Data logger

A data logger samples values of one or more variables at user-defined intervals or at every value change and stores them in a database.

TIP: You can disable automatic sampling by setting the

Sampling mode

property to

None

Database configuration

FactoryTalk Optix Studio

automatically configures databases for data loggers.

When selecting a database for a data logger, for each variable to sample,

FactoryTalk Optix Studio

automatically creates and configures a database table with the following columns:

Column	Description	Present
`[VariableToLogName]`	The value of a specific variable	Always
`[VariableToLogName]`_OpCode	The variable code of the reading operation on the controller	If Log operation code of the variable = True
`[VariableToLogName]`_Timestamp	The date and time (UTC) of the variable reading on the controller	If Log timestamp of the variable = True
Timestamp	The date and time of the sample reading on the controller. This timestamp refers to the time when FactoryTalk Optix Studio stops reading all sample variables.	Always
LocalTimestamp	The date and time of the variable reading on the controller in the machine local time zone.	If Local time log = True

A data logger can automatically sample:

All monitored variables: The data logger samples all monitored variables regardless of their values.
Only the variables with significantly changed values: This applies only to the
Change in value
sampling mode.

The data logger samples only the variables which values vary beyond a dead-band interval in comparison with the previous sampling. The dead-band interval value can be an absolute or percentage value.

For example, if the dead-band interval is set to 5
, the data logger samples only the variables that have an absolute or percentage variation of at least ±5 in comparison with the previous sampling.

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