Archiving Online/Offline - ABB SM500F User Manual

SM500F
Field mountable paperless recorder

6.6 Archiving Online/Offline

Before data can be archived to external media, the external media must be placed on-line and one or more
archive file enables set.
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When an external archive media card is inserted and there is <1 day (Binary format) or <1 hour (Text
format) of data in internal memory, a dialog box is displayed giving the user the choice of putting the
media on-line or remaining off-line. If no selection is made within 10 seconds, the media card is
placed on-line automatically:
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When an external archive media card is inserted and there is >1 day (Binary format) or >1 hour (Text
format) of data in internal memory, a dialog box is displayed prompting the user to select either the
data to be archived or remain off-line:
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If a large amount of Text format unarchived data is selected, a progress bar appears. During this time
operator views cannot be accessed, but new data continues to be recorded to the internal buffer
memory.
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External archive media can be set on-line (if a media card is inserted) or off-line in the setup menu.
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Set archiving off-line before removing external media to prevent loss of data and possible damage to
the media card.
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When external archive media contains approximately 250 files, its read/write performance begins to
degrade and either of the 'Warning – Too Many Files' icons (
[monochrome recorders]) are displayed. Change the media as soon as possible.
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When external archive media contains approximately 300 files, its read/write performance becomes
too slow, Archiving is stopped automatically and the 'Too Many Files – Archiving Stopped' icons (
alternating with
displayed. Change the media immediately to prevent loss of data.
Note. Data stored in the internal memory buffer can still be transferred to the archive media when the
archive media is placed on-line again (providing it is not off-line so long that the un-archived data in the
internal memory is overwritten).
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[color recorders] or
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