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 Type
- Separate (Default)
- Combined
Default = MMddyy. Date Format as defined in the device. Used when Type is Separate.
Base Year
Default = 2000. Base Year as defined in the device.
Default = HHmmss. Time Format as defined in the device. Used when Type is Separate.
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.
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