Delta Electronics DOP-A Series User Manual

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Chapter 3  Element Function|ScrEdit Software User Manual 
Revision Apr. 30th, 2007, 2007PDD23000002 
 
 
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History Setup Dialog Box 
Read Address 
It is used to set the starting address for sampling the history data. 
Data Length 
(Word) 
It is used to set how much words the user wants to sample. The range is 
within 1 ~ 13 continuous words. It indicates that max. 13 continuous words 
can be sampled. 
For example: If the setting value of Data Length is set to 6, it indicates that 
there are 6 continuous Words can be sampled.  
Cycle (ms) 
It is used to set the sampling cycle time for reading address (how long it is to 
read address one time). If the Trigger option is PLC, this option will be 
ineffective and the sampling operation should be triggered by the control 
block flag. For the settings of the control block, please refer to Chapter 5. 
 
Sample Number  This option is used with the Auto Stop option. If the Auto Stop option is 
selected, HMI will stop recording the data after the numbers of records have 
reached the setting value of Sample Number option. If the Auto Stop option 
is not selected, when record number of data exceeds the setting value of 
Sample Number option, it will delete the records from the first record and 
insert the new record again. The record data will be name as “History.dat” 
and the user need to use the software, Data Access which is attached in 
HMI editing software, to open this file. Data Access will sort and list the 
history data by record time automatically.   
Stamp Time and 
Date 
Use this option to determine if the time and date are also recorded during 
sampling operation.
 
Auto Stop 
Use this option to determine if HMI stop recording when the max. number of 
record data is reached. 
Non-Volatile 
Using this option can enable HMI to save sampling data in SRAM. The 
capacity for saving history data of DOP-AS series is 120Kbytes, DOP-A 
series is 240KBytes and DOP-AE series is 360KBytes. (In some HMI 
models, the user can save data in USB flash drive or SMC card and the 
capacity for saving history data depends on the capacity of USB flash drive 
or SMC card.)
  
Export CSV File  The data can be exported to a CSV file for the user to read and edit more 
easily in the Windows@ Excel or other text editing tool. It allows the user to 
read max. 65536 rows and 256 columns of data in the Windows@ Excel 
environment. If the sample number of the sampling data exceeds 65536, 
when the user uses Windows@ Excel to open the CSV file, an error 
message will display. At this time, the user can use Notepad or other text 
editing tool to open the CSV file. 
If Auto Stop option is selected also, HMI will stop recording the data after the 
numbers of records have reached the setting value of Sample Number 
option. If Auto Stop option is not selected, when record number of data 
exceeds the setting value of Sample Number option, it will delete the 
records from the first record and insert the new record again. But, the data 
of the exported CSV file will not be sorted and listed by the record time. 
Trigger
 
There are Timer and PLC two options. It means that the sampling action is 
controlled by the Timer of the HMI or the external controller, i.e. PLC. When 
PLC option is selected, it indicates that the trigger bit designated by the 
register for sampling history buffer in the control block control the sampling 
action. Regarding the settings of the control block, please refer to Chapter 5.
OK / Cancel 
Press OK button to save the data and exit. Press Cancel to exit without 
saving data.  
Delete 
Pressing Delete button can delete a history data.  
Modify 
Pressing Modify button can modify a history data.