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GEI-100278C
GE Industrial Systems
Data Historian
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Issue date: 2003-07-17
Functional Description
This document provides instructions for configuring the Data Historian using the GE
Control System toolbox. The Data Historian records control signals from Innovation
Series™ drives and controllers and local area networks (LANs) connected to a per-
sonal computer. Data is saved in a Data Collection and Analysis (.dca) file format.
The program runs in the background as a service on the computer that is running the
Windows NT® or Windows® 2000 operating system.
The Data Historian records the following values:
• Signals on a drive LAN (DLAN+) to which an Innovation Series controller is
connected.
• Ethernet Global Data (EGD) signals on any Unit Data Highway (UDH) Ethernet
connected to the pc on which the program is running.
• Control Signal Freeway (CSF) signals if the Data Historian pc has an
ARCNET® board for CSF.
• DLAN+ signals if the Data Historian computer has an ARCNET board for
DLAN+.
• Service Request Transfer Protocol (SRTP) signals if the Data Historian has the
Programmable Logic Controller (PLC) Interface.
• Innovation Series controller capture buffers through EGD or DLAN+.
• Innovation Series drives capture buffers through EGD.
Once collected in the .dca format, data can be accessed by the Trend Recorder or by
other GE data analysis applications.
The Data Historian product also provides a Live Data Server service, which will pro-
vide data from these networks directly to the Trend Recorder in real-time. The Live
Data Server can sample any global signals on any network (DLAN+, EGD, CSF or
TCnet), which is connected to the Data Historian PC.
The configuration files generate the following output files, which can be downloaded
to the Data Historian service:
• Data Historian build (.rcd) file contains all of the configuration information
and is created by the Device \ Build command.
Menu Commands
Data Historian menus, such as File, Edit, and View, are managed just as other tool-
box and Windows menu commands.
Device Menu
The Device menu contains the following commands:
Auto Configure is only avail- Auto Configure creates the signal list for the live collection of the Trip Log. The
able on the Trip Log. signals are resolved from the open controller file. If the controller file is not open in
the toolbox, then the signals are resolved from the controller directly. If both meth-
ods fail, the signal list will not be updated.
Put In Database posts the Data Historian device to the database. This command is
necessary only if you want to use the Live Data Server of the Data Historian. Before
you post the device to the database, you must define which networks the Data Histo-
rian device is connected to by modifying the Data Historian configuration.
Get From Database retrieves signal information from the database. Use this
command after all signals have been added.
Build creates the Data Historian build (.rcd) output file. The .rcd file is a binary file
that contains all of the configuration information.
Download sends the configuration file to the specified Data Historian. This com-
mand attempts to open a connection to the Data Historian service and send a copy of
the .rcd file to it. The Data Historian service creates the file
DATAHISTORIAN.CFG on the computer where it resides.
Or double-click the device • From the Edit menu, select Modify. The Data Historian Addressing Pa-
name. rameters dialog box displays.
In most cases, the Host Name • Enter the desired device name and the correct Host Name and Host IP Ad-
and Host IP Address are the dress. Click OK.
same name.
Host Addressing Parameters
Insert Collection
To insert a collection
1. From the Outline View, click Collections.
2. From the Edit menu, select Insert First. The Insert Collection dialog box
Or click the right mouse button
displays.
and select Insert First.
Click OK.
Note Any changes to the exchanges received by this computer require re-exporting
the EGD initialization file (ICNSDB.INI) file and restarting the EGD Service.
Enter the maximum size (in Enter the maximum time (in hours)
MB) for the directory holding that the data will remain on the disk
the collected data. before being automatically deleted.
Enter up to 50 characters
describing the collection.
Select this option to have the Data Historian send the command to Select the name of the EGD network
re-arm the capture buffer after the buffer has been successfully uploaded. from where the signals are collected.
19 Hours 10 minutes
4 Hours 1 minute
40 minutes 10 seconds
19 minutes 1 second
15 seconds 40 milliseconds
Note The Data Historian assumes the capture buffer is setup with a 40 ms sample
rate with 1625 samples and 1500 pre-samples. Capture buffers with different settings
will yield unpredictable amounts of data collection.
Enter up to 50 characters
describing the collection.
Rack number the I/O card is located in. Card slot in the rack the I/O card is located in.
Note Not all Mark VI I/O boards currently support this function.
Enter the maximum size (in Enter the maximum time (in hours)
MB) for the directory holding that the data will remain on the disk
the collected data. before being automatically deleted.
Enter up to 50 characters
describing the collection.
Enter the maximum size (in Enter the maximum time (in hours)
MB) for the directory holding that the data will remain on the disk
the collected data. before being automatically deleted.
Enter the name of the
collection (also is the
name of the Data Historian
subdirectory for the data
that the Data Historian
collects).
Enter the rate (ms) that the
data is collected from the
data source.
Enter up to 50 characters
describing the collection.
Trigger Condition
Note The signal must be on the network chosen for collection or the get command
from the database will fail.
Signal Selector
Locate the
desired signal
from the
Regions list.
Click on the
signal to add it
to the Signal
Name list.
Click OK and
the signal
displays under
the collection
name in the
Outline View.
Tip The SDB Browser can be used to add multiple signals. The query used for the
find should include the network chosen in each Insert Collection dialog box. Using
the list of signals returned from the query, you can perform a multiple select, and
then drag-and-drop from the Browser to the collection.
Change the
signal name or
click Browse to
locate and select
the name.
Enter the
required dead
band and
click OK.
Problem Solution
• The pc needs an ARCNET card installed.
The Data Historian is not receiving data or data is
all zeros while running a PC Live collection on the • The ARCNET card requires an ARCNET driver
DLAN or CSF network. (DLAN+) or CSF driver loaded and configured.