Data Source: This field specifies, in loose terms, the "Database/Datasource server name" where your source data system is configured to store data.

Database Name: This is the name of the database that contains the source data.

Database Type: Currently only MS SQL Server is selectable from the dropdown box.

OLE DB Provider: This specifies which "database driver" the interface will use when connecting to the source database. If connecting to MS SQL 2005 or later, use the native client to connect. Specify SQLNCLI as the provider. NOTE: You will need to have the Microsoft SQL Native Client installed for this to work. If connecting to MS SQL 2000, specify SQLOLEDB as the provider.

Username: The username you want to use to connect to the database. This user must have the rights to view the database tables that contain the data.

Password: The password you use to login into the source database.

Connection Timeout in Seconds: How many seconds the program should wait when establishing a connection to the source database before aborting.

Command Timeoutin Seconds: Specifies how many seconds the program should wait for a query to complete before aborting the operation.

WARNING: Large values for these two settings can cause the program to not respond for a long period of time! Do NOT use 0 unless you know what you are doing - it will cause the program to wait indefinitely, and if your database server is down, the only way to cancel the operation is to forcefully quit the program.

Customizations: This should be left empty unless you were told otherwise by a Hach Support Engineer or you know what you are doing.

Test Connection: Test to see if the connection settings are valid and the collector is able to connect to the source database. This will NOT Apply or Save the settings.

Tag Picker - Use this tab to select the tags that you want to collect data for. The previous tab was telling the collector which tables and columns contain data. Basically, all the data that is available to the collector. This tab is telling the collector which of those columns/tags you want to collect data from. You must configure the Data Table Mappings before using this tab.

All Available Tags: This is a list of all the tags that are available in the system that we can collect data for.

Filtered Tag List: This is the list of tags that we will collect data for.

Search Boxes: The search boxes allow you to search the list of tags for a particular string. The search will start from the currently selected tag (or the top if nothing is selected) so you can continue to press the search button to find the next match.

 

When finished configuring the collector's options, click the Apply Settings button to apply the settings in memory, and then Close. This will return to a previous screen that will allow you to Save Settings which will save the configuration settings to a file.