Real or Discrete .

[Rich Ex]

Hi Friends,

Could someone please explain the difference between real and discrete in the software.
My understanding of ‘real’ is that the source is a real input such as my Scada unit

A couple of examples would help as well if possible , also with this in mind how do I share data from my Scada device across different Input Channels , I have tried SetVal on a new channel but this does not seem to work, am I messing up the ‘discrete/real’ type maybe ?

Thank You
Rich

[Mikhail]

Hi,

Input channels of the Real type store floating point numbers, like 1.2345, etc.
Discrete channels store values that can be enumerated. E.g., Off and On.

However, internally in Rapid SCADA engine there is no difference. All input channels have 64-bit floating point values.

I have tried SetVal on a new channel but this does not seem to work

If you provide link to a screenshot and describe expected behavior of the formula, I can help.

[Mikhail]

In Rapid SCADA 6 we will simplify input channel types. There will be only 2 types: Measured and Calculated.

[Rich Ex]

Hi Mikhail ,
Thanks very much for the info , understood .
I now have the SetVal working , I was trying to use it in the result channel and not the source channel .

Thank you.

[Mikhail]

Hi,

If you heed some help with it, please provide links to screenshots of the channels.

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