KEY FEATURES
OPERATIONAL MODES
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Serial and LAN/WAN
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Solicited and unsolicited
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Listen to active communication
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Simulate a master
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Simulate 1 to 10 outstations simultaneously
Views
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Config: Configuration setup, file save and restore
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DNP3 Parameters: Simple check box selection of DNP3 protocol settings and options
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Master: Configure operation as a master
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Outstation: Configure operation as 1 to 10 outstations
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Communication: Message interpretation and octet data values
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Point Data: Tabular display of all input data and output commands
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Change Events: List of all events reported from an outstation
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Trend: Graphical plot of values/states for up to 4 selected points over a 1-hour period
PROTOCOL FEATURES
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Simulation of all standard SCADA objects used for reporting input data and issuing controls
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Support for file transfer and device attribute objects
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Display of all commonly used DNP objects including secure authentication. Does not support transmission of SA features
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Display hex values of data octets next to their interpretative meanings
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Automatically handle device restart, time synchronization, application confirm, user data acknowledgement, and unsolicited messages
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Simple "check-box" for configuration of many DNP features such as request and response variations, numeric value data sizes, event generation, and many others
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Optionally select Subset level 1, 2, or 3 simulation
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Generate transmission errors to verify master's error handling capabilities
Point Values
OPERATION AS A MASTER
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Create custom list of messages to transmit
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Configure each message to be sent once, periodically, or on user request (useful for issuing controls)
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Edit message parameters while running
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"Master Mode" connects to an outstation and sends messages automatically as configured (once or periodic)
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"Connect mode" connects to an outstation and sends messages only on user request
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Automatically handles application confirm, data link acknowledgement, time sync, device restart, and unsolicited data
OPERATION AS AN OUTSTATION
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Simulate up to 10 outstations
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Solicited and unsolicited reporting
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Generate analog point changes
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Generate binary point changes (single/1-bit and double/2-bit)
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Generate counter "counts"
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Process counter freeze operations
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Process and record control actions
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Change and event parameters editable on a per-point basis
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Changes and events generated automatically, or on user request
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Ability to change point flags while running
COMMUNICATION VIEW
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Display headings for each new message, and for Data Link, Transport, and Application Sections
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Identify message sections including data link information, application headers, object headers, and point values.
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Color differentiation between master and outstation messages
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Display point data in easy-to-read columns
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Display total data link frames, application fragments, and error message counts
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Option to display data link frame octets (CRCs included)
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Option to display application fragment octets (CRCs removed)
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Option to suspend scrolling to view a selected message while running
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Option to display application octets next to their meanings
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Option to save messages to a text file for review later
POINT TRENDING
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Select up to four analog, binary, or frozen counter points for trending
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Graphs one "plot" for each 15-second sample period for up to 1 hour
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Each "plot" is a weighted average of the point value over the sample period
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For binaries, the "weighted average" algorithm captures fleeting changes
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For frozen counters, plots accumulation between freeze operations
Change Events View
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Lists all binary, analog, and counter change events reported from the outstation
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Generates an internal "error" event when a binary change is detected in a static poll response that was not previously reported as an event
