VBAI 2.5 & CVS 1454 Data Logging

[mini_getz]

I'm using CVS1454 with VBAI 2.5. Currently i want to do data logging to ftp site.
I've set the IP for CVS(remote target) as 192.XXX.0.247 (XXX intentionally removed) while the my systems IP is 192.XXX.0.163. This IP is static, class C type and set by the system adminstrator.

I've tried doing data logging and basically with will require these following information.
1. IP Add
2. Login Name
3. Password.

So i presume that the IP add should be my system which is 192.XXX.0.163. But what login and password to use. But i'll get this error message when i input the above IP and click TEST LOGIN. (Please refer to attachment).

Ironically, when i type in the remote target's IP 192.XXX.0.247 and when i click TEST LOGIN. It works fine. Apparantly it logs the data into CVS which eventually slows down the system due to overload.

Please advice.

[nipun]

Hello mini_getz,

Thank you for using our discussion forums. In order to log the test results on your host machine you need to have an ftp server running on the host. You'll have to specify the hosts IP address and the username and password of an account on that ftp server. The CVS has an ftp server running on it and that is why you are able to specify its IP address and log data there.

There are several ftp server applications available that you can install on you host machine. I would suggest just running a search on google for ftp servers. Let me know if you have any further questions. Have a great day!

Regards,
Nipun M

[mini_getz]

Hi Nipun,

Thank you very much for your support. Now i'll try using it.
I've just downloaded WS_ftp trial version. Will keep you updated.
Thanks for your support.

[mini_getz]

Well i tried with 2 softwares which i downloaded from the internet. I have no much knowledge of this ftp, anyhow i managed to setup and these is my observation.

I'm not able to do auto data logging (ftp) logging from CVS1454. I can only do it vice versa which is ftp data logging files uploaded from the CVS to my system.

But this i need to manually do it. Any suggestions.

[nipun]

Hello mini_getz,

The auto ftp logging process works quite well. If you are still interested, here are the steps I would recommend:

1. Make sure you have an ftp server software installed.
2. Create a user account on the ftp and assign a folder to that account.
3. Start the ftp server. Most ftp server software provide a status screen that displays all the login information. Make sure here that the server is online.
4. Start Vision Builder for Automation Inspection and test login process. Type in the IP address of the server computer and the user account information that you created on the server. You need to make sure you are able to login at this time. If you are having trouble logging in check on the server status screen to see what the problem was. In most case its as simple as the server not being online, or login is not enabled on the server. Once you do see a successful login the process will work from VBAI.
5. Also at the time of logging data you need to have assigned a folder/directory to the account where the information will be logged.

I have just tried this process and it does work successfully. Please let me know if you are still having trouble. Other than this you could use datasocket to transfer data. This will require an application running on your host reading data from datasocket.

-Nipun