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Entrytype:FAQ,EntryID:34230359,Entrydate:02/17/2009

HowcanyouhaveatrendarchivedisplayedcontinuouslyupdatedaftercallingTrend
View?

Description:
Basically,itisnotpossibletohaveatrenddisplayupdatedcontinuously,becauseuponcallingit,onlytheavailable
archivedatacanbereadout.However,tohavethecurrenttrendshownneverthelessuponcallingTrendView,you
mustconfigureasecondtrendinthesametrenddisplay.Thesecondcurvemusthavethesamevariable,butthe
trendtype"cyclicreal-time",becausethistrendtypeisupdatedcontinuouslyincycles.
Note:
Forthesakeofperformance,itisbettertoseparatearchivetrendsandcyclicreal-timetrends.Usingarchive
trendsseriouslyaffectstheperformanceoftheoperatorpanel.Youshouldusethefollowingmethodonlyifthe
operatorpanelisnotheavilyloadedinanyotherway.

Fig.01
ThearchivetrendismarkedinredinFig.01.Archivetrendspermityoutohavealong-termretrospectiveofthe
archivedataandagraphicaldisplayofthetrends.Thebluetrendshowsthecurrenttemporarysequenceofthe
samevariableandisofthetrendtype"cyclicreal-time".Thistrendtypeonlyshowsashortwindowofthe
sequenceanddependsonthenumberoftrendvalues.
Note:
Ifyouusethevaluetableinadditiontothetrenddisplay,thenitmighthappenthatthevaluetabledisplays"######",
becausethearchivetrendsarenotupdatedcyclically.
Contents:
1.Configuringthetrenddisplay
2.Reasonsfornotrenddisplayupdate
2.1Updatinghasbeenstopped
2.2Focusofdisplayrangehasbeenchanged
3.Download
1.Configuringthetrenddisplay
Below,asampleconfigurationistakentoexplaintheprocedure.

No. Procedure
1

OpenWinCCflexible
StartWinCCflexibleES(EngineeringSystem).
Createanewproject-MP277,forexample.

Fig.02
2

Createarchive
Openthedatalogeditorintheprojecttreeunder"HistoricalData>DataLogs"(1).
Inthedatalogeditor,youaddanewdatalogbyright-clickingtoopenthepop-upmenuandthenclicking
on"AddDataLog"(2).

Fig.03
Note:
Thebest"performance"inloggingisobtainedwiththe"segmentalcircularlog"method.InWinCCflexible
2008onwards,youcanfurtherincreaselogging"performance"byusingthestoragelocation"File-RDB"
insteadof"File-CSV".

Fig.04
3

Creatingaconnectionandtags
Intheprojecttree,clickon"Communication>Connections".
Createanewconnection.
OpentheTagEditorunder"Communication>Tags".
IntheTagEditoryoucreateanewtagdesignated"Sine".
Addthedatalogalreadycreatedtothistag.
Selectanappropriateacquisitioncycle.Inthisexample,wehaveselectedanacquisitionof"1s".

Fig.05
4

Addscreens
Addanewscreen-"Screen_2".
In"Screen_1"and"Screen_2",youcreatebuttonswiththefollowingdesignations:

Screen
Designation
Screen_1

"Trend"

Screen_2

"Previous"

Table01

Addthe"ActivateScreen"systemfunctiontobothbuttonsforthe"Click"event.
Addtheotherscreenineachcaseforthe"Screenname".

Fig.06
5

Configuretrenddisplay
AddatrenddisplayandopenthePropertieswindowofthetrenddisplay.
InthePropertieswindow,youclickon"General".
Optional-selectthe"Buttons"optionunder"Settings>Buttons".
Enter"2"for"Numberoflines".
InthePropertieswindowyouclickon"Properties>Leftvalueaxis".
Optional-enablethecheckboxfor"Auxiliaryline"enterthevalue"0".
Specifyapracticablescalefortheaxis.SinceasinecurveisgeneratedinSTEP7inthedownloadable
example,thevalue"-1"isusedfor"Beginningofaxis"andthevalue"1"for"Endofaxis".
Note:
Ifyoudefinethescalingoftheaxes,thendisabletheoption"Automaticchange".

Thenclickon"Trends"andaddthefollowingtrends.

Name
Trendtype
Sourcesettings
Curve1

Archive

Curve2

Cyclicreal-time

Foregroundcolor

Log
[Data_log_1]
Logentry
[Sine]

Red

Trendtag
[Sine]
Pulse
1.0s

Blue

Table02
Note:
Ifthedifferencebetweenthelogtrendandthecyclicreal-timetrendshouldnotbesovisible,thenuse
thesamecolorforbothtrends.

Fig.07
6

StartWinCCflexibleRuntime
StartWinCCflexibleRT(Runtime)ortransferyourprojecttotheoperatorpanel.
Clickthe"Trend"buttonandwaitafewseconds.
Thenclickthe"Previous"button.
Clickagainonthe"Trend"button.
TerminateWinCCflexibleRuntimeasrequired.

Fig.08

2.Reasonsfornotrenddisplayupdate
Thefollowinglistgivessomeofthepossiblereasonswhythereisnoupdatingofthetrenddisplay.
2.1Updatinghasbeenstopped
Ifthebuttonshavebeenaddedtothetrenddisplay,thenthetrendisnotupdatedifyoupresstheStopbutton.
Remedy:
YoumustpressthePlaybuttontostartcycliclogging.

Button

Function
Stop
Play

Table03
2.2Focusofdisplayrangehasbeenchanged
Thetrenddisplayisnotupdatedifthefocusofthedisplayrangehasbeenchangedwiththe"Forwards"and
"Backwards"buttons-seeTable04.
Remedy:
Youmustpositionthefocusofthedisplayrangeonthechronologicallylatestpointofthetrenddisplayforthe
trenddisplaytobeupdated.

Button

Function
Backwards
Forwards
Jumptobeginningoftrenddisplay(remedy)

Table04
3.Download
Thefollowingattachmentcontainsthesampleprojectdescribedabove.
Attachment1:WinCC_flexible_Trend_archive.zip(2849KB)
Runnabilityandtestenvironment:
Thefollowingtableliststhecomponentsthathavebeenusedtocreatethisentryandverifythefunctionsdescribed.

Components

Productandversiondesignation

PCoperatingsystem

MicrosoftWindowsXPSP2

Standardtools

Engineeringtool

STEP7V5.4SP4

HMIsoftware

WinCCflexible2008HF3

HMIsystem

MP27710"Touch

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