User Manual

Siemens Industry, Inc.
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can be created. As a result, manual logs detailing
what data is stored in archive volumes and
cumbersome tape archiving systems are not
required. You can focus on data reporting and
analysis, not cumbersome data management.
InfoCenter Server provides storage for the following
types of electronic data:
• Change-of-Value (COV). This point’s values
are generated by control and monitoring of the
APOGEE Automation System when the value
changes by a specified amount.
• Interval Data. This point's values are generated
by control and monitoring the APOGEE
Automation System on a predefined interval.
• Summary. This point's values are calculated at
regular intervals based on the values of another
point residing in InfoCenter Server or the
calculated result of a formula. An example of a
Summary point would be the daily maximum
temperature of one day's worth of 15-minute
samples or a Mean Kinetic Temperature
calculation commonly used in warehousing and
stability applications. Summary points are
defined through the InfoCenter Administrator.
• Manual. This point's values are entered by a
user through a custom/third-party client
application.
• Alarm Activity. A point’s alarm activity from the
APOGEE Automation System can be stored
along with the value of the point.
• Insight System Activity. Insight system
activity including supervised object activity and
firmware MMI activity.
• InfoCenter System Activity. Events generated
by the InfoCenter Server. Insight System
Activity and InfoCenter System Activity make up
all APOGEE Automation System activity
• Alarm Issue Management. APOGEE Alarm
Issue Management records are sent to
InfoCenter Suite once they are resolved and
cleared.
InfoCenter Administrator
InfoCenter Administrator is a client application that
provides an interface to the InfoCenter Server,
allowing you to manage and control access to the
data and functions within InfoCenter Server.
InfoCenter Administrator combines automated
scheduling of critical tasks as well as secure access
to critical configuration and maintenance functions
such as; scheduling data archiving (see Figure 3).
Figure 3. Automated Archiving.
InfoCenter Administrator provides administrative level
access to all data types stored within InfoCenter
Suite, allowing effective sorting and management of
records.
Figure 4. APOGEE System Activity and Alarm Issue
Management Data in Administrator.