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IGSS can communicate with PLC machines using two general methods Polled communication, where IGSS sends requests for data to the connected PLC at predetermined intervals (the Scan intervals). All communication properties are set up and managed in IGSS. Event-driven communication, where IGSS waits for the PLCs to send data updates to the objects. All communication […]

When you create an object in IGSS, you have the option of displaying the object in the diagram with one of the built-in symbols on the Symbol Definition tab of the Object Properties form. If you need other symbols than the built-in symbols, create your own symbols or edit existing ones, you can use the Symbol Editor form to do this.

When using the Siemens S7 1200/1500 series PLCs with the IGSS installation, important parameters must be set in order to address the PLC data registers from IGSS and to read and write to and from the PLC data registers. The Siemens PLC should be set up as follows: Addressing the PLC registers Clear the Optimized block

The IGSS Development team has introduced new functionality to IGSS11 which enables System Integrators or IGSS Super-users and SCADA departments to select which operator stations always must be given priority when connecting to an IGSS Server. Some IGSS plants have fewer operator client licenses than they have actual operator stations. If there are no vacant

The IGSS Development team has introduced two new settings for the circular display descriptor (Pie descriptor) which enable you to create circular descriptors that maintain a perfect circle when resizing the descriptor and enable you to remove the lower scale line as well as the upper scale line. Furthermore, it is now possible to define

When utilizing the User Administration module in IGSS, you can define which diagrams should automatically open by default when a user logs onto IGSS. The default diagrams are set up on the Groups tab of the User Administration workspace tab in the IGSS Master. Diagrams defined as default diagrams on the Groups tab will override any diagrams or graphs set as default diagrams in

t is now possible to break symbol inheritance from object templates for an object by clearing a check box in the Symbol Definition tab on the Object Properties form Object Templates Object templates in IGSS offer a large range of advantages, for example enabling rapid creation and deployment of similar objects, ensuring consistency between many similar objects and

You can translate IGSS configuration texts, for example alarm texts and instructions as well as object descriptions, digital state names and digital command names into any language you want. Texts in IGSS are divided into two categories: GUI (graphical user interface) texts, meaning all texts which are part of the IGSS program, independent of the

Three new command line parameters have been introduced to the IGSS Master program in order to better automate the start-up procedure of an IGSS machine. The three command line parameters are: Parameter Description -server Use this parameter to determine which IGSS server the IGSS Master is to connect to. You must supply the IGSS server