InteliGen and InteliSys Single and Multiple applications continuous on-

line and off-line monitoring software

IGS-LOG
IG,IS,IGS-NT monitoring sofware

SW version 3.0, June 2007

User guide

ComAp, spol. s r.o.

Copyright © 2004-7 ComAp s.r.o. Světova 7, 180 00 Praha 8, Czech Republic
Written by Jan Tomandl Tel: +420 2 66316661, Fax: +420 2 66316647
Prague, Czech Republic E-mail: [email protected], www.comap.cz
1. Table of Contents
1. Table of Contents............................................................................................................................ 2
2. IGS-LOG 3.0 ................................................................................................................................... 3
3. What is IGS-LOG? .......................................................................................................................... 4
Installation ........................................................................................................................................... 4
Settings ............................................................................................................................................... 4
4. Communication ............................................................................................................................... 6
Open connection ................................................................................................................................. 6
Connection types ................................................................................................................................ 7
Controllers list.................................................................................................................................... 10
5. Functions ...................................................................................................................................... 12
Recording a log ................................................................................................................................. 12
Browsing recorded log ...................................................................................................................... 12
Charts ................................................................................................................................................ 12
Controller history ............................................................................................................................... 15

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2. IGS-LOG 3.0
Main topics:

• What is IGS-LOG?
• Communication
• Functions

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3. What is IGS-LOG?
• IGS-LOG is a software tool for continuous monitoring of single or multiple InteliGen, InteliSys
or IGS-NT controllers.
• The program can combine and display as one table event-driven history from all controllers in
a site.
• Data logger function, graphic or table view, adjustable logging period
• Export to XLS and CSV file format
• Offline view of saved logs

Installation
The program is contained in the controller installation packages and does not have separate
installation package.
Hint
The program requires HASP dongle and appropriate drivers. The drivers are installed automatically
from the main installation package. Do not cancel the installation of the drivers.

Without a valid dongle the program will run in time-limited mode for 60min only.

Settings

Basic
This is path to the directory where the Sites structure is stored. If
Sites directory InteliMonitor is istalled together with IGS-LOG, both programs should share
the same sites directory.

Hint
IGS-LOG 3.0 is not compatible with Sites from WinEdit!

Fonts
Font that will be used for IGS-LOG menus, dialogs, messages etc.
Application font Changing of the font can sometimes cause wrong displaying of some
items because of different size.
Font and charset that will be used for controller history and log
Controller font windows. Auto-change charset will switch the charset automatically
according the charset in the controller.
If there are more languages in the controller, the preffered language
Preffered language will be used for history and log windows. If preffered language is not
found, default (first) is used.

Controller history
Controller history mode Automatic – gets all records form the controller
Explicit number – gets the number of records specified below
Always read history.... Use this checkbox if the controller is accessed from more

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 computers using the same connection method (e.g. direct,
modem etc.)

Logging
File type File type for saving logs (CSV/XLS) can be selected here.
If the log data of one site exceeds this limit, the oldest logs will be
Max disk space per site
deleted.
If the free space on the disk drops below this limit, the oldest logs
Min free disk space
will be deleted.

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4. Communication
Direct, modem and internet connection types are available for connection to the controller. A
connection must be estabilished to start recording a log. It is possible to browse recorded log offline.

Open connection
Connection types
Controllers list

Open connection
Use the Connection menu item or the icon to open the connection. The sites window will appear,
which shows sites/gensets structure. Select the site you want connect to and select appropriate
connection type. See InteliMonitor documentation for more details about sites.
Hint
Access code must be entered for each controller in the site for modem or internet connection. Go to
the Acc column in the controllers section to enter the access code.

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Connection types
Direct connection

Hint
Proper COM port must be selected for direct connection!

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Modem connection

Hint
Select modem from the list of installed modem that shall be used for the connection. Then enter
appropriate phone number.

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Internet connection

Hint
Enter IP address of the internet bridge located on the site you are connecting to.

Offline connection
The offline connection enables to view/browse previously saved archives or logs. Select the file you
want to open from the list.

• If an archive set is opened (*.ast), combined history from appropriate archives is displayed. An
archive set can be saved using InteliMonitor.
• If a log is opened (*.xls, *.csv), log window is displayed and the log can be shown also as a
chart.

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Hint
If a log was not properly stopped (e.g. due to eelectricity blackout etc.), a file with extension TMP will
occur in the file list for offline connection. Use right mouse button to convert this file to XLS.

Controllers list

The controllers list window shows all active controllers in the site, their names, addresses, system
date/time and password status. Password can be also entered here and each controller can be
enabled/disabled for common history window.

Time synchronization
The column correction can be used to shift the time of history records separately for each controller to
see the common history in proper order. It is useful for the case the controllers are connected by
RS485 or are different types (Classic vs. NT line). Otherwise there is automatic time synchronisation
between controllers via CAN line, so no correction is necessary in IGS-LOG.

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5. Functions
Recording a log
Charts
Controller history
Browsing recorded log

Recording a log

Hint
To record a log, an online connectiom must be estabilished first.

• Use Site | Logging menu item to start logging mode. The logging window will appear.
• To start/stop the logging itself, use Logging | Start or Logging | Stop menu items. The Logging
menu is visible only if the logging window is active. The log is saved automatically in the
moment of stopping it.
• When the log is running, it is possible to view it as a chart. Use Site | Chart or icon to
open charts window.

After starting a log, several parameters of the log must be entered:

Logging interval Interval between samples in the log
New file creation Time period which of each separate file the log is splitted to
Autosave interval Interval of automatic saving of the log
File name of a log is generated automatically according to date and time
File name suffix
of creation. You can put a suffix here, which will be added to eaxh file.

Browsing recorded log

To browse a recorded log, open appropriate XLS/CSV file in off-line connection mode. See the
chapter connection types for more information.

Charts
Channels
To view logged data as a chart, channels must be defined. Click to icon to open the Channels
window. Opening the window is enabled after logging is started (on-line mode) or saved log is opened
(off-line mode).
The window enables to select, edit and remove channels (columns from the log) that are displayed in
the Chart window. Channel configuration can be saved into a SHN file and used later for another
connection.

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Toolbar:

open the Add channel window

remove selected channel

open the Edit channel window

move selected channel up

move selected channel down
load channel setting from a SHN file
save channel setting to a SHN file

Chart
Click to to open the chart window. Opening the window is enabled after logging is started (on-line
mode) or saved log is opened (off-line mode). The Chart window displays trends of channels selected
in the channel window. The time distance between samples is given by time stamps of the samples,
which is primarily given by the Logging Interval (see chapter Logging).

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Toolbar:

change time resolution seconds/miliseconds

open Axes window

show/hide individual axe for each channel

reset axes setting to default

time tracking - if pressed, the chart moves to show last samples. If not pressed, the chart
"freezes"

fit the whole chart into the current window

axes scroll mode - dragging of axes will shift the axe range

axes zoom mode - dragging of axes will change the axe scale

time axe zoom in

time axe zoom out

time axe zoom selection by mouse

grid off

low density grid

high density grid

line width selection

value point markers on/off

time measurement markers on/off

Moving the markers:

• mouse drag and drop

• left, right arrow key
• CTRL+left, right arrow key (jump over 10 samples)
• CTRL+ALT+left, right arrow key (jump over 100 samples)

reading value marker on/off

channel annotations on/off - if active, name and unit of each channel is shown in the chart

channel annotations move mode

chart title editing - title is shown above the chart

copy the current chart to clipboard as a bitmap

print the chart

print preview

show/hide legend table on the right side of the chart

legend lines on/off

show/hide current time, current, min., max. and average values

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 advanced settings

Controller history
Create an online connection and go to menu item Site | Common history to see the combined history
from all controllers that are enabled in the controllers list window.

• Each record in the common history window begins with the name of the controller the record
belongs to.
• If different types of controllers are used, some cells can be blank. A blank cell means the
respective history value (according the column) is not present in the controller, which the
respective record belongs to.
• To see the common history records in proper order, time of all controllers must be
synchronized. See controllers list chapter for more information.
• To see history of each controller separated, go to menu Site and select the appropiate
controller by name.

To see the history from an archive set saved by Intelimonitor, open appropriate AST file in off-line
connection mode. See the chapter connection types for more information.

Hint
It is not possible to save the AST file (archive set) using IGS-LOG. Use InteliMonitor instead.

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