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1 +== **CONTENT** ==
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3 -== CONTENT ==
3 +~1. System login
4 4  
5 -{{toc/}}
5 +2. Main menu
6 6  
7 + 2.1. Diagrams
8 +
9 + 2.2.1. Control
10 +
11 + 2.3. Analysis
12 +
13 + 2.3.1. Real-time data analysis
14 +
15 + 2.3.1.1. Devices, objects
16 +
17 + 2.3.1.2. Statuses
18 +
19 + 2.3.1.3. Time
20 +
21 + 2.3.2. Metering data analysis
22 +
23 + 2.3.3. Receipt of metering data form
24 +
25 + 2.3.4. Device diagnostic
26 +
27 + 2.4. Logs
28 +
29 + 2.4.1. Technology events
30 +
31 + 2.4.2. Camcoders
32 +
33 + 2.4.3. Power quality
34 +
35 + 2.4.4. Waveforms
36 +
37 + 2.4.5. Device events
38 +
39 + 2.4.6. System events
40 +
41 + 2.4.7. User comments log
42 +
43 + 2.4.8. All events log
44 +
45 + 2.4.9. Custom logs
46 +
47 + 2.5. Reports
48 +
49 + 2.5.1. Flexible reports
50 +
51 + 2.5.2. Power quality reports
52 +
53 + 2.5.3. Short circuit currents
54 +
55 + 2.6. Operative journal
56 +
57 + 2.7. Widgets
58 +
59 + 2.8. Sound alerts
60 +
61 + 2.9. Pop-up messages
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63 +----
64 +
7 7  == 1. SYSTEM LOGIN ==
8 8  
9 9  Users, including the administrator, log in to CENTO through a web interface. The software supports web browsers such as Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge, etc.
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457 457  
458 458  The **Table** tab displays the same data as the chart but in tabular form (see Fig. 2.37).
459 459  
460 -[[image:Screenshot 2025-11-12 at 19.24.15.png||height="422" width="848"]]
518 +[[image:Screenshot 2025-11-12 at 19.24.15.png||height="611" width="1227"]]
461 461  
462 462  Figure 2.37. Table tab
463 463  
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515 515  
516 516  The charts displayed in the right-hand panel can be aggregated using the aggregation drop-down menu (see Fig. 2.42). Several intervals are available, from one hour to one year. After selecting an interval, a window appears to select an aggregation function: sum, average, minimum, or maximum. It is important to note that the aggregation function is applied only to interval values.
517 517  
518 -[[image:Screenshot 2025-11-12 at 20.27.30.png||height="175" width="280"]]
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519 519  
520 520  Figure 2.42. Aggregation of metering data
521 521  
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555 555  
556 556  When selecting the **Receipt of metering data **item from the **Analysis** menu, the **Analysis of the receipt of data **page opens (see Fig. 2.46).
557 557  
558 -[[image:Screenshot 2025-11-12 at 20.37.28.png||height="605" width="1324"]]
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559 559  
560 560  Figure 2.46. Analysis of the receipt of data
561 561  
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567 567  
568 568  In the right section of the interface, data receipt profiles for each device are generated based on the received intervals.
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570 -[[image:Screenshot 2025-11-12 at 20.39.44.png||height="338" width="703"]]
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571 571  
572 572  Figure 2.47. Pop-up tooltips on the data receipt chart
573 573  
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581 581  
582 582  The **Interrogate **button sends a request to the polling service to retrieve the archive from the selected device for the specified interval. After pressing the button, a message appears on the screen indicating the number of devices being polled and the time interval. If a warning appears stating that the operation may take a long time (see Fig. 2.48), reduce the number of devices or shorten the polling depth.
583 583  
584 -[[image:Screenshot 2025-11-12 at 20.40.26.png||height="146" width="406"]]
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585 585  
586 586  Figure 2.48. Message displayed when the number of devices or polling depth exceeds the limit
587 587  
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597 597  
598 598  If the user has the appropriate rights, device diagnostics is available in the **Analysis** menu by selecting the **Device diagnostic** from the drop-down list (see Fig. 2.49).
599 599  
600 -[[image:Screenshot 2025-11-12 at 20.42.50.png||height="362" width="941"]]
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601 601  
602 602  Figure 2.49. Device diagnostics interface
603 603  
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609 609  
610 610  When hovering the mouse pointer over a device, a pop-up window appears with all the device protocols and their statuses (see Fig. 2.50)
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612 -[[image:Screenshot 2025-11-12 at 20.45.11.png||height="162" width="940"]]
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613 613  
614 614  Figure 2.50. Hovering the mouse pointer over a device
615 615  
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617 617  
618 618  The **Settings** button [[image:Screenshot 2025-11-12 at 20.45.44.png||height="30" width="31"]] opens the window for customizing the diagnostics display (see Fig. 2.51). Here the user can change the width of the screen and the number of columns in which the device bars are placed.
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620 -[[image:Screenshot 2025-11-12 at 20.46.14.png||height="152" width="231"]]
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621 621  
622 622  Figure 2.51. Settings menu
623 623  
624 624  The **Filter** button [[image:Screenshot 2025-11-12 at 20.46.51.png||height="29" width="28"]] allows filtering the devices displayed in the scheme by status and type (Fig. 2.52).
625 625  
626 -[[image:Screenshot 2025-11-12 at 20.47.19.png||height="165" width="228"]]
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627 627  
628 628  Figure 2.52. Filters menu
629 629  
630 630  The **Scale** button [[image:Screenshot 2025-11-12 at 20.47.58.png||height="27" width="28"]] adjusts the scheme to the window size.
631 631  
632 -=== 2.4. Logs. ===
690 +2.4. Logs.
633 633  
634 634  This menu item contains a set of logs available depending on the license and access rights. The full list of standard logs includes Technology events, Camcoders, Waveforms, Power quality, Device events, System events, and All Events. Additionally, the user can add custom logs.
635 635  
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650 650  
651 651  The **Calendar **[[image:Screenshot 2025-11-12 at 21.01.54.png||height="31" width="259"]] opens a menu to set the period for which data is requested.
652 652  
653 -[[image:Screenshot 2025-11-12 at 21.02.39.png||height="35" width="130"]]
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654 654  
655 655  - Exporting selected data to MS Excel.
656 656  
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662 662  
663 663  - Buttons to edit and delete custom logs.
664 664  
665 -[[image:Screenshot 2025-11-12 at 21.04.26.png||height="34" width="174"]]
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666 666  
667 667  - Buttons to control data refresh on the browser page. By default, all logs are static (unlike the Operative events journal described later), loading only the information available at page opening. The drop-down list in the auto-refresh field allows receiving new events at a selected interval.
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684 684  
685 685  ==== 2.4.2. Camcoders ====
686 686  
687 -The** Camcoders **is a log containing a list of recordings from video cameras stored on a dedicated video server. All video recordings are bound to objects in the information model, which simplifies the search for specific videos. Recordings can be viewed directly in the CENTO interface or downloaded to the User's computer. The log is available with the appropriate license.
745 +The** Camcoders **is a log containing a list of recordings from video cameras stored on a dedicated video server. All video recordings are bound to objects in the information model, which simplifies the search for specific videos. Recordings can be viewed directly in the CENTO interface or downloaded to the User's computer. The log is available with the appropriate license.
688 688  
689 689  ==== 2.4.3. Power quality ====
690 690  
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700 700  
701 701  The user can open a waveform directly in the interface (see Fig. 2.56) or download it in COMTRADE format (for further viewing using an alternative waveform viewer) using the **Download** button in the **File** column of the table.
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703 -[[image:Screenshot 2025-11-12 at 22.04.29.png||height="414" width="1219"]]
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707 707  Figure 2.56. Waveform viewer
708 708  
709 709  More detailed information on waveform viewing can be found in the “Waveform Viewing Manual”.
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728 728  
729 729  The **User comments** log (see Fig. 2.58) contains events generated based on user-entered comments on charts in the **Real-time data analysis** section (see section 2.3.1.1).
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732 732  
733 733  Figure 2.58. User comments log
734 734  
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748 748  
749 749  In addition to filtering, the User can show or hide any log fields and use drag-and-drop using the filter icon [[image:Screenshot 2025-11-12 at 22.12.29.png||height="27" width="25"]] to arrange their order.
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752 752  
753 753  Figure 2.59. Events log configuration
754 754  
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764 764  
765 765  When selecting **Flexible reports** in the **Reports** drop-down list, the **Flexible reports** page opens (see Fig. 2.60).
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767 -[[image:Screenshot 2025-11-12 at 22.18.00.png||height="280" width="763"]]
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769 769  Figure 2.60. Flexible reports
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776 776  
777 777  When selecting **Power quality** in the **Reports** drop-down list, the **Power quality reports** page opens (see Fig. 2.61)
778 778  
779 -[[image:Screenshot 2025-11-12 at 22.23.10.png||height="172" width="779"]]
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780 780  
781 781  Figure 2.61. Power quality reports
782 782  
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788 788  
789 789  The **Statistics collection **tab shows the days on which the device did not send a power quality report
790 790  
791 -==== 2.5.3. Short circuit currents ====
792 -
793 -CENTO allows calculating of short-circuit current. To calculate them, the **Short-circuit current calculation** module and the license are required.
794 -
795 -=== 2.6. Operative journal ===
796 -
797 -The **Operative (events) journal** is called by pressing the button [[image:Screenshot 2025-11-12 at 22.27.37.png||height="33" width="34"]] in the CENTO software main menu. It is a window with two areas: on the left there is the area for selecting the types of events to be displayed, on the right there is a list of events with the event date (see Fig. 2.62).
798 -
799 -[[image:Screenshot 2025-11-12 at 22.28.24.png||height="380" width="788"]]
800 -
801 -Figure 2.62. Operative events journal window
802 -
803 -The **Operative events** j**ournal** always overlays the rest of the information on the page.
804 -
805 -Clicking the button [[image:Screenshot 2025-11-12 at 22.29.04.png||height="19" width="21"]] in the upper right corner expands the **Operative events journal** to the full size of the browser window.
806 -
807 -The size of the journal window can be adjusted by dragging the lower right corner while holding down the left mouse button.
808 -
809 -To recognize the type of event and its severity level, each line of the operative journal has an icon characterizing the event in the beginning. These icons can be modified or supplemented during system setup.
810 -
811 -When selecting the **All events** tab in the left area of the **Operative events journal,** the last 100 events formed by the system are displayed on the right side of the journal.
812 -
813 -There are two types of events in CENTO software: single and with return. The with return events allow displaying events in the active state in a separate tab (for example, //ground in a network with an isolated neutral, Opening an emergency exit door//). An event reporting the triggering of this important state is given the status //Active//. An event that signals the end of an important state removes the// Active// status from the first event.
814 -
815 -These two events are with return: the second event closes the first one.
816 -
817 -The remaining events (regardless of their importance) are classified as single events.
818 -
819 -The tab [[image:Screenshot 2025-11-12 at 22.31.11.png||height="27" width="71"]] of the **Operative events journal **shows active events on the right side of the window. Both events (active and closing) are displayed in the log of all events independently of one another.
820 -
821 -The events can be communicated to the user (by sound and pop-up alerts) on the diagrams. Depending on the settings, the alerts can last for a specified time or until the user reacts to them. The last ones are called acknowledgeable.
822 -
823 -The number of unacknowledged events is displayed on the operative events journal icon of the main menu: [[image:Screenshot 2025-11-12 at 22.31.47.png||height="29" width="34"]]
824 -
825 -Acknowledged events are displayed in a general list in the log of all events. To see all unacknowledged events separately, go to the **Operative events journal.**
826 -
827 -To acknowledge this event, the user has to click on the icon [[image:Screenshot 2025-11-12 at 22.32.29.png||height="24" width="25"]]in the line of the event.
828 -
829 -The button [[image:Screenshot 2025-11-12 at 22.33.09.png||height="30" width="83"]] on the tab [[image:Screenshot 2025-11-12 at 22.33.31.png||height="33" width="114"]] allows to acknowledge all events with one click (see Fig. 2.63)
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831 -[[image:Screenshot 2025-11-12 at 22.34.09.png||height="400" width="826"]]
832 -
833 -Figure 2.63. Unacknowledged events in the operative events journal
834 -
835 -The icon [[image:Screenshot 2025-11-12 at 22.34.45.png||height="31" width="36"]] in the lower left corner of the **Operative events journal **window opens the journal setting (see Fig. 2.64).
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837 -[[image:Screenshot 2025-11-12 at 22.35.13.png||height="396" width="827"]]
838 -
839 -Figure 2.64. Operative events journal setting
840 -
841 -Thus, the user can hide unnecessary columns, change their order by dragging objects behind the icon [[image:Screenshot 2025-11-12 at 22.35.49.png||height="30" width="28"]], as well as adjust the depth of the tree display in the **Object** column. To apply changes, click **Save**.
842 -
843 -=== 2.7. Widgets. ===
844 -
845 -The **Widgets **(operative monitoring widgets) are used to display real-time data to be constantly visible to the operator. The widget's data overlays all other interface elements. The widget is enabled or disabled by left-clicking the icon [[image:Screenshot 2025-11-12 at 22.36.48.png||height="28" width="30"]] in the main menu (see Fig. 2.1).
846 -
847 -To open the widget menu (see Fig. 2.65), right-click the same button.
848 -
849 -[[image:Screenshot 2025-11-12 at 22.37.26.png||height="214" width="227"]]
850 -
851 -Figure 2.65. Widget menu
852 -
853 -This menu allows adding new widgets, as well as hiding or deleting existing ones.
854 -
855 -Click **Add widget **to open the widget customization window (see Fig. 2.66).
856 -
857 -[[image:Screenshot 2025-11-12 at 22.38.11.png||height="350" width="850"]]
858 -
859 -Figure 2.66. Widget menu
860 -
861 -To add parameters to display in the widget, check the boxes next to the required devices in the device tree.
862 -
863 -A list of parameters bound to the selected devices appears in the table to the right of the tree.
864 -
865 - Select the required parameters and click the button [[image:Screenshot 2025-11-12 at 22.38.54.png||height="30" width="30"]](see Fig. 2.67).
866 -
867 -[[image:Screenshot 2025-11-12 at 22.39.26.png||height="351" width="849"]]
868 -
869 -Figure 2.67. Adding parameters to the widget
870 -
871 -To remove parameters from the widget, select the parameters to be removed in the table on the right and click the button [[image:Screenshot 2025-11-12 at 22.40.23.png||height="23" width="23"]].
872 -
873 -By default, a new widget is named //New widget.// To change its name, click the icon [[image:Screenshot 2025-11-12 at 22.40.48.png||height="27" width="27"]] on the top of the widget customization window.
874 -
875 -To customize displaying of the widget name and the units of measure Fig. 2.68), activate or deactivate the **Show widget name** and **Show units of measure** switches in the upper right corner of the widget customization window.
876 -
877 -After saving, the new widget is available for activation.
878 -
879 -[[image:Screenshot 2025-11-12 at 22.41.36.png||height="156" width="357"]]
880 -
881 -Figure 2.68. Displaying data using the widget
882 -
883 -=== 2.8. Sound alerts. ===
884 -
885 -CENTO software supports the playback of sound notifications when events occur (the number of sound repetitions, or repetitions until acknowledgement can be set). Sound alerts
886 -
887 -can be turned on and off by clicking the **Sound notifications** icon [[image:Screenshot 2025-11-12 at 22.42.33.png||height="22" width="28"]] in the CENTO software main menu.
888 -
889 -Right-clicking on the icon [[image:Screenshot 2025-11-12 at 22.43.03.png||height="25" width="31"]] opens the sound control window (see Fig. 2.69).
890 -
891 -[[image:Screenshot 2025-11-12 at 22.43.40.png||height="176" width="423"]]
892 -
893 -Figure 2.69. Sound control window
894 -
895 -This window allows turning on and off sounds, adjusting the volume, and checking the sound alerts.
896 -
897 -Sounds can be turned on and off by clicking the On/Off icon [[image:Screenshot 2025-11-12 at 22.44.13.png||height="28" width="27"]].
898 -
899 -The volume is adjusted by the slider.
900 -
901 -The user may experience problems playing sounds due to browser settings. Therefore, it is recommended to check for the appropriate permissions in the used version of the browser if there are no sounds.
902 -
903 -=== 2.9. Pop-up messages ===
904 -
905 -The user can learn about an event through pop-up messages. These messages appear in the lower right corner of the CENTO software window on top of other information (see Fig. 2.70).
906 -
907 -[[image:Screenshot 2025-11-12 at 22.45.45.png||height="200" width="339"]]
908 -
909 -Figure 2.70. Pop-up message window
910 -
911 -Pop-up messages can be turned on and off by clicking the icon [[image:Screenshot 2025-11-12 at 22.46.24.png||height="22" width="30"]] in the CENTO software main menu. Pop-up messages disappear from the screen automatically. The user can also close the pop-up window manually by clicking [[image:Screenshot 2025-11-12 at 22.46.53.png||height="24" width="28"]]in the upper right corner of the message.
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914 914  
915 -== Basic abbreviations ==
916 -
917 -IM – information model
918 -
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920 -
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849 + [[~[MT1~]>>path:#_msoanchor_1]]Are you sure its “did not”? Maybe need a figure to showcase this feature as it is unclear for the user how the statistics can be shown for the days when no data was collected
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