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800xA History
Administration and Configuration
User Manual
System Version 6.0

800xA History
Administration and Configuration
User Manual
System Version 6.0

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Release: October 2015
Document number: 2PAA107563-600 B

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Table of Contents
Section 1 - About This User Manual
General ..............................................................................................................................9
Document Conventions .....................................................................................................9
Warning, Caution, Information, and Tip Icons..................................................................9
Terminology.....................................................................................................................10
Related Documentation ...................................................................................................11
Section 2 - Introduction
History .............................................................................................................................13
History Features...............................................................................................................14
Section 3 - Engineering and Configuration
Overview..........................................................................................................................17
Configuring Using 800xA ...............................................................................................17
Configuring Using Vtrin..................................................................................................17
Configuring 3rd party OPC AE Server with RTDB.........................................................30
Section 4 - Visualization and Data Access
Overview..........................................................................................................................33
Viewing Numeric Data ....................................................................................................34
Viewing Events Data .......................................................................................................39
OPC Interfaces.................................................................................................................41
Using DCOM Settings for Accessing History DA Server...............................................47
ODBC Interface...............................................................................................................49

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Section 5 - Maintenance and Administration
Diagnostic Information for History.................................................................................55
Start/Stop History Server Database.................................................................................55
Start/Stop History Embedded Data Collector Database.................................................. 58
Tag Synchronization........................................................................................................ 65
History Database Disk Configuration ............................................................................. 67
Backup and Restore.........................................................................................................69
System Failure Recovery.................................................................................................71
Section 6 - Diagnostics and Troubleshooting
Introduction ..................................................................................................................... 75
Tags not Created in 800xA History Embedded Data Collector for 800xA History Logs
Created in 800xA .................................................................................................75
Events not Appearing in 800xA History Embedded Data Collector .............................. 76
Trends not Appearing in 800xA......................................................................................76
Logs not Appearing in 800xA......................................................................................... 76
Redundant 800xA History Embedded Data Collector Node .......................................... 76
Tags not Created in Redundant 800xA History Embedded Data Collector Node .......... 77
Trends not appearing in some client nodes .....................................................................77
Checking Logs for RTDB Services.................................................................................78
800xA History Re-installed............................................................................................. 78
Section 7 - Configuring Archives
Overview ......................................................................................................................... 79
Configuring Archive Devices.......................................................................................... 81
Configuring Archive Groups........................................................................................... 90
Reading and Managing Archive Data .............................................................................98
Appendix A - IP Address Change
Introduction ................................................................................................................... 127
History Embedded Data Collector Nodes ..................................................................... 127
800xA History Server.................................................................................................... 128

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Appendix B - Calculation using C# Calculation File
Introduction ...................................................................................................................133
Creating Simple Calculation..........................................................................................134
Appendix C - History Supervision
Introduction ...................................................................................................................155
History Supervision Aspect...........................................................................................155
Appendix D - Diagnostic Information for 800xA
Diagnostic Information for 800xA History ...................................................................159
Start/Stop History Server Database ...............................................................................159
Start/Stop 800xA History Embedded Data Collector Database ....................................163
Appendix E - History Sync Service During Network
Disconnection
Appendix F - Password Update Procedure
Password Update Procedure on the History Server:......................................................173
Password Update Procedure on the Data Collector:......................................................174
Appendix G - Accessing 800xA History DA Server
Accessing 800xA History DA Server Using DCOM Settings ......................................177
Appendix H - User Name Update Procedure
User Name Update Procedure on the 800xA History Server and 800xA History DCN nodes
179
Revision History
Updates in Revision Index A.........................................................................................183
Updates in Revision Index B .........................................................................................184
Index

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Section 1 About This User Manual
General
Any security measures described in this User Manual, for example, for user
access, password security, network security, firewalls, virus protection, etc.,
represent possible steps that a user may want to consider based on a risk
assessment for a particular application and installation. This risk assessment, as
well as the proper implementation, configuration, installation, operation,
administration, and maintenance of all relevant security related equipment,
software, and procedures, are the responsibility of the user.
This user manual is the Administration manual for History. This user manual
provides an overview of basic navigation, creating history logs and tags, viewing
reports, calculations, data retrieval, table definitions, maintenance and
administration of Data Collector Node and History Server.
Document Conventions
Microsoft Windows conventions are normally used for the standard presentation of
material when entering text, key sequences, prompts, messages, menu items, screen
elements, etc.
Warning, Caution, Information, and Tip Icons
This publication includes Warning, Caution, and Information where appropriate
to point out safety related or other important information. It also includes Tip to

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point out useful hints to the reader. The corresponding symbols should be
interpreted as follows:
Although Warning hazards are related to personal injury, and Caution hazards are
associated with equipment or property damage, it should be understood that
operation of damaged equipment could, under certain operational conditions, result
in degraded process performance leading to personal injury or death. Therefore,
fully comply with all Warning and Caution notices.
Terminology
This section includes a complete and comprehensive list of terms that apply to the
History application. Terms that uniquely apply to this instruction are included in this
section.
Electrical warning icon indicates the presence of a hazard which could result in
electrical shock.
Warning icon indicates the presence of a hazard which could result in personal
injury.
Caution icon indicates important information or warning related to the concept
discussed in the text. It might indicate the presence of a hazard which could
result in corruption of software or damage to equipment/property.
Information icon alerts the reader to pertinent facts and conditions.
Tip icon indicates advice on, for example, how to design the project or how to use
a certain function
Term/Acronym Description
GUI Graphical User Interface
MSI Microsoft Installer
CLS Central Licensing System

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Related Documentation
This section includes a complete list of all documents applicable to the History.
Node A computer communicating on a network, for example,
the Internet, Plant, Control or I/O network. Each node
typically has a unique node address with a format
depending on the network it is connected to.
Client Client is a part of the software that subscribes data from
the server.
Server A node that runs one or several Afw services. It is a part
of the software that supplies data to a subscriber.
Client/Server A client/server network is used for communication
between servers and between workplaces and servers.
OPC DA OPC Data Access
OPC AE OPC Alarm and Event
OPC HDA OPC History Data Access
API Application Programming Interface
DVD Digital Versatile Disk. It is an optical disk storage media.
HDD Hard Disk Drive. It is a local online fixed storage drive
composed on several magnetic disks.
Title Description
History Installation Describes the installation of History using the System
Installer utility. For more information, refer 800xA History
Installation (2PAA107280*).
Term/Acronym Description

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Section 2 Introduction
History
History helps to collect information from the sensor to the executive's desktop. It is
designed to be a high-performance process historian for the management of real-
time data and events.
It reliably gathers and serve large volumes of data. It delivers information to the
right people at the right time and brings system and people together. It provides
access to history data through standard interface like OPC and ODBC and insulates
the automation system from the applications accessing the process data. It provides
view of operational information inside the Smart Client and external applications
like Microsoft Excel reports.
The key objectives of History are:
1. Traditional historian with RDBMS functions.
2. Fault tolerant and remote data collection.
3. High performance storage of process and event data.
4. Aggregates and user defined calculations for raw data.
5. Firewall friendly, secure connectivity.
6. Provides long term on-line data storage.
7. Standard data access interfaces - OPC®, ODBC.

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History Features
History comprises of the following features:
• History Server
• History Embedded Data Collector
Figure 1. History Layout

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History Server
History Server is responsible for storing raw data and aggregated data from the
control system. It stores the raw data in Real time database and aggregates the same
data. History also stores events and manages system configuration. It provides open
interfaces for external applications.
History server consists of an internal Real Time Database. Real Time Database is
used for raw data storage and buffering, which is designed and optimized for
process information management and extensive history recording. High
performance and reliability of Real Time Database, together with maintenance free
operation, provide a solid platform for mission-critical systems. Real Time Database
combines the benefits of an easy-to-use relational desktop database with industrial
reliability, performance and real-time functionality to provide an excellent platform
for process information management.
History Embedded Data Collector
History Embedded Data Collector is a node in History architecture, which is
responsible for data buffering of raw OPC data. History Embedded Data Collector
stores the raw data in the real time database, which is a part of Data Collector Node.
The raw data is stored in the real time database for seven days in the Data Collector
Node, which is sent to History server.
The following are the features of History Embedded Data Collector:
• It can be configured to execute in pairs.
• It provides interfaces for data access.
• It is very simple to install and has afixed data model for storage based on
purpose.
• It can be embedded in other applications.
• The engineering is driven from History server in the History architecture.
Redundant Data collectors will be preferable configuration for the Data
Collection to the History Server.

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Section 3 Engineering and Configuration
Overview
This section describes the configuration of History. Every data point stored in the
History server is called Tag. User can configure the Tag properties to tune the update
rate, compression etc. for data storage.
A Tag can be created and configured in the following ways:
1. Configuring Using 800xA
2. Configuring Using Vtrin
3. Configuring 3rd party OPC AE Server with RTDB
In High Availability Server Configuration, make sure to keep the First Node of
High Availability Server Up and Running before you begin creating tags in DCN.
To configure History Logs using 800xA, please refer to 800xA System
Configuration (3BDS011222*)
Configuring Using 800xA
Refer System 800xA Configuration (3BDS011222*) for configuring tag using
800xA.
Configuring Using Vtrin
Tag creation is typically done for configuring 3rd party logs. The tag in the History
database is a container object which has definition for the data collection from the
various data source (i.e, primarily OPC Sources). Other than the data collection
800xA History supports 20,000 unique paths for creation of signals.

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definition the tag objects contains definition for the Data Type of the tag, Update
Rate with which the data is collected and many other definitions which will be
explained in this section.
For each tag created in database there is an associated Variable created which
represents the current value update of the tag as well current history data, aggregates
data can be accessed via trends in VTrin GUI with Variables. Further details on
variables can be found in section Variables.
Perform the following steps to create the tags manually:
1. Go to Windows> Search for Vtrin and open with Run as Administrator.
2. Navigate to Maintenance > Basics > Tag Configurations, to open the Tag
List on the right pane.
Figure 2. Tag Configuration path

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3. Right-click the tabs in the Tag window to view the context menu as shown in
Figure 3.
Figure 3. Tags List - context menu
4. Click New to view a Properties window for the new tags.

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5.
Figure 4. Tags - General tab
In the General Tab, fill in the mandatory fields.