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Demand Archiving (Cont.)
FTP SERVER ARCHIVING
This allows the archiving of recorder files to a remote computer via the RJ45 type connector at the rear of
the recorder, either directly or via a network.
In order to carry out a successful transfer:
1.
Details of the remote host must be entered in the Network.Archive area of configuration (Section
5.1.2).
2. The remote computer must be set up as an FTP server. Help from the user’s IT department may be
necessary in order to achieve this. Appendix C,
Section C2 to this manual suggests one way, using
Filezilla.
3. The remote computer must also be set up to respond to ‘pings’. This is because the instrument pings
the host whilst establishing connection, and if it does not receive a response the archive attempt
fails.
When accessing files using Microsoft® Internet Explorer, the address (URL) field can be in one of two
formats:
1.
ftp://<instrument IP address>. This allows a user to log in as the anonymous user (if the recorder has
any account with the user name set to ‘anonymous’ with a blank password.
2. ftp://<user name>:<password>@<instrument IP address> to log in as a specific user.
For IE5 users, Microsoft® Internet Explorer displays, by default, history files only. To quit the history
folder, either uncheck the Tools/Internet Options/Advanced/Browsing/’Enable folder view for FTP sites’
option, or check the Tools/Internet Options/Advanced/Browsing/’Use Web based FTP’ option.
REVIEW SOFTWARE
‘Review’ is a proprietary software package which allows the user to extract ‘archive’ data from one or
more suitable instruments* and to present this data on a host computer, as if on a chart, or as a
spreadsheet. The host computer must be set up as an ftp server (see Appendix C
section C2 for a
description of one way of doing this).
As described in the Review help system, ‘Review’ allows the user to set up a regular transfer of data (using
ftp) from connected instruments into a database on the pc, and then from this database to the chart or
spreadsheet. The chart/spreadsheet can be configured to include one or more ‘points’ from one or all
connected instruments (where a ‘point’ is an umbrella term for channel, totaliser, counter etc.).
It is also possible to archive instrument history files to a memory stick, Compact Flash card etc.
(depending on instrument type) and to use this to transfer the data to the pc.
Each type of instrument has its own remote user name and password configuration - for this instrument,
the user name and password are both ‘history.
*Suitable instruments are connected instruments, the archive files of which have the suffix ‘.uhh’.
4.3.8 Login
Login allows the user to enter a password in order to gain access to areas of the unit’s configuration which
are not available when the user is logged out.
LOGGED OUT ACCESS LEVEL
Logged out mode allows the user to select viewing mode, to view history, to view alarms, to toggle
faceplate cycling on and off, to send notes, to suspend/resume USB archiving and to access the login
process.
OPERATOR ACCESS LEVEL
In addition to the logged out features, Operator access level allows the user to acknowledge alarms, to
edit notes and to perform demand archive operations.
By default, no password is required in order to enter Operator level, but a password can be set either at
Supervisor level or at Engineer level. (See section 1)