NOVUS superview - Manual (Page 5)

NOVUS AUTOMATION 5/38
FIRST STEPS
The use of SuperView can be divided into four stages:
• Setting up a basic application
• Registering SuperView
• Widening the application
• Supervision
The three first stages shall be performed by a user registered with the Administrator’s privileges. The supervision can be
accomplished by Administrator, Operator or Monitor user.
For the basic application set-up, the following basic steps shall be fulfilled.
• Start SuperView.
• Create a new application.
• Inform SuperView about the NOVUS networked devices in the supervisory system (it is possible to communicate
with Modbus RTU devices from other vendors, as described in “Configuring the Communication With Devices
From Other Vendors”).
• Inform SuperView which the interest variables are (TAGS) within each device in the network.
• Create one or more supervision screens, containing images, texts, buttons and graphics associated to the
variables read in the communication network.
• Define the network communication parameters.
• Save the application.
• Start supervision.
The registration consists of registering a license number in SuperView designated by NOVUS when a user license is
purchased. The registration number is unique and is associated to the serial number of one of NOVUS devices
connected to the communication network.
Some additional steps may be required to widen the application:
• Create application’s users, with different privileges.
• Create alarm groups, defining actions for alarm events.
• Define alarm ranges for the critical variables monitored by the system.
• Set up the history register of the system important variables.
• Set up sending e-mail messages in alarm conditions.
• Set up the log of events and actions of the supervision system.
To setup a distributed supervision, the following steps shall be fulfilled.
• Set up the Server Mode to allow TCP/IP communication between two or more SuperView stations.
• Set up the applications to operate in Client mode.
Once the application is created, SuperView shall be normally used only in the Supervision mode, showing the operator
the different information about the supervised process.
SETTING UP A BASIC APPLICATION
START SUPERVIEW
In order to start SuperView, select the icon SuperView from the Start menu. The initial window will pop up in a few
seconds, as on the figure below.