SixTRAK IPm Usage Tips

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Selecting the 512K or 2 Megabyte Memory Option

How Much Datalogged Information Can be Stored?

Adding I/O to a SixTRAK IPm

Compatibility with SixTRAK Gateways

Exceptions to Compatibility

Why SixTRAK IPm Instead of other SIXNET Controllers?

Selecting the 512K or 2 Megabyte Memory Option

¢	512K of datalogging memory can store up to 250,000 analog values
¢	2 Megabytes of datalogging memory can store up to 1,000,000 analog values

How Much Datalogged Information Can be Stored?

Each Sixlog file is allocated a fixed amount of memory. Each record typically contains a time stamp (4 bytes), analog values (2 bytes each), and discrete values (8 per byte). The size of the record is automatically computed and displayed for you by the Sixlog software. The overall storage time (until the oldest data in a full file is overwritten by new data) is computed as:

Longest storage = (file size) x (capture interval) / (bytes per record)

Example:

16 analog values plus a time stamp are logged every 5 minutes into a 512K file.

Oldest data = 512,000 (approx) x 5 minutes / 36 bytes /record = 71,111 Minutes (49 days)

By default, the ST-IPM-1350 has more than 400K for datalogging and the ST-IPM-2350 and ST-IPM-6350 have more than 1.9 Megabytes.

Adding I/O to a SixTRAK IPm

Any combination of SixTRAK, EtherTRAK and RemoteTRAK I/O modules can be connected to a SixTRAK IPm. A single SixTRAK IPm supports up to 1,024 SixTRAK I/O and up to approximately 50,000 EtherTRAK and/or RemoteTRAK I/O.

Compatibility with SixTRAK Gateways

There is 100% software compatibility between the SixTRAK IPm and SixTRAK programmable / nonprogrammable gateways. Some highlights:

¢	A SixTRAK IPm supports the same suite of ISaGRAF functions in SixTRAK programmable gateways. You can swap a SixTRAK gateway for a SixTRAK IPm and run an existing ISaGRAF program.
¢	All software features are identical without exceptions
¢	SixTRAK IPm can be expanded with any combination of SixTRAK, EtherTRAK and RemoteTRAK I/O modules.
¢	You may exchange a legacy SixTRAK programmable gateway to upgrade to a SixTRAK IPm using the SIXNET Upgrade program. Partial credit will be given, based upon the age of the unit you are returning.

Exceptions to Compatibility
¢	The SixTRAK gateway ‘Disable ISAGRAF read of outputs’ feature is not supported. This setting is unnecessary for IPm stations, due to their higher performance.

Why SixTRAK IPm Instead of other SIXNET Controllers?
¢	SixTRAK IPm offers more communication ports and Ethernet ports than are available on other SIXNET gateways and RTUs.
¢	The embedded LINUX operating system in the SixTRAK IPm offers greater programming flexibility and performance than the legacy VersaTRAK / Mini-VersaTRAK RTUs.