jBrowser is a program that enables you to browse through historical data that has been stored by the jHistorian in the database, (either Oracle, SQL Server or Access).

The jBrowser program is a zero client application that runs via a web server and connects to the database where the historical data is being stored. Anyone who can connect to the web server can see the historical information in numerical and graphical form via their normal web browser such as Internet Explorer or Firefox. (Note that other web browsers may function quite satisfactorily, but we have fully tested these two web browsers.) In this context, zero client means that no additional software need be loaded on a client machine other than the standard web browser.

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• Navigate visually through a map of available tags and select the tags of interest,
• Look at real time or historical trends of these tags on a chart,
• Look at the data in a tabular format,
• Save the data to a file that is suitable for other applications like spreadsheets or email applications.

• The Basics
• How j5Historian saves the data

jBrowser Versions
There are two versions of j5Browser available. These web pages describe the Version 4 (Web enabled) version of j5Browser. This is an entirely zero client version in that it requires no software on the client machine other than a standard browser like Internet Explorer or Firefox. The older version of j5Browser is referred to as j5Browser Client Server or j5Browser 3. We recommend you choose the new web based version as the older version will shortly be phased out.

Main Components of j5Browser
This is a summary of the main components, a more detailed description is found in the "Using j5Browser" section.

Installation
This section describes how you install j5Browser and get j5Browser working on both the server and the client machines. The database and historian may be on a remote machine.

• Quick Start

Using j5Browser
This section provides a detailed description on each of the main components that make up the St. James Software j5Browser.

• Starting j5Browser
• Choosing the Time Period and Historian Manager
• Selecting the tags to be displayed
• The Chart and Legend
• The Tabular Data
• Shutting down j5Browser
• Saving the trend information to a file
• Printing the information

Configuring Groups in j5Browser
If you are authorized, you can configure the groups using the integrated configurator. Just click on the configure icon (looks like a spanner) in the top right hand corner of the j5Browser window. For more details on the configuration, please see the section Configuring Groups in j5Browser.

Getting Help
To get help using j5Browser, you can:

• Click on the Information Icon (small I icon to the right of the tabs),
• Contact your system administrator.
• Alternatively, you can Contact St. James Software here.