CIMPLICITY Default ODBC Data Sources

An ODBC Data Source is a specific configuration of an ODBC driver. When you install the CIMPLICITY Database Logger, several data sources are automatically configured:

Data Source Description
CIMPLICITY Logging - Alarms If you:
  • Installed the database server when you installed , this data source will use the Microsoft SQL Server driver and log onto the local SQL server.
  • Did not install the database server, the data source uses the Microsoft Access (As-Is product) driver to log to CIMPLOG.MDB in your distribution ARC directory.
CIMPLICITY Logging Points If you:
  • Installed the database server when you installed , this data source will use the Microsoft SQL Server driver and log onto the local SQL server.
  • Did not install the database server, the data source uses the Microsoft Access (As-Is product) driver to log to POINTLOG.MDB in your distribution ARC directory.
CIMPLICITY SQL Server Logging The data source uses the Microsoft SQL Server driver to log to an on-node (local) SQL Server.