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1. uNSGIL Pile CENT e eedem iu vaio parodie aide dert equ iuo ae 18 6 5 3 SaS ES TE Pe 21 T CommNetDisplay show idata aaa 22 dele CHSIOMIZIASTNE VISUANZAnOn sl 24 CRA TASTRUIMEHE VISUAIIZ AMON areali 24 A A Channel visualization i 24 2 1 9 040 ENDE RT E ETT T T I 26 LSI LASTEM CommNet User s Manual 1 Introduction CommNet is a program allowing data transfer from one or more LSI LASTEM instruments of the BabucABC to PC in manual automatic way also via modem In case of manual calls the user starts the communication In case of automatic calls the program itself automatically calls the instruments according to the set configurations The data so obtained can be saved in an ASCII file TXT format apt for being imported immediately to the program CommNet Display or other program as nfoPanel or are saved in an Access database compatible with the software nfoGAP or 1n the Gidas database of SQL Server 2005 NOTE This version of the program has been released to facilitate the use of a mixed net of instruments Babuc ABC and E Log with memorization of the data in the new database Gidas of SOL Server 2005 2 System Requirements The program requires the following hardware and software characteristics Personal computer Operating system Microsoft Windows 2000 XP Vista 2003 Server Microsoft NET Framework V 2 0 supplied with the program Physical RAM memory minimum 128 MB 256 MB r
2. Com Comm Running Babuc Babuc Conexant Intl HSF V9 MiniPCl Dialing Meteo Si Manual data request Commun Instruments Groups Babuc Mete Cue eo Iv System status gs Calculate Inst values gii a e RSS Initially the table 1s empty The devices get added to the table after they are called from the program for the connection Once the connection is terminated they are not removed but assume the state Idle 16 LSI LASTEM CommNet User s Manual 6 3 Data recording The list present in this section shows the name of the instruments storing the elaborated values on the ASCII file or Database As soon as this phase finishes the name of the instrument 1s removed It is not advisable to close the program when this list contains one or more names because it would produce the lost of the data received by the PC 6 4 Communications statistic In this section it is reported the statistic on the connections made The information change according to the instruments selected in the section Manual data request In details Vo VVV WV V VV Key Reset it resets the statistic of the selected instruments Calculated from it is the date time of the beginning of the calculation of the selected instrument statistic if more instruments are selected it shows the less recent date Last call it 1s the date time of the selected instrument if more instruments are selected it shows the more recent date Last received elab
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4. 0 00 Is Ist_59 999 999 Ist 60 999 999 0 C2 E48 B1 T05 02 2002 7 15 30 V100 Ist 1 0 00 Ist 2 0 00 Is Ist_59 999 999 Ist 60 999 999 0 C2 E48 B1 TO5 02 2002 7 15 30 V100 Ist 1 0 00 Ist 2 0 00 Is Ist_59 999 999 Ist 60 999 999 Ist_60 999 999 0 Il C2 E48 B1 T05 02 2002 7 15 30 v100 Ist 120 00 Ist 2 0 00 Is Ist_59 999 999 Example of elaborated values of Babuc A M on 05 02 02 of the channel 2 with field description D040916C011 elab txt Blocco note Sele File Modifica Formato Visualizza C11 E24 B1 T16 09 2004 10 10 00 V100 Ave 99 8 C11 E24 B1 T16 09 2004 10 20 00 v100 Ave 100 C11 E24 B1 T16 09 2004 10 30 00 V100 Ave 100 C11 E24 B1 T16 09 2004 10 40 00 w100 Ave 100 C11 E24 B1 T16 09 2004 10 50 00 v100 Ave 100 Example of elaborated values of Babuc ABC on 16 09 04 of the channel 11 with field description D D040916C004 elab txt Blocco note File Modifica Formato Visualizza C4 E6 B1 T16 09 2004 10 10 00 v100 M1n 0 08 Ave 0 17 Max 1 03 Stdev 0 20 C4 E6 B1 T16 09 2004 10 20 00 V100 Min O 08 4ve 0 11 Max 0 123 stdev 0 02 C4 E6 B1 T16 09 2004 10 30 00 v100 Min O 08 Ave 0 11 Max 0 123 Stdev 0 02 C4 E6 B1 T16 09 2004 10 40 00 v100 Min O 07 Ave 0 11 Max 0 123 Stdev 0 02 C4 E6 B1 T16 09 2004 10 50 00 V100 Min O 08 Ave 0 11 Max 0 13 Stdev 0 02 Example of elaborat
5. 99 6 16 09 2004 9 10 00 100 0 16 09 2004 9 10 00 100 13 61 1 16 09 2004 9 10 00 100 0 0 1 16 09 2004 9 10 00 100 0 0 16 09 2004 9 10 00 100 0 0 0 16 09 2004 9 20 00 100 100 0 6 09 2004 9 20 00 100 0 08 0 11 0 14 0 02 6 09 2004 9 20 00 100 53 09 2004 9 20 00 100 25 32 32 21 35 4 2 68 6 09 2004 9 20 00 100 99 6 6 09 2004 9 20 00 100 0 16 09 2004 9 20 00 100 13 60 1 16 09 2004 9 20 00 100 0 0 16 09 2004 9 20 00 100 0 0 1 16 09 2004 9 20 00 100 0 0 0 anal of elaborated values of BabucA M all channels without field description me 6 5 3 Statistics files There is a statistics file for each instrument Its name is name instrument gt xml and it is located in the folder Statistics It is generated at the first call to the instrument and updated with the following calls In the file all the information about the Statistics of the communications of the single instrument are stored The same information are displayed by CommNet in the section Communication Statistics E C Programmi LS Lastem BabucCommNet Statistics Nuovo strumento1 xml Microsoft I D File Modifica Visualizza Preferiti Strumenti Collegamenti A Indirizzo IE C Programmi LS5I astem BabucCommNet Statistics Nuovo strumento 1 xml bul _ 3 Vai lt xml version 1 0 encoding Windows 1252 gt cl Instrument communication statistics Te
6. ASCII files where the program stores the data acquired from the instruments e Config it contains the program configuration files e Statistics it contains the statistic files created by the program Next folder will be created in c Documents and Settings User Name Applications data LSI Lastem CommNet where User Name is the name of the user logged in the Windows system e Log it contains the log files created by the program Note in Windows Vista the folder c Documents and Settings All Users Application data is equal to c ProgramData LSI LASTEM CommNet User s Manual 4 Foreword The program is divided into three separate modules CommNet CommNet Config and CommNet Display CommNet is the program used for the instrument communication and the data recording CommNet Config 1s the program used for the configuration of the CommNet finally CommNet Display 1s the program used to show the instantaneous values acquired by CommNet Because CommNet work it 1s necessary that e The licence file for every instrument exist e The Babuc instruments have a survey in progress and the survey must be with memorization LSI LASTEM CommNet User s Manual 5 CommNet Config program configuration The working modality of CommNet can be set through the program CommNet Config it allows to set e The calls to one or more instruments e The calls to one or more groups of instruments e Paths and format of the data storag
7. Instrument Name New instrumenti Statistics lt StatSince 2004 10 13T10 43 36 0824556 02 00 StatSince zLastUpdate 2004 10 13T11 06 19 8522736 02 00 LastUpdate zLastRecElabDT22004 10 13T10 53 46 9578799 02 00 LastRecEIabDT lt LastCallDT 2004 10 13T11 05 00 0875776 02 00 LastCallDT lt TotCalls gt 10 lt Totcalls gt lt FalledCalls gt 0 lt FailedCalls gt lt FalledComms 13 lt FailedComms zCconnectionTime 2PT3MBS cConnectionTime lt Statistics gt lt Instrument gt ha Operazione completata Risorse del computer 21 7 CommNet Display show data CommNet Display 1s a program to show the instantaneous values stored by CommNet The program can be started from the Start menu of Windows or directly by CommNet choosing Show Data from the menu File Because CommNet Display shows the stations data it 1s necessary have performed an instantaneous call to every stations otherwise the windows with the relative values won t come displayed At the first run it is necessary to specify the path where the file s ASCII is are stored default C Documents and Settings All Users Application data LSI Lastem CommNet ASCIIData Sfoglia per cartelle The configuration file IPBase xml is not found It will be created automatically according to the selected data folder LSI Lastem ED CommMet E Di ascIData DD Config DI Licenses DI Versioning E Lj CommNetEG y CommMeteG Config T
8. Licence Keys licence InfoGAP Advance Level for each instrument 5 5 3 Configuration for Gidas To use the database Gidas of SQI Server 2005 it 1s necessary to enable the storage in the G DAS SOL Database This option assumes that the database Gidas is attainable from the program CommNet that 1s not able to autonomously create the database To create the database Gidas 1s necessary to use the program GidasViewer ATTENTION The storage in the database Gidas natural support for the instrument E Log supports only the following elaborations e lIst 1 OIst 60Ist Duration Eolo2 Eolo3 Eolo4 Events Min Miax Delta Pulse Elaborations with Min Max Ave Stdev Tot 14 6 transfer LSI LASTEM CommNet User s Manual CommwNet activate the data The CommNet working modalities are all in the configuration file previously configured through the program CommNet Config while the data stored is shown by CommNet Display CommNet once started shows itself as in the picture below Y BabucCommNet File Options About Communication devices Data recording Device Come Current instrument Queued instruments Manual data request Communications statistic Instruments Groups EE iii Total calls fem instruments 328 _ System status mi Calculated from Failed calls Inst values elaborations W Elab values 27 07 2004 15 59 50 D Last received elab Total connection time Last call Failed communications all
9. in case of use of the program InfoPanel Elaborations in case of use of the program InfoGAP The Instrument status is always request 6 Press Apply to save the changes The operation has to be repeated in case there is the necessity to configure other kinds of calls for other instruments connected or that can be called via modem 5 4 Instruments groups In case there are more instruments connected and that can be called it is possible to group these instruments in groups In this way it is possible to set one group as a single instrument setting a single call logic For more information refer to the chapter 5 3 BabucCommNet Config Config xml LE File Edit In Instruments 3 Mame 0 be Mew instrument New group New instrument2 New instrument3 Available instruments Instruments in group Er Groups 1 Mew instrument Mew instrument x iu Mew instrument E New group Ale Calls 1 ae New call Til Opzioni Choose Add gt Group from the menu Edit to add a new group of data loggers The choice takes place among those previously configured The name of the group 1s free Press Apply to save the changes 10 LSI LASTEM CommNet User s Manual 5 5 Options In the program Options it 1s possible to choose the data storage format together with the relative paths for the InfoGAP database it is necessary to store also the name of the database InfogenStor mdb and the statistic updating r
10. it 1s the date time of the last received elaborated values from the selected instrument 1f more instruments are selected it shows the more recent date Total calls it 1s the total number of calls performed by the selected instruments Failed calls it is the total number of failed calls from the selected instruments Failed communications it 1s the total number of the communications whose communication has not positive end relatively to the selected instruments Total connection time 1t 1s the total time of connection of the selected instruments It 1s not indicated the time necessary to the modem to get in connection with the remote modem Manual data request Communications statistic alia ES instruments a8 de iun la pate Calculated from Failed Coe I Inst values mi 27 07 2004 15 59 50 0 Last received elab Total connection time Last call Failed communications Elaborations from Call now 30 07 2004 9 50 55 463 All All None None 30 07 2004 9 45 00 m 53 3 17 LSI LASTEM CommNet User s Manual 6 5 Interpretation of the files generated from CommNet The files generated by CommNet are of three types e LOG file e ASCII TXT e Statistic files 6 5 1 LOG file The log file is EndUserLog txt located in the folder ALog It is generated in automatic way from the program where it details all the performed operations It can be read directly from CommNet choosing Open Events Recording from t
11. lines as the number of channels Inst txt Blocco note Sel File Modifica Formato Visualizza UpdateTime 2004 07 30 08 10 37 SerialNr2z240 Chl Temperatura 103 73 C ch2 Temperatura 0 01 cC chi BATTeria 8 92 v This file 1s the one that supplies the data form the program InfoPanel 6 5 2 3 Elaborated values The elaborated values are stored in one or more files depending on the option Store per day channel If this 1s enabled they are stored on different files according to the day and channel In this case the files are named DyymmddCxxx elab txt yy is the year mm is the month dd is the day xxx 1s the quantity channel number 19 LSI LASTEM CommNet User s Manual D020205C001 elab txt Blocco note File Modifica Formato Visualizza C1 E48 B1 T05 02 2002 7 15 30 V100 Ist_1 103 77 Ist_2 103 77 Ist_59 999 999 00 Ist 60 999 999 00 C1 E48 B1 T05 02 2002 7 15 30 V100 Ist 1 103 77 Ist 2 103 77 Ist 59 999 999 00 Ist 60 999 999 C1 E48 B1 T05 02 2002 7 15 30 V100 Ist 1 103 77 Ist 2 103 77 Ist_59 999 999 00 Ist 60 999 999 C1 E48 B1 T05 02 2002 7 15 30 V100 Ist 1 103 77 Ist 2 103 77 Ist 59 999 999 00 Ist 60 999 999 0 LI Example of elaborated values of Babuc A M on 05 02 02 of the channel 1 with field description P D020205C001 elab txt Blocco note File Modifica Formato Visualizza C2 E48 B1 T05 02 2002 7 15 30 V100 Ist 1 0 00 Ist 2
12. or line driver it is necessary to manage manually the RTS signal setting the parameters Start activation time Act Ant and End de activation time Deac De in milliseconds as suggested in the instrument user s manual 4 Set the speed transmission managed automatically if the connection takes place via modem and protocol identifier as configured in the instrument For more information look at the instrument user s manual 5 Press Apply to save the changes This operation has to be repeated in case other instruments have to be configured LSI LASTEM CommNet User s Manual 5 3 Calls configuration The calls planning is strictly connected to the instruments configured and to the necessity of having data available elaborations and or instantaneous values Suppose for example to have three instruments two of which configured for the connection via modem and one for the direct connection Of the first two instruments you desire to have the InfoGAP database daily updated whereas of the second you desire to have the program InfoPanel updated every minute with the last data acquired The solution is to insert two calls one daily and one cyclical repeatly the daily call configured to call the instruments connected via modem at a certain time of the day and the cyclical one to call the one directly connected to the PC with the updating rate of one minute The program allows the management of the calls at th
13. to configure a data source for each instrument to display The parameters to be set are Type ASCII file Instrument Id the instrument serial number ex 7228 Enable data reading enabled Data source file path the name path included of the instrument file nst txt for more information refer to chapter 6 5 2 VNNN Data source Babuc Type Instrument ld ASCII File 1234 I Enable data reading Store data on file Data source file path Ic data data m ae Setting example for the data reading from one instrument configured in CommNet 5 5 2 Configuration for InfoGAP 13 LSI LASTEM CommNet User s Manual If data have to be used with the program InfoGAP it 1s necessary to enable the storage into the InfoGAP Database This option assumes that InfoGAP and the relative database InfogenStore mdb is already installed on the PC because CommNET cannot autonomously create a database The database can be stored locally or in a network folder After the first InfoGAP installation it 1s created locally unless the user chose differently in the folder C Program Files LSI LastemWUnfoGAP Database To have it in a network folder it is necessary to copy it from the local folder and set the new path through the InfoGAP menu Utilities All data are stored into the InfoGAP database according to the instrument serial number they come from To use the data from InfoGAP it 1s necessary to have the program
14. ate CommNet Config NewConfig1 xml BELLES File Edit Instruments 2 Memorizationi Groups 1 ps 1 Text file ASCII CSW NHum Ssz DT BEN Configs Data cui Calls 1 Eum Decimal separator Group separator InfoGAP Database C programmisisi lasteminfogap database infogenstor mdb m i GIDAS SOL Database Data Source VYpc_sql 005 Initial Catalog Gidas Persist 5ecu Statistics File path CASWNum204 BCNConfigsS tatistics Updating rate seconds E Coe ea Choose the storage format of the data elaborated values specifying the file storage path If the storage is in ASCII file there is the possibility to choose 1f store the data on different files one per day for each quantity or in a single file a file on a unique period for each quantity Moreover it is possible to choose if store the data inserting or not the names of the data fields ex Min 23 7 Ave 25 4 Max 27 8 If you want to show data with CommNet Display or if CommNet is used together with the program InfoPanel it is enough to transfer only the instantaneous data and store them into a Text file ASCII For more information about the use of InfoPanel refer to the relating Manual If data have to be used together with the program InfoGAP it is necessary to enable the storage into the InfoGAP Database This option assumes that InfoGAP and the relating database InfogenStore mdb is already
15. e The program allows to create one or more different configuration files according to particular communication necessities only one of them is anyway considered predefined and so can be used in a particular moment by CommNet At the suitable moment it is possible to select as predefined another one of the files previously set so the communication modality of the program can be changed very quickly 5 1 Create the configuration file After the installation there is no configuration file ready to use It is so necessary to create one The operations to perform are l Start CommNet Config from the menu Start of Windows or directly from the program CommNet choose Configure from File menu choose Configurations from File menu 2 Press the key New to create a new configuration file Insert one name and in case a comment Coni Demo configuration 3 Press the key Ok to save the changes LSI LASTEM CommNet User s Manual Existing configurations 4 Press the key Set as default to make possible that CommNet once started base its working on this configuration 5 Press the key Open to open the configuration It is also possible to create other configuration files and each time set the predefined one that is the one that will be used from CommNet Existing configurations n I Ci Config All instruments Configuration to call all instruments Instruments A buiding Configuration to call instruments of bu
16. e instrument window Alarm it specifies the type of alarm associated to the channel if the alarm is enabled different from None it is necessary to set the lower and the upper limits The alarms of the channels are active only if it 1s checked Active alarms in the Options Vv VV WV TI Configuration zt Instruments 2 Original information ABC 7183 ue MindSpeed 1 WindSpeed F BATTLevel Informazioni visualizzate H abc 7300 lil Options v Visualize None Inside the limits f Outside the limits Lower limit Upper limit Ok Cancel Apply To save the changes press Ok to exit from the configuration otherwise press Apply 25 LSI LASTEM CommNet User s Manual 7 1 3 Options In the Options are shown all the general settings of the program They are gt Y NN VV Data path it is the path where the ASCII file s 1s are stored default C Documents and Settings All Users Application data LSI Lastem CommNet ASCIIData Update rate it specifies how many seconds the program read the ASCII file s Color of data in case of error it is the color of the Err text that indicate data in error default red Color and font of the text in the tables it 1s the color the size and the type of the character of the text in the instruments table default color black character Arial size 8 style normal Active alarms if it is checked the program considers the alarms set
17. e level of group of instruments This can be useful in presence of instruments networks with different kinds of connections either during the configuration phase and during the calls management The instruments of the previous example configured with the connection via modem could be grouped in a group called Instruments with modem Consequently in the daily call it will be enough to specify the call to that group To create a new call perform the following operations 1 Choose Add Call from the menu Edit to add a new call At the beginning the program will propose a daily call with the PC time BabucCommNet Config Config xml Lo File Edit 7 7 Mame H Instruments 1 Iv Instrument status New instrument New call i Groups Missis iv Elaborations Eia Calls 1 NE Call type Day Time rate Te Mew call edv a n i TES a mum epeat w e 101 00 ll Opzioni valable instruments Instruments to call Iv Instantaneous values per Available instruments groups Instruments groups to call L E Apply Close Ea 2 Set the name of the call It is possible to chose a free name 3 Set the call regularity type and date time or type and time rate 4 Set which instrument or group of instruments among those previously configured must be subjected to this logic of call LSI LASTEM CommNet User s Manual 5 Enable or not the kind of data to require nstantaneous values
18. ecommended Space available on Hard disk 100 MB Processor with working frequency 600 MHz or superior recommended 1 GHz Video card SVGA res 1024x768 or superior Data loggers e Babuc ABC V 3 and following LSI LASTEM CommNet User s Manual 3 Installation First of all check the required system characteristics For the operative systems Windows 2000 and Windows XP it 1s necessary to login with system administrator rights otherwise the product installation will be incorrect Then install CommNet starting the Setup program from the CD CommNet The installation program will supply the necessary instructions for its completion It 1s possible either to install immediately the product and afterwards to install the Microsoft NET framework or viceversa 3 1 Organization of the installed files The installation procedure creates some folders starting from the chosen folder during the installation default c Program files LSI Lastem CommNet They are e Bin it contains the executable files CommNet CommNet Config and CommNet Display and some support files e Doc it contains the program documentation included the user s manual Other folders will be created in c Documents and Settings All Users Applications Data LSI Lastem CommNet this folder is kept hidden from the operative system in order to show it go to folder properties and select Show hidden files and folders New folders are e ASCIIData it contains the
19. ed values The first two are automatically generated by the program at each request of the kind State of the instrument and Instantaneous values The third instead is automatically generated only if the user chose to store the elaborated values with the request E aborated values All files are stored in the folder Date lt instrument name gt 18 LSI LASTEM CommNet User s Manual 6 5 2 1 Instrument status The information about the instrument status is contained in the file Status txt They are Last update date time of the last update Program version instrument version Factory serial instrument serial number not changeable User s serial user s instrument serial number changeable Battery level battery charge level in V Memory free total available memory total memory VVVVV WV Status txt Blocco note PEE File Modifica Formato Visualizza Last update 30 07 2004 8 05 23 Program version 4 04Ita Factory serial 240 User s serial 0 Battery level 08 9 Memory free total 45022 65536 6 5 2 2 Instantaneous values The information with the last acquired values are contained in the file Inst txt They are gt UpdateTime date time of the last updated data refer to gt SerialNr instrument serial number gt Ch lt channel n gt quantity name gt where channel n is the channel number the data come from and quantity name gt is the datum quantity name There are as much
20. ed values of Babuc ABC on 16 09 04 of the channel 4 with field description If the option Store per day channel 1s enabled the elaborated values will be all stored in the file e ab txt D Elab txt Blocco note File Modifica Formato Visualizza C1 E48 B1 TO7 02 2002 5 24 30 V100 Ist_1 103 77 Ist_2 103 77 Ist_3 327 68 Ist_4 999 999 A 999 00 Ist_52 999 999 00 Ist_53 999 999 00 Ist 54 999 999 00 Ist_55 999 999 00 ISt C2 E48 B1 TO7 02 2002 5 24 30 V100 Ist 1 0 01 Ist 2 0 01 Ist 3 327 68 Ist_4 999 999 00 00 Ist 52 999 999 00 Ist_53 999 999 00 Ist_54 999 999 00 Ist_55 999 999 00 Ist 56 C1 E48 B1 T07 02 2002 5 24 30 V100 Ist_1 103 77 Ist_2 103 77 Ist_3 327 68 Ist_4 999 999 999 00 Ist_52 999 999 00 Ist_53 999 999 00 Ist_54 999 999 00 Ist_55 999 999 00 Ist C2 E48 B1 TO7 02 2002 5 24 30 v100 Ist 1 0 01 Ist_2 0 01 Ist 3 327 68 Ist_4 999 999 00 00 Ist_52 999 999 00 Ist 53 999 999 00 Ist_54 999 999 00 Ist_55 999 999 00 Ist 56 v sy 2 Example of elaborated values of Babuc A M all channels with field description 20 LSI LASTEM CommNet User s Manual Elab txt Blocco note Modifica Formato Visualizza 1 16 09 2004 9 10 00 100 99 8 16 09 2004 9 10 00 100 0 08 0 11 0 13 0 02 L 16 09 2004 9 10 00 100 42 6 09 2004 9 10 00 100 30 15 32 97 34 6951 02 16 09 2004 9 10 00 100
21. er gt Box Only last elaborations if ticked during the connection the elaborations from the set date time in Elaborations from will be required This option is active only if the box Elaborated values 1s ticked gt Elaborations from date time from which the elaborations will be required This option is active only if the box Only last elaborations 1s ticked gt Key Call now if pressed it will be started the connection to the instruments or group of instruments selected 6 2 Communication devices This section includes a table where the information regarding all the communication name and state of the communication device used for the connection name of the instrument currently connected list of the instruments waiting for the connection on a specific device Each table line corresponds to a different communication device In details gt Device it is the name of the communication device used for the connection It can be the name of a serial port ex Com2 or the name of the modem ex Modem Standard 9600 gt State shows device state code ex Idle when it is in a waiting state or CommRunning when it 1s in a communication phase gt Current instrument it is the name of the instrument to which it is connecting gt Queued instruments it is the list of the instruments waiting BabucCommNet File Options About Communication devices Device Status Current instrument Queued instruments
22. gt Crea nuova cartella Annulla Then the program will show one window for each instrument stored The window will contain a table with the following information gt C number of channel of the quantity gt Quantity name of the quantity gt UM measure unit of the quantity Date time it 1s the date time of the last update to which data refer to gt Date time it is the date time of the penultimate update to which data refer to 22 LSI LASTEM CommNet User s Manual CommNet Display Lo File Window Help il al Racz 7183 as als So Fiabe 7300 fel 14 10 2004 16 06 26 I c Quantty MU 14 10 2004 15 05 25 1410 2004 15 05 25 1 WindSpeed Km h 1 WindSpeed Km h 2 WindSpeed Km h 2 2 WindSpeed Km h 3 BATTLevel So 3 BATTLevel So If CommNet Display has the updating rate lower than the calling rate programmed in CommNet the two columns with the instantaneous values could be identical All the settings are saved in the configuration file PBase xml Every time the program starts it checks 1f the information of this file 1s the same of those stored in the file s ASCII In case of new instruments or channels respect to the file PBase xml they will be automatically added to the configuration file In case of different instruments or channels they will substitute those existing in the configuration file In this case the customized information 1 e the name of the quantity the limits of t
23. he File menu Fach line 1s made up of the following information Date in the format yyyy mm dd gt Time in the format hh mm ss ms Type of event INFO normal operations ERROR function errors found from the program and DEBUG settable only from LSI LASTEM gt Event description EndUserLog txt Blocco note Modifica Formato Visualizza 2004 07 21 51 06 834 Application startup 2004 07 21 14 51 06 944 Starting scheduler 07 21 14 51 17 254 Programmed call Cal 1 ready to be queued 2004 07 21 51 17 254 Next call time for call call 1 will be 21 07 2004 14 51 27 2004 07 21 14 51 17 254 Instrument My Babuc queued for call 2004 07 21 51 17 682 comi open port 1 17 702 comi connected 17 712 Coml running communication request RegInst 11 27 289 Programmed call call 1 ready to be queued 51 27 289 Next call time for call Call 1 will be 21 07 2004 14 51 37 127 289 Instrument My Babuc queued for call 33 577 Stopping scheduler 35 709 comi communication aborted After a prolonged period of time this file can assume in function of the number of configured instruments and of the calls set frequency quite big dimensions If necessary it is possible to delete it only after closing the communication program 6 5 2 ASCII File TXT The ASCII files generated by CommNet contains information about the instrument and precisely the state the last instantaneous values the elaborat
24. he alarm and so on for the channel and the name of the instrument the channels order and so on for the instrument will be lost In case of missing instruments they will not show yet while in case of missing channels they will be automatically deleted To delete an obsolete instrument from the visualization it is necessary to access to the configuration and uncheck the check box Visualize of the relative instrument To delete it also from the configuration it is necessary to delete the folder corresponding to the original name of the instrument in the path of memorization of the ASCII file s For further information refer to the chapter 7 1 23 LSI LASTEM CommNet User s Manual 7 1 Customizing the visualization The visualization can be customized as follow To visualize only the desired instruments and the channels To visualize the instrument with the desired name To visualize the channels quantities with the desired name and in the desired order To set the alarm thresholds of the channels quantities To set the colour the size and the type of the character of the text To set the size and the position of all windows To change the current visualization choose Configure from the menu File 7 1 1 Instrument visualization In the section Original information are shown the information acquired by the CommNet program and stored in the file Status txt They cannot be modified In the section Displayed informati
25. ilding Instruments B building Configuration to call instruments of B building LSI LASTEM CommNet User s Manual 5 2 Instruments configuration To create a new instrument perform the following operations 1 Choose Add gt Instrument from the menu Edit to add a new instrument BabucCommNet Config Config xml Seles File Edit Instruments 1 Name Serial M Version a New instrument ce 9 995 5 L Groups Communication B v Enabled IT Opzioni 9 LE Connected to COM Speed bps RTS management ActAnt Deac De Sei poi h sem Automatic Si d Nome modem Telephone number Connection waiting seconds pe number of connection retries Identifier n s Protocol retries p H Timeout seconds E n Regueues Il d Protocol dw ga 2 Set the instrument parameters Type Serial Number Firmware version In the current version of the program the only supported instrument is BabucA BC omit the initial zero of the serial number i e digit 120 for the serial number 0120 For more information refer to the instrument user s manual 3 Set the kind of connection In case the instrument is connected via modem it is first necessary to set in the system through the Windows control panel or in another way the modem that will be used for the connection on the contrary the connection setting mask will not present any modem configured If the connection takes place via radio or RS485
26. installed on the PC because CommNet cannot create a database autonomously Moreover all the instruments must be already configured and enabled licence InfoGAP Advanced Level For more information about the use of InfoGAP refer to the relating help on line The option of memorization on Gidas SQL database allows the saving of the data on the database Gidas of Microsoft SQL Server 2005 installed locally or on a server the data can be visualized with the program GidasViewer For the installation of the database the manual of this program is seen To produce the connection string press the button that will visualize the window of connection to the database Gidas 11 LSI LASTEM CommNet User s Manual T Select Data Source Select SQL Server Instance that contains Gidas database for the default local instance use For the local SQL Server Express instance use MSULEXPRESS for the Server Express SOL Server Instance I Use Windows Authentication If you select Windows Authentication current user stefanog must have access to SUL Server Instance and Gidas database Click to check connection availability es A Cancel Insert the name of the SQL Server Instance that it contains the database Gidas and press the button lt Ok gt Use the Windows Authentication Windows if the database has been installed in the local PC If the database was installed on a server use the indications furnished by the database adminis
27. now Ab All All 30 07 2004 944 hi None None 30 07 2004 9 45 00 01 52 58 The information are grouped in four sections they are 6 1 Manual data request Communication devices Data recording Communications statistic Manual data request Even if automatic calls are set the user has the possibility in every moment to perform a manual call In details Instruments list it 1s the list of the instruments available for connection Groups list it is the list of the group of instruments available for connection Keys All None it allows to quickly select or unselect all the instruments or groups of instruments Box System status automatically checked During the connection the state of each selected instrument will be required The information will be stored into the file Date lt Instrument name Status txt Box Instantaneous values if ticked during the connection the last read or received values of the probes connected to each selected instruments will be required The information will be stored into the file Date lt instrument name gt Inst txt 15 LSI LASTEM CommNet User s Manual gt Box Elaborated values if ticked during the connection the stored elaboration of each selected instrument will be required The information will be stored into the file Data lt instrument name gt elab txt or even in the Access database of the InfoGAP program o SQL Serv
28. on instead the parameters that can be changed are shown They are Visualize enable or not the instrument to be displayed Name itis the name of the instrument to display in the instrument window Channels order it is the order in which display the channels the quantities in the table To move a channel select it and then press the button Move up or Move down TE Configuration Instruments 2 Original information ABC dos Name Serial Version Memory Batt Windspeed ABC 7183 7183 7183 5 00ita 5 30 A18 5535 65535 11 9V i WindSpeed F BATTLevel Displayed information abc 7300 Tj Options w Visualize Name WindSpeed 1 WindSpeed ABC 7123 WindSpeed 7 WindSpeed BATTLevel 3 BATTLevel To save the changes press Ok to exit from the configuration otherwise press Apply 7 1 2 Channel visualization 24 LSI LASTEM CommNet User s Manual The channel is the number of the channel associated to the quantity In the section Original information are shown the information acquired by the CommNet program and stored in the file Inst txt They cannot be modified In the section Displayed information instead are shown the parameters that can be changed They are Visualize enabled or not the channel to be displayed Name it 1s the name of the channel to display in the table of the instrument window Measure unit it 1s the measure unit of the channel to display in the table of th
29. tled for each channels Colour of data in case of alarm it 1s the colour of the text of the data if the channel is in alarm T Configuration I _ p uu Instruments 2 ABC 7183 Data path C Documents and Settings 4ll Users 4pplication d p 1 WindSpeed EN 3 P EM i MindSpeed Update rate 60 sec BATTLevel H abc 7300 Color of data in case of error LE Options Color and font of the text in the tables Arial DI Alarms 5 Active alarms Color of data in case of alarm IN Ok Cancel Apply To save the changes press Ok to exit from the configuration otherwise press Apply 26
30. trator Any change to the displayed parameters are saved only if the key Apply is pressed After configuring the instrument possible groups of instruments the calling modalities and the storage formats the configuration is finished and is ready to be read by CommNet If CommNet Config was started directly by CommNet it is necessary to reload the configuration by CommNet choosing Reload configuration from the menu File otherwise the new changes will be ignored until the next restart of the program 5 5 1 Configuration for CommNet Display or InfoPanel If you want to show data with CommNet Display or if CommNet is used together with the program InfoPanel it is enough to transfer only the instantaneous data and store them into a Text File ASCII The ASCII file can be stored locally or in a network folder Choose a folder from the network if InfoPanel is installed on a different PC than CommNet 12 LSI LASTEM CommNet User s Manual BabucCommNet Config Demo xml LEI File Edit H t Instruments 3 Memorization i Groups 2 PI m l i i vi HADati BabucCommNet ASCII cs Calls 5 Iw Text file ASCII n I Options Iv Split files on days channels Iv Insert fields names Iv InfoGAP Database C program files lsidastem infogap database infogenstor mdb Statistics File path A Statistics Dl Updating rate seconds 60 Apply Close Eat For the data reading by InfoPanel it is necessary

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