EZDAQ User Manual
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1. Tre Amenican Abmaibon Shore Automation FACTORY DIRECT ae EZDaq USER MANUAL Software Part number EZ DAQ SOFT Manual Part Number EZ DAQ M Rev 2 Aug 2007 AVG EZAutomation www EZAutomation net 1 877 774 EASY EZDaq USER MANUAL 1 Introduction EZDaq is a data acquisition utility designed for use with AVG EZAutomation panels such as EZCE TouchPanel EZTouch EZPanelEnhanced and PowerPanel EZDaq software collects and saves tag data from one or more connected and running AVG EZAutomation panels The user specifies tags and schedule for each tag for data acquisition and the location where the collected data would be stored Data files are organized in a convenient user selectable format tab delimited or CSV and can be opened in Excel or in any text editor The EZDaq application that runs on a PC is used to create the data acquisition schedule file containing one or more data collection schedules The panel from which the data is collected must be connected to the PC for creating the schedule file Once the schedule file 1s created the application can start collecting and storing the acquired data With EZCE TouchPanel the user has the option of collecting data on the panel itself using the EZDaqCE application although the PC would still be required for creating the schedule files 2 System Requirements e NET framework 1 1 or later on your PC The NET framework can freely be downloaded from Mic2. AVG EZAutomation EZDaq Manual Page 20 of 24 1 877 774 EAS Y www EZAutomation net Aug 2007 6 Log and Data Files This section provides a detailed description of the log and data files with information such as their naming conventions and structure 6 1 Log File When EZDaq is collecting data it keeps a running log file to document all its actions The format of the log file whether tab separated or CSV is the same is that of the data files and can be changed from the options settings The log file can be very useful for detecting errors in data collection The log file contains the following information e Date and Time Exact date and time an action took place e Panel Name The panel on which the an action was attempted e Action description of the action attempted such as communicating to panel writing data file etc e Schedule Description A short description of the schedule that prompted the action e Status Whether the action was successful or not e Comments If the action was not successful this field gives a description where the error happened For example if the EZDaq software failed to communicate to the panel this field would say Error communicating with panel For the PC version of the EZDaq application the size of the log file must be between I MB and 1000 MB and this can be set from the option settings When this limit is reached the log file would stop logging data However the actual data collection and w
3. Connection Information Target Device EZCE TouchPanel Ethemet 0 17 oon 18 Connection Type IP Address Port Humber 10 Tag Schedules Read Tags Highlight Unscheduled Tags Highlight Missing Tags Schedule DECREASE PRES DECREASE TEMP HL SET POINT PRES Unscheduled HUSET POINT TEMP Unscheduled INCREASE PRES INCREASE TEMP LO SET POINT PRES Unscheduled LO SET POINT TEMP Unscheduled PRESSURE START TEMPERATURE TIME OUTPUT Event Based Discrete Event0 Event Based Discrete E ventOT Hever Neyer Event Based Discrete Event0 Event Based Discrete E ventOT Hever Hewer Once ever second Event Based Discrete E venti Once ever second Event Baszed Discrete E ventO1 TIMER Unscheduled Never Location for Data File s Browse OK Cancel Pee Path C Documents and Settingssmrahinihy Documents Fig 5 3 A Add Panel Dialog Add a panel by filling in the following fields AVG EZAutomation 1 877 774 EAS Y EZDaq Manual www EZAutomation net Page 7 of 24 Aug 2007 v Panel Name Specify the name of the panel here This is for your reference and is displayed in the name of the generated data files v Target Device Choose the target device If the target device is a CE panel choose EZCE TouchPanel If the target device is an EZPanelEnhanced choose EZPanelEnhanced IP Address Specify the IP Address of the target device Port Number Specify the port
4. e log file exist action e data file exist action The following subsections describe each of these settings in detail 5 5 2 1 File Format The file format setting applies to both log and data files The user can choose between tab separated and CSV comma separated files with the default file format being tab separated 5 5 2 2 Log File Max Size This option allows the user to set a limit for the log file between 1 MB and 1000 MB The default log file max size is 40 MB The EZDaq application will continue to write to the log file while the log file size is less than the specified size After that the log file will no longer be updated although the actual data files will be updated as usual 5 5 2 3 Log File Path and Name By default the EZDaq log file has an extension of txt and is stored in the same location as the EZDaq project file edq file The name of the log file is the same as the EZDaq project file except that _log is appended to the filename Hence if we have project name fest edq the name of the log file would be test log txt Using this particular option setting it is possible to override the default and set an exact path and name for the log file 5 5 2 4 Log File Exists Action This option allows the user to specify the action to take if the log file the EZDaq application tries to write to already exist If the user selects Append EZDaq would simply append the new log data to the end of the existin
5. AM 10 51 34 AM 10 51 33 AM 10 51 32 AM 10 51 31 AM 10 51 30 AM 10 51 29 AM 10 51 26 AM 10 51 27 Al 10 51 26 AM 10 51 25 AM 10 51 24 AM 10 51 23 AM 10 51 22 4M 10 51 21 AM Figure 5 9 1 A The Data Window Note that the data window gives you the following choices all of which can be changed at any time e The panel to display if multiple panels are set up for data collection e The particular schedule on the selected panel to display e The number of data entries to display choice between 5 10 15 and 20 AVG EZAutomation 1 877 774 EAS Y www EZAutomation net EZDaq Manual Page 19 of 24 Aug 2007 Every time new data is collected for the selected panel schedule it 1s displayed in the top row of the list view while the rows corresponding to the older data af any are all shifted down To close the data window you can do either of the following v Click on View gt Hide Data Window v Click the Close or X button on the data window 5 9 2 View Log and Data Files in Notepad To open files in Notepad from within the EZDaq application perform the following Steps v Click on View gt View In Notepad A small black circle will appear beside this menu option denoting that Notepad is now the chosen viewer v To view the log file in Notepad click on View gt Log File Note that this menu item will be disabled if the log file does not exist v To view a data file in Notepad select on View gt Data Files lt panel
6. Figure 6 2 1 2 A shows the screen capture of an EZDaq generated specific times schedule data file that was opened up in Notepad P test myCEPanel SPECIFIC TIMES txt Notepad Seles File Edit Format View Help Time Tag Name Tag value Fra3Q0 00 AM On 730100 AM a1 s750 00 PM OFF 2 72 2006 3 30 00 PM 43235 Fig 6 2 1 2 A Specific Times Schedule Data File Example AVG EZAutomation EZDaq Manual Page 23 of 24 1 877 774 EASY www EZAutomation net Aug 2007 6 2 2 Event Schedule Data Files For any given panel all tags that have the same event schedule uniquely identified by the event name are stored in the same file The name of the data file will have the following convention lt project name gt lt panel name gt EVENT lt event name gt txt As an example assume that we have a project named test where we have created a panel named myCEPanel and some of the tags in the panel have been scheduled to collect data based on an event named event01 The name of the data file created in such a case would be test myCEPanel EVENT eventO0l txt Every row in the file would contain the date time event tag name event condition event tag value and the tag values of the tags The first row is the header row Figure 6 2 2 A shows the screen capture of an EZDaq generated event schedule data file that was opened up in Notepad Pt test myCEPanel EVENT EventO1 txt Notepad 4 File Edit Format View Help Date Time Event Tag Name Event Con
7. application double click on the application shortcut on the desktop This will bring up the startup screen of the application as shown in Fig 5 1 A Fig 5 1 A EZDaq Startup Screen AVG EZAutomation EZDaq Manual Page 5 of 24 1 877 774 EAS Y www EZAutomation net Aug 2007 5 2 Creating a new project opening existing project Once you have started the application you can do one of two things 1 Open an already created schedule file to edit or to collect data by clicking File gt Open or clicking the Open File icon on the toolbar 2 Create a new schedule file by clicking File gt New or clicking New File icon on the toolbar Fig 5 2 A shows a screen capture of the EZDaq application after this step Note that the Panels menu and the View menu show up at the top The next step consists of adding one or more panels to the schedule file wa EdDaqg 1 2 Untitled 1 gS File Panels view Help TF EUC 4 02 26 Al Fig 5 2 A Creating a new EZDaq project AVG EZAutomation EZDaq Manual Page 6 of 24 1 877 774 EAS Y www EZAutomation net Aug 2007 5 3 Adding Editing Deleting Panels Before we can start collecting data from a connected panel we need to add the panel to our EZDaq project Below is a step by step procedure of how to setup an EZAutomation panel for data collection To begin click Panel gt Add from the main menu This will bring up the Add Panel dialog shown in Fig 5 3 A a Add Panel Panel Hame Panel
8. for example a schedule that collects data when the value of a tag is between 100 and 1000 Event tags can be either discrete tags or numeric tags signed unsigned and floating point The type of event tag dictates the conditions that can be specified to trigger data collection To acquire data perform the following steps v Create the schedule file v Acquire the data using the schedule file The following subsections provide an overview of these two steps For greater detail please refer to section 5 User Interface of this manual 4 1 Creating the schedule file Creation of schedule file is very simple The user sets up one or more panels from which user wants to collect data For every panel specify IP address of the panel the tag database for the panel which 1s read from the panel data collection schedules for the tags in the panel location folder where the data files are to be stored In addition to the panel specific settings mentioned above the user can indicate general settings that apply to all connected panels such as start end times for data collection name of log file etc using the option settings It is important to note that the schedule file can only be created with the EZDaq software running on the PC If the user desires to collect the data on a CE Panel itself he she will first have to create the schedule file on the PC using the EZDaq software and then open the schedule file on the CE panel using the EZDa
9. lt mm gt 2 digit minute x55 gt digit second The original log data Files would then be cleared Continue Yes ko Figure 5 8 A Save Copies and Clear Log Data files confirmation dialog Note that the dialog shows where the existing log and data files would be saved The actual saving and clearing of the files occurs AFTER you click on the Yes button in this dialog which explains why the portion of the folder name denoting the date and time are still not determined AVG EZAutomation EZDaq Manual Page 18 of 24 1 877 774 EAS Y www EZAutomation net Aug 2007 5 9 The View Menu Starting with version 1 2 EZDaq PC version only supports a View menu that allows you to do the following e Display a data window showing live data as it is being collected e View log and data files in Notepad e View log and data files in Excel The following subsections provide a detailed description of each of the above features 5 9 1 Data Window The data window provides a live view of the actual data being collected by the EZDaq application To display the data window shown in fig 5 9 1 A click on View gt Show Data Window fe Number of Entries 15 amp a Data Window Panel Desk001 Schedule PRESSURE TEMPERATURE Interval 1 second 7 19 2006 19 2006 rr 19 2006 re 1972006 19 2006 rr 19 2006 rr 19 2006 7 19 2006 19 2006 re 19 2006 r 1972006 rr 19 2006 rr 19 2006 r 19 2006 7139 2006 10 51 35
10. name gt where lt panel name gt is the name of the panel whose data files you want to view This brings a submenu listing the different schedules for the panel Selecting a schedule will open up the corresponding data file in Notepad Note that if the file corresponding to a given schedule does not exist that schedule will appear disabled in the submenu 5 9 3 View Log and Data Files in Excel For the user to be able to open data files in Excel from within the EZDaq application Excel 2000 or later must be installed in the user machine on which EZDaq is run To open files in Excel from within the EZDaq application perform the following steps v Click on View gt View In Excel A small black circle will appear beside this menu option denoting that Excel is now the chosen viewer v To view the log file in Excel click on View gt Log File Note that this menu item will be disabled if the log file does not exist v To view a data file in Excel select on View gt Data Files lt panel name gt where lt panel name gt is the name of the panel whose data files you want to view This brings a submenu listing the different schedules for the panel Selecting a schedule will open up the corresponding data file in Excel Note that if the file corresponding to a given schedule does not exist that schedule will appear disabled in the submenu Also for interval schedules a trend graph will be generated that will plot the tags values against time
11. number If the connection type is Ethernet the port number is fixed to be 10001 and is not editable If the connection type is lantronix applicable for only EZPanelEnhanced panels the port number is editable and must be correctly specified SS Now that we have defined a panel and its connection method we can read tag names from the panel Follow the steps given below to start defining tags v Click on the Read Tags button This would read the tag database from the panel By default the tags would be unscheduled meaning that they won t be marked for data collection For details on how to set up schedules see section 5 4 Specifying Data Collection Schedules v Specify the folder where the data files for this panel would be stored Click on the Browse button to select a folder from your system v Click on the OK button in the dialog More panels can be added using the same procedure listed above After a panel is added it may be edited by selecting the panel and then clicking Panels gt Edit from the main menu or deleted by selecting the panel and clicking Panels gt Delete 5 4 Specifying Data Collection Schedules Data collection schedules are specified from the Add Edit Panel dialog box Below is a step by step procedure for specifying data collection schedules for tags e From Add Edit panel dialog box Select a tag or a groups of tags for which the schedule needs to be set Multiple tags can be selected by clickin
12. INTERVAL 5 SECONDS txt Notepad Filed File Edit Format View Help Date Time SL 52 R1 222006 4 01 30 PM On On 12057 27272006 4 01 35 PM Or On 15596 2 2 2006 4 01 40 PM Or On 18795 222006 J 01 45 PM Op Or 221 G4 2 2 2006 4 01 50 PM On On 25515 2 2 2006 4 01 55 PM On ON 513 2f2 f 2008 4 02 00 PM Op Or S488 2 2 2006 4 02 05 PM On ON FOLL 2 2 2006 4 02 10 PM On On Loyd 222006 J 02 15 PM Op On 1s4 78 2 2 2006 4i 02120 PM Or Om 170483 2 2 2006 J 02 25 PM On Om ee ri 222006 J 02 30 PM Or Om 3666 2 2 2006 J 02 35 PM Or Om 27125 2 2 2006 4 02 40 PM On On 30392 I Fig 6 2 1 1 A Interval Schedule Data File Example AVG EZAutomation EZDaq Manual Page 22 of 24 1 877 774 EASY www EZAutomation net Aug 2007 6 2 1 2 Specific Times Schedules Data Files For any given panel in an EZDaq project all tags that are set up to collect data at specific times would be stored in a single data file regardless of what the actual data collection times for the tags are The name of this data file will have the following convention lt project name gt lt panel name gt SPECIFIC TIMES txt Hence assuming that we have a project named test with a panel called myCEPanel the name of the data file that stores the values of all tags that are setup for data collection at specific times would be test _myCEPanel SPECIFIC TIMES txt Every row in the file contains the following information date time tag name and tag value The first row is the header row
13. SS THAN a numeric value must be specified that will be used to compare the event tag value against AVG EZAutomation EZDaq Manual Page 11 of 24 1 877 774 EAS Y www EZAutomation net Aug 2007 5 5 Options The option settings refer to project wide attributes that the user can configure in the EZDaq application Clicking File gt Options brings up the Options Setup dialog The Options Setup dialog is divided into three tab sheets namely General Log and Data Files and CE Panel Settings Each of these tab sheets is discussed below in the first three subsections The final subsection discusses the option settings in the EZDaqCE application 5 5 1 General The General tab sheet shown in Fig 5 5 1 A is used to configure two items a The collection time period during which data will be connected from the connected panels and b Whether or not the EZDaq application should auto start and if so what schedule file project it should load General Log and Data Files LE Panel Settings Collection Time Start Time fr When scheduler is started C Exactly At 252007 14503PM End Time fr When scheduler is closed Exactly At 2 15 2007 x 1 4503rm 4 Auto Start Startup Project Browse Cancel Fig 5 5 1 A Options Setup Dialog General AVG EZAutomation EZDaq Manual Page 12 of 24 1 877 774 EAS Y www EZAutomation net Aug 2007 5 5 1 1 Collection Time By default data collection will begin a
14. dition Event Tag Value 2 14 2006 12 33 R IN RANGE LOG SOOO 2 La 2006 oil ats RI IM RANGE C100 500007 242006 12 34 R1 IN RANGE 100 500007 2 14 2006 iar eae tee RL IM RANGE LOG 500007 2 14 2006 12 36 RL IM RANGE 100 500007 214 2006 Te ae RL IN RANGE LOG 500007 242006 12 38 RI IM RANGE 100 mele elem 2 14 2006 12 35 RL IN RANGE LOG 500007 2 L 2006 rd RI IM RANGE 100 500007 2 14 2006 12 41 RL IN RANGE 100 500007 2 14 2006 12 47 R1 IN RANGE 100 500007 242006 12 43 R1 IM RANGE 100 500007 214 2006 T2rdd RI IN RANGE LOG 500007 2 L 2006 Le RI IN RANGE C100 500007 2 14 2006 La RL IN RANGE LOG F0000 214 2006 12 47 RL IM RANGE LOG 500007 led Em En EN En En En Er nn En Om En 0 Om 05 01 Fig 6 2 2 A Event Schedule Data File Example AVG EZAutomation EZDaq Manual Page 24 of 24 1 877 774 EAS Y www EZAutomation net Aug 2007
15. ecting Set Schedule gt Time Based gt Interval from the tag context menu brings up the interval schedule setup dialog shown in Fig 5 4 1 1 A The interval quantity and the interval unit hours minutes seconds need to be provided in this dialog Inteval Schedule Setup Collect data once every BR secondis OK Cancel k Fig 5 4 1 1 Schedule Setup Dialog Interval Schedule AVG EZAutomation EZDaq Manual Page 9 of 24 1 877 774 EAS Y www EZAutomation net Aug 2007 5 4 1 2 Specifying Specific Times Schedules For tags that require data to be collected at exact times specific times schedules are the best choice Selecting Set Schedule gt Time Based gt Specific Times from the tag context menu brings up the specific times schedule setup dialog shown in Fig 5 4 1 2 A Specific Times Schedule Setup EIE Collection Time 7 00 00 AM 4 30 00 PM Aad Collection Time PIX Collection Time 7 00 00 AM Add ca Pete Cancel Cancel Fig 5 4 1 2 B Add Collection Time Dialog Fig 5 4 1 2 A Schedule Setup Dialog Specific Times Schedule Individual collection dates can be added using the Add button or right clicking to bring up the context menu and then clicking Add This brings up the Add Collection Time dialog shown in Figure 5 4 1 2 B which allows the user to set the time for data collection Once collection times have been added they can be edited or deleted by click
16. ed Numeric EventOl Success myCEPane Reading and writing Tag Values Event Based Numeric Ceventol Success myCEPane Reading and writing Taq Values Event Based Numeric C EventOl Success myCEPane Reading and Writing Tag Values Interval 5 SECONDS SUCCESS myCEPane Reading and writing Tag Values Event Based Numeric Ceventol Success myCEPane Reading and writing Tag Values Event Based Numeric EventOl Success myCEPane Reading and writing Tag Values Event Based Numeric EventOl1 Success myCEPane Reading and writing Tag Values Event Based Numeric Ceventol Success myCEPane Reading and writing Tag Values Event Based Numeric CEventol Success myCEPane Reading and writing Tag Values Interval 5 SECONDS SUCCESS myCEPane Reading and writing Tag values Event Based Numeric CEventol Success myCEPane Reading and writing Tag Values Interval 5 SECONDS Success myCEPane Reading and writing Tag Values Interval 5 SECONDS Success myCEPane Reading and writing Tag Values Interval 5 SECONDS Success myCEPane Reading and writing Tag Values Interval 5 SECONDS SUCCESS MyCEPane Reading and writing Tag values Interval 5 SECONDS Success myCEPane Reading and writing Tag Values Interval 5 SECONDS Success myCEPane stopped Scheduler N A Success Be eS GS RG KG fr fr Figure 6 1 A Log File Example AVG EZAutomation EZDaq Manual Page 21 of 24 1 877 774 EAS Y www EZAutomation net Aug 2007 6 2 Data Files For every panel that is set up in a
17. g log file If the user selects Backup and Create New option the EZDaq application will copy the existing file to a new file and create a fresh log file where it would start logging the data The name of the file where the existing file would be copied to follows the convention below lt original log filename gt lt MM gt lt DD gt lt YYYY gt lt hh gt lt mm gt lt ss gt txt where MM 2 digit month DD 2 diG1it day yrr 4 digit year hh AAP hour mm 2 digit minute SS 2 digit second For example if we had a pre existing log file named dataLog txt was backed up at 8 47 13 AM on 02 15 2006 the backed up log file name would be Catalog 02 15 gt 2006 082113s0XE AVG EZAutomation EZDaq Manual Page 14 of 24 1 877 774 EAS Y www EZAutomation net Aug 2007 5 5 2 9 Data Files Exist Action This option allows the user to specify the action to take if one or more data file the EZDaq application tries to write to already exist If the user selects the Append option EZDaq would simply append the new data to the end of the existing data file s If the user selects Backup and Create New option the EZDaq application will do the following e copy ALL the data files for the panel in question to a sub folder inside the data collection folder for the panel e start writing to fresh data files The name of the folder where the existing data files would be copied to follows the convention below Backup lt MM gt lt DD g
18. g the left mouse button while the Ctrl key is pressed down e Right click on the mouse The tag context menu shown in Fig 5 4 A pops up Set schedule a b Remove Fig 5 4 A Tag Context Menu AVG EZAutomation EZDaq Manual Page 8 of 24 1 877 774 EAS Y www EZAutomation net Aug 2007 e Place your mouse on the menu item titled Set schedule This will pop up the shown Event Based Remove Time Based b Fig 5 4 B Schedule Type Popup Menu e If you want keep the tag unscheduled click on the None menu item If you want to specify event based schedules click on the Event Based menu item If you want to specify a time based schedule place your cursor on the menu item titled Time Based and choose between Interval to collect data at preset intervals or Specific Times to collect data at exact times during the day None Set eehedule Event Based Interval Specific Times Remove Fig 5 4 D Time Based Schedule Pop up Menu 5 4 1 Specifying Time Based Schedules The specification of a time based schedule varies depending on the type of time based schedule required This subsection describes how to specify the two types of time based schedules namely a interval schedules and b specific times schedules 5 4 1 1 Specifying I nterval Schedules For tags that require the data to be collected periodically interval schedules are the best choice Sel
19. iate HMI project Saving Project An EZDaq project is stored in an EZDaq file which has the extension edq It is necessary to create and save the project file also referred to as schedule file in this manual before any data collection process can begin The current project can be saved by clicking File gt Save or by clicking the Save icon in the toolbar Starting Stopping Scheduler To begin the data collection process the scheduler must be started This can be done by clicking File gt Start Scheduler or clicking on the Start Scheduler icon in the toolbar Similarly to stop the data collection process the scheduler needs to be stopped by clicking File gt Stop Scheduler or clicking the Stop Scheduler icon in the toolbar Save Copies and Clear Log Data files This menu item allows you to save copies of the current data files and clears the data files Copied data files then can be used for analysis and for keeping historical record To save copies of the existing log and data files click on File gt Save Copies amp Clear Log Data Files This brings up the following confirmation dialog Contirm 5 You are about to copy the log and data files to the Following Folder p CA Documents and SettingsimrahimiMy Documents EZDAQIEZDAQ Archive proj002 lt MM gt lt DD gt lt VYYY gt lt hh gt lt mm gt lt 55 gt 1 where lt MM gt 2 digit month lt DD gt 2 digit day yy 4 digit year lt hh gt 2 digit hour
20. ing on the appropriate buttons on the specific times schedule setup dialog or choosing the corresponding options from the popup menu on right mouse click AVG EZAutomation EZDaq Manual Page 10 of 24 1 877 774 EAS Y www EZAutomation net Aug 2007 5 4 2 Specifying Event Schedules For tags that require data to be collected when some condition is met event based schedules are the best choice Selecting Set Schedule gt Event Based from the tag context menu brings up the event based schedule setup dialog as shown in Fig 5 4 2 A Event Schedule Setup Event Name Event0 Event Tag BRI Condition IN RANGE Value Low value 100 High Valve 40000 OF Cancel Fig 5 4 2 A Event Schedule Setup Dialog The event name must be a unique name that will be associated with the event The event tag is either a numeric tag signed unsigned or floating point or a discrete tag The event condition is the condition that will trigger the collection of data If the event tag is discrete we have the following event conditions e ON e OFF e TRANSITION ALL e TRANSITION FROM ON TO OFF e TRANSITION FROM OFF TO ON If the event tag is numeric we have the following event conditions e IN RANGE OUT OF RANGE EQUAL NOT EQUAL GREATER THAN LESS THAN If the event condition is IN RANGE or OUT OF RANGE the low and high values must be specified For the other numeric event conditions EQUAL NOT EQUAL GREATER THAN and LE
21. k computer C C EZCE Panels on Ethernet Ethernet to Serial adapter EZTouch or PowerPanel See note below To Collect data on PC To Collect data on an EZCE Panel Run EZDaqPC exe on the PC Run EZDaqPC exe on the PC v To setup data acquisition schedule v To setup data acquisition schedule v AND to acquire data v Copy created edq file to the CE Panel v Run EZDaqCE exe on the CE Panel to acquire the Data files are saved on the PC data Data files are saved on the CE Panel Note When EZTouch or PowerPanels are used over Ethernet an Ethernet to serial adapter is required The adapter is available as external box or as an option card installed within the panels External adapter part number SAC ETCON 001 For internal adapters order option T on PowerPanels and Option L on EZTouch Internal adapters can also be ordered separately as EZ LANTRONICS Internal adapter come with its own serial cable With external adapters you can use serial programming cable that you use to program the panel Fig 4 Data Acquisition using EZDAQ AVG EZAutomation EZDaq Manual Page 4 of 24 1 877 774 EASY www EZAutomation net Aug 2007 5 User Interface The purpose of this section is to provide a detailed description of the user interface of the EZDaq application The information in this section can also be used as a step by step guide on creating the schedule file and beginning the data collection process 5 1 Running the application To run the EZDaq
22. n EZDaq project the user is required to specify a data collection folder This folder denotes the path where all the data files for that particular panel will be stored The actual name of the data files as well as the format of each data file depends on the exact schedule in question 6 2 1 Time based Schedule Data Files As mentioned previously there are two kinds of time based schedules interval schedules where data is collected periodically or specific times schedules where data is collected at certain exact times of the day 6 2 1 1 Interval Schedule Data Files For any given panel all tags that have the SAME interval schedule are stored in the same file The name of the data file will have the following convention lt project name gt lt panel name gt INTERVAL lt interval quantity gt lt interval unit gt txt As an example assume that we have a project named test where we have created a panel named myCEPanel and all the tags in the panel have been assigned either a 10 second interval schedule or b 1 hour interval schedule The names of the data files created in such a case would be test_myCEPanel_INTERVAL_10 SECONDS txt test myCEPanel INTERVAL 1 HOUR txt Every row in the file would contain the date time and the tag values of the tags The first row 18 the header row Fig 6 2 1 1 A shows the screen capture of an EZDaq generated interval schedule data file that was opened up in Notepad h test myCEPanel
23. og File and the default log file name is dataLog txt 5 5 3 4 Data File Path This particular option specifies the path where the data files will be stored The default data file path is Flash EZDaqCE Data Files 5 5 4 Option Settings in EZDaqCE If the user wishes to acquire data in the CE panel itself he she needs to use the EZDaqCE application The Options Setup dialog of the EZDaqCE application contains many of the same settings as the EZDaq application However the EZDaqCE application provides an additional setting in the General Tab called Auto Start as shown in Fig 5 5 4 A General Log File Data Files Auto Start Startup project filename VFLASHVEZDagCE Projects DA0002 EDO Active Panel Panelo1 v File Format Tab separated 7 CSV 5 5 4 A Auto Start option in EZDaqCE When the Auto Start option is checked the startup schedule file project must also be specified With this option checked the EZDaqCE application would load automatically at startup After waiting for 30 seconds to allow the EZCE HMI application to load its project and start communicating with PLC the EZDaqCE application would automatically load the startup schedule file project and start the scheduler Note that for AVG EZAutomation EZDaq Manual Page 17 of 24 1 877 774 EAS Y www EZAutomation net Aug 2007 5 6 5 7 5 8 auto starting to work properly the EZCE HMI application must also be auto started with the appropr
24. qCE application 4 2 Acquire the data Once the schedule file has been created the user can start the data collection process simply by starting the scheduler After the scheduler is started the EZDaq EZDaqCE application stores all its actions in a log file and stores the data for all the panels in the locations specified of course for the EZDaqCE application there is only one panel from which to collect and store the data the panel on which it is running AVG EZAutomation EZDaq Manual Page 3 of 24 1 877 774 EAS Y www EZAutomation net Aug 2007 Fig 4 shows how the panels are connected to collect the data As shown Panels can be connected to PC using serial and or Ethernet Only one panel can be connected using serial connection Standard Programming cable can be used to connect a panel COM I port to PC Multiple panels can be connected using Ethernet The EZCE panels have built in Ethernet port and can be connected directly to Ethernet However EZTouch and PowePanels would require an Ethernet to serial adapter See the note in the diagram below A Panel MUST be connected to PC to define the acquisition schedule Serial Panel Programming cable connect to COM1 programming port of the panel EZTouch or EZCE Panel or PowerPanels Ethernet Switch gt Only one panel on Serial port Hub Router Ethernet cable Serial Panel Programming cable connect to COM1 programming port of the panel Noteboo
25. riting of data files will continue to proceed as usual Figure 6 1 A shows the screen capture of an EZDaq generated log file that was opened up in Notepad test_log txt Notepad File Edit Format View Help Date Time Panel name Action Schedule Description Status Comments 2 2 2006 4 01 29 PM myCEPane Started Scheduler NA SUCCESS 130 myCEPane Reading and writing Tag Values Interval SECONDS SUCCESS 135 myCEPane Reading and writing Tag Values Interval 5 SECONDS Success 2 2 2006 5 3 40 myCEPane Reading and writing Tag Values Interval 5 SECONDS Success 5 J 2 2 2006 2 2 2006 2 2 2006 2 2 2006 2 2 2006 2 2 2006 145 myCEPane Reading and writing Tag Values Interval 5 SECONDS Success 50 MyCEPane Reading and writing Tag values Interval 5 SECONDS Success 255 myCEPane Reading and writing Tag Values Interval 5 SECONDS SUCCESS 156 myCEPane Reading and writing Tag Values Event Based Numeric EventOl Success myCEPane Reading and writing Tag values Event Based Numeric Ceventol Success myCEPane Reading and writing Tag Values Event Based Numeric EventOll Success myCEPane Reading and writing Tag Values Event Based Numeric EventOl Success myCEPane Reading and writing Tag Values Interval 5 SECONDS Success myCEPane Reading and writing Tag Values Event Based Numeric Ceventol Success myCEPane Reading and writing Tag Values Event Based Numeric EventOl Success myCEPane Reading and writing Tag Values Event Bas
26. rosoft if it is not already present in your system EZDaq works over Ethernet and serial communication medium EZCE TouchPanels require revision G 8 or later e EZTouch EZPanelEnhanced and PowerPanel would need firmware revision G 5 or later 3 Installation On PC Run the installation file EZDaq Setup exe to install the data acquisition utility on your PC This application is required regardless of whether the data is to be collected on the PC or on the CE panel On CE Panel Optional If you want to collect data on a CE panel itself instead of PC you also need to copy EZDaqCE on CE Panel Simply copy the EZDaqCE folder created on your PC during installation containing the files EZDaqCE exe and EZDaqRegistry dll and the subfolders Projects Log File and Data Files to the Flash folder of the CE panel This folder is also available on the EZDaq CD AVG EZAutomation EZDaq Manual Page 2 of 24 1 877 774 EAS Y www EZAutomation net Aug 2007 4 Overview of Functionality The EZDaq and EZDaqCE software supports two types of data collection schedules 1 Time based schedules Time based schedules collect data either periodically referred to as interval schedules for example once every 15 minute or at exact times of the day referred to as specific times schedules for example at 7 00 AM and 4 30 PM every day 2 Event based schedules Event based schedules collect data when a tag called event tag matches a specified condition
27. s soon as the scheduler is started and continues until the scheduler is stopped This option setting allows the user to begin and end the data collection at precise times Schedules both time and event based will be ignored if the current time is outside the specified time frame 5 5 1 2 Auto Start With this option checked the EZDaq application would automatically execute at startup load the specified startup project and after 5 seconds begin data collection by starting the scheduler 5 5 2 Log and Data Files The Log and Data Files tab sheet shown in Fig 5 5 2 A is used to configure the project wide settings that apply to the log and data files General Log and Data Files CE Panel Settings File Format Tab Separated Comma Separated CSV Max Size ao I ME flogging stops when file length gt max size Path and Name Uze Default project filenames log tst in the project folder Specify Path l Mame Browse If log file already exists Backup and Create New Append Data File Options If data files already exist Backup and Create New Append DE Cancel Fig 5 5 2 A Options Setup Dialog Log and Data Files The following settings are configurable from this tab sheet e file format for both log and data files e log file maximum size e log file path and name AVG EZAutomation EZDaq Manual Page 13 of 24 1 877 774 EAS Y www EZAutomation net Aug 2007
28. t lt YYYY gt lt hh gt lt mm gt where MM 2 gt digit month DD Z digit day VETT 4 digit year hh 2 d1i910 hour mm 2 digit minute SS 2G igi Second For example if the data files were backed up at 8 47 24 AM on 02 15 2006 the name of the backup folder located inside the data collection folder for the panel would be Backup 02Z l5 2006 064724 AVG EZAutomation EZDaq Manual Page 15 of 24 1 877 774 EAS Y www EZAutomation net Aug 2007 5 5 3 CE Panel Settings The third tab sheet in the Options dialog is the CE Panel Settings The settings in this tab sheet are only applicable if the project is to be used for data acquisition from an EZCE TouchPanel using the EZDaqCE software For a given schedule file EZDaqCE uses the identical option settings for collection start end times file format the log file exist action and data files exist action The settings on this tab page represent the options that are either only applicable for the EZCE TouchPanel such as active panel or are overridden such as log file max size log file path name data file path for data acquisition on the EZCE TouchPanel itself I 2x General Log and Data Files CE Panel Settings All the settings below apply if and only if the current project will be used for data acquisition In an EZCE TouchPanel using the E DaglE software The following settings can also be configured in the E CE TouchPanel using the E DaglE software Ac
29. tive Panel Log File Options Max Size 100 EEB flogging stops when file length gt mas size Path MFlash EZDaqcE Logfiles Name JdataLog tet Data File Options Path Flash EZD agCE Data files DE Cancel Fig 5 5 3 A Options Setup Dialog CE Panel Settings The following CE panel settings are configurable from the EZDaq application e Active Panel e Log File Max Size e Log File Path Name e Data File Path The following subsections describe each of these option settings in detail AVG EZAutomation EZDaq Manual Page 16 of 24 1 877 774 EASY www EZAutomation net Aug 2007 5 5 3 1 Active Panel If multiple panels have been setup in the project file this option allows the user to designate an active panel that is the CE panel from which data will be collected using the EZDaqCE application 5 5 3 2 Log File Max Size This option allows the user to set a limit for the log file size between 10 KB and 200000 KB The default log file max size is 100 KB when data is collected on the CE panel itself The EZDaqCE application will continue to write to the log file while the log file size 18 less than the specified size After that the log file will no longer be updated although the actual data files will be updated as usual 5 5 3 3 Log File Path and Name This particular option setting allows the user to set an exact path and name for the log file on the CE panel The default log file path Flash EZDaqCE L
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