Hyper Historian Quick Start

Hyper Historian is configured through the GENESIS64 the Workbench, an integral part of both Hyper Historian and ICONICS GENESIS64 64-bit, OPC-integrated, Web-enabled HMI/SCADA suite. the Workbench is loaded as part of the Hyper Historian installation and is a multi-functional, centralized, Web-based environment for product configuration. The the Workbench can also act as an advanced operator interface for visualization and service management and has integrated layout/project management and remote, pack-and-go deployment capabilities.

This topic describes How to Configure Hyper Historian.

How to Configure Hyper Historian

Hyper Historian is configured using the Workbench, a centralized project management application for GENESIS64. After installation, Hyper Historian works "out of the box," and there is not much configuration to do. Let's take a look at the configuration.

Open the the Workbench by going to the Start menu/screen and entering the Workbench.
Once you are in the the Workbench, select Hyper Historian in the Navigation Tree (or, if hidden, you can click on the Hyper Historian icon in the button bar at the bottom).

Hyper Historian in the Workbench

Once you select the application, you can expand the configuration node in the Navigation Tree, as shown below.

Hyper Historian Configuration Tree

Note: If you see nothing in the Navigation Tree after selecting Hyper Historian, it is possible that your security level blocked it. In this case, select the Log In/Log Out button on the Home ribbon to bring up the security login dialog to log in as a user with permissions.

Take a look at the Data Collections tree node. Note that Hyper Historian pre-configures several folders in the sample configuration database by default.
Expand the Loggers & Groups tree node. By default, there are a few loggers already configured. Most are memory persistent loggers and one is a file based logger. A memory persistent logger keeps most of the information in RAM and logs data to file only when certain events occur. A file based logger, on the other hand, always logs data to a file.
Since Hyper Historian works out of the box, you do not need to change anything. However, keep in mind that the logger configurator is where you can set up how long to keep data in a single file and when to archive data.
Expand the Loggers & Groups tree node and select the File Based Logger tree node to open it in the content area. In the Logging Group, you can associate your logger, as well as specify a condition for starting data collection. If no condition is specified, data collection begins when you start the Hyper Historian Logger. You do not have to change anything for the Logging Group because Hyper Historian works out of the box.
Expand the Logging Group tree node underneath the File Based Logger tree node. A sub-node called Aggregation appears, which allows you to access the logging group's aggregation group. For information on the aggregate group, refer to the Aggregate Groups topic.
Select the Logging Group tree node underneath the File Based Logger tree node. In a list view near the top-center part of your screen, two collector groups appear (called Collecting data group and OPC UA Collecting).
In the list view near the top-center part of your screen, select the row containing the OPC UA collecting collector group to open it. Here, you can select the collector to which the collector group belongs as well as the data collection rate (which is the sampling rate) and the calculation period used for tag aggregates that you add to the group’s tags. Again, you can leave the settings here alone. However, if there is a different rate at which you would like to collect data samples, feel free to change it in the Collection Parameters section.

Hyper Historian Collector Group

Within the Data Collections tree node, by right-clicking the same OPC UA collecting collector group, you can add tags to the group or add a folder to organize your tags.
If you wish to, you can delete the tags and folder and add your own. Otherwise, you can just add the tags you are interested in.
Right-click on the OPC UA collecting group and select the Add Tag option. You can also select the Add Tag button in the Edit group on the Home ribbon.

Adding an OPC Tag

The Hyper Historian Tag dialog appears in the content area (the main part of your screen), as shown in the image below:

Hyper Historian Tag Dialog

Enter a Name for the new Hyper Historian Tag.
Enter a Signal Name or click on the Signal Name field’s ellipsis button […] to select an OPC tag from the Data Browser.

Selecting an OPC Tag

Once you have added the Signal Name (the OPC tag to trend on), you can leave the settings as default.
If you want the ability to add comments to the Hyper Historian tag while viewing it in the Trend Viewer, check the option to Support Operator Comments.

Hyper Historian Tag Configuration

Once you are done with the tag configuration, click Apply to save the settings.
You can repeat steps 13-17 to add more tags. Or you can try the Add Multiple Tags... option to add many OPC tags at once.
Note that we didn't create any calculated tags in this example. If you would like to create one, refer to the Calculated Tags topic for more information.
When you are done configuring your tags, start the HH Core and HH Collector services by clicking on the traffic lights in the Service section of the Home ribbon so that they both become green.

Hyper Historian Running

At this point you are done configuring Hyper Historian and you have started logging data.