Welcome to the VTS Programmer's Guide

Thank you for choosing Visual Tag System™ (VTS™). VTS software for industrial monitoring and control is feature-rich and has a depth of function unrivalled in the industry. The strength of VTS lays in its flexibility, speed, and extensive built-in control capabilities. VTS is used in such diverse industries as pulp & paper, power generation, tire manufacturing, brewing, municipal water treatment, automotive parts manufacturing, plastic mold injection, and food processing. A large and satisfied customer base on four continents is evidence of VTS’s appeal around the world.  Demanding customers depend on Trihedral.

This VTS Programmer's Guide has been designed to give you an introduction to VTS script programming, including standard programming concepts, the basic elements of the VTS scripting language, and how to achieve specific goals.

The VTS Programmer's Guide includes information about:

•      The architecture of VTS,

•      Fundamentals of the VTS scripting language,

•      The VTS programming environment including the built-in programming tools,

•      The VTS services: The Alarm Manager, Log Manager, Modem Manager, RPC Manager, and the Security Manager,

•      Commonly performed programming tasks, such as adding new tags, creating alarms, scaling GUI objects, adapting drivers, etc.,

•      VTS configuration files and variables,

•      VTS functions and statements,

•      Remote configuration, and

•      Debugging and analysis.

The Quick Reference Guide is available to help you find information on some of the more commonly referenced topics.

 

VTS Version 9.1 Developer's Guide Copyright Trihedral Engineering Limited, 2009 All rights reserved