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Overview

This object is used to define the layout of an historical archive record in a device and is used as part of the Configurable Archive object.

Configuration

General Tab

See the General Object Configuration page.

Date/Time Tab

Date/Time Type

  • Separate (Default)
  • Combined

Date Format

Default = MMddyy. Date Format as defined in the device. Used when Type is Separate.

Date UnitFormat StringDescription
Day

d

dd

ddd

dddd

Day of the month as digits without leading zeros for single digit days.

Day of the month as digits with leading zeros for single digit days.

Day of the week as a 3-letter abbreviation as specified by the system LOCALE_SABBREVDAYNAME value.

Day of the week as specified by the system LOCALE_SDAYNAME value.

Month

M

MM

MMM

MMMM

Month as digits without leading zeros for single digit months.

Month as digits with leading zeros for single digit months.

Month as a three letter abbreviation as specified by the system LOCALE_SABBREVMONTHNAME value.

Month as specified by the system LOCALE_SMONTHNAME value.

Year

y

yy

yyyy

Year represented only be the last digit.

Year represented only by the last two digits.

Year represented by full four digits.

Base Year

Default = 2000. Base Year as defined in the device.

Time Format

Default = HHmmss. Time Format as defined in the device. Used when Type is Separate.

Time UnitFormat StringDescription
Hour

h

hh

H

HH

Hours without leading zeros for single-digit hours (12-hour clock).

Hours with leading zeros for single-digit hours (12-hour clock).

Hours without leading zeros for single-digit hours (24-hour clock).

Hours with leading zeros for single-digit hours (24-hour clock).

Minute

m

mm

Minutes without leading zeros for single-digit minutes.

Minutes with leading zeros for single-digit minutes.

Second

s

ss

Seconds without leading zeros for single-digit seconds.

Seconds with leading zeros for single-digit seconds.

Time marker

t

tt

One character time marker string (A / P).

Multi-character time marker string (AM / PM).

Timestamp Format

Default = JULIAN. Timestamp Format as defined in the device. Used when Type is Combined.

Field Configuration Tab

Click Add to enter the appropriate number of New Record items.

Click Remove to delete any unwanted New Record items.

Click Tabular Display to view all New Record items at once.

Info
titleSaving Record Collection Changes

When record editing is complete, Click Close to return to the owning object type. Click the Save button  to save any changes made to the record collection.


New Record Configuration

Attribute

This is used by the protocol to determine what the field means beyond the EFM identifier. The date/time attributes are used to create the record’s timestamp. The Record number is sometimes used to validate history record responses.

  • Value (Default)
  • Date
  • Time
  • Timestamp
  • Meter number
  • Record number
  • Year
  • Month
  • Day
  • Hour
  • Minute
  • Second

Byte Order

Byte Order as defined in the device.

  • High/low (Default)
  • Low/high

Data Type

Data Type as defined in the device.

  • 8-bit character
  • 8-bit character (unsigned)
  • 16-bit integer
  • 16-bit integer (unsigned)
  • 32-bit integer
  • 32-bit integer (unsigned)
  • 32-bit floating point (Default)
  • 64-bit floating point
  • String

Field Identifier

Unknown (Default). Select from the listing to assign.

Length

Default = 0. Length as defined in the device.

Position

Default = 1. Position as defined in the device.

RecordId

Name of record in collection.

Scale String

This can be used to scale the value of the field. The scale string is in the same format as those used for OPC items.

Unit Identifier

Default = Unitless. Select the unit from the unit Custom Unit selection form.

Word Order

  • High/low (Default)
  • Low/high

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