Several CIMPLICITY Tags for Collection

Tags that have not already been added to the Historian Collector can be added from the Collector.

Important: One project has to be running for the Collector to be available; then all the projects connected to the OPC_Collector will be listed even if they are not running.
  1. Open the Add Multiple Tags from Collector dialog box.

Do one of the following.

  • Click Add Tag From Collector in the Historian Tag Maintenance window.
  • Click Collectors in the Historian Administrator; do the following.
A Select the collector that is collecting the required tag values.
B Click Add Tags.

Result: The Add Multiple Tags from Collector window opens.

  1. Select tags from the collector.

Select the following.

1 Collector (Based on how the Add Multiple Tags from Collector dialog box was opened) select a collector if the correct collector is not already selected.
2 Show Only Select Source Tags Not Collected.
3 Show All Children (Optional) Check to show all tags listed under a selected folder, including points in subfolders.
4 Auto Browse Check to display tagnames in the right-pane that are associated with the selected ??folder in the left-pane.
5 Browse Results Displays the number of tags associated with a selected folder.
Note: If Source Tags not Collected are the only tags that should display, the browse result will be 0 if all tags for a selected folder are already being collected.
6 Tag Folder Selected folder displays its ??tags in the Browse for Source Tag dialog box right-pane.
7 Tagname Select the tag that should be added to Historian collection. Note: Listed tagname(s) are associated with the listed folder.
8 OK Click OK to close the Add Multiple Tags From Collector dialog box.

Result: The Historian Tag Maintenance window displays the selected tags; Historian will now collect the selected tags' values from CIMPLICITY.

Result: The CIMPLICITY Historian OPC Interface ??enables collection of data for the selected points.

Note: Consult the Historian documentation for more information about configuring the Historian.