Configuration of the data loaders

After editing the loader controller configuration files, restart the plc service for your changes to take effect.


Action

Configuration files

Parameter and syntax

Specify the frequency of data gathering for the specified data loader.

Loader controller configuration files for your data loaders:

  • plc_ego.xml (EGO)

  • plc_soam.xml (Symphony)

File location: EGO_TOP/perf/conf/plc

<DataLoader Name="loader_name" Interval="gather_interval" ... />

where

  • loader_name is the name of your data loader

  • gather_interval is the time interval between data gathering, in seconds

Enable data gathering for the specified data loader. This is the default behavior.

<DataLoader Name="loader_name" ... Enable="true" ... />

where

  • loader_name is the name of your data loader

Disable data gathering for the specified data loader.

<DataLoader Name="loader_name" ... Enable="false" ... />

where

  • loader_name is the name of your data loader

Enable data loss protection for the specified data loader. This is the default behavior.

Specific data loader configuration file: dataloader_name.xml

File location:

EGO_TOP/perf/conf/dataloader

<Writer ... EnableRecover="Y">

Disable data loss protection for the specified data loader.

<Writer ... EnableRecover="N">

Specify the default log level of your data loader log files.

log4j.properties

File location: EGO_TOP/perf/conf

log4j.logger.domain_name.perf.dataloader=log_level, domain_name.perf.dataloader

where

  • log_level is the default log level of your data loader log files.

The data loaders only log messages of the same or lower level of detail as log_level. Therefore, if you change the log level to ERROR, the data loaders will only log ERROR and FATAL messages.