Adding measurements to a Siemens S7 collector

measurements can be added to a siemens s7 collector by manually adding measurements bulk importing measurements docid\ ocuypopzcouihwwzc vj7 manually add a measurement follow the guide on docid\ u5 07ylms2jix9kz m lb for general instructions on how to create a measurement open the measurements page in factry historian web interface and click + create measurement fill in the name of the measurement and optionally add a short description this will make it easier to find and recognize the measurement later when searching for measurements to trend or configure choose the siemens s7 collector you configured before, and select the time series database where the data should be stored select the correct datatype (for example, boolean, number, or string) based on what the siemens s7 server reported for this address basic settings memoryaddress in the settings panel below, provide the memoryaddress this tells the collector exactly which address to read from typical address formats include bit db1 dbx0 1 byte db1 dbb2 word db1 dbw4 dword db1 dbd8 array db1 dbw0 dbw8 string db2,string100 20 or db2,string100\[20] all address ranges must fit within a single db and data type, and align with the element size bit ranges are not supported valid address space 0–65535 use non optimized dbs for consistent access plcdatatype select the plcdatatype corresponding to the data type defined in your siemens s7 program (for example, real , bool , word , or dint ) rules bool requires a bit index in the address string length must come from the address (no string arrays) ranges must align to the chosen size ( word = 2 , dword / dint / real = 4 ) for step 7 addresses like dbd , use this field to choose between dword , dint , or real , the underlying bytes are identical for an initial test, you can leave the fields collectioninterval and collectionoffset at their default values if you need more control, you can find detailed explanations of these optional settings in the reference documentation for the docid\ aix9cdobswndr3avypzol expected outcome once you have submitted your measurement, and all settings are correct, you should see the following the measurement status changes to good within about 10 seconds the measurement appears in the list of configured measurements the data preview panel begins to display live values coming from the selected memory addresss click the refresh icon if it does not refresh automatically if you need to configure a large number of nodes, you can also bulk import the measurements to speed up the process bulk import measurements follow the guide on docid\ g5wek8z fipxau2ymzirz for general instructions