help with a CMD prompt scripting

[EICS]

Can someone please assist to help with a command prompt script from the command prompt "CMD" windows script host



from my SCADA i want to check the status of a device.


the executable to do this is as follows


isactive.exe


this will either return "Active" or "Standby" depending on the devices status


i would like to display a "message window" by using the following code in command prompt but i do not know the syntax.



IF return is Active then


msg %username% Device is in "ACTIVE" mode !

ELSE

msg %username% Device is in "STANDBY" mode !

a self closefeature would also be nice with both windows after 5 seconds if possible if not the ok button that is displayed as default will suffice

 

[tragically1969]

Can someone please assist to help with a command prompt script from the command prompt "CMD" windows script host



from my SCADA i want to check the status of a device.


the executable to do this is as follows


isactive.exe


this will either return "Active" or "Standby" depending on the devices status


i would like to display a "message window" by using the following code in command prompt but i do not know the syntax.



IF return is Active then


msg %username% Device is in "ACTIVE" mode !

ELSE

msg %username% Device is in "STANDBY" mode !

a self closefeature would also be nice with both windows after 5 seconds if possible if not the ok button that is displayed as default will suffice

Which SCADA ?

Any particular reason why you are wanting to use CMD prompt to achieve this ?

Most SCADA systems there is no need to step out of the application to check device status or drive message boxes, they generally all provide these functions inside the application.

 

[EICS]

Hi tragically1969

i have Citect SCADA.

the plant also uses a 3rd party alarm paging app (email, sms, voice etc) application called WIN-911 communicating via OPC-DA.

i need to have a way of showing the status of the notifier Via SCADA. i can do this from the notifier app but it is challenging to set this up from the Client scada workstations and not allow control of the notifier.

when a maintenance day is scheduled with personnel onsite they can be given access to control the notifier, so as not to page out.

by using simple scripting i can simply show the status and then allow control under SCADA security if the status needs to be changed, i can also log who changed it and when.

can you help with scripting ? its not easy for me as an Electrician.

 

[tragically1969]

Hi tragically1969

i have Citect SCADA.

the plant also uses a 3rd party alarm paging app (email, sms, voice etc) application called WIN-911 communicating via OPC-DA.

i need to have a way of showing the status of the notifier Via SCADA. i can do this from the notifier app but it is challenging to set this up from the Client scada workstations and not allow control of the notifier.

when a maintenance day is scheduled with personnel onsite they can be given access to control the notifier, so as not to page out.

by using simple scripting i can simply show the status and then allow control under SCADA security if the status needs to be changed, i can also log who changed it and when.

can you help with scripting ? its not easy for me as an Electrician.

Sorry, not something i can help with really, if you needed to do it in Citect i may be able to help.

Just FYI the best alarming paging system we have found for Citect is SMS Server, uses the CtAPI which is much better than OPC

http://smsserver.cpsistemi.it/index.php/en/

 

[EICS]

can you possibly write the same in CITECT VBA or a VBS script?


either of those 2 would do the same thing i think. my code writing skill is simple at best.

 

[EICS]

any scripting experts out there ?

 

[tragically1969]

any scripting experts out there ?

I's still a bit confused how you are going to get the device status out of the Citect system into the windows scripting environment ?

 

[EICS]

I's still a bit confused how you are going to get the device status out of the Citect system into the windows scripting environment ?

did some further work today and it is close just need some help with the conditional If Else.


Remember - the device is a 3rd party app that uses OPC-DA to get the SCADA triggers for message notification


i use a button with a cicode command exec to launch the script file ( *.BAT or *.CMD) in the windows script host environment


it will work, as i have done similar things already like using *.VBS/*.VBA script to email out reports directly from Citect.