Configure CIMPLICITY for Alarms

When using the CIMPLICITY HMI/SCADA system as your data source, follow this quick walkthrough to successfully get data and alarms flowing for the first time into Operations Hub.

1. Start the CIMPLICITY Workbench application.
2. From the Workbench toolbar, go to File > New > Project.
   The Create User for New Project dialog appears.
3. Provide these details for the new user account:

   Field	Description
   Username	Enter the user name for the new account.
   Password	Enter a password.
   Confirm password	Enter the password again to confirm.

   Note: You will use the credentials to establish a secure connection with authentication for the CIMPLICITY data source in Operations Hub.
4. Select Next.
   The Create As dialog appears.
5. Enter the name and location for the new project.
   Note: For write operations to work, the project name and the CIMPLICITY data source name in Operations Hub should be the same.
6. Select product options and protocols that will be included in the project.
7. Select Create.
8. After creating the project, go to Project > Properties.
   The Project Properties screen appears.
9. On the OPC UA Server tab, perform these steps.
   1. Select the check box for Enable Server.
   2. Select Security Configuration, then select the check box for all the security options you want to enable for the OPC UA server.
10. On the Operations Hub tab, perform these steps.
    1. Provide the following details:

       Field	Description
       Server name	Enter the name of the Operations Hub server to connect.
       Port	Enter the port number for Operations Hub UAA. For example, 443.
       User name	Enter the account username that is used to log in to the Operations Hub application.

    2. Select the check box for Require trusted connection.
    3. If (Not Trusted), go to the CIMPLICITY project's \data\WebHMIpki\server_certs folder and copy the root certificates.
    4. Paste the copied certificates in the CIMPLICITY project's \data\WebHMIpki\trusted_issuers folder.
    5. On the Operations Hub tab, select Test Connection.
       A success message appears updating the connection status as (Trusted).
11. From the CIMPLICITY Workbench project directory, right-click Points > New, to create a new device point.
12. Provide the following information for the new point and select OK.

    Field	Description
    Point ID	Provide a unique name that identifies the CIMPLICITY point.
    Type	Select Virtual.
    Class	Select Analog.

    The Point Properties screen appears.
13. On the Virtual tab, provide these details:

    Field	Description
    Initialization	Select Initialized.
    Initial value	Enter 0.
    Calculation	Select Equation and build an expression. For more information on calculation types, refer to the Configure Virtual Calculations topic in the CIMPLICITY help guide.

14. On the Alarm tab, provide these details:

    Field	Description
    Alarm message	Select Point ID. For more information on alarm message variables, refer to the Enter an Alarm Definition topic in the CIMPLICITY help guide.
    Alarm limits	Enter the alarm limits. For example: HiHi: 60 Hi: 40 Lo: 20 LoLo: 10

15. Select OK to save and close the Point Properties screen.
16. Repeat steps 6-10 to create more device points.
17. Run the CIMPLICITY project.