BACnet Support

• Archives trend log objects from any IP-connected BACnet system.
• Archives BACnet Single-point Trend Log, BACnet Multipoint Trend Log, and BACnet runtime log objects.

RCP Support

• Archives RCP trend and runtime logs.

Automation

• Logs data without user intervention.
• Runs as a Microsoft Windows service.
• Archive size limited only by SQL license and hard disk space.
• Sends a wide variety of email notifications to user-defined email recipient list using SMTP.
• Unsent email notifications are stored for analysis.

Rigorous Logging

• Efficient log file structure.
• Continues to log data to file system while SQL database is unavailable.
• Supports multiple simultaneous instances.

Easy Setup

• Wizards guide the operator through easy setup.
• Creates intuitive data table names.
• Simple to archive all trend and runtime logs in a system, network, or controller.
• Enable All feature allows convenient filtering by point type, interval, descriptor, and instance range.
• Discover Single Device feature makes commonly used devices easy to locate.
• Create archives from multiple buildings or systems.
• Microsoft SQL Server 2016 Express Edition included with software.

Database Utility

• Simplifies database backup, restoring, renaming, and purging.
• Shrink Log Files feature compresses log files to a specific size.
• Allows correction of corrupt or missing data, with an audit log of changes.

Secure Communications

• Supports encrypted BACnet communications on a BACnet Virtual Private Network (B/VPN) to systems and controllers using RC-RemoteAccess.

Graphing

• Requires RC-Studio, a browser with RC-Reporter or
  RC-WebView access, or a MACH-ProWeb controller.
• Graphing with zoom, pan, and paging capabilities.
• Simultaneously graphs archived data with real-time data.

Exporting

• Export to Microsoft Excel.
• Standard SQL database accessible by third-party applications.

Utilization Monitoring

• Reports on data collection service usage and available processing capacity.
• Identifies issues with RC-Archive configuration and enabled trend logs.
• Provides insight on the risk of data loss.

License and Updates Subscription

• Licensing is limited by the number of unique active points used in reports.
• A subscription for 12 months of updates is included with the initial license purchase.
• Software continues to function regardless of subscription state.
• No penalty to renew expired subscriptions.
• Free trial version allows up to 10 unique points to be used for evaluation purposes.

Certification

• BTL listed (B-GEN).

Recommended Server Requirements

• All hardware rated for continuous server operation.
• Intel Xeon E3 3.10 GHz or later.
• Four cores must be available for RC‑Archive.*
  * When multiple products are installed on a single computer, you need two cores per product, plus at least two cores for the SQL database.
• x64 system architecture.
• 16 GB RAM.
• Hardware RAID in a redundant performance configuration with 10K RMP SAS drives or better.
• 50 GB or more free hard disk space free, appropriate for archiving needs.
• Recommended display settings: 1080p (1920 x 1080 pixels), 100% scaling.

• Internet connection required for software download and installation.
• Server-quality gigabit network interface card.
• Windows Server 2012 R2 Standard–Windows Server 2022.
• Microsoft SQL Server 2014 (x64)–Microsoft SQL Server 2019.
• Dedicated USB 2.0 port for RC-Key licensing. Soft license optional.
• Ensure IT management processes do not allow SQL database size limitations to be exceeded.
• Maximum configuration: 40,000 objects per server.