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1. IP Address Example 92 166 0 1411 Geers Please key in IF here and then press button to IP List 192 168 0 245 add it to the IP list Please select one IF from IF List and then press J l button bo remove i LogSpeed Loghtethad y OF x Cancel 6 After saving you should be able to see digital values bargraph and trend of recorder in your PC 7 Now add second recorder into the real time viewer Press Display and then Configuration data in the Menu of real time viewer ie Display real time measured values from C Observer II Realtime Test3 prj E Event Alarm list lial i a Ix PA Bar Pagel _ X gt Display Change configuration data from C Observer II Realtime Test3 prj a O fx System 192166 0 245 YRI6 Channelt 4553 6 199 C 192 166 0245 YR18 Channel2 4553 6 199 C 192 168 0245 VR16 Channels 4553 6 199 C Add a tag iv Auto update Tag Type vris gt Tag Name auto Bank Mo Device Type All Protocol Modbus_TCP LogSpeed Auto IP Address 192 168 0 246 LogMethod Auto O 192 168 0 245 192 168 0 245 192 168 0 245 192 168 0 245 192 168 0245 Counters 192 168 0 245 Counter4 192 168 0245 Counters 8 Click on Add button A new Pop up screen Add a tag will appear as shown above Now enter IP address of second recorder 192 168 0 246 and then click on OK button W Display Cl hange confipu ration data
2. Name Maximum 6 characters are allowed Desc Description of the tag name in detail Type Enable disable Enable to enable specific math channel Disable to disable specific math channel Log Method Total five options available Disable Instant Average Minimum and Maximum Disable Data manipulation is not required Instant Data manipulation as per predefined Log speed Average Average result of expression for the samples scanned during predefined log speed Minimum Minimum result of expression for the samples scanned during predefined log speed Maximum Maximum result of expression for the samples scanned during predefined log speed Speed This is data logging speed for storing the result of data arrive from mathematical expression Expression This is the mathematical expression applied on the source like process value Standard mathematical operators are available for deriving expression Ex Al1 SQRT Once the expression is defined then the result of expression will be treated similar to the process value obtained from analog input The result of data arrived from mathematical expression will be logged as per log speed set and data will be stored for further archiving and analysis Unit This is unit for the result of mathematical expression Low scale low value for result of mathematical expression High Scale high value for result of mathematical expression Event This is similar to the events explained
3. Then all the data will be transferred from CF card to the PC You can see the historical data Creating of a project is required only at the first time For further data transfers user needs to just import data by pressing Measured data icon Display measured values from historical data ofC Observer II Historical Test prj Project Display Data Print Page View Search Language Help B amp 7 ESE E Bwial AQEEL hisce AIG Import measured data 3 13 Historical data share and view from multiple computers Assume project name is Test Then in server PC Test folder is available at C Program files ObserverII Historical and C Program Files ObserverlI RealTime Run Both Real time viewer and Historical viewer in the server In the historical viewer Data import set automatic say once in a hour C Program Files ObserverII Historical When data is imported in historical viewer CF card Ethernet as bank data recorded at paperless recorder will be transferred to PC and historical data will be available at this path C Program Files ObserverI RealTime When real time viewer is running in PC data will be stored in PC automatically and this is equivalent to the historical data stored in the recorder 1 Procedure to view historical data Recorder in Client Server mode In this case Paperless Recorder Server PC and Client PC are in the LAN ServerPC Set Share option manually for Test folder at C Program File
4. Date 11 29 05 Time 11 17 15 DateTime Synchronization is to adjust the clock of the recorder and then the system date time of both PC and recorder will be the same lt only functions when you press the Synchronize button below synchronize Summer time Disable D4 f Di i 09 f 30 M Note When time in Recorder is changed then if you dump data irrespective of set data transfer option all data will be transferred from Recorder internal memory to CF card and then it clears data in Internal memory It is done to avoid any kind of data conflict in the Recorder after change of Time Summer Time About Summer time If enabled by default it is effective from April1 to Nov2 and it works as follows On April1 after 01 59 59 Clock in Recorder will change to 03 00 So you will be not able to see historical data between 2 00 to 02 59 59 On Nov2 once time reaches 03 00 then time in recorder will change to 02 00 So If you observe historical data you will see two sets of data between 2 00 to 3 00 Please note that data will not loose when summer time is completed instead you will be able to see two sets of data between 2 00 to 3 00 hrs There is no need for user to do any thing manually 3 0 HIST VIEWER Hist Viewer This is used for data archiving Start Programs Observer Observer II historical viewer 3 1 Tool bar D To open new project To open existing project file To configure recorder D E To dis
5. Exit DDE shares screen will appear as follows DDE Shares DDE Shares Cancel Add a Share Properties Delete Share Trust Share Click on Add a Share then enter the details as follows DDE Share Properties share Name JREALTIME_VIEWER Application Mame Topic Name Old Style REALTIME_VIEWER New Style REALTIME_VIEWER Static REALTIME_VIEWER en Use to indicate all topics i Allow start application is service ltem Security OK f Grant access to all items Cancel ance C Grant access only to these items Iter Permissions yarn Help Click on Permissions and the following screen will appear DDE Share Name Permissions DDE Share Name REALTIME VIEW ERI Owner user user Hame E vernone Read and Link User user Full Control Type of Access Read and Link a Cancel ol Remove Help Give Full Control to Everyone Also add Administrator account and give Full Control then the above screen will appear as follows DDE Share Mame Permissions Eg DDE Share Name AREALTIME_VIEWERT Owner user user GF Administrators Full Control Evenone Full Control E User user Full Control Type of Access Fal Control as Cancel Remove Help Press OK twice to go back to DDE shares screen You can Observer REALTIME VIEWER in the DDE share list as follows Please note that symbol is import
6. 0 Mo TS2 160 0246 YR15 DIG 65535 0 0 Mo 1 192 188 0246 VRIB DE 20 0 0 No mu sil Tags from Recorder 9 All the tags from second recorder now gets added into the data base as shown above AIl 2 means it is analog inputl from second paperless recorder Now click on Save 10 Real time viewer in Observer II software support 1024 tags in total There are 200 display pages are available Display real time measured values from C Observer I Realtime Test3 prj yk E Eel RI A W Event Alarm list _ imis Fifa Dace sci Ack Type j Soure Display Change configuration data from C Observer lI RealtimeTest3 prj BER 0 400 00 1 System Login 90 00 Hoaxes anan Fy Close N Auto Display 2 CommeError 192 16 80 00 70 00 Pagel Mpap F lt t fs eR cr cS a vba 50 00 40 00 Mode Enable 30 00 20 00 Direction Horz Background Black 10 00 Recorder tag Pen 1 No Channel Pa Color Width Low High Digital Paget 1 lat 7 gt Blue fi 2000 1370 0 Alt 7 C 2 fl EE Green zif frzo0 1000 0 3 E Cyan z ji 120 0 1000 0 ERROR 4 E Red zih po 00 00 5 E Magenta xili 0 00 100 00 6 AIG wd 5 Yellow fj o 00 100 00 Recorder2 tag 11 In the real time viewer press on Display icon as shown above and configure display settings as per your requirement As you can see in above Fig tags from both reco
7. Click on Status Icon to show all Status of DI DO AO Counter Totalizer in dedicated screen Display real time measured values from C Observer I Realtime FDA_Test prj Status hg Project Display Window Language Help Oo xX De e teas Value A 1 DIt Low 2 DI2 Hi 3 DI3 Low 4 DI4 Hi 5 DIS Low 6 DIG Hi T DO1 Off 8 DO2 Off 9 DO3 Off 10 DO4 Off 11 DO5 Off 12 DO6 Off 13 A01 32 768 14 A02 32 768 15 A03 32 768 16 Conti 0 17 Cont2 0 18 Cont3 0 19 Contd 0 20 Contd 0 21 Cont6 0 22 Tolz1 0 0 23 Tolz2 0 0 24 Tolz3 0 0 25 Tolz4 0 0 26 Tolz5 0 0 27 Tolz6 0 0 28 Tolz7 0 0 29 Tolz8 0 0 30 Tolz9 0 0 31 Tolz10 0 0 32 Tolz11 0 0 33 Tolz12 0 0 34 Tolz13 0 0 35 Tolz14 0 0 36 Tolz15 0 0 v Pagel Sampling Rate 1 Sec Scan time 4 ms Measured data Display measured values from historical data ofC Observer II Realtime FDA_Test prj Project Display Data Print Page wiew Search Help Girls gw af QAJ RE treet GG Sca x Close A te CEF JEn Do 80 00 70 00 60 00 50 00 40 00 30 00 20 00 08 04 56 AMi 08 11 36 AM 081816 AM 08 24 56 AMi 08 31 36 AM 08 38 16 AM 08 44 56 AM 08 51 36 AM 08 58 16 AM 09 04 56 AM 1 10 00 12 07 2006 12 07 2006 12 07 2006 12 07 2006 12 07 2006 2 07 2006 12 07 2006 12 07 2006 12 07 2006 12 07 2006 0 00 AIE Ba AIG 50 00 om BO GO fase 50 00 i
8. 35 NetLogin Admin 03 29 05 15 49 33 36 NetLogout Admin 03 29 05 15 49 49 ae NetLogin Admin 03 29 05 15 50 24 38 NetLogout Admin 03 29 05 15 50 44 03 29 05 15 54 34 39 NetLogin Admin an hieal AAAA MAE APL hd FDA CFR21 Part 11 Section 11 10 g Use of authority checks to ensure that only authorized individuals can use the system electronically sign a record access the operation or computer system input or output device alter a record or perform the operation at hand The recorders security system outlined in part d limits access to the system to modify any configuration parameters FDA CFR21 Part 11 Section 11 10 h Use of device e g terminal checks to determine as appropriate the validity of the source of data input or operational instruction System errors and input channel status are logged FDA CFR21 Part 11 Section 11 10 i Determination that the persons who develop maintain or use electronic record electronic Signature systems have the education training and experience to perform their assigned tasks Only suitably qualified people are employed in product design amp development and their training is updated to meet advances in technology FDA CFR21 Part 11 Section 11 10 k Use of appropriate controls over systems documentation including 1 Adequate controls over the distribution of access to and use of documentation for system operation and maintenance 2 Revision and
9. Comment No Action cnr a Hi 50 Log Alarm mo Action CmT2 3 Lo Log Alarm 4 LoLo 30 Log Alarm No Action E Decimal fi 1 Hini 100 Log Alarm X conc a Display Change configuration data from C Observer I Realtime FDA_ Jest prj Hox SA Fg Wy Close Ej Content All Temp High High All Temperature high All temp Low All temp Low Low gt M4 m A amp bh JA Ack Type Source Active Time Clear Time Value Comment 1 oystem Login 070772006 2 kl HiAlarm All OF 024006 0 07 07 2006 0 103 9 All Temp High High BANK T Bank Bank It is to modify the channel for communication between Recorder and Observer from Real Time Viewer Four banks are available In each bank protocol options Disable Modbus _RS232 and Modbus_TCP are available for user selection This Bank is used for Real Time Viewer only which is different from the Bank used for recorder itself on Page 60 it Display Change configuration data from C Observer I Realtime Kiln prj Lj x a fF gt By close Bank Bank 1 4 Protocol Modbus_TCP Ethernet Default For Ethernet Recorder uses port no 502 for communicating with Observer If you change the port number in Observer you cannot establish communication between Observer and Recorder Port no 502 is used to establish communication between recorder and Observer software to
10. Log alarm Job 2 No action Hysteresis 0 5 Note This needs acknowledgement from the user Log Alarm Auto Ack to record alarm when process value crossed set point defined at the event Ex Event type H Set point 4800 Job 1 Log alarm Job 2 No action Hysteresis 0 5 Note This alarm will be acknowledged automatically after it occurs Log Event to record event when process value crossed set point defined at the event Ex Event type H Set point 4600 Job 1 Log event Job 2 No action Hysteresis 0 5 Note No need to acknowledge this event Start Logging to start the data logging when process value crossed set point defined at event Stop Logging to stop the data logging when process value crossed set point defined at event Sound Buzzer sound the buzzer DO Latch on set digital out put relay on when process value crossed set point defined at event Select target digital out put Ex When process value increases beyond set point defined then switch on latch digital out put 1 DO 1 relay may be used to start water pump to fill water tank Event type L Set point 1000 Job 1 DO Latch on Target DO 1 Job 2 No action Hysteresis 0 5 DO Latch off set digital out put relay off when process value crossed set point defined at event Select target digital out put Ex When process value decreases beyond set point defined then switch off digital out put 1 DO 1 relay may be
11. to set CF path to receive the configuration data available in CF card Browse for Folder Select Folder Ef Desktop i G My Documents My Computer E H 314 Floppy 4 3 Sa Local Disk C14 T Observer IT De Local Disk Es Local Disk F Fee Removable Disk 3 Fe Ch Contral Panel H O Shared Documents E user s Documents mAd Me Mehmark Place t 8 9 Click Yes to receive the configuration data from CF card to PC Confirmation Do you want to receive configuration data now ly ih Yes Plo If Upload is successful it shows message as Configuration successful and all the configuration settings of recorder now available at PC The information includes all channel details of Input Output cards as per Jumper switch settings Information Configuration data was received successfully 10 If Upload is not success it shown error message as Configuration file does not exist This message indicates that configuration information is not available in the CF card Check correct path of CF card is selected If still problem exists check the files available in the CF card at PC At least 2 files by name IO and RECORDER should be available If the files are not available then recorder configuration data is not properly saved in the CF card Repeat from Step 2 Configuration File does not exist 2 4 Channel Channel This is used to configure all Inputs Outputs conn
12. 100 4 TEN nit mA Lowy 4 High 20 Event Mo Type Setpoint Job Jobe Hysteresis No E Log Alarm No Action Ot z 2 Mo E Log Alarm Mo Action Of 3 No E Log Alarm No Action Cut 7 4 Mo E Log Alarm No Action Off ad Log Alarm 2 4 5 Digital Output Display Change configuration data from C Communicatorinistorical lest prj Bet x SS HIN Ess OR l F Close Timer Counter Totalizer DO DO Reverse DO Disable Normally Digital Output is configured while configuring events in the channel configuration In some special applications digital outputs required to be switched ON normally when Recorder is ON and switch OFF in case of an event In such cases you may use above feature By default Reverse DO is disabled In case Reverse DO is required enable it This feature for Digital output can be accessed from DO at Tools Menu 2 5 Display Display Display Change configuration data from C Observer I Historical Boiler prj Bek x SVEN OQ Ee F Display Page afjl Mode Mix Direction Horz Background Black l No Channel Color Width Low High Temp E Ele 200 0 1370 0 Al E Green 200 0 1370 0 Als Cyan 200 0 1370 0 Disable Disable Disable BW O hz Disable i hz Disable im hz Status Bar DI bo Totalizer Counter Disable Disable Disable Disable Display Normally display is used for monitoring of process data in graphical
13. DDE_Kiln ieJ file Edit view Insert Format Tools Data Window Help BO Ge PEME MSF Ga Oe 8 ll Az Rar T M o4 gt DDE_Kiln lt D o z p Ji poo O00000 0100G 00 0000 0 ogo 00000000G Oo o o o o Ready If any Error test appears in any cell at excel possible reasons is no data available at selected tag Check the data availability at the recorder and Real time viewer for specific tag If any NAME text appears in the excel file it indicates that particular tag is not configured properly Tag name may not available at Observer software If this happens check the valid tag names at Observer software at the following link Real time viewer Display configuration data Note If Excel file is not opening from the selected path then check the following 1 RAM size in the PC is very less Restart the computer and then create the DDE link once again and open the Excel file 2 Increase virtual memory in the PC Please contact system administrator to check the virtual memory settings at the PC My computer properties advanced performance settings advanced virtual memory 4 6 1 DDE with third party applications Once the data is available at Excel at particular cell then data can be exchanged with the third party applications like PLC SCADA and Visual Basic etc If data is to be exchanged with PLC then PLC programmer can write Visual basic macro in Excel from the foll
14. Manages o Started Manual Local System Ss Network DDE Frovides nm Started Automatic Local System k Metwork DDE DSDM Manages D Started Automatic Local System Ss Network Location 4 Collects an Started Manual Local System Sa Metwork Provisionin Manages Manual Local System Sey NT LM Security Sup Provides 5 Manual Local System Laal Di nekar He FFn Dea wee Crean Aas Cs ib 5 NetDDE can be configured as Automatic such that when even computer starts NetDDE service can be started automatically Please contact System administrator to start NetDDE at server startup 6 Now Log in as User10 in the client PC open Excel and then type the command in the following format Server Station Name DDE Share name Topic name Tag number For ex Design2 REALTIME VIEWER TagService Tag For the first time when you enter above formula in Excel cell the cell shows as NA Press enter client will try to access data from server via DDE If no response is observed you can enter the formula once again and press enter After few seconds client PC should show the real time value obtained from server via DDE If you have some problems in obtaining the data try to restart NetDDE service manually in server and client and restart the computer once if required 5 0 Frequently asked questions Q1 What is the maximum scale low and scale high values we can set in the recorder for the analog inputs a
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16. be Dut Y i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i O Page 1 of 1 Note For CFR 21 part 11 signature also will be printed as shown above Event Alarm list print k Print Preview OBSHu rwn gg Be Close Event Alarm list Signature Admin UnitName VR18 Date Time 07 10 06 13 54 19 No Ack Type Source Active Time Clear Time Value 1 System PowOn 07 07 06 13 27 43 2 System PowOff 07 07 06 13 29 23 3 System PowOn 07 07 06 13 29 48 4 NetConfig Admin 07 07 06 13 41 23 5 NetLogin Admin OF OF 06 13 41 24 6 NetLogout Admin 07 07 06 13 41 30 7 NetLogin Admin 07 07 06 13 42 19 8 NetLogout Admin 07 07 06 13 44 05 9 Login Admin 07 07 06 14 19 37 10 NetLogin Admin 07 07 06 16 48 43 11 NetDump Admin 07 07 06 16 48 52 12 NetDump Admin 07 07 06 16 50 07 13 NetLogout Admin 07 07 06 17 00 09 14 Log fail 07 07 06 17 00 40 15 System PowOff 07 07 06 17 00 49 16 System PowOn 07 10 06 09 00 37 17 Login Admin 07 10 06 09 00 58 18 NetLogin Admin 07 10 06 09 01 12 19 NetDump Admin 07 10 06 09 01 23 on Met anit Admin NFANNR NAAR AA zi 0 Page 1 of 3 Note For CFR 21 part 11 signature also will be printed as shown above 3 6 Page This is for page selection If more than 1 page is configured then particular page can be selected from this place 3 View Zoom in Zoom out Zoom all Hour Day Week Month Horizontally Vertically Black back ground white back ground are available for selection
17. card at Recorder Configuration Save This step will make sure that all IO cards information as per jumper and Dip switch selection will be saved in to the CF card Use CF reader to read recorder configuration on CF card in Observer software Normally CF readers are available for use at USB port Please note that all standard CF readers from major vendors will be detected automatically as mass storage devices by the Win XP operating system If you are using any other operating system like Windows 98 windows ME Windows NT and Windows 2000 then mass storage device may not be detected and you have to install the driver for the CF reader Driver CD shall be shipped along with Observer software for configuration of CF card at PC Please note that you need to configure CF card driver only if operating system not detecting mass storage device Once the PC detects CF reader along with CF card and then it should appear as removable drive at my computer Start Observer program Ex Start Programs Observer 1 Configuration Open new file GI Enter new name for the project Ex Boiler Create a new project Enter the new name PO x Cancel Select CF card using radial button Display Change configuration data from C Observer II Historical FDA Test prj DeX S ANESH 0a 2 close Bank Please select and configure one bank below as you need Timeout Sec CF Card i C Ethernet S eae S Click B
18. in LAN with Server PC Install Observer I software in Client PC Create a new project in the Historical viewer In the bank choose CF card and then link this with Test Hist shared folder available in the Server PC Select this via network places a My Network Places 5 a Entire Network G Microsoft Terminal Services G Microsoft Windows Network ER infor AILS Confirmation Do you want to receive configuration data now ly IN Click on Yes if the link is proper then you will receive hardware configuration Now you can open historical viewer import the data manually and then see historical data same as historical data viewed at server Please note that in the client PC data import should be done manually Automatic data import from Server PC to Client PC 1s not supported 2 Procedure to view historical data in Client PC directly from the Paperless Recorder In this case Paperless Recorder is connected to LAN There is no PC by name Server Any PC connected in the LAN can import data directly from paperless recorder No need to share any folder for this purpose in any PC In the Paperless Recorder in the configuration press on Instrument then in the Data Transfer select Transfer and Remain option Install Observer I in the PC Create a new project in the Historical viewer Select bank as Ethernet Insert IP address of the Recorder Hardware configuration will be received and save this D
19. time 4 ms Here scan time should always be less than sampling rate Other wise communication errors will occur If PC and Recorder is connected by long distance network then there might be chances that scan time gets increased So check this and set sampling rate more than scan time Also user can set time out settings to generate communication failure errors Maximum time out settings possible is 60 sec For example scan time is adjusted and time out setting 30 sec This means if scan time is more than sampling rate for more than 30 sec then communication errors will be generated Comment Hox amp anad 5 Wy Close This is additional feature in PC software version 2 3 In real time viewer click on configuration data then click on above Icon by name Comment as shown above Then following screen will open Display Change configuration data from C Observer I Realtime FDA_Test prj HOxS AAAI Maximum 50 comments are possible in each project CMT1 Comment1 CMT2 Commentz CMT50 Comment 50 Each comment can have maximum 60 characters Once standard comments are defined in a project then these comments can be selected for any channel for alarm event purpose Example Modify tag data M Auto update Tag Mame an Device Type Channel Protocol Modbus TCP LogSpeed i 5 IP Address 192 169 0250 Logiethod Instant EventAlarm SSS Engineering Type Setpoint Jobi Job
20. to PC 11 If Upload is successful it shows message as Configuration successful and all the configuration settings of recorder now available at PC The information includes all channel details of Input Output cards as per Jumper switch settings Information Configuration data was received successfully If Upload is not success it shown message as No response from Recorder connection fails No response From recorder Connection Fails If this is the case please check the RS 232 cable connections at both recorder and PC If still communication is not established between Recorder amp PC then once again check Node address at the recorder If more than one recorder is connected in RS 485 RS 422 network make sure that all the devices have unique address Check the communication settings at the individual recorders manually If SNA 10 A B is being used for converting RS 485 RS 422 to RS 232 then make sure that Dip switches are correctly set for the communication details If RS 485 RS 422 has been used for connecting recorders then make sure that last node is less than 1000 meters from the PC Also make sure that STP cable is being used for RS 485 connections In some computers COM 1 and COM 2 have been used for other devices So it is required to carefully check whether RS 232 cable is connected to proper communication port at PC or not Check COM port settings for the PC My computer Properties Har
21. trail documentation shall be retained at least as long as that required for the subject electronic records and shall be available for agency review and copying The Paperless recorders automatically produce a time stamped audit trail that includes power failure and recovery configuration changes data dumping and clearing critical operator functions This information is stored in an audit log which can be archived to a permanent file on Compact flash A separate alarm event log automatically produces a time stamped record of all alarm state changes and can also be archived to a permanent file DEMO Event Alarm GAEE Tem T Event Alarm Report Mode Event Value z 191 System Powtltt 01 27 03 14 05 192 System PowOn 01 27 03 14 05 Roald Call 207 Login Admin 01 27 03 15 03 p 208 Logout Admin 017 27 03 15 07 209 Login Admin 01 27 03 15 09 ff aa ee L Back Dump Clear Operate Contig Logout Shutdown Display measured values from historical data ofC Observer II Historical 221 prj Project Display Data Print Fase ch Language Help B 18 x Ack Type Source Active Time Clear Time 1 NetDump Admin 03 29 05 15 41 18 2 O HiAlarm Alle 03 29 05 15 41 19 Terminated 945 9 3 O HiHiAlarm Alle 03 29 05 15 41 19 Terminated 945 9 4 O HiAlarm Al2 03 29 05 15 41 19 Terminated 1176 0 5 O HiHiAlarm Al2 03 29 05 15 41 19 Terminated 1176 0 6 O HiAlarm Als 03 29 05 15 41 19 Terminated 2
22. used to stop water pump to fill water tank Event type H Set point 4600 Job 1 DO Latch off Target DO 1 Job 2 No action Hysteresis 0 5 DO Process select the digital out put The relay will not be latched Relay will change the state as per the set point defined at the event Enable Timer start the timer and then select target timer from Timer 1 to Timer 6 Disable Timer stop the timer and then select target timer from Timer 1 to Timer 6 Preset Totalizer start the Totalizer with preset value and then select target from totalizer1 to Totalizer 6 Reset Totalizer reset the Totalizer and then select target from Totalizer 1 to 6 Enable Totalizer start the Totalizer and then select target from Totalizer 1 to Totalizer 6 Disable Totalizer stop the Totalizer and then select target from Totalizer 1 to Totalizer 6 Present counter start the counter with preset value and then select the target from counter 1 to counter 6 Reset counter reset the counter and then select the target from counter 1 to counter 6 Increase counter increase the counter and then select the target from counter 1 to 6 Ex When process value increases beyond set point counter value will be incremented by 1 Decrease counter decrease the counter and then select the target from counter 1 to counter 6 Ex When process value decreases beyond set point counter value will be decremented by 1 Log report it generates report about counters
23. 0 o No DOS 1 192468 0 244 RIB DOS 65535 0 o ho DOG j 1921468 0 244 VRIG DOG 65535 O 0 No Ac 1 1921468 0 244 RIG ACH ITET 32 3 No a02 1 192168 0 244 YR15 AOZ 32 767 32 3 ho 403 1 192166 0 244 YRIB AOS 32 767 32 3 ho Cont 1 1924168 0 244 YRIB Countert 65535 0 o No Cont 1 192466 0 244 YRI Counter 65535 O 0 ho Cont3 1 192466 0 244 WRI Counters 65535 O 0 ho Conta 1 192168 0 244 WRI Counterd 65535 O a ho Corts 1 192466 0 244 VRIG Counters 65535 O a ho Conte 1 192468 0 244 YR18 Counter6 65535 0 o ho bet If there is good communication between PC and Paperless Recorder then all data base as per available channels of Paperless Recorder should appear as above Click at Save icon Display Change configuration data from Test10 AIXKS AAA Ta Close Click here led HO xS 280 Fy Close p EA ti Close and return to main program 4 3 Opening a project Repeat earlier to create new project if it is first time user or open the existing project by selecting appropriate path If the communication is established between recorder and PC over the selected bank then after opening real time viewer by default the following screen will appear This is the default window opens which shows all the objects like Events Alarm list Bar graph page Digital values Page 1 and Trends Page Click on z Arrange all Icon to display Digital values trends bar graph amp e
24. 07 2006 09 00 00 BY XM Cancel 336 0 245 0 154 0 63 0 28 0 15 00 00 15 06 40 15 13 20 15 20 00 15 26 40 15 33 20 15 40 00 15 46 40 15 53 20 16 00 00 119 0 OF 07 06 O77 6 OF 07 06 070706 OF 0706 O77 06 O7 07 06 OF 07 06 OF 0706 O7 707 06 y AN ae A2 Bi as J Ald l me FAD By Legend Seek by Event Alarm Signature Pagel Zoom 4 Sec Dot Index Time 07 07 06 15 27 46 Disconnected from 192 168 0 250 2 Click on Legend 3 Select the tags required for display For ex if you would like to see trend of Analog inputl then select AI now only AI1 will be displayed 4 Then click on Search by period of time icon T 1 Scale X n by a period of 6 Then the following display appears Search by a period of time From 07 07 2006 M 08 00 40 AM Wat 07 07 2006 09 00 00 AA x Cancel 7 Enter the date and time as above then click OK 8 Now the screen shown data from 8 00 AM to 9 00 AM for selected data 9 Now if required apply Zoom to observe the historical data as per your requirements Display measured values from historical data ofC Observer II Historical FDA_Test prj Project Display Data Print Page View Search Language Help des emGaS Hwa 298 Be t 2 09 Na g e A i T E A S 80 00 70 00 60 00 50 00 30 00 20 00 p 13 47 17 3 53 57 W3 5q 17 14 00 37 14 03 57 _ 14 07 17 14 10 37 14 13 57 i 14 17 A7 0710 06 0
25. 1 came into effective This regulation is summarized as follows The Food and Drug Administration FDA is issuing regulations that provide criteria for acceptance by FDA under certain circumstances of electronic records electronic signatures and handwritten signatures executed to electronic records as equivalent to paper records and handwritten signatures executed on paper These regulations which apply to all FDA program areas are intended to permit the widest possible use of electronic technology compatible with FDA s responsibility to promote and protect public health The use of electronic records as well as their submission to FDA is voluntary Summary The Paperless Recorders have been designed to meet the standards set out in CFR 21 part 11 and it can be used as part of a validated system 1 All process data recorded by Paperless Recorders is protected by an Encrypted Digital Signature to ensure the authenticity of these records 2 Solid state flash memory is used to provide secure storage of data that is not reliant on battery back up and which is not subject to magnetic fields 3 Historical Viewer review software provides the ability to view the data records and audit trails in a human readable form 4 User id and Password are provided in the recorders to limit access to authorized personnel 5 A detailed audit log accompanies all process data recorded by a VR18 Paperless Recorder All system events inc
26. 2 13 51 06 48 93 47 86 46 8 146 3 70 28 2005 3 28 13 25 51 6 982 4 1949 5 1758 7 51 2 50 8 50 4 49 6 49 2 48 8 131 3 45u 29 2005 3 28 13 25 39 1 973 4 1938 6 1753 4 49 2 49 46 49 73 50 26 50 53 50 8 116 7 80 30 2005 3 28 13 25 Zi 964 4 1927 7 1748 1 472 48 13 49 06 50 93 24 20 52 8 102 6 oir Maar la FDA CFR21 Part 11 Section11 10 c Protection of records to enable their accurate and ready retrieval throughout the records retention period Paperless recorder use solid state flash memory for data storage in the form of Compact Flash card Data retention for this device is specified at a minimum of 10 years It provides Zero power data retention i e the data integrity is not dependent on battery back up The data is not affected by magnetic fields For even longer term data storage the archive files can be copied to CDROM or to a network file server FDA CFR21 Part 11 Section11 10 d Limiting system access to authorized individuals Paperless recorder provide the ability to limit access to the instruments configuration and critical operator functions For each user a unique id and password can be created for access to the configuration parameters The id and password can be alphanumeric and up to 8 characters in length In order to gain access to the configuration parameters a valid operator id and password combination should to be entered Any modification of the instruments configuration is recorded in the au
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28. 49 99 49 99 10 07 2006 09 00 58 AM Gta 28 7 25 03 49 99 49 99 49 99 10 07 2006 09 00 53 AM of 20 7 25 03 49 99 49 99 49 99 10 07 2006 09 01 00 Am DAF 20 25 03 49 99 49 99 49 99 Data clear This is used to clear all the available data for the project Confirmation Are vou sure vou want bo clear all the data of this projecte iMY Mo Data copy this is to export the historical trend to the clip board Yes Data import options This option is used to import data from recorder to the PC Manual User has to click on to receive the data from recorder to PC manually Automatic Automatic data transfer from recorder to PC as per set period available in the range of 1 to 24 hrs For ex If automatically is selected with period of 1 hr then once in every hour data will be transferred automatically with out user interference Import Options C hlanually Period ee Hour f Automatically x Cancel 3 5 Print Active Trend view and alarm list can be taken print out Trend Print Print Preview BSS crn SS WS Corse Signature Admin UnitName VR18 DateTime O7 10 06 1354 19 as O PUE i 232 29 13300 T ER has Fe T A Vt ae OLE LE E cea ceo oak fc A S L N tet oh paar cco ae ORE OCE L OR OTACA AON OAS TT CPA H r AAT A aari Aa aaa a aea aa a aa aaraa aar rn d Boal aa Ao A Puls cis ad ea de lade aea sA oA aA a a A Ar gt ia A adod ler DRA
29. 70 7 7 O HiAlarm Al13 03 29 05 15 41 28 Terminated 80 80 8 O LoAlarm ANS 03 29 05 15 41 28 Terminated 19 20 9 O HiHiAlarm AN3 03 29 05 15 41 35 Terminated 87 80 10 O LoLoAlarm ANS 03 29 05 15 41 35 Terminated 12 20 11 O HiAlarm All4 03 29 05 15 41 43 Terminated 80 53 12 O LoAlarm All 03 29 05 15 41 43 Terminated 19 47 13 O HiAlarm Al 03 29 05 15 42 48 Terminated 1436 9 14 O HiAlarm Alb 03 29 05 15 43 00 Terminated 1942 2 15 O HiHiAlarm Al 03 29 05 15 43 03 Terminated 1588 1 16 O HiHiAlarm AlS 03 29 05 15 43 18 Terminated 2154 2 17 O HiAlarm AIS 03 29 05 15 43 18 Terminated 521 1 18 O LoAlarm Alle 03 29 05 15 44 09 Terminated 98 3 19 O LoAlarm Al2 03 29 05 15 44 19 Terminated 109 7 20 O LoLoAlarm Alle 03 29 05 15 44 22 Terminated 15 4 21 O LoLoAlarm Al2 03 29 05 15 44 39 Terminated 6 0 22 O LoAlarm Als 03 29 05 15 44 39 Terminated 120 7 23 O LoAlarm Al13 03 29 05 15 44 48 Terminated 19 20 24 O HiAlarm ANS 03 29 05 15 44 48 Terminated 80 80 25 O LoLoAlarm Al13 03 29 05 15 44 55 Terminated 12 20 26 O HiHiAlarm ANS 03 29 05 15 44 55 Terminated 87 60 27 O LoAlarm Al14 03 29 05 15 45 03 Terminated 19 47 26 O HiAlarm All 03 29 05 15 45 03 Terminated 80 53 29 O LoAlarm Al 03 29 05 15 46 08 Terminated 2 30 O LoAlarm AlS 03 29 05 15 46 20 Terminated 227 8 31 O LoLoAlarm AV 03 29 05 15 46 23 Terminated 69 9 32 O LoLoAlarm AIG 03 29 05 15 46 38 Terminated 15 8 33 O LoAlarm AIG 03 29 05 15 46 38 Terminated 187 1 34 NetLogout Admin 03 29 05 15 49 26
30. 74 A06 OF 006 OZAQDE 7 O71 0 06 077006 07 HOE OFM OME 10 00 0 00 ne Al TAIR Inst 1029 80 Al6 Forefront By Legend Seek by Event Alarm Signature Pagel Zoom 2 Sec Dot Index Time 07 10 06 14 14 53 Disconnected from 192 168 0 250 10 Once trend is available as above for the data selected then if required print out can be taken from Print Trend view option 3 9 Language User can select one of the 14 languages supported by the recorder Please note that before selecting language option make sure that language is properly set at my computer control panel regional settings Also selected language fonts should be installed if you have an operating system installed with English version Other wise fonts shall not be displayed properly in the Observer software and the fonts are 3 10 Help Historical view help This is to select Observer software user guide About this is to check the Observer software version number 3 11 Status bar By Legend seek by EventAlarm Signature By legend It is possible to display selected pens with the range set in scale Select the check box against each channel as shown above seek by event alarm It is possible to set the status bar to monitor summary of events alarms Signatures If FDA 21 CFR part 11 is selected then signatures can be monitored in the bottom status bar 3 12 View CF card data in PC via Historical viewer First dump data from Re
31. AIG 192 168 0250 R18 Channel6 455 36 199 2 Mo ay 192 168 0250 YR D1 65535 0 j Ho Die 1 192 166 0250 R15 D2 65555 0 0 Mo OS 1 192 166 0250 WRI DIS 65535 0 j Mo Di4 192 168 0250 WRG Di4 65535 0 j Mo DIS 1 192 168 0250 VRE DIS 65535 0 E Ho DIE 1 192 166 0250 R185 DIE 65555 U E ho Do 1 192 166 0250 R18 Dod 20 0 E Ho DOZ 192 168 0 250 YVR Ls 20 g E Mo p03 1 921680250 YVR Doz 20 0 j Ho D4 1 192 166 0250 R185 Dag 20 0 E MHo DOS 1 192 166 0250 WRI Dos 20 Oo ho DOG 192 168 0250 YR15 DOG z0 0 j Mo AG 1 192 166 0250 WRI ALT see 32 3 ho 402 1 192 166 0250 R185 ADA oat Pert sie 3 ho A035 192 166 0250 R15 ADS Sastre Silt 3 Ho Cont 192 168 0250 R18 counter 65535 0 j ho conti 1 192 166 0 250 R15 Counters 65535 D T Ho conta 1 192 166 0250 R185 Counters 65535 OD E Mo Cont4 1 192 166 0250 WRI Counter 4 65555 0 Mo Cons 192 168 0250 YR Counters 65535 O j ho ont 1 oe 16 0250 YR lountere p555 0 j Mo zei gt Double click on any row say channel1 Al1 in the above spreadsheet to show the following Modify tag data with email configuration If auto update option is selected in modify tag data as shown in following screen then all the settings done at the channel for events will appear here If it is not selected then user can configure manually for different set points in order to generating alarm emails Modify tag data Ed W Aut
32. O Counters and Totalizers between Observer software and third party applications running under windows operating systems via DDE Note From Observer Version 2 22 Tag name format for DDE is changed Example Actual tag name in the Recorder configuration For Analog input1 Al1 Till Version V2 21 DDE tag format is as follows RealTime_Viewer TagService _Al1 Tag name appears as it is in the DDE format also From Version V2 22 DDE tag format is as follows RealTime_Viewer TagService _Tag1 For Analog input 1 RealTime_Viewer TagService _Tag2 For Analog input 2 Original tag name is substituted with default Tag number Procedure to find the tag number for the tag name to use in DDE applications Create DDE link from Real time viewer Open Excel file Three columns appear in the excel file as Name Unit and Value as shown in the Excel file Name This is tag name actually defined in the Recorder configuration Unit This is unit for the tag name defined in the Recorder configuration Value This is the specific cell where process value for the tag will appear in real time To find the DDE format for any tag defined at the recorder for a specific tag double click at Value for the corresponding tag defined at Name For ex For Name Al1 is at R2C1 double click at cell R2C3 to see DDE format for tag Al1 Click on Esc button at the key board to see process value at the cell from displaying DDE format EJ Microsoft Excel
33. Observer amp Observer II PC software manual General System requirements Hardware Software Observer software installation Observer software Uninstallation Configuration viewer Tool bar Opening a project Bank Ethernet configuration RS232 configuration CF card configuration Channel Analog input channel configuration Property Events Analog output channel configuration Digital Input channel configuration Math channel configuration Math example Math channel scaling Digital Output Display Pen Status bar Tools Timer Timer example 1 Timer example 2 Counter Counter example 1 Totalizer Totalizer example Instrument Procedure to configure FDA 21 CFR part 11 Data transfer Dump and clear Transfer and remain System Clock synchronization Historical viewer Tool bar Opening of a project Display Status bar View CF card data in PC via Historical viewer How to share Historical data FDA21 CFR part 11 compliance Real time viewer Tool bar Create new project Opening a project Configuration data in real time How to add two Recorders In Real time Viewer 4 6 DDE link 4 6 1 DDE with third party devices 4 6 1 1 DDE example writing blocks of data to PLC 4 6 1 2 DDE example reading blocks of data to PLC 4 6 1 3 DDE example DDE between recorder and SCADA 4 6 1 4 NET DDE 5 0 Frequently asked questions 1 0 General Observer amp Il is the PC software used for
34. Requirements At least One digital output card DO 181 One analog input Al183 card one Digital input card DI181 Analog input 1 Name 1101 Log method Instant Speed 1S Sensor As per setting of dip Jumpers amp Dip switches Unit Deg C or Fahrenheit as per settings of Jumper and Dip switches Off set 0 0 Gain 1 0 Event no 1 Type L Set point 79 Job 1 Disable Timer Target Timer 1 Job 2 DO Latch_off Target DO Event no 2 Type H Set point 80 Job 1 Enable Timer Target Timer 1 Select Timer 1 Type Countdown Action disable Day 0 Hour 0 Min 0 Sec 10 Job 1 Job Item DO latch on Target DO1 2 6 2 Counter This is used to count the number of events Six counters are available for user configuration Counter 1 to Counter 2 Display Change configuration data from C Observer II Historical Boiler prj Bex S N EAE f 5 Close Totalizer J Name Conti Unit Preset o Event No Type setpoint Job Jobe 1 H 0 Inc Counter Contt No Action 2 No 100 Log Alarm No Action Name Maximum six characters are allowed Unit Unit of counter six characters only Preset this is initial value of the selected counter Ex Preset 10 when counter is reset enable then counter will be started from value 10 Event Two events can be configured for each counter Two jobs can be configured for each event 2 6 2 1 Application example Task1 Manager wants to know how m
35. User must change password at nest logon _ Account is disabled The client user For ex User10 should be grouped into administrator in Server PC The procedure 1s as follows Click on Groups then Administrators Seles C Computer Management m File do Window Help Ha 2 Action View Computer Management Local ii System Tools Event viewer Shared Folders Local Users and Groups Z 3 Administrators HR Power Users HZ Remote Desktop Users Wy Replicator HS Users Wi HelpServicesGroup a Device Manager Storage Removable Storage Disk Defragmenter Disk Management As Services and Applications HZ Network Configuration 18 x 4dministrators have complete and u Backup Operators can override secu Guests have the same access as me Members in this group can have som Power Users possess most administr Members in this group are granted t Supports File replication in a domain Users are prevented From making ac Group For the Help and Support Center Administrators Properties General amp Administrators Descriptions Members FF Administrator cE gi andregide ig UZET Remove Click on Add in Administrators properties screen Then select users In this case click on Advanced button and click on Find now then select User10 Select Users Select this object type Users or Built in security pri
36. Zoom in This is to monitor the trends by decreasing x axis Zoom out This is to monitor the trends by increasing the X axis Hour This is to monitor the trend with one hour interval set at X axis Day This is to monitor the trend with one day interval set at X axis Week This is to monitor the trend with one week interval set at X axis Month This is to monitor the trend with one month interval set at X axis Horizontally This is to view the trend horizontally Vertically This is to view the trend vertically Black back ground This is to set black back ground to the trend White back ground This is to set white back ground to the trend 3 8 Search By specific time and by period of time options are available for user selection Specific time It is possible to search the historical data for a combination of specific date and time Search by a specific time Search by a period of time From 29 2005 10 04 39 AM To 11 29 2005 2 38 04 PM M Cancel Procedure for searching historical data 1 Open historical viewer at PC 4 7 f fi 5 IE a Ay y x TRN Y ae N PE PBS E 1 i i tet ee i Arras 28 of Tay prot ed neg eo p a Pe oo w noe Set AE ro gt eea E ay ri 7 ct TAN stitch D CO e Can Lainie om 2 y PETERR a Dep EnS Hw aN Alt All 700 0 Inst 6093 0 Search by a period of time 518 0 From 07 07 2006 i 08 00 40 AM 427 0 i To 07
37. a frequency of 0 5 Hz The possible alternative is usage of pulse to current 4 20 mA converter available in the market When the user is trying to open Observer software he might get the following message what is the next move REAL TIME_VIEWER exe REALTIME VIEWER_exe has encountered a problem and Ww needs to close We are sorry for the inconvenience Fou were in the middle of something the information you were working on might be lost Close A30 If Observer software file was corrupted in the PC possible reasons might be virus Q31 installation of new software which is incompatible with your operating system The solution is to uninstall the old Observer software as per procedure given in section 1 4 of this software guide Then install the new Observer software from CD supplied If the problem still can t be solved then uninstall the old Observer software and create a back up for the historical and real time folders under C Observer and remove Observer folder from C Then install the new Observer software again How to write Observer data and configurations back up to CD s A31 Data will be available at dat idx files and lst files at the path C Observer The files Q32 A32 will be available under historical and realtime folders Configuration file name is Recorder cfg You can create a folder and save all historical and real time folders in to back up folder and then you can write this information t
38. a from C Observer I Historical Boiler prj Bebo x SB FN Ms Of T Fs Close Name iy Event No Type Job Jobe 1 Mo Log Alarm Mo Action 2 Mo Log Alarm Mo Action Name maximum six characters are allowed this is the name of digital input tag Every digital input card has 6 channels For every digital input two events can be configured two jobs can be configured for each event Ex When DI1 change its state from Low to High then generate alarm Event type H Job 1 Log alarm 2 4 4 Math channel configuration Display Change EOD EMERLED data from C Observer INiistorical Boiler Pr Property Name MATH Type Enable Log Method Instant Speed 1 5 Expression A1 SORT Unit Low 3276 8 High 3276 7 Event No ne setpoint Job Jobe EES 3 m laam pe e 4 Mozl po foam fean fo a Totalizers and counters are special functions available in recorder for process analysis Please note that these math applications will be enabled in the recorder only if math option is ordered at the Boot ROM Contact supplier for obtaining Math boot ROM if you are recorder user with out these special functions If you are new user you can order this as additional option while ordering recorder Maximum 18 tags are available for math applications User can define expression as per the requirements and use the result of application similar to any other analog input for trends analysis archiving etc
39. acy of Real Time Clock in the recorder A5 The crystal oscillator used in recorder could have a lag time in a few seconds each week Press Synchronization button in PC software Observer II to synchronize the time between PC and the recorder The temperature inside the housing has an effect on accuracy of Real Time Clock of crystal oscillator Temperature range Time lag per month 10 40 C 18 sec O or 50 C 52 sec 10 or 60 C 107 sec Q6 What kind of security is available in recorder A6 There are two kinds of security The normal security offers a common password The high security with FDA 21 CFR part 11 compliance is available from version 2 2 on both recorder and PC software Observer It supports maximum 30 users with different passwords The supervisor level authorization has the right to define other supervisors and operators The supervisor can change configuration save and clear data but not operators Operators can only view the historical data events and status Q7 What is Boot Rom Anything related to Math option Is it possible to upgrade it into new version via internet or CF card A7 Boot ROM is a chip available in recorder that contains boot loader information The Boot ROM BT181 has no option The Boot ROM BT182 has options of Math Counter Totalizer amp FDA 21 CFR part 11 compliance It is required to remove BT181 away and install BT 182 on the socket when those options are needed It is not possible to upgra
40. al System Sa DHCP Client Manages m Started Automatic Local System Ea Se Distributed Link Tra Maintains li Started Automatic Local System ark oa amic Data Exchange DDE Sa Distributed Transac Coordinate Manual Hetwork 5 network shares IF this service is 64 DNS Client Resolves 4 Started Automatic Network 5 stopped DDE network shares will be Sa Error Reporting Ser Allows erro Started Automatic Local System Pe e pce it a Event Log Enables ey Started Automatic Local System will Fail to start Sy Fast User Switching Provides m Started Manual Local System Sa FeContral Runtime Started Automatic Local System Sa Harmony Manual Local System Sa Help and Support Enables He Started Automatic Local System fy HTTP SSL This servic Manual Local System Ss Human Interface DO Enables ge Disabled Local System iy IMAPI CD Burning Manages C Manual Local System fy Indexing Service Indexes co Manual Local System Ss InstallDriver Table Provides 5 Manual Local System iy IPSEC Services Manages I Started Automatic Local System Ss Logical Disk Manager Detects an Started Automatic Local System Sa Logical Disk Manage Configures Manual Local System Sa Messenger Transmits Disabled Local System iy M5 Software Shado Manages 5 Manual Local System iy Net Logon Supports p Manual Local System Ss NetMeeting Remote Enables an Paused Automatic Local System Sa Network Connections
41. and totalizers Hysteresis this is to avoid frequent event trigger when process value is oscillating to settle in final value It can be set in between 0 1 to 10 of span at full scale defined at range For example the High value of water tank filling is set at 4600 liters The range is 0 5000 liters Hysteresis is set at 0 5 then it means once water tank level reaches 4600 liters it generates event If water level oscillates in between 4600 25 event will not be triggered once again 2 4 2 Analog output channel configuration Display Change configuration data from C Observer II Historical lest_ethernet prj bex 2H ABs OAR terg eae AQ Type Current Output 420m4 Expression ANSORT o EE Range 00 ze 100 0 O Maximum 3 channels are available in analog output card Type It indicates type of output available from the card ex current this will appear automatically as per the card inserted in the slot Output Enable enable the channel disable disable channel Expression Mathematical expression can be defined with analog inputs mathematical results counters Ex Square root of analog input 1 Al1 SQRT Range 0 100 Edit math expression Input Al SGRT Source Operator ff OK M Cancel Range analog output range ex 0 100 for 4 20 ma output l e Scale low value 4 ma at 0 and Scale high value 20 ma at 100 2 4 3 Digital input channel configuration Display Change configuration dat
42. ant after REALTIME VIEWER Other wise NetDDE will not work DDE Shares DDE Shares REALTIME VIEWERT Cancel ne Add a Share Properties Delete Share In above DDE Shares screen select REALTIME VIEWER Click on Trust Share and configure as per following screen Trusted Share Properties Share Mame REALTIME_VIEWERP 0 W Start Application Enable Cancel M Initiate to Application Enable Set Cmd Show Override with Value Press OK twice and minimize the following screen DDE Share on DESIGN BR Shares Help Ea 4 Now In Server PC my computer right click and click on Manage as follows Open Explore Search Map Network Drive Disconnect Network Drive Create Shortcut Delete Rename Properties m File Action View Window Help ei 2 ee i igh System Tools Event viewer Sia Storage ahaa Polais FS Services and Applications Wi Local Users and Groups Performance Logs and Alerts z Device Manager Storage Removable Storage Disk Defragmenter Disk Management as Services and Applications In computer management permission should be given to the client PC to access the data from the server PC Go to Local users and Groups and add client user name with passwords Once the detailed are filled then click on Create to create user For ex User10 User name Full name Description Password Confirm password
43. any times inlet temperature of rotary kiln increases more than 1100 deg c If the process is disturbed more than 10 times it should be appeared in the log report AN1 Name 7102 Log method Instant Speed 15S sensor Thermocouple K type Range 200 to 1370 Gain 1 Event 1 Type H Job 1 Increase counter Target Cont 1 Counter 1 Name Kiln Preset 0 Event 1 Type H Set point 10 Job 1 Log report target Cont 1 Job 2 Reset counter target cont 2 6 3 Totalizer It is used to totalize engineering value with set time base Eighteen totalizers are available for user configuration Display Change configuration data from C Observer l Historical Boiler prj BeWx 2NEINEs Of t 5 Timer Counter Totalizer Name Tolz1 SOUrce Alt M Action Disable M Decimal 1 M Period Min M Unit Preset 0 0 Event Mo Type Setpoint Job Jobe No 100 0 No Action No Action 2 No 100 0 No Action No Action Ex Water Flow meter calibrated for 0 1000 Cub mter sec Totalizer is used to measure total quantity of water flow Cub Meter in a pipe Source Al1 Period Sec Unit CUBM Preset 0 0 Decimal 1 Action Enable Name Six characters are allowed Source t is the data source Analog input or result of mathematical expression can be ao A i e Totalizer uses analog input 1 as data source for totalizing Action Enable or disable for working of selected Totalizer Decimal defines deci
44. ata can be imported manually at any time by pressing at Data Import To set automatic data transfer option in the Historical viewer click on Data then import options select period say 1 hr Available options 1 to 24 3 Procedure to view historical data Recorded in PC by the Real time viewer in Client Server mode ServerPC Open the Real Time viewer i In the Real time viewer click on configuration data icon Then click on Option as shown below Display Change configuration data from C Observer II Realtime te HEX B 2N8 EG Ee e 5 Fy Chse Then select Share as shown below and then press on OK Share Email Communication f Share data so other people can read it C Do not share Then you will get the following message if real time viewer is on online with the recorder Realtime_Config Folder C Observer Realtime cannot be set shared Privil ge read change automatically Please do it manually Set Share option manually for RealTime Folder at C Program Files Observerll E Observer II C Default Historical gt Geen fm Temp Realtime Properties Local sharing and security i To share this folder with other users of this computer only drag it to the Shared Documents folder To make this folder and its subfolders private so that only you have access select the following check box Make tris folder private Network sharing and security To share thi
45. ble under C Observer through network configuration This will minimize the data transfer between recorder and the computers and make it more efficient by using available resources through network configurations Email The default Port number 25 is used to send email from STMP server If your network administrator configured different port in your LAN for accessing internet email then you have to modify the port number accordingly To send an email for any event the procedure is as follows set SMTP server details as below Please contact system or network administrator for the server details if your computer is connected in LAN Host Port User name From Sender email address To Receiver email address Max 10 email addresses can be selected Communication Share Email Communication Sampling Rate 1 5 Timeout bo Sec x Cancel Sampling rate It is used to set data display time for Real Time Viewer User can select one from the following for real time monitoring Time out This is time set for generating time out errors related to real time viewer communication For example if recorder and Observer are located at different places connected through Ethernet across different gateways then user can adjust sampling rate and time out settings to avoid errors in communication When real time viewer is running please observe the following taskbar at the bottom side of the screen Pagel Sampling Rate 1 Sec Scan
46. change control procedures to maintain an audit trail that documents time sequenced development and modification of systems documentation A design control system is used which is fully documented and traceable Documentation is provided for installation configuration and operation in the instruments User Guide 11 300 Controls for identification codes passwords Persons who use electronic signatures based upon use of identification codes in combination with passwords shall employ controls to ensure their security and integrity Such controls shall include a Maintaining the uniqueness of each combined identification code and password such that no two individuals have the same combination of identification code and password Any duplication of user name from a new created account will be forbidden b Ensuring that identification code and password issuances are periodically checked recalled or revised e g to cover such events as password aging The following things will automatically be done 1 Closing the user account when the time of account limitation expires 2 Force the user to enter a new password when the time of password expires Display Change configuration data from C Observer I Historical FDA_TJest prj bex RAHAA E s on uj 12 User User2 Password Please enter a new password when first time login security Level Operator Time of validity Account Closed Account Closed Days of exp
47. corder Internal memory to CF card Remove CF card from Recorder Insert CF card in CF card reader and insert in PC Make sure that CF card is detected by the PC If CF card is not detected then you may need to install CF card drivers particularly for windows operating system versions Win95 98 and 2000 In PC open Historical viewer It prompts to create a new project Create a new project Enter the new name x Cancel Give the name to the project Then it ask for selection of Bank as follows panat hange co nfigu ration data fror rom Test CF Cardi G el C Ethernet C RS2332 ie Select the bank as CF card Then click on and select the path for the CF card Browse for Folder Select Folder a Y My Computer H 314 Floppy Ai H Local Disk C1 4 CD Drive Ds See Local Disk E Local Disk Fs Pe os eemovable Disk G14 J E Control Panel E Select CF card as shown above Confirmation Do vou want to receive configuration data now ly iMY Click on Yes information Configuration data was received successfully Display Change configuration dz data from C Observer IIM W Historical lest prj d e alx S ANANE OR f F BH cose A _ Sel Main Ao Click on Save Confirmation Mow vou can import measured data From recorder Continuer sh Ves ho Click on Yes
48. d by the recorder and recommended manufacturer A12 Ifthe user prefers to use larger capacities CF card we usually recommend 256MB or 1GB To be fully compatible we only recommend one brand Scandisk CF card Q13 What is the product warranty period How user should handle the defective recorder A13 It is 18 months after shipping from factory Contact your supplier once if it becomes defective Q14 How does the agent handle the defective recorder What is the lead time for the repairs A14 To be cost effective the agent is requested to verify and return the defective board according to the trouble shooting flow chart in the user manual If it is difficult to verify the defective board then the whole unit may be returned to the factory for repairing The repairing is at no charge if it is within warranty period of time It will be charged at reasonable cost if it out of warranty The lead time will be 3 weeks after receiving the defective items by the factory Q15 What is the procedure to transfer data from the internal memory to CF card after the internal memory is full A15 After 8MB internal memory is full the earliest data and events will be saved into CF card in small batch automatically details in 2 7 2 data transfer Q16 Is Alarm banner available in the recorder along with customized message display A16 Alarm banner is unavailable for customized message display The alarm banner appears after alarms or events occur
49. de it into new version via internet or CF card Q8 How does it upgrade into the new version of recorder system and PC software A8 If necessary contact your supplier about the latest updates The supplier is able to supply the latest version of recorder system and PC software via email or FTP file transfer protocol for easy download through internet Follow the procedure to update it into the new version of recorder system Install the new version of Observer software It shall automatically uninstall the old one Q9 If it needs to upgrade the recorder system what do we have to take care AY Any recorder system before V 1 20 it is mandatory to update first to V 1 20 and then to the latest version i e it needs to upgrade twice Direct update to the latest version could damage the DOC Q10 What are the differences between Observer amp Observer II PC software A10 Observer is supplied for free Observer II is supplied at additional cost Observer is used for recorder configuration from PC and also it is used for reading historical data in PC at set time period of 1 to 24 hours Observer II is used for real time data monitoring in PC along with configuration and historical data view Q11 How many Al AO DI DO cards and 24VDC auxiliary power card can be inserted into the recorder A11 Maximum 6 cards in any combination can be inserted into rear Slots Q12 What are those larger capacities of compact flash cards supporte
50. dit log identifying the user responsible for the change Paperless recorder will logout automatically after a period of inactivity say 10 minutes i Security a A 17 51 25 OF 03 06 DEMO ser Henry Password Please enter anew password when first time Security Level Operator Time of validity Days of expiration Unlimited time Enter elit e tle gt Display hange confizuration data from Observer 1 WHistoricalt 21 pry oeex S ANB gt 08 teH User 30 19 20 21 22 z 2 25 26 z 26 29 Henry o Password Please enter a new password when first time login Security Level Operator Time of validity 30 Days valid Password Days of expiration Unlimited time mt menm CF Wo 96 93 07 03 06 Realtime P4600 Pans Faas OE 3 06 ES a E Seer ae eae Pear ae eee oe x s lt i vali z r rS Ic i RS S TLIN ANLA j T S F a aa a a A eee hi Be User Admin Password Change password Jf OK X Cancel Pagel Zoom 1 Sec Dot Index Time 07 03 06 16 50 45 FDA CFR21 Part 11 Section11 10 e Use of secure computer generated time stamped audit trails to independently record the date and time of operator actions that create modify or delete electronic records Record changes Shall not obscure previously recorded information Such audit
51. dware Device Manager Ports COM 1 Properties Communications Port COM1 Properties a z i e General Port settings Driver Details Resources Communications Port COM Device type Ports COM amp LPT Manufacturer Standard port types Location on Intel A S28071EB LPC Interface Controller Device status This device is working properly lf you are having problems with this device click Troubleshoot to tart the traubleshooter Device Usage Devise usage It should be enabled Device status The device is working properly If above conditions are not met then RS 232 port is having problem at PC Contact system administrator for replacing the port or updating driver properly If still Communication is not established user can try setting up Observer software in another PC where COM port is healthy Communications Port COM1 Properties General Port Settings Driver 0 etails Resources Bits per second Ei Data bits E Parity More Stop bits i Flow control None Restore Defaults or fi Cancel Make sure that RS 232 communication setting at the recorder and PC is equal 2 3 3 CF card configuration 1 2 32 MB CF card shall be supplied along with the recorder Save recorder configurations from recorder to CF
52. e Observer software is installed 3 Please refer recorder user manual section 2 5 for RS 232 RS 485 RS 422 wiring connection details 4 Set RS 232 communication settings at the recorder manually Please refer section 4 4 of recorder user manual and selection RS 232 at PC transfer Set RS 232 communication details manually at the recorder Please note that press Back Key to save the changes at the recorder Switch off the recorder power supply then switch on once again and make sure that RS 232 communication details are properly saved in the recorder Connect RS 232 cable between recorder and PC Click on B for RS 232 communication settings Display Change configuration data from C Observer Il Historical FDA Test prj DeHx AA AANA 0A Bp Close Bank Please select and configure one bank below as you need Timeout 60 Sec E C Ethernet S RS232 S 8 Set communication parameters for RS 232 communication at PC Node address COM Port COM Baud Rate 38400 Parity Data Bits stop Bits x Cancel 9 Click on OK after setting all above details By default Node address is 1 If any change is there for the node address then it should be set at recorder manually then enter the same node address in the above configuration Confirmation Do you want to receive configuration data now ly ih Ves Alo 10 Click on Yes to upload recorder configurations
53. e is required For Recorder to PC via LAN Straight through cable is required Straight Through Crossover Cable Cable VR18 LAN HUB VR18 PC Notebook RJ 45 RJ 45 RJ 45 RJ 45 PIN PIN PIN PIN i Tx 1 Re 1 Rx 3 Tx 2 Ix 2 Re 2 Rc 6 Tx 3 Re 3 Tx 3 Tx 1 Re 6 Rc 6 Tx 6 Tx 2 Rc PC STRAIGHT THRU HUB TX 1 1 RX TX 2 C 2 oR RA 3 a 13 TX Se 4 5 E g RX 6 C G TY gt 7 G C G 1 In Recorder press Config select Instrument press Enter 2 In Communication select IP User defined and enter IP address Subnet mask and Gateway address Note By default gateway address 0 0 0 0 and it works in most of cases If it is not working check with your system administrator and enter gateway address properly Instrument Mame RIB Language English Event Limit 256 Security LOD Data Transter Dump and Clear ocreensaver Drin Keypad Sound Minimum Sensor Off amp On Keypad Communication PC Transfer ETHERNET IP User Define IF Address 192 168 0 244 Subnet flask 255 255 255 0 Default Gateway 0 0 0 0 After completing setup press Back once switch OFF power supply to Paperless Recorder and Power ON 3 Connect proper UTP Ethernet cable as per the requirements and observe the communication status between the Recorder and PC LAN HUB at the LED s dedicated for the purpose near female RJ45 connector in Recorder Recorder side Link Green LED Gr
54. e to proceed further For example if desk top is selected in the path then the file should be available in the desk top Please check up the desk top for the excel file If the MS Office is not installed in the PC then you cannot open the excel file created as above procedure Please contact your system administrator to install MS office software in the PC Now try to open the file from the desk top created for using DDE application with the recorder through Observer software Microsoft Excel This workbook contains links to other data sources IF you update the links Excel will attempt to retrieve the latest data IF you don t update the links Excel will use the previous information Moke that data links can be used to access and share confidential information without your permission and possibly perform other harmful actions Do not update the links iF vou do not trust the source of this workbook Update Don t Update Click on update to activate DDE between Observer software and Excel application If the DDE is successful then real time data of the pens should be updated in excel file as shown in sample screen DDE expression format to get real time data from the Observer software is as follows RealTime_Viewer TagService _TagN Where N 1 2 3 Application RealTime_Viewer Topic Tag Service Tag name _Tag1 Please observe underscore before the tag number It is possible to exchange data related to Al DI D
55. ected to recorder Analog inputs Al Analog outputs AO Digital Inputs DI Digital outputs DO 2 4 1 Analog input channel configuration Display Change configuration data from C Observer II Historical Boiler prj Le x GS ANB OA amp f F Close Dil Kath A Channel Al Property Name Temp Log Method Instant Speed 1 5 sensor Thermocouple K Type Unit WC Range 200 0 1370 0 Offset 0 0 Gain 1 000 setpoint Job Jobe Hysteresis po togAlarn NoAction or po logam NoAction or z Do togAlarm NoAction o z po logam _ NoActin or z Maximum of 18 analogs can be connected to each recorder Different types of analog input cards are available 1 2 3 Once the configuration is uploaded from recorder to PC Observer software automatically detects IO cards connected along with its channels 2 4 1 1 Property Name This is name of the tag Ex TP101 Maximum of 6 characters are allowed Log Method Five options available namely Disable Instant Average Minimum amp Maximum Instant Disable Channel scan rate for recorder is 200 msec i e 5 samples in a second Log speed at Observer is 1 sec minimum The limitation of 200 msec log speed is at recorder hardware Speed This is data log speed for data storage Seven options are available for user selection For ex If 1 sec is selected for speed then Instant Last data of 5 samples collected in a second Ave
56. een lit Cable connected between the recorder and PC LAN HUB Green Off No Link between the recorder and PC LAN HUB Tx Rx Orange Lit continuous No cable connection Orange slow blink Communication established between recorder amp PC LAN HUB 4 Use Ping instruction at DOS prompt and check if Recorder with specific IP address is responding properly or not C Documents and Settings mah1i MAHIDHARS ping 192 168 4 244 Pinging 192 168 6 244 with 32 bytes of data 192 168 68 244 bytes 32 time 6ms TTL 128 192 168 4 244 bytes 32 time 4ms TTL 128 192 168 090 244 bytes 32 time ims TTL 128 Reply from 192 168 868 244 bytes 32 time ims TTL 128 Ping statistics for 192 168 606 244 Packets Sent 4 Received 4 Lost CW loss Approximate round trip times in milli seconds Minimum ims Maximum bms Average Jms 5 Now open Real time viewer create new project and enter IP address of Recorder E ii n m Display real time measured values from Project Display Page Window Language Help BIASAE E F cos Create a new project Enter the new name Test10 X ce Enter name for the project and click at OK Auto configuration Tag Type vRS Bank E Protocol Modbus TCP M Auto update IPF Address Example 92 168 0 114 fi 92 168 00 244 lt Please key in IF here and then press button to IP List add it to the IP list Please select one IP from IF List and then press J l butt
57. ernet cable should be used For connecting recorder to PC Notebook directly then crossover Ethernet cable should be used PC sTRAIGHT THRU HUB PC Tei OO OR TH TX 2 DS 2 ex TX 2 R 3 CS Te RS 4 rs 4 4 5 SS 5 RX LS G TX RX 6 TE T T CASS T G E G 5 is G Connect proper UTP Ethernet cable as per the requirements and observe the communication status between Recorder and PC LAN HUB at the LED s dedicated for the purpose near female RJ 45 connectors Recorder side Link Green LED Green lit Cable connected between recorder and PC LAN HUB Green Off No Link between recorder and PC LAN HUB Tx Rx Orange Lit continuous No cable connection Orange slow blink Communication established between recorder amp PC LAN HUB If the communication between recorder and PC LAN HUB is successful then start Observer II in the PC as follows start Programs Observer II Configuration For the first time Under Historical folder prj file shall not be available Open new file GI Enter new name for the project Ex Boiler Create a new project Enter the new name x Cancel select Ethernet in the Bank by using radial button Display Change configuration data from C Observer Il Historical FDA lest prj Beko x aes al amp Glos OA Close Bank Please select and configure one bank below as you need Timeout 60 Sec f CF Card f Ethernet 192 166 0 250 le le e f RSJ Open for Ethern
58. et connection S Enter the IP address of the Recorder IP Address IPF Address 198 162 0 111 x Cancel system will ask Do you want to receive configuration data now Y N Click on Yes to upload recorder configurations to PC If Upload is successful it shows message as Configuration successful and all the configuration settings of VR now available at PC The information includes all channel details of Input Output cards as per Jumper switch settings Information Configuration data was received successfully If Upload is unsuccessful it shown message as No response from Recorder connection fails No response From recorder Connection Fails If this is the case please check the Ethernet cable connections at both recorder and PC LAN HUB side Also make sure that green communication LED available for proper firm connection at RJ 45 connector If still communication is not established between Recorder amp PC then once again check Subnet mask and gateway address at recorder amp PC Contact Network System administrator for proper Ethernet configuration of Recorder amp PC Please note that VR should have unique IP address in the network and PC being used for Observer Il shall have separated Unique IP address in the network 2 3 2 RS 232 configuration 1 Make sure that RS 232 port is available at recorder Normally it will be D9 male 2 Also make sure that RS 232 port available at PC wher
59. etDDE for configuration details Q40 In Observer software i am getting following Error and how to solve it application_executable_name Illegal System DLL Relocation The system DLL user32 dll was relocated in memory The application will not run properly The relocation occurred because the DLL C Windows System32 Hhctrl ocx occupied an address range reserved for Windows system DLLs The vendor supplying the DLL should be contacted for a new DLL Reason It is a bug from the Microsoft security update This problem is because of Installation of security update 925902 amp 928843 directly from Microsoft via automatic updates set option in the PC Solution Install 935448 security update from Microsoft to fix this problem Please check the following url once and install security update http support microsoft com 80 kb 935448 en us Alternatively you can manually run windows update once to fix the issue
60. exchange data on Ethernet over Modbus_TCP protocol 4 5 How to add two Recorders in Real time Viewer Ethernet IP address of Recorder 192 168 0 245 IP address of Recorder2 192 168 0 246 IP address of PC 192 168 0 247 1 Install ObserverlI software in PC 2 Connect 2 nos paperless recorders and PC via Ethernet 3 Check communication between recorders and PC using Ping command Command Prompt Microsoft Windows AP Version 5 1 2600 CC Copyright 1985 26061 Microsoft Corp C Documents and S Settings user gt ping 192 168 808 245 Pinging 192 168 860 245 with 32 bytes of data Reply from 192 168 868 245 bytes 32 time 2ms TTL 128 Reply from 192 168 868 245 bytes 32 time ims TTL 128 Reply from 192 168 868 245 bytes 32 time ilms TTL 128 Reply from 192 168 868 245 bytes 32 timetims TTL 128 Ping statistics for 192 168 868 245 Packets Sent 4 Received 4 Lost B CH loss Approximate round trip times in milli seconds Minimum Ams Maximum 2ms Average ims CG 5 Documents and Settings user 4 Configure both the recorders individually from the Configurator You may give two different project names for two recorders say Test and Test2 5 Now create a new project in Real Time viewer gt Display Change configuration data from Test3 SEE H GB s eG wy Close rj gt Auto configuration Sele spt Tag Type VR18 Bank Protocol Modbus TCP i Auto update h oa pi
61. f the source contains configuration information to transfer recorder configuration to PC Option 1 lf CF card is the source then make sure that recorder configuration is already saved into the CF card O dat and Recorder config should be available at CF card Use Config Save to save the recorder configuration to CF card Option 2 If Ethernet is the data source then configuration file will be transferred from recorder to PC via Ethernet if PC and recorder are properly configured as per 2 3 1 Ethernet configuration Option 3 If RS 232 is the data source then configuration file will be transferred from recorder to PC via RS232 if PC and recorder is properly configured as per 2 3 2 RS232 configuration If CFR 21 is selected for security then the following message will appear User Password onsen PK cerca Give the password for transferring configuration from selected data source to PC If configuration data transfer is successful then following message will appear Information Configuration data was received successfully If configuration data transfer is not successful then repeat 2 3 1 2 3 2 2 3 3 Modify the configuration if required and close the configuration screen Confirmation Do you want to apply the new settings before vou leaver iM Mo Select yes If CFR 21 is configured for security the following message will appear Give the password to continue to historical
62. factory settings Press and hold the top left key before turn on the power Do not release it until you hear two BI sounds Turn the power off and on again All factory settings will be restored Please note that after this procedure all project configuration data will erase You have to configure the recorder like the beginning once again Q23 To change the analog input what is the next step after changing the dip switches and jumpers on the analog input card A23 It needs to press the icon of Observer software to receive configuration about modified input from the recorder to PC first Modify the configuration if necessary and then send the new configuration back to the recorder Q24 Which type of Ethernet cable should be used to connect with the recorder A24 Straight through cable should be used for the real network connection between HUB and recorder Cross through cable should be used for the non real network connection only between PC and recorder Q25 How many days the data can be stored in CF card A25 It depends on the number of channels the log speed of channels and the memory of CF card If the recorder is used with 6 channel inputs an easy chart to show the maximum days CF can store the data CF card 32MB 256MB 1GB Log speed 1 second 30 days 240 days 960 days 10 seconds 300 days 2400 days 9600 days 120 seconds 3600 days 28800 days 115200 days Q26 Is it possible to display all the selected channels in one page o
63. fer through a buzzer icon at the top of the recorder alarm banner lf CF card is empty and when user use dump key then data available at internal memory will be transferred to CF card and the internal memory will not be cleared still data will remain If the internal memory reaches 90 full 10 empty then data from internal memory will be transferred to the CF card in small blocks as explained before If the CF card is already full then it is not possible to transfer data from recorder to CF card If you try to transfer the following message will appear in the recorder CF card space is not enough or CF card is not ready Try again Transfer and remain works as follows a When data is transferred from recorder to CF card using dump at the recorder internal memory will not be cleared and data will be transferred to CF card Please not that when data is transferred from CF card to PC using import data function at Historical Viewer in Observer software data will be cleared from the CF card Note When time in Recorder is changed then if you dump data irrespective of set data transfer option all data will be transferred from Recorder internal memory to CF card and then it clears data in Internal memory It is done to avoid any kind of data conflict in the Recorder after change of Time Keypad sound Disable minimum medium and maximum options are available for user selection This is to sound after pressing any button in hori
64. for analog input 2 4 4 1 Math Example Task QC QR Sart of Va Sart of Vb Where QC Compensated flow of steam QR Raw flow of steam measured at the orifice signal 4 20 ma at Al1 Va and Vb are Variables Va T1 T2 Pa Pa T3 Where T1 T2 T3 are constants Pa Base pressure 4 20 ma signal at Al2 Vb T1 T2 Pb Pb T3 Where T1 T2 T3 are constants Pb Volume of steam 4 20 ma signal at Al3 Use Math1 for calculating Va Math2 for calculating Vb and Math3 for calculating QC Then use Math1 and Math 2 for calculating Math 3 T1 1 T2 2 and T3 3 Va MATH1 1 2 Al2 A12 3 Vb MATH2 1 2 A13 AI343 MATH3 Al1 SQRT MATH1 SQRT MATHZ2 If required MATH3 can be taken as 4 20 ma signal by using analog output This MATH3 is now same as any other analog input channel for trending storing of data archiving and analysis 2 4 4 2 Scaling of Math channel Assume Analog Input AI1 Input 4 20 mA Scale Low RL 0 Scale High RH 100 User need to scale 0 100 in display of AII and 4 20 in Math Math channel Scale low SL 4 Scale high SH 20 Formula AI1 RL SH SL RH RL SL AI1 0 20 4 100 0 4 AI1 16 100 4 Display Change configuration data from C Observer IN Historical lest prj Beh x 22 EN Bl os 2 7 Close Al o Math ao Math Property Mame MATHI Type Enable Log Method Instant speed 1 5 z Expression AM 16
65. for checking of DDE with the tag If DDE is configured properly then tag value should appear correctly at the tag monitor with state as VALID If any error message is available then you have to repeat from step 1 Please note that before checking tag monitor real time viewer in PC should be in running condition 4 6 1 4 NET DDE Server Client Client2 Clientn NET DDE This is useful when Real time viewer is running in one computer and other computers in local area network LAN want to exchange real time data with third party software via DDE NetDDE is standard built in utility available in windows operating systems NetDDE allows windows based client applications like Excel and DDE server applications communicate over a network just as if two applications running in same computer Procedure for configuration of NetDDE 1 Create user account in server PC with Administrator privileges Real time viewer shall be running in this computer Create DDE link from real time viewer and open Excel file in this computer for testing purpose 2 Create user account with Administrator privileges in the client computer where you need real time viewer data via DDE 3 Inthe server PC Click on Start Run ddeshare Then the following screen will be opened T DDE Share on WDESIGN 2 Mea Shares Help Click on Shares DDE Shares as follows T DDE Share on WDESIGN2 Sel DDE Shares Trusted Shares Select Computer
66. fro rom C 0 bserver Realtime Test3 pr s l jm l Ed Boxe aN BG Ed gt ey Close T Add E Modis t al te Tag Mame Bank Ere Device Type Addr igHi E y Deci Alarmi SP1 x TalzS 4 SA 166 0245 YR15 Totalizers 4294 00 Mo Tolz amp 192 166 0245 WYR15 Totalizer6 4294 00 Mo Tolz 1a2 166 0245 VRE Totalizer 4294 00 Mo Tolz amp 192 168 0 245 VR Totalizers 4294 0 0 Ma Tolz3 1 182 166 0245 YR15 Totalizerd 4294 00 Mo Tolz10 192 166 0245 VR Totalizer10 42794 00 Mo Tolz11 TOA 168 0245 VRE Totalizerd 4 4294 0 0 Mo Tolz12 192 16680245 VR Totalizert2 4294 00 Mo Tolz13 192 168 0 245 VR Totalizert 3 4294 00 Mo Tolz14 192 166 0245 WYR15 Totalizerd 4 4294 00 Mo Tolz15 192 166 0245 VRE Totalizerd 5 4294 00 Mo Tolz16 192 168 0 245 VR Totalizer16 4294 0 0 Mo Tolz1 192 168 0 245 YR15 Totalizeri 7 4294 00 Mo Tolz1 1a2 168 0245 VRE Totalizerd6 4294 0 0 Mo 192 1685 0 246 VRE Channel 45536 199 C Mo 19216680246 YR Channel2 4553 6 199 C Mo 192 168 0 246 YR Channels 4553 6 199 C Mo a 192 165 0246 YRI Channel4 455 56 199 2 Mo 192 1668 0246 VRE Channels 455 56 199 2 Mo 192 1668 0246 VR Channel6 455 36 199 2 Mo 192 168 0 246 YR DM 65555 0 Mao 1a2 160 0246 VRE Die 65535 OD 0 Mo 192 1685 0 246 VRE Dis 65535 0 0 Mo 192 166 0246 YR Dl4 65535 0 Mo 192 166 0246 R15 DIS 65535
67. ge C Time period C AIl From iif 22001 M 31446PM 0 Tafi 2200 enem E x Cancel It is possible to export part of selected data to the Excel files The range can be selected as above Select pens Speed value will be the dotinterval of all the data to be exported Speed 1 5 SEC Source List Destination List Al Al Als x Cancel Also log speed and channels can be selected for data selection For ex if you need to export data for channel Al1 only then Al1 should be available at the destination list If Al1 is available at source list then click on to send from source list to destination list Pens available at the destination list data s only will be exported to the Excel files If any pen is available at source list then that particular pen data will not export to the Excel files Select pens Speed value will be the dot interval of all the data to be exported Speed 5 SE Source List Destination List Alt Information Pen and Event data were exported successfully If the data export is successful then above message will appear If the CSV format file name is already available at the selected path when prompted over write the file We suggest name a new file name when exporting data to a selected path instead of over writing the existing file If any ERROR appears in CSV format file it means no data available for that particular time It is empty To avoid show
68. ign the record with his comments as per the following image Signature User Admin Password jj Status Pass Comment 8 Status Select Pass Fail Comment Give your comments about the checked data Then press OK to complete signature process which is equal to signing of paper record FDA CFR21 Part 11 Section 11 10 b The ability to generate accurate and complete copies of records in both human readable and electronic form suitable for inspection review and copying by the agency FDA Paperless recorder can create process data files on Compact Flash memory cards in proprietary format These data files are created from secure records stored in internal flash memory Error detection algorithms are employed to ensure that the stored data faithfully represents the actual raw measurements made by the recorder Each write to the archive media is also verified to ensure the integrity of the data record The archived process data files can be viewed using the Historical Viewer review software The data can be viewed and printed in graphical formats Standard spreadsheet formats e g Microsoft Excel of the archived data files can be created for viewing by users who do not have the review software Unit Name VR18 Historical Data n AID Plo 17357 0 133J3 14136 12359 141 3335 7338 Sys wad Pa 1737 BST ty 15 53 55 1555 19 k Somen i 16 33 35 7 UT TOTS RETE ESF 17 03 5
69. ing these error messages select the range properly when exporting data along with exact pens you need 3 E File Edit wiew Insert Format Tools Data Window Help Ape ele rey eer ered Ds BF 24 lll A B C TE es Weert H Time Alt Al AI3 Ald Ald Alb Instant Instant Instant Instant Instant Instant EC C i i w Mo 10 07 2006 09 00 38 AM E 20 7 25 03 49 99 gaga 43 93 10 07 2006 09 00 33 AM m 20 7 25 03 49 99 49 99 49 99 10 07 2006 09 00 40 AM EEJ 27 2503 50 49 99 49 99 1007 2006 09 00 41 AM eee 26 7 29 03 49 99 49 99 49 99 10 07 2006 09 00 42 AM s 20 7 25 05 50 49 99 49 99 10 07 2006 09 00 43 AM fic 20 7 25 03 49 99 49 99 49 99 10 07 2006 09 00 44 AM EEI 28 7 2503 49 99 49 99 49 99 1007 2006 09 00 45 AM EES 207 25 03 49 99 49 99 49 99 1007 2006 09 00 46 AM ffg 20 7 25 03 49 99 49 99 49 99 10 07 2006 09 00 47 AM ffg 20 7 25 03 49 99 49 99 49 99 10 07 2006 09 00 46 AM ae 2 2503 49 99 49 99 49 99 10 07 2006 09 00 49 AM f6 0 20 7 29 03 49 99 49 99 49 99 10 07 2006 09 00 50 AM FE 20 7 25 03 50 49 99 49 99 10 07 2006 08 00 51 AM fie 20 7 25 03 49 95 49 99 49 99 1007 72006 09 00 52 AM EEA 20 7 25 05 49 99 49 99 49 99 1007 2006 09 00 53 AM EBF 20 7 25 03 49 99 49 99 49 99 1007 2006 09 00 54 AM 6b 28 7 25 03 49 99 49 99 49 99 10 07 2006 09 00 55 AM 0 2 26 7 25 03 49 99 49 99 49 99 10 07 2006 09 00 56 AM 01 6 2 2503 49 99 49 99 49 99 10 07 2006 09 00 57 AM 01 5 28 7 25 03 49 99
70. iration 30 Days valid account bU Days valid account 90 Days valid account SU Days valid Password bU Days valid Password 40 Days valid Password d Use of transaction safeguards to prevent unauthorized use of passwords and or identification codes and detect and report in an immediate and urgent manner any attempts at their unauthorized use to the system security unit and as appropriate to organizational management Any event of failed login will be logged for audit trail 4 0 REAL TIME VIEWER se RealTime_Viewer This is used for real time data monitoring for process control applications Start Programs Observer Observer II real time viewer 4 1 Tool bar D To open new project To open existing project file To select page Measured data To select configuration of the recorder Arrange all Digital display trends bar graph amp events alarm list in one screen To select events alarms for full page display To select digital display in full page To select bar graph display in full page To select trend display in full page a To select all channels digital display To select the status display in full page DI DO AO Counter amp Totalizer E This is to mute buzzer in PC R This is to set up recorder configuration 4 2 Create new project How to access data from Paperless Recorder to Observerll software Real time viewer via Ethernet Note For Recorder to PC direct connection Cross over cabl
71. luding configuration changes power failures are logged All entries are time and date and time stamped including an operator id FDA 21 CFR Part 11 Subpart B Section 11 10 Controls for modification Persons who use closed systems to create modify maintain or transmit electronic records shall employ procedures and controls designed to ensure the authenticity integrity and when appropriate the confidentiality of electronic records and can ensure that the signer cannot repudiate the signed record as not genuine All process data recorded by paperless recorder are in proprietary tamper proof format and read only from normal operator interface Via the use of Historical Viewer data review software digital signature can be added and checked to validate the integrity of the data If any part of the data record is changed the Historical Viewer software will warn the user of the invalid nature of the record E Hg pilay m ured values from historical data of Observer IIl Historical FDA Test pr x ee a e LOE E E eS ee he ORAN LEE See sis a edit TAA E SS ENG i BG BE amp e amp Hwa QQ Be Eee GF 1scae x 1S em Sib 100 00 90 00 80 00 70 00 Signature 50 00 User Admin x Password P 00000 Status Pass 30 00 Comment Satisfactory 13 34 55 13 56 35 14 18 15 14 39 55 15 01 35 15 23 15 15 44 55 16 06 35 16 28 15 seis O7 07 06 6 070706 07 07 06 07 07 06 07 07 06 07 107 06 070706 0707106 0 00 ro
72. mal point for the selected Totalizer Period This is time base for the Totalizer Sec Min Hour is available for selection Unit Defines unit for totalizing Preset For setting initial value at the Totalizer Event Two events can be configured for each Totalizer Two jobs can be configured for each event 2 6 3 1 Examples Task For a city drinking water tank When Totalizer reaches 100 000 cub mtr stop the water pump Al1 NAME Flow Range 0 1000 cub mter sec Unit M3SEC Totalizer 1 Source Al1 Period Sec Unit CUBM Preset 0 0 Decimal 1 Action Enable Event 1 Type H Set point 100 000 Job 1 DO latch off target DO1 2 Instrument El Instrument Display Change configuration data from C Observer Il Historical Boiler prj Bex aN NBs O4 Instrument Mame VRIE Language English M Event Limit 256 M Security Data Transter Dump and Clear M SCreensaver 10Min Keypad Sound Minimum Sensor Off amp On Keypad Communication PC Transfer IP IPF Address 192 168 0 111 Subnet Mask 255 255 255 0 Default Gateway Name name of the recorder Event limit Three options are available for user selection 256 512 and 1024 This will reserve memory space for the events in the internal memory security CFR 21 or normal available for user selection This is in compliance with FDA 21 CFR part 11 FDA 21 CFR part11 offers highest level of security which defines u
73. me FDA_Test prj Digital Page1 g R Project Display Page Window Language Help D Sie E i ave wot i St eS Al6 i ENEN WY Pagel Sampling Rate 1 Sec Scan time 4 ms 7 Ba i Click on Bar Icon ida to show all Bar graphs in dedicated screen ay isplay real time measured values from C Observer Il Kealtime FDA_ Jest prj Bar Page x iH Project Display Page Window Language Help 0X D BSa EB ima R E 013008 pw 700 0 100 00 100 00 100 00 100 00 609 0 1213 0 90 00 90 00 90 00 90 00 518 0 1056 0 80 00 80 00 80 00 80 00 427 0 899 0 70 00 70 00 70 00 70 00 336 0 742 0 60 00 60 00 60 00 60 00 245 0 585 0 50 00 50 00 50 00 50 00 154 0 428 0 40 00 40 00 40 00 40 00 63 0 271 0 30 00 30 00 30 00 30 00 28 0 114 0 20 00 20 00 20 00 20 00 119 0 43 0 10 00 10 00 10 00 10 00 l 210 0 200 0 0 00 0 00 0 00 0 00 i aj2 Al4 AIS Pagel Sampling Rate 1 Sec Scan time 4 ms Click on Trends Icon es to show all Trends in dedicated screen ay J pia real time measured values trom Ubserver il Kealtime FDA EELO pr irer Pape x fick Project Display Window Language Help EX dam E R Q 01 49 42 PM Ds om EE ale 01 34 53 PM p1 36 33 PM 01 38 23 PM 01 99 53 PM 01 41 33 PM 01 43 13 PM 01 44 53 PM 01 46 33 PM 01 48 13 PM A 10 07 2006 J 0 07 2006 10 87 2006 1007 2006 10 07 2006 10 07 2006 10007 2006 40 07 2006 1007 2006 i Pagel Sampling Rate 1 Sec Scan time 4 ms
74. n recorder A26 Yes press Page key to get to Page all mode Then all selected channels in Maximum 1024 tags can be viewed from the Real time Viewer These tags cover Al Math DI DO Counter and Totalizer excluding AO If each recorder is used with 6 tags in average then the Real time Viewer can view maximum 170 units of recorders Once the user forgot the password is there a common password If not how to reset recorder to the factory settings digits can be displayed in one page Q27 Is it possible to print out the data in selected time from the recorder A27 Please note that it is not possible to connect printer directly to the recorder It is possible to print out the data in selected time from the Observer software The printing data in Excel is available from the Historical Viewer of Observer software Q28 A28 Q29 A29 Q30 If any error appears like floating point error when user attempts to print data out then the reason might be that data is not available for selected pens Search it by a specific time or by a period of time make sure that data is shown on the trend Select the pen correctly and then proceed the printing How many timers counters and totalizers are available in a recorder 6 counters 6 timers and 18 totalizers are available in one recorder if this option been ordered Can I use digital inputs for the counting application Recorder can detect maximum of 30 pulses Minute at
75. ncipals Object Types From this locators Enter the object names to select examples Check Mames Advanced LIK Cancel Select Users Select this object type From this location Columns SESS Disabled accounts Stop Non espiing password 1 1l Ue SPE last ngan Ue Soe last Wot dT Poe Peo PS ty Cancel Name RON In Folder Select Users Select this object type Users or Built in security principals Object Types From this location Enter the object names to select esamples DESIGN2 Userl0 Check Hames Once above steps are performed correctly then check up the user10 membership properties The screen should look like follows Now user10 should be member of Administrators User10 Properties E General Member OF Profile Member of Remove Now restart NetDDE service once as follows Computer Management Local i System Tools l g Event Viewer re Shared Folders 2 Local Users and Groups E Users 9 Groups H Ferformance Logs and Alerts E Device Manager Say Storage o HE Removable Storage se Disk Defragmenter et Disk Management e Services and Applications WMI Control Indexing Service EH LOMpULer browser MaIntains 4 Started Automatic Local System Stop the service Sa Cryptographic Servi Provides th Started Automatic Local System a ao Aa DCOM Server Proce Provides la Started Automatic Loc
76. nd outputs A1 The minimum low scales of analog input are various 19999 1999 9 199 99 19 999 1 9999 0 19999 depending on the position of the decimal point The maximum high scales of analog input are various 45536 4553 6 455 36 45 536 4 5536 and 0 45536 depending on the position of the decimal point The minimum low scales of Math input are various 32768 3276 8 327 68 32 68 3 2768 0 32768 depending on the position of the decimal point The maximum high scales of Math input are various 32767 3276 7 327 67 32 767 3 2767 0 32767 depending on the position of the decimal point Q2 What is the maximum distance between PC and Recorder for Ethernet communication A2 The distance is limited in 100 meters If it is farer than that then you can use Hub or networking bridge to strengthen the signal Q3 What is the maximum distance if PC is accessing data from recorder on wireless network through Ethernet protocol A3 Maximum distance should be within 30 meters Also make sure that there are no obstacles HT cables between PC and recorder to avoid communication errors Also Noise could effect the wireless communication at the factory floor Q4 Is there any battery available inside the recorder which needs to be changed frequently A4 The lithium battery Toshiba CR2032 3 0V 220mAH can last for many years It can be replaced by local sourcing if Real Time Clock is not working properly Q5 What is the accur
77. o CD If have some configuration problems which files have that to send to the supplier Both Recorder cfg and O dat files in C Observer Historical are required under this case Q33 Does the recorder have an option to supply DC power supply to the transmitters A33 The 24VDC auxiliary power supply card AP181 can offer the power to 6 pieces of transmitters Q34 am trying to connect recorder on RS 232 RS422 RS485 Ethernet but couldn t set up the communication properly A34 Please refer detailed information to Observer amp Observer II PC software guide 2 3 1 Ethernet Configuration amp 2 3 2 RS 232 RS485 RS422 Configuration 2 3 3 CF card configuration Q35 When export data to Excel CSV files what if the historical data is not appearing in spread sheet A35 Make sure that the selected pens are available at destination list If they are available at source list then move them to destination list and then you can export data Also make sure that data is available at the selected period or interval time Otherwise you may not see anything in the target Excel sheet Q36 want to count pulses to measure power consumption in KWH Each pulse is one KWH Can I use Math application for this A36 Yes use DI and configure Events of Channel as follows Event Type High Job 1 Increase Counter Target Counter 1 But please note that maximum value counter can store is 65535 Please note that recorder can de
78. o update Tag Type RAI Tag Mame Bank i H Device Type Channell Protocol Modbus TCP LogSpeed IP Address 192 168 0250 _ LogMethod instant EventAlarm Engineering Type Setpoint Job Job Comment Log Ala Send Email Disable High 4553 6 No if Log alarm No Action ffDisabe Low 1999 9 Nol ornam g Noaction Milosa unit Po I Mo Action Disable Decirnal 1 2 3 4 x Cancel select Send email option for the job as shown above The Email on event will be received like this Type HiAlarm Source Al 1 Active Time 12 12 20059 49 59AM Value 23 8 Option Three options of Share Email and Communication are to be defined It is mainly to set email configuration and real time log speed Share Email Communication Please fill in the blanks so the email function can be actryated SMTP Server Host company com Fort 25 User Henny Address From sales company com To service company com Servicelacompany com Share Share do not share options are available for user selection If share option is selected then Observer data available in the computer can be shared from other computers On selection of this share data shared folder will be created in C Observer For example you have one recorder and wish to analyze historical data at different computer While opening project in the second computer directly link to the project file availa
79. on to remove it LogSpeed Auta Loghethad Auta Enter IP address of Paperless Recorder Then click at such that IP address will appear at IP list as shown below and then click at OK gt Auto configuration Tag Type WR18 Hank h Protocol Modbus TCP W Auto update IP Address Example192 168 0 111 Please kep in IF here and then press button to IP List 192 168 0244 add it to the IP list Please select one IP from IF List and then press J button bo remove it LogSpeed Logtethod y Uk x Cancel Display Change configuration data from Test10 Seles ki vas ge _ e 3 ig Close a eae ea a e Teas Toe a sei A an E 192168 0 244 YRIG Channelt 4553 6 199 1 a2 1 1921468 0 244 YR Channel 455 36 199 2 io ANS 1 1924660244 YRI Channel3 4553 6 199 C 1 ho Ala 1 192466 0 244 VWRIG Channel4 455 36 199 2 ho ANS 1 192 466 0244 YRIG Channels 455 36 199 2 ho AB 1 192168 0 244 RIB Channel6 455 36 199 2 No Dit 1 192466 0 244 VRIG Di 65535 O 0 No Di2 1 192466 0 244 WYR biz 65535 O 0 ho D3 1 192466 0 244 RIG Dis 65535 O a ho Did 1 192168 0 244 YR18 Did 65535 0 o No DIS 1 192468 0 244 YR18 DIS 65535 0 o No DIB 1 192 166 0244 YR1B DIG 65535 0 0 ho D01 1 192466 0 244 VRIG Do 65535 0 0 ho pow 1 192466 0 244 VRIB DOZ 65535 O 0 ho DOJ 1 192466 0 244 RIG DOS 65535 O a ho Do4 1 192 168 0 244 RIG Dod 65535
80. ounters and totalizers Display Change configuration data from C Observer l Historical Boiler prj Bel x aN HNE 0A fe Close Timer Counter Totalizer Timer Type Daily Action Enable Time Hour hin Job DO Latch On DO Jobe Me Action 2 6 1 Timer Six timers available for user configuration Timer 1 to Timer 6 Type Count down repeat daily weekly or monthly Countdown Works as delay time as per set intervals in days hours min amp sec Please note that the set time interval is not real time that works with system clock Repeat Repeats countdown this is also not real time Daily weekly and Monthly Timer works in selected interval of real time Action Enable or disable the selected timer for the operation Job 1 amp Job 2 Two jobs can be defined for each timer after elapsing of set time interval 2 6 1 1 Example Task 1 Switch on water pump every day from 8 00 hrs to 9 00 hrs for plantation Hardware Requirements At least One digital output card DO 181 fitted in the recorder Select Timer 1 Type Daily Action Enable Hour 8 Min 0 Job 1 Job Item DO latch on Target DO 1 Select Timer 2 Type Daily Action Enable Hour 9 Min 0 Job 1 Job Item DO latch off Target DO 1 2 6 1 2 Example2 Task 2 when gear box oil temperature exceeds more than 80 deg c open the air valve after 10 sec when temperature decreases by 79 deg c close the air valve Hardware
81. ove icon at the Observer software to receive all the configurations from the recorder including information about user name and passwords Note This icon is to send configuration from PC to recorder Observe the difference carefully 2 2 Data transfer Two options are available a Dump and clear b Transfer and remain 2 2 1 Dump and clear Recorder has internal memory of 8 MB Internal memory is used to store the events and data 32 MB CF card shall be supplied along with the recorder In recorder at Top right side information about the storage space left in the internal memory is available as display Ex evnt 70 it indicates that 70 of the space reserved for recording events are still empty Mem 40 it indicates that 40 of the space reserved for recording the data are still empty CF 50 it indicates that 50 of the space is still free at the CF card When event memory or mem reached less than 25 then buzzer alarm indicates in the recorder alerting the user for prompt action to transfer data manually During this time user has the option to dump the data from recorder to CF card When dump and clear is selected as above if CF card is empty then when dump is activated in the recorder data will be transferred from internal memory to the CF card and internal memory will be cleared If the CF card is already full then it is not possible to transfer data from recorder to CF card If you try to t
82. owing link Excel Tools macro For the source code examples PLC programmer may check the PLC manuals for DDE sample macros It is also possible to exchange data from recorder to SCADA applications through DDE 4 6 1 1 Example 1 DDE link between Allen Bradley SLC 5 03 PLC and Excel Task Write a block of data 10 floating points from Excel to PLC Name of the Excel file Reports XLS Data Source D 37 to D 46 data in total 10 cells Target PLC Starting address F8 User RSLinx to configure PLC and DDE link DDE topic name in RSLinx DDE_REPORTS Sub Block _Write open dde link testsol DDE Topic This is comment only RSIchan DDElInitiate RSLinx DDE_REPORTS write data thru channel This is comment only DDEPoke RSIchan F8 2 L10 Range Reports XLS sheet1 D37 D46 close dde link This is comment only DDETerminate RSIchan End Sub 4 6 1 2 Example 2 DDE link between Allen Bradley SLC 5 03 PLC and Excel Task Read a block of data 5 integers from PLC to excel Name of the Excel file Reports XLS Data Source PLC Starting address N7 30 Target cells in Excel A7 to A11 User RSLinx to configure PLC and DDE link DDE topic name in RSLinx DDE_REPORTS Sub Block_Read open dde link testsol DDE Topic This is comment only RSIchan DDElInitiate RSLinx DDE_REPORTS get data and store in data variable This is comment only data DDERequest RSlIchan N7 30 L5 C1 Paste data into selec
83. paperless recorder Observer contains two components D Config_viewer Hist_Viewer Observer II contains three components JO Config Viewer ay Hist_viewer CONFIG_VIEWER is for configuration of recorder from PC sr RealTime _viewer HIST_VIEWER is for monitoring historical trends in PC REAL TIME_VIEWER is for real time data logging in PC Observer 1 is supplied along with Recorder at free of cost Observer Il is supplied on additional charge for real time data logging applications through PC 1 1 System requirements 1 1 1 Hardware PC with Minimum 200 MHz processor 64 MB RAM 100 MB free space in the hard disk RS 232 serial port Network adopter RJ 45 female USB port and CF reader 1 1 2 Software Operating system Windows 98 Windows ME Windows XP Windows NT amp Windows 2000 1 1 3 Observer software Installation Run the setup exe available at CD supplied and follow on screen instructions At any point of time only one either Observer or Observer II will exist in any PC If user install new version of Observer software old version will be deleted automatically during installation of software Config Viewer see RealTime_Viewer 1 1 4 Observer software Uninstallation This is to remove Observer software from PC Observer or Observer II may be uninstalled from PC any time from the following two ways Control panel Add remove programs Observer Observer II Start Programs Observer Obse
84. play the trend Show events and alarm list To show report A Signature list Print To select page To export data to excel Copy curves to clip board B Black background W White background I Show graphical representation horizontally P Show graphical representation vertically a Zoom out Zoom in Zoom all Hi Zoom by time Zoom by value Fast back ward for data monitoring t Backward Forward Fast forward ao H search by specific time iTi Search by a period of time E To import measured data from CF reader RS 232 Ethernet Display measured values from historical data ofC Observer II Historical Kiln2 prj Project Display Data Print Page wiew Search Language Help Dep gmake B gwa QO JEE te t GS Sae 7 All Inst 13 25 11 11729705 By Legend Seek by Event Alarm Signature Pagel Zoom 1 Sec Dot Index Time 11 29 05 13 29 52 Disconnected from 192 168 0 1111 3 2 Opening a project D To create a new project Create a new project Enter the new name x Cancel Select the bank Display Change configuration data from C Observer Il Historical FDA_TJest prj BDBehHx 2 8NFAANABs OA tees Bank Please select and configure one bank below as you need Timeout Sec f CF Card C Ethernet s Roa Specify the path for the data source e Confirmation Do you want to receive configuration data nowi Mo select Yes i
85. rage Average value of 5 samples collected in a second Minimum Minimum value of 5 samples collected in a second Maximum Maximum value of 5 samples collected in a second Sensor Set the jumpers and dip switches at Analog input card as per the requirements Then Observer software automatically detects the sensor type and displays in the configuration Offset The value of off set required in the display against the data logged some times user wants to correct the value showing at display because of drop in the cable or error in calibration Gain This is multiplication factor applied to the data logged for showing in display It can be used along with off set to show correct display Display value Process value offset X gain Range It is the range of the specific channel analog input ex 0 100 c 2 4 1 2 Events Events are used for alarm purpose Event can also be used for digital out put timer Totalizer counter and log reports Four different events can be configured for every analog input channel Type Six different types of events can be selected for every event There are High Low High High Low Low Rate of Increase and rate of decrease No Disable event select disable if event is not required for the channel at this time H High set point when process value is high than this set point event job will be generated L Low set point when process value is high than this set point event job will be gene
86. ransfer the following message will appear in the recorder CF card space is not enough or CF card is not ready Try again Because CF card is external memory storage device like floppy non intelligent and data storage blocks in CF card cannot be controlled by another device like recorder During this case user has to transfer data from CF card to PC Also please note that if CF card is full and also internal memory is full then oldest data in the internal memory will be over written with the new data If transfer and clear is selected for data transfer then after transferring data from CF card to PC data in the CF card will be cleared and it is available for next data storage If internal memory reaches 90 full i e 10 empty user is not dumping the data and then recorder will try to send old data in the internal memory to the CF card as small blocks of data for data storage Block transfer works as follows 600 sample data s for each channel will be transferred each time Each data take 2 bytes i e total 600 X 2 1200 bytes channel For example if you configure data log speed of analog input 1 is 1 sec then For 1 minute 60 sample data For 600 sample data s it takes 10 minutes So 600 sample data s collected in the span of 10 minutes shall be transferred as a block per channel each time Please note that oldest data available in internal memory only will be transferred to the CF card in blocks and clearing tha
87. rated HH High High set point to set up another limit higher than high limit for generating event LL Low low set point to set up another limit lower than low limit for generating event R Increasing rate of analog input engineering value when channel input is changing the value greater than this set point event can be generated Ex 100_1 s if the process value is increasing more than 100 in 1 sec then event will be generated Y Rate of decrease when channel input is changing the value less than this set point event can be generated Ex 100_1 s if the process value is decreasing more than 100 in 1 sec then event will be generated For ex water tank have tank level signal to monitor its filling level with range 0 5000 liters Alarms Events are required at different set points as follows H 4600 HH 4800 L 1000 LL 500 For a specific channel when the process value is changed Events are generated as per the above set points When event occurs the task to be performed is called job Two jobs can be defined for every event for a specific channel Acknowledgement is not required for an event where as alarms needs to be acknowledged Job iter Log Alarm x Cancel The following events are available for user configuration against each channel No Action Job is not defined Log Alarm to record alarm when process value crossed set point defined at the event Ex Event type H Set point 4800 Job 1
88. rder Ethernet configuration at Recorder Please refer section 4 4 of recorder user manual for details of entering IP address subnet mask and gateway address manually at the recorder Gateway refers to a device on a network that sends local area traffic to other networks Subnet mask numbers help to define the relationship between host and rest of the network For every LAN the Network administrator shall define Subnet mask and Gateway Obtain subnet mask and gateway address for the LAN at the place where recorder to be connected Enter these details at the Recorder manually using front buttons By default subnet mask address 255 255 255 0 By default Gate way 0 0 0 0 Allocate the Unique IP address to recorder and enter IP address at the recorder manually Contact System administrator for obtaining free IP address available at user LAN Naming duplicate IP address may disable the communication between recorder and PC LAN HUB Local area network uses UTP cable for Ethernet connectivity Maximum UTP cable distance between recorder and LAN HUB PC should be less than 100 Meters If the distance is more than 100 Meters additional LAN accessories equipments may be required for increasing signal strength Please contact network administrator for more information on extending LAN Two different types of cables shall be used for connecting recorder on Ethernet as follows For connecting recorder to LAN HUB then standard straight through Eth
89. rder and recorder2 now available for you for selection 4 6 DDE link Dynamic Data Exchange DDE is a standard inter application communication protocol built into Microsoft Windows operating systems and supported by many applications that run under Windows DDE takes data from one application and gives it to another application It allows Windows programs that support DDE to exchange data between themselves Data from the Observer software can be exchanged with Excel on DDE link Please note that it is not possible to exchange data directly from the recorder to third party applications like Excel Once Observer II software is installed with real timer viewer and configured properly in PC then it is possible to exchange data between Observer software and Excel using DDE link Open real time viewer from start programs Observer II Real time viewer Project create DDE link in excel Display real time measured values from C Observer I Realtime Kiln prj Project Display Page Window Language Help Ly New Open B Close E E Ea Recent t Irce Active Time Clear Time Value e DDE link in Excel 11 23 2005 d my Documents P My Computer Emy Network Places C Observer II Save as hype excel file csv Cancel By default the file name will start with DDE and the project name with underscore in between to avoid confusion in naming the file Save the file name in PC at selected path as abov
90. red or the internal memory or CF card is running shortage A buzzer can be set to activate if any alarms events arise Q17 How many analog and math channels available and is it possible to retransmit these channels A17 Maximum18 analog inputs plus 18 math inputs are available in one recorder It is possible to retransmit the analog and math channels by using 3 channel current output card AO1831 or 3 channel voltage output card AO183V Q18 Is the recorder supplied with OPC server A18 The OPC server is not available with the present recorder but the next generation However Observer Il PC software does offer DDE solution to allow data transferred to other devices like PLC SCADA etc Please review a few examples in 4 3 1 DDE dynamic data exchange Q19 Which protocols and hardware interface recorder supports A19 For RS 232 RS 422 RS 485 communication the protocol is Modbus RTU For Ethernet communication the protocol is TCP IP Q20 How many recorders can be connected in a network A20 It depends on hardware interface selected If it is Ethernet communication maximum 255 devices can be connected in the network each device in unique IP address If it is RS 485 communication 247 units can be connected in the network then Q21 How many recorders can be viewed in the Real time Viewer of PC software Observer II A21 Q22 A22 There is no common password for this purpose It needs to do RESET procedure to recall the
91. representation like trends bar graphs etc Maximum 6 pages are available for monitoring of process data obtained by the recorder Six pens can be configured in each page the pens include analog input Maximum 18 channels only and result of data obtained from mathematical expressions Maximum 18 channels only Mode Five options are available Disable Mix Trend Bar and Digital Disable Display is not required for this page at this point of time Mix Data display is required in all type of graphical representations in the same page these includes Trend Bar and Digital Trend Configured pens data display as Trends only Bar Configured pens data display as Bar graph only Digital Configured pens data display as Digital values only Direction Two options are available by names Horizontal and vertical Trends or Bar graphical representation can be configured for one of the directions as horizontal or vertical Background This is to set the back ground color for the page display Two options are available White and black color 2 5 1 Pen Six pens can be configured in each page Channel Select the pen required for graphical representation source include all analog inputs and result of mathematical expressions Color Total 14 colors are available for user selection against each pen Width This is pen width in the display Low This is the select the low value of display range for the selected pen For ex Analog inpu
92. rver II Uninstall 2 0 Configuration Viewer Ja Config viewer This is used for configuration of recorder from PC Start Programs Observer Observer Configuration 2 1 Tool bar To open new project To open existing project file To save the project file settings in PC To delete the project file from PC 2 To select bank CF card Ethernet RS 232 To select the channel Al AO DI DO MATH To select display on To select tools Timer Counter Totalizer I To select instrument details ys To select system information Type of cards available at slots system version info Clock summer settings S To set password Receive configuration CF reader RS 232 Ethernet Send configuration CF card RS 232 Ethernet 2 2 Opening of project lf Observer software has been already configured in the PC you can select prj file to open the project File name Files of type Project files pril Cancel For the first time configuration you can cancel the above window and select new project k Enter the name of the project Create a new project Enter the new name Boileri x Cancel 2 3 Bank Bank This is used to select physical connection between recorder and PC Three options are available 1 CF card 2 Ethernet 3 RS 232 set communication Time out in the following screen if required Maximum possible time entry is 60 sec For long distance communication it is sugges
93. s Historical S Local Disk C1 E 2 Observer II C Default E Historical E Realtime D Test Temp Right Click by selecting Test Explore Open Browse With 4cmecaDsee Search Sharing and Security Add to archive Add to Test rar 3S Compress and email 3S Compress to Test rar and email Scan For Viruses Send To ut Copy Paste Delete Rename Properties Do the Network sharing and security selections as shown below In this example share name is given as Test_ Hist Test Properties General Sharing Customize poe Local shanng and security i To share this folder with other users of this Computer g only drag it to the Shared Documents folder To make this folder and its subfolders private so that only wou have access select the following check box Baste Hee Doabaer mre oho FLAGE POLED LDP yoSiiis Network sharing and security To share this folder with both network users and other users of this computer select the first check box below and type a share name Share this folder on the network Share name Test Hist Allow network users to change my files Leam more about sharing and security i Windows Firewall is configured to allow this folder to be shared with other computers on the network Yew your Windows Firewall settings Client Client PC should be connected
94. s folder with both network users and other users of this computer select the first check box below and type a share name Share this folder on the network Share name Realtime Allow network users to change my files Leam more about sharing and security i Windows Firewall is configured to allow this folder to be shared with other computers on the network View pour Windows Firewall settings E O Observer II Default Client PC Install Observer II Software Open the Real Time Viewer It will ask to create a new project as follows Create a new project Enter the new name x co Click on cancel Display real time measured values from Project Display Page Window Language Help Click on icon ea Then choose project file Test available at Realtime folder shared at the server from My network places a My Network Places a Entire Network Microsoft Terminal Services E Microsoft Windows Network Bg ALES x You are opening 4 shared real time project and only the measured data can be seen Information Now you can see display of measured values from Historical data available at server It is possible to set data import automatic option Click on Data then import options select Automatically and then choose period between 1 to 24 hrs say 1 hr 3 14 FDA 21 CFR _ part 11 compliance On August 20th 1997 the Food and Drug Administration made 21 CFR Part 1
95. sers among Supervisors and Operators Thirty users are supported with password options 2 1 Procedure to configure recorder FDA 21 CFR part 11 Please note that FDA 21 CFR part 11 should be configured directly at the recorder and it is not possible to configure this function from the Observer software FDA 21 CFR part 11 function is available from Observer software version V 2 2 and recorder firmware version V 2 2 onwards Thirty users can be configured with different authorizations in one recorder Two different authorization levels are available for the users a Supervisor All functions are available including creation of new users b User Config Operate Clear Dump and shut down functions are not available Log out This button is available at the recorder to change the users Also please note that if you are already using Observer software prior to V 2 2 and planning to upgrade recorder to implement FDA 21 CFR part 11 then first upgrade Observer software with V 2 2 and also recorder firmware to V 2 2 As soon as Recorder security is changed to FDA 21CFR part 11 restart the recorder if prompted If you try to use existing old project in Observer software in PC after changing security to CFR 21 the following message will appear The security setting of your recorder has been changed From Normal to CFR 21 Please create a new project to manage it First create all the users with different authorization levels as per the req
96. ses 50 00 Status Comment Pass OK Time O7 07 06 16 48 47 By Legend Seek byEvent Alarm Signature Pagel Zoom 13 Sec Dot Index Time 07 07 06 16 40 36 Disconnected from 192 168 0 250 Display measured values from historical data of CAObserver II HistoricalX221 py Project Display Data Print Page View Search Language De PZE amp x The data of AI2 has been tampered with Paget Zoom 0 Sec Dot Procedure for sign of the records 1 Open historical viewer 2 Log in with specific user already created User Admin Password E Change password X corea 3 Click on Import measured data icon This will import all data from recorder to PC 4 Check all the data 5 Then click on Signature at task bar available at bottom side of the screen in the historical viewer All Rearmoast Al Als Ald AlS Alb Forefront m 4 4 4 A SKA By Legend seek by EventiAlarm Signature 6 Then signature section will appear as follows Mo Sign Time status Comment 1 Admin OF 07 06 16 45 47 Pass OK 2 Admin 070706 16 50 01 Pass J Admin OF 10 06 09 01 17 Pass By Legend Seek by EventAlarm Signature Fagel foom 252 Sec Dot Index Time OF 0806 23 16 53 7 By default Sign button will be disabled as shown above Once latest data is imported from recorder to PC using Icon then Sign button is enabled Now user can s
97. t 1 has a scale of 0 100 But for most of the time process value will be in the range of 0 50 So user can select the display range as 0 50 for better resolution Please note that the range set here is only for display purpose Scale for data storage will depend on the scale defined at channel only and the range set at display will not have any effect on data logging data storage data analysis High This is to select the high value of display range for the selected pen 2 5 2 Status bar This is to show the status of Digital input Digital output Counter and Totalizer in summary If configured then status of selected channels will be shown in the status bar Digital Input Disable Digital input status is not required in the status bar Ex Enable 1 6 Show the status of digital inputs from channel 1 to channel 6 Digital Output Disable Digital output status is not required in the status bar Ex Enable 1 6 Show the status of digital outputs from channel 1 to channel 6 Totalizer Disable Totalizer status is not required in the status bar Ex Enable 1 6 Show the status of totalizers from channel 1 to channel 6 Counter Disable Counter status is not required in the status bar Ex Enable 1 6 Show the status of counters from channel 1 to channel 6 Please note that status bar display is available only at recorder and it is not available in real time viewer 2 6 Tools Nh Tools It is used to configure timers c
98. t space for entering new data If 6 channels are available in the recorder then 6 X 600 X 2 7200 bytes of data shall be transferred in total as a part of block transfer Irrespective of dump and clear or dump and remain after block transfer internal memory of the reorder will be cleared as per above calculation creating space in the internal memory for new data storage Dump and clear works at two places in total a When data is transferred from recorder to CF card using dump at the recorder internal memory will be cleared and data will be transferred to CF card b When data is transferred from CF card to PC using import data function at historical viewer in Observer software data will be cleared from the CF card Now CF card is free to store new data in recorder Note When dump function is activated in the recorder then the following seven files should be available in CF card Alarm st PO dat p1 dat p2 dat PO idx P1 idx P2 idx After saving of configuration from recorder to CF card the following two files should be available lO dat amp Recorder Config l e If dump and clear is selected in the data transfer configuration after importing data from CF card to PC the above 7 files related to data will be cleared automatically in the CF card 2 7 2 2 Transfer and remain If this option is selected for data transfer then it works as follows If the internal memory reaches 75 full it alerts user for data trans
99. tect maximum of 30 pulses Minute at a frequency of 0 5 Hz The better possible solution is to use an external converter for the application The standard pulses to 4 20mA converters are available in the market where you can set pulse width and duration between pulses Q37 am getting the following message in Real time viewer What to do next ck x x 4ccess violation at address 00448F56 in module REALTIME VIEWER exe Write of address 00000040 6 J 6 J 66469 ge 6 te A37 Tag name may have special characters like etc Correct the tag name and try once again If you are using Observer 2 22 or later it is possible to input above special characters for the tag name You can update firmware and PC software to V2 22 and above to avoid above error message Q38 updated Observer software and Recorder firmware to V 2 22 or above DDE is not working properly with third party applications A38 From Observer 2 22 and later DDE format changed Please refer section 4 4 for more information on changing DDE format at the Tag name Q39 want to exchange data available from real time viewer with third party applications in other computers in the same local area network is there any solution A39 Real time viewer supports DDE application It is possible to configure NetDDE and then exchange data from real time viewer to other computers connected in the network via DDE Please refer section 4 4 1 4 N
100. ted range This is comment only Range Reports XLS Sheet1 A7 A11 Value data close dde link This is comment only DDETerminate RSIchan End Sub 4 6 1 3 Example 3 DDE between Observer software and SCADA Allen Bradley RSVIEW32 When the Real time viewer in Observer II is working well in PC then the tag data from Observer software will be available in the expression format as follows RealTime_Viewer TagService _Tag1 Application RealTime_Viewer Topic Tag Service Tag name _Tag1 Please observe underscore before the tag number The above tag information can be directly configured in SCADA to enable DDE between Observer software and RSVIEW 32 SCADA There is no need to configure any thing at RSLinx Procedure for configuration 1 Open SCADA project 2 System Node Select DDE server as data source 3 Name VR18 No gaps 4 Application RealTime_Viewer 5 Topic Tag Service 6 Check enable in the box This node should be selected 7 Now open the data base 8 Create analog tag with all the details similar to the tag at the recorder 9 Select VR18 at the NODE 10 Write the tag address For ex analog input 1 Al1 should be written as _Tag1 Please check up excel file for the tag number corresponding to the tag name defined in the Recorder configuration Please note that underscore is required before the tag number other wise data will not be exchanged 11 Now open the tag monitor and configure for the above tag
101. ted to adjust Time out value to avoid communication errors during configuration Display Change configuration data from C Observer I Historical FDA lest prj Eg benx aA fel A Ges G Close Bank Please select and configure one bank below as you need Timeout 60 Sec f CF Card f Ethernet 192 160 0450 le e e ees 32 MB CF card shall be supplied along with the recorder Standard Ethernet port RJ 45 female shall be available at the recorder RS 232 RS485 shall be supplied as additional options It is possible to use Observer software for data logging from multiple recorders connected on network Ethernet RS 485 Total number of devices that can be connected depends on the hardware interface selected for the application For example 255 devices can be connected on Ethernet 247 devices can be configured on RS 485 Maximum 1024 tags can be configured at Observer software for data logging archiving and analysis It includes physical inputs connected to recorder through cards Al Math DI DO Counter and Totalizer 2 3 1 Ethernet configuration 1 Make sure that network adopter in PC is properly configured IP address Subnet mask and Gateway should be configured at the PC for using Observer Il program Please contact System administrator to set Unique IP address for the PC Install Observer II application software in PC The software may be installed from setup available in the CD supplied as per the o
102. uirements directly at the recorder Then create new project in Observer software from the configuration to use Observer with CFR 21 start Programs Observer I II Configuration User Admin Password i Change password X cancel By default Admin user with supervisor level authority will be created when new project is created Select the user as Admin and give the password to enter into the recorder configuration set up If no password entered in the recorder for Admin account then for the first time when you try to log in it prompts with the following message Information It is the First time to login this account please create a user password Change password Admin Please enter the current password Please enter a new password enter the new password again to contirm x Cancel lf user name and passwords are already created during log in if they are not matching then the following message will appear Please make sure of your user name and password and then try again If you try to log in as user name other than supervisor authorization then following message will appear Configuration is restricted for supervisor level authorization only You have no right to do this Function If user name Supervisor authorizations and passwords given correctly then u can enter into the Observer software set up screen This is to receive configuration from recorder to PC Click on ab
103. v All Rearmost ly Al2 tiz AG 4 v Al4 7 AIS v AIS Forefront p By Legend Seek by Event Alarm Pagel Zoom 4 Sec Dot Index Time 12 07 2006 08 32 46 AM a Measured data When real time viewer is running it also saves data in PC at C Observerll Real time Filename folder in proprietary format which is tamper proof To access this data click on measured data icon a New screen will open as shown above which looks like similar to historical viewer All the features available for historical data like data export to excel files print search will be available for this data also kindly note that this data is different from historical viewer data imported from recorder 4 4 Configuration data in real time ka Configuration data It is used to define the configuration of the recorder for Real Time Viewer Please note that the configuration of Real Time Viewer can be redefined and independent to the configuration of recorder itself 2 Display Change configuration data from C Observer I Realtime FDA_Test prj Sills a vas BN t 327 S Close Fi Add as Modify ti Delete Tag Type Device Type af i i i Sharm oP a 792 168 0250 580 Channeli Al 1 192 166 0250 WRI Channel 4555 6 199 C ho Als 192 168 0250 YR15 Channels 45556 199 2 Ho Ald 1 192 1668 0 250 VRS Channel4 455 36 199 2 ho AIS 1 192 166 0250 R18 Channels 455 36 199 2 ho
104. vents alarm list in one screen 2 Display real time measured values from C Observer II Realtime FDA_Test prj Project Display Window Language Help Type Source Active Time Clear Time Value 100 00 100 00 100 00 100 00 System Login 10 07 2006 0 30 00 90 00 90 00 90 00 80 00 80 00 80 00 80 00 CommError 192 166 0 250 10 07 2006 0 70 00 70 00 70 00 70 00 60 00 60 00 60 00 60 00 50 00 50 00 50 00 50 00 40 00 40 00 40 00 40 00 30 00 30 00 30 00 30 00 20 00 20 00 20 00 20 00 10 00 10 00 10 00 10 00 0 00 0 00 lt 1 v Vu All HB iam WB norra Digital Page1 i m BEZ E Trend Page1 ar tw Aw Aw G eloelo Al Nes ean j A am Ar q i a 4 5 a le Q0 D By AAR IER DO r PE KIINI A m So A S A 33714 PM 01 34 54 PM 01 36 34 PM 01 38 14 PM 01 3953 Phl 07 200 6 10 07 2006 40 07 2006 t007 2006 40 07 2006 Pagel Sampling Rate 1 Sec Scan time 4 ms Click on Event Icon to show events full page Display real time measured values from C Observer II Realtime FDA_Test prj Event Alarm list a Project Display Window Language Help ols les Cmts wa e e OR o TUEN Ack Type Sour Event Active Time Clear Time Value Comment 1 System Login 10 07 2006 0 v IAI WB Alarm GE Normal Event Cleared Pagel Sampling Rate 1 Sec Scan time 4 ms Click on Digital Icon to show all digital values in dedicated screen Display real time measured values from C Observer II Realti
105. viewer User Password ewes ARE Confirmation Mow wou can import measured data From recorder Continuer im Mo Select Yes to receive the measured data from the selected data source and path Now all the measured data available at the selected data source will be transferred to PC C Observer 1 Il Historical Project name Ex Boiler In PC the following files will be available at the above path PO dat P1 dat P2 dat PO idx P1 idx P2 idx l O dat Recorder config 3 3 Display Trends Events alarms report Configuration data are available for selection Trends select this to display trends Events Alarms select this to display alarms trends Report select this to display report Configuration data select this to configure recorder 3 4 Data Display measured values from historical data ofC Observe Project Display Meer Print Page View Search Language Help Import Ckr Alt I r E Eas yy P Export Ctrl Alk O B a Als Clear CErl AlE R Copy Ctrl C 1370 0 Import Options Import Export Clear Copy and Import options available Import New data will be imported from the selected data source and path as per selection at the bank Export It is possible to export data from Observer software to Excel files in CSV format at the selected path Data and events shall be saved in separate files Ww Pen file C AkiIn_Pen csv S W Event file C AkiIn3_Event csv S Ran
106. zontal or vertical keypad LCD Screen saver Disable 1 Min 10 Min 20 Min 30 Min 40 Min 50 Min amp 60 Min options available for selection Sensor The following three options are available Off amp on Keypad Off amp On IR Off IR On Keypad IR sensor is fixed for the recorder to detect the movement of moving personal in front of the recorder It detects the heat of the moving personal up to 2 meters distance Communication Ethernet and RS 232 RS485 RS422 options are available Please refer Ethernet configuration and RS232 configuration for more details about connecting recorder with PC or LAN HUB 2 8 System system Displays recorder firmware information along with IO cards connected in the slots at back side of the recorder Display Change configuration data from C Observer l Historical Kiln prj be x ae HN Ess O4 Close System Ver Slott Slota Slota SOTA Sloth Sloth 2 9 Clock oO Clock system Information V2 40 Plus FDA All Al Als DM Dl Ols Di4 O16 DIG 001 DO DOs 004 005 DGA Mo Card AQT AQ AO Mo Card This is used to synchronize recorder real time clock with PC date and time If summer time is set then recorder will be disabled from the data logging functions during this time to save the power and memory Display Change configuration data from C Observer I Historical Kiln prj Bekx Ea A AEs OY Close Datestyle T TU E PATAT DateTime Synchronization

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