Yaskawa MP900 Series MPLOGGER - Manual (Page 68)

4 Basic Operation
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4.11 Monitoring
The setup process has been finished when all the monitoring cells and data logging tag group
settings have been completed. MPLOGGER is now ready for operation.
Select the Data Communications Server to start communicating from the Excel menus and data
will be updated on the monitoring sheets.
MPLOGGER uses Excel as a monitoring application, which does not guarantee 24 hour operation. The
Data Communications Server can run continuously for 24 hours.
To achieve smooth operation over 24 hours, use the following suggestions.
1. Start the MPLOGGER Excel sheet only when it is required. Normally, leave only the Data
Communications Server running.
2. If the MPLOGGER data update function is not functioning properly, restart the application.
3. Periodically restart the MPLOGGER application.
MPLOGGER uses Excel for its data displaying functions. (The user interface is included with VBA
add-in module.) The Data Communications Server is used for processing the MPLOGGER’s main
functions. (Refer to
Chapter 1 Overview of MPLOGGER .) The fundamental processes are data com-
munications and data logging processes, which need to be started and stopped depending on what the
application is doing. These tasks are categorized as start/end communications and Start/End Display
Update functions and are described below in brief.
• Start/End Communications
Starts/ends communications by the Communications Server.
• Start/End Display Update
Starts/ends automatically updating data in Excel (worksheet).
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