Overview of the InsightCM System

The act of a Cutsforth Monitoring System obtaining measurements from sensors connected to device channels.

An automatic process that discards some data files after configurable conditions are met. Aging is useful for conserving space on disk while maintaining a desirable collection of data.

The equipment whose condition you monitor using the InsightCM system.

The product family to which the controller and chassis in a Cutsforth Monitoring System belongs.

A text file that contains connection-related properties, such as a device IP address and credentials. If a device is offline, you can transfer this file to the device via USB drive to bring the device online.

The CompactRIO-based system, configured via the InsightCM web application, that acquires sensor data, monitors alarms, and more.

An event that leads to the collection of a data set or only a trend point. Events include alarms, periodic acquisitions, and force triggers.

Data containing calculated trend points and the associated waveform.

The page on the InsightCM web application where you can load data acquired from assets or to watch live data streams.

The monitoring hardware that receives and sends data from the sensors on the asset to the web application.

Software that runs on Cutsforth Monitoring Devices and causes them to perform operations such as calculating feature values from sensor data. Each device type has a unique application.

The collection of properties that controls how a device operates, including how and when it acquires data, from what sensors, and so on. Defined on the Device Configuration page of the InsightCM web application.

The arrangement of I/O modules within the device chassis into a specific pattern. Devices run unique application software according to their device type.

A value calculated from a specific measurement that Cutsforth Monitoring Devices acquire, often for the purpose of trending. For example, RMS is a feature whose value InsightCM Server can calculate from a standard periodic acquisition that occurs for a multiple-second interval.

A customizable group of features and spectral bands that by default, the InsightCM web application configures all sensors with a sensor type and measurement type to calculate.

The permanent software on the device that performs lower-level operations than the device application.

For vibration data, this is a feature that the device calculates once per second on each one second data set that the device collects. When you view data in the web application, the server calculates all high rate features on the full file length of data. By default, high rate features are time domain calculations such as RMS and True Peak.

For vibration data, this is a feature that the device calculates based on the file length you set for an operating state. By default, the device calculates low rate features every 4 seconds. Since low rate features are more processor intensive than high rate features, the device only collects and processes data sets for low rate features when the device has enough resources to calculate them. The server calculates low rate features that the device cannot process. When you view data in the web application, the server calculates all features on the full file length of data. By default, low rate features are frequency domain calculations such as 1x Magnitude and 1x Phase.

A collection of data acquired from an individual sensor by a Cutsforth Monitoring device.

Data from any acquisition that is not part of a stream, such as acquisitions triggered by time interval or delta EU settings, an alarm, or a force trigger.

A timestamped value stored in the PI System software. InsightCM Server uses the unique name of a PI point to write values to the PI System software.

The mapping of a source tag in InsightCM Server to the name of a PI point. In other words, InsightCM Server interfaces with PI System points via point mappings.

See connection information file.

A spectral band is the calculation of values within a window.

A group of measurements that a Transient, Periodic, and Event Recorder device (CMS-9036) acquires when the equipment it is monitoring enters certain operating states. A stream associates all the acquisitions in one group so you can quickly visualize all the data acquired during a stream-enabled operating state. You can view streams live or playback recorded streams.

See device application.

A container that InsightCM Server uses to get and set the value of a specific property. InsightCM Server uses these pre-defined tags to maintain property values for both devices and internal services. Each tag has a unique path, delimited by vertical bars, that identifies it. For example, the srv|prv|dev|DevNameconfigStatus tag contains an OK and Error value.

A flag that, when enabled, instructs InsightCM Server to log messages about when particular events occur. For example, the Storage.MajorOps tracepoint reports about events related to file I/O, such as when InsightCM Server receives a file from a device and saves it.

Values of a feature plotted over time and displayed in the Trend viewer.

Contains a single point value.