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1. To be used in conjunction with the DW function For example the calculation expression DW SUN returns 1 on a Sunday 0 the other days DM Returns the current day of the month between 1 and 31 MONTH Returns the current month number between 1 and 12 YEAR Returns the current year 2000 to 2100 22 4 11 5 7 Linearization and correction functions LIN lt n gt lt expr gt Segment based linearization lt n gt Number of the linearization table to use lt expr gt X or CH lt NameChannel gt The table no can be selected using the Linearization tables button CORRSEG Segment based correction lt expr gt lt FileName gt lt RowName lt expr gt X or CH lt NameChannel gt gt lt FileName gt File containing the correction data see format below lt RowName gt Name of the file row to use CORRPOL Polynomial correction lt expr gt lt FileName gt lt RowName lt expr gt X or CH lt NameChannel gt gt lt FileName gt File containing the correction data see format below lt RowName gt Name of the file row to use 4 11 5 7 1 Correction data file format This is generally a file containing points generated by a calibration program giving for each calibrated instrument and each measurement point the correspondence between the read value and the actual value The expected format is as follows 1 row per calibrated instruments Row format InstrumentNameNtNameChannelNtAct
2. Polling period This is the acquisition period for new measurements for the channels of a polling group Control point A control point is the physical application point for an output value e g oven control setpoint Measurement point A measurement point is the physical measurement collection point for a channel e g temperature sensor inside an oven Channel A channel is the input or output by which VISULOG obtains or issued the measurement or control point values Calculation channel This is a virtual channel i e that does not represent a physical measurement point and whose value is calculated from other measurement or calculation channels 82 Measurement channel A measurement channel is the input by which VISULOG obtains the measurement point values Output channel An output channel is the output by which VISULOG issues the values of the control points 83
3. la mesure certili e VISULOG Monitoring Software User manual Ed DECEMBER 23 2005 1 We reserve the right to alter without notice all or part of the specifications stated in the present installation manual L GENERAL cia 7 1 1 PRESENTATION OF VISULOG EEN L1 Main TEE 7 11 2 Optional features EE 8 11 3 VisSHlalaDDeardilce oseaeexva uui iRa QUE RU GOD UU EGO GOD GO RGULERE OR UR GHDGUUUCEHORROKGDOn Ond barshr nC RU A 8 2 INSTALLATION coi 10 2 4 MINIMUM REQUIREMEN Ese 10 2 1 1 Hardware config uratloli iri eren ex EN arca 10 S D Wen el TEE 10 2 2 CONNECTING DEVICE Samira 10 2 3 INSTALLING VISUUOG ii 11 2 UPDATING VISULOG na 11 3 STARTING VISULOG AND LICENSE REQUEST 12 4 ACQUISITION CONFIGURATION rrr nnn 13 4 1 CREATING AN ACQUISITION CONFIGURATION NN 13 4 2 OPENING AN EXISTING ACQUISITION CONFIGURATION 14 4 3 CEOSING A CONFIGURATIQDN L mena mine 14 4 4 DUPLICATING A CONFIGURATION FILE 14 4 5 DESCRIPTION OF THE CONFIGURATION WINDOWJ aha 15 SONS We ITE IN S diseno mE MEI RED Du OUT DI M LOI UE I PSU a ace 15 STAR E IST ed BERE AEN 15 ZO CRANNEC LIM Soriana 16 ASL Limit parameters cnn 16 ALARM GROUPS rre a de UE M DK ES P IUE 17 410 CAECULEATION CHAN NE Sid 17 ELL CALCULATION DEFINITION yuan 18 4 11 1 Example calculation formulae iii 18 4 11 2 MISE OF ODCEANGS iios p PIEVE EESR ERO ER SNR REESE E a TE tan Reset AGREE RENE tes 18 411 3 L
4. PJ6301 CMU310 CALYS10 tester calibrators ISOTECH ovens OPC server devices along with a generic MODBUS JBUS input output driver allowing communication with any device compatible with this protocol Support for certain devices is limited to the acquired license cf VISULOG optional features in 81 1 2 1 1 1 Main features VISULOG s main features are as follows Configure the main connected devices Acquire these devices measurement point values the number of devices and measurement points are limited only to the host machine s system resources Process these values linearization scaling end point comparison Display them in composite monitoring and control panels on user request Save them to results files for viewing at a later date or during recording Users can create as many results files as they wish stating for each the list of channels to record the time interval before recording start the interval between successive recordings and the total recording time Recording start and end can also be triggered by overrun of an alarm threshold on a channel stated in a list Manage alarms and their acknowledgment Notify and record limit overrun Inform one or more individuals Email transmission Check that alarms are acknowledged by authorized users Save these acknowledgments to a og file Users can create as many log files as they wish to which they can save any number of events such as alarm status chang
5. all of this during the minimum stability time After stability validation section Once the stability of the reference has been validated measurements are taken according to the indicated measurement period and averaged over the indicated number of measurements After calibration section Once the calibration campaign is complete the generator is set to a resting value 70 19 3 Running a calibration procedure The use can run a defined calibration procedure either for adjustment using the Calibration Run adjustment procedure menu option corrections are applied to the respective channels or for verification using the Calibration Run verification procedure menu option deviations are simply displayed When the procedure is initiated the following operations are performed automatically depending on procedure definition Deactivation of channels to calibrate for all current polling operations For each calibration point Application of the setpoint Wait for generator to settle and detection of reference channel stability For each measurement point Immediate measurement and recording of raw values of the channels to calibrate and of the corrected reference channel value Value averaging Creation of the calibrated points file grouping the results for each calibrated channel For each calibrated channel calculation and assignment of the correction polynomial Saving and printing of the simplified calibration
6. Example EXCEL link To display in a cell the last row of the Overruns log stored in the Logs directory of the C 7est Fours vgc file for example this row being refreshed each time a new event appears simply enter the following formula into the cell Visulog C Test Fours vgc L Logs Overruns 12 7 Last results file line R item This item enables an application to obtain the last row of a VISULOG log R lt File name gt Last row of the results file Example EXCEL link To display in a cell the last row of the Oven results file stored in the Measurements directory of the C 7est Fours vgc file for example this row being refreshed each time a new measurement occurs simply enter the following formula into the cell Visulog C Test Fours vgc R Measurements Oven 12 8 Current alarm A item This item enables an application to obtain the current VISULOG alarms A Alarm group name gt Current alarms Example EXCEL link 48 to display in a cell the current alarms of the Maintenance alarm group of the C 7est Fours vgc for example this row being refreshed each time an alarm appears disappears simply enter the following formula into the cell Visulog C Test Fours vgc A Maintenance 12 9 Example EXCEL links Displays the value of a VISULOG channel in a worksheet cell To display in a cell the current value of the Temperature channel from the C 7est Fours vgc file for example this value being refre
7. Maximum password validity period 10 000 days Maximum number of password input attempts 3 Minimum password size 4 Connection validity time 30 min Connection blocked time after failure 30 min User name and date are not included on printouts Application switching is allowed Configuration or results file overwriting is allowed A password is not required for alarm acknowledgment or configuration modifications No audit breadcrumb file is generated Calibration module without this option channel calibration functions are unavailable If you require one of these options you can purchase it from your distributor 1 1 3 Visual appearance VISULOG offers 4 types of view 1 1 3 1Configuration view This is the view used to declare and configure instruments and channels The left hand panel displays a tree view of elements nstruments measurement points output channels and calculation channels The right hand panel displays a list with the composition of the element selected in the left hand tree view 1 1 3 2Monitoring control panel view This is the view used during the acquisition phase It displays the pane s created by the user The left hand section displays the list of panels The right hand panel displays the selected panel Users create each panel freely by placing contro s of various types and defining the channels they should display or control Simple numerical display of the value of a channe
8. When the graph window is full and new points arrive the graph moves and the oldest points disappear from the screen but are kept in the history if this latter s size allows To re display them click on the Complete file button Masking To mask a curve uncheck the corresponding box in the list To re display the curve check the box once more The boxes for several channels can be simultaneously checked unchecked by selecting these channels then checking unchecking the box for one of the channels Zoom Draw a selection rectangle by simultaneously pressing the SHIFT button while dragging the left mouse button When the mouse button is released the selected area is zoomed To return to the general view of the defined range right click on the graph and select the Global history range view command Cursors Two cursors are available To display a cursor check the corresponding box in the cursors toolbar This latter appears in the form of two crossed axes Define the type of cursor Locked the cursor can only be moved over the curve selected in the neighbouring combo Free the cursor can be moved over the whole curve area A cursor can be moved with the mouse grab the cursor by left clicking on it grabbing its horizontal branch moves it in the vertical direction only grabbing its vertical branch moves it in the horizontal direction only grabbing its centre allows it to be moved in all directions A cursor can be
9. an external calibration certificate Notes only instrument channels can be calibrated due to the use of the CORRPV reserved function only those channels with no defined calculation function can be calibrated deleting the CORRPV function from the channel configuration Calculation field removes the correction applied to view the calibration report along with the polynomial used by the CORRPV function for channel correction select the Channels folder in the configuration view then right click on the concerned channel in the channel list and select the See current calibration report command from the pop up menu to view all of the channel s calibration report select the Show all calibration reports pop up menu command The VISULOG calibration module is used to calibrate the measurement channels in a simplified manner without stopping polling the global system This module has not pretensions of replacing a calibration software package such as LCL30 or METROVIEW and thus possesses the following limitations no uncertainty or error management a polynomial correction is simply applied to the raw value of a calibrated value to obtain the actual value no calibration certificate generated as such The calibration results are saved and printed along with the calibration date the name of the calibrated channel the list of calibrated points actual value read value The reference instrument identification elements are not save
10. button corresponding to the element to insert into the section Printed page number Total number of pages to print Print date Print time Document file name Logged on user name Name of the document element being printed VISULOG Identification and Version 44 10 2 2 Comment A comment can be printed on an introduction page at the start of printing For this enter the template text that will be proposed and that may be modified prior to printing and check the Present text box The template text is saved to the configuration file and associated with this file alone NB during print preview only the template text is displayed without the option to modify it 45 11 DATA BACKUP Data should be backed up regularly in order to avoid their loss in the event of a hard disk failure or saturation Backed up files can be deleted from the hard disk to free up space The File Back up results command displays a dialogue box in which you select the data files to back up or to delete after archival 11 1 Backing up files Select the files to back up by checking their respective boxes You can select or unselect several files in one operation by checking or unchecking the box of the parent directory in the tree view Select a target volume and directory by entering the path or by clicking on the button Click on Start copy Notes The configuration file vgc is automatically saved to the target directory
11. certificate Calibration trail in logs Sets generator setpoint to resting value Reactivation of calibrated channels 19 4 Entering calibrated points To define the correction polynomial of a channel based on the input of external calibration points select the Channels folder from the configuration view then right click on the concerned channel in the list of channels and select Enter calibration points from the pop up menu Select the calibration date To add a calibration point enter the Actual and Read values into the respective boxes and click on Add To modify an existing calibration point select it in the list enter the new Actual and Read values into their respective boxes and click on Modify To delete an existing calibration point select it in the list and click on Delete To delete all entered calibration points click on Delete all The Copy all button copies all points to the clipboard in spreadsheet format The Paste all button pastes the contents of the clipboard in spreadsheet format to all calibration points Click on OK to confirm input and to apply the correction Click on Cancel to abandon the modifications 19 5 Calibration reports To view the calibration report along with the polynomial used by the CORRPV function for channel correction select the Channels folder in the configuration view then right click on the concerned channel in the channel list and select the See current calibration report comma
12. creation or modification of other users by any other user than an Administrator The Administrator must therefore log onto the software using the File Logon command to be able to declare the other users 18 3 1 Declaring user groups Use the File User rights Declare user groups command Select the group to configure and click on Edit Only an Administrator can modify the properties of a user group The dialogue box is used to change the group s name to assign users and to define the rights common to all group members Defining the rights of group members Concerning the application Quit VISULOG View the audit trail Concerning the documents Open documents Close documents Save documents Print documents 62 Create control panels Export data Write data to logs Concerning acquisitions Launch acquisition with no command issued to the instruments Launch acquisition with instrument Run Stop Launch acquisition with instrument Run Stop and Programming Stop acquisition To define nstrument related rights click on the Instruments button To define channel related rights click on the Channels button To define og related rights click on the Logs button To define results file related rights click on the Results files button 18 3 2 Group user rights for instruments When declaring a user group to define the rights for an instrument granted to the group s users click on the In
13. file New document created co Existing document opened OPEN DOCUMENT MODEL Document created based on an Template file Name existing document OVERWRITE FILE DIS File overwrite prohibited OVERWRITE FILE EN File overwrite allowed PASSWORD CHANGE DAYS Maximum password validity Old value new value period changed PASSWORD MIN LEN Minimum password length Old value new value changed PASSWORD RETRIES Max number of connection Old value new value attempts changed PRINT DOC Document printed File Name PRINT USER NAME OFF User name printing on documents deactivated PRINT USER NAME ON User name printing on documents activated ee eee prohibited pu ee AA allowed USER NEW New user created Name ID USER PASS CHANGE Changing the password 68 19 APPENDIX D CALIBRATION NB Calibration functions are available only if the purchased license includes the Calibration Module cf VISULOG optional features in 1 1 2 19 1 Principle A channel is said to be calibrated when its measurement deviation from a reference measurement has been identified and the corresponding correction polynomial applied The correction polynomial is defined in the Channel calculation field using the CORRPV function referring to the last channel calibration report list of actual values values read for each calibrated point This calibration report is generated at the outset of a VISULOG calibration procedure or edited manually by reading
14. list of available software Follow the on screen instructions provided by the installation program Installation creates a program group A document in this group called VISULOG notes may contain complementary information to this manual and should be read carefully 2 4 Updating VISULOG You can download the latest version of the software from the www aoip com web site in the Software section Follow the installation instructions 11 3 STARTING VISULOG AND LICENSE REQUEST Important note for limited rights user accounts After installation VISULOG should be run for the first time with Windows Administrator privileges in order for the computer to be identified cf 20 Appendix E Notes for Windows administrators Open the Start Programs AOTP VISULOG VISULOG menu License request VISULOG is copy protected by a user license system which allows software installation on only one computer To install VISULOG on several computers several licenses must be purchased On first install VISULOG detects that no license has been registered and grants a trial license that is fully functional for a period of 30 days from the date of first install The number of remaining days is displayed at the bottom of the About VISULOG dialogue box available from the About VISULOG menu or from the P button While the current license is temporary VISULOG invites you to either request a permanent license from AOIP Request pe
15. maximum of the associated channel or to the entered minimum and maximum values Command slider In a similar manner to the button this control gradually sets the value of the associated output or input output channel Modifiable properties Selection of associated channel Type of representation Vertical slider Horizontal slider 3D Vertical slider 3D Horizontal slider Elements to display Channel name Graduated axis Unit Limits Extent of variations according to the minimum and maximum of the associated channel or to the entered minimum and maximum values Al Switch Push button Used to set the status ON or OFF of the associated output or input output channel For an analogue channel the ON status corresponds to a value greater than or equal to 0 5 the OFF status corresponds to a value inferior to 0 5 Modifiable properties Selection of associated channel Type of representation Vertical switch 1 Horizontal switch 1 3D Vertical switch 1 3D Horizontal switch 1 3D Vertical switch 2 3D Horizontal switch 2 Vertical switch 2 Horizontal switch 2 3D Vertical switch 3 3D Horizontal switch 3 Channel name display 12 D Numerical value input box Used to apply the entered numerical value to the associated output or input output channel Modifiable properties Selection of associated channel 29 Font size 5 4 3 Miscellaneous controls skins D Text Static text used t
16. measurements in real time define the elements to display or to check from the control panel For this Activate the panels window located below the configuration window If in doubt look in the Window menu If necessary change the P1 default name by clicking on it in the panels tree view Switch to creation mode using the Configuration Creation Mode Modification command or click on the SI button Select one of the controls available on the palette Click in the panel s drawing area at the position where you wish to drop the control Configure the control according to the proposed indications Resize the control as desired by dragging its resize handles Move the control to the desired location by dragging one of its edges Add as many controls as required More further information see the chapter on creating a control panel 85 1 Reactivate the configuration window and select the Configuration New results file command in order to declare the results log files to create Names and paths of the files list of channels to record time interval before recording starts or list of channels for which alarm limit overrun shall trigger recording start time interval between two successive recordings total recording time or list of channels for which 13 alarm limit overrun shall terminate recording Once these various operations are complete acquisition can start Save the configuration before starting
17. moved with the keyboard to select the cursor to move first grab it with the left mouse button then use the following keys to move it UP or DOWN arrow keys If the cursor is locked curve selection If the cursor is free cursor movement the CTRL key accelerates the movement LEFT or RIGHT arrow keys Cursor movement if the cursor is free the CTRL key accelerates the movement HOME key Moves the cursor to the start of the curve END key Moves the cursor to the end of the curve The cursor s X and Y coordinate display follows its movement 36 If both cursors are displayed the coordinate difference Cursor 2 Cursor 1 is displayed in the Delta zone Statistics The Statistics for displayed period command calculates and displays the statistics for each of the channels Maximum value Minimum value Mean Standard deviation Total threshold overrun time for the whole period all channel thresholds Options The E button displays or hides a grid defined by the axis units The E button connects or disconnects the points of the represented curves The points displayed correspond to the actual measured values 8 5 Record list navigation 8 5 1 Movement When the cursors are displayed on the graph their respective equivalent positions are given in the record list E Cursor 1 P Cursor 2 E Cursors 1 and 2 superimposed Fixed marker Each time a cursor is moved its pos
18. of values float GetResFileChanVal short iFile long iChan long iVal Returns the value with index Va of the channel with index Chan of the results file with index F e Input parameters IFile Index of the results file returned by GetResFileld IChan Channel index Val Value index last value if 1 Returns Value DATE GetResFileChanValDate short iFile long iChan long iVal Returns the date of the value with index Va of the channel with index Chan of the results file with index iFile Input parameters IFile Index of the results file returned by GetResFileld IChan Channel index Val Value index last value if 1 51 Returns Value date 52 14 TOOLBARS 14 1 Toolbar commands L The toolbar is displayed at the top of the application window just below the menu bar This toolbar provides rapid mouse access to many VISULOG tools To hide or show the Toolbar select the Toolbar command from the Display menu Clock to D Create a new document CHV O amp ja e e Gale Iw Open an existing document VISULOG displays the Open dialogue box which serves to locate and open a file Save the active document under its current name Close the active document Delete the selected document data and place them in the Clipboard Copy the selection to the Clipboard Insert the contents of the Clipboard at the cursor location Print the active document Preview th
19. performed first highest priority operators unitary minus and NOT SCH lt lt gt gt lt gt OR AND lowest priority operators Parentheses are used to alter operator priority 19 4 11 5 List of functions 4 11 5 1 Mathematical functions ABS lt operand gt Returns the absolute value of the operand ABS CH NameChanne 1 returns the value of channel NameChanne 1 if positive otherwise is returns the opposite of its value ABS CH NameChannel1 10 3 CH NameChannel2 assesses the expression CH WameChannel1 10 3 CH VameChannel2 and returns the absolute value of the result LOG lt operand gt Returns the common logarithm of the operand LOG 100 returns 2 LOG CH NameChannelt 10 3 CH NameChannel2 assesses the expression CH NameChanne 1 10 3 CH NameChanne Z and returns the common logarithm of the result The operand must be positive LN operand Returns the natural logarithm of the operand The operand must be positive EXP operand Returns the exponential of the operand SQR operand Returns the square root of the operand SQR 4 returns 2 SOR CH Namet 10 3 CH Wame2 assesses the expression CH Wame1 10 3 CH Wame2 and returns the square root of the result The operand must be positive or null COS operand Returns the cosine of the operand expressed in radians COS 1 5708 returns 0 COS 3 1416 returns 1 SIN lt operand gt Returns the sine of the operand expre
20. the Status bar select the Status bar command from the Display menu When navigating through the menus using the arrow keys the left hand side of the status bar provides a description of each selected command Similarly when the toolbar buttons are depressed this section displays a message describing the actions associated with each of these buttons If after having read the description of the command associated with the toolbar button you do not wish to run the command move the cursor off the button before releasing it The right hand part of the status bar shows the key lock status for the following keys Indicator Description CAPS The Caps Lock key is active NUM The Num Lock key is active SCROLL The Scroll lock key is active The connected user empty if no one is logged on 56 16 APPENDIX A TUTORIALS 16 1 Building a control panel The purpose of this exercise is to familiarize the user with the tools required for creating a control panel Aim To create and test a control panel with a cursor acting on an output channel whose value is displayed on a dial This output channel is simulated it is not an instrument s physical channel Procedure Perform the following operations Step LOperations gt JJ Create a blank configuration Select the File New menu command or click on the button Define the location storage directory and name of the configuration file Create a simulated output chan
21. to save any changes made before closing If a document is closed without saving any changes made since the last save operation are lost Select the File Close command or click on the 4 4 Duplicating a configuration file To create a new VISULOG document based on an existing one Select the File New from template command Select the template file Select the storage directory and enter a name for the new file Click on OK 14 4 5 Description of the configuration window This window displays the configuration parameters of the VISULOG document It is divided into two sections on the left a tree view showing the groups of configurable elements on the right the element list and details for the group selected in the tree view The bar separating the two sections can be dragged to resize one or other section To move the bar move the mouse cursor over it when the cursor changes to a split indicator drag the bar to the desired position 4 6 Instrument An instrument declared in a VISULOG configuration represents the instrument physically connected to or remote from the PC with which VISULOG communicates to obtained the measured channel values An instrument is characterized by its type this defines the instrument driver used to communicate its communication parameters these are unique for each instrument and define its location its configuration this is transmitted to the instrument on start o
22. units or with Ethernet devices If VISULOG is to communicate with several devices these may be connected to the available ports If there are not enough ports use an RS485 port allowing the connection of several networked devices 2 1 2 Software For programming the following devices PC10 modules AOIP LTC10 DATALOG20 90 140 units AOIP LOGIDAT SA20 SA70 and SA120 units AOIP LTC20W SA32 units AOIP LTC32W TRN T2RN transmitters and ITI indicators AOIP LTCTM PJ6301 tester calibrator AOIP LCL301 CALYS10 tester calibrator AOIP LCLCAL10 CMU310 tester calibrator AOIP LCL310 2 2 Connecting devices The PC is connected to the devices by means of its COMx interface s or by Ethernet link depending on the device used Serial communication uses the MODBUS JBUS protocol allowing several devices to be connected to the same PC port If only one device is connected a standard RS232 port may be used If several devices are to be connected however the serial port used must be of the RS485 type For 2 wire transmission we strongly recommend the use of intelligent RS232 RS485 converters frame management is performed in real time by the converter Ethernet communication uses the MODBUS TCP protocol The MODBUS JBUS and MODBUS TCP communication protocols are network protocols Each device must possess an address between 1 and 32 used to distinguish it from the other devices connected to the same
23. 1 1 2 Use the File User rights Declare users command to display the list of users The New User button creates a new user or a new Administrator or Super User The Edit button is used to modify the properties of the user currently selected in the list The Delete user button deleted he user currently selected in the list These commands are available only if the user logged on is an Administrator or if no Administrator has yet been declared Declaring a user A new user is created by declaring his Name login ID and by selecting the groups to which he shall belong The Name field should be 4 to 50 characters in length with no commas e g DURAND Antoine The login ID field should be 4 to 20 characters in length with no commas or spaces e g adurand The login ID is the string entered by the user to log onto VISULOG The Name is the string used to subsequently refer to this user in connection logs and printed reports These two fields must be unique Two users cannot be declared with either the same name or login ID When a new user is created VISULOG assigns the default password AOIPVISULOG all capital letters The user must change this password the first time he she logs on Remark Creating the first Administrator VISULOG is not protected while no Administrator is declared It is for this reason that the first Administrator can be created As soon as this Administrator has been declared VISULOG no longer allows the
24. ATION PROCEDURE NN 71 19 4 ENTERING CALIBRATED POINT Susini 71 19 50 CALIBRATION REF arras 71 20 APPENDIX E NOTES FOR WINDOWS ADMINISTRATORS 73 20 1 INSTALLING VISULO G an EE eebe 73 20 2 USER ACCOUNT WITH LIMITED PRIVILEGES nnne 73 20 2 1 Windows registry ACCESS siiccsiccccscstcccacepascscaveccvcsasacauasascauacnsavasanecavesavasanstsandsasesanssaues 73 20 2 2 Directory ACCESS iii 73 21 APPENDIX F VISULOG OPC CLIENT KKK KKK KKK Ren 74 218 OPG STANDARD geed Le 21 2 VISULOG AND ORC sms 74 22 APPENDIX G ERROR LISP sins 75 23 APPENDIX H ICON LIST AND MEANINGS cccccsescsnensneennnens 76 24 APPENDIX I GLOSSARY siria 79 1 GENERAL 1 1 Presentation of VISULOG VISULOG is a supervisory software package for measurement plants indicator transmitters AOIP tester calibrators and more generally subject to driver development of any measurement or calibration device possessing a communication interface The software runs under Windows 95 98 Me NT4 2000 XP graphical operating system It is used to acquire measurement point results provided by one or more devices to perform calculations on these results and to issue instructions to outlets It combines communication drivers with the following AOIP devices PC10 modules SA20 70 120 SA32 and DATALOG20 90 140 measurement units ITI indicator transmitters TRN transmitters TM6640 radio transmitters PHP601 and PHP602 high precision thermometers
25. Automatic disconnect time on idle in minutes Validity range 0 to 10000 min This value defines the time in minutes after which the operator shall be automatically disconnected if he she has neither pressed a key nor clicked the mouse He she may reconnect using the File User logon command A value of 0 allows the user to remain permanently logged on Logon prohibited after failure When the password has been incorrectly entered the user is prohibited from logging on either indefinitely in this case the administrator must lift the prohibition cf note below for a defined period of time in minutes NB The administrator can lift the prohibition before the end of the declared time For this he must simply enter user property edit mode and the application offers to terminate the logon prohibition User name and date on all printouts Default value FALSE Forces the user name and date to be indicated on all printouts Prohibit application switching Default value FALSE When this attribute is set to TRUE The program window occupies the whole screen including the taskbar and cannot be resized or minimized when the user is not an administrator The ALT TAB ALT ESC CTRL ESC key combinations are intercepted and blocked Under Windows 95 98 and Me the CTRL ALT DEL combination is also intercepted This combination is not intercepted under Windows NT and activates the task manager but NT can also be configured to prohibit ta
26. DS nu enn DD ES TATUS DAR an 56 16 APPENDIX A TUTORIALS eer 57 16 1 BUILDING A CONTROL DANI een mmm 5 17 APPENDIX B RUNNING VISULOG FROM THE COMMAND LINE 59 18 APPENDIX C USER RIGHT MANAGEMENT eere 60 18 1 PRESENTATION OF ACCESS CONTROL 60 10 2 GROUPS OF USERS EE 60 18 2 1 Administrator group BEE 60 18 2 2 Super User group EE 60 15 2 3 USEF ple RS 61 18 3 DECLARING USERS AND ADMINISTRATORS enm 62 18 3 1 Declaring user groups v sive Fa REV ARR RR DR ROO RR SACR ERE EROR canin 62 18 3 2 Group user rights for instruments e E KREE ener u nana nana unu ek 63 18 3 3 Group user rights for channels eseu KREE KREE eere erroe eene aenean annua nnnm nnn nnn 63 18 3 4 Group user rights for log or results files KKK KEE KEEN 64 18 4 DEFINING SECURITY ATTRIBUTES siii pa ar rial deis dias 65 18 5 PRINTING A REPORT OF PRIVILEGES DEFINED FOR A DOCUMENT 66 19 6 USER LOG ON DERI 66 19 7 CHANGING THE PASSWORD ini 67 15 0 VIEWING THE AUDIT TRA llanas 67 19 APPENDIX D CALIBRATION eere rmn 69 IS EL PRINCIPLE a nd dtr m rtc dev SU dS ne 69 19 2 CALIBRATION PROCEDURE sara 69 19 2 1 Reference C AE EI VD TANI roda 69 19 2 2 CalibratiOn DOMMES iia 70 19 23 Channels to calibrate idco XOU LUE Dn B DO no EN Rd UTR Ma lS LE i ul 70 1924 SCQUGIICING iuc Ex QR UID EORR CM EI UN NI MM EI EMI E 70 19 3 RUNNING A CALIBR
27. ISEOF ODGTOEtOES E 19 4 11 4 Operator precedente EEN 19 4 11 5 LISE OF OT Le d LCE 20 4 12 CALCULATION CHANNEL EI TE 24 4 13 PRINTING CONFIGURATION PARAMETERS eene 24 4 14 MODIFYING A CHANNEL LOCATION enm 24 S CONTROL PANELS 32 225 92282 nanas A 26 5I CREATING A CONTROL PANEL de iun ERU RE titine 26 2 2 MODIFYING A CONTROL PANEL cirio 26 5 3 DESCRIPTION OF THE CONTROL PANEL WINDOW sacc 26 D OONTIRSOEPAEEIUE EE 2 5 4 1 Display en d e irc oncles cid 27 5 4 2 Command controls nee 29 5 4 3 Miscellaneous controls skins cscscccscseseseseeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeneneneneaeneneeeeeeeeseeeeeseeeseeeeeaeaeaeas 30 5 9 PRINTING CONTROL PANELS neue tte 30 6 LAUNCHING ACQUISITION eren nennen 31 7 ACKNOWLEDGING ALARMS 1 nere ener nen 32 B RESULTS FILES none ERKENNEN NINE CN NEAR REN SUENN MR ANER 33 S L CREATING A RESULTS FILE uisi er aea bee anses 33 8 1 1 Definition EE 33 9 12 CF ATION T 33 0 2 CLOSING A RESULTS FILES as 34 8 3 DESCRIPTION OF THE RESULTS FILE WINDOWS 34 8 4 USING THE GRAPHICAL REPRESENTATION enn 35 8 9 RECORD LIST NAVIGATION ss nm ao p cause 37 SEM E E 37 Borea o fo mI II DL ILI 37 8 6 PRINTING THE GRAPH EE 3 9 7 PRINTING RECORDS aos 37 9 8 PRINTING A REPORT tege Eeer 38 0 7 EXPORTING CUR VES 38 5 10 EXPORTING RECORDS ato 39 DII GLOBAL HISTORY FILE arte eee sans ere ane 39 9 EOGFI E Sica 41 EMG D
28. NH LEE ele TE E 41 9 1 1 UO nt 41 9 1 2 Creations 41 S2 CLOSING A KOG FILE te A Ru EE a CREE MEI ESAE 41 9 3 DESCRIPTION OF THE LOG FILE WINDOW eere 42 A PRINTING A Re cum 42 9 5 EXROR TINGA E E 42 DO GLOBAL ASO G ipa E 42 LOW sd gpl cu 44 10 1 SCHEDULED OR PERIODICAL PRINTING eere 44 102 PAGE SETUP oc aa acte ho RENAL EDU EE 44 10 2 1 Page header TR e iii ga Va an FUR EREKME FERT EUFEERFUELFCEUFO ED FORUFO KCN ELE Ma ER 44 10 2 2 e LE E 45 IT DATA BACKUP ii ee 46 L3 BACKING Ee 46 112 DELETING BACKUP FILES ns ste een 46 11 3 VIEWING BACKUP FILES amas 46 12 DYNAMIC DATA TRANSFER TO OTHER APPLICATIONS DDE ada 47 121 GENERAL ad 47 12 2 COMMUNICATION PRINCIPLE conan tao 47 12 3 APPLICATION SUBJECT AND ITEM DESIGNATIONS 47 12 4 CURRENT CHANNEL VALUE eegene eue 47 12 5 CURRENT GROUP CHANNEL VALUES susi 48 12 6 EAST Eeer 48 12 7 LAST RESULTS Hee 48 12 9 CURRENT ALARM EE 48 12 9 EXAMPLE EXCEL LINKS toi science cesse chaman recense 49 13 CONTROLLING VISULOG AUTOMATION INTERFACE 50 155 GENERA PT M 50 13 2 AUTOMATION FUNCTIONS eege ge 50 13 2 1 ACQUISITION ee ie aber d IV 50 13 2 2 Results file analysis functions ebekkK KREE EE RER KREE rn KREE KE KKK KE ee 50 1A TOOLBARS crore 53 14 1 TOOLBAR COMMANDS E 53 14 2 CONTROL PALETTE COMMANDS cccccccceceereeseeeeneeeerseseeeeneneenaeas 54 14 3 ALIGNMENT TOOLBAR COMMAN
29. The window s menu allows you to select the traced channels the represented time interval or to print the results or transfer them to other applications in graph or numerical format 8 4 Using the graphical representation NB For improved comfort of use we recommend maximizing the main application and representation windows by clicking on their respective maximize boxes in the top right hand corner of each window Window contents left the list of channels recorded to the file top right the graphical measurement display bottom right the list view of these measurements The bars separating the panes can be moved to resize them To move a bar move the mouse cursor over it when the cursor changes to a split indicator drag the bar to the desired position Any one pane can be displayed full screen by clicking on the buttons He Displays all history view panes Displays the history graph full screen Displays the history key full screen Displays the list of history recording full screen To explore the graphical representation display the toolbars designed for this purpose by clicking on the following buttons T Displays the cursors toolbar T ME Displays the scales toolbar Y scale Two scales Y1 and Y2 are available left and right hand vertical axes respectively On creation of the graphical representation the Y1 scale is assigned to all channels The Y2 scale is invisible Scale
30. WAREMAOIP Applications Visulog Access required for privilege configuration This configuration is performed using the Registry Editor look for the granting total access to a Registry key section in the editor s online help 20 2 2 Directory access Grant read write access to the Visulog directory read access for running and viewing the online help and write access for managing the audit trail Grant read write access to the working directories sub directories where the configuration files are stored 73 21 APPENDIX F VISULOG OPC CLIENT 21 1 OPC standard OPC is a standard communication interface defined by the OPC Foundation It allows communication between applications even if these are running on different machines Generally OPC servers are run on the machines to which the acquisition systems are connected OPC clients can access these servers through the OPC standard 21 2 VISULOG and OPC VISULOG is an OPC client that is to say it can ask OPC servers to provide it with the values of their measurement channels VISULOG sees an OPC server as an instrument Simply create a new instrument select the OPC type then select the sever from the list of available OPC servers NB OPC servers are displayed if they have been previously installed and registered See their respective installation manuals Once the server has been selected as for other instruments a dialogue box is displayed for selecting the chann
31. a configuration based on an existing configuration in view of modifying it Define the location storage directory and name of the configuration file Declare the instruments containing the measurement points to acquire or output points to set For this use the Configuration New instrument command For each instrument Select the instrument type and name it Define its communication parameters Define or read its configuration Create one or more measurement channel polling groups For each polling group define the poll period Select the channels to poll for this group Select the dead band Select the output channels Click on End to complete instrument definition Once the instruments have been declared define the properties of each channel in the configuration window tree view section click on the Channels folder to display the list of channels that were declared when adding instruments For each channel in the list Double click on the name or icon of the channel to configure or right click and select the Configure channel command from the pop up menu Give a representative name to the channel according to the associated measurement point or setpoint Define the various additional parameters unit default value in the event of an error etc Up to 4 limits can be defined for each channel Select each of the corresponding tabs and define the parameters of each limit To check
32. a series of identical actions can be grouped within a single alarm group The common points are as follows Notification on a single output channel Transmission of an Email to the same recipients Acknowledgment allowed for the same authorized users Thus these alarms make up an alarm group 81 Polling group An instrument s channels are periodically measured The periodicity is defined on creation of a polling group The channels belonging to a given group are measured using the same acquisition parameters period dead band There can be several polling groups per instrument A channel can be a member of different polling groups Calculation channel group The value of calculation channel values is calculated according to the criteria defined during creation of a group of calculation channels Channels belonging to a given group of calculation channels are calculated using the same criteria Instrument An instrument declared in a VISULOG configuration represents the instrument physically connected to or remote from the PC with which VISULOG communicates to obtained the measured channel values Control panel A control panel is used during acquisition to display channel results in the form of lists indicators dials lights bar graphs or curves it can also be used to control output channels by means of buttons cursors switched or input boxes Finally a mimic diagram can be displayed as a background image
33. acquisition For this use the File Save command or button then start acquisition using the button Create a results display window during acquisition For this use the Display Results command or Es button and select the results file to display To view all of the configuration s channels select the Global Log Acquisition Start acquisition command or NB If the above mentioned menu items appear greyed this means that VISULOG Is password protected See the section concerning User right management 4 2 Opening an existing acquisition configuration To open an existing configuration file Select the File Open command or click on the button Enter the name of the file to open or browse to its location and select if from the file list Click on OK The name of the configuration is displayed in VISULOG s title bar The Instruments and Channels windows display the configuration of the declared instruments and channels If the read configuration includes results display windows these are shown as icons Similarly if the configuration refers to storage files the results windows for these files are shown as icons 4 3 Closing a configuration VISULOG document is automatically closed when its last window is closed To close with a single click a document with several open windows Activate one of its windows by clicking in its title bar for example Kn w button On document closing VISULOG offers
34. along with the selected files simply open it to view the saved data We strongly recommend backing up the data to a volume other than the source hard disk You can save data directly to a CD RW by using a tool such as InCD by AHEAD SOFTWARE or DirectCD by ROXIOG 11 2 Deleting backup files Select the files by checking their respective boxes You can select or unselect several files in one operation by checking or unchecking the box of the parent directory in the tree view Click on Delete selected files Restrictions The configuration file cannot be deleted An indexed file can only be deleted if all of the previous indices have also been deleted The file currently being recorded cannot be deleted 11 3 Viewing backup files Open the configuration file that was saved to the target directory along with the selected files The data can then be viewed using the Show Log and Show Results commands 46 12 DYNAMIC DATA TRANSFER TO OTHER APPLICATIONS DDE LINK 12 1 General VISULOG can transmit measurement results or events to other applications via the DDE communication protocol The transmitted elements can be channel results results or log file rows or alarms 12 2 Communication principle A conversation must be initiated between the VISULOG server application and the client application e g EXCEL relating to a topic Once the conversation has been initiated the client can request different items p
35. ameters IFile Base 0 index of the results file GetResFilesQty Returns File Name Short GetResFileId BSTR strFileName Returns the index of the results file named strFileName Input parameters strFileName Name of the results file Returns File index or 1 if not found 50 long GetResFileChansQty short iFile Returns the number of channels contained in the results file whose index is F e Input parameters IFile Index of the results file returned by GetResFileld Returns Number of channels BSTR GetResFileChanName short iFile long iChan Returns the name of the channel whose index is Chan of the results file whose index is F e Input parameters IFile Index of the results file returned by GetResFileld IChan Channel index Returns Channel name float GetResFileChanLimVal short iFile long iChan short iLim Returns the value of the limit with index Lim of the channel with index Chan of the results file with index iFile Input parameters IFile Index of the results file returned by GetResFileld IChan Channel index iLim Limit index 0 to 3 Returns Value of the limit long GetResFileChanValsQty short iFile long iChan Returns the number of values for the channel with index Chan of the results file with index F e Input parameters IFile Index of the results file returned by GetResFileld IChan Channel index Returns Number
36. c Global 2003 08 27 0 vgl MyProc Global 2003 08 27 1 vgl MyProc Global 2003 08 26 0 vgl User Log File The user can define in the configuration a number of log files independent of the global log file Several log files can be created within a single configuration allowing different events to be recorded These log files with the VGL extension accompanied by their associated index file with the VGI extension can be saved to a directory other than that of the configuration and contain only those events whose types were previously selected These files are named in the following manner ConfigurationName FileName YYYY MM DD n vgl where ConfigurationName is the name of the configuration FileName is the root stated by the user during parameter definition YYYY MM and DD are respectively the file creation year month and day and n is a rank number for files with the same root created on the same day VISULOG uses the term og file to refer to all log files under the same root When a log file is viewed the contents of all these files are displayed E g Configuration file name MyProc vgc Log file names MyProc MyLog 2003 06 27 0 vgl MyProc MyLog 2003 08 27 1 vgl MyProc MyLog 2003 08 26 0 vgl Closed files and logs Closed files for which all later recordings are prohibited These files can nevertheless be viewed using the Show Results and Show Log commands Alarm groups Limits whose overrun should trigger
37. ciple consists in assigning the location of a newly created or never used instrument to the channel This latter is deleted after assignment as its location has been stolen It is previously necessary to stop acquisition or at the very least to deactivate the channel to be modified Next display the list of channels in the Configuration window right click on the channel to modify and select the Modify channel location command from the pop up menu This command is available only if The channel is an instrument channel Acquisition is in Stop mode or the channel is out of service The user possesses Super User privileges cf User right management 24 If there are any available replacement channels the Channel replacement dialogue box opens displaying these channels A channel is appropriate for replacement if It is an instrument channel Its type is compatible with the concerned channel input or output It is different from the concerned channel It is not associated with any recording It is not used in any control panels It is not used in any calculations It is not accessed by DDE If no channel is available a message recommends the creation of a new instrument or new instrument channel NB If modification is required while acquisition is in progress new instruments are to be created in inactive mode Simply reactivate them after the operation To create a new channel for an existing instrumen
38. d no calibration schedule management 19 2 Calibration procedure A calibration procedure defines the manner in which one or more channels belonging to a given instrument will be calibrated A procedure can be defined using the Calibration Define procedure menu This command allows you to define the following elements 19 2 1 Reference Procedure name This name must be unique Calibration method Defines the manner in which calibration is connected either to a control reference chain or to a control generator In this last case the reference chain is useless 69 Reference chain In the case of calibration using a reference chain this latter may be either manual with visual display of measurements In this case when the procedure is run value input is requested for each measurement cycle or automatic that is to say connected to the VISULOG PC whose reference instrument and channel are built into the configuration The reference channel should be selected from the list of available channels Generator The generator is either manual In this case when the procedure is run the generator will need to be set to the current setpoint for each measurement cycle or automatic that is to say connected to the VISULOG PC whose reference instrument and channel are built into the configuration The control channel should be selected from the list of available channels 19 2 2 Calibration points To add a calibration
39. e A Alarm group name gt Current alarms 12 4 Current channel value CH item This item enables an application to obtain the current value of a VISULOG channel CH Channel name gt Current channel value Example EXCEL link To display in a cell the current value of the Temperature channel from the C 7est Fours vgc file for example this value being refreshed on each acquisition simply enter the following formula into the cell Visulog C Test Fours vgc CH Temperature 47 NB Instead of typing in the formula with the keyboard it is simpler to copy the channel from the VISULOG contiguration window then to paste it into the EXCEL document using the Paste special command followed by the Paste with link option 12 5 Current group channel values G item This item enables an application to obtain the current values of a VISULOG group of channels G lt Group Name gt Current values of the group s channels Example EXCEL link To display in a series of consecutive cells the current values of the channels of the Jncubator1 group of the Unit1 instrument in the C 7est Fours vgc file for example these values being refreshed on each new acquisition simply enter the following formula into the first cell Visulog C Test Fours vgce G Unit1 Incubator1 12 6 Last log line L item This item enables an application to obtain the last row of a VISULOG log L lt Log name gt Last row of the log
40. e active document before printing Initiate communication with the document s instruments Terminate communication with the document e instruments Start acquisition according to document configuration otop acquisition Display a window showing the configuration instruments channels etc Display a control panel view Display a window showing an events log 53 Es Display a window showing the results of a user file P Display application data version no copyright license etc k Context sensitive help providing assistance for any aspect of VISULOG If the active window is a Control panel window the following buttons are available a Selects Design Modification mode used to modify the panel If the active window is a results file window T Displays or hides the cursors toolbar T ME Displays or hides the scales toolbar Adds a fixed marker displays the curve ordinates at the abscissa under the mouse cursor Displays all tabs of the results file view Displays the history graph full screen Displays the history legend full screen Displays the list of history recording full screen Displays a grid E E la la a a E Connects the points of each curve 14 2 Control palette commands When creating a control panel the following controls are available Channel result display controls List of numerical values 12 2 Numerical indicator i A Dial needle indicato
41. e of an alarm limit overrun on at least one of the CH NameN indicated channels AA CH Name1 CH NameN Appearance of an alarm limit overrun on at least one of the indicated channels AD CH Name1 Disappearance of an alarm end of limit overrun on at least one CH NameN of the indicated channels These functions analyze the alarms for all channels stated in the list and return a value of 1 or 0 depending on their status and changes with respect to the previous acquisition cycle The AP functions test for the presence of an alarm the AA functions for the appearance of an alarm and the AD functions for the disappearance of an alarm 4 11 5 6 Functions mainly dedicated to alarm validation HOUR lt HH MM SS gt Returns the hour of the current day in the form of a decimal number between 0 and 24 For example at half past noon the CT function returns a value of 12 5 Conversion to decimal of a time expressed in HH MM SS format E g HOUR 12 30 00 returns a value of 12 5 The following condition CT HOUR 08 30 00 AND CT HOUR 18 30 00 is true between 8 30am and 6 30pm it can also be written as follows CT 8 5 AND CT 18 5 Returns the current day of the week between 1 Sunday and 7 Saturday For example the DW function will return a value of 4 on Wednesday Symbolic constants representing the 7 days of the week SUNday 1 MONday 22 SATurday 77
42. e of the last recorded value and Vabs is an absolute value defined in calibre units E g If the dead band is 1 0 5 and the last recorded measurement is 200 0 C the following recording shall be made only if the measurement is either greater than 200 0 200 0 x 1 0 5 202 5 C or less than 200 0 200 0 x 1 0 5 197 5 C To prevent the absence of measured values for extensive periods due to channel stability a Maximum dead time can be defined beyond which the channel measurement shall be recorded even if its value has not varied out of the dead band Confiquration Parameters defining results acquisition and processing VISULOG document A VISULOG document groups all acquisition configuration parameters along with the results of the measurements made and events notified Confiquration window VISULOG document configuration parameter display file Confiquration file VISULOG file vcg extension to which the configuration parameters of a VISULOG document are recorded Results file The user can define in the configuration a number of results files independent of the global history file Several results files can be created within a single configuration allowing for example channel groups to be recorded at different time intervals 79 These results files bearing a VGR extension can be saved to a directory other than that containing the configuration and contain only the results of measurements pe
43. e the control to the desired location by dragging one of its edges To modify the control s properties double click on it to display them A number of alignment tools are available on the A ignment toolbar to correctly align the controls 5 2 Modifying a control panel To modify an existing control panel activate the pane s window by clicking in its title bar for example then select the panel to modify from the tree view of available panels and finally switch to design mode using the Configuration Design mode Modification command or by clicking on the SI button Next simply modify add or delete controls as during creation of a new panel To modify a panel s name e g the default name change its size or select a different background image double click in the panel display zone anywhere except on a control To modify a control s properties double click on it to display them A control can be resized by dragging one of its anchor points or moved by dragging one of its edges 5 3 Description of the control panel window 26 EE This window displays one by one the various control panels created in the VISULOG document It is divided into two sections on the left a tree view showing the available panels on the right the current panel corresponding to the element selected in the tree view To change panels simply select a different one in the tree view The bar separating the two sections can be dragged t
44. els amongst those published by the server 74 22 APPENDIX G ERROR LIST Instrument related errors Meaning DEV_NO No instrument associated with the channel DEV_OUT Cannot assign a value to the channel for the instrument Specific errors may be returned depending on the type of instrument see the user manual for the concerned instrument Channel related errors NOMEAS No measurement available O CHANOFF The channel is not in service Internal errors amp ERR MAPI LOAD Cannot load Email service MAPI32 DLL amp ERR MAPI DLL Invalid MAPI32 DLL library MAPISendMail ZERR MAPI SEND Cannot sent the Email ZERR MAIL THREAD Cannot create the Email send task 5 23 APPENDIX H ICON LIST AND MEANINGS Elements 3 Alarm Instrument d Table e Results de Log Panel File Events Pa Alarm active alarm not acknowledged Alarm active alarm acknowledged Alarm disappeared alarm not acknowledged Alarm disappeared alarm acknowledged send Email Cannot send Email Operator event Operator message System message Configuration modification System error e FP p E wj ox Ad MN ege Warning message Channels Service Input channels in service amp Input channels out of service el Input channel deleted ag Output channel in service Output channel out of service 76 Output channel deleted Calculation channel in service Calculati
45. ertaining to the topic of conversation The conversation can be of three types Passive link VISULOG provides the value of the item in response to the client s request Automatic link the client asks VISULOG to provide it with the item s current value and to transmit its new value each time it changes Active link the client asks VISULOG to provide it with the item s current value and to notify it of any value modifications to this item When VISULOG informs the client of the change this latter may request the new value or not 12 3 Application subject and item designations NB In the following explanations topic and item names are placed between quotation marks to indicate that these are character strings These quotation marks however are not part of their name and serve only to delimit it The expressions in italics delimited by the and gt characters must not be issued as is but replaced by the appropriate values The name of the VISULOG application for DDE communications is the VISULOG character string The topics for which VISULOG is able to transmit items are strings referring to the name of the concerned document lt file name VGC e g OVENS VGC Finally the following items are managed CH Channel name gt Current channel value G lt Group Name Current values of the group s channels L lt Log name gt Last row of the log R File name gt Last row of the results fil
46. es and acknowledgments accompanied by comments Automatically print data at regular intervals during acquisition Monitor outlet channels assign alarm relays and transmit to the devices the values of setpoints either calculated or defined by the operator in the monitoring and control panels Transfer measurement results to other devices either by means of cut paste functions or using the dynamic data exchange DDE protocol Terminate acquisition either manually by the user automatically at the end of a given period of time or by alarm threshold overrun on a listed channel Check configuration and acquisition data integrity Allow during acquisition the simplified calibration of sensors or measurement chains and use the calibration results to correct subsequent measurements Calibration module option Manage user groups associated with application operating privileges and manage an audit breadcrumb trail in which are recorded any normal or abnormal operating events operator changes configuration modifications etc 1 1 2 Optional features The options authorized depending on the purchased license are as follows Supported devices either all devices or PC10s and Transmitters TRNx T2RN ITIx TM6640 only Extended access control option without this option the total number of users defined including Administrators and Super Users is limited to 2 and the security attributes have the following values non modifiable
47. f acquisition if requested its polling groups these each define the period at which the instrument s selected channels should be polled along with the manner in which their values are used its output channel selection the instrument s output channels available to VISULOG 4 7 Channel A channel s configuration parameters are as follows these parameters are available by right clicking on the channel and selecting the Configure channel command Identification optional but highly recommended Enter the channel s designation freeform text If no designation is defined the channels are referred to in the display windows and results files according to their location Location The location represents the channel s physical link such a channel on such an instrument for a measurement or output channel or its storage path for a calculation channel such a channel in such a group Calculation A calculation formula can be assigned to each configured channel The specified calculation is performed on each acquisition cycle during channel processing or according to the properties defined for the calculation channel group for a calculation channel To define a formula click on Define calculation Unit optional Enter the unit freeform text Default value This is the value assigned to the channel in the event of a read error for example Resolution optional 15 This is the results display resolution number of
48. f the date entered is greater than the last day of the current month the change occurs on the last day of the month 43 10 PRINTING 10 1 Scheduled or periodical printing The File Scheduled printing command is used to trigger the automatic printing of certain document elements at a given time It displays the Periodical printing dialogue box in which you select the elements to print from the proposed list along with the print period According to a time interval Daily with time definition Weekly with definition of day and time Monthly with definition of date and time if the date entered is greater than the last day of the current month the change occurs on the last day of the month To modify or cancel scheduled printing Call up the File Scheduled printing command and change or delete the selection 10 2 Page setup The File Page setup command allows you to define the page setup for printing all of your documents A logo image can be printed at the top of the page either left aligned centred or right aligned Select the corresponding image file by clicking on Browse 10 2 1 Page header or footer The page header and footer can be customized using the respective buttons NB the page footer cannot be programmed if the User name and Date parameters are selected in the security attributes Definition is performed by placing the cursor in one of the left hand centre or right hand sections then clicking on the
49. fine log privileges granted to the group s users click on the Logs button to define the privileges for a results file click on the Files button Select the log or file to which the rights should be applied Defining modification rights Inspection Viewing Click on Apply to update the new rights definition To apply this same rights definition to all files of the same type results or log click on Apply to all files To close the dialogue box click on Close If none of the Apply buttons was clicked no modification is taken into account 64 18 4 Defining security attributes NB If the purchased license does not include the Extended access control option the total number of defined users including Administrators and Super Users is limited to 2 and the security attributes cannot be modified cf VISULOG optional features in 1 1 2 The File user rights Security attributes command is used to define the following attributes Maximum password validity period in days Validity range 1 to 10 000 days Defines the maximum user password change frequency Maximum number of password input attempts Validity range 1 to 100 When a password is incorrectly entered more than the above number of times the user is locked out for the period defined by connection lock out period after failure see below Minimum password size Validity range 5 to 20 Sets the minimum number of characters required when entering a new password
50. g an operator to trigger a change of index Number of files kept this avoids hard disk overload File automatic close conditions Daily with time definition Weekly with definition of day of the week and time Monthly with definition of date and time if the date entered is greater than the last day of the current month the change occurs on the last day of the month Use Each log file can be displayed independently by means of the Show Log command and by selecting the desired file If a log file contains recorded data its configuration can no longer be modified To change configuration you must create a new log file 9 2 Closing a log file 41 It is possible to prohibit any further recording to a given log file by right clicking on the file in the list of available log files and selecting the Close pop up menu option 9 3 Description of the log file window This window displays the events recorded to the associated log file It is divided into two sections on the left a tree view showing the available event types in the log file the check boxes indicating whether they are to be displayed or not on the right the actual display of recorded events To limit the display to a certain type of event uncheck the unwanted event types in the tree view The bar separating the two sections can be dragged to resize one or other section To move the bar move the mouse cursor over it when the cursor changes to a spl
51. g different events to be recorded These log files with the VGL extension accompanied by their associated index file with the VGI extension can be saved to a directory other than that of the configuration and contain only those events whose types were previously selected These files are named in the following manner ConfigurationName FileName YYYY MM DD n vgl where ConfigurationName is the name of the configuration FileName is the root stated by the user during parameter definition YYYY MM and DD are respectively the file creation year month and day and nis a rank number for files with the same root created on the same day VISULOG uses the term og file to refer to all log files under the same root When a log file is viewed the contents of all these files are displayed E g Configuration file name MyProc vgc Log file names MyProc MyLog 2003 06 27 0 vgl MyProc MyLog 2003 08 27 1 vgl MyProc MyLog 2003 08 26 0 vgl 9 1 2 Creation The Configuration New user log menu command is used to define event recording parameters These parameters saved to the current configuration file WGC extension are as follows File name and path Selection of events to record If channels are to be periodically recorded to the log this recording periodicity should be stated File index change conditions Size condition with definition of the size limit for an indexed file Manual incrementation authorization allowin
52. g to their expected behaviour The calculation of each of the channels in a group can be performed Automatically on change of a variable upon which it depends Remark a calculation comprising the T operand and to be performed automatically will not be performed each second as may be expected For this simply select the following pertodical calculation method Periodically stating the time interval between 2 successive calculations The second part can be defined by a floating point number in order to achieve a resolution inferior to one second Every day at a given time Every week on a given day at a given time Every month on a given date at a given time Manually on operator request To create a new group of calculation channels other than the default Auto group right click on the Calculation channel groups in the configuration window and select the New Calculation channel group To view the parameters of calculation channel group right click on the concerned group and select the Configure group command 4 13 Printing configuration parameters As a Configuration window is active the File Print command triggers printing of the list of all parameters The File Print preview command provides an on screen display before actual printing 4 14 Modifying a channel location It is possible to alter the physical measurement point of an input channel or the destination of an output channel The displacement prin
53. h the ON status Colour associated with the OFF status A Bar graph This control displays the current value of the associated channel Each bar graph displays its own scale defined according to the declared minimum and maximum values The alarm limits are displayed by indices Modifiable properties Selection of associated channel Type of representation Tank 3D tank Elements to display Channel name Graduated axis Unit Limits Extent of variations according to the minimum and maximum of the associated channel or to the entered minimum and maximum values a Graph trend curves Several channel measurement result curves can be displayed simultaneously within the same window The represented time is expressed in hours or minutes 28 Modifiable properties Selection of represented channels According to the represented time expressed in hours or minutes Elements to display channel names grid Representation mode selection points connected or not 5 4 2 Command controls The command controls are used to act upon the value of an output or input output channel or calculation channel ii Command button Used to gradually control the value of the associated output or input output channel Modifiable properties Selection of associated channel Type of representation Button 3D button Elements to display Channel name Graduated axis Unit Limits Extent of variations according to the minimum and
54. he Stop command followed by the Run command 3 Do not issue a command n2 figure between 0 and 2 indicating the options for results files that already contain data Display a dialogue box to allow the operator to define this option himself Dr a e T a i Append to existing data 2 Overwrite existing data E g The following command line C Program Files AOIP VISULOG VISULOG C VisulogConf Manip1 vgc run 3 1 runs VISULOG EXE located in the C Program Files AOIP VISULOG directory instructing it to load the Manip1 vgc configuration file located in the C Visu ogConf directory to initiate acquisition without issuing any commands to the instruments and to add the results to the existing files It is also possible to run Windows and to provide the previous command line as an argument For example WIN C Program Files AOIP VISULOG VISULOG C VisulogConf Manip1 vgc run 3 1 This runs the program from the autoexec bat file such that acquisition starts automatically when the PC boots up 59 18 APPENDIX C USER RIGHT MANAGEMENT NB If the purchased license does not include the Extended access control option the total number of defined users including Administrators and Super Users is limited to 2 and the security attributes cannot be modified cf VISULOG optional features in 1 1 2 18 1 Presentation of access control Software access control can be implemented allowing user identification along with the defini
55. he periodical calculation method for this group a period of less than one second can be chosen by entering a floating point value Functions See the Function list section Expression in An operand can be comprised of an expression between parentheses parentheses The parentheses are used in particular to alter the operation assessment order See the Operator precedence section 4 11 3 List of operators Addition subtraction multiplication and division Raising to the power of Warning for this operator it applies only to positive values as a x is calculated as e x Log 2 2 shall therefore raise an error For integer power preference should be given to a series of multiplications write X X X instead of X 3 Modulo remainder of an integer division E g 13 MOD 3 1 Quotient of an integer division E g 13 MOD 3 4 lt lt gt gt lt gt Comparison operators giving a result of 1 or 0 These operators can be used to position an output channel It is possible for example to set an output relay by writing the following formula CH WameChannel1 gt 310 or CH NameChannel2 gt 350 OR AND Logical operators see example in the Calculation definition section NOT expr Negation of logical expression NOT 1 0 NOT 0 1 4 11 4 Operator precedence Expressions are assessed from left to right while respecting usual operator precedence operations with the highest priority are
56. iables referring to the results of other channels or functions The operators are the usual algebraic operators 4 11 1 Example calculation formulae 5 234 X 12 24 Scaling of the measurement performed on an input channel multiplication of the measurement result by the constant 5 234 and addition of the constant 12 24 The result of the measurement on the current channel is designated by the letter X 1 23 X 4 2 45 X 3 1 45 X 2 3 45 X 45 6 Linearization Linearization oo O CH NameChanne 1 CH NameChannel2 Calculation of a deviation AVG CH Wamel CH Name2 CH Name5 Calculation of an average CH Name4 CH NameChannel2 90 4 11 2 List of operands Numerical E g 1 234 constants Remark The decimal separator is the character defined in the Windows control panel in the International Number formats section In principle this is the dot in English For an input channel X refers to the result of the measurement provided by the instrument For an output or calculation channel X is the channel s previous value 0 on application launch CH The value of the channel named lt NameChannel gt NameChannel 18 The time elapsed since the start of acquisition Remark If a channel is referenced at this time and belongs to a group whose calculation is performed automatically cf Group of calculation channels the channel will not change each second as one could assume For this simply selected t
57. ile is a particular results file in that is records all measurements from all channels It can be displayed in the same manner as a Results file To define the management parameters for the G obal History File simply right click on the Results files group in the Configuration window and select the Global History File command History period Defined in days this value determines the storage time for the measured values of all channels This duration is used for statistical calculations in particular For these calculations to be performed over the requested period the global history file must be configured to keep the measurements over at least this period NB data storage for extended period may in the case of very short acquisition periods generate very large files several Gb potentially saturating the hard disk Either the duration of the history must be modified or the older files must be regularly archived so they can be deleted Maximum indexed file size 39 The Global History File like the results files is made up of several indexed files As recording progresses when a history file reaches the defined maximum size VISULOG opens a new file with a new index and closes the previous one 40 9 LOG FILES 9 1 Creating a log file 9 1 1 Definition The user can define in the configuration a number of og files independent of the g obal log file Several log files can be created within a single configuration allowin
58. ining the date and time the operator s name the record ID and possible additional information A connected user can leave a message in the Audit trail file using the File User rights Audit trail Leave a message Events can be filtered by selecting the types of event to display via the Filter button The File User rights Audit trail Access log command displays the audit trail with the following pre defined events filter CONNECT CONNECT FAIL DISCONNECT DISCONNECT AUTO The following table gives the lust of record IDs that can be displayed along with their meaning and any additional information ID J A Meaming Additional information VISULOG closed es VISULOG started EE S S S S VISULOG minimized o 67 APPWND_RESTORE WISULOG window restored 1 1 o Z AUDITTRAIL OFF si Audit trail recording stopped 1 1 o AUDITTRAIL ON si Audit trail recording started CLOSE UNSAVED_DOCUMENT______ Unsaved document closed 1 1 1 1 Maximum logon period changed 7 CONFIRM BY DND ON Important operations must be confirmed by password CONFIRM BY PWD OFF Important operations do not need to be confirmed by Dassword User logon DISCONNECT Userloggedoff J o 1 1 1 DISCONNECT AUTO User automatically logged off EXPORT DOC Document data exported Source file name target file name MESSAGE Message left in the Audit trail Message
59. it indicator drag the bar to the desired position 9 4 Printing a log As a Log window is active the File Print command triggers the printing of the displayed records The File Print preview command provides an on screen display before actual printing 9 5 Exporting a log Export file The File Export log command copies the events to a TEXT file TXT extension arranged by row that can be used by other applications Using the clipboard After having selected the desired events right click and from the pop up menu select the Copy command 9 6 Global Log The Global Log File is a specific log file in that it records all events NB events pertaining to user rights are recorded to the trail file for audit cf Viewing the trail for audit and User right management The Global Log File can be displayed in the same manner as a User Log File To define the management parameters for the G oba Log File simply right click on the Logs group in the Configuration window and select the Global Log Index change conditions command Index change conditions Size condition with definition of the size limit for an indexed file Manual incrementation authorization allowing an operator to trigger a change of index 42 Number of files kept this avoids hard disk overload Automatic close conditions Daily with time definition Weekly with definition of day of the week and time Monthly with definition of date and time i
60. ition is updated in the list The Define Cursor 1 according to list and Define Cursor 2 according to list commands are used to position the respective cursors according to the record selected in the list Similarly from the graphical representation the list selection can be set to the position of cursor 1 or 2 by using the Go to Cursor 1 in list and Go to Cursor 2 in list commands 8 5 2 Selection When both cursors are displayed the framed zone in the list can be selected by means of the Select list between Cursors 1 and 2 command 8 6 Printing the graph As a window and results file are active the File Print command prints the curves The File Print preview command provides an on screen display before actual printing 8 7 Printing records 37 To print the records in a results file first select the concerned results Click on the first record With the SHIFT key pressed click on the last record to select the range Next right click and from the pop up menu select the Print selection command to print the list or Print preview to display it prior to printing 8 8 Printing a report Report printing consists in printing a series of measurement results with a specific page layout i e an introduction page a conclusion page and between the 3 the results printed in graphical and list formats This list can be combined with the alarms detected over the same period on condition that the alarm events have been recorded to a l
61. l List control for displaying the values of several channels Bar graph Trend curve Indicator light Potentiometer round or linear for assigning a value to a channel Edit control for entering a value 1 1 3 3 Acquisition results history view Used during acquisition or during off line results processing it displays the history of acquisitions in the form of curves and value lists The Curves and Value ist panels are synchronized by selecting an area on the curve it is displayed in the list A third panel egend is used to select the channels to be represented and displays their value at the dates indicated by the markers placed by the operator Various date and channel name filters can be used to modulate the data to display 1 1 3 4Events log view Used during acquisition or off line results processing this view displays the events history appearance disappearance and acknowledgment of alarms Emails sent errors 2 INSTALLATION 2 1 Minimum requirements 2 1 1 Hardware configuration PC compatible computer with the following minimum configuration Intel Pentium III 600 MHz processor or equivalent Windows 95 98 Me NT4 2000 XP NT4 2000 or XP recommended for data security 128 Mb RAM 512 Mb recommended 1 Gb free hard disk space 20 Gb recommended Display resolution minimum 800x600 1024x768 recommended Free RS232 port Ethernet network board if necessary communication between
62. n their respective lists You can Add the new data results and events after the existing data on start of acquisition Overwrite the existing data Acquisition starts and the new date replace the old Cancel acquisition initiation No data are modified Save the results before starting acquisition This choice is equivalent to selecting the File Save results command After saving you will need to select once more the Acquisition Start acquisition command or the button to initiate acquisition Pils is Select one of the proposed solutions Pressing ESC or clicking on the box is equivalent to clicking Cancel 31 7 ACKNOWLEDGING ALARMS When a limit overrun is confirmed an alarm is raised If the limit is associated with an alarm group this alarm must be acknowledged The Unacknowledged alarms toolbar lists the status of all unacknowledged alarms To acknowledge one or more alarms select them from the list press the CTRL key to select several alarms then click on the Acknowledge button NB Only those alarms belonging to an alarm group for which the current user possesses acknowledgment privileges can be acknowledged Depending on the alarms present the width of each column can be adjusted by clicking on the Adjust columns button The Unacknowledged Alarms toolbar can be closed by clicking on its X close box it can be re displayed by selecting the Show Unacknowledged alarms command The toolba
63. nd DD are respectively the file creation year month and day and 7 is a rank number for files with the same root created on the same day VISULOG uses the term global history file to refer to all history files under the same root When the global history file is viewed the contents of all these files are displayed E Configuration file name MyProc vgc Name of the results files MyProc Global 2003 08 27 0 vgr MyProc Global 2003 08 27 1 vgr MyProc Global 2003 08 28 0 vgr The global history file contains the history 48h by default of all acquisitions performed for the current configuration 80 Global Log File During acquisition all events appearance disappearance and acknowledgment of alarms operator messages system messages etc are recorded to files with VGL extension accompanied by their associated index file with VGI extension located in the same folder and with the same name as the configuration file completed in the following manner ConfigurationName Global YYYY MM DD n vgl where ConfigurationName is the name of the configuration YYYY MM and DD are respectively the file creation year month and day and nis a rank number for files with the same root created on the same day VISULOG uses the term G oba Log File to refer to all log files under the same root When the global log file is viewed the contents of all these files are displayed E g Configuration file name MyProc vgc Log file names MyPro
64. nd from the pop up menu To view all of the channel s calibration report select the Show all calibration reports pop up menu command 71 The calibration reports created for adjustment of the concerned channel are listed They are sorted from most recent to oldest considering that the first item in the list the most recent is the one currently in use for channel correction To view the contents of a report select is and click on Show To print the contents of a report select is and click on Print To permanently delete a report select it and click on Delete In this case channel correction is performed from the new report at the top of the list If there are no more reports no correction is applied to the channel 72 20 APPENDIX E NOTES FOR WINDOWS ADMINISTRATORS 20 1 Installing VISULOG Windows Administrator privileges are required to install VISULOG After installation VISULOG should be run for the first time with this same level of privileges in order for the computer to be identified 20 2 User account with limited privileges If VISULOG is to be used from a user account with limited privileges then this account must be granted the following rights 20 2 1 Windows registry access Grant access total control to the following registry keys and sub keys HKEY_CURRENT_USER Software AOIP Applications Visulog Access required to record user options and to store the list of open files HKEY LOCAL MACHINENSOFT
65. nel with an upper limit of 75 and a lower limit of 75 Click on the sign in front of the Calculation channel groups folder to open this latter Right click on the Auto folder and select the New calculation channel command Enter a name for the channel e g Position Click on the Limit 1 tab Check the In operation box Enter a value of 75 for example Enter the warning message gt L1 Click on the Limit 2 tab Check the In operation box Select the Lower limit Enter a value of 75 for example Enter the warning message L2 Click on OK Create the output channel Activate the control panels window command cursor Switch to creation mode using the Configuration Design Mode button Modification command or click on the Click on the Cursor control o on the displayed palette Click once in the panel display area at the desired location for the control Select Position as the associated channel Select the type as 3D Horizontal cursor Click on OK Resize the control as desired by dragging its resize handles Create the dial showing the output channel value Click on the Dial control Jon the displayed palette Click once in the panel display area at the desired location for the control Select Position as the associated channel Select the type as 3D Dial Click on OK Resize the control as desired by dragging its resize handles 5 Exit Design mode Save the co
66. nel command 17 See 4 12 for creating other calculation channel groups To display the parameters of a calculation channel right click on the concerned channel and select the Configure channel command 4 11 Calculation definition A calculation formula can be assigned to each configured channel The specified calculation is performed on each acquisition cycle during channel processing or according to the properties defined for the calculation channel group for a calculation channel Depending on the type programmed for the channel the calculation may perform various functions For an input channel the calculation generally concerns the measurement result and is used to scale it or convert it to the desired unit For a calculation channel the calculation general refers to other VISULOG channels input or calculation and possibly to time It can be used for example to calculate a mean the deviation between 2 input channels etc For an output channel the calculation refers as for a calculation channel to the results of other channels and possibly to time The result of the calculation performed shall be transmitted to the recipient instrument in order to position the specified channel The formula defining the calculation must be entered in the form of an algebraic expression made up of operands separated by operators Parentheses can be used to alter the order of operation assessment The operands can be constants var
67. nfiguration Test the panel Start acquisition by means of the Acquisition Start acquisition command or click on the E button Click on OK to initiate acquisition Move the cursor to see channel changes reflected on the dial including limit overruns End of the test stop acquisition Stop acquisition by means of the Acquisition Stop acquisition and close the configuration D command or click on the button Click on Yes when asked whether to stop the instruments w Select the File Close command or click on the button End of the exercise 58 17 APPENDIX B RUNNING VISULOG FROM THE COMMAND LINE One or two arguments can be used on the command line when launching VISULOG The first argument is the name of the configuration file WGC extension to be loaded The second is the run keyword followed by two figures between parentheses providing the acquisition initiation options These arguments can be defined using the Program properties dialogue box available from the program manager File Properties command The general command line syntax is therefore as follows lt VISULOG directory VISULOG path to VGC file run n1 n2 where nl figure from 0 to 3 indicating the options relating to program transmission to instruments Display the acquisition initiation dialogue box to allow the operator to define these options himself Issue the Stop command the program then the Run command Issue to t
68. nsidering that comparison with limits is performed at the end of each acquisition cycle the minimum effective delay is also dependent upon the acquisition period Depending on the value of these two parameters notification of alarm status change shall occur on first detection if the stated minimum period is inferior to the acquisition period N cycles after first detection if this is not the case where Wis the quotient of the integer division of the specified duration by the acquisition period Check boxes are used to define whether the minimum programmed delay must be taken into account on appearance and disappearance of the alarm or only one of the two If neither check box is checked the alarm is notified on first detection of limit overrun Validation condition calculation expression Additional alarm status change validation condition that is dependent upon the result of the defined calculation expression e g the alarm should not be taken into account if the INCO1 DOOR input channel is set to 0 indicating that the incubator door is open 4 9 Alarm groups Alarms can be combined into several a arm groups according to the actions they should trigger An alarm group possesses the following properties Designation this name appears in particular in a log s events tree view and can be modified from this dialogue box Notification the selected output channel is activated in the event of appearance of one of the group s ala
69. o display comments titles fixed indications etc Modifiable properties Text to display Font size Alignment 5 5 Printing control panels As a Control panel window is active the File Print command triggers the printing of the panel selected in the available panels tree view The File Print preview command provides an on screen display before actual printing 30 6 LAUNCHING ACQUISITION To initiate acquisition press A dialogue box is displayed allowing you to define the operations to perform on the instruments prior to starting acquisition Stop Transmit program Run VISULOG stops all instruments It programs those for which a configuration or program file has been defined in their declaration It restarts all instruments this command is obviously only effective on those that can accept it Stop Run VISULOG stops then restarts all instruments No command VISULOG does not transmit any commands to the instruments which are assumed to already be in Run mode For SAxx or DATALOGxx instruments that are programmed independently from VISULOG requests it may be interesting in certain cases to not issue a command to them at the start of acquisition this in order to avoid resetting them After validation by pressing OK another dialogue box is displayed if acquisition is to start whereas the results files and configuration logs already contain data The concerned files and logs are displayed i
70. o resize one or other section To move the bar move the mouse cursor over it when the cursor changes to a split indicator drag the bar to the desired position During acquisition the panels display the results of the selected channels in the form of ists indicators dials indicator lights bar graphs and curves They also comprise a number of command controls that are able to act upon the output channels buttons sliders switches and nput boxes Finally a text control is available to display comments titles etc 5 4 Control palette The control palette appears when Design mode is active Configuration Design Modification mode button It allows you to select the type of control to add to the panel command or 5 4 1 Display controls The display controls are used to represent the value and status of one or more channels List of numerical values Each row displays the mnemonic of a channel in the list along with its value and unit An icon placed in front of the mnemonic represents the channel s status Channel OK Channel in limit 1 overrun Channel in limit 2 overrun Channel in limit 3 overrun Channel in limit 4 overrun Channel in error status GP EE a Channel out of service Modifiable properties Selection of represented channels Font size Numerical indicator 27 Displays the current channel value along with its name unit or the alarm text if any Modifiable properties Selecti
71. og file associated with the report The statistics for each channel can be printed as an option Maximum value Minimum value Mean Standard deviation Total threshold overrun time for the whole period all channel thresholds To print a report for the records in a results file first select the concerned results Click on the first record With the SHIFT key pressed click on the last record to select the range Next right click and from the pop up menu select the Print report for selection command to print the list or Print preview of report for selection to display it prior to printing A dialogue box is then displayed allowing you to define the elements to print for the report according to the selected results It completes the page setup defining the logo header and footer The Report title and the Comments text are displayed on the first page of the report and the Conclusion on the last page The check boxes define the manner in which the results should be printed Table of values Table of alarms taken from events recorded to the log selected by the Selected button Combination of the two tables by association of their respective dates Statistics The results graph 8 9 Exporting curves Using the clipboard If a results file window is active the image of the curves legend or recordings can be copied to the clipboard by means of the Edit Copy command or the Ctrl Ins or Ctrl C keyboard shortc
72. on channel out of service Si 7 5 x amp Calculation channel deleted Channels Status Channel OK Channel in limit 1 overrun Channel in limit 2 overrun Channel in limit 3 overrun Channel in limit 4 overrun Channel out of service ba GE PE Es Channel in error status Results file Status de Recording in progress D Stopped List cursors E Cursor 1 P Cursor 2 E Cursors 1 and 2 superimposed Fixed marker Page header or footer definition Printed page number Total number of pages to print E Print date Print time Document file name Logged on user name 77 y El Folders Name of the document element being printed VISULOG Identification and Version Closed Open 78 24 APPENDIX I GLOSSARY Below are the definitions of some specific terms used by VISULOG Dead band A polling group periodically gathers the values of the selected channels In order to only take significant phenomena into account and hence to limit the volume of data recorded a variation zone can be defined used to record only those channel measurements whose value change exceeds this zone with respect to the previous value The parameters defining the dead band determine the rate of channel variation that will trigger a recording a measurement is recorded only if it has varied by Vre M Vabs with respect to the previously recorded measurement where Vre is a relative value expressed as a percentag
73. on of associated channel Font size Selection of elements to display name value unit alarm text i Dial needle indicator This control displays the current value of the associated channel in analogue format Each dial displays its own scale defined according to the declared minimum and maximum values The alarm limits are displayed by indices Modifiable properties Selection of associated channel Type of representation Dial Horizontal Gauge top Vertical Gauge right Horizontal Gauge bottom Vertical Gauge left 3D Dial 3D Horizontal Gauge top 3D Vertical Gauge right 3D Horizontal Gauge bottom 3D Vertical Gauge left Elements to display Channel name Unit Graduated axis Limits Extent of variations according to the minimum and maximum of the associated channel or to the entered minimum and maximum values e Indicator light This control displays the logical status ON or OFF of the associated channel in text or colour form For an analogue channel the ON status corresponds to a value greater than or equal to 0 5 the OFF status corresponds to a value inferior to 0 5 Modifiable properties Selection of associated channel Type of representation Rectangular indicator light Round indicator light 3D rectangular indicator light 3D round indicator light Channel name display Text associated with the ON status Text associated with the OFF status Colour associated wit
74. or the detail of recordings made 18 5 Printing a report of privileges defined for a document If a document is open the File User rights Print a rights report will print the complete privileges configuration for this document security attributes groups and users The File User rights Print preview of rights report provides a preview of the report 18 6 User log on Use the File Logon command Enter the ID and password Warning VISULOG password validation is case sensitive Only declared users can log on To declare a user select the File User rights Declare users On first logon by a new user enter the default password AOIPVISULOG The software then invites you to change this password For security reasons passwords must be changed on a regular basis If the password s validity period has expired the program automatically invites you to change it This password can also be changed before the expiry date Change password button When logon is successful the operator has access to the commands authorized for the user groups of which he she is a member Also for security reasons this access authorization is only granted for a limited time If the user wishes to modify a parameter when this connection time has expired he she is invited to retype his her ID and password Logoff To log off use the File Log off from X command where X is the name of the user who is logged on 66 Password error on logon If an er
75. parameters These parameters saved to the current configuration file WGC extension are as follows File name and path Selection of channels to record Recording start criteria On application start Periodical Daily with time definition Weekly with definition of day of the week and time Monthly with definition of date and time if the date entered is greater than the last day of the current month the change occurs on the last day of the month On occurrence of an alarm on one of the monitored channels Time before start with detection of one of these conditions Manual open authorization allowing an operator to trigger recording Recording criteria Periodical definition of the period On occurrence of an alarm on one of the monitored channels Manual recording authorization allowing an operator to trigger recording Recording stop criteria Time after open On occurrence of an alarm on one of the monitored channels Time before close with detection of one of these conditions Manual close authorization allowing an operator to stop the recording 33 File index change conditions Size condition with definition of the size limit for an indexed file Manual incrementation authorization allowing an operator to trigger a change of index Number of files kept this avoids hard disk overload File automatic close conditions Daily with time definition Weekly with definition of day and
76. point enter its value into the edit box and click on Add To replace an existing calibration point select it in the list enter the new value into the edit box and click on Replace To delete an existing calibration point select it in the list and click on Delete To delete all entered calibration points click on Delete all The Copy all button copies all points to the clipboard in spreadsheet format The Paste all button pastes the contents of the clipboard in spreadsheet format to all calibration points 19 2 3 Channels to calibrate Move desired channels from one list to another by using the gt gt or lt lt buttons Of course the reference channel should not be added to the list of channels to calibrate Click on OK to confirm the selection 19 2 4 Sequencing Before stability detection section The Generator settling time avoids needlessly activating measurements while the generator is adjusting to the requested setpoint Stability detection criteria around the setpoint Calibration point stability can be validated manually in this case click on Validate detection to confirm stability or automatically the reference channel is monitored according to the indicated measurement period and stability is validated if the reference measurement does not deviate from the permitted variation range in absolute value does not deviate from the setpoint by more than the maximum deviation in absolute and relative values
77. port on the PC The user must declare this address to the device depending on the device by setting a series of switches or using the keyboard and to the VISULOG software in the device configuration menu It should be noted that the address must always be stated even when only one device is connected to the PC s serial port The communication speed over the serial port must also be declared to each device and to the VISULOG software NB All devices connected to a single PC serial port must possess the same communication speed and different addresses Two devices connected to different serial ports however may have the same address and communicate at different speeds 10 2 3 Installing VISULOG Important notes for limited rights user accounts Windows Administrator privileges are required to install VISULOG cf 20 Appendix E Notes for Windows administrators After installation VISULOG should be run for the first time with this same level of privileges in order for the computer to be identified The software is provided on 3 1 2 discs or on CD ROM Installation from 3 1 2 discs Insert disk 1 into the A or B drive and lock Open the Start menu and select the Run command Type a Setup or b Setup if the disk is in the B drive and press the ENTER key Follow the on screen instructions provided by the installation program Installation from CD ROM Insert the CD ROM into the drive Click on VISULOG from the
78. r 6 Indicator light 2 Bar graph 54 a Graph trend curves Command controls acting on output or input output channels LA Button o Cursor El Switch Push button 12 Numerical value input box Skinning controls Al Text 14 3 Alignment toolbar commands When creating a contro panel the following alignment tools are available for correctly aligning the selected elements L4 ie Left align Aligns the controls on the last of the left hand sides of the selected elements E SP Right align Aligns the controls on the last of the right hand sides of the selected elements Oo E Align top Aligns on the last of the top sides of the selected elements Align bottom Aligns on the last of the bottom sides of the selected elements E Centre Vertically vertically centres the selected elements in the panel I Centre Horizontally horizontally centres the selected elements in the panel H Same Horizontal Spacing regularly spaces the selected elements in the horizontal plane ks Same Vertical Spacing regularly spaces the selected elements in the vertical plane Same Width Makes all selected elements the same width as the last one D Same Height Makes all selected elements the same height as the last one El Same size Makes all selected elements the same size as the last one 55 15 STATUS BAR MAI NUM DEF The status bar is displayed at the bottom of the VISULOG application window To show or hide
79. r is automatically re displayed on appearance of a new alarm to be acknowledged 32 8 RESULTS FILES 8 1 Creating a results file 8 1 1 Definition The user can define in the configuration a number of results files independent of the global history file Several results files can be created within a single configuration allowing for example channel groups to be recorded at different time intervals These results files bearing a VGR extension can be saved to a directory other than that containing the configuration and contain only the results of measurements performed on the previously selected channels over a defined period These files are named in the following manner ConfigurationName FileName YYYY MM DD n vgr where ConfigurationName is the name of the configuration FileName is the root stated by the user during parameter definition YYYY MM and DD are respectively the file creation year month and day and nis a rank number for files with the same root created on the same day VISULOG uses the term results file to refer to all results files with the same root When a results file is displayed the contents of all of these files are displayed E g Configuration file name MyProc vgc Name of the results files MyProc MyResults 2003 08 27 0 vgr MyProc MyResults 2003 08 27 1 vgr MyProc MyResults 2003 08 26 0 vgr 8 1 2 Creation The Configuration New results file command is used to define the measurement result save
80. rformed on the previously selected channels over a defined period These files are named in the following manner ConfigurationName FileName YYYY MM DD n vgr where ConfigurationName is the name of the configuration FileName is the root stated by the user during parameter definition YYYY MM and DD are respectively the file creation year month and day and nis a rank number for files with the same root created on the same day VISULOG uses the term results file to refer to all results files with the same root When a results file is displayed the contents of all of these files is displayed E g Configuration file name MyProc vgc Name of the results files MyProc MyResults 2003 08 27 0 vgr MyProc MyResults 2003 08 27 1 vgr MyProc MyResults 2003 08 26 0 vgr File with VCG extension VISULOG Configuration Configuration file File with VGD extension VISULOG Data Global History File File with VGI extension VISULOG Index index file for corresponding Log File VGL recordings File with VGL extension VISULOG Logging Log File File with VGR extension VISULOG Results Results file Global History file During acquisition all measurement data are recorded to files with a VGD extension located in the same folder and with the same name as the configuration file completed in the following manner ConfigurationName Global YYYY MM DD n vgr where ConfigurationName is the name of the configuration YYYY MM a
81. rmanent license button or to register this latter Register permanent license button if the license text has already been returned by AOIP following a previous request The Next button ignores the warning and opens a VISULOG session based on the fully functional temporary license The No longer display this message box instructs VISULOG to open a session directly without displaying the warning In this case the license registration request can be displayed by selecting About VISULOG or by clicking the P button Window dimensions When the application is run the VISULOG window is full screen It can be reduced to occupy only part of the screen by clicking on the Restore box hand corner in the top right The window can be returned to full screen by clicking on the Maximize box in the title bar or by double clicking the title bar Finally it can be minimized by clicking on the Minimize box in the title bar Acquisition configuration On start up the application window is empty All operations require acquisition to be configured You can either create a new configuration or open and existing configuration 12 4 ACQUISITION CONFIGURATION 4 1 Creating an acquisition configuration To create a new acquisition configuration perform the following operations Use either the File New menu option or click on the Ol button to create a blank configuration or select the File New from template option to create
82. rms and remains active as long as there is an unacknowledged alarm in the group Users authorized to acknowledge the group s alarms users are selected according to user groups on the basis of the groups created during user privilege definition cf User right management An Email is issued on appearance of an alarm from the group if the check box is checked and if the list of recipients is not empty List of recipes this is the list of recipients Email addresses e g jdupont aoip com If there are several addresses the Email is simultaneously sent to all addresses The New button is used to add an address the Modify button is used to change the address selected in the list and the Delete button removes the address from the list Generic message text the text is appended to the Email as is To create a new alarm group right click on the A arm Groups element in the configuration window and select the New Alarm Group command To view the parameters of an alarm group right click on the concerned group and select the Configure group command 4 10 Calculation channels Calculation channels are purely virtual they do not correspond to any physical inputs or outputs They provide a result based on one or more channels perform statistical calculations etc To create a new calculation channel right click on a group of calculation channels in the configuration Window the Auto group for example and select the New Calculation chan
83. roneous password is typed in several times and depending on the value of the Maximum number of password input attempts security attribute the user may be locked out of the application for a certain time this latter is also defined by the security attributes The maximum number of logon attempts and the connection lock out period are user definable security attributes User lock out can be lifted by an administrator Forgotten password Case of a user The administrator must delete the user profile and re create it The user is thus assigned the default password that he she must change Case of an Administrator If there is another Administrator proceed as described above If not contact AOIP to obtain a temporary password 18 7 Changing the password To change password use the Change password button in the logon dialogue box The change can also be triggered automatically at the end of this latter s validity period Enter the new password into the New password and Confirm new password fields Warning input is case sensitive The password must comprise between 5 and 20 characters with no commas or spaces 18 8 Viewing the audit trail The audit trail can be viewed by using the File User rights Audit trail Show command File name VISULOG aamm ATL yy the last 2 year digits 00 to 99 mm Month number 01 to 12 E g VISULOG 0312 ATL Audit trail for December 2003 Each row of the file corresponds to a record conta
84. s and user group rights general privileges and current document privileges Viewing the audit trail Application shutdown To allow such a user to view the audit trail or to shut down the application he she must be placed in a user group with these privileges 60 18 2 3 User group Users who do not possess Administrator or Super User status have limited rights It is the Administrators who define the rights for each group and who assign users to one or more groups VISULOG comprises 5 user groups The privileges that can be granted to a user group are as follows Concerning the application Quit VISULOG View the audit trail Concerning the documents Open documents Close documents Save documents Print documents Create control panels Export data Write data to logs Concerning acquisitions Launch acquisition with no command issued to the instruments Launch acquisition with instrument Run Stop Launch acquisition with instrument Run Stop and Programming Stop acquisition Other rights Instrument related rights Channel related rights Log related rights Results file related rights 61 18 3 Declaring users and administrators NB If the purchased license does not include the Extended access control option the total number of defined users including Administrators and Super Users is limited to 2 and the security attributes cannot be moditied cf VISULOG optional features in
85. s are assigned from the legend tab To change the scale assignment for one or more channels select them from the list and click on buttons 1 or 2 to assign the Y1 and Y2 scales respectively To place a channel on the X axis select it from the list and click on the X button Only one channel can be placed on the X axis at any one time If another channel is already in place the Y1 scale is assigned to the old channel In the Scales toolbar the lower and upper limits of the Y1 and Y2 scales are indicated on either side of the corresponding Min Max button These values can be modified by entering new ones then applied to the scale by clicking on the corresponding Min Max button When the minimum and maximum values have been modified manually the automatic scale can be restored by clicking on Auto Y1 or Auto Y2 35 The unit appears on a scale when all channels assigned to this scale possess a common unit X Scale By default the graph keeps a history of points for each curve over the range defined by the History range and following values On arrival of new points the oldest are deleted The last observation date can be fixed by ticking the Fixed box defining the desired date and clicking on the Current date button This date becomes the one displayed to the right while the left most corresponds to the history period prior to this date The Complete file button is used to define an observation range covering the whole file
86. s vgc R Measurements Oven Displays the current alarms of a group of VISULOG alarms in a worksheet cell to display in a cell the current alarms of the Maintenance alarm group of the C 7est Fours vgc for example this row being refreshed each time an alarm appears disappears simply enter the following formula into the cell Visulog C Test Fours vgc A Maintenance 49 13 CONTROLLING VISULOG AUTOMATION INTERFACE 13 1 General VISULOG can be controlled by other applications via its standard Automation interface 13 2 Automation functions A conversation must be initiated between the VISULOG server application and the client application e g EXCEL relating to a topic 13 2 1 Acquisition control functions boolean RunAcq short bStopStartInstr short bSendInstrProg short bReplaceData Starts acquisition Input parameters bStopStartInstr STOP then RUN instruments bSendInstrProg PROG instruments only if bStopStartInstr is TRUE bReplaceData Replaces the existing data Returns TRUE if OK boolean StopAcq short bStopInstr Stops acquisition Input parameters bStopInstr STOP instruments Returns TRUE if OK 13 2 2 Results file analysis functions long GetResFilesQty Returns the number of results files in the document Input parameters None Returns Number of files BSTR GetResFileName short iFile Returns the name of the results file whose index is f1 e Input par
87. shed on each acquisition simply enter the following formula into the cell Visulog C Test Fours vgc CH Temperature NB Instead of typing in the formula with the keyboard it is simpler to copy the channel from the VISULOG contiguration window then to paste it into the EXCEL document using the Paste special command followed by the Paste with link option Displays the value of a group of VISULOG channels in the cells of the worksheet To display in a series of consecutive cells the current values of the channels of the Jncubator1 group of the Unit1 instrument in the C 7est Fours vgc file for example these values being refreshed on each new acquisition simply enter the following formula into the first cell Visulog C Test Fours vgc G Unit1 Incubator1 Displays the last row of a VISULOG log in a worksheet cell To display in a cell the last row of the Overruns log stored in the Logs directory of the C 7est Fours vgc file for example this row being refreshed each time a new event appears simply enter the following formula into the cell Visulog C Test Fours vgc L Logs Overruns Displays the last row of a VISULOG results file in a worksheet cell To display in a cell the last row of the Oven results file stored in the Measurements directory of the C 7est Fours vgc file for example this row being refreshed each time a new measurement occurs simply enter the following formula into the cell Visulog C Test Four
88. significant digits displayed In principle this field was initialized during the instrument declaration phase according to the calibre read from the instrument s programming file If not or if the initialization value is not appropriate select the desired value or Auto to display the result as well as possible over 8 characters Extent of min and max variations for graphical display These values are used to define the scales in the curve or bar graph representations Limits 1 2 3 or 4 optional 4 8 Channel limits Each limit can be individually set to high or low The specified limits server to determine whether each channel is in or out of alarm state after each acquisition cycle The alarms are also used in results display display colour for triggering and stopping result recording to files and for stopping acquisition 4 8 1 Limit parameters Activation The limit can be deactivated at any time while retaining its parameters in such a manner as to be easily reactivated once more A limit can be activated or deactivated by means of this check box by means of the Activate group channel limits and Deactivate group channel limits pop up menu commands when the user right clicks on a group of channels by means of the Activate channel limits and Deactivate channel limits pop up menu commands when the user right clicks on a channel Direction Upper limit the alarm is triggered if the measure value exceeds
89. sk switching To complete these blocks certain non application Windows parameters need to be defined Under Windows 95 98 and Me In taskbar properties de select the Auto hide property to prevent the taskbar from appearing when the mouse moves to the bottom of the screen Under Windows NT a certain number of security attributes must be defined If necessary contact AOIP for further information 65 Prohibit configuration or results file overwriting Default value FALSE When this attribute is set to TRUE an existing data file cannot be overwritten for example by saving a program under an existing name by assigning an existing name to a new results file or by selecting to replace existing data when starting a memory read operation Ask for password during alarm acknowledgment or configuration modification Default value FALSE When this attribute is set to TRUE each alarm acknowledgment or configuration modification operation requires the user to enter his her password and will only be performed if this latter is valid Generate an Audit trail file Default value FALSE When this attribute is set to TRUE the software records certain configuration modifications and certain events in an Audit trail file Each recording is time stamped and accompanied by the user s name File name VISULOG aamm ATL yy the last 2 year digits 00 to 99 mm Month number 01 to 12 A new file is created each month See Viewing the audit trail f
90. ssed in radians SIN 1 5708 returns 1 SIN 3 1416 returns 0 COSH operand Returns the hyperbolic cosine of the operand expressed in radians SINH operand Returns the hyperbolic sine of the operand expressed in radians PEO The number Pi 3 1415 4 11 5 2 Rounding functions FLOOR operand Returns the integer value immediately inferior to the operand FLOOR 2 9 returns 2 FLOOR 2 9 returns 3 CEIL operand Returns the integer value immediately greater than the operand CEIL 2 9 returns 3 CEIL 2 9 returns 2 ROUND lt operand gt Rounds the operand s value to the nearest integer ROUND 2 4 returns 2 ROUND 2 6 returns 3 20 4 11 5 3 MAX lt expr 1 gt lt expr n MIN lt expr 1 expr n AVE expr 1 gt lt expr n 4 11 5 4 MAXCH lt CH NameChannel gt lt HH MM SS MINCH lt CH NameChannel gt lt HH MM SS AVECH lt CH NameChannel gt lt HH MM SS DEVCH lt CH NameChannel gt lt HH MM SS HISTCH lt CH NameChannel gt lt HH MM SS Statistical functions Assesses the expressions and returns the maximum MAX 1 2 3 returns 3 MAX CH Vame1 CH Name2 CH Name3 CH Name4 returns the maximum value of the four channels Vamel to Name for the current cycle MAX 0 CH Name1 CH NameZ2 returns the value of channels Namet Name2 if positive otherwise returns 0 Assesses the expressions and returns the minim
91. struments button Select the instrument for which the privileges should be defined Defining modification rights Commissioning or decommissioning Start up or Shutdown if applicable Keyword control if applicable Click on Apply to update the new rights definition To apply this same rights definition to all instruments click on Apply to all instruments To close the dialogue box click on Close If none of the Apply buttons was clicked no modification is taken into account 18 3 3 Group user rights for channels When declaring a user group to define the rights for a channel granted to the group s users click on the Channels button Select the channel for which the rights should be defined Defining modification rights Commissioning or decommissioning Output value Definition of a channel calibration procedure Channel calibration Configuration modification Commissioning or decommissioning of limits 1 2 3 or 4 Modification of the configuration of limits 1 2 3 or 4 Click on Apply to update the new rights definition To apply this same rights definition to other specific channels click on Apply to channels To apply this same rights definition to all channels click on Apply to all channels 63 To close the dialogue box click on Close If none of the Apply buttons was clicked no modification is taken into account 18 3 4 Group user rights for log or results files When declaring a user group to de
92. t It must previously be deactivated then reactivated after the operation 25 5 CONTROL PANELS 5 1 Creating a control panel To create a new control panel in the current acquisition configuration activate the panels window by clicking in its title bar for example where the window name Configuration vgc Panneaux P1 appears then select the Configuration New Panel command The new panel is created in Design mode During panel creation its appearance can be checked by leaving this mode through use of the Configuration Design mode Modification command or by clicking on the Panel name To modify a panel s name e g the default name double click in the panel display zone anywhere except on a control The name can also be modified from the panels tree view by right clicking on the concerned panel and by selecting the Rename command or simply by pressing F2 button Reuse the same command to return to Design mode Panel size and background image Similarly the panel s size along with the background image can be defined by double clicking in the panel s display zone anywhere except on a control Adding controls To add controls Select one of the contro s available on the palette Click in the panel s drawing area at the position where you wish to drop the control Configure the control according to the proposed indications Resize the control as desired by dragging its resize handles Mov
93. the limit value Lower limit the alarm is triggered if the measure value drops below the limit value Value Threshold value beyond which the alarm is triggered Hysteresis Hysteresis programming serves to avoid alarm beat when the channel measurement exceeds the threshold Hysteresis modifies the value of the limit when it is overrun Let S be a threshold value and H a hysteresis for an upper threshold the alarm is notified for a measurement greater than S and alarm notification only stops once the measurement drops below S H for a lower threshold the alarm is notified for a measurement lower than S and alarm notification only stops once the measurement rises above S H Warning message A message can be associated with a limit overrun This message is displayed in an Unacknowledged alarms dialogue bar entered into the logs and notified in Emails sent Alarm groups Limits whose overrun should trigger a series of identical actions can be grouped within a single a arm group 16 The common points are as follows Notification on a single output channel Transmission of an Email to the same recipients Acknowledgment allowed for the same authorized users A new alarm group can be created by selecting New from the list of groups proposed cf 4 9 Timer delay in sec on appearance and disappearance This is the minimum time during which the measurement must be detected off limit by VISULOG before Signalling the alarm Co
94. time Monthly with definition of date and time if the date entered is greater than the last day of the current month the change occurs on the last day of the month Use Each results file can be displayed independently by using the Show Results command and selecting the desired file If a results file contains recorded data its configuration can no longer be modified To change configuration you must create a new results file 8 2 Closing a results file It is possible to prohibit any further recording to a given results file by right clicking on the file in the list of available results files and selecting the Close pop up menu option 8 3 Description of the results file window This window provides a graphical display of the measurements recorded to the results file selected at the time of window creation The window is divided into three sections left the list of channels recorded to the file top right the graphical measurement display bottom right the list view of these measurements The bars separating the panes can be moved to resize them To move a bar move the mouse cursor over it when the cursor changes to a split indicator drag the bar to the desired position Any one pane can be displayed full screen by clicking on the buttons Displays all history view panes Displays the history graph full screen Displays the history key full screen Displays the list of history recording full screen 34
95. tion of a certain number of privileges Furthermore certain security attributes when implemented can prohibit switching from another application or application shutdown even using tough methods such as the CTRL ALT DEL key combination 18 2 Groups of users VISULOG allows you to declare players that can use the software by entering their name and giving them a login ID These players fall into two categories Administrators who are authorized to manage user accounts and security Super Users who possess software configuration rights Other Users with limited possibilities While no Administrator has been declared the software is openly available and unprotected Access control mechanisms are implemented as soon as an Administrator is declared 18 2 1 Administrator group This group can comprise several members The Administrator s main role is to manage users user groups and security Administrators possess the following rights User account creation deletion Configuration of security attributes and user group rights general privileges and current document privileges Viewing the audit trail Application shutdown Document opening closing saving and printing 18 2 2 Super User group This group can comprise several members The main role of Super Users is to define software configuration A Super User has full rights with the exception of User account creation deletion Configuration of security attribute
96. ualValuel1 ReadValuelNtActualValue2 ReadValue2Nt tActualValueN ReadValueN r n ve tab character Vr carriage return character Wn new line character Thus to define a correction using such a file you must enter the name of the file and locate the row of points by stating the calibrated instrument name InstrumentName 4 11 5 7 2 Linearization tables Linearization tables are used for segment based linearization of a measurement input or more generally of an algebraic expression A programmed table can be used by calling within the calculation the LIN function with the same number the LINn expression function returns the linearized value of expression according to linearization table number n For a value inferior to X1 or greater than the highest programmed point the function returns a linearization overflow error 4 11 5 7 3 Linearization table definition 40 successive points that is to say 39 segments can be programmed per table For each point Yi indicates the linearized value corresponding to the value Xi A point can only be programmed if all points of lower index have been programmed 23 The Xi values are sorted by increasing order An X value is linearized in the following manner Search for index i such that Xi X lt Xi 1 Y Yi Yit 1 Yi Xi 1 Xi X Xi 4 12 Calculation channel group The calculation channels can be combined in a group of calculation channels accordin
97. um see MAX function Assesses the expressions and returns the average AVE CH Namet1 CH Name2 CH Name3 CH Name4 returns the average of the four channels Vamel1 to Name for the current cycle History based statistical functions Returns the maximum value of channel lt NameChannel gt for the indicated period MAXCH CH Temperature 12 00 00 returns the maximum temperature for the past 12 hours Returns the minimum value of channel lt NameChannel gt for the indicated period MINCH CH Temperature 12 00 00 temperature for the past 12 hours returns the minimum Returns the average value of channel NameChannel for the indicated period AVECH CH Temperature 12 00 00 returns the average temperature for the past 12 hours Returns the standard deviation of channel lt NameChannel gt for the indicated period DEVCH CH Temperature 12 00 00 returns the standard deviation of the temperature for the past 12 hours Returns the value of channel NameChannel at the start of the indicated period HISTCH CH Temperature 12 00 00 temperature 12 hours previously returns the value of the These functions are based on analysis of the history of the concerned channels For the calculations to be performed over the requested period the global history file must be configured to keep the measurements over at least this period 21 4 11 5 5 Alarm detection functions AP CH Name1 Presenc
98. uts 38 8 10 Exporting records To export the records in a results file first select the concerned results Click on the first record With the SHIFT key pressed click on the last record to select the range Export files Right click and from the pop up menu select the Export selection command This command is used to copy records to one of two possible formats TEXT file TXT extension with tabular data this file is intended for reuse by a spreadsheet application The data are arranged in columns The exported data format dialogue box requires the details of this storage format Column separator selection space tab character semi colon or other to be defined Date of first cycle at start of file Per cycle channel grouping Include interval column in seconds from start Include date column Include time column These parameters are saved to the Windows registry and proposed by default when the dialogue box is next displayed NB the tabular TEXT format is not available for the Global History file TEXT file TXT extension with row data corresponds to the creation of a list file Select the format from the Export to file dialogue box Using the clipboard If a results file window is active the image of the curves legend or recordings can be copied to the clipboard by means of the Edit Copy command or the Ctrl Ins or Ctrl C keyboard shortcuts 8 11 Global History file The Global History F

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