Obtaining a configuration file from AIM*Historian

To save an AIM*Historian instance configuration using histsave, follow the below procedure on the machine running the AIM*Historian instance:

1. Start histsave from the /opt/aim/bin (Solaris) or d:\opt\aim\bin (Windows) directories, or by clicking the toolbar button in the AIM Historian Manager application.

   

2. Select an instance name from the Select Historian list box.

3. Click Specify Output File Name And Start Saving Configuration.

4. A Save As dialog box opens with the Batch Configuration input file as the selected file type. The file extension of the Batch Configuration file is .inp.

5. Specify the name and location of the file, and click Save.

6. The Progress Status area of the histsave window shows the instance name, the location of the file, the number of lines in the file, and the status of the task.

Newer versions of histsave generate two .inp files in the specified location. One file contains only the active points, and the file other contains both the active and deleted points. For FAIM only active points are needed.

Note: Historian batch configuration files generated on both Solaris and Windows systems can be used with FAIM. The files are ASCII based, and therefore, are transferrable between systems without conversion.

For more information on generating historian batch configuration input files from existing AIM*Historian instances, refer to the AIM*Historian User Guide, B0193YL.