Collecting offroute data, Methods for collecting offroute data – Rockwell Automation 1441-DYN25-Z Dynamix 2500 Data Collector User Manual
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Collecting and Reviewing Data Chapter 5
Collecting Offroute Data
The Offroute program lets you to collect data that is not part of a list (route).
While collecting list data, you may notice some unusual conditions that you want
to analyze further. You may also want to collect data for undefined points (points
not in your database), or existing points that are not in your current list (route).
The Dynamix 2500 data collector always associates Offroute measurements with
a list. If you have not loaded a list into the Dynamix 2500 data collector, the
Offroute data is associated with the Default Route. Offroute measurements are
stored at the current point. The current point is defined by where you leave the
regular route to take an Offroute measurement. The Dynamix 2500 data
collector labels the Offroute measurements as numbers. For example, the first
Offroute measurement is labeled as 1. This number increments by one each time
you collect an Offroute measurement.
To unload unscheduled measurements into the host software, you must have first
loaded a list so that the unscheduled measurements can be unloaded with that
list.
Methods for Collecting Offroute Data
There are two methods for collecting Offroute measurements with the Dynamix
2500 data collector:
• Choose one of the pre-defined measurements on the Offroute
Measurement screen.
This method provides an easy way to collect Offroute measurements for
the current point.
Dynamix 2500 data collector provides seven pre-defined measurements for
you to use to collect the Offroute data. You do not need to set any
parameters if you use the pre-defined measurements. The Dynamix 2500
data collector uses the measurement definitions for the current point.
Collect Offroute Data using a Pre-defined Measurement on page 150
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• Create a user-defined measurement point.
This method lets you to set up and collect any type of measurement.