Custom data logging using a siemens comfort panel and vb script.
Siemens comfort panel data logging.
Hi i need some help to program the comfort panel to record operating data to a usb stick attached to the panel.
1 task 1 1 selection aid logging process values entry id.
High performance functionality and numerous integrated interfaces offer the greatest convenience in high end applications simatic hmi comfort panels standard devices form the technological basis for specialised variants like ip65 protected devices panels with a.
The default logging function is not flexible enough and some scripting is required.
109746939 v1 0 03 2018 5 g 8 d 1 1 selection aid the following table provides a summary in terms of the.
One of the first things to think about is where you want to store these logs.
O data record start from a pilot run bit.
I m on tia v15 tp900 comfort panel.
For comfort panels you can access the onboard.
Created for the wincc pc runtime and tp1200 comfort panel in the present wincc tia portal application.
This guide shows how to log siemens data to a database in three easy steps.
The scheduler cyclically calls a script that copies the existing data archive after the lapse of a certain amount of time and provides it with a new name.
In this example is used logging into csv excel file on pc loc.
So i made my own version of data logging using visual basic scripts on my comfort panel that create and append to a csv file.
Simatic hmi comfort panels are designed for implementation of high performance visualization applications on the machine level.
Apart from a user defined root this name also includes the time of the current archive.
Siemens has now also created a group of instructions just for data logging so that we can create custom data logs using lower cost processors.
A data record setup screen with following functions on the hmi during run time.
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The comfort panel logging is nicer because you can store the logs in csv files which are easily opened in excel whereas the basic panels require the logs to be stored as txt files.
I could memorize system event 80026 all logs initialized but the causes for a log to fail are too various network issue am logging on a nas drive full log file full authentication changes to be 100 sure that all causes are programmed.
