The following courses are available:

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SCADA Configuration

The CygNet Configuration course is the first course for CygNet users who will be responsible for configuring items in the SCADA system. It introduces students to the components of the system and teaches them how to add field devices to the system, set up control commands, define polling schedules, add points, setup alarm and history reporting, and to define notifications. Students also learn how to create basic HMI screens and to define reports.

Objectives:

  • Understand service functionality
  • Add communication devices
  • Add and configure remote devices
  • Create custom commands
  • Create points
  • Understand alarm and history reporting
  • Schedule tasks
  • Create and utilize groups
  • Create notifications
  • Learn CygNet Studio design basics
  • Learn reporting applications
  • Learn basic configuration utilities

Course Length:

3 days (8:30 am to 4:30 pm)

Continuing Education Units (CEUs):

3.0

Prerequisites:

  • Use of standard Microsoft applications such as Word and Excel.
  • RTU/PLC experience preferred.

Class Size:

  • Minimum Students: 3
  • Maximum Students: 10

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SCADA Advanced Configuration

The CygNet Advanced Configuration course introduces students to scripting in points and HMI screens, group rollups, device template files, the CygNet ODBC interface, importing/exporting data, the OPC Interface Service and the FIX Interface Service.

Objectives:

  • Create scripted tags
  • Understand group rollups
  • Add scripted functionality to CygNet Studio screens
  • Understand device template files
  • Understand CygNet’s ODBC driver and its uses
  • Import data into the system
  • Import points into the system
  • Configuring and using the software interface services
  • Learn advanced configuration utilities

Course Length:

  • 2 days (8:30 am to 4:30 pm)

Continuing Education Units (CEUs):

  • 2.0

Prerequisites:

  • CygNet Configuration Course.
  • Use of standard Microsoft applications such as Word and Excel.
  • Familiarity with VB Script or other scripting/programming language preferred.

Class Size:

  • Minimum Students: 3
  • Maximum Students: 10

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SCADA Administrator

The CygNet Administrator course provide students with a thorough understanding of the CygNet services and their inter-relationships, and teaches them about service configuration, adding services, client-to-service and service-to-service communication, system security, managing UDCs, version management, backup and restore procedures, installing upgrades, license management, system maintenance, and system troubleshooting.

Objectives:

  • Understand Service configuration options
  • Understand service relationships
  • Troubleshooting CygNet component communication problems (Client-Service and Service-Service)
  • Understand the use of Service Monitoring Service points
  • Understand error and log messages
  • Set up GNS options (service config, responses xml, voice cache)
  • Learn to setup applications for version management
  • Implement system security
  • Configure data replication
  • Backup and restore services
  • Install upgrades/patches
  • Learn administrator utilities

Course Length:

  • 2 days (8:30 am to 4:30 pm)

Continuing Education Units (CEUs):

  • 2.0

Prerequisites:

  • CygNet Configuration Course.
  • Use of standard Microsoft applications such as Word and Excel.
  • Familiarity with VB Script or other scripting/programming language preferred.

Class Size:

  • Minimum Students: 3
  • Maximum Students: 10

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GMR

The GMR course teaches students how to setup and configure the Gas Measurement Repository, upload client applications files, configure remote devices for GMR data retrieval, add and delete meters from GMR, configure poll schedules, add and use groups, and implement security.

Objectives:

  • Understand the relationship between the SQL server and GMR
  • Understand Gas Measurement Respository system components
  • Add meters
  • Create data retrieval schedules
  • Export data
  • Understand configuration detail sets
  • Edit data
  • Copy data
  • Recalculate values
  • Run reports
  • Import data

Course Length:

  • 3 days (8:30 am to 4:30 pm)

Continuing Education Units (CEUs):

  • 3.0

Prerequisites:

  • CygNet SCADA Configuration Course.

Class Size:

  • Minimum Students: 3
  • Maximum Students: 10

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Web

The Web class is under development.

Objectives:

  • TBD
  • TBD 

Course Length:

  • 2 days (8:30 am to 4:30 pm)

Continuing Education Units (CEUs):

  • 2.0

Prerequisites:

  • Use of standard Microsoft applications such as Word and Excel.

Class Size:

  • Minimum Students: 3
  • Maximum Students: 10

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