Input Mingcedar scenario configuration

Choose the panel, station, or server role first. Panels browse and operate screens; Mingcedar tag services run on an IPC or server.

Choose field role Recommendation

Capacity planning Six workload metrics

Record configuration, acquisition, changes, writes, and subscriptions separately; do not extrapolate linearly from an isolated sample.

Configured catalog Tags and active cyclic Tags
PLC request rate and data-change rate
History/event write rate, clients, and subscribed Tags

Record the software version, hardware, protocols, collection intervals, and test duration with capacity results so they can be assessed against the current project.

Host planning Select resources by workload

Evaluate the runtime unit, database, and clients on the target platform.

Configured catalog Tags and active cyclic Tags
PLC request rate and data-change rate
History/event write rate, clients, and subscribed Tags

Host memory cannot be directly converted into supported Tag counts. Establish sizing through sustained-load and recovery validation.

Protocol validation Verify target-device compatibility

Record PLC model, firmware, driver, addressing mode, and security configuration.

Verify reads, writes, and readback.
Cover reconnect, invalid quality, and collection recovery after a service restart.
For S7Plus, check whether the package includes a matching driver; if absent, follow the deployment guide.

Connectivity or successful import does not establish sustained acquisition capacity.

Acquisition boundaries PLC communication and acquisition budget

Record PLC model, firmware, driver, addressing mode, and security configuration.

Check specifications for the actual model, firmware, and protocol.
Validate active Tags, address continuity, scan cycles, and request concurrency.
Reserve resources for reconnects, service restarts, and bursts of data changes.

Connectivity or successful import does not establish sustained acquisition capacity.

Manual

Video channels and playback

Configure the host media channel in the PowerPoint video template editor.

User guide

User guide: Video channels and playback

Configure gateways in Settings and channels in the video template editor, then play them through screen controls.

Configure a channel and source

Configure the host media channel in the PowerPoint video template editor.

Select Host Camera (Configure or Select) under Playback Source, then set Channel Code and the camera source in Camera Configuration. Sources support RTSP/RTSPS, RTMP/RTMPS, HTTP(S) and other schemes, subject to gateway and codec compatibility.
Save with Save to Host, then use Apply and Check for gateway readiness and Preview in Browser for first-frame and continuous playback. Gateway readiness does not prove decoding; verify playback before referencing the channel code in a screen control.
The host manages credentialed sources while the screen package stores the channel reference. Restore both when migrating. Direct HTTP(S) Playback URL accepts only browser-playable HTTP(S) addresses, not RTSP or RTMP camera source addresses.

Gateway and on-demand playback

Location: Settings → Video service.

With managed MediaMTX, the system manages the gateway addresses. To use an existing gateway, disable managed mode, select its type, and enter the playback URL. An existing MediaMTX gateway also needs its control API URL; an external WHEP gateway does not.
Open a runtime screen containing the video control and check first-frame playback, continuity and release after leaving. Playback is established on demand by default.
If playback fails, inspect the source device, host-to-source network, gateway, browser-to-gateway access and codec compatibility.