Viewing FAIM Historical Trend Data within Foxboro Software

FAIM provides the same interface applications as the AIM*Historian and legacy historian, so that historical data can be viewed in applications such as FoxView software. To enable data to be viewed in Foxboro applications, a version of AIM*API and associated FAIM processes must be started. These processes are started from the FAIM control panel applet.

To start the FAIM processes:

1. On the Start menu, click Control Panel.

2. In the Control Panel, double-click FAIM Options.

3. In the FAIM Options dialog box, click the Start FAIM button to start the FAIM version of AIM*API and legacy trend server processes.

4. To avoid starting these processes manually every time the Foxboro Application Workstation is restarted, select the start FAIM processes at boot option.

5. Click Close to dismiss the FAIM Options dialog box.

   Note: The FAIM processes may take a few minutes to start.

   Once the FAIM processes start running, and the data recording begins, view some data as a historical trend in the FoxView interface:

6. On FoxSelect, select the DEMO compound and double-click the LVL_CTRL (PIDX) block to show its detailed display in the FoxView interface.

   

7. Click the TREND button in the FoxView interface to display a default trend for the LVL_CTRL block. A trend overlay is displayed showing the data obtained from FAIM.

8. Run and modify the process model to see the trend change.

   1. Select Run.

   2. Select Remote.

   3. Start the motor from the FoxView interface and navigate to Disp/SCP_demo/Demo.

   4. View the Tank Fill and the CP Host trend in FoxView.

   5. Close and re-open the trend.

      Note: Since the SimSync Engine was not added to this simulation example, an increase in the simulation speed will increase the ramp rate in the Foxboro trend. Additionally, if the simulation is frozen, Foxboro trends will flatline. The time displayed on the FoxView interface, which is generated through the Alarm Manager, matches the wall clock time.