Single CIMPLICITY Tag for Collection

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

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 Tag Manually dialog box.
2	Add a tag manually.

Open the Add Tag Manually dialog box

Click Add Tag Manually in the Historian Tag Maintenance window.

Result: The Add Tag Manually dialog box opens.

Add a tag manually.

Enter the following specifications.


A	Collector Name.
B	Source Address.
C	Tag Name.
D	Data type.
E	Data Length.
F	Time Resolution.
G	OK.


A	Collector Name

Select ??<Server Name>_OPC_CIMPLICITY_HMI_OPCServer.

Example

A project named PROFCIMPj has the Historian OPC Interface enabled.

The project's collector displays in Historian as PROFSERVER_OPC_CIMPLICITY_HMI_OPCServer.


B	Source Address

The Browse button to the right of Source Address opens the Browse for Source Tag window.

Do the following.


1	Show Only	Select Source Tags Not Collected.
2	Show All Children	(Optional) Check to show all tags listed under a selected folder, including points in subfolders.
3	Auto Browse	Check to display tagnames in the right-pane that are associated with the selected ??folder in the left-pane.
4	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.
5	Tag Folder	Selected folder displays its ??tags in the Browse for Source Tag dialog box right-pane.
6	Tagname	Select the tag that should be added to Historian collection. Note: Listed tagname(s) are associated with the listed folder.
7	OK	Click OK to close the Browse for Source Tag dialog box.

Result: The selected tag displays in the Add Tag Manually dialog box.


C	Tag Name

Tag selected in Browse for Source Tag dialog boxdisplays.


D	Data Type

Automatically filled in.


E	Data Length

Automatically filled in.


F	Time Resolution

Automatically filled in.


G	OK

Click OK to close the Add Tag Manually dialog box.

Result: The selected unique tag is added to the Porficy Historian Administrator Tags box.

Historian will now collect the tag's values from CIMPLICITY.

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