Step 2. Activate Trending's Wait State Feature

  1. Open the CIMPLICITY Trend Control Properties dialog box, as follows.

  1. Click the right mouse button on the trend chart.

  2. Select CIMPLICITY Trend Control Object from the popup menu.

  3. Select Properties from the extended menu.

  1. Select the Chart tab.

  2. Click Advanced.

The Advanced dialog box opens.

  1. Configure Enable logged data request outstanding state events, as follows.

 

Feature

Action

A

Enable logged data request outstanding state events

Check.

B

Outstanding state longer than N seconds

Enter 10.

 

 

When the configuration is completed, Trending will notify the operator if there are any requests that are outstanding requests for longer than 10 seconds, which could be a possible problem.

C

Refresh state every N seconds

Enter 5.

 

 

Trending will request data every 5 seconds.

Note: The frequency with which Trending should receive data depends on how you configured other features in Proficy CIMPLICITY. Features include point and logging update criteria and the Runtime refresh rate specified on the Chart tab in the CIMPLICITY Trend Control Properties dialog box. These factors will affect what you enter in these fields for your own configuration.

  1. Click OK.

The Chart tab reappears.

  1. Click OK.

Result: The CIMPLICITY Trend Control Properties dialog box closes with the Enable logged data request outstanding state events feature enabled.

More information

Steps for using Wait State functionality example.