Rockwell Automation FactoryTalk View Machine Edition Users Guide - Manual (Page 169)

10 • Set up FactoryTalk Diagnostics
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 From the Windows Start menu, select Programs > Rockwell Software > Utilities >
Diagnostics Setup.
For details about using the Diagnostics Setup tool, see Help for the tool.
Log to an ODBC database
The option of logging FactoryTalk Diagnostics messages to an ODBC database is
available for personal computers only.
ODBC logging works by periodically exporting the contents of the local log file to an
ODBC-compliant database. FactoryTalk View supports these ODBC-compliant
databases:
 Microsoft Access
 Sybase SQL Server
 Oracle
 Microsoft SQL Server
If you have set up FactoryTalk Diagnostics to overwrite events in the local log file, make
sure messages are logged to the ODBC-compliant database before the oldest events are
deleted.
For information about the contents of the FactoryTalk Diagnostics ODBC tables, see
Appendix D.
Set up message buffering
FactoryTalk Diagnostics messages are stored in the computer’s local log file, and are
exported to the ODBC-compliant database at the interval you specify.
Specify which
destinations
receive what
categories of
messages.