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Foreseer® Server Editing

Rev C, January 25, 2007

Installing New Devices

Renaming Existing Devices or Channels

Adding Channels

Deleting Devices or Channels

Server Configuration Mode

• Required for Major Configuration Changes• Adding Devices• Changing Names• Removing Devices and/or Channels

• System Monitoring and Alarming Continues• Must Disable a Device to Alter Its Configuration• “Read Only” While Enabled

• Accessed from Configuration Menu in Foreseer Application

Device Installation Wizard

• Foreseer uses a “Device Installation Wizard” for installing any monitored equipment

• Server Configuration Mode• Right-click at top of tree and choose “Install Device”

Device Installation Wizard cont.

• Choose the Device to Install• The list of available devices is the list of dot vi files

currently in the VI folder.

Device Installation Wizard cont.

• Enter a Name for the New Device• Maximum size is 24 characters

Device Installation – Device Address

• Depending on the type of protocol the device uses, unique device information may be required.

• Can also be referred to as a Device Number, Unit ID Number, Slave Address, etc..

Device Installation – Connection Type

• Select the Method for Communication with the Device

• Network Device Connection • TCP/IP• UDP

• Serial Device Connection• Direct Serial• VIM II (Not used at FAA)

Device Installation – Serial Device

• Select the Communications Port (COM) Where the Device is Connected.

• Set the Communications Parameters for Communication

Device Installation – Completing Installation

• In some cases, Foreseer will attempt to communicate with the device before installation can be completed and will not install if communication is not available.

• Foreseer can be run in a special “preconfiguration” mode to overcome this issue.

Device Installation – Final Step

• End Server Configuration• A new device is not completely added to Foreseer

until the Server Configuration session is ended.• While in Server Configuration mode, newly added

devices will not communicate.• Configuration Menu>>End Server Configuration

• The new device is now completely installed in Foreseer and will attempt to establish communication to get data from the monitored equipment.

Exercise – Install a Serial Device

• Use “1GE PowerLeader MVT Training”• The Device Name is “MVT 1”• The Address is 3• The Communications Port is COM30

• Baud: 19200• Parity: Even• Stop Bits: 1• Data Bits: 8

Exercise – Install a Network Device

• Use “SqD CM4000 TCP Waveform”• The Device Name is “SqD CM4000 Training”• The Address is 1• The Communications Type is TCP/IP

• IP Address: 192.168.250.54• Port: 502

Renaming Devices and Channels

• Server Configuration Session Required• Changing names is considered a Major change in

Foreseer• The affected device must be Disabled in order to

change either the name of the device or the name of a channel installed in that device

• Select the Device or Channel in the tree• Right click and choose “Rename” (or press the

F2 Key)

Renaming - Continued

• Do NOT use the Delete key to clear the existing name• Foreseer reads the Delete key as the keyboard command to

DELETE the selected item• Use Backspace instead

• Foreseer will ask for confirmation before completing a name change

• Multiple name changes are allowed during the same Server Configuration session

• End Server Configuration (Configuation Menu>>End Server Configuration) when finished

• Renaming may cause derived channels to stop functioning.

Renaming - Exercise

A device was installed with an incorrect name and needs to be renamed.

Rename Device “MVT 1” to the correct name of “GE MVT C52-9A”

Adding Channels to Installed Devices

• Channel Types Allowed• Monitored Equipment Channel

• Data is available directly from the device

• Channel is “programmed” in device

• Channel Address (Element, Register, etc.) is available

• Foreseer Driver allows channel addition

• User Defined Channel• Channel data will be derived from other installed channels

Adding Channels - Continued

• Server Configuration mode required• Disabling affected device may be necessary

• Equipment channels – device must be disabled• User-defined channels – disabling is not necessary

• Channel will be added under the selected device in the tree

• Right click menu selections• “Add Channel…” adds a monitored equipment channel• “Add User-defined Channel…” adds derived channel

Adding Equipment Channels

• Name the new channel• Must be a unique channel name• Maximum of 39 characters• Avoid special characters other than – or _

• Select the type of channel• Analog – actual metered data• Digital – two-state (on/off, alarm/normal, etc)

Adding Equipment Channels

• Add information to other tabs• General, Basic, Advanced are optional• Point Information required

• Element, Register, etc. for the new channel

• Tab may be named differently in different devices

• Required information is driver specific

• Required information is often different between Analog and Digital

Modbus Analog Channel Modbus Digital Channel

Adding User-defined Channels

• Name the new channel• Must be a unique channel name• Maximum of 39 characters• Avoid Special Characters

• Select the type of channel• Analog – metered value• Digital – two-state value• Text Channel – informational text value• Date Channel – calendar date and time value (defaults to date

and time the channel is created)

Adding User-defined Channels

• Enter Channel Properties• General, Basic, and Advanced only• User-defined equation for Analog and Digital cannot

be entered in Server Configuration

Analog Example Digital Example Text Example Date Example

Adding Channels - Continued

• End Server Configuration• Configuration Menu>>End Server Configuration

• Enter User-defined Equation for User-defined Channels

• Simple to Complex• Literally hundreds of possibilities

Adding Channels - Exercises

• UIE Digital Channel• Kato Gen 5 Module 3• Input 4

• UIE Analog Channel• Kato Gen 5 Module 3• Input 6

• AB PLC Digital Channel• OPC Data Tag: [FAA_TOT]N30:14/11,L1,C1

• Derived Analog Channel• Derived Digital Channel