Adding signals, Choosing signals from a collection – GE Industrial Solutions Control System Toolbox For Configuring the Trend Recorder User Manual

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Chapter 3 Types of Trends

GEH-6408A Trend Recorder

Adding Signals

To add signals to the Data Historian trend

Or click

Add Signal

From the

Edit

menu, choose

Add Signal

. The

Data Historian Signal

Selection

dialog box displays the following two choices for choosing signals.

Pick from Signal List
displays signals using
the normal Signal
Selector dialog box.

Pick from Collection
List displays a list of
signals from a
specified collection.
First, choose a
collection. Then,
choose a signal.

Choosing Signals From a Collection

Choose a signal from
the collection. Multiple
signals can be chosen
from this list.

If signals are added to the trend from more than one device, the lower Signal View
displays the name of the device before the name of the signal as follows:

After all the signals are added, the trend recorder reads data from the Data Historian
host and graphs the data (refer to the section, Recording Trends, in Chapter 4).
Signal settings can be edited the same as for real-time trends.