Download Datalogging and Supervisory Control Module Developer Manual

Chapter 1
Introduction
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LabVIEW DSC Module Bookshelf. Use this PDF to search National
Instruments product documentation installed on your computer.
Access the DSC Module Bookshelf by selecting Help»
Search the DSC Module Bookshelf.
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Historical Data Viewer Help. Use this help file to learn how to use the
Historical Data Viewer in the Measurement & Automation Explorer
(MAX). To launch the help file in MAX, select Help»
Historical Data Viewer.
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VI-Based Server Development Toolkit Reference Manual. Use this
manual to learn how to develop VI-based servers. This manual
describes the use of VI-based servers with the Tag Engine and contains
descriptions and examples of the VIs used to register and execute the
VI-based servers.
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LabVIEW Datalogging and Supervisory Control Module
Release Notes. Use these release notes to install and uninstall the DSC
Module. The release notes also describe the system requirements for
the DSC Module software and known issues with the DSC Module.
Controls Palette
The DSC Module installs the DSC Module controls palette and the
following subpalettes.
DSC Module Developer Manual
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Alarms and Events—A set of display, format, query, and summary
tools for handling alarms and events.
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DSC Module Server Data Types—Various data type definitions you
can use to write VI-based servers for the DSC Module. Refer to the
Developing Your Own Servers section of Chapter 2, Servers, for more
information about developing device servers.
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Pipes, Pumps, & Valves—Various Boolean pipe, pump, and valve
objects.
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Trends—Historical Trend XY graph, Teal-Time Trend waveform
chart, and the NI HyperTrend control.
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Vessels—Several tanks, a hopper, and a bin. All objects on this
subpalette are numeric.
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Tag—Use the tag control to select a tag from those configured in the
active configuration (.scf) file.
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