Setup Guide - XWiki

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**CONTENT**

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== **1. INTRODUCTION** ==

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CENTO is a multifunctional software platform for data collection, processing, and display.

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CENTO can be used to build various automated systems, for example: dispatching, control, accounting, diagnostics, etc.

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This guide describes the general steps for setting up CENTO software, as well as links to other instructions.

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== **2. DEVICES, TAGS, CHANNELS** ==

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Operations for configuring the CENTO software are performed from the drop-down menu "Settings" (see Fig. 2.1) of the control panel at the top of the CENTO graphical interface.

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Fig. 2.1 – Settings drop-down menu

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=== 2.1. Creating a device tree ===

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Configuration begins with the creation of a tree of devices (sources of information). The device tree is formed based on the convenience of further work with this tree and can reflect either the structure and names of the places where information sources are installed, or (in the case of small projects) combine information sources and production facilities of the enterprise. This tree is necessary for the subsequent attribution of all sources of information and the information itself to this structure.

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To configure the structure, go to the "Devices, tags, channels" page (Settings – Devices, tags, channels) (see Fig. 2.2).

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[[image:Screenshot 2025-11-09 at 20.07.38.png||height="150" width="1018"]]

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Fig. 2.2 – Devices, Tags, Channels Page

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By default, CENTO has a "Root Object" preset. Under the root object, you can specify, for example, the name of a company or a separate object. In order to rename a tree element, you need to hover the mouse pointer over it and right-click, and then select "Edit" (see Fig. 2.3). You can also delete an unnecessary object by clicking on the button [[image:1762746580637-301.png]]

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[[image:Screenshot 2025-11-09 at 20.06.44.png||height="332" width="501"]]

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Fig. 2.3 – Editing an object

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**Attention! There must be no tethered devices in the power facility for removal.**

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Adding objects in the structure (name of the system or enterprise) is performed by right-clicking (hereinafter referred to as the "RMB") on:

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* Selected object in the tree, in which case the new object will be nested;

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* In the empty space of a given tree, in this case, the new object will be an independent object in this structure.

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The sequence and nesting of objects in the tree can be adjusted by dragging objects by holding down the left mouse button (see Fig. 2.4), as well as by using [[image:1762746645908-483.png]] and [[image:1762746672090-269.png]]selecting the desired object in the tree (see Fig. 2.5).

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[[image:Screenshot 2025-11-09 at 20.05.39.png||height="213" width="499"]]

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Fig. 2.4 – Dragging a New Object Inside the Tree

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[[image:Screenshot 2025-11-09 at 20.05.00.png||height="407" width="496"]]

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Fig. 2.5 – Dragging a New Object Inside the Tree

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To select all objects, click on the button [[image:1762746768528-956.png]] , and it will change its appearance to [[image:1762746794500-389.png]]. To reset the selection of all objects in the tree, click on this button again [[image:1762746812138-731.png]]. To collapse the tree, click on , and [[image:1762746841632-572.png]] to expand it [[image:1762746869342-141.png]]. To change the width of the tree, you need to hover over the vertical line, and drag right/left while holding down the click and click.

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The search input field [[image:1762746912120-741.png]] allows you to search for information by the name of the tree object, the name of the device, as well as its ID or Code.

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Adding and configuring power facilities 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.

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=== 2.2. Creating devices ===

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You can create new devices (information sources) and edit existing ones on the "Devices, tags, channels" page ("Settings" – "Devices, tags, channels") (see Fig. 2.6).

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[[image:Screenshot 2025-11-09 at 20.04.03.png]]

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Fig. 2.6 – Devices page

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On this page, you can perform the following operations:

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* Creating a device by clicking the button [[image:1762747055524-817.png||height="22" width="94"]] in the upper right corner of the screen;

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* downloading/uploading selected devices to an Excel file by pressing a button [[image:1762747071069-512.png||height="21" width="88"]] , which allows you to configure devices for scanning without uploading the entire configuration on the page from section 3;

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* go to the device editing window by left-clicking on the device name or its ID;

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* search for an already configured device by selecting in the object tree and searching for devices in these objects manually or through filters in the headers of the device table, where [[image:1762747071070-762.png||height="25" width="30"]] it searches by ID or by Code, depending on the user's choice;

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* enabling and disabling device polling by switches in the "Status" column;

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* viewing the status of the device and polling it according to the configured protocols;

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* copying an untagged device [[image:1762747071070-928.png||height="24" width="24"]] with its tags [[image:1762747071070-641.png||height="25" width="24"]] and deleting devices [[image:1762747071071-408.png||height="23" width="23"]] ;

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* filter by category;

* filter by formula;

* filter by device.

Clicking on the button will open the [[image:1762747182802-715.png||height="26" width="110"]] "Create a device" page, where you need to enter the parameters of the new device (see Fig. 2.7).

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[[image:Screenshot 2025-11-09 at 20.02.13.png]]

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Fig. 2.7 – Device Creation Page

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In order to edit an already configured device, click on its name on the "Devices" page, which will take you to the "Device Editing" page (see Fig. 2.8).

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To speed up the creation of a device group, CENTO has the function of copying devices with all their settings by clicking the button [[image:1762747218001-134.png||height="27" width="27"]] on the "Devices, tags, channels" page (see Fig. 2.6). Next, you need to change the configuration in accordance with the project, also going to the "Edit device" page.

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[[image:Screenshot 2025-11-09 at 20.01.08.png]]

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Fig. 2.8 – Device Editing Page

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The "Create Device" window ("Edit Device") consists of 2 blocks. The first block "General settings" has the same view for all devices. In the second block, you are asked to select and enter settings for the device polling protocol. For each device, it is possible to poll according to 2 or more protocols, for example, for electricity meters (polling real-time parameters, downloading archives of accumulated interval values of electricity) (see Fig. 2.8).

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The "General settings" block contains the following fields:

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[[image:Screenshot 2025-11-09 at 20.32.16.png||height="57" width="240"]]

Device name.

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Select a template that corresponds to the selected device from the drop-down list or create a new one using the "+" button.

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[[image:Screenshot 2025-11-09 at 20.26.11.png||height="58" width="235"]]

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Identification number of the device in the system (by default, it is set automatically).

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[[image:Screenshot 2025-11-09 at 20.27.03.png||height="59" width="240"]]

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IP address of the device.

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[[image:Screenshot 2025-11-09 at 20.28.08.png||height="58" width="240"]]

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Serial number (for electricity meters).

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[[image:Screenshot 2025-11-09 at 20.29.00.png||height="57" width="241"]]

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The object to which the device belongs.

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[[image:Screenshot 2025-11-09 at 20.30.58.png||height="74" width="242"]]

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Stores a note on the device.

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[[image:Screenshot 2025-11-09 at 20.31.47.png||height="57" width="243"]]

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Binding the device to the object of the information model.

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[[image:Screenshot 2025-11-09 at 20.33.17.png||height="29" width="129"]]

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Allows you to replace the existing device with a new one, saving the metering data (after clicking, an additional window with instructions pops up, see Fig. 2.9).

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Fig. 2.9 – Window "Replacement of the metering device"

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After filling in the required fields, you should click on the "Save" button.

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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.

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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.

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The rules and features of setting up devices and protocols are described in separate commissioning manuals.

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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.

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Table 2.1 – Device status decoding

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|Status Number|Device Status|Decoding

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|0|[[image:1762749353292-521.png]]|Disabled (device polling disabled in CENTO)

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|1|[[image:1762749353293-182.png]]|Normal (the device is connected, tags arrive without errors)

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|2|[[image:1762749353293-752.png]]|Data in the device with errors (some tags come with errors or are not polled)

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|3|[[image:1762749353293-611.png]]|Device is not available (device polling is enabled, but the device is not responding)

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|4|[[image:1762749353293-609.png]]|Tags or channels by device contain data with manual input

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|9|[[image:1762749353294-893.png]]|Status Not Available (Status Not Yet Received or Not Available)

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=== 2.3. Set up tags and channels ===

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In CENTO software, information is divided into 2 types: tags and channels.

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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).

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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.

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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).

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[[image:Screenshot 2025-11-09 at 20.38.04.png]]

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Fig. 2.10 – Parameter Description Page

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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:

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* 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.

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* 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;

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* 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;

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* Go to the tag or channel editing window by clicking the left mouse button on the tag name or its ID;

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* 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;

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* enabling and disabling tag (channel) polling by radio buttons in the "Status" column;

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* viewing the status of the tag (channel) and its polling;

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* 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);

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* 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.

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==== 2.3.1. Adding a protocol tag ====

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To create a separate tag, click on the "Create Tag" button. This will open the "Tag Polling Creation" page (see Figure 2.11).

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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).

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[[image:Screenshot 2025-11-09 at 20.42.20.png]]

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Fig. 2.11 – Adding a protocol tag

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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.

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The "General settings" block contains the following fields:

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Parameter name (set by the user).

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Selection of the parameter category.

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The alphabetic code of the tag, which can be used instead of ID (it is possible to enter numbers, Latin letters and the symbol _ ).

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The identity address of the parameter. Default is set automatically, and can be changed.

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Units of measurement of the parameter.

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The device from which the parameter is read.

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Protocol used (the list of protocols is formed from the configured protocols for the selected device).

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[[image:Screenshot 2025-11-09 at 20.49.50.png||height="58" width="98"]]

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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.

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Stores a note on the tag, does not affect the survey.

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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.

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Depending on the selected device, the protocol specified when creating the device will be automatically selected in the "Protocol" field.

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The rules, description, and specifics of setting up tags in terms of protocols are described in separate setup manuals.

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The "Processing" block contains the following fields:

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[[image:Screenshot 2025-11-09 at 21.34.56.png||height="60" width="289"]]

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The formula for mathematical processing of the parameter (according to a predetermined formula or the user's formula). Clicking on the "+" opens the window for creating a new formula, which then appears in the list of templates.

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A field for entering a custom formula, not from the list of templates.

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