Setting Parameter Values

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Setting Parameter Values

UNINTENDED EQUIPMENT OPERATION

Read and understand the applicable material in this manual before changing or removing any citect.ini parameters.
Never change or remove any undocumented citect.ini parameters.
Before deleting sections of the citect.ini file, confirm that no necessary or undocumented parameters will be deleted.
Do not edit your configuration file while your project is running.

Failure to follow these instructions can result in death, serious injury, or equipment damage.

Note: Always seek the advice of Technical Support personnel for this product regarding undocumented features.

There are a number of methods to create or edit parameter values within CitectSCADA:

Citect Project Editor
Used to create or change values in the project database.
Computer Setup Wizard
Used to set up both necessary and commonly used citect.ini parameters on each machine. This Wizard steps user through a series of pages collecting information used to set parameter values.
Computer Setup Editor
Used to create or modify parameters in the citect.ini file. This tool provides users with a quick and convenient mechanism to set the value of a specific parameter by combining a graphical interface with a context-sensitive help reference.
Text Editors
A text editor can be used to modify the citect.ini file, although because of the risk involved where system configuration contains an error, this is not the recommended approach.

If you set (or change) parameters in the citect.ini file, you need to restart CitectSCADA before the new parameter settings are used. There are a few exceptions to this rule where citect.ini parameters are read at regular intervals and can be changed during runtime. Where this is the case, the parameter is documented accordingly.