Rockwell Automation T7832 ICS Regent+Plus Historian Packages for Winterpret - Manual (Page 25)

Historian Package for W INTERPRET (T7832)
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Table 1. Steps to Monitor and Collect SOE data from the Regent.
Step Operation Remarks
1 Monitor the application program From the Execution Controller window, select the desired
application program and choose Monitor from the Control
menu.
2 Monitor the function block From the Program Monitor window, select the desired
function block and choose Monitor from the Control menu.
3 Check the recording status of the
historian function block From the SOE function block monitor window, choose
Monitor Contacts from the Control menu. The Start Contact
should be On and the Clear Contact should be Off during
normal SOE operations in the Regent. Close the dialog
when finished observing the control parameters
4 Open a Log file Choose Open Log File from the File Menu. In the Open Log
dialog specify the desired path and file name for the log file.
Choose OK when completed.
5 Decide whether you want
W
INTERPRET to automatically print
any new events that it may collect
from the Regent
No: Skip to step 6
Yes: Choose Echo to Device from the Options menu and
select the PC device (e.g. LPT1) to which you want to echo
any new collected data.
6 Collect the SOE data from the
Regent Choose Monitor and Collect from the Control Menu.
W
INTERPRET is now retrieving the historical buffer for the
selected function block. If any new events have occurred
that were not previously retrieved, they will be scrolled down
the monitor window. When you are through, choose Cancel
from the Monitor and Collect dialog.
7 Save the collected Data Choose Close Log File from the File Menu.
8 Exit the monitor window when
through. Close the SOE monitor window by Double clicking on the
SOE monitor window’s Control Menu Box.
File Menu
The File Menu provides access to several commands common
to all function block monitors. These include Print Setup,
View Function Block Details, View Function Block
Description, Log Off and Exit. For descriptions of these
commands see Commands Common to all Function Block
Monitors in Section 7, Loading Monitoring and Testing
Application Programs in the Regent User’s Guide.
The File Menu commands specific to the sequence of events
monitor are described below.