Displaying Trends from Trend Log Objects
To Display BACnet Trends, Do the Following:
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Launch GraphWorX64.
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Insert the TrendWorX64 Viewer control by choosing it in the ‘Controls’ tab and draw a rectangle in the canvas to place a TrendWorX64 Viewer.
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Double-click the displayed viewer in order to open its properties and settings.
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In the opened dialog window, right-click the ‘Chart’ tree item and choose ‘Add’ -> ’Plot’.
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Now, right-click the newly created ‘Plot’ item in the tree and choose ‘Add’ -> ‘Pen’.
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Select the newly created ‘Pen’ in the tree and in the ‘Data’ section, click the ‘…’ button next to the first item ‘Data Source’. The Data Browser will open.
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In the Data Browser’s ‘Shortcuts’ pane, on the left side, choose ‘Home’ and you’ll be switched to the root of the Data Browser.
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In the ‘Grid’, choose ‘BACnet’ at the very top of the list. (Please refer to the Important Note in the GraphWorX64 section.)
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Choose (double-click) your desired BACnet device from the list to see the objects provided by it.
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In the list of objects, find your desired Trend Log object (or Trend Log Multiple object) providing trend data.
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Confirm the selection by clicking 'OK' in the Data Browser. This will add a Data Source path to the selected Trend Log object.
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Now, click the ‘Advanced Configuration’ button placed below the Data Source combo box where the path is listed and a new dialog window will appear.
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There, switch the radio buttons to ‘Use Dataset connection’.
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The content of the dialog window will slightly change and you will be able to bind the Value and Timestamp columns appropriately
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Confirm your changes in the 'Advanced Configuration' dialog window.
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Now, you can close the dialog window for TrendWorX64 Viewer’s configuration.
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Switch GraphWorX64 to Runtime mode. You will see a line representing data stored in the Trend Log (maybe you will need to change vertical scale of graph. To do so, proceed with a left mouse click to the area of vertical axis ranges. A dialog window will appear where you can change it).
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