Data Collection in TrendWorX64

You can control various aspects of the TrendWorX64 Logger 's behavior from within a set of configuration forms within the Workbench application. Among the important operations you can perform are: the selection of the database that you use, creation of new databases, modifying a database, and creating and storing configuration(s) that support your trending displays. The configurator lets you create database groups, logging groups, and add tags to those groups. The logger can WRITE to only one database at a time, requiring that you specify an active database for your work. You can start and stop logging activities as you require.

To start the TrendWorX64 Logger :

Click the Start > All Programs > ICONICS > GENESIS64 > TrendWorX64 > TrendWorX64 Logger .

Starting at the top node (which is localhost), you can create a new database from the context menu. The second level in the hierarchy contains the database(s) in your configuration, and it indicates the active database by showing a database icon with a green arrow on it. Each of the remaining nodes on the tree control: Configuration, Database Group, Logging Group, and Tags all contain individual configuration forms.

The elements contained in the configurator include:

Configuration: A configuration is the name given to a block of information that is stored in a database to be used by a server. Only one configuration per node can be active at one time, and you must make the database active to use a configuration.
Database group: A database group stores database connection settings. Here you activate or deactivate data logging, set the primary data source, and configure redundancy.
Logging group: A logging group specifies a set of data collection settings. You can also add new tags to be logged at this level.
Tags: Tags are paths to a data source and the attributes or fields that are collected by that data source. Tag data is stored in the active database during logging.