Visual DAQ DaqPlaner - Planar Data Analysis

Data Source

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(Figure 1 : DAQ Data Source)



Field

Description

Connection Type

Web URL (HTTP, FTP etc), FilePath, ODBC, .NET Library.

Connection Strings

According to connection type. web address, filepath, odbc (connectionstring^query), or library^clas^parameter.

NOTE: More than one items of data sources (ex: URLs) can be separated by line.

The DATA strings are used for data collection, and INFO strings are used to get sensor information and configuration of devices. Both can be same.

Web Authentication

For Web URL/OPC, the login name and password.

Data Settings

Data Format (CSV, CSV Pair, XML, JSON, Dictionary), Data Delimiters and Pod(s) Definition.

Pod Specification

Abbreviation;Minimum;Low;High;Maximum;Unit;Description


Value of the pod for a particular sensor, will always belongs to one of the following ranges:


Range Name

Range

Exactly

Example

Below Critical

Value less than Minimum

Value < Minimum

Too Cold

Below Normal

Value between Minimum & Low

Minimum <= Value < Low

Cold

Normal

Value between Low & High

Low <= Value <= High

Normal

Above Normal

Value between High & Maximum

High < Value <= Maximum

Hot

Above Critical

Value grater than Maximum

Value > Maximum

Too Hot


Sensor Pods

If sensors have more than one pods (usually different types), associated with a single serial number, then specify pod abbreviation here. If the sensors have a single pod, then you can use zones to display different type of sensors in Layout Definition.

(Table 1 : Fields Description)



Data Format Examples:


CSV

Tp:25.9:30.8:18.8:30.7:27.6:21.5;Af:2.5:4.7:4.3:2.6:1.4:3.2


CSV Pair

Tp:s1=25.2:s2=30.6:s3=21.2:s4=21.2:s5=30.4:s6=24.8;Af:s1=1.9:s2=3.5:s3=2.2:s4=3.4:s5=2.6:s6=3.6


JSON

{"s1":{"Tp":24.9,"Af":4.3},"s2":{"Tp":25.6,"Af":3.5},"s3":{"Tp":29.0,"Af":2.2},"s4":{"Tp":19.7,"Af":2.2},"s5":{"Tp":25.4,"Af":1.1},"s6":{"Tp":20.9,"Af":2.8}}


XML

<Sensors>

<Sensor Serial='s1' Tp='24.9' Af='4.3' />

<Sensor Serial='s2' Tp='25.6' Af='3.5' />

<Sensor Serial='s3' Tp='29.0' Af='2.2' />

<Sensor Serial='s4' Tp='19.7' Af='2.2' />

<Sensor Serial='s5' Tp='25.4' Af='1.1' />

<Sensor Serial='s6' Tp='20.9' Af='2.8' />

</Sensors>


Dictionary

DataItems[serial1]["Tp"] = 25.2;

DataItems[serial1]["Af"] = 3.1;