GE Vernova Proficy

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Overview

The GE Vernova Proficy connector enables Seeq to access data from the GE Vernova Proficy historian via the Historian User API.

Prerequisites

The GE Vernova Proficy connector is only compatible with GE Vernova Proficy versions 4.0 and higher (including 2023 and 2024).

The Seeq GE Vernova Proficy connector utilizes the GE Vernova-provided User API to interface with the Historian TCP (Archiver). By default, this connection uses port 13000; however, it’s important to verify the specific port configured for your installation. No additional software or components are required on the remote agent machine for this setup.

Configuration

This is an example configuration template that is displayed in the Additional Configuration box that appears when you click Configure for an existing datasource (or if a new datasource is being created, in the Create new datasource connection modal that appears after clicking Add Datasource) on the Datasources administration page.

CODE

{
    "Hostname": "10.4.105.22",
    "Username": "GeUser",
    "Password": "GePassword",
    "SignalMask": ["abc*", "xyz*"]
}

GE Proficy Additional Configuration

Property Name	Default Value	Data Type	Description
`Hostname`	null	String	The name or IP address of the machine that is hosting the GE Proficy historian.
`Username`	null	String	This is the username for the GE Proficy historian connection. Set to `null` to use NTLM authentication protocol.
`Password`	null	String/SecretFile	This is the password for the account specified in the `Username` field. Set to `null` to use NTLM authentication. It is recommended to leverage a Secrets File to store this information.
`SignalMask`	null	A list of Strings	This field limits the number of signals visible to Seeq users. Provide an array of string wildcard signal name masks that match the signals that should be synced. For example, `["Temp", "Pressure", "Flow*]` will sync all signals starting with Temperature, Pressure, and Flow. Set to `null` to synch all available signals to Seeq.

Default Indexed Properties

Name	Value	Source
Name	Name	Historian TagName
Description	Description	Historian Description
Interpolation Type	if StepValue = 1: Interpolation Type = Step if StepValue = 0: Interpolation Type = Linear	Historian StepValue
Maximum Interpolation	40h (40 hours)	Default Seeq Max Interpolation
Is Stale	Is Stale (as defined by the Proficy Stale Tag Identification Job)	Historian IsStale

Data Quality

The GE Vernova Proficy Connection will treat any non-Good value (i.e. Uncertain/Bad/NA) as invalid. If you identify a gap in the trend within Workbench that is less than the maximum interpolation, it is likely due to a non-good value in the historian.

Known Issues

Only GE Vernova Proficy tag types of Float, Double, Short, Integer, Int64, UInt64, UInt32, UInt16, Bool, String, Byte and Time can be converted into Seeq data types. Scaled, Blob, MultiField, Array, and MaxDataType are incompatible and will not be indexed.

Please report any other issues you find to our support portal.

Troubleshooting

If you are running into issues with connecting to or access data from GE Vernova Proficy, view our guide for troubleshooting datasource issues.

Performance considerations

The GE Proficy connector does not have any special performance considerations. View our guide on optimizing datasource performance for general guidance.