About data streams
Data streams are individual, detailed device or sensor values that Connect Tank reports to Remote Manager. For Connect Tank, data streams include time-stamped information such as milliamps (mA), voltage, custom scaled units, internal temperature, alarms, thresholds, hysteresis, and more. Select a specific data stream to see its current value, as well as historical data.
The Connect Tank data streams have a group and a corresponding short name. The following image and table provide details about the parts of a data stream.
| Item | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Connect Tank device ID | Identifies the device. |
| 2 | Group |
Identifies the device-specific function or sensor for the data stream. For example, ain1 corresponds to the sensor for Analog: Voltage Input 1. |
| 3 | Short name |
Identifies the specific data point. In this example, val is the raw analog voltage input value. |
Data streams for custom scaled values
Remote Manager includes two data streams that report input values:
- val: Raw measurement in its original value, such as mA, voltage, or pulses.
- cval: Calculated measurement in its custom value, such as liters, watts, miles per hour, degrees, and so on. This appears in data streams only when you configure Custom Scaled Sample settings for analog inputs or Custom Scaling Factor for a digital pulse counter.
The following images show how these two data streams appear in Remote Manager:
Additional information
To learn more about:
- Data stream groups and group-specific short names for Connect Tank, see Data streams reference information.
- General information for Remote Manager data streams, see the Data Streams section in the Remote Manager User Guide.
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