Hach WIMS Indirect Server-Side Interface to HachSC100/SC1000

Q12374 Documentation

Table of Contents1 - Documentation : Introduction.............................................................................................................................................1

1.1 Interface Introduction................................................................................................................................................11.2 Overview of Indirect Interface Concepts..................................................................................................................11.3 Software Requirements.............................................................................................................................................21.4 Source versions tested...............................................................................................................................................3

2 - Documentation : How To......................................................................................................................................................42.1 _ Step-by-Step Instructions on How to Configure Interface.....................................................................................42.2 Change Configuration Protection Password.............................................................................................................52.3 Configuration is Password Protected........................................................................................................................62.4 Configure the Hach WIMS Client for a Server-Side Interface (SCADA2OPSSQL)...............................................62.5 Hach WIMS Super User Credentials........................................................................................................................82.6 Using Common Buttons............................................................................................................................................82.7 Using Main Interface Screen.....................................................................................................................................92.8 Using Select Date Range to Import.........................................................................................................................10

3 - Documentation : Main Menu.............................................................................................................................................133.1 Automated Import - Activity Log View.................................................................................................................133.2 Automated Import - Modify Last Ran Dates..........................................................................................................143.3 Automated Import - Status and Control..................................................................................................................143.4 Configuration - Advanced Configuration : Source Input Cache.............................................................................153.5 Configuration - Advanced Configuration: Additional Info....................................................................................153.6 Configuration - Advanced Configuration: Additional Info : Pick WIMS Facility Additional Info Field..............173.7 Configuration - Advanced Configuration: Unit Conversion...................................................................................173.8 Configuration - Automated Import Configuration..................................................................................................193.9 Configuration - Collector Configuration.................................................................................................................203.10 Configuration - Connection To Hach WIMS........................................................................................................213.11 File - Exit..............................................................................................................................................................223.12 File - Import All....................................................................................................................................................233.13 File - Import For Selected Variables.....................................................................................................................233.14 Test - Source Read Test SCADA to Hach WIMS................................................................................................233.15 Test - Test Connection to Hach WIMS.................................................................................................................243.16 Test - Test Import All............................................................................................................................................243.17 Utilities - Upload Definition File to Hach WIMS.................................................................................................25

4 - Documentation : Release notes..........................................................................................................................................264.1 Release Notes for SCADA2OPSSQL Type of Hach WIMS Direct Server-Side Interface....................................26

5 - Documentation : Collector.................................................................................................................................................295.1 Collector Interactive Main Screen..........................................................................................................................295.2 Collector Proxy Settings.........................................................................................................................................315.3 Common Collector Configuration..........................................................................................................................325.4 Generate Example OPSDATAXML File for Hach WIMS Client..........................................................................335.5 Historical Data Import............................................................................................................................................34

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Table of Contents5 - Documentation : Collector

5.6 Install Collector as a NT Service............................................................................................................................345.7 NT Service Collector Interactive Screen................................................................................................................355.8 NT Service Log View.............................................................................................................................................365.9 NT Service Status and Control................................................................................................................................375.10 Release notes for collector Q12470......................................................................................................................385.11 Using the Hach SC100/SC1000 Collector (Q12470)...........................................................................................38

6 - Documentation : Topics specific to the operation of this interface................................................................................426.1 Configuration - Source Configuration Q12374......................................................................................................426.2 Custom Collector Configuration.............................................................................................................................426.3 Release notes for interface Q12374........................................................................................................................446.4 Supported variable configurations for interface Q12374........................................................................................456.5 Using Inteface Browser Q12429.............................................................................................................................48

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1 - Documentation : Introduction

1.1 Interface Introduction

The Hach WIMS Server-Side Interface to HACH SC100/SC1000 imports data from Hach ProcessLink OPC DA Serverinto Hach WIMS.

The Interface uses a Collector (Q12470) that continuously monitors the OPC Data and generates OPSDATAXML files thatwill be read by the Interface. The Collector (See Section 5.11) generates one of these files every minute and contains 1 datapoint for each OPC Item that is being monitored.

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1.2 Overview of Indirect Interface Concepts

The main components that collaborate on getting source data from SCADA or LIMS systems into the Hach WIMSdatabase are the: Collector, Dispatcher, and Interface. The reason there are these components is to provide flexibility, to be more robust, and to overcome disconnected systemconditions.

Source Data

The source data is typically a database of SCADA or LIMS type data stored by some automated or manual system

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Collector

The Collector is responsible for polling source data periodically and creating XML files in a specific format (i.e.,OPSDATAXML file format)

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Dispatcher(See Section )3.

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The Dispatcher is optional and is used for dispatching XML data files from source computer systems to the HachWIMS computer when these two are not the same network. The Dispatcher transfers XML data files to the HachWIMS computer system via File Transfer Prot