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You can access the Setup Form from the Main Form by selecting the menu View | Communications. Both menu items will display the Setup Form. Sensor setup, data results and communications is done in the setup form.
The Setup Form has 2 tabs:
1. Settings
2. Results
3. Define
Settings Tab
The Setup Form showing the Settings Tab in the edit mode.
When in the edit mode, you can change items in the Settings Grid. The Results Grid is calculated from the settings in the Settings Grid. The raw column and time column are input from the communications parsing. When the program is in the monitoring mode, each line is parsed into the appropriate time and raw data columns. The raw data is changed into engineering units and placed into the results data column. The program then calculates the average, maximum, minimum and change for each sensor. These data values are available for reports and form displays.
Setting you can change:
1. RTU Number: This number is used when you are monitoring real time data and parsing logged data. The data parsed is entered into the rtu number selected.
2. Channel Number: The EvView rtu has a channel number assigned for each sensor. The channel numbers are from 1 to 6. This is used in the sensor's form name.
3. Name (use default names as much as possible). Form components and reports use names to get data from the results grid. If the names are the same as the defaults, components will not have to be changed and will display data properly. Default names (names are case sensitive) are:
a. Sensor1……Sensor6
The resulting form sensor name uses the rtu number, channel number and sensor name. A typical name might be 1.1.Sensor1.Data or 1.1.Sensor1.Max.
These names are entered when you want default names inserted into your grid. These names can be in any order or rows. Names should not be duplicated. The data from a duplicated name will always show the first row of the name.
2. Multiplier (normally 0.01).
3. Adder (normally 0).
4. Format (normally 2). This is the number of decimal places shown. (0=4, 1=4.1, 2 = 4.12; 3=4.123).
5. Count, Sum and First are calculated by the program. These values are used the maximum, minimum, average and change calculations. You don't need to set these values.
Note: The order of the sensors in the Settings Grid is important. When data is received from the EvView communications, it is parsed into date, time and data. Data is placed into the raw column, first row of the Settings Grid. The number of sensors assigned in the EvView rtu should be the same as the number of rows in the Settings Grid.
Results Tab
The results grid showing columns for Name, Time, Data, Average, Maximum, MaxTime, Minimum, MinTime, & Change. Note: the rtu number selected determines where the data is placed. If you only have one rtu, this number doesn't matter. If you are connected to rtu2, then select rtu#=2. All data will go into rtu 2 sensors.
Components are assigned sensor names to show data.
The sensor names are as follows:
1. 1.T3.Time
2. 1.T3.Data
3. 1.T3.Average
4. 1.T3.Maximum
5. 1.T3.MaxTime
6. 1.T3.Minimum
7. 1.T3.MinTime
8. 1.T3.Change
Each defined sensor defaults into the 8 sensors listed above. Any of these values can be displayed on forms or placed in a report.
Note: the RTU# selected is where the data is placed. When you are connected to a second rtu and the RTU# is set to 2, the data will go into RTU2 sensors.
Setup Menu Items
File Menu
The file menu items, Open a new setup file, save setup as, and exit.
Open New Setup
Selecting this menu item, stops the current parsing and opens an saved setup file. Use this if you have different configuration setups.
Save
This menu item saves your settings to default files. Be sure to do this after making any changes.
Save Setup As
Use this option to make a duplicate of your current grid settings. Use a different name than the default names.
Exit
Hides the Settings Form. If parsing is on, it will continue in the background.
Edit Menu
The Edit Menu Items are used for editing the grid settings and clear the communications menus.
Goto RunMode or Goto EditMode
You have to enter a password before you can enter the edit mode. If the password was already entered, you will go directly into the edit mode. Editing allows you to change the setup grid only. The results grid will automatically be updated with your changes.
Log Off
Logging off means you will have to enter the password again to edit forms and sensor settings. The program starts up with the user logged off.
Set Grid Defaults
Set the grid defaults, sets the names and default parameters for the standard RTU. Only do this if you need to go back to the default settings. If you add a second rtu to the list, select rtu number=2 and then press Set Grid Defaults. A complete set of sensors will be made for rtu 2.
Add, Insert and Delete Grid Rows
Add a grid row adds a row to the end of the grid.
Insert a row inserts a row above the cursor or selected row.
Delete a row deletes the row the cursor is in or selected row.
Data Menu
Use the data menu to reset maximums, minimums, averages and changes.
The Data menu is used to reset the statistic information that is calculated during the day.
These values are normally reset at midnight.
View
You can go back to the main form, communications form, or file form using this menu item.
Define Tab
Left to Right Processing of defined equation
The entered equation can use any of the sensor names in the results tab except datetime values.
The equation processing is just like a calculator. Do not use ( ) in your equations. They will cause a lookup error.
You can convert temperature from F to C. or do other conversions as necessary.
The defined sensors are updated whenever the results data is updated. Defined sensors can be displayed on screen objects (trends, bar charts, labels, annunciators, etc).
Examples:
Operators are: + - * / (add, subtract, multiple, divide).
Equation1: 1.H3.Data + 2.345 * 10 / 2 (1.H3.Data is looked up and 2.345 is added then multiplied by 10 and divided by 2.)
Equation2: 1.H3.Maximum - 1.H3.Minimun (This subtracts the minimun value from the maximum value.)
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