Trend Parameters
- Last UpdatedJul 19, 2023
- 4 minute read
The Citect.ini file contains the following trend parameters:
-
[Trend]AbortStartupOnError- If set and the history file properties of any Trend tag have been modified, restart of the Trend Server will not occur because the history files can not be reloaded.
-
[Trend]AcquisitionTimeout - stops a trend server from infinitely acquiring a valid data sample from a disconnected I/O device
-
[Trend]AllFiles - Indicates whether trend history files should be created at startup or created when needed.
-
[Trend]BlockByIODevice - Obsolete in version 7.0.
-
[Trend]BytesReadBeforeSleep - Controls the amount of data read from the trend archive before the trend server has to sleep.
-
[Trend]BytesWrittenBeforeSleep - Specifies how many bytes of trend data are written to file by the TrendWriteTask before it sleeps.
-
[Trend]CacheSize0 - Determines the number of samples that can be stored in the cache of a trend with sample period < 50ms.
-
[Trend]CacheSize1 - Determines the number of samples that can be stored in the cache of a trend with sample period >= 50ms and < 250ms.
-
[Trend]CacheSize2 - Determines the number of samples that can be stored in the cache of a trend with sample period >= 250ms and < 1 second.
-
[Trend]CacheSize3 - Determines the number of samples that can be stored in the cache of a trend with sample period >= 1 second and < 5 seconds.
-
[Trend]CacheSize4 - Determines the number of samples that can be stored in the cache of a trend with sample period >= 5 seconds and < 10 seconds.
-
[Trend]CacheSize5 - Determines the number of samples that can be stored in the cache of a trend with sample period >= 10 seconds and < 20 seconds.
-
- Determines the number of samples that can be stored in the cache of a trend with sample period >= 20 seconds and < 50 seconds.
-
[Trend]CacheSize7 - Determines the number of samples that can be stored in the cache of a trend with sample period >= 50 seconds < 100 seconds.
-
[Trend]CacheSize8 - Determines the number of samples that can be stored in the cache of a trend with sample period >= 100 seconds.
-
[Trend]ClientRequestTime - The delay (in milliseconds) after real-time trend data is requested from the Trends Server before the next data is requested.
-
[Trend]CopyFilesMessage - Determines whether the redundant Trends Server displays an alert message if it cannot find any trend files.
-
[Trend]CPU - Obsolete in version 7.0.
-
[Trend]CursorColor - Allows the cursor color to be specified.
-
[Trend]CursorColour - Obsolete in version 7.20 (replaced by [Trend]CursorColor).
-
[Trend]DeleteIfIncompatible - Deletes incompatible history files automatically.
-
[Trend]Disable - Enables/disables the Trends Server.
-
[Trend]EnableBackfill - Allows trend backfill to be disabled.
-
[Trend]FileCreationWriteSize - Controls the rate at which trend files are initialised (whether created at startup or runtime).
-
[Trend]FileNameType - Specifies whether your trend file names will be long or short.
-
[Trend]FilterViewByPrivilege - Determines if the results from a trend browse will be filtered according to privilege.
-
[Trend]GapFillMode - Determines which method is used to fill gaps in a trend file and graph caused by missing trend samples.
-
[Trend]GapFillSamples - Determines whether gaps in a trend graph caused by missing samples are filled (determined by the number of samples missed).
-
[Trend]GapFillTime - Determines whether gaps in a trend graph caused by missing samples are filled (determined by the duration of the gap).
-
[Trend]InhibitEvent - Inhibits event trends on startup.
-
[Trend]InstantTrendIdleTime - Set this parameter to specify the maximum number of seconds that an unused instant trend will be retained.
-
[Trend]InstantTrendSamples - Set this parameter to determine the maximum number of samples that will be retained for an individual instant trend.
-
[Trend]MaxBackfillsAtOnce - Determines the number of trend to be requested for backfill at a time.
-
[Trend]MaxRdnSamples - Determines the maximum samples to be requested for a trend at a time.
-
[Trend]MaxRequestLength - Determines the maximum number of trend sample requests allowed per trend.
-
[Trend]MaxSetTableQue - Determines the maximum number of SetTrendTable requests on the primary trend server to be transferred to the standby server.
-
[Trend]MaxSetTableStnbyPending - Controls the maximum number of pending SetTrendTable requests to the standby trend server.
-
[Trend]MissedSamplesAlarmTime - Controls the amount of trend data that can be missed before a hardware alarm is triggered.
-
[Trend]Process - Obsolete in version 7.0.
-
[Trend]RangeCheck - Checks for invalid trend sample values.
-
[Trend]ReadWatchTime - Determines how long the trend server will wait (in milliseconds) between each file read of trend samples.
-
[Trend]Redundancy - Obsolete in version 7.0.
-
[Trend]ReloadBackOffTime - Back-off time configured to control the pace of the reload on an Trend server.
-
[Trend]Server - Obsolete in version 7.0.
-
[Trend]ShowCacheSizes - Determines whether the currently set values and sample period ranges for parameters [Trend]CacheSize0. . .[Trend]CacheSize8 are displayed in the Plant SCADA Kernel.
-
[Trend]StaggerRequestSubgroups - Obsolete in version 7.0.
-
[Trend]TrendDebug - Used to debug the trend system during commissioning.
-
[Trend]WatchTime - The delay (in milliseconds) after data is returned from the I/O device before data is requested for the next trend acquisition cycle.
-
[Trend]WriteWatchTime - The trend write task writes out trend data to disk, and then sleeps for the time specified in this parameter (before writing the next trend file).
See Also
Related Links
- [Trend]AbortStartupOnError
- [Trend]AcquisitionTimeout
- [Trend]AllFiles
- [Trend]BlockByIODevice
- [Trend]BytesReadBeforeSleep
- [Trend]BytesWrittenBeforeSleep
- [Trend]CacheSize0
- [Trend]CacheSize1
- [Trend]CacheSize2
- [Trend]CacheSize3
- [Trend]CacheSize4
- [Trend]CacheSize5
- [Trend]CacheSize6
- [Trend]CacheSize7
- [Trend]CacheSize8
- [Trend]ClientRequestTime
- [Trend]CopyFilesMessage
- [Trend]CursorColor
- [Trend]DeleteIfIncompatible
- [Trend]Disable
- [Trend]EnableBackfill
- [Trend]FileCreationWriteSize
- [Trend]FileNameType
- [Trend]FilterViewByPrivilege
- [Trend]GapFillMode
- [Trend]GapFillSamples
- [Trend]GapFillTime
- [Trend]InhibitEvent
- [Trend]InstantTrendIdleTime
- [Trend]InstantTrendSamples
- [Trend]MaxBackfillsAtOnce
- [Trend]MaxRdnSamples
- [Trend]MaxRequestLength
- [Trend]MaxSetTableQue
- [Trend]MaxSetTableStnbyPending
- [Trend]MissedSamplesAlarmTime
- [Trend]RangeCheck
- [Trend]ReadWatchTime
- [Trend]ReloadBackOffTime
- [Trend]ShowCacheSizes
- [Trend]TrendDebug
- [Trend]WatchTime
- [Trend]WriteWatchTime