Using the InTouch HMI with the Historian Server

The Historian Server is a real-time, relational database designed specifically for industrial applications. You can optionally configure the Historical Logger to store InTouch historical data to a historian in the AVEVA history server database.

Note: For more information about setting up the InTouch HMI with a remote history provider, see Distributing Applications in AVEVA™ InTouch HMI Application Deployment Guide.

If you use the the Historian to store historical data, you must use the Distributed Name Manager from WindowMaker to specify a connection to the database.

To configure a connection to a Historian Server database

1. Open WindowMaker.

2. On the File menu, click Configure, and then click Distributed Name Manager.

   The Distributed Name Manager configuration screen appears, with separate tabs for the Distributed Alarms and the Distributed History.

3. On the Distributed History tab, click the + icon to add a history provider, or press Alt+A.

   The Add history provider dialog appears.

   

4. In the Provider Name box, type the name you want to use for the new historical provider.

   A provider name can be 16 alphanumeric characters or fewer.

5. Select Historian.

   1. In the Data Source box, type the node name of the server where the Historian Server is installed.

   2. Enter a name for a Historian Server database user account.

   3. Enter the password for the user account in both the Password and Confirm password boxes.

   4. Click Test connection to verify the connection to the Historian Server database. A message appears indicating whether the connection to the database is successful or not.

6. Click Add to close the dialog box. The Historian Server node appears in the History Providers list.

7. Click Save.