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13 13  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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15 -To launch the CENTO software web interface, enter the IP address or DNS address of the server on which CENTO software is installed in the address bar of your web browser, for example, [[http:~~/~~/192.168.80.10>>url:http://192.168.80.10/]] or [[https:~~/~~/demo.centosoftware.com/.>>url:https://demo.centosoftware.com/]] When working with the system directly on the server where the CENTO software is installed, enter **http:~/~/127.0.0.1** in the web browser's address bar.
15 +To launch the CENTO software web interface, enter the IP address or DNS address of the server on which CENTO software is installed in the address bar of your web browser, for example, [[http:~~/~~/192.168.80.10>>url:http://192.168.80.10/]] or [[https:~~/~~/demo.centosoftware.com/.>>url:https://demo.centosoftware.com/]] When working with the system directly on the server where the CENTO software is installed, enter **http:~/~/127.0.0.1** [[~[MT1~]>>path:#_msocom_1]] in the web browser's address bar.
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17 17  After entering the address, the user is redirected to the authorization page, which includes fields for username and password input (see Fig. 1.1).
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117 117  === 2.2. Diagrams ===
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119 -This main menu item contains a list of diagrams for displaying information being processed by CENTO software. Developing diagrams for displaying information in CENTO software is described in the “Diagrams Development Manual”.  Fig. 2.4. - 2.7. show examples of diagrams.
119 +This main menu item contains a list of diagrams for displaying information being processed by CENTO software. Developing diagrams for displaying information in CENTO software is described in the “Diagrams Development Manual”.  Fig. 2.4. - 2.7. show examples of diagrams.[[~[MT1~]>>path:#_msocom_1]]
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151 151  The **Set grounding** icon [[image:Screenshot 2025-11-12 at 14.44.11.png]]is created by the installer on electrical diagrams if installing the portable grounding is needed. To use it, click on the icon, the mouse pointer turns into a grounding symbol. Left-click in the place where grounding is to be installed, then fill in the **Portable grounding **pop-up window (see Fig. 2.8).
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153 -[[image:Screenshot 2025-11-12 at 14.44.51.png||height="223" width="398"]]
153 +[[image:Screenshot 2025-11-12 at 14.44.51.png]]
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155 155  Figure 2.8. Portable grounding
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157 157  The **Dispatch marks **icon allows opening the dispatch marks log (see Fig. 2.9), which displays a list of all objects with dispatcher tags assigned to them. The tree on the left side of the screen allows selecting an object, and its tags are displayed on the right side of the screen.
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161 161  Figure 2.9. Dispatch marks log
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165 165  The **Playback mode** icon [[image:Screenshot 2025-11-12 at 14.46.23.png]] enables the diagram history viewing mode. After clicking on this icon, the playback interface appears on the bottom of the screen (see Fig. 2.10). Here the user can select the time in the calendar and click on the **Play** button [[image:Screenshot 2025-11-12 at 14.48.13.png]]. As a result, the diagram displays dynamic state of all objects in the time selected by the user.
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167 -[[image:Screenshot 2025-11-12 at 14.48.41.png||height="84" width="716"]]
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169 169  Figure 2.10. Diagrams player interface
170 170  
171 -If the user has the right to edit diagrams, the** Edit** button [[image:Screenshot 2025-11-12 at 14.49.15.png]] is displayed on the right in the viewing area. When clicked, the displayed diagram opens with the built-in diagram editor menu. Switching between diagrams is done in the **Active schemes **tree displayed in the left part of the screen when the button [[image:Screenshot 2025-11-12 at 14.49.46.png]] is pressed (see Fig. 2.11).
171 +If the user has the right to edit diagrams, the** Edit** button [[image:Screenshot 2025-11-12 at 14.49.15.png]] is displayed on the right in the viewing area. When clicked, the displayed diagram opens with the built-in diagram editor menu. Switching between diagrams is done in the **Active schemes **tree displayed in the left part of the screen when the button [[image:Screenshot 2025-11-12 at 14.49.46.png]] is pressed (see Fig. 2.11).
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173 173  In the **Active schemes **menu, the user can use the minimize tree button[[image:Screenshot 2025-11-12 at 14.50.36.png||height="31" width="31"]] as well [[image:Screenshot 2025-11-12 at 14.51.33.png]] as the tree display settings button to choose whether to display objects according to the settings of the diagram positions (this function is only available if the user has administrator rights).
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175 175  The icon [[image:Screenshot 2025-11-12 at 14.52.20.png]] pins the active diagram window, allowing the user to switch between diagrams without reopening the list each time.
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177 -[[image:Screenshot 2025-11-12 at 14.55.03.png||height="512" width="1232"]]
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179 179  Figure 2.11. Diagram viewing window with the diagram tree enabled
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181 -The diagram developer provides properties of objects on a diagram available to the user. These properties are available both by a left mouse click (see Fig. 2.12) and a right mouse click.
181 +The diagram developer provides properties of objects on a diagram available for the user. These properties are available both by a left mouse click (see Fig. 2.12) and right mouse click.
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183 -Left-clicking opens a brief passport of the object containing all its attributes. Depending on the settings, it can be data from several devices linked to the information model (see “Information Model. Setup Manual” for details), or data from one device, or data from one tag, as well as a description of the resulting values. Clicking on a value will take the user to the real-time data analysis to view the chart of the value.
183 +Left clicking opens a brief passport of the object containing all its attributes. Depending on the settings, it can be data from several devices linked to the information model (see “Information Model. Setup Manual” for details), or data from one device, or data from one tag, as well as a description of the resulting values. Clicking on a value will take the user to the real-time data analysis to view the chart of the value.
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185 -[[image:Screenshot 2025-11-12 at 14.56.11.png]]
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187 -Figure 2.12. Object menu available with left click
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189 -Right-clicking on an object opens a context menu with the following available items.
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191 -[[image:Screenshot 2025-11-12 at 14.57.12.png]]
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193 -Figure 2.13. Object context menu is accessible with a right click
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195 -**Measurements **mean a full passport of the object (see Fig. 2.14). It contains a set of values similar to the short passport but in an extended form. In addition to the names of the tags and their values, this passport shows the id/codes of the tags, their statuses, the devices from which the tags are collected and the path in the device tree. Time of last tag modification (time when its value was changed) and time of last tag update (time of last successful retrieval of the tag value, the tag value itself may not have changed). The **Manual entry **column allows entering manually a value into the tag. If the tag has a description, the user can choose which value to select from the drop-down list.
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197 -The **Setpoints** button in the top right corner of the window opens the user interface for setting the setpoints presented in the tag passport. Here the user can modify these settings, add new ones or delete old ones.
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199 -The passport header shows the path to the object in the Information Model (IM) tree. The second line shows the object class name and object ID in the IM.
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201 -[[image:Screenshot 2025-11-12 at 14.59.21.png||height="294" width="794"]]
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203 -Figure 2.8. Object passport in the Measurements menu
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205 -**Video **is a menu item that, when clicked, opens the view of the video stream from the video surveillance camera (Fig. 2.15). The user can drag the video camera window on the diagram, resize it, open it in a separate window, as well as go to the general log of the object by left-clicking the icon [[image:Screenshot 2025-11-12 at 15.00.15.png]]
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207 -[[image:Screenshot 2025-11-12 at 15.00.44.png]]
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209 -Figure 2.15. Viewing video stream
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211 -**Telecontrol **is discussed in detail in the next paragraph of this manual.
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213 -**Dispatch marks **is a menu item that opens the window for adding dispatch marks. There are four types of marks: info, grounded, ban operation, and admission work. The user with appropriate rights can add, modify, and delete marks. Added marks are displayed as corresponding icons next to the object in the diagram and can be also used to block telecontrol of the object.
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215 -[[image:Screenshot 2025-11-12 at 15.03.53.png]]
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217 -Figure 2.16. Dispatch marks interface
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219 -**Reference information **is a menu item that opens the help information window (Fig. 2.17). Help can store various object data, contacts of the service personnel, equipment characteristics, links to documents, and orders. With the appropriate rights, the information in the help can be modified directly in the diagram.
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221 -[[image:Screenshot 2025-11-12 at 15.04.36.png||height="198" width="429"]]
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223 -Figure 2.17. Reference information
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225 -**Operative events journal** is a menu item that opens the event log for a specific object. This log is like the **Real-time data** log (see paragraph 2.6 of this manual), except that it displays the last 100 events of an object selected by a user rather than the whole enterprise. The button[[image:Screenshot 2025-11-12 at 18.35.41.png]] clicked opens the general log with events already filtered by object (see paragraph 2.4 of this manual) to see the whole history. Other display settings are like those of the **Operative events journal.**
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227 -[[image:Screenshot 2025-11-12 at 18.36.19.png]]
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229 -Figure 2.18. Object log
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231 -==== 2.2.1. Control ====
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233 -Users with the appropriate permissions can control objects in CENTO. By default, the system grants this permission to users assigned the Dispatcher role.
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235 -Control is available in the **Devices, channels, and tags editor** (used during the system configuration stage and described in the “Control Setup Manual”), as well as using the diagrams.
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237 -On the diagram, when right-clicking a control object, a modal window appears. Depending on the settings and types of control objects, this window includes either a //Telecontrol //option (typically for objects with the On/Off control type, see Fig. 2.19) or an option named according to the control type (for objects that support numeric control commands, see Fig. 2.20).
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241 -Figure 2.19. Telecontrol
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245 -Figure 2.20. Control schedule
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249 -Figure 2.21. Entering the password on the diagram
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251 -When the correct password is entered, depending on the control type and settings, one of the following may appear:
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253 -- a window with a field for entering values (see Fig. 2.22)
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255 -[[image:Screenshot 2025-11-12 at 18.44.40.png||height="162" width="319"]]
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257 -Figure 2.22. Window with a field for entering the value
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259 -- a window with a field for selecting a named command (if command names corresponding to numeric values were preconfigured for this control type, see Fig. 2.23)
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263 -Figure 2.23. Window with the field for selecting the named command (1)
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265 -[[image:Screenshot 2025-11-12 at 18.45.56.png]]
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267 -Figure 2.24. Window with the field for selecting the named command (2)
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269 -- a window prompting the selection of a telecontrol command (for telecontrol commands, see Fig. 2.25)
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271 -[[image:Screenshot 2025-11-12 at 18.46.48.png||height="205" width="323"]]
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273 -Figure 2.25. Window with the selection of the TC command
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275 -After entering a value in the field or selecting a named command, click **OK** (see Fig. 2.22, Fig. 2.24).
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277 -Then, click **Execute** to confirm the entered value. After that, the control command is executed and recorded to the object. Alternatively, the operation can be canceled by selecting **Cancel** (see Fig. 2.26).
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279 -[[image:Screenshot 2025-11-12 at 18.47.59.png||height="164" width="317"]]
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281 -Figure 2.26. Action confirmation
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283 -For telecontrol commands, confirmation using the **Execute** button occurs immediately after selecting a command //On// or //Off //(see Fig. 2.27).
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285 -[[image:Screenshot 2025-11-12 at 18.48.39.png||height="247" width="316"]]
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287 -Figure 2.27. Action confirmation
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289 -If the user does not complete the required actions to send the command before the control session times out (60 seconds by default), the system returns to the password confirmation window (see Fig. 2.21).
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293 -=== 2.3. Analysis ===
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295 -This menu allows displaying information being processed by CENTO software in tabular form, with the ability to systematize and plot charts.
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297 -==== 2.3.1. Real-time data analysis ====
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299 -The left part of the **Real-time data analysis **window contains trees for devices, objects, statuses, and time, located on the corresponding tabs (see Fig. 2.28).
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301 -[[image:Screenshot 2025-11-12 at 18.50.56.png||height="565" width="1173"]]
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303 -Figure 2.28. Real-time data analysis
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305 -===== 2.3.1.1. Devices, objects. =====
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307 -The device tree displays the structure of devices configured in CENTO software and the tags linked to them (see Fig. 2.29). The devices contain all the information sources from which CENTO receives data. The statuses of devices and tags are displayed to the left of the device names in the form of icons.
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309 -[[image:Screenshot 2025-11-12 at 18.52.31.png||height="535" width="1185"]]
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311 -Figure 2.29. Device tree
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313 -The object tree shows the structure of the objects configured in the CENTO information model and the tags bound to them (see Fig. 2.30).
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315 -[[image:Screenshot 2025-11-12 at 18.53.16.png]]
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317 -Figure 2.30. Object tree
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319 -Depending on the access rights assigned, the user can have access to both tabs (Devices, Objects), to one of them, access only to a part of objects, or access to both tabs can be denied (tabs are hidden in the interface).
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321 -Each device and each tag has a status. Statuses are diagnostic representations of device and tag conditions. Each status has its own graphical representation and its own code (number).
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323 -Tables 2.1 and 2.2 show the statuses of the device and tags.
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325 -Table 2.1. Device statuses
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