINKRATES 

Purpose : Determines the blinking rate (in ms) for dynamic objects (i.e., the amount of time the 

object is visible) 

Notes : Format: IMG_BLINKRATES=fast# medium# slow# 

Value Type : Numeric Default Value : 500 1000 2000 

Min : 10 Max : 10000 Other : 

Via novaPro Open Menu Images -> (right) Properties -> Dynamic -> Fast or Medium or Slow 


Restart : Yes 

IMG_CLUSTER_LEFT_DRAGDROP 

Purpose : Enables drag/drop from cluster library using left mouse button 

Notes : This parameter maintained compatibility between Windows and OS/2. 






Restart : Yes 

IMG_CLUSTER_USE_LAYER 

Purpose : Enables cluster to be used with layer support 

Notes : 






Restart : Yes 

IMG_EDIT_REFRESH 

Purpose : Enables an image to be repainted automatically after editing operations 

Notes : 




Via novaPro Open Menu Images -> (right) Properties -> View -> Repaint images after 

editing operations 


Restart : No 

IMG_FAST_ZONE_THRESHOLD 

Purpose : Sets the maximum time interval (in milliseconds) to draw the background for a fast 

zone (I.e., drawing the background of a slow zone takes longer) 

Notes : 


Min : 0 Max : 32000 Other : 

Via novaPro Open Menu Images -> (right) Properties -> Fast Zone -> Fast zone threshold 


Restart : Yes 

IMG_FONT_H 

Purpose : Controls the height of true type fonts 

Notes : This parameter applies to the Chinese and Japanese versions. 


Min : 14 Max : 1000 Other : 


Key Words : font image 

Restart : Yes 

IMG_FONT_W 

Purpose : Controls the width of true type fonts 



Min : 14 Max : 1000 Other : 



Restart : Yes 


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IMG_GRAD_STEP 

Purpose : Determines the number of steps in the color gradient for images 

Notes : 



Via novaPro Open Menu Images -> (right) Properties -> View -> Number of gradient color 

steps 


Restart : No 

IMG_HIGHLIGHT_ON_SELECTION 

Purpose : Determines if the selected object is drawn in a contrasting color 

Notes : 






Restart : Yes 

IMG_MAX_FAST_ZONES 

Purpose : Determines the limit of the number of fast zone bitmaps to be kept in a single window 

memory cache (least recently used bitmap is removed) 

Notes : 



Via novaPro Open Menu Images -> (right) Properties -> Fast Zone -> Maximum fast zones 


Restart : Yes 

IMG_MONO_FONT_H 

Purpose : Controls the height for monospace fonts 



Min : 14 Max : 1000 Other : 



Restart : Yes 

IMG_MONO_FONT_W 

Purpose : Controls the width for monosapce fonts 



Min : 14 Max : 1000 Other : 



Restart : Yes 

IMG_MULTI_SELECT_IF_ALL 

Purpose : Selects object within image only if selection rectangle covers the entire object 

Notes : The value "no" selects an object that is only partially included within the selection 

rectangle. 






Restart : Yes 

IMG_PARSEONLOAD 

Purpose : Enables parsing names of Network tags during loading of Images (disabling shortens 

image load time, but does not check validity of network tags) 

Notes : 






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Via novaPro Open Menu Images -> (right) Properties -> Loading -> Parse each image when 

loading 

Key Words : image network tag 

Restart : Yes 

 

 

 

 

 

 

IMG_POOLSIZE 

Purpose : Sets the amount of memory available for image objects 

Notes : 



Via novaPro Open Menu Images -> (right) Properties -> Loading -> Images memory pool 

size 

Key Words : image space 

Restart : Yes 

IMG_RESFACTOR 

Purpose : Sets a global stretching or shrinking factor for all images (used to compensate images 

for resolution differences for hardware and operating systems) 

Notes : 


Min : 0.1 Max : 10 Other : 

Via novaPro Open Menu Images -> (right) Properties -> View -> Resolution factor 


Restart : Yes 

IMG_SMALL_INPUT_BOX 

Purpose : Sets the trigger button object as the small input box 

Notes : 




Via novaPro Open Menu Images -> (right) Properties -> Trigger -> Trigger small input box 

Key Words : image trigger 

Restart : No 

IMG_STOP_UPDATE_ON_TRG 

Purpose : Enables the image to stop updating values of tags while momentary trigger is 

executed 

Notes : 





Key Words : image tag trigger 

Restart : Yes 

IMG_TRG_KEYPAD 

Purpose : Enables usage of keypad for triggers requiring numeric data entry 

Notes : 






Restart : Yes 

IMG_USE_SEPARATOR 

Purpose : Sets grouping symbol for digits (in thousands) for Tag displays 

Notes : The default grouping symbol for the operating system is used. 





Key Words : image tag 

Restart : Yes 


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IMGMAXWAIT 

Purpose : Sets the maximum time interval (in milliseconds) to wait before updating an image 

Notes : 



Via novaPro Open Menu Images -> (right) Properties -> Rates -> Maximum 

Key Words : image wait 

Restart : Yes 

IMGMINWAIT 

Purpose : Sets the minimum time interval (in milliseconds) to wait before updating an image 

Notes : 



Via novaPro Open Menu Images -> (right) Properties -> Rates -> Minimum 

Key Words : image wait 

Restart : Yes 

IMGNPOMSGBUF 

Purpose : Determines the size (in messages) of the message buffer that images use to collapse 

tag/alarm notification messages received by NPOPro 

Notes : 



Via novaPro Open Menu Images -> (right) Properties -> Rates -> Size of the internal 

message buffer that images use to collapse tag/alarm notification messages 

Key Words : alarm buffer image space tag 

Restart : Yes 

LGRBUFSIZE 

Purpose : Determines the NPOPro logger buffer size (in lines/records) for history files 

Notes : 



Via novaPro Open Menu Tags -> (right) Properties -> NPOpro Logger -> Buffer size 

Key Words : buffer history space tag 

Restart : Yes 

LGRFLSHTIME 

Purpose : Modifies the number of records that NPOPro logs (flushes) to history files on disk (in 

seconds) in one operation 

Notes : 



Via novaPro Open Menu Tags -> (right) Properties -> NPOpro Logger -> Flush rate 

Key Words : history tag 

Restart : Yes 

LOGGER_TIMEOUT 

Purpose : Determines the time interval (in seconds) that the logger waits during NPOPro startup 

Notes : 




Key Words : event history start wait 

Restart : Yes 

 

LOGIN_TEXT 

Purpose : Determines the text to appear for login alarms 

Notes : 


Min : text Max : Other : 

Via novaPro Open Menu Alarms -> (right) Properties -> General -> Login Alarm Text 

Key Words : alarm event login 

Restart : No 



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LOGOUT_TEXT 

Purpose : Determines the text to appear for logout alarms 

Notes : 


Min : text Max : Other : 

Via novaPro Open Menu Alarms -> (right) Properties -> General -> Logout Alarm Text 

Key Words : alarm event logout 

Restart : No 

MLS_RELOAD_OPEN_ALARMS 

Purpose : Reloads open alerts upon language switching 

Notes : This parameter applies to NovaPro Open 7.6 and later versions. 






Restart : Yes 

NET_BROADCASTTIMEOUT 

Purpose : Determines the time interval (in seconds) to wait for a broadcast message 

Notes : 


Min : 0 Max : 65535 Other : 


Key Words : network wait 

Restart : Yes 

NET_CHECKRETRY 

Purpose : Determines the time interval (in seconds) to wait between receiving messages from 

the host before the remote station pings the host 

Notes : It is recommended that all stations on the network use the same value for this parameter. 





Restart : Yes 

NET_CHECKTIMEOUT 

Purpose : Determines the time interval (in seconds) to wait before beginning the network 

communication error-checking cycle 

Notes : 





Restart : Yes 

NET_COM_ERR_POPUP 

Purpose : Determines whether to show a popup window to signal a communication error 

Notes : OR Network -> Network Properties -> Protocol -> Show popup window on 

communication errors 




Via novaPro Open Menu NovaPro Open Network -> Protocol -> Show popup window on 

communication errors 

Key Words : network popup 

Restart : Yes 

NET_HOTBACKUP_ADDR 

Purpose : Establishes the link between a Master station and its Backup station 

Notes : OR Network -> Network Properties -> Backup -> Backup Properties -> TCP/IP address. 

Master station shows Backup station TCP/IP address, and vice versa. 

Value Type : Address Default Value : --- 

Min : TCP/IP address Max : TCP/IP address Other : 


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Via novaPro Open Menu NovaPro Open Network -> Backup -> Backup Properties -> 

TCP/IP address 

Key Words : backup network 

Restart : Yes 

 

 

 

 

 

NET_HOTBACKUP_MAXPAUSETIME 

Purpose : Defines the time interval (in seconds) that a backup station should wait in pause mode 

before automatically assuming active station status 

Notes : 


Min : 10 Max : 3600 Other : 


Key Words : backup network wait 

Restart : Yes 

NET_HOTBACKUP_MODE 

Purpose : Determines the Hotbackup switching mode 

Notes : OR Network -> Network Properties -> Backup -> Hot-Backup mode. The Backup station 

can only be manually activated by using the SetBackup mode API in an add-on. 


Default Value : AUTO 

Min : AUTO Max : MANUAL Other : DISABLED 

Via novaPro Open Menu NovaPro Open Network -> Backup -> Hot-Backup mode 


Restart : Yes 

NET_HOTBACKUP_UPDATE_STATION 

Purpose : Determines which station (Master or Backup) should be updated from the other when 

re-establishing communication 

Notes : 


Default Value : BACKUP 

Min : BACKUP Max : MASTER Other : 



Restart : Yes 

NET_LAN_ADPTR_NUM 

Purpose : Not used for current novaPro Open configuration 

Notes : 

Value Type : Default Value : 

Min : Max : Other : 


Key Words : network Restart : %%% 

NET_MAXCHANGESDELAY 

Purpose : Determines the maximum number of messages that a source station accumulates 

before sending the data buffer to a target station 

Notes : OR Network -> Network Properties -> General -> Message Control -> Maximum network 

changes delay 


Min : 1 Max : unlimited Other : 

Via novaPro Open Menu NovaPro Open Network -> General -> Message Control -> 

Maximum network changes delay 

Key Words : buffer network wait 

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NET_MAXTIMEDELAY 

Purpose : Determines the maximum time interval (in milliseconds) that a station delays before 

updating the other stations with tag and alarm changes 


time delay 


Min : 50 Max : unlimited Other : 


Maximum network time delay 

Key Words : alarm network tag 

Restart : Yes 

NET_PINGTIMEOUT 

Purpose : Sets the maximum time interval (in seconds) for the station to wait for a response to a 

ping 

Notes : 





Restart : Yes 

NET_PROTOCOL 

Purpose : Selects the network protocol for the NovaPro Open application 

Notes : OR Network -> Network Properties -> Protocol -> Protocol. The possble values: 

NPINTBS (Netbios); NPITCP (TCP/IP). 


Default Value : NPITCP 

Min : NPITCP Max : NPINTBS Other : 

Via novaPro Open Menu NovaPro Open Network -> Protocol -> Protocol 

Key Words : network 

Restart : Yes 

NET_QUERY_TIMEOUT 

Purpose : Sets the network query timeout (in seconds) 


answer time delay 




Maximum network answer time delay 

Key Words : network 

Restart : Yes 

NETWORK 

Purpose : Determines whether the NovaPro Open network module is activated, allowing access 

to NovaPro Open stations on the network 

Notes : OR Network -> Network Properties -> General -> Activate Network 




Via novaPro Open Menu NovaPro Open Network -> General -> Activate Network 


Restart : Yes 

NEW_DBF_DATE 


Notes : 




Key Words : date 

Restart : Yes 


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PLUG_START_MESSAGE 

Purpose : Determines whether to show the message about demo model if the plug is not 

installed 

Notes : 





Key Words : alarm start 

Restart : Yes 

PREFIX_SPACE 

Purpose : Determines if a digital display contains space for the "+" / "-" prefix 

Notes : 





Key Words : format image space 

Restart : Yes 

PRINT_TO_RIGHT 

Purpose : Enables report printing alignment to the right 

Notes : This parameter applies to the Israeli version. 





Key Words : print 

Restart : Yes 

PRINTER_FORMAT 

Purpose : Determines which printer format should be used: DOS (Printer) or WINDOWS (File) 

Notes : 


Default Value : DOS 

Min : DOS Max : WINDOWS Other : 


Key Words : format print 

Restart : Yes 

PRINTER_LINE 

Purpose : Deternines alarm message line width when sent to printer (Hebrew-enabled NT only) 

Notes : The default width is 130 characters; the compressed width is 94 characters. 

Value Type : Enumerated Default Value : --- 

Min : --- Max : COMPRESSED Other : 


Key Words : print 

Restart : Yes 

RECIPEPERGATE 

Purpose : Enables the processing of values according to the tag associated with the appropriate 

address in the recipe block 

Notes : 




Via novaPro Open Menu Model Recipes -> (right) Properties -> General -> Process each 

value according to its tag 

Key Words : recipe tag 

Restart : Yes 



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SHOWDONEBAR 

Purpose : Determines if the Background processing dialog box can appear when large tasks are 

being executed 

Notes : 




Via novaPro Open Menu NPO Application -> (right) Station Properties -> Show done bar 

Key Words : studio 

Restart : Yes 

STARTUP_RECIPE 

Purpose : Determines the name of a recipe that will be loaded upon NovaPro Open startup 

Notes : The NPOPro logger and alarm generator will be activated only after the specified recipe 

is loaded. 

Value Type : file name Default Value : --- 

Min : --- Max : name of recipe Other : 

Via novaPro Open Menu Model Recipes -> (right) Properties -> General -> Startup Recipe 

Key Words : recipe start 

Restart : Yes 

TRG_ACTIVATE 

Purpose : Determines which trigger-object is activated when two objects are overlapping 

Notes : 


Default Value : TOP 

Min : TOP Max : BOTTOM Other : 

Via novaPro Open Menu Images -> (right) Properties -> Trigger -> State 


Restart : Yes 

TRG_FEEDBACK 

Purpose : Determines whether trigger objects are highlighted when the object is clicked and the 

mouse button held down 

Notes : 




Via novaPro Open Menu Images -> (right) Properties -> Trigger -> Highlight -> Trigger 

object 


Restart : Yes 

TRG_TEST_ON_MOVE 

Purpose : Determines whether the mouse pointer is highlighted wen moved on top of an Image 

trigger object 

Notes : 




Via novaPro Open Menu Images -> (right) Properties -> Trigger -> Highlight -> Mouse 

pointer on triggers 


Restart : Yes 

TRG_VISKEY 


Notes : 




Key Words : trigger Restart : %%% 

TRIGGER_BUTTONS_TIMEOUT 

Purpose : Defines the time interval (in milliseconds) to make a selection after accessing a trigger 

button dialog, and before automatically closing button dialog 

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Min : 0 Max : 99999 Other : 


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VFI 

Purpose : Sets the format for tag history files by selecting the Virtual File Interface DLL 

Notes : VFI5FST can be used only for tag history files. Both values can be used simultaneously. 


Default Value : VFI5FST, VFI5CB 

Min : VFI5CB Max : VFI5FST Other : 

Via novaPro Open Menu NPO Application -> (right) Station Properties -> VFI -> Allows you 

to determine the format for history files by selecting Virtual File Interface DLL 

Key Words : format history 

Restart : Yes 

VFI_DAYS_PER_FILE 

Purpose : Defines how many days of data will be archived into each history file 

Notes : 




Key Words : format history time 

Restart : Yes 

VFI5FST_IDX_SEC 

Purpose : Determines the time interval represented by a time index 

Notes : A value of 60 represents 1 index per minute. (VFI5FST_IDX_SEC is the recommended 

parameter; VFI5FSTT_IDX_SEC is for backward compatibilty only.) 





Restart : Yes 

VFI5FST_MODE_TIMESTAMP 

Purpose : Defines if VFIFST supports both sorted and unsorted time stamps 

Notes : "NO" supports only sorted timestamps. (VFI5FST_MODE_TIMESTAMP is the 

recommended parameter; VFI5FSTT_MODE_TIMESTAMP is for backward compatibilty only.) 






Restart : Yes 

VFI5FST_NO_COMM_ERR 

Purpose : Disables writing communication errors to history 

Notes : No writes the errors to history. (VFI5FST_NO_COMM is the recommended parameter; 

VFI5FSTT_NO_COMM is for backward compatibilty only.) 






Restart : Yes 

VFI5FST_WRITE_BACK 

Purpose : Defines if the VFIFST will make some optimizations in the history files while reading 

them (writing back of next record pointers) 

Notes : VFI5FST_WRITE_BACK is the recommended parameter; VFI5FSTT_WRITE_BACK is 

for backward compatibilty only. 






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VFI5FSTT_IDX_SEC 

Purpose : Determines the time interval represented by a time index 

Notes : A value of 60 represents 1 index per minute. (VFI5FST_IDX_SEC is the recommended 

parameter; VFI5FSTT_IDX_SEC is for backward compatibilty only.) 





Restart : Yes 

VFI5FSTT_MODE_TIMESTAMP 

Purpose : Defines if VFIFST supports both sorted and unsorted time stamps 

Notes : "NO" supports only sorted timestamps. (VFI5FST_MODE_TIMESTAMP is the 

recommended parameter; VFI5FSTT_MODE_TIMESTAMP is for backward compatibilty only.) 






Restart : Yes 

VFI5FSTT_NO_COMM_ERR 

Purpose : Disables writing communication errors to history 

Notes : No writes the errors to history. (VFI5FST_NO_COMM is the recommended parameter; 

VFI5FSTT_NO_COMM is for backward compatibilty only.) 






Restart : Yes 

VFI5FSTT_WRITE_BACK 

Purpose : Define if the VFIFST will make some optimizations in the history files while reading 

them (writing back of next record pointers) 

Notes : VFI5FST_WRITE_BACK is the recommended parameter; VFI5FSTT_WRITE_BACK is 

for backward compatibilty only. 






Restart : Yes 

vpiwnmrpcode 

Purpose : Causes Events Summary to scroll to top automatically to show new alarms 

Notes : 




Via novaPro Open Menu Events Summaries -> (right) Properties -> General -> Scroll alarm 

list 


Restart : Yes 

WIL_DISK_HIGH_LIMIT 

Purpose : Defines the maximum disk space limit after which old history files are deleted 

Notes : 




Key Words : alarm event history space start 

Restart : Yes 

WIL_DISK_LOW_LIMIT 

Purpose : Defines the setpoint at which a warning message is generated concerning low free 

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Key Words : alarm event history space start 

Restart : Yes 

 

 

 

 

 

 

WIZ_DATE_FORMAT 

Purpose : Defines the NovaPro Open date format 

Notes : Six possible values: 1 - DDMMYY, 2 - MMDDYY, 3 - YYMMDD, 4 - DDMMYYYY, 5 - 

MMDDYYYY, 6 - YYYYMMDD 


Min : 1 (see Notes) Max : 6 (see Notes) Other : 

Via novaPro Open Menu NPO Application -> (right) Station Properties -> Date Format -> 

Date style 

Key Words : date format 

Restart : Yes 

WIZ_DATE_SEPARATOR 

Purpose : Defines the separator character for the NovaPro Open date format 

Notes : Three possible values: 1 - slash (/) , 2 - dot (.), 3 - dash (-) 


Min : 1 (see Notes) Max : 3 (see Notes) Other : 

Via novaPro Open Menu NPO Application -> (right) Station Properties -> Date Format -> 

Date separator 

Key Words : date format 

Restart : Yes 

WIZ_SHOWMMW 

Purpose : Determines whether to show the Quick Access bar 

Notes : 





Key Words : studio 

Restart : Yes 

WIZDDES_TOPIC_NAME 

Purpose : Defines the Topic name for the DDE address format (NovaPro Open|Gate!'A1' or 

NovaPro Open|Tag!'A1') 

Notes : 


Default Value : GATE 

Min : GATE Max : TAG Other : 


Key Words : database format 

Restart : Yes 

WIZNET_ANN_PROF_DIRECTORY 

Purpose : Defines the location of the Events Summary Profiles files, relative to the web 

application root directory 

Notes : OR Web Application -> (right) Properties -> Events Summary Profiles -> Location of 

Events Summary Profile file relative to the web application root directory 

Value Type : folder / directory name 

Default Value : AnnPrf 

Min : folder / directory name Max : Other : 

Via novaPro Open Menu Events Summary Profiles -> (right) Properties -> Location of 

Events Summary 

Key Words : alarm directory event folder 

Restart : No 

WIZNET_HIS_CACHE_DAYS 

Purpose : Defines the maximum number of days of stored history files 

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Via novaPro Open Menu Trends Profiles -> (right) Properties -> History -> Cache Settings - 

> Cache the last 

Key Words : history time trend 

Restart : Yes 

 

 

 

 

 

WIZNET_IMAGE_DIRECTORY 

Purpose : Defines the location of the picture files, relative to the web application root directory 

Notes : OR Web Application -> (right) Properties -> Pictures -> Location of Picture files relative 

to the web application root directory 


Default Value : Pictures 


Via novaPro Open Menu Images -> (right) Properties -> Pictures -> Location of Picture files 

relative to the web application root directory 

Key Words : directory folder image 

Restart : No 

WIZNET_MAXCHANGEDELAY 

Purpose : Defines the maximum number of messages accumulated by a source station before 

sending them to a client 

Notes : OR Network -> Network Properties -> Internet -> Maximum number of messages 

delayed 



Via novaPro Open Menu NovaPro Open Network -> Internet -> Maximum number of 

messages delayed 


Restart : Yes 

WIZNET_MAXTIMEDELAY 

Purpose : Determines the maximum time interval (in milliseconds) that a station will delay before 

updating the other stations with tag and alarm changes 

Notes : OR Network -> Network Properties -> Internet -> Maximum time a message could be 

delayed 


Min : 50 Max : 1000 Other : 

Via novaPro Open Menu NovaPro Open Network -> Internet -> Maximum time a message 

could be delayed 


Restart : Yes 

WIZNET_MIN_FREE_DISK 

Purpose : Defines the minimum amount of storage (in megabytes) reserved as free space 

Notes : OR Web Application -> (right) Properties -> History -> Cache Settings -> Keep at least 



Via novaPro Open Menu Trends Profiles -> (right) Properties -> History -> Cache Settings - 

> Keep at least 

Key Words : history space trend 

Restart : Yes 

WIZNET_ROOT_DIRECTORY 

Purpose : Defines the name of the root directory for NovaPro Open objects 

Notes : OR Web Application -> (right) Properties -> General -> Web Application root directory 


Default Value : Docs 


Via novaPro Open Menu HTML -> (right) Properties -> HTML files -> Web Application root 

directory 

Key Words : directory folder network 

Restart : No 


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WIZNET_TREND_PROF_DIRECTORY 

Purpose : Defines the location of the Trend Profiles files, relative to the web application root 

directory 

Notes : OR Web Application -> (right) Properties -> Trends Profiles -> Location of Trend Profile 

files relative to the web application root directory 

Value Type : folder /directory name 

Default Value : TrendPrf 


Via novaPro Open Menu Trends Profiles -> (right) Properties -> Trends Profiles -> Location 

of Trend Profile files relative to the web application root directory 

Key Words : directory folder trend 

Restart : No 

WIZPRO_VPI_ROUND 

Purpose : Modify values from VPI to prevent roundoff errors for float tag values 

Notes : 





Key Words : tag 

Restart : Yes 

WIZSQL_INTERFACE 

Purpose : Defines the interface used to connect the data file 

Notes : 


Default Value : ORACLE 

Min : ORACLE Max : ODBC Other : 


Key Words : SQL 

Restart : Yes 

WIZSQL_ODBC_ATTRIBUTES 

Purpose : Defines the data source name 

Notes : 


Min : name of datasource Max : Other : 



Restart : Yes 

WIZSQL_ODBC_CODE 


Notes : 

Value Type : Enumerated Default Value : 




Restart : Yes 

WRITE_FORMAT 

Purpose : Defines the format right-to-left (RTL) or left-to-right (LTR) applying to alert message 

strings in Hebrew-enabled system 

Notes : This parameter applies to the Israeli version. 


Default Value : LTR 

Min : LTR Max : RTL Other : 


Key Words : alarm event format 

Restart : Yes 



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12.4 List of drivers 

You can find the current list of drivers on our homepage, under Products - NovaPro Open Suite 

NovaPro Open Drivers. 

Manufacturer Protocol Model 

ABB T200 Series G2 

ABB EXCOM Masterpiece 200 Control XC 

ABB CS 31 Communication Modules AS 

Allen-Bradley DATA HIGHWAY (PLC-3) ABC 

Allen-Bradley DATA HIGHWAY PLUS (PLC-5) AB5 

Allen-Bradley SLC500, Data Highway 485 (DH-485) AB3 

Allen-Bradley PLC 5,SLC500 family via Data Highway Plus KTX 

Allen-Bradley Data Highway (PLC-2) AB2 

Allen-Bradley Control-Logic Gateway, Ethernet TCP/IP ABX 

Allen-Bradley PLC 5 Series E, Ethernet TCP/IP AE 

APEX PDnet Ind., based on Arcnet communication AP 

Applicom Int. Multi-protocol intelligent communication card APC 

ASI network Via Hilscher CIF-30 card HD 

B&R Industrie MININET CP30, CP31, CP40, CP41, CP60, CP80 BR 

B&R Industrie B&R 2000 Blue Series - Slave, Net2000 B2 

Bristol Babcock 33XX controller; BSAP protocol BBK 

CANopen network Via Hilscher CIF-30 card HD 

Cincinnati Milacron EXc Host interface via RS485 CN 

ControlNet network Via Hilscher CIF-30 card PH 

Cristplant CSC Sorter Controllers CSC 

Dixell Dixbus protocol DX 

DeviceNet network Via Hilscher CIF-30 card HD 

DuTeC I/O Plexer, Opto22 Optomux, 2-Pass. DUT 

Echelon Lonworks via LCA Server LON 

Elco Corp. Inc. BMC-12 controller ET 

Electromatic Dupline Optolink DO 

eMation 

novaPro Open General Modem VPI to read control signals 

MO 

eMation novaPro Open Multi-Modem handling for other VPI's MM 

eMation novaPro Open RS232C to host computer - client HZC 

eMation novaPro Open string driver for all block VPI's STR 

eMation novaPro Open OPC 1.0 Data Access Client Interface OPC 

EMation (Central) Data transfer between 2 novaPro Open stations via FEC 


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EMation (Remote) 

Data transfer between 2 novaPro Open stations via 

modems 

FER 

Enraf Enraf tank gauging system EN 

EST FAST fire alarm devices, CM1N, CIS ES 

Eurotherm BISYNC protocol EA 

Eurotherm TCS binary protocol ET 

Eurotherm EM1 protocol EM 

FGH Controls FGH Controller (450, 1000, 2000, 3000, RTA, ICU) FGH 

FRICK RWBII plus, Microprocessor Telecomm. FR 

Gavish MB-71 Programmable communications unit GB 

General Electric 90-30,90-70 trough SNP G1 

General Electric Series 5, 6, 90-70, GENIUS via PCIM PM 

General Electric Series 93-30, 90-70, Ethernet TCP/IP GF 

Harris DNP V3.0 Distributed Network Protocol DNP 

Hartmann Braun Digitric P DC 

Hilscher Profibus Standard, FMS & FDL PH 

Hilscher Profibus DP, Interbus-S, CanOpen, SDS, DeviceNet HD 

HIMA Family H51, expanded MODBUS RTU HM 

Hitachi Series H PLC, EH150 PLC HT 

Hitachi Hitachi Series EM II (CPM-E3)/COM 2 Protocol HI 

Idec (Izumi) FA-1, FA-2, FA-3, Micro1. 1:N network ZN 

Interbus network Via Hilscher CIF-30 card HD 

INTROL INTROL DPC3000 RTU, TDE IEC FT3 frame IN 

Johnson Controls Johnson System 91, N2 protocol GN 

Kenelec 7110 Multiplexor Processor, "HA" protocol KC 

Keyence KV-300, ASCII protocol. KV 

Klöckner Moeller PS-306, PS-316, PS-32, SUCOM-A PS 

Klöckner Moeller PS4-201-MM1 - SUCOM-B protocol KB 

Koyo Direct Logic 205 DL240/250 CPU TCP/IP Interface KYT 

KP RCMS RCI4000, INTRAC protocol KP 

Landis & Gyr PRV1 Controller PR1 

Landis & Gyr PRV2 Controller PR2 

LON network Lonworks with the LCA Server LON 

Matsushita MEWTOCOL-COM protocol via RS-232. MA 

Mettler Toledo Digital Indicator 8142, JN Port COF MTO 

Mintz Systems EAGLE multi-zone security and control system MZ 



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Mitsubishi MELSEC-A (on ACPU and AnA CPU) MB 

Mitsubishi MELSEC-A Ethernet MBE 

Mitsubishi FX series - Monitor interface FX-232AW MF 

Modicon MODBUS ASCII MD 

Modicon MODBUS Plus MP 

Modicon MODBUS RTU, JBUS MR 

Modicon OPEN MODBUS TCP/IP protocol MRP 

Motorola MOSCAD RTUs by the MCP/T Gateway GW 

Observator OMC 2650 Data Capture Control Unit OMC 

Omron AnyNet with FINS and C Commands. OA 

Omron SYSMAC family OM 

Omron Fins Gateway-For all Omron PLC's OMR 

Omron E5..K digital and E5..J temp. controller OE5 

Opto-22 Opto 22, Ethernet TCP/IP OE 

Perax P200, P200-X and Arlequin using J-bus PR 

Perax P200 and P200-X (Multi Modem version) PRM 

Philips PC20, MC30, MC41 P1 

Philips P8 PLC, PPCCOM protocol P8 

Profibus network Via Hilscher CIF-30 card HD 

Red Lions Control TCU, PCU controllers RL 

RKC Rex series controllers RC 

Saia PCD1, PCD2, PCD4, PCD6 with SAIA S-BUS SB 

Samsung BRAIN PLC-10/100/300, binary protocol SG 

Satec Satec power meters SA 

SattControl COMLI protocol SC 

Sauter ULT 2400, Sauter substation network via FNET-Rack SAU 

Sauter ULT 2400, Sauter substation network via EYZ484M S24 

Sauter ULT 2400, Sauter substation network via Numotel S2N 

Sauter Sauter EY3600 Protocol via 290/291 Router S36 

Scantronic 9500 Series, ASCII protocol S9 

SDS network Via Hilscher CIF-30 card HD 

Sharp Satellite JW10 and JW20 SRP 

Siemens Instabus EIB System, Instabus EIB Protocol EIB 

Siemens Protocol 3964(R)-RK512 via CP524, CP525 SI 

Siemens SINEC H1 protocol, INAT card HV 

Siemens S5-100U and S5-115U through the programming port SY 

Siemens S5-135U through the programming port S3 


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Siemens S7-200 CPU-214, ASCII S2 

Siemens S7-300/400, MPI and PC/MPI MPI 

Siemens S7-300/400, MPI and PC/MPI (includes PRODAVE) ST7 

Siemens TCP/IP STP 

Siemens Profibus DP via Hilscher card HD 

Siemens Profibus FMS, FDL via Hilscher card PH 

Sofrel Telecontrol CS100/SOFBUS-PC, SATELITE S15 SO 

Square D SY/NET or peer to peer SD 

Square D SY/MAX Ethernet IEEE 802.3 Extended SE 

Techno Trade TBOX / JBUS TX 

Telemecanique UNITELWAY MASTER, UNI-TE messaging UM 

Telemecanique Ethway network EW 

Telemecanique Fipway network FW 

Texas Instruments 530 family, TI545 Controller TI 

Texas Instruments 545 family, CAMP, TCPIP using CP-2572 TIP 

Texas Instruments TIWAY. Non-Intelligent Terminal Protocol (NITP) TW 

Texas Instruments 545 family, transparent byte protocol T1 

Texas Instruments TI-435; Koyo-205 Direct Net T4 

Trane Trane Tracker Panel TRK 

Unitronics Minicon, PCOM-NET protocol UX 

VG Gas Systems VG Gas Analysis Prima 600 spectrometer VG 

Westinghouse Numa-Logic family, Westnet II Highway WN 

WIT Concept Protocol TRS II, Serial and Multi Modem version WIT 

Yokogawa Multidrop RS485, 3760, 4082 recorder Y4 

Yokogawa YS100 Series Loop Controllers Y6 

Yokogawa Yokogawa Factory Ace FA-M3, Ethernet TCP/IP YF 

YORK International YORK chiller family (TRANSLATOR) YO

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