Over the coming months, the terminal connectors supplied with a number of Electrical Accessories will be changing. These changes are: The screw type in the connector will suit either a No. 2 Philips Drive or a No 1 Square Drive screwdriver. Terminal connectors will now be square wrapper design, ensuring reliable connection. All connectors will now be supplied with single screw. This is fully compliant with AS/NZS3000:2007 as per clause (d) below from sub-section 2.9.4. for active, neutral and earth connections. (d) a neutral conductor used as a combined protective earthing and neutral (PEN) conductor for protective earthing of any portion of an electrical installation, the terminal shall be of a type having— two screws; or one screw with an outside diameter not less than 80% of the tunnel diameter. The terminal connectors being supplied have a screw diameter in excess of 80% of the tunnel diameter which means the single screw connectors can be used for active, neutral and earth connections. The products supplied with new connectors are: 504/4 554/3 554/4 554J4 554C4 554J4B100 HD554J4

In ClearSCADA, it is possible to add a custom 'Description' field to object properties by adding a custom metadata field. The description field could then be queried. This article describes the steps to configuring such a metadata field. 1) In ViewX, right-click on the root group and, from the menu bar, select 'Edit Metadata' 2) In the Metadata dialog select the 'Fields' tab, click the 'Add' button and then select 'Standard' 3) Set up the new field as follows and then click OK: 4) Back in the Metadata dialog select the 'Labels' tab and click the 'Add' button. 5) Configure the label as follows and then click OK: 6) Now if you create a point and look at the 'Identification' tab you will see a new field which you can populate with a text string. 7) If you perform a query from the CDBObject table and include the ptDesc field you will see the text string that you defined for the point. The steps above may be used as a guide for configuring other custom metadata fields. Note: You can specify the CDBPoint table instead of the CDBObject table (steps 3 and 5 above) if you want to limit the description field to points only. If this is done then the 'Description' field will then appear on the tab labeled 'Point' in the point properties dialog.