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KAPPA Server Guided Session #1
A. KAPPA Server overview
Before proceeding in the tutorial itself, it is necessary to go through the description of the
KAPPA Server architecture and organization.
KAPPA Server is a server solution installed on a dedicated machine, that permanently mirrors
the raw data (Historian database) for fast processing, reduces the number of points with
wavelet based filtration, stores and shares the filtered data and exports filtered data sets to
third party databases.
The KSC (KAPPA Server Controller) is used to configure the settings of Diamant Master
(mirroring, filtering, users’ privilege).
The KAPPA Client module, temporarily launched from Ecrin, operates KAPPA Server and
transfers the data and the technical objects between KAPPA Server and the Ecrin analysis
modules.
The KSC can also be used by the client to monitor on-going processes in KAPPA Server
(mirroring process, filtering process).
B. Introduction
The objective of this session is to illustrate the KAPPA Server key features, seen from the client
side. You will be guided through the startup of a project and the exploitation of the Permanent
Gauge Data.
This will give a simple workflow using the Ecrin / KC / KS integrated environment to transfer
data, technical objects between the mass data storages and the analysis modules.
To practice the use of Data Transfer from Raw Data sources definition it is necessary to have a
'Database'. In order to avoid any 'wrong operation' that could damage the existing real
database we will indicate the procedure to 'simulate' a raw data source from the server with
BLI files (BLI stands for Binary Large Indexed).