Rockwell Automation T8013 Trusted SOE and Process Historian Package - Manual (Page 21)

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SOE and Process Historian Package T8013
Issue 16 April 2010 PD-T8013 21
4. Collecting Process Historian (PH) Data
Pressing the ‘Process Historian’ button in Figure 3 will initiate the PH display shown in Figure 16 below.
Figure 16 Process Historian Collector
To start collecting PH data, the user must first implement a number of actions as detailed below:
1. Configure the PH communications port.
2. Select the appropriate PH symbol file
3. Select the PH target ID
4. Select the PH log file
5. Start collecting PH data
Each action mentioned above is described in the following paragraphs.
4.1. Date Format
Note that Process Historian will only recognise PC local date formats in the form month/day/year. In
regions where the local date format is different, set the short date format to mm/dd/yyyy. This may be
set in Control Panel | Regional and Language Options, Regional Options tab, Customize…, Date tab,
Short date format. Type mm/dd/yyyy into the Short date format entry box. Click Apply.