TagView Utility (TagView)

(Optional) The TagView application permits you to monitor and change any of the AVEVA Batch Management equipment.

Configuration:

• Setup TagView with the Configure dialog. Pressing <OK> in the Configure Dialog creates a “New” document. The previous list of tags is destroyed and any communications are shutdown.

• Choose the type of communications.

• If the I/O Server resides on a machine other than the one in the Access, enter new I/O Server location. This change affects all the I/O Servers in the tag list.

• (AVEVA Batch Management only) Toggle InBatch check box to select the tags needed.

• If AVEVA Batch Management is running on another machine, enter the computer it’s running on and the “config_a” share where the databases reside.

• By default, just the Control tags are retrieved. Select either Control, System, Both, or None.

• Filtering of the Control and System tags can also be done by the Access specified in TagLinker.

• Checking the IoSim check box automatically changes the Access information to talk to IoSim instead of the I/O Server configured in TagLinker.

• Open one or many “csv” files. Each file is added to the existing list of tags.

Operation:

• Select one or more tags.

• Select an action to perform on the selected tag(s):

• AVEVA Batch Management - connect to AVEVA Batch Management Server.

• I/O Server – connect to I/O Server.

• Start Update – start receiving data changes.

• Stop Update – stop receiving data changes.

• Read (Note: The value read will have “***” prefixed to the actual value read. This shows the value did not come from an update. The prefixed part is not from the server, it is only for display purposes.)

• Write (Note: The value written will have “???” prefixed to the actual value written. This shows the value did not come from an update. The prefixed part is not sent to the server, it is only for display purposes.)

• The action can be performed multiple times with a value in the Iterations text field. (Only available with Start Update, Stop Update, Read, and Write.)

• Write will require a value in the Value text field, otherwise a zero or empty string is written to the server.

• The state of the tags will be displayed in the left most column. See “Tag State” for further information.

• Errors will be displayed in the Errors Dialog. It is automatically when an error occurs.

Tag State: