Site Draw Drawing Method
Available in VTScada applications only
Used by: DataFlow RTU, Polling Driver
The Site Draw tag drawing method is used to draw station symbols that represent RTUs These display the status at the station being drawn, using two, concentric color indicators. The Site Draw may be configured to display a label or to show only the indicator circles.
A Site Draw legend is available in the configuration library. Adding this to your page will help operators interpret the meaning of the color indicators
Site Draw symbols, when clicked, will open an automatically generated page containing details about the RTU and I/O tags attached to that station. They can also be configured to open a page of your choice instead.
Note that the label is not considered part of the object’s area when trying to select the object to be moved or edited. You must click on the circles in order to select the object.
The graphic editor for the Site Draw drawing method will appear as shown:
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The Tag field displays the name and description of the tag that is currently associated with this drawing method. You can use this to select a different tag or parameter to use as the data source for this drawing method.
The Tag field is only present when editing a completed drawing method object
Sort Order (Alphabetical or Numeric)
Affects the display of the automatically created station dialog. The input and output tags associated with the station being drawn will be included in this dialog in either alphabetic or numeric order, by their description.
If an order has otherwise been specified by each input and output tag's Order property (on the tag's Order tab), the Sort Order will be ignored.
Enables you to select the name of the page you wish to open when the completed Site Draw symbol is clicked. If No Page Selected is chosen in the Page Name drop-down list, the station dialog, which is automatically drawn by VTScada, will be displayed when the completed station symbol has been clicked.
Select this option if you wish the completed station symbol to be drawn with a label showing the description of the tag being drawn.