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Trilogger High Speed Event Recorder 

High Speed Event Recorder

The TRICONEX TriLogger program suite provides unmatched ease, speed, and reliability in recording, playing back, and analyzing operating data from your Tricon™ system.

No other event recorder combines the technology and service required to easily replay up to 12 trend sets, each with up to 6 data points, in real time, on-site or remotely. If your requirements demand flawless, user-friendly performance in event recording, playback, and analysis, TRICONEX TriLogger is your solution.

TRICONEX TriLogger is the proven solution for high-speed, high-resolution event recording and playback in many industries:

  • Olefins manufacturing
  • Refining
  • Petrochemicals
  • Transmission pipelines
  • Ammonia manufacturing
  • Paper manufacturing
  • Electrical power generation
  • Steel manufacturing
  • Nuclear power generation

The TriLogger Program Suite

TriLogger Event – This program retrieves data through Net2 of the NCM via the NetDDE server. It stores the data in a circular RAM file and transfers the data to a hard disk when an event trigger occurs. This program also acts as a server for the TriLogger Remote program.

TriLogger Playback – This program enables off-line analysis and plotting of data in any combination and enables data export to Excel spreadsheets.

TriLogger Remote – This program runs on the Event PC or remotely for viewing real-time data and manually triggering event recordings.

High Resolution Means Quick and Accurate Solutions to Operating Problems

Even the fastest DCS historians will only capture data on a one-second interval. What can happen in one second? A compressor can go in and out of surge; a flow transmitter impulse line can form a condensate "plug"; a limit switch can "chatter."

All of these eventscould be missed by a DCS historian, but not by TriLogger, which can record data as fast as the Tricon can transfer it*. The TriLogger Event program has the power to capture up to thirty minutes of data.Low-resolution DCS historians can force operators and engineers to guess why an upset occurred and how to correct it properly. With TriLogger, the guesswork is eliminated and problems are identified in minutes instead of hours and days.

Easy to Use

TriLogger's flexibility allows one configuration to be used for start-up (or other special procedure) and distinct configuration(s) for normal operation. Event files may be saved in the popular Microsoft® Excel format (.xls) for post-processing and analysis. Event triggers can even be added "on the fly." We designed TriLogger Event so no function is more than one click away. TriLogger Event directly imports data base files from any version of TriStation MSW or 1131. It automatically displays all the network address details required to connect a remote computer in the remote pop-up dialog box. A search function allows quick selection of a tag or tags based on the tag name, description, or alias.

The TRICONEX TriLogger Advantage

  • Thirty minutes of high-resolution operating data per set
  • Time stamps and sampling rates based on the Tricon clock
  • Multiple, PC-configurable event triggers
  • Retrieval of both discrete and analog data
  • Simple set-up
  • Data base import from TriStation 1131 or MSW
  • DVR-type forward and reverse playback buttons
  • Click-and-drag zooming
  • Real-time viewing and trending with a manual trigger
  • Up to three concurrent remote connections
  • Operations troubleshooting in minutes instead of days
  • Easy export of data to Excel spreadsheets
  • Remote monitoring over a simple computer network
  • User documentation in popular Adobe AcrobatPDF format
  • Easy learning curve

TriLogger System Requirements

  • Triconex DDE server (included with TriLogger Event)
  • TCM or NCM communications module
  • At least one PC; two if remote monitoring is desired
  • Minimum Pentium 3 - 500 MHz processor
  • Minimum 256 MB RAM (512 MB desirable)
  • Windows XP, Windows 2000 or Windows NT SP5 operating system
  • Minimum 10GB hard disk drive capacity
  • Tricon-compatible network card (BNC connection) if NCM communications module is used

* Tricon communication transfer times are usually around 1.8 times the scan rate (e.g. up to 11 times per second for a 50msec scan rate). The Tricon scan rate is influenced by the size of the application program as well as the system configuration (number of I/O points, etc). For more information about the Tricon scan rate, please contact Triconex.