© 2007 Eaton Corporation. All rights reserved. Foreseer ® Server Editing Rev C, January 25, 2007 Installing New Devices Renaming Existing Devices or Channels Adding Channels Deleting Devices or Channels
Mar 30, 2015
© 2007 Eaton Corporation. All rights reserved.
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