Proficy* Historian S IMULATION D ATA C OLLECTOR G UIDE. Version 6.0 June 2015

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1 Proficy* Historian S IMULATION D ATA C OLLECTOR G UIDE Version 6.0 June 2015

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3 Table of Contents Simulation Data Collector... 1 Summary of Simulation Collector Features... 1 Configuration Tab for Simulation Collectors... 2 Tag Attributes Available In Browse (Simulation Data Collector)... 3 Non-Random Simulation Tags... 4 iii

4 The Simulation Collector generates random numbers and string patterns for demonstration purposes. It contains a user-defined number of tags. You can configure the number of tags in the Collector Maintenance screen of the Historian Administrator or during installation. The Simulation Collector generates random scaled values between 0 and 32,767. It uses the Engineering Units Hi and Lo values configured for each tag to scale the 0 to 32,767 pre-set values into appropriate engineering units. The default is 0 to 200,000. The Simulation Collector also provides five string simulation tags that generate random alphanumeric data. The Simulation Collector supports browsing and can automatically add tags in the same manner as the ifix and OPC Collectors through the Add Tags from Collector dialog box. NOTE: You can create more simulation String tags by manually adding String tags with the CollectorName.Simulation.StringXXXX naming convention to the Simulation Collector. Summary of Simulation Collector Features The following table outlines the features of the Simulation Collector. Feature Capability Browse Source For Tags Browse Source For Tag Attributes Polled Collection Minimum Poll Interval 100 ms Unsolicited Collection No 1

5 Feature Capability Timestamp Resolution 1 ms Accept Device Timestamps No Floating Point Data Integer Data String Data Binary Data No Python Expression Tags Configuration Tab for Simulation Collectors To display the Configuration tab for a Simulation Collector, select a Simulation Collector from the list on the left and click the Configuration tab. The screen shown in the following figure appears. 2

6 Configuration Tab for a Simulation Collector The Number of Tags field displays the number of tags currently added to the Simulation Collector. Edit this field to increase or decrease the number of Simulation tags available for addition to the Historian system. The Function Period field configures the period, in seconds, of the SIN, STEP, and RAMP functions implemented in the Simulation collector. Default is 60 seconds. Tag Attributes Available In Browse (Simulation Data Collector) The following table outlines the tag attributes available for browsing. Attribute Capability Tagname 3

7 Attribute Capability Source Address No (N/A) Engineering Unit Description No Data Type Hi Engineering Units Lo Engineering Units Hi Scale Lo Scale Non-Random Simulation Tags Historian includes several tags to simulate non-random data. These tags are detailed in the following table. All of the tags have a range of 0 to This tag... Produces this data... Constant Maintains a constant value. 4

8 This tag... Produces this data... Constant_1%Noise Same as Constant, but produces 1% random Constant_5%Noise Same as Constant, but produces 5% random Constant_20%Noise Same as Constant, but produces 20% random Ramp Steadily increases value every polling period to create a smooth upward trend. Ramp_1%Noise Same as the Ramp tag, but produces 1% random Ramp_5%Noise Same as Ramp tag, but produces 5% random Ramp_20%Noise Same as Ramp tag, but produces 20% random Sin Produces a Sine wave centered on a value of 500. Sin_1%Noise Same as Sine tag, but produces 1% random 5

9 This tag... Produces this data... Sin_5%Noise Same as Sine tag but produces 5% random Sin_20%Noise Same as Sine tag but produces 20% random Step Produces a step trend centered on a value of 500. Step_1%Noise Same as Step tag, but produces 1% Step_5%Noise Same as Step tag, but produces 5% Step_20%Noise Same as Step tag, but produces 20% 6