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Data Collector Overview and Methodology (version 25)
What are Data Collectors? Data Collectors are the components of the Canary system that connect to a data source to collect the process data to be transferred to the Canary Historian.…
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Installing Necessary Data Logging Components (version 25)
Methodology Understanding best practice architecture is important prior to installation. Whenever possible, Canary Collectors and the Store and Forward (SaF) service should be installed local to the…
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Store and Forward Tile (version 25)
Streams - number of data streams coming through the Store and Forward (SaF) service Buffer - amount of updates, or TVQs (Timestamp, Value, Quality), buffering in the SaF service.…
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How to Configure a Remote Collector when Tag Security is Enabled (version 25)
If Tag Security is enabled within the Identity service, a remote Collector will not be able to write to the Historian by default. The SaF service on the Collector server must be configured to use an…
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How to Configure a Proxy Server (version 25)
A proxy server is needed when a stream of data needs forwarded through an intermediate level in the network, such as in the Purdue Model shown below where there is no direct path from Level 3 to…
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Store and Forward Buffer (version 25)
Canary’s Store and Forward (SaF) service provides for local buffering of data should the Historian server be offline or the network connecting the Data Collector and the Historian be interrupted.…
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How to Backup Buffered SaF Sessions (version 25)
By default, after a buffered session is processed by the Store and Forward (SaF) service, the session file is deleted. Configuring the system to backup the buffered files allows the data to be stored…
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Sender/Receiver Troubleshooting Guide (version 25)
The following article mentions the Sender & Receiver services that may still be used if a Collector is running a pre-24 version. Although the Historian is still compatible with the Sender & Receiver,…
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