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This will place the Distributed Control management screen (shown below) on the palette.

Figure 2: Distributed Control management screen

To bring up the Distributed Control program editor, click once on the management screen so

that it is highlighted, then locate the EditScript item on the Property Editor (shown below).

Figure 3: Distributed Control property editor

Now double-click on the filename of the Script program, which should be the word Empty ini-

tially. This will open the script editor window as shown below:

Figure 4: Script Editor window

Use this screen to write and edit your Distributed Control programs. You do not have to be

on-line with the SCADA 3000 to write a program. The buttons on the screen are, from left to

right: Load, Save, SyntaxCheck, Help, and Close. The first step in creating a Distributed Control

Program is to load the template program (template.vbs). This program includes some pre- and

post-program instructions, which are required for your program to run properly. To load the

template program, click the Load button, then go to the following folder and select the template.

vbs program: C:\Program Files>SCADA 3000>Samples>Scripts>template.vbs. Click on template.

vbs and click OK. The template program should appear in the window. The program you will

write must be entered between the comments labeled “Begin User Program” and “End User

Program.” Do not change or delete any of the instructions that appear before or after the User

Program area.