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18 18  
19 19  To configure the structure, go to the "Devices, tags, channels" page (Settings – Devices, tags, channels) (see Fig. 2.2).
20 20  
21 -[[image:Screenshot 2025-11-09 at 20.07.38.png]]
21 +[[image:Screenshot 2025-11-09 at 20.07.38.png||height="150" width="1018"]]
22 22  
23 23  Fig. 2.2 – Devices, Tags, Channels Page
24 24  
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94 94  
95 95  [[image:Screenshot 2025-11-09 at 20.32.16.png||height="57" width="240"]]
96 96  
97 -Device name
97 +Device name.
98 98  
99 -[[image:Screenshot 2025-11-09 at 20.23.37.png||height="57" width="232"]]
99 +[[image:Screenshot 2025-11-09 at 20.23.37.png||height="57" width="232"]]
100 100  
101 -Select a template that corresponds to the selected device from the drop-down list or create a new one using the "+" button;
101 +Select a template that corresponds to the selected device from the drop-down list or create a new one using the "+" button.
102 102  
103 103  [[image:Screenshot 2025-11-09 at 20.26.11.png||height="58" width="235"]]
104 104  
105 -Identification number of the device in the system (by default, it is set automatically);
105 +Identification number of the device in the system (by default, it is set automatically).
106 106  
107 107  [[image:Screenshot 2025-11-09 at 20.27.03.png||height="59" width="240"]]
108 108  
109 -IP address of the device;
109 +IP address of the device.
110 110  
111 111  [[image:Screenshot 2025-11-09 at 20.28.08.png||height="58" width="240"]]
112 112  
113 -Serial number (for electricity meters);
113 +Serial number (for electricity meters).
114 114  
115 115  [[image:Screenshot 2025-11-09 at 20.29.00.png||height="57" width="241"]]
116 116  
117 -The object to which the device belongs;
117 +The object to which the device belongs.
118 118  
119 119  [[image:Screenshot 2025-11-09 at 20.30.58.png||height="74" width="242"]]
120 120  
121 -Stores a note on the device;
121 +Stores a note on the device.
122 122  
123 123  [[image:Screenshot 2025-11-09 at 20.31.47.png||height="57" width="243"]]
124 124  
125 -Binding the device to the object of the information model;
125 +Binding the device to the object of the information model.
126 126  
127 127  [[image:Screenshot 2025-11-09 at 20.33.17.png||height="29" width="129"]]
128 128  
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132 132  
133 133  Fig. 2.9 – Window "Replacement of the metering device"
134 134  
135 +After filling in the required fields, you should click on the "Save" button.
136 +
137 +Then, to apply the changes, you need to click the "Update Configuration" button in the drop-down menu in the upper right corner of the page.
138 +
139 +Adding devices and configuring protocols to CENTO is possible both through the above-described WEB-interface and using Excel files. Loading the CENTO configuration via Excel files is described in Section 3 of this guide.
140 +
141 +The rules and features of setting up devices and protocols are described in separate commissioning manuals.
142 +
143 +After you add a new device, it appears in the device tree on the Devices page. The device name in the tree and in the device table may be preceded by one of the following icons ("statuses"), which are described in Table 2.1.
144 +
145 +Table 2.1 – Device status decoding
146 +
147 +|Status Number|Device Status|Decoding
148 +|0|[[image:1762749353292-521.png]]|Disabled (device polling disabled in CENTO)
149 +|1|[[image:1762749353293-182.png]]|Normal (the device is connected, tags arrive without errors)
150 +|2|[[image:1762749353293-752.png]]|Data in the device with errors (some tags come with errors or are not polled)
151 +|3|[[image:1762749353293-611.png]]|Device is not available (device polling is enabled, but the device is not responding)
152 +|4|[[image:1762749353293-609.png]]|Tags or channels by device contain data with manual input
153 +|9|[[image:1762749353294-893.png]]|Status Not Available (Status Not Yet Received or Not Available)
154 +
155 +=== 2.3. Set up tags and channels ===
156 +
157 +In CENTO software, information is divided into 2 types: tags and channels.
158 +
159 +Tags are data, conditionally, "real-time". That is, data collected from sources of information with the lowest possible delays. The frequency of updating the value of each tag depends on the settings you set, the technical features of the data sources, and their capabilities. For example, in dispatching systems, data is updated once per second, but it can be both more frequent and less frequent (for example, it may depend on how much the value itself has changed).
160 +
161 +Channels are data used for metering (electricity, other energy resources, operating time, products, etc.). A feature of metering channels is a clearly defined discreteness of information (for example: 1 minute, 3 minutes, 30 minutes, 1 hour, etc.). The value of the channel is recorded as an increment of a value for a given period, averaging for a given period and a value at the end of the period. In metering systems, information is most often transmitted in this form by the data sources themselves (meters, heat calculators, etc.), but accounting channels can also be formed in CENTO itself based on tag values. The use of information in the form of "channels" in accounting allows you to receive information from data sources even in case of failures in communication channels (data can be obtained from the archive after the connection is restored), it is convenient to work with data, and generate various reports.
162 +
163 +Tags and accounting channels are configured on the same page "Devices, tags, channels" ("Settings" - "Devices, tags, channels") on the "Tags, channels" tab (see Fig. 2.10).
164 +
165 +[[image:Screenshot 2025-11-09 at 20.38.04.png]]
166 +
167 +Fig. 2.10 – Parameter Description Page
168 +
169 +On the "Tags, Channels" tab, when selecting one or more devices, all tags and channels of device data accounting are displayed in a tabular form. In this table, you can perform the following operations for each signal separately:
170 +
171 +* Create a tag or channel by clicking [[image:1762749527914-134.png||height="20" width="117"]] the button in the upper right corner of the screen.
172 +* the button [[image:1762749527915-501.png||height="21" width="69"]] allows you to export data on selected tags to an excel table, completely repeating columns and rows from "Tags, channels", while this uploaded file serves only for analysis, not configuration;
173 +* The button [[image:1762749527915-879.png||height="21" width="85"]] allows you to upload/download an Excel file with selected tags, in which you can remove/add tags to specific devices without downloading the entire configuration from the page from section 3 of this manual;
174 +* Go to the tag or channel editing window by clicking the left mouse button on the tag name or its ID;
175 +* viewing the values of tags and channels and going to the graph page of the required parameter by clicking the left mouse button on the value;
176 +* enabling and disabling tag (channel) polling by radio buttons in the "Status" column;
177 +* viewing the status of the tag (channel) and its polling;
178 +* viewing the time of the last update of the tag (channel) survey – the date and time (in the format "yy-mm-dd hh:mm:ss") of the last successful receipt of the tag (channel) value (the value of the tag or channel itself may not have changed);
179 +* copying and deleting tags and channels by clicking buttons [[image:1762749562010-279.png||height="25" width="25"]] and [[image:1762749562011-728.png||height="24" width="24"]] respectively.
180 +
181 +==== 2.3.1. Adding a protocol tag ====
182 +
183 +To create a separate tag, click on the "Create Tag" button. This will open the "Tag Polling Creation" page (see Figure 2.11).
184 +
185 +To display the protocol settings, you must first select the device (data source). After that, a set of protocols configured for the device will appear in the "Protocol" drop-down list (see p.2.2).
186 +
187 +[[image:Screenshot 2025-11-09 at 20.42.20.png]]
188 +
189 +Fig. 2.11 – Adding a protocol tag
190 +
191 +The "Tag Polling Creation" window consists of 4 blocks. The first block "General settings" contains the settings of the protocol that is configured in the device for which the tag is created. The second block contains the settings of the protocol through which the tag is passed (appears when the protocol is selected). The third block contains functions for processing the value of the tag. In the fourth block, the tag settings are configured, which determine the permissible limits of its change and the system's reaction to violation of these limits.
192 +
193 +The "General settings" block contains the following fields:
194 +
195 +[[image:Screenshot 2025-11-09 at 20.43.37.png||height="51" width="258"]]
196 +
197 +Parameter name (set by the user).
198 +
199 +[[image:Screenshot 2025-11-09 at 20.44.12.png||height="51" width="257"]]
200 +
201 +Selection of the parameter category.
202 +
203 +[[image:Screenshot 2025-11-09 at 20.45.47.png||height="51" width="257"]]
204 +
205 +The alphabetic code of the tag, which can be used instead of ID (it is possible to enter numbers, Latin letters and the symbol _ ).
206 +
207 +[[image:Screenshot 2025-11-09 at 20.46.25.png||height="51" width="257"]]
208 +
209 +The identity address of the parameter. Default is set automatically, and can be changed.
210 +
211 +[[image:Screenshot 2025-11-09 at 20.47.06.png||height="49" width="125"]]
212 +
213 +Units of measurement of the parameter.
214 +
215 +[[image:Screenshot 2025-11-09 at 20.47.38.png||height="53" width="255"]]
216 +
217 +The device from which the parameter is read.
218 +
219 +[[image:Screenshot 2025-11-09 at 20.49.12.png||height="53" width="258"]]
220 +
221 +Protocol used (the list of protocols is formed from the configured protocols for the selected device).
222 +
223 +[[image:Screenshot 2025-11-09 at 20.49.50.png||height="58" width="98"]]
224 +
225 +Affects the appearance of charting on the "Live Data" analysis page, if the tag is analog, then the switch should be like in the picture.
226 +
227 +[[image:Screenshot 2025-11-09 at 20.50.20.png||height="70" width="254"]]
228 +
229 +Stores a note on the tag, does not affect the survey.
230 +
231 +[[image:Screenshot 2025-11-09 at 20.51.17.png||height="57" width="115"]]
232 +
233 +Appears for tags with a protocol, saves the history of changing values. When the "Save to database" function is disabled, tag data is not transferred to the backup server and is not transmitted via the S2S protocol.
234 +
235 +Depending on the selected device, the protocol specified when creating the device will be automatically selected in the "Protocol" field.
236 +
237 +The rules, description, and specifics of setting up tags in terms of protocols are described in separate setup manuals.
238 +
239 +The "Processing" block contains the following fields:
240 +
241 +[[image:Screenshot 2025-11-09 at 21.34.56.png||height="60" width="289"]]
242 +
243 +
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