There is a data-generating program that comes with the Cogent DataHub software called DataSim. You can run DataSim locally to create data for various connection scenarios.
Start a DataHub instance if one isn't already running.
Start DataSim using the Windows menu, or by double clicking the desktop icon.

Open the DataHub Data Browser by right clicking on the DataHub system-tray icon
and choosing from
the pop-up menu.

Select the DataSim data domain in the left-hand pane of the window.
The Data Browser window should fill with simulated data updating in real
time. The four updating data points are Ramp,
Sine, Square, and
Triangle.
You can also click the button near the bottom of the Properties window to see your currently configured connections:

The Connection Viewer shows all active connections in your DataHub instance.
You can click the button in DataSim to access some options for changing the data feed.

Briefly, you can change the Configurable Options and
click the button to apply them. The
Waveform Parameters and Update
Frequency are all points in your DataHub instance, and the
corresponding points change their values in the Data Browser as you make the
changes. Changing the Data Domain from
DataSim will yield no results until custom data
domains are configured for your DataHub instance.
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If you shut down DataSim, its points will still appear in your DataHub instance until it is shut down and restarted. Please refer to Section 21.1, “Data Points” for more information on creating and deleting points. |
Now you are ready to start using the DataHub program.