1. Click Add Tag Manually in the Historian Tag Maintenance window.

The Add Tag Manually dialog box opens.

2. Enter the following specifications.

A	Collector Name
B	Source Address
C	Tag Name
D	Data type
E	Data Length
F	Time Resolution

 

A	Collector Name

A CIMPLICITY project collector.

The name is the name of an available project combined with _CIM.

An available project:

Has the Historian OPC Inteface enabled and

Is running.

Example

A project named HistProj has the Historian OPC Interface enabled.

The project's collector displays in Proficy Historian as HistProj_CIM.

Note: A <server>_ OPC_HMI may be listed as a Collector. It is strongly recommended that you do not select it. The CIMPLICITY Historian OPC Interface is far more efficient.

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B	Source Address

The Browse button to the right of Source Address opens the Browse for Source Tag window.

Do the following.

i	Click Browse.
	The names of the CIMPLICITY points (tags) for the running project display in the Browse Results list.
ii	Select a tag.
iii	Click OK.

Result: The selected tag displays in the Add Tag Manually dialog box.

C

Tag Name

Tag selected in Browse for Source Tag window displays.

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D

Data Type

Automatically filled in.

E	Data Length

Automatically filled in.

F	Time Resolution

Automatically filled in.

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3. Click OK in the Add Tag Manually dialog box.

The Historian Tag Maintenance window displays the selected tag.

4. Close the Historian window.

Result: The CIMPLICITY Historian OPC interface enables collection of data for the selected point.

Note: Consult the Historian documentation for more information about configuring the Historian.

More information

CIMPLICITY tags selected for collection.

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