Part 20. Phần mềm SCADA Cimon Ultimate Access - WatchM

WatchM là chương trình giám sát hiệu suất của CimonX. Khi thời gian phản hồi của hệ thống bị chậm trễ hoặc tệp dump được tạo, WatchM sẽ khởi động lại CimonX theo cài đặt của người dùng

1 Settings

Một tập tin chương trình cho WatchM (WatchM.exe) nằm trong thư mục CIMON-SCADA. Nhấp đúp vào tập tin ‘WatchM.exe’ sau đó hộp thoại sau sẽ xuất hiện

Item	Description
WatchM Path	Shows path of CimonX to monitor. The ‘’WatchM.exe’ file must be exist in the same location where CimonX.exe is installed.
Project Path	Shows project path which is executed in the CimonX.
CIMON Operation Status	Last Stopped	Shows the latest date when CimonX is terminated. The date is displayed as ‘YY/MM/DD hh:mm:ss’ format.
	Last Launched	Shows the latest date when CimonX is started. The date is displayed as ‘YY/MM/DD hh:mm:ss’ format.
	Monitoring	Switches to monitoring mode when pressing the ‘Monitor start’ button. ‘Standby’ is displayed when pressing the button between termination and restart. ‘Monitoring’ is displayed when pressing the button during CimonX is running
	Paused	Switches to pause mode when pressing the ‘Pause’ button. ‘Not monitoring’ is displayed when WatchM is paused during CimonX is terminated. ‘Standby’ is displayed when CimonX is terminated after pressing the button
System Memory Status	Shows current usage (%) of system memory and WatchM.exe in MB. If using ‘Check Memory usage’ option, WatchM.exe reboots CimonX when it exceeds the specified memory usage (%)
Monitoring Settings	You can select the monitoring operation of WatchM.exe.
	Manual Execution and Termination	User directly starts or closes WatchM.exe apart from CimonX.
	Automatic Execution at CimonX Startup and Manual Shutdown	While CimonX is running, WatchM.exe automatically executed and starts monitoring operation. User must close WatchM.exe directly
Timeout	Specify the time for waiting response of CimonX in minute. If timeout value is set as 10 seconds, WatchM.exe restarts CimonX when the client does not respond for 10 seconds. You can specify from 1 to 32767 seconds for timeout value. Default timeout value is 10
Enable Memory Usage Monitor	CimonX is restarted when it exceeds specified memory usage (%). You can specify from 10 to 99. Default value is 90
Save Settings	When you press ‘Save settings’ button after configuring the settings, WatchM starts monitoring according to the corresponding set values. Set values are saved in ‘CimonX.ini’ file. ※ For more information about set values, refer to the ‘Setting up the WatchM’
Start Monitoring	Starts monitoring CimonX according to the settings. The latest executed project will be restated.
Paused	Pauses the monitoring operation of WatchM.exe

You can check WatchM performance log as a WLOG file. The file is created in ‘C:\CIMON\SCADA 3.90\Log’ as ‘yyyymmdd.WLOG’ format.
WatchM restarts CimonX up to five times. You can see number of restarts in WLOG file.

Ex) Restarts 1~4 times: CIMON auto-run attempt (n time(s)) Restarts 5 times: Last auto-run will be attempted

2 Setting Up the WatchM

This chapter explains about settings and operation of WatchM. Check the description below before using the function.

a) Execute “WatchM.exe” in the installation path of CIMON-SCADA

b) When “WatchM.exe” is executed for the first time, its initial mode is set to ‘Monitoring’. In the ‘Monitoring Settings’ section, the settings can be modified

c) After the monitoring configuration, press “Save” button to save the configuration. WatchM will operate according to the new configuration from the next CimonX’s execution. The configuration information is stored in CimonX.ini file as shown below.

Items	Settings
Monitoring Mode (Enable)	0	Manual run and exit.
	1	Automatic run on CimonX execution and manual exit.
Timeout(Sec)	The value can be assigned from 1 to 32767.
(Memory Check	0	Not use
	1	Use
Memory Threshold	The value can be assigned from 10 to 99

d) After the configuration of WatchM, the operation of WatchM can be checked on the system status message as shown below.

In case WatchM is not enabled, or the configuration is not saved, a message will appear as shown below.

After saving the configuration, and if WatchM is operating when CimonX is running, the message will appear as shown below.