<s>
Citect	B-Application
is	O
now	O
a	O
group	O
of	O
industrial	O
software	O
products	O
sold	O
by	O
Aveva	O
,	O
but	O
started	O
as	O
a	O
software	O
development	O
company	O
specialising	O
in	O
the	O
Automation	B-Application
and	O
Control	O
industry	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
main	O
software	O
products	O
developed	O
by	O
Citect	B-Application
included	O
CitectSCADA	B-Application
,	O
CitectSCADA	B-Application
Reports	O
,	O
and	O
Ampla	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Citect	B-Application
began	O
as	O
a	O
subsidiary	O
of	O
Alfa	O
Laval	O
in	O
1973	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
name	O
change	O
of	O
the	O
company	O
took	O
place	O
to	O
Ci	O
Technologies	O
,	O
and	O
then	O
to	O
Citect	B-Application
to	O
take	O
advantage	O
of	O
the	O
well	O
known	O
name	O
of	O
its	O
flagship	O
software	O
product	O
,	O
CitectSCADA	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Whilst	O
Citect	B-Application
was	O
considered	O
to	O
be	O
a	O
software	O
development	O
company	O
,	O
it	O
also	O
had	O
a	O
large	O
Professional	O
Services	O
division	O
,	O
which	O
was	O
a	O
key	O
contributor	O
to	O
the	O
success	O
of	O
the	O
business	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2006	O
,	O
Citect	B-Application
Pty	O
Ltd	O
was	O
acquired	O
by	O
the	O
Schneider	O
Electric	O
group	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
the	O
end	O
of	O
2008	O
,	O
Citect	B-Application
ceased	O
trading	O
as	O
an	O
independent	O
company	O
and	O
all	O
of	O
its	O
remaining	O
operations	O
were	O
absorbed	O
into	O
Schneider	O
Electric	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Cicode	B-Application
is	O
a	O
programming	O
language	O
used	O
by	O
Citect	B-Application
SCADA	O
software	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
structure	O
and	O
syntax	O
of	O
Cicode	B-Application
is	O
very	O
similar	O
to	O
that	O
of	O
the	O
Pascal	B-Application
programming	I-Application
language	I-Application
,	O
the	O
main	O
difference	O
being	O
that	O
it	O
does	O
not	O
include	O
pointers	O
and	O
associated	O
concepts	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Citect	B-Application
provides	O
a	O
rich	O
programming	O
API	B-General_Concept
that	O
includes	O
sophisticated	O
programming	O
constructs	O
such	O
as	O
concurrent	O
tasks	O
and	O
semaphores	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
Cicode	B-Application
sample	O
is	O
shown	O
below	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
a	O
run-time	O
application	O
logics	O
expressed	O
in	O
the	O
Cicode	B-Application
programming	O
language	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Martin	O
Roberts	O
wrote	O
Citect	B-Application
for	O
DOS	O
,	O
released	O
in	O
1987	O
,	O
as	O
a	O
response	O
to	O
the	O
limited	O
range	O
of	O
PC-based	O
operator	O
interface	O
software	O
available	O
at	O
the	O
time	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Citect	B-Application
for	O
DOS	O
consisted	O
of	O
a	O
configuration	O
database	O
(	O
in	O
dBase	B-Application
format	O
)	O
,	O
a	O
bitmap	O
(	O
256	O
colour	O
raw	O
format	O
)	O
and	O
an	O
animation	O
file	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
user	O
would	O
draw	O
a	O
representation	O
of	O
a	O
facility	O
using	O
the	O
readily	O
available	O
Dr	B-Application
Halo	I-Application
graphical	O
package	O
and	O
placing	O
"	O
Animation	O
Points	O
"	O
in	O
the	O
desired	O
location	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
"	O
Tags	O
"	O
were	O
assigned	O
in	O
the	O
configuration	O
databases	O
,	O
equating	O
to	O
addresses	O
within	O
the	O
programmable	O
electronic	O
devices	O
Citect	B-Application
was	O
communicating	O
with	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Citect	B-Application
for	O
DOS	O
could	O
communicate	O
with	O
various	O
programmable	O
electronic	O
devices	O
via	O
the	O
various	O
serial	O
links	O
offered	O
by	O
the	O
device	O
;	O
some	O
through	O
direct	O
PC	O
serial	O
port	O
connections	O
,	O
others	O
through	O
3rd	O
party	O
PC	O
based	O
cards	O
designed	O
to	O
communicate	O
with	O
the	O
target	O
programmable	O
electronic	O
device	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Software	O
drivers	O
were	O
written	O
for	O
many	O
protocols	O
;	O
its	O
ability	O
to	O
communicate	O
with	O
a	O
variety	O
of	O
devices	O
-	O
and	O
to	O
have	O
new	O
drivers	O
written	O
when	O
required	O
-	O
became	O
a	O
primary	O
selling	O
point	O
for	O
Citect	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
During	O
the	O
early	O
1990s	O
PC	O
computational	O
power	O
had	O
caught	O
up	O
and	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
based	O
software	O
was	O
becoming	O
popular	O
,	O
so	O
Citect	B-Application
for	O
Windows	O
was	O
developed	O
and	O
released	O
in	O
1992	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
configuration	O
methodology	O
remained	O
similar	O
to	O
Citect	B-Application
for	O
DOS	O
but	O
became	O
more	O
intuitive	O
under	O
MS	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Citect	B-Application
for	O
Windows	O
was	O
written	O
as	O
a	O
direct	O
response	O
to	O
a	O
request	O
by	O
Argyle	O
Diamonds	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
company	O
was	O
originally	O
intending	O
to	O
use	O
a	O
Honeywell	O
system	O
until	O
a	O
number	O
of	O
Arygle	O
's	O
site	O
engineers	O
talked	O
Argyle	O
around	O
to	O
Citect	B-Application
after	O
highlighting	O
the	O
existing	O
problems	O
they	O
were	O
having	O
with	O
Honeywell	O
systems	O
on	O
site	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Argyle	O
contributed	O
$1	O
million	O
to	O
the	O
development	O
of	O
Citect	B-Application
for	O
Windows	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Argyle	O
Digital	O
)	O
is	O
still	O
part	O
of	O
Citect	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1993	O
BHP	O
Iron	O
Ore	O
upgraded	O
its	O
Port	O
Hedland	O
operator	O
interface	O
to	O
Citect	B-Application
for	O
Windows	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Being	O
the	O
largest	O
installation	O
attempted	O
by	O
Citect	B-Application
at	O
the	O
time	O
,	O
Version	O
1	O
was	O
showing	O
many	O
limitations	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Key	O
changes	O
were	O
made	O
to	O
the	O
graphics	O
configuration	O
by	O
Andrew	O
Allan	O
,	O
including	O
a	O
move	O
away	O
from	O
Dr	O
Halo/Animation	O
Point	O
to	O
the	O
new	O
"	O
CTG	O
"	O
(	O
Citect	B-Application
Graphics	O
)	O
system	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Port	O
Hedland	O
scope	O
of	O
work	O
required	O
additional	O
functionality	O
not	O
inherent	O
in	O
Citect	B-Application
for	O
Windows	O
,	O
but	O
due	O
to	O
the	O
versatile	O
nature	O
of	O
the	O
software	O
(	O
in	O
particular	O
by	O
the	O
use	O
of	O
Cicode	B-Application
)	O
many	O
additional	O
features	O
were	O
programmed	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Version	O
3	O
of	O
Citect	B-Application
for	O
Windows	O
was	O
developed	O
to	O
build	O
in	O
much	O
of	O
the	O
functionality	O
that	O
previously	O
had	O
to	O
be	O
programmed	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
indication	O
of	O
a	O
communications	O
failure	O
to	O
any	O
programmable	O
electronic	O
device	O
displaying	O
real-time	O
data	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
this	O
time	O
Citect	B-Application
for	O
Windows	O
had	O
the	O
dominant	O
market	O
share	O
(	O
in	O
Australia	O
)	O
of	O
PC	O
based	O
operator	O
interface	O
software	O
but	O
new	O
competitor	O
software	O
was	O
catching	O
up	O
to	O
the	O
features	O
and	O
functionality	O
of	O
Citect	B-Application
and	O
gaining	O
in	O
popularity	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Citect	B-Application
began	O
to	O
focus	O
more	O
on	O
remaining	O
competitive	O
;	O
version	O
5	O
was	O
released	O
containing	O
mainly	O
features	O
aimed	O
at	O
keeping	O
the	O
software	O
at	O
the	O
leading	O
edge	O
of	O
the	O
market	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Version	O
6	O
continued	O
this	O
trend	O
and	O
included	O
more	O
SCADA-like	O
functionality	O
in	O
addition	O
to	O
the	O
poll-based	O
real-time	O
control	O
system	O
that	O
still	O
remains	O
the	O
core	O
of	O
the	O
Citect	B-Application
software	O
today	O
.	O
</s>
