AVEVA Application Server Training

Upon completion of this course, you will be able to:

• Create a new application
• Model the plant floor
• Employ rapid prototyping using a data simulator
• Acquire data from field devices
• Configure data communication redundancy
• Work with alarm and history configurations in an application
• Maintain application functionality using import and export
• Define the security model for the application
• Apply Application Engine redundancy capabilities
• Implement .NET Scripting to enhance application functionality
• Back up and restore an application

Individuals who need to configure or modify Application Server applications.

Knowledge of the following tools, features, and technologies is required:
• Industrial automation software concepts

Module 1 – Introduction

Section 1 – Course Introduction

• This section describes the course and its objectives, intended audience, prerequisites, and agenda.

Section 2 – AVEVA™ System Platform Overview

• This section describes fundamental concepts about AVEVA System Platform, including its clients, components, and services.

• It also introduces the ArchestrA technology.

Section 3 – AVEVA™ Application Server Overview

• This section describes AVEVA Application Server and its components and discusses what a Galaxy is and how to create one.

Section 4 – The Integrated Development Environment (IDE)

• This section describes the The Integrated Development Environment (IDE), including the layout, its key functions, toolboxes and how to create them, and the application views available.

Section 5 – Automation Objects

• This section describes automation objects, templates, and instances.

• It discusses the Object Editor, explains the different states of automation objects and operations when editing objects, and gives a brief explanation of Object Wizards.

Section 6 – System Requirements and Licensing

• This section describes the System Platform computer roles, the software and hardware requirements for Application Server, the ArchestrA Network Account, and how the product is secured and licensed.

Module 2 – Application Planning

Section 1 – AVEVA Application Server Project Workflow

• This section describes the suggested project workflow.

Section 2 – Case Study

• This section describes the simulated manufacturing environment to be used for the course and explains the naming conventions used in the simulated process.

Module 3 – Application Infrastructure

Section 1 – The Plant Model

• This section describes the importance of the plant model and explains the usage of area objects and the Model view in the IDE.

Section 2 – The Deployment Model

• This section describes the Deployment view of the IDE, discusses the hosting relationship between objects, explains the usage of the $WinPlatform and $AppEngine objects, and describes the Deployment options.

Section 3 – System Management Console

• This section describes the overall functionality of the System Management Console (SMC).
• It explains how to back up and restore using the Galaxy Database manager, and includes how to create a new Galaxy from a backup file.
• It discusses how to use the ArchestrA Logger and Log viewer, and explains how to use Platform Manager.

Section 4 – The Runtime Environment

• This section describes the runtime environment of the Galaxy, explains communication between automation objects’ attribute references, and introduces Object Viewer and Platform Manager tools.

Section 5 – Data Simulation

• This section describes the OI Simulation Server and explains the configuration of an $OPCClient to the OI.SIM.

Module 4 – Application Objects

Section 1 – Introduction to Application Objects

• This section describes the application objects in the Galaxy, discusses the basic configuration of the $UserDefined object, and explains the limitation of other application types as they relate to Object Wizards and Autobind.

Section 2 – Object Attributes

• This section describes the Attributes tab and the features of an attribute.
• It also discusses the configuration options available for application objects, including automatic and manual I/O binding capabilities.

Section 3 – Change Control and Propagation

• This section describes attribute locking and unlocking.
• It also discusses how template changes can propagate to previously derived objects.

Section 4 – Containment

• This section describes containment with templates and application objects, and explains different modeling approaches.
• It also discusses the naming conventions of contained objects.

Module 5 – Device Integration

Section 1 – Device Integration Servers

• This section describes available servers, discusses OI servers, explains the configuration of an OI Server to a Controller, and describes how to backup the OI sever configuration.

Section 2 – Device Integration Objects

• This section describes DI objects, explains the configuration of a DI object to an OI Server, and discusses how to monitor the connectivity of a DI object in Object Viewer.

Section 3 – Connecting Application Objects to Field Data

• This section describes how to change the data source for objects using the autobind capabilities of application objects.

Section 4 – Device Integration Redundancy

• This section describes DI redundancy and explains how to configure a Redundant DI Object.

Module 6 – History

Section 1 – Historising Data for AVEVA Application Server

• This section describes how Historian historizes data.
• It explains how to configure engines and platforms for historisation and describes how to configure objects to historise attributes.
• It also discusses how to retrieve historical data with the Historian Client Web.

Module 7 – Alarms and Events

Section 1 – Alarms and Events Overview

• This section describes alarms and events.
• It explains alarms and events reporting of objects through areas, the alarm options for attributes, and how to monitor alarm attributes and states with Object Viewer.
• It discusses the historisation of alarms and events with Historian, as well as how to retrieve alarm history from SQL Server.

Module 8 – Object Management

Section 1 – Object Export and Import

• This section describes how to export and import objects from and to a Galaxy.
• It also explains how to upgrade objects to new versions or revert to previous configurations.

Section 2 – Galaxy Dump and Galaxy Load

• This section describes how to use the Galaxy Dump and Galaxy Load features of the IDE.
• It explains how to use these features to modify and create instances of objects.

Module 9 – Security

Section 1 – Security Overview

• This section describes how AVEVA Application Server handles security. It discusses the security models available in the IDE and describes how to configure general security permissions and operational permissions.

Section 2 – Object Security

• This section describes the security classifications for object attributes and discusses the security audit trail.

Module 10 – Application Redundancy

• Section 1 – Application Redundancy
  This section provides an understanding of the terminology, topology, and concepts of application redundancy and how it should be configured.

Module 11 – Introduction to QuickScript.NET

Section 1 – Introduction to Scripting

• This section describes the scripting environment and basic scripting syntax. It also discusses the execution types and triggers.

Section 2 – Variables and Control Statements

• This section describes the usage of variables and control statements in a script.

Module 12 – Galaxy Backup and Restore

Section 1 – Galaxy Backup and Restore

• This section briefly describes the SMC and explains how to back up and restore operations using the Galaxy Database manager. It includes a discussion on how to create a new Galaxy from a backup file.