Using the KEPDirect OPC Quick Client
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1. tags 2 highlighting the desired tag in the right column 3 clicking on the Add Leaves button 4 N xipueddy be lt lt x m U g D Pi clicking on the Green Check Mark button to validate the item 5 and clicking on the OK button After clicking on the OK button the following window will be display the created items OPC Quick Client Untitled File Edit View Tools Help Ely Automation Direct KEPDirectSery er 43 MyGroup Channeli Device 1 5et_Port_to_ASCII Byte 0 16 17 54 600 E Channeli Device 1 45CII_Data_ Input String 16 17 54 600 Ready Item Count 3 4 Terminator I O EBC User Manual 2nd Edition Rev B T1H EBC M C 4 O D of x lt L OX Oo 28 Lz O mM Lu Item Operations Using the KEPDirect OPC Quick Client Item operations can be accessed by right clicking on the desired item or by using the Tools menu gt Group selection OPC Quick Client Untitled Sil x Mew Ikem File Edit View Tools Help C a m i wait ei an Set Active Egi AutomationDirect KEPDirectServer O Se mee T a MyGroup Synchronous Cache Read Ot 16 21 20 127 Synchronous Device Read J 16 17 54 6000 Synchronous Write iiaa Asynchronous 2 0 Read Asynchronous 2 0 Cache Refresh Asynchronous 2 0 Device Refresh Asynchronous 2 0 Write Cut Chrl e gt Ready Eo aec Item Count 3 4 Delete Del Properties After clicking on the desire2. the Help button to display the Server Connection section of the on line help file Once a connection to the OPC server has been established additional Server Operations can be accessed by right clicking on the highlighted server in the right window column or by using the Tools menu gt Server selection A group is used to organize a collection of items with a common set of properties To add a Group to the Quick Client you can use the Edit menu gt New Group or click on the New Group icon in the toolbar menu OPC Quick Client Untitled O x D lar K General e Autor Name Update Rate ms foo Time Bias min booo Percent Deadband booo Language ID hoaa o CO Update Notification joc20 x M Active State Ready The group specifies the following properties group name update rate time bias percent deadband language ID active state and the type of data connection that should be made to the server For detailed information on the group properties click on the Help button to display the Group section of the on line help file Once a Group has been created additional Group Operations can be accessed by right clicking on the highlighted branch Group or by using the Tools menu gt Group selection Terminator I O EBC User Manual 2nd Edition Rev B T1H EBC M C 3 Using the KEPDirect OPC Quick Client Selecting a Items represent data that may be accessed via the OPC
3. Using the KEPDirect OPC Quick Client In This Appendix Creating a KEPDirect Quick Client Project Using the RJ12 Serial Port in ASCII Mode C 2 O D of x lt L OX Oo 28 Lz O mM Lu Using the KEPDirect OPC Quick Client Creating a KEPDirect Quick Client Project Connecting the Client to the OPC Server Creating a Client Group KEPDirect Quick Client can be used to assist in the test and development of KEPware s OPC Data Access 1 0 and 2 0 Servers A server connection provides a link between the Quick Client and the KEPDirect OPC server To add a Server connection to the Quick Client you can use the Edit menu gt New Server Connection or click on the New Server icon in the toolbar menu OPC puick Client ibid EEE File Ee octver Properties ixi D General Registered Servers g OPC Data Access Servers Version 1 0 og DSData OPC Serer AutomationDirect KEPDirectS erver OPC Data Access Servers Version 2 0 AutomationDirect KEPDirect5 erver 32 H OPC Gereral Date Frog ID AutomationDirect KEPDirect5 erver Remote Machine Name Cancel Help Ready Specify the Prog ID of the OPC Server the client should connect to You can browse for registered servers by expanding any of the branches Double clicking on any registered server will automatically update the Prog ID field For more information on the registered servers click on
4. d item operation a window similar to the following will be displayed In this example a logical 1 Boolean data type is being written to a discrete output to turn it on The item operations can be used to read discrete analog inputs and write to discrete analog outputs etc OPC Quick Client Untitled File Edit View Tools Hp z Fle Edt view Tos H OK Automation Direct KEI ay Sona Channel Device Slot _ 0 1 Ae Cancel 16 17 54 600 16 17 54 600 Ready tem Count 3 Terminator I O EBC User Manual 2nd Edition Rev B T1H EBC M C 5 Using the KEPDirect OPC Quick Client Using the RJ12 Serial Port in ASCII Mode The EBC RJ12 serial port can be configured for generic ASCII communications refer to the Advanced Settings section in the Using NetEdit chapter to confirm or change the RJ12 serial port settings Both the transmit buffer and receive buffer of the driver are 127 bytes in size Thus the corresponding tags can be a maximum of 127 bytes Incoming bytes are appended to the receive buffer Port specifiers precede the serial port address It defines which port the serial port address corresponds to To define an EBC address the mnemonic EBC is used andthe mnemonic SPO specifies serial port 0 For addressing the EBC serial port no base or slot information is needed As shown below in the Hints dialog there are several port address parameters In many cases the default valu
5. es can be used A detailed list explaining the parameters are found by clicking on the Help button in the Hints window Then click on the Index button in the Terminator I O I O Addressing window Then locate the H2 H4 Terminator I O Serial Port Addressing help section Tag Properties x General Scaling c EBCS OK FEC SPOBAlD Long Kk ERC SPODATABITS Byte EBC SPO DATABITS Char __ Cancel EBC SPODATAIN Sting FBC 5PO DATAIN Ic Byte EBC SPODATAIN rje Char EBC SPU DATAOUT String FEC SPODATAGUT rlc Bute FRC SPODATAOLIT Ic Char EBC SPO DIFLUSH Boolean FRC SPOMODE Byte EBC SPO MODE Char B Help N xipueddy be lt lt x m U g D Pi can rate illi miliseconds W Do not allow clients ta override data tupe OF Cancel Appi Help The communication parameter defaults are 9600 baud 8 data bits 7 may be selected no parity odd or even may be selected 1 stop bits 2 may be selected Terminator I O EBC User Manual 2nd Edition Rev B T1H EBC M C 6 Using the KEPDirect OPC Quick Client The following tags were created in the KEPDirect OPC server for this example EBC SP0 MODE EBC SP0 DATAIN lt KEPDirect EBC 1 0 Server C Program Files AutomationDirect KEPDirect OPC Servers Projects Example Lophi File Edit View Users Tools Help Oe A PMbog gt o eexle2 fists ies Essa Gene Sei CASlott_Gutputo 51 000 Boolea
6. n 100 Mone set Port to ASCII a SPO MODE Byte 100 Mone amp 45CII Data Input N EBC SPO CATAIN tring 100 None Date Time User Mame Source Event Description Channel 1 Clients 1 Active tags 3of3 The tags created above were browsed and selected as items within the Quick Client as shown below The EBC SPO MODE address must be set to a value of 1 to select the ASCII communications mode The ASCII string ASCII String Input Test Successful was entered via the RJ12 serial port The ASCII Sting displays in the ASCII Data Input Item ID s Value column OPC Quick Client test3 otc File Edit View Tools Help Doe cf ef ef amp Fa wx O D of x lt L OX Oo 28 Lz O mM Lu El AutomationDirect KEPDirectServer Item ID Value 3 MyGroup Channeli Device ASCII Data Input String ASCII Input String Test Successful D Ichannell Devicel Slott_Outputo Boolean sanan eae eee ichannel1 Device Set Port to ASCH ee Dee Ready Item Count 3 4 Terminator I O EBC User Manual 2nd Edition Rev B T1H EBC M
7. server An item specifies the Group Item following properties item ID access path requested data type and active state For detailed information these properties click on the Help button to display the Item section of the on line help file To add an Item to the Quick Client Group you can use the Edit menu gt New Item or click on the New Item icon in the toolbar menu Add Items xi OPC Quick Client aioi x ltem Pi ti File Edit View Too T 0Peess D G m ic este Access Path 4 gt Cancel E A AutomationDire ltem ID Ehannsit Device1 51 80000 L1 w w Help vau Timestamp MyGroup pasate Bye O x Denn 16 21 20 127 A T 0 16 17 54 6000 16 17 54 600 Browsing Branch Filter Leaf Filter Type Access i e Native 7 Any o AutomationDirect KEPDirectServer 3 51 B1000 253 B1255 Char oer Channel 45 51 80000 525380255 Byte E System s8 51 80000 253 80255 Char 2 5 Device 8 51 DBI000 253 DB1255 Float fil System 48 1 D 80000 253 DB0255 Float gt m _Hints S1 DINNN 5253 DI24N Short ain b Ready Item Count 3 4 T Browse flat address space on selected branch Add Leaves J Validate item before adding it to the list C Count 1 If the OPC Server was configured to automatically generate OPC tags the generated tags would be browsable from the OPC client If automatic tag generation was not selected create an item by 1 browsing the OPC Server branch
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