Create a Wonderware Collector

Before you begin

  1. Deploy Proficy Historian for Azure Cloud.
  2. Install collectors. You can install them on-premises or on an Azure Virtual Machine in a VNet (which can be the same one as the Historian server or a different one).
  3. Ensure that the iFIX server is running.

About this task

The Wonderware collector collects data from a Wonderware Historian 2014 R2 Server application and stores it in Data Archiver.
Features:
  • Only unsolicited data collection is supported.
  • The supported timestamp resolution is 100 milliseconds.
  • Floating point, integer, and string data are supported.

Procedure

  1. Run Command Prompt as an administrator.
  2. Run the AzureCloudHistorianConfigurationUtility.exe file. It is provided along with the collectors installer. After you install collectors, it will be available in the C:\Program Files\GE Digital\Historian Cloud Config folder by default.
  3. Enter the number corresponding to creating a collector instance.
    A list of collectors that you can create appears.
  4. Enter the number corresponding to the collector that you want to create.
  5. Enter the following details:
    Field Description
    Interface Name Enter the name that you want to provide for the collector instance.
    Azure Load Balancer IP

    Enter the Azure Load Balancer IP. A value is required.

    Tip: To find the Azure Load Balancer IP:
    1. Go to the Azure portal.
    2. Go to the Resource Group that was specified during deployment.
    3. Select the cluster_name-IP to access the resource of type Public IP Address.
    4. Select or copy the IP Address.
    Username Enter the username to connect to Proficy Historian for Azure Cloud. A value is required.
    Password Enter the password to connect to Proficy Historian for Azure Cloud. A value is required.
    Tip: For the default user, ihCloudHistAdmin, this is the value you entered in the Password field at the time of deployment.
    Wonderware Server Enter the host name or IP address of the Wonderware server. A value is required. By default, the local host name is considered.
    The Wonderware collector is created and started.