This is a basic guide to configuring and using the Explorer Trending tool
Configuring Explorer
The Explorer configuration file, sources.config in Windows and sources.Docker.config for Docker, contains the settings required to connect to one or more Timebase Historians.
By default this file can be found within C:\ProgramData\Flow Software\Timebase\Explorer\Config for Windows, or /config for Docker.
More than one Timebase Historian can be configured where required:
{
"Historians": {
"1": {
"Name": "Site A",
"Host": "localhost",
"Port": 4511,
"UseTls": false
},
"2": {
"Name": "Site B",
"Host": "<IPAddress>",
"Port": 4511,
"UseTls": false
}
}
}
UseTls should only be set to true if the respective Historian has been configured (in its appsetting.json) to use Tls. The current beta version of the Historian has not been documented to make use of Tls at this point.
Launching Explorer
Navigate to the server that Explorer is running on in your browser and use port 4531 to launch the tool.
For example "localhost:4531" if you are local.
Using Explorer
Thank you for helping us test the Explorer trending tool.
Please use the video below to familiarize yourself with using the Explorer Trending application before getting started.