Rockwell Automation 1756-HIST2G FactoryTalk Historian ME 2.1 Quick Start Guide - Manual (Page 20)

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This file determines which points will be discovered by the
Add Points Wizard. You can view the Rule File by clicking the
icon to the right of the Rule File data field. Rule Files are
managed through the Discovery Rule Editor (one of several
optional tools available on the Client Tools CD that was
shipped with your FactoryTalk Historian ME Module). Use the
Discovery Rule Editor to create and edit Rule Files that you
can upload to the module. See Discovery Rule Editor in the
FactoryTalk Historian ME User’s Guide for more information.
2. Select a Tag File.
This file determines the attributes of the points to be created.
You can view the tag attributes by clicking the icon to the right
of the file name. Tag attribute files are managed through the
Rule Editor. Use the Rule Editor to create and edit tag attribute
files. See Discovery Rule Editor in the FactoryTalk Historian
ME User’s Guide for more information.
Note: If you are using the custom Tag file, select Default so that the scan
rate is pulled from the Tag file and is not overwritten by this setting.
3. Set the Scan Rate.
This is the rate (in seconds) at which the data will be collected.
See Scan Class in the FactoryTalk Historian ME User’s Guide
for more information.
4. Choose which processors to search. To include a ControlLogix
processor in the tag search, click the checkbox next to its
name.
Under Start Search In, all online ControlLogix processors are
displayed. FactoryTalk Historian ME supports data collection
from a maximum of four ControlLogix processors.
5. Click [Show Tags] to search for tags in the selected
processor(s).