The Ovation Process Historian Collector is making an OLE DB Connection to the Ovation Process Historian. Once we have established this connection, we can preview a list of available points. The OPH Configuration allows us to configure the connection to OPH and which points we would like to pull into the Hach WIMS System.

A - Data Source: This is the location of of the Ovation Database. Generally this will be a computer name or IP address
B - Initial Catalog: This is the default Database that will will pull historial information from.
C - Provider: This is the name of the Ovation Process Historian OLE DB Provider.
D - User ID: This is the user id of the database user with read privledges.
E - Password: The password for the User ID.
F - Time Zone Offset (From GMT): This is a number that is possitive or negative that represents your offset from GMT. This is gernally included in your Time Zone Description.
G - Connection Timeout: When making a connection to the database, this is how long the collector will wait for a response.
H - Command Timeout: When we are executing a query against the database, this is how long the collector will wait for a response.
I - Refresh: This button will allow you to refresh the available tags list. This will use the currently entered Data Source Configuration settings.
J - All Available Tags: This lists all available tags.
K - Filtered Tag List: This lists all the tags that the you have selected that the Collector will collect data for.
L - Sellection Buttons: These buttons will allow you to add or remove tags from the Filtered List.
M - Search Buttons: These allow you to filter the lists to find a certain tag.