About Collectors

Collectors are used to collect data from various data sources and send it to Historian. For a list of collectors and their usage, refer to About Historian Data Collectors.

After you install collectors and Remote Management Agent, the following artefacts will be available:
  • Executable files: These files are required to add a collector instance.
  • Instances of the following collectors:
    • The iFIX collector
    • The iFIX Alarms & Events collector
    • The OPC Classic Data Access collector for CIMPLICITY
    • The OPC Classic Alarms and Events collector for CIMPLICITY
    These instances will be created only if iFIX and/or CIMPLICITY are installed on the same machine as the collectors.
  • The Remote Collector Management agent: Provides the ability to manage collectors remotely.
To send data using a collector, you must:
  1. Install collectors.

    You can install collectors on multiple Windows machines. These machines can be on-premises or on a virtual private cloud (VPC).

  2. Create a collector instance.