WattMaster WCC III User Manual part 9
8. Trendlog.exe
Program
WCC III
8. Trendlog.exe
Program
T ABLE OF CONTENTS
SECTION 8:
TRENDLOG.EXE PROGRAM
Overview .....................................................8-1
How to Start or Run the
WCC3Trendlog.exe Program .......................8-1
Running the Program ..................................8-2
Set Trend Log Program Dialog ...................8-5
View Trendlog Data ....................................8-8
8. TRENDLOG.EXE PROGRAM
Overview
SECTION 8:
TRENDLOG.EXE PROGRAM (SS5028)
The WCC3Trendlog.exe program is to be used if extensive logging
of any point or multiple points with in the WCC3 system is desired
or required. Multiple Trend Log Programs can be set up to trend
log virtually any point on the WCC3 system. It does require that
the user or contractor has a working knowledge of WCC3 point
addressing. The WCC3T rendlog.exe program requires that the end
user or contractor set up the desired points. It must be stressed that
the WCC3Trendlog.exe program does not do automatic logging of
every point in the WCC3 system. It must be setup by the end user
or contractor.
The WCC3Trendlog.exe program requires that the end user or
contractor set up what is called “Trend Log Programs” from within
the WCC3Trendlog.exe program. Each one of these “Trend Log
Programs” can trend log up to a near infi nite number of points on
the WCC3 system. These “T rend Log Programs” are incrementally
timed based and can be logged in intervals of 1 minute to hours,
days, or even months.
The WCC3Trendlog.exe program can be running in the minimized
mode under Windows, but must always be kept running so that the
desired data logging will still occur.
Trend logging multiple WCC III - MCD devices using
the WCC3Trendlog.ex e program.
If you are attempting to have trend logging on two or more separate
WCC III - MCD computers, you do not have to have two or more
WCC3Trendlog.exe programs running at the same time. The User
programmable trend log programs have separate IP addresses that
can be set up by the user to pull data from two or more WCC III MCD computers.
How to Start or Run the WCC3Trendlog.
exe Program (SS5028)
The WCC3Trendlog.exe shortcut icon should
have been installed on your WCC III Front
end computer desktop with the WCC III
Installation Software CD.
This WCC III Installation Software CD is
W attMaster Controls Part # DM1WC011-01X.
Open Database Connectivity (ODBC)
Open Database Connectivity (ODBC) provides a standard software
API method for using database management systems. The Data
format is normally saved in data format that only the WattMaster
trend log program can retrieve. But there is an option to save the
data in an “ODBC” type of format so that Microsoft Access / SQL
type programs can access, retrieve, and manipulate the data that
is saved from the fi les that the WCCTrendlog.exe program can
create.
Limitations of the WCC3Trendlog.exe program.
This WCC3Trendlog.exe program must be running on a user
computer at all times, as it does not save any trend log data within
the WCC III - MCD device. The program relies on a permanent
remote IP connection to the WCC III - MCD from an externally IP
connected user computer to fetch the desired data from the WCC
III - MCD device.
It is therefore recommended that the WCC3Trendlog.exe program
be put in the Windows startup fi le, so that every time that the end
user’s computer that has the WCC3T rendlog.exe program installed
on it is re-booted, this WCC3Trendlog.exe program is restarted
automatically.
To start the WCC3Trendlog.exe program, double-click the left
mouse button on the Shortcut Icon located on the Windows desktop.
The WCCIII Trendlog.exe Trend Manager Screen will appear.
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8. TRENDLOG.EXE PROGRAM
Running the Program
The TrendManager1 Screen will list all of the various user-
programmed trend log programs that have been programmed into
the WCC3 system for trend logging.
If you wish to view or modify any of the user-programmed trend
log programs, you must fi rst highlight and then select the desired
user program listing in the Trend log Program box with your left
mouse button and then click to enter it.
Remember to never exit this program if you are trend logging
points as this is the program that does the trend logging of
points and must always be running.
The <New Progr am> button allows the end user or contractor to
create a “new” trend log program. If you wish to create a new userprogrammed trend log program, you must fi rst select the <New
Program> icon button with your left mouse button and then
click to enter it. The WCC3 Trendlog TrendProgram Screen will
appear.
Trend Log Programs:
This is the fi eld that the end user or contractor can exactly “name”
what the data is that they are going to trend log. This naming
convention is very useful later when reviewing or trying to fi nd out
what and where specifi c WCC3 data points were logged. This may
require careful thought before proceeding.
Remember that you can have hundreds if not thousands of userprogrammed trend log programs, and this naming function will aid
in the fi nding of the desired user-programmed trend log later on.
File Name:
This is the WCC3 native data fi le name that the WCC3Trendlog.
exe program uses for storing the data that the end user or contractor
would have programmed so the WCC3Trendlog.exe program can
retrieve the data at a later point. This WCC3 native data format is
not the same format as used in ODBC. There is an option later to
save this data in ODBC format.
Remember that you can have hundreds if not thousands of userprogrammed trend log programs, and this fi le naming convention
will aid in the fi nding of the desired user programmed trend log at
a later date.
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NOTE: This fi le will have a . tpg fi le extension.
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