Super Systems FURS - Manual (Page 24)

Furnace Utilization Reporting System (FURS) Operations Manual
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Appendix 1: Configuration File Settings (AppOptions.xml)
Each installation of the program comes with a configuration file named AppOptions.xml, which
controls how the program works.
The location of the file is the installation folder of the program. The default location for this file
is C:\SSi\Bin\SSi Furnace Utilization Reporting.
This section will provide explanations for each setting in the file.
Below are the contents of the default AppOptions.xml file:
xml version = " 1.0 " encoding = " utf-8 " ?>
< Options xmlns:xsi = " http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance "
xmlns:xsd = " http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema " >
< GasUsageUoM > SCFM GasUsageUoM >
< Currency > USD Currency >
< GasRate > 0.0088 GasRate >
< ElectricityRate > 0.11 ElectricityRate >
< UseSQLEXPRUtilDB > false UseSQLEXPRUtilDB >
< SQLEXPRUtilDBConnString > Server=localhost\sqlexpress;Database=FurnaceUtil;User
ID=SSiUser;Password=ssississi;Trusted_Connection=False; SQLEXPRUtilDBConnString >
< LoadDBConnString > Server=localhost\sqlexpress;Database=SSiLoads;User
ID=SSiUser;Password=ssississi;Trusted_Connection=False; LoadDBConnString >
< LoadsTableName > Loads LoadsTableName >
< LoadIDColName > LID LoadIDColName >
< LoadFurnaceColName > Furnace LoadFurnaceColName >
< LoadOperatorColName > Operator LoadOperatorColName >
< LoadStartColName > DateTimeIN LoadStartColName >
< LoadEndColName > DateTimeOUT LoadEndColName >
Options >
Explanations of settings:
• : Unit of Measurement for gas usage such as SCFM (Standard Cubic
Feet per Minute) or M3M, etc.
• : Currency type for use with cost reports. Example values are USD, EUR, etc.
• : Gas price per one gas unit specified in the setting and in
the currency specified in the setting.
• : Electric price per KWH in the currency specified in the
setting.
• : 1.) If set to true: To use a centralized Furnace Utilization SQL
database server specified in the setting. 2.) If set to false:
To use the local SQL CE database on the local machine for all the configurations for the
program.
• : Connection settings for the centralized Furnace
Utilization SQL database. This setting will only be used if is set to
true.
• : Connection settings for the Load Entry SQL database.
• : Name of the Loads table within the Load Entry SQL database.
• : Name of the LoadID column of the Loads table within the Load Entry
SQL database.
• : Name of the Furnace column of the Loads table within the
Load Entry SQL database.