CIRCUTOR PowerStudio Series - Manual (Page 7)

PowerStudio
User Manual 7
1.- GENERAL DESCRIPTION
PowerStudio is an energy management software package and its main features are the
configuration, communication and monitoring of devices and the creation of SCADA screens and
reports. It also has a set of tools such as events, filters, calculated variables, and an images and styles
manager to facilitate the user's interaction.
In its version 4.0, PowerStudio is divided into three main modules, the applications editor, the
communications engine and the client.
The editor is the module that is in charge of applications management and it allows a new
application to be created, to modify an existing application, to import an application from the engine or
to export an application to the engine.
The engine is the module in charge of running the application it receives from the editor, and of
communicating with the different devices, storing downloads and attending to the various requests
made by both the editor and the client.
The client is the module that allows connection with an engine and access to the SCADA
screens, reports and to view the instantaneous values recorded by the devices. Graphs and listings
can also be prepared of the recorded values, events can be viewed, the status of the devices can be
displayed, etc.
1.1.- POWERSTUDIO TOPOLOGIES
PowerStudio's software design as three well-differentiated modules: the editor, the engine and
the client, make it possible to use it through different topologies, which are explained in detail below:
1.1.1 All in one
This is the basic configuration in which the three modules, the editor, the engine and the client,
are on the same machine. With the editor we can create a new application to send to the engine and
from the client connect to the engine to display the application. From the editor we can also download
an existing application from the engine, modify it and then send it back to the engine.
1.1.2 Engine/editor and clients
In this configuration we have the editor and engine on one machine and from one or more
clients on other machines we connect with the engine to access the viewing of data, SCADA screens,
reports, etc. This configuration is useful when we want to view the engine data remotely from the client.