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2. 20 4 4 REDUNDANCY SETTINGS 22 4 4 1 IPailoVer niente utis eut te E P 26 4 5 CREATING A NEW GROUP EP 27 4 6 TAG MAP DEFINITION ERR ME 32 4 7 CREATING A NEW TAG 33 4 8 d nMpI eZ WI emuP du 36 4 9 DATA CONVERSION SCALING NEW 000001 1 37 4 JO CONVERSION TABLES NEW esee tete eere 37 4 10 1 NOD VARI RR 39 44025 rire 39 4 10 3 JEine r Scaling s chuc RI RE eee de AO ORI RI eem 40 410 4 Gain Offset Linee nee ee nee nete Ine nid etit tee dee 40 4 10 5 Square root NEWS cds BRR ONS auno Aun RISE din ert ette tet 41 4 10 6 8 BCD to Byte Conversion NEW ccccesccssssscessceessecesceeescecsceesacecsceeeacecssceeeaceceaeeeeacecaeeeeaeeceaeeseaaeceeeeenees 41 4 10 7 BCD 16 BCD to Word Conversion 41 4 10 8 Transfer Input Quality gt Output Value NEW cessent enne enne tene tenete trennen rennen nenne 42 4 10 9 Transfer Input Timestamp gt Output Value ener 42 4 10 10 Array Flement NEWP ien e tente
3. Log Queue Size 10000 messages Log Check Rate 100 milliseconds Error Log Purging Enable Purging of Log files Purge Now Max Number of days to keep Logs before Purge 30 Restore Defaults The Logging options are specified below BridgeMaster Error Log Directory This option is used to specify the destination path of the error log directory If the directory is entered in this dialog box then all error and informational messages displayed in the message log pane will also be logged to a daily log file If this option is left blank then logging of messages to files will not occur regardless of the show flags Log File Size Limit This option is used to specify the maximum log file size per file If a message going to a log file would make the log file get bigger then this then a new file will be created with a Date 1 log BMC Date 2 log etc convention Log Queue Size This option is used to specify the size of the queue for the logged messages Log Check Rate This option is used to specify how often new messages are checked for in the queue Enable Purging of Log Files This option is used to specify that log file be purged If you want to keep all of your log files and never want some of them deleted then uncheck the checkbox Maximum number of days to keep log files before Purge The RoviSys Company Version 1 5 Page 17 of 73 BridgeMaster Software User Manual This option is used to spec
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5. 4 4 Redundancy Settings BridgeMaster supports redundant connections on each server side of the interface this is termed as Server Redundancy Since both sides of a given connector can be configured with two 2 redundant servers this implies a dual redundancy scheme This however is not to be confused with System Redundancy or BridgeMaster System Redundancy where you would have two 2 BridgeMaster nodes or two BridgeMaster systems that were redundant with one another BridgeMaster system redundancy is targeted to be supported in the next version If the primary node is down for any of the selected reasons then BridgeMaster will automatically detect this and failover all tag and group connections to the server on the redundant node For either server side of a given connector call up the Redundancy Settings dialog box from Settings button in the Connector Properties dialog box The following dialog will appear Use Server Redundancy with this Connector Side Secondary Redundant Node Host Name or IP Address APP CONNECT S Browse How Often should BridgeMaster check for the Server Failover conditions selected below Status Validation 30000 milliseconds Server Failover on what condition s If All OPC Items Bad quality with Sub status of type s select all that apply Config Error Not Connected Comm Failure Out Of Service Device Failure Sensor Failure If V3 x Keep Alives Timeout if su
6. gt SimulatePLC AT FG027 1 Link numeric sin double gt SimulatePLC BoilerE ff DK Cancel This dialog box displays a list view tree control on either side of its dialog box assuming that each server on either side can be browsed Each list box pane will contain a tree view listing of all available OPC items within each server The user simply selects an OPC item on one side and the corresponding item to map to on the other side and clicks on the lt button Alternatively the user can select an item from one side and simply drag it into an OPC Item on the other side to create a tag mapping The data flow direction is decided by the direction of the parent group Also the currently mapped tags of the current dialog box session are displayed in a lower list box along with an arrow indicating data direction Selecting cancel will cancel all selected mappings for the current session To remove a tag mapping from a given edit session simply select the desired tag map to delete in the Selected Mappings section and press the delete button Selecting the OK button on the Map Tags dialog box causes the program to accept the new mappings if any and load in the selected tag mappings under the selected Group The user can then refine or edit the mappings by double clicking on any new tag map to bring up the Tag Map Definition for each individual mapping Tag Maps can be added in runtime mode The RoviSys Company Version 1
7. warning to the user Time Start 07 01 07 22 32 50 Last 07 01 07 22 33 03 Current 07 01 07 22 33 03 Use Synchronous Writes not recommended The Use Synchronous Writes checkbox enables writing of VQT or Value Only data to be transferred written to the server using synchronous OPC Interfaces Synchronous write calls wait for the OPC Server to actually write the value to the device for each item before returning success or failure which holds up the interface for that period of time For slow or otherwise unresponsive DCS systems like polling this could be a crippling bottleneck Also since the synchronous calls may take too much time and cause timeouts with redundancy they are not recommended If synchronous writes are selected BridgeMaster will still utilize the Bulk Write functionality and will use the following interfaces to perform the writes lOPCASynclO interface if either V1 a interface was requested OPCASyncIO2 interface if v2 x interface was requested OPCASynclO3 interface if V3 0 interface was requested This option is provided for users who want to absolutely verify that writes go out to the OPC Server and are successfully written for any and all tags of the group on the designated server side An error will be logged upon failure However it should be understood that with all asynchronous OPC versions write status feedback is also provided back to BridgeMaster via the OPCDataCallback or the AdviseSink i
8. A BridgeMaster Control Panel application allows start and stop of the runtime service Supports COM DCOM Supports and implements OPC DA V3 x improved functionality such as Ability to transfer VQT Value Quality and Timestamp on a group by group basis for all tags within a group gt Implements usage of Keep Alive mechanism for Redundancy Ability to set individual Item Deadband values on an item by item basis for noisy tags Y User Selectable two way data flow movement on a group by group basis Y Supports selectable User Requested OPC Version to use on a group by group basis defaulting to Use Best Available Interface Each group provides feedback as to what OPC version is actually being used with the server Supports ability to Bulk Add Items in order to speed up startup Optimized data throughput via Bulk Tag Writes or Value Only during runtime Allows selection of writes and reads to be made synchronously polled or asynchronously on data change on a group by group basis as well as selection of whether to transfer VQT or Value Only if V3 x supported v OPC Server configuration dialog allows easy configuration of the OPC Server and node by browsing and selecting an existing OPC Server and node Y Simple Tag Map definition dialog allows individual mapping of an side OPC server tag to a B side OPC server tag Tag Map definition includes defining attributes such as OPC Item names description and data source
9. The Group Properties dialog box shown below will be displayed for the new group and can then be edited Name Active Group R VISYS Independent Automation Solutions Group Parameters OPC D Server amp Group Parameters OPC DA Server B APACSOPCD eviceServer 1 ICONICS Simulator Update Rate ms 1000 Update Rate ms 1000 Deadband 2 0 Deadband 2 Time Bias min 0 Time Bias min Data Flow Language ID fi 033 Direction Language ID Keep Alive Rate ms 0 Keep Alive Rate ms OPC Refresh Rate secs 0 OPC Refresh Rate secs Requested Interface Version Requested Interface Version for Update Notification callbacks and writes for Update Notification callbacks and Writes Use Best Supported Interface Y lt Use Best Supported Interface Y Actual Interface Version used by this group Actual Interface Version used by this group Using OPC V3 x Interfaces with YOT writes Using OPC V2 DA Interfaces Do Polling of Group not recommended Do Polling with Group not recommended Use Synchronous Writes not recommended Use Synchronous Writes not recommended The Group Properties dialog box allows specification of the OPC Group parameters affecting all tag maps and Items contained within each respective group Define a descriptive name for the new group A description for the group can also be entered if desired The group parameters for the
10. The direction can be one of the following gt Specifies that data is read from the items within the Server A of this group and written or sent to their mappings in Server B of this group gt Specifies bi direction data transfer where data flows in both directions and is read and written from the items within the Server A and written or read from their mappings in Server B The Data Flow Data Master defined within the Tag Map definition defines which server originates the value first upon startup of runtime mode After startup when a value changes on either side it is sent to the other side Specifies that data is read from the items within Server of this group and written or sent to their mappings of Server A of this group Update Rate milliseconds This group parameter specifies the update rate in milliseconds for the OPC group This rate is specified to the OPC Server when the OPC Group is created in runtime mode It tells the OPC server how often we want to receive the data or how often it should check for changes in OPC Item values defined within tag maps within this group Most OPC Servers are exception report based meaning they will send data when it changes However some servers will send data at this rate even if it does not change This option can be changed in runtime mode Deadband This group parameter specifies the deadband in percentage of full scale range of an OPC Item For an
11. or file A check mark will appear next to this menu item when it is enabled To disable this select it again so that the check mark disappears This option is useful in verifying certain communication events from the BridgeMaster to the OPC Server s Show Errors Select this option to enable BridgeMaster to print out all error messages to the message log window or file A check mark will appear next to this menu item when it is enabled To disable this select it again so that the check mark disappears Note if an error log directory was defined then leaving this option in the checked state may fill up that log file quickly This option is useful in verifying communications with the OPC Server s and with the configuration The RoviSys Company Version 1 5 Page 70 of 73 BridgeMaster Software User Manual 7 2 OPCEnum exe This section details how setup OPCEnum service This is used to browse for remote servers and for runtime startup operation in order to obtain the Class ID or Globally Unique ID GUID of the remote OPC Server used for connection to the server during startup If the OPC Server on the remote node is not already also registered on the local PC then OPCEnum exe is used on the remote machine in order for BridgeMaster to be able to connect with the server remotely in runtime Note OPCEnum exe is now NOT REQUIRED since RoviSys has crafted an alternative mechanism utilizing a simple text file to lookup the GUID To install an
12. 11D1 9BB0 080009D01446 RSLinx Remote OPC Server A05BB6D6 2F 8A 11D1 9BB0 080009D01446 OSI DA 1 B9662477 8C52 44C 2 A16B DE04DC BC45D9 DSxPOpcS imulator TSxO pcS imulator 1 DC07E 136 BC50 4108 9818 54693D148ADA RSI RSView320P CTagServer E9F 9E D00 7705 101B 9802 0000C07B665C Intellution OP CEDA 1 81F 29A20 850C 11D0 B37C 00A024BC1942 ToolWorX ModbusDLL 1 900C C 3C1 E237 11D2 A594 00104B0D13C3 DELTAV SisOpcSvr 1 71CE139 41B9 49D 1 BE2A B01993C9364B INAT TcplpH1 OPC Server 8DA28330 68C B 11D2 9C65 0021A0020009 Intellution S P Server 5 68DE E 241 F 375 11D2 ADE0 006008B 04755 RoviSys ModbusTCP ServerDA 3 185A D958 7D12 4381 B212 868F 3261DB 76 Rovisys ModbusR TUS erverDA 3 8B B17412 3861 42CF 800A 1A7ECFE 40873 ICONICS ModbusOPCServer3 20 8F 090662 9345 11D1 9BF C 00A024E7BC 48 CIMPLICITY HMI OP CServer 1 B01241E 8 921B 11D2 B43F 204C4F 4F 5020 A description of each Connector property is given below The RoviSys Company Version 1 5 Page 21 of 73 BridgeMaster Software User Manual Connector Name Select a meaningful name for the connector or leave it at the default Description A text description box is provided which can be used to enter any desired comments about the interface This can be left BLANK Enabled The Enabled checkbox will enable or disable the connector and all of its children groups and tag maps in runtime from communicating with each other Verify this checkbox is checked if yo
13. 5 Page 44 of 73 BridgeMaster Software User Manual The Link Names can be changed before selecting the OK button to add them to the group To change a Link Name simply single click on the name you would like to change and enter the new name as you would change the name of filename in Windows Explorer 5 BridgeMaster Runtime Operation In runtime BridgeMaster acts as a two headed OPC Client for each connector that is it acts as an OPC Client to each configured OPC Server for each enabled connector Upon startup of runtime mode for each enabled connector a connection with both defined OPC Servers and all defined BridgeMaster groups are created within the OPC Servers All OPC items defined within the tag maps of these groups are added to their corresponding OPC groups Most OPC Servers support advise subscriptions whereby when data changes within the server it is sent immediately to BridgeMaster via a mechanism called a Connection Point for a particular group This rate is specified from the Update Rate in the group dialog box Data is transferred from server to server based on the settings set up within the group and converted based on data type and data conversion settings The OPC Groups and Items of Connectors that are not enabled will not be connected to in runtime The Enable checkbox within the Connector Dialog box sets this property 5 1 Monitoring Values In runtime OPC Item values can be monitored by selecting View Monitor from
14. A and B sides are defined below Group Name Select a meaningful name for the group or leave it at the default This name must be unique amongst all groups in the connector The RoviSys Company Version 1 5 Page 27 of 73 BridgeMaster Software User Manual Description A text description box is provided which can be used to enter any desired comments about the group This can be left BLANK Active Group The Active Group checkbox specifies the group parameter s active flag and is passed to the OPC Server in runtime This checkbox will enable or disable the group and all Links Tag maps contained within it in runtime from communicating with each other Inactive groups will be displayed in the tree view pane as a pink folder Data for the group and all tag maps contained within it can only be received or sent if the group is active within the server Verify this checkbox is checked if you want the Group to run in runtime mode otherwise it will be disabled A disabled Inactive group will neither receive nor transmit values for any items defined within in it Note All tags within an Inactive group are still established in runtime with the server You can set a group inactive in runtime to disable updates for all the group s items Data Flow Direction This combo box sets the data flow direction between tags of the Server A side to tags of the Server B side for all tag maps within the group Note this parameter cannot be changed in runtime
15. LOTS FLDATS F1 000 FLOAT1 Browse Access Path Enable Item Deadband 2 3 Analogs only 0 0 0 100 0 Data Type Float 32 bit Floating Point VT R4 Access Read write Data Flow Data Conversion Data Master Server Enable Scaling Table DPC D Server Data Server ICONICS Simulator OPC Item ACM OUT Tagi01 Browse Access Path Enable Item Deadband 2 3 Analogs only 0 0 100 0 Data Type Float 32 bit Floating Point T_R4 Access Read wiite Cancel Attributes are specified as of defining the tag map in the above dialog box tag map parameters are defined below Link Name Select a meaningful name for the Tag Map or Link or leave it at the default This name must be unique amongst all groups in a given connector Note this name can be changed in runtime by The RoviSys Company Version 1 5 Page 33 of 73 BridgeMaster Software User Manual single clicking on the name and simply changing it as you would be in changing a filename in Windows Explorer Description This edit box allows a user defined description to be entered for the tag map entry Note this is may be left blank if desired Data Flow Data master The Data Master Combo box allows the user to define the initial direction of data transfer or in other words where the data is originating from initially upon startup of runtime mode This is only user defi
16. Output high value 10000 if scaling is used 9 Clamp Low Float Specifies the Clamp low value if 0 scaling is used 10 Clamp High Float Specifies the Clamp high value 1000 if scaling is used 11 Gain Float Specifies the Gain value if 1 Gain Offset is used 12 Offset Float Specifies the Offset value if 0 Gain Offset is used 11 Index1 Integer Specifies the 0 based index in the 1 dimension if Array element is used 1 means not defined Index2 Integer Specifies the 0 based index the 2nd dimension if Array element is used not currently supported 13 Index3 Integer Specifies the 0 based index in the 3rd dimension if Array element is used not currently supported 14 User Clamp Low Boolean Flag to Specify to use the User specified Clamp low value if clamping is used 15 User Clamp High Boolean Flag to Specify to use the User specified Clamp High value if clamping is used 16 Output Clamp Boolean Flag to Specify to use the 0 N The RoviSys Company Version 1 5 Page 67 of 73 BridgeMaster Software User Manual Low Output specified Clamp low value if clamping is used 17 Output Clamp Boolean Flag to Specify to use the High Output specified Clamp High value if clamping is used 18 Units String User defined engineering units string not supported 19 Expression String String Expression not currently supported For Discrete Mapping scale type each Convers
17. STRING Matrikon s SimulatePLC Strings String3 RW STRING 19 5 Links Bucket Brigade Boolean BOOL False SimulatePLC BOOL In2 BOOL True S Link Triangle Waves Int2 SHORT 2 gt SimulatePLC OUT SC OUT14 FLOAT 2 4 21 48 427 EVENT Connector gt ClientA gt All OPC Client gfoups activated 4 21 48 428 EVENT Connector ClientA Startup complefe Tag Count 10 Startup 2 secs 21 48 605 EVENT Connectorl gt gt Communicatiof Established Activating Groups 21 48 615 EVENT Connector gt ClientB gt Group _B gt S State ACTIVE succeeded 21 48 625 EVENT Connector gt ClientB gt Group2_B gt S5 tState ACTIVE succeeded 21 48 625 EVENT Connector gt ClientB gt All OPC Cli groups activated 21 48 627 EVENT gt ClientB gt Startup cofnplete Tag Count 10 Startup Time 2 secs n Group has 9 Maps RUNNING CONNECTED Runtime Status Tree View Pane Tag View Pane Connector Groups OPC Status Message Log Pane Total of OPC Tags 3 4 BridgeMaster Licensing BridgeMaster is a licensed product and as such requires a USB dongle to operate properly Two modes of operation are associated with this licensing Production mode and Demo Mode Without a valid license present BridgeMaster will run in Demo mode for up to 2 hours and will stop communicating if in runtime restarting BridgeMaster will give it another 2 hours An unlimited number of tag maps are supported in Demo Mode With a v
18. String Specifies the unique table Name User specified of this configuration This field cannot contain any commas 3 Table Type String Specifies the Table Type DISCRETE DISCRETE LINEAR GAINOFFSET BCDBYTE BCDWORD XFERQUALITY XFERTIMESTAMP ARRAYELEMENT NOCONVERSION Each Conversion Table needs to be followed by a TABLE_PARAMETERS declaration line The format for this line type is specified below Field FIELD NAME FIELD FIELD DESCRIPTION Examples TYPE 1 Discrete Map Integer Contains the integer number Type designated what type of discrete mapping table it is if its Discrete Mapping 0 Long to Long 1 Long to String 2 String to Long 2 Discrete Passthru Integer Contains the integer number 0 Type designated what type of The RoviSys Company Version 1 5 Page 66 of 73 BridgeMaster Software User Manual discrete passthru it is 0 all other values 1 Don t pass unmapped values 3 Clamping Type Integer Contains the integer number designated what type of clamping to use 0 No clamping 1 Use Clamping values 2 Clamp on output range 4 Data Type Long VARTYPE output data type not 0 Integer currently supported 5 Input Low Float Specifies the input low value if 0 scaling is used 6 Input High Float Specifies the input high value if 1000 scaling is used 7 Output Low Float Specifies the Output low value 0 if scaling is used 8 Output High Float Specifies the
19. TABLE MODECONVERSION DISCRETE TABLE PARAMETERS 0 0 0 0 0 000000 100 000000 0 000000 10000 000000 0 000000 100 000000 1 000000 0 0 00000 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 TABLE_VAL O 1 TABLE_VAL 1 2 TABLE_VAL 2 0 END_TABLE File formats for each line in the CSV file are given below The first line tells of the CSV version of the file which is currently version 2 0 Each connector contained within the CSV file starts with a line type statement BEGIN CONNECTOR ends with the line statement END CONNECTOR The Connector is declared with a CONNECTOR line type All groups belonging to that connector are contained within those 2 lines Groups are defined within the declaration lines BEGIN GROUPMAP and END GROUPMAP Each Group is declared with the GROUPMAP line All tag maps existing within a group are defined as a line within the group starting with a TAGMAP declaration Conversion tables are defined at the end of the file after all connectors groups and tag maps are declared Each table and table values are encapsulated within their own BEGIN TABLE and END TABLE declarations The table itself is declared with a TABLE line whereas each conversion map value contained within a given table is declared with a TABLE VAL statement The fields contained within the CONNECTOR statement are given in the following table Note a comma within the CSV file must separate each field and only the string fields mentioned in the table can contain commas within them All
20. menu s debug menu item The following drop down list in the main menu displays these options Example bmc BridgeMasterCfg Runtime Mode Edit Mode View o Clear Messages 5 9 Level 1 Connector C vem E Level 2 OPCTypei Value1 Direction OPCItem2 2 Value2 f Group1 5 Sind Level 3 TART INT 38 gt DEV1 GROUP1 AIL 100 QUA BOOL Off Test Neer INT 96 DEV1 GROUP1 AIL 101 0UT FLOAT 38 W Connector 5SimulatePLC Contr v Levels able BOOL off DEV1 IMPORT_RESULT STRING 5 SimulatePLC Controrrags Prinuxdvice BOOL Off DEV1 POLL RATE LONG 0 SimulatePLC ControlTags ScenarioN INT 556 DEV1 MSG TOTAL LONG 566 NJ SimulatePLC CompletionTags Heart INT 0 NATIVE Invalid Tag DEV1 GROUP1 AIL 100 OUT FLOAT 38 SimulatePLC PC U1_BLFO11 FLOAT 43 5 SimulatePLC PC U1_BLP004 FLOAT 53 DEV1 GROUP1 AIL 101 0UT FLOAT 38 bog lt 16 14 09 120 EVENT Bridge Master Configurator Version 1 1 Build 5 Thread Startup 16 14 09 130 EVENT Connector1 gt Runtime OPC Client Thread Started for ICONICS Simulator 16 14 09 130 EVENT Connector1 gt Attempting connection to Primary host lt localHost gt OPC Server lt ICONICS Simulator gt 16 14 09 140 EVENT Connector1 gt Runtime OPC Client Thread Started for RoviSys OPC90Server 16 14 09 140 EVENT Connector1 gt Attempting connection to Primary host lt localHost gt OPC Server l
21. object would be compared to the disk drive i e C Each group defines its own OPC Interface version to use data update rates refresh rates dead band time bias and data flow direction for all tag mappings contained or defined within it In runtime each defined BridgeMaster group object creates and encapsulates two 2 OPC Client Groups those defined by OPC standards one for each OPC Server specified in the Connector for either side The next object is the actual Link Object also known as a Tag Map A tag map specifies the actual OPC Item IDs and Access Paths within each OPC Server the data flow data master the OPC Item originating the first value if different from the default data direction specified in the group and scaling options used for data value conversions In runtime the each Link object actually contains two 2 OPC Client Item objects those defined by OPC standards one for each server Each OPC Item inherits properties specified from its parent Group and Connector objects 4 14 Creating a New BridgeMaster Configuration In Configure mode a new BridgeMaster configuration can be created by simply selecting File New from the main menu An empty connector called Connector will be displayed in the tree view part of the main window To save the configuration select File Save and give it a meaningful name or select File Save As to copy or backup the existing configuration to another file By default all Brid
22. runtime If you disable this setting then the Item deadband will be cleared in the Server and will revert to the group deadband Note an error will be logged if the deadband is not supported by the server Only Analog points are required to support the Item deadband Warning do not set this too high since you may not ever receive a data change for the item if it doesn t change by much Range 0 100926 Data Type The Data Type combo box displays the default OPC tag type for the selected OPC Item This is set to native initially upon tag map creation In runtime the actual OPC Item s data type is sent from the OPC Server and will thereafter be subsequently displayed correctly BridgeMaster provides automatic data type conversion between the two items this includes support for Array types of any type to any other type However Array data types cannot be transferred to non array data types without using an Array Element Conversion table Access The Access combo box displays how the OPC Item will be used in the exchange of data for the tag map Note this is for display only since the parents group defines this from the data flow direction A value of Read Only indicates that the OPC Item will be read only no value can be written to it A value of Write Only means the OPC Item will be written to and not read Exception reported values from the OPC Server are disregarded if it is Write Only A value of Read Write indicates the tag can be bo
23. the BMC main menu Daily Log files created from the Service have the format BMS Log date lt time gt log e When the user changes to Runtime mode from BMC the BMC will startup the service if BMS is not already running and then place the BMS in Runtime mode with the current configuration of the BMC The BMC configuration will need to be saved if it was modified before going to runtime e When the BMS is running and the BMC starts up the BMC detects that the interface is running as a service and will connect to it and will automatically detect the mode of the BMS Runtime or Configure The BMC is always ONLINE with the service when the service is running you can not do offline configuration on the same PC with a running BMS Any configuration changes made in the BMC while the service is running will be made to the running BMS e When the user changes to Configure mode from BMC the BMC will place the BMS Configure mode and BMS will still be running as a service it will just not be running the interface and connecting anything Keep in mind that when running as a service and connecting to remote servers that the security credentials must be setup correctly for BridgeMasterService in order to access The RoviSys Company Version 1 5 Page 8 of 73 BridgeMaster Software User Manual the remote server This is accomplished by setting the BMS to run under a particular user account with access to the remote server node W
24. the OPC Program ID of the A Secondary Secondary Host for the OPC Server A This Program ID should be the same as the Primary one OPC Server Integer Specifies the Status Validation period for the A Status OPC Server A in milliseconds Validation OPC Server String Specifies the Host Name or IP Address of the B Primary Primary Node for the OPC Server B Node OPC Server String Specifies the OPC Program ID of the Primary B Primary Host for the OPC Server B Program ID OPC Server String Specifies the Host Name or IP Address of the B Secondary Secondary Node for the OPC Server B Node OPC Server String Specifies the OPC Program ID of the B Secondary Secondary Host for the OPC Server B This Program ID should be the same as the Primary one Examples CONNECTOR Connector Connector2 Interface User specified LocalHost ICONICS Simulator 167 34 56 77 ICONICS Simulator 1000 LocalHost RoviSys OPC90Server 167 34 56 77 RoviSys OPC90Server The RoviSys Company Version 1 5 Page 61 of 73 BridgeMaster Software User Manual 18 OPC Server B Status Val Integer Specifies the Status Validation period for the 1000 OPC Server B in milliseconds The fields contained within the REDUNDANCYSETTINGS statement are given in the following table Note a comma within the CSV file must separate each
25. the main menu Current values will appear under the Value A and Value B columns in the tag view pane Note if the server or group is not connected or is disabled then the values will be displayed as Bad Waiting for Initial Data Monitored values are refreshed every 100 milliseconds Select another group to view tag map values under that group Note if the data flow setup in the parents group does not allow reading of the OPC Item then the values may not be displayed correctly since they may not have been read from the OPC Server Note if the tagmap is displayed with a symbol then one or both of the OPC Items defined within that tagmap are invalid or possibly unconfigured This means that the OPC Item does not exist within the server or is not configured in BridgeMaster or has a blank item name 5 2 Reading OPC Values In runtime OPC Item values can be manually read by forcing an OPC read This is accomplished by selecting the desired tag map s Link column in the tag view pane and then right mouse clicking Select gt A or B from the corresponding pop up menu 5 3 Writing OPC Values In runtime a value can be manually written to an OPC Item by forcing an OPC write This is accomplished by selecting the desired tag map s Link column in the tag view pane and then right mouse clicking to bring up the tags menu Select Write gt Item or ltem B from the corresponding pop up menu This will activat
26. this implies how often BridgeMaster will check the selected failover conditions This is used by BridgeMaster to determine if a server fail over to the redundant OCP Server is required It is specified in milliseconds with a default of 30000 The Redundancy failover conditions are listed below These conditions are logically OR ed together meaning if any one or all of the selected failover conditions occur during the status validation then a failover to the server on secondary redundant node will occur For each server side Status Validation does not occur until startup completes Specifically this means that Status Validation does not occur until all tags of all groups for each respective server side have been added to the OPC Server and all user specified active groups have been set active Notes 1 Startup will complete regardless of whether or not tags were added successfully to the server 2 When group is set active this means data callbacks from the Server to BridgeMaster will occur 3 User specified active means you can specify a group is to be made Active or Inactive during runtime the Inactive groups won t count If all OPC Items are Bad Quality with Sub status of type s select all that apply This checkbox will enable or disable failover when ALL Configured OPC Items are Bad quality of a certain type Configured means the OPC Item was defined and has a non blank tagname For instance some redundant OPC Servers like Pro
27. to import to a New Connector the tag maps can always be dragged and dropped to the appropriate group and the new temporary Connector can then be deleted Also note that all Conversion Tables and Conversion Value Maps are imported at that time any existing ones will be overwritten by what is being imported If the Links or Tag Maps already exist within the Connector Group you are trying to import to then you will be prompted with the following dialog box The RoviSys Company Version 1 5 Page 54 of 73 BridgeMaster Software User Manual Do you want to G Rename the tagmap from the import file to the folllowing and then add that new tagmap to the configuration Link3 Overwrite the existing TagMap in the current config with info from the import f gnore Skip this duplicate Tagmap not import this Apply to all Duplicate Iter Cancel Abort At this point you have the following options A Rename the Imported Link Select the Rename radio button and enter a new Link Name and click OK If that Link Name exists you will be prompted again and again until you find a new unique Link Name For each duplicate links you will again be prompted to rename B Overwrite the existing TagMap With this option the existing Tag Map in the current configuration will be overwritten with the data imported from the import file C Ignore Skip this duplicate TagMap With this option the existing duplicate Tag Map in t
28. 09 13 43 49 Messages 229 8 00473 23 3333 Active 1177 Errors 0 Reset Stats Note if redundancy is enabled this dialog box displays which node is currently active Primary or Secondary and can be used to cause a switchover of an OPC Server to the redundant one by simply clicking the Switch Server button If the redundant node is defined then BridgeMaster will attempt a connection to the redundant one A connection attempt to this server will be made however many times defined in the Number of Retries edit box in the Options dialog box before reattempting a connection with the first server node Also if the watchdog tag is defined then the changing value will make the edit box blink as gradient green in the upper right hand corner Also displayed is the highest OPC Version used by any of the groups of that connector side The RoviSys Company Version 1 5 Page 48 of 73 BridgeMaster Software User Manual 5 6 Verifying OPC Tags In runtime a user can verify the status of all OPC Items within all tag maps of all Active Groups in the currently running configuration Select Utility Verify OPC Tags from the main menu to check all OPC Items If an error was found with one or more items then a message will be displayed in the message pane of the main window with the last error Otherwise the following messages will be displayed indicating successful connection with these items MSG Verifying OPC Tags in Serv
29. 108 B MOD Name connect to within OPC Server A E This field CAN contain commas and must be surrounded by double quotes 9 OPC Server B String Specifies the Access Path to connect Access Path to within OPC Server B May be left blank This field CAN contain commas and must be surrounded by double quotes 10 Tag B Use Item Int Use Item Deadband 1 Yes 0 Deadband This is only used with Analog points that support OPC Version 3 0 11 Tag B Item Float Item Deadband for Tag 0 100 Deadband This is only used with Analog points that support OPC Version 3 0 12 Conversion Table String Specifies the Conversion Table MODECONVERSION Name name used for scaling by this tag map May be left blank if no scaling The RoviSys Company Version 1 5 Page 65 of 73 BridgeMaster Software User Manual is required 13 Data Master Integer Specifies which server is the Data 0 or 1 master if the Group s Data direction is set to bi directional Note this setting is overwritten if the group s data flow direction is not bi direction 0 OPC Server A 1 OPC Server B Each Conversion Scaling Table can be defined with the TABLE declaration line The format for this line type is specified below Field FIELD NAME FIELD FIELD DESCRIPTION Examples 1 Line Type String Contains the string TABLE to TABLE define this line in the CSV file as a Converter Table 2 Table Name
30. Company Version 1 5 Page 47 of 73 BridgeMaster Software User Manual 5 5 Server Status As a runtime option a user can view the runtime status of each OPC Server within a given connector along with the OPC Statistics for a given connector Select the connector to view the status of and then select Utility Server Status from the main menu or right mouse click on a desired Connector or group and then click the Server Status option The following dialog box will be displayed Server Status for APX2SIM APACS OPC Device Server V1 11 State The server running APACSOPCDeviceServer 1 Primary Apacs2358 app s Bandwidth 0 HB Server Version Major Version 1 Minor Version 1 Build 78 Switch Server OPC Version OPC V2 x DA Time OPC Updates Group Data Total Rate per sec Max Rate Start 109 15 09 14 39 36 Reads 4846 138 3 184 313 Groups 3 Last 09 15 09 14 39 36 Writes 0 0 Items 182 Current 09 15 08 14 40 06 Messages 60 1 66612 5 55556 Active 182 Errors 1 Reset Stats Simulation OPC Server by ICONICS Inc State The server is running ICONICS Simulator Primary localhost Bandwidth 0 Server Version Major Version 2 Minor Version 1 Build 1 OPC Version OPC V2 x DA Time OPC Updates Group Data Total Rate persec Max Rate Start 09 15 09 13 43 16 Reads 4805 137 455 183 154 Groups 3 Last 09 15 09 13 43 48 Writes 4807 143 589 183 154 oo E Current 09 15
31. FIG in which case you may want to use the redundant node A COMM FAULT status indicates that some but not all items are having difficulties communicating with the underlying hardware it is left up to the discretion of the user to use this server status as a failover condition or not The same is true for the SUSPENDED status If Heartbeat stops from Watchdog tag of Item ID This setting will enable watchdog functionality and when enabled will failover when the watchdog tag stops changing value The watchdog tag acts as a heartbeat similar in function to the V3 x Keep Alives and when it so to speak flat lines and no heartbeat value change is received within the Watchdog timeout period then a timeout occurs which will cause a server failover to occur for that connector side Watchdog Timeout Value If the Watchdog functionality is enabled then this setting specifies how long to go before timing out when no change in value occurs The watchdog timer starts after all tags are established and made active with a given OPC Server side this is done in case a server takes a long time establishing tags with the server perhaps due to the quantity of tag maps defined Specified in milliseconds Current Heartbeat Value In runtime the current heartbeat value of the watchdog tag is displayed in this edit box This is displayed in order to provide the user with affirmative visual feedback that the server is really alive and values are being
32. File New from the main menu to create a new configuration or open the desired configuration to import to Select File Import CSV from the main menu and select the desired CSV file to import After a successful import you can then save the new or existing configuration If for some reason the import function fails the error message will be displayed in the bottom message pane Correct the situation in the import file and try to import again Note you may want to back up the existing BridgeMaster Tag Map Configuration first before attempting this operation This can be done by selecting the File Save As When importing a CSV file in most cases you will be prompted with the following dialog box Connector lt Connectorl gt already declared do you wish to import to this connector or use a new connector YES Import to same connector Create New connector to Import to CANCEL Abort Import If the Configuration is new or you wish to import into the designated Connector lt Connector1 gt then click the YES button to import to the same connector Otherwise select the NO button and BridgeMaster will create and import to a New Connector Connector2 Connector3 To cancel the import operation at this time select CANCEL If you import to the same connector all new groups and tag maps will be added to the existing connector whereas all existing groups will be overwritten with the settings from the CSV file If you chose
33. IX OPC Client tags to BridgeMaster Links Get faster connection startup times No automatic disabling of tags when you don t want them Automatic re connection and stays connected No hang ups when you don t need them Improved functionality including more runtime features and options better stability increased efficiency and enhanced redundancy Since the OPC Client Power Tool has been known to exhibit the above issues as well as other adverse behaviors RoviSys has developed a solution using BridgeMaster to bypass any of those issues This conversion feature is supported if you select the following checkbox during the installation process zs BridgeMaster VL5 BridgeMaster Installation Options Additional Installation Options Install the Database Conversion Tool for the OPC Client PowerTool After the tool is installed you can run the tool by selecting Start All Programs RoviSys BridgeMaster iFIX DB Conversion Tool The following main menu will appear The RoviSys Company Version 1 5 Page 57 of 73 BridgeMaster Software User Manual File Convert iFIX Database with OPC Power Tool to BridgeMaster CSV Format V Use OPC Settings from OPC Client Power Tool CSV File for Connectors Groups in Bridge Master 1 Open the iFIX OPC Client Power Tool and export the configuration to CSV File by Save As CSV File 2 Select the CSV File exported from iFIX OPC Client P
34. OK and the tag map will be set to use this conversion table in runtime Note in runtime if a value is received for which there is no conversion map defined then the value is sent as is unconverted to the other OPC Item defined within the given tag map This default functionality can now be changed by de selecting the Pass all unmapped values as is checkbox The RoviSys Company Version 1 5 Page 39 of 73 BridgeMaster Software User Manual 4 10 3 Linear Scaling NEW Most analog values exchanged between OPC Servers should already be expressed in engineering units and therefore linear scaling of analog values should not be required However if not then Linear scaling can be used by selecting the Linear Scaling conversion type Enter the High and Low values for the Input range and the High and Low values for the Output range The Output will be scaled according to the following equation OUTE Ne 1 4 If the group for which the tag map belongs is bi directional then the data feeding back from the non Data Master output side to the Data Master input side is scaled according to IN OUT Important if you don t want feedback then don t use a bi directional group Furthermore if clamping is desired select one of the desired Clamping Types e None Use Specific Clamping Values Clamp on Output Range Then enter the specific clamping values and make sure to use the checkbox next to each clamp It is also possible t
35. Optionally scaling conversion using conversion tables can be defined to convert raw or discrete values from one system to the other The Unlimited Version supports unlimited user defined tag map definitions Tag Map configurations are stored in a serialized compact binary file Simple configuration with Drag amp Drop capabilities for mapping lots of tags in bulk quickly Y Supports ability to easily Import Export BridgeMaster Tag Map configurations to CSV files which can be created and or edited with Microsoft Excel or any text editor Y Error and informational messages displayed in the main window in runtime along with the optional user configurable specification of maintaining this data in daily log files Y Runtime tag monitoring ability to view and change read write data values in either OPC Server from main client window Y Runtime ability to add or delete tag maps change item names and or change group update rates Item Dead Bands Keep Alive rates etc NON LACS LRA NN Y Upto 100 connectors OPC interfaces can be defined Y Ability to browse any local or remote OPC Server Y Allows runtime view of OPC Server Status performance statistics and visual representation of a changing heartbeat v Written using multi threading and C for faster data transfer and higher performance v Written in UNICODE for support of UNICODE text such as Kanji OPC Item names Y Tested with over 40 000 tags 20K Links v Provides shortcut
36. PC Server Float Specifies the Deadband for the OPC 0 00 B Deadband Server B side group 15 OPC Server Integer Specifies the Update Rate in milliseconds 1000 B Update for the OPC Server B side group Rate 16 OPC Server Integer Specifies the Time Bias for the OPC Server 0 B Time Bias B side group in minutes 17 OPC Server Integer Specifies the Locale ID for the OPC Server 1033 B LCID B side group 18 OPC Server Integer Specifies the Keep Alive Rate for the OPC 2000 B Keep Alive Server B side group in milliseconds 19 OPC Server Integer Specifies the Requested Interface Version 0 B Requested for the OPC Server B side group Values Interface are Version OPC_DA_USE_BEST 0 OPC_DA_VERSION1 1 OPC_DA_VERSION2 2 OPC_DA_VERSION3 3 OPC_DA_VERSION3_VOT 4 20 OPC Server Integer Do Polling with OPC Server side group 0 B Do Polling 1 YES 0 21 OPC Server Integer Use Synchronous Writes with OPC Server 0 B Use Sync B side Whites 1 YES 0 NO 22 OPC Server Integer Specifies the Refresh Rate in milliseconds 0 A Refresh for the OPC Server A side group Rate 23 OPC Server Integer Specifies the Refresh Rate in milliseconds 0 B Refresh for the OPC Server B side group Rate The RoviSys Company Version 1 5 Page 64 of 73 BridgeMaster Software User Ma
37. R VISYS Independent Automation Solutions BridgeMaster OPC Bridge Software User Documentation For OPC Server to OPC Server Connectivity BridgeMaster Software is a Trademark of The RoviSys Company BridgeMaster Software User Manual Le Rn 2 FUNCTIONAL DESCRIPTION oso eo Pn aeo ra ra a eee eo Reo seni stits sosistas siste ss roso 3 C304 M UD LET BY HOLD HE 3 1 CONFIGURING THE rentes senten enn 6 3 2 CONBIGURE iae RUNG pedem S 6 3 3 RUNTIME MODE 6 6 3 4 BRIDGEMASTER duces a cvetdepumegeeeateneevens Jg 3 5 RUNNING BRIDGEMASTER AS A nnn n n nnn e nne n n n a 8 3 5 1 Remote CONNECT ONS sie oi o Ro itn 9 3 5 2
38. TCP IP A description of each option in the General tab is given below Automatically startup in runtime mode when BridgeMaster is started checkbox Check this option to startup the program in runtime mode when running as BMC the next time the BMC program is started If unchecked then you must manually place BridgeMaster in runtime mode Default is unchecked On Startup into runtime mode minimize the program window checkbox This option is used to control whether or not the BMC program starts up minimized or not On startup of BridgeMaster if the Automatically startup in runtime mode is checked above and this is checked then the program window will be minimized Default is unchecked In runtime mode ping remote hosts first to verify they exist before attempting a connection to Remote OPC Server requires TCP IP checkbox This option should always be checked unless for some reason the remote OPC Server s are using some other protocol other than TCP IP to connect with remote servers If checked BridgeMaster will first ping the remote host before attempting an OPC connection to it Note if this option is unchecked and a remote server becomes unavailable then BridgeMaster may hang trying to connect with it depending on how DCOM is setup with the COM interface OPC Server Note for local servers running on the same PC as The RoviSys Company Version 1 5 Page 12 of 73 BridgeMaster Software User Manual BridgeMaster p
39. Timestamp to Value and Array Element conversions v NEW Range Limit Clamping Added support to clamp values to the output range or to a specific user defined range Added support to set the limit bits if value is clamped v NEW Expanded support for the Discrete scaling to include Long to Long Long to String and String to Long conversions v NEW Expanded support for automatic data conversion of all ARRAY types including VT I8 VT UI8 VT 14 VT UM VT 12 VT 12 VT 11 VT R8 VT R4 Boolean VT BOOL currenoy VT CY strings VT BSTR dates VT DATE and VT VARIANT v NEW iFIX BridgeMaster Integration Provides a solution for replacing OPC Power Tool v NEW Validate Connector Added a validate method to verify all connectors groups tag maps OPC Items and all Data Conversion tables v NEW Limit bits Added ability to display the limit bits for each tag value in the tag view v Support for OPC Data Access V3 0 compliant Servers OPC Data Access V2 x compliant servers and OPC Data Access V1 a compliant servers The RoviSys Company Version 1 5 Page 4 of 73 BridgeMaster Software User Manual Y Dual server redundancy scheme supports redundant OPC Server connections implementing user selectable fail over mechanisms Server Redundancy includes ability to define a heartbeat watchdog tag per side Ability to run as a Windows service for standalone dedicated data transfer ability without a user logged in
40. VT ARRAYSs are supported Supported VT ARRAY types single dimension SAFEARRAY Array Type Description VT ARRAY VT BOOL Array of BOOLEAN values VT ARRAY VT Ul Array of BYTE values 8 bit values ARRAY VT 11 Array of CHARACTER values 8 bit values VT ARRAY VT 12 Array of UNSIGNED INTEGER values 16 bit values VT ARRAY VT 12 Array of SIGNED INTEGER values 16 bit values VT ARRAY or Array of UNSIGNED LONG values 32 bit values VT ARRAY VT UINT VT ARRAY VT I4 or Array of SIGNED LONG values 32 bit values VT ARRAY VT INT VT ARRAY VT Ul8 Array of UNSIGNED LONGLONG values 64 bit values VT ARRAY VT I8 Array of SIGNED LONGLONG values 64 bit values VT ARRAY VT R4 Array of FLOAT values 32 bit single precision values VT ARRAY VT R8 Array of DOUBLE values 64 bit double precision values VT ARRAY VT DATE Array of DATE values DATE values VT ARRAY VT STRING Array of STRING values BSTR values VT ARRAY VT CY Array of CURRENCY values VT ARRAY VT VARIANT Array of VARIANT values 5 10 Ping As a runtime utility the ping function is supported to easily verify access to a remote node without shelling out to a DOS prompt To ping a remote node select Utility Ping from the main menu or simply click the ping shortcut in the toolbar In the Ping dialog box enter the host name or IP Address of the host machine to ping to
41. alid license BridgeMaster will run in Production mode indefinitely Two Production Mode licenses are applicable e BridgeMaster Lite Version Supports up to 250 total tag maps or links Since each Link consists of 2 tags the Lite version actually supports up to 500 tags The tag maps are split equally amongst all connectors and all groups for instance if you have 5 Connectors with 2 Groups each then each connector is allowed to have up to 250 5 50 tag maps each and each of the 2 groups within each connector can have up to 50 2 25 tag maps The number of connectors is limited to 100 BridgeMaster Unlimited Version Supports unlimited number of tag maps or links and tags The number of connectors is still limited to 100 If the license is removed or not found BridgeMaster reverts to Demo mode and will run for up to 2 hours from that time After 2 hours BridgeMaster will revert to Configure mode and will need to be restarted to get to Runtime mode again The RoviSys Company Version 1 5 Page 7 of 73 BridgeMaster Software User Manual 3 5 Running BridgeMaster as a Service The BridgeMaster application actually contains three runtime programs BridgeMaster Configurator BMC BridgeMaster Service BMS BridgeMaster Control Panel BMCP The BMC and BMS programs contain the same runtime core code however a single configuration can only be run at any given time in either one or the other but not both programs T
42. alog points the EU Full Scale range exists within the OPC Server as EU HIGH EU LOW Most OPC Servers use this parameter to determine when to notify a client of a change in value If the value is noisy you may not want the OPC Server sending each value unless it changes by more than this percentage The RoviSys Company Version 1 5 Page 28 of 73 BridgeMaster Software User Manual Time Bias This group parameter specifies the Time bias in minutes from the local node to the remote node This is passed to the OPC Server along with the deadband and Update Rate to tell the OPC Server to offset each timestamp for each OPC Item within this group by the specified amount This is useful for checking or comparing timestamps on OPC Items which may exist in different time zones However this is not a particularly useful parameter aside from the fact that most OPC Servers do not utilize this parameter BridgeMaster itself does not perform any timestamp Time zone conversion It is a required parameter for creation of an OPC Group within an OPC Server and thus is left for user specification for possible future implementation Default is 0 LCID This group parameter specifies the Language ID of all OPC Items for the group Most OPC Servers do not support this but if they do they would use this parameter to determine what language to use for example for error strings or for String VT BSTR data tags and labels like ON OFF and OPEN CLOSE for digital poin
43. ame searches for the desired text in the Item Name field of side A OPC Item Name B searches for the desired text the Item Name field of side B e Description searches the description field of the Link The RoviSys Company Version 1 5 Page 36 of 73 BridgeMaster Software User Manual 4 9 Data Conversion Scaling NEW Data conversion tables allow tag values to be scaled or converted from one server to the other The following data conversion scaling types are now supported by BridgeMaster Discrete Mapping o Long to Long o Long to String o String to Long Linear Scaling Gain Offset Square root BCD 8 Bit BCD Byte conversion BCD 16 bit BCD Word conversion Transfer Input Quality to Output Value Transfer Input Timestamp to Output Value Array Element VVVVVV VV 4 10 Conversion Tables NEW To define scaling for a particular tag map open the tag map dialog box and select Enable Scaling checkbox and then click the Settings button to view or modify the settings Then select the desired conversion table or click the New button to create a new one Warning Conversion tables can be modified added or deleted on the fly in runtime As part of enabling scaling for a particular client tag mapping the user must define and select a converter table along with the scaling type for the particular tag map to use in runtime to convert input values to output values between the two OPC Servers Input and Output is relat
44. and click OK The status will be displayed the message pane in the main driver window If successful the message will display a string Ping gt Host localhost is alive where localhost was used as the host in this example otherwise another message will be displayed indicating that the host is unreachable or is not responding due to a timeout or a network connection problem This is useful for testing initial configurations and debugging problems The RoviSys Company Version 1 5 Page 52 of 73 BridgeMaster Software User Manual 5 11 Launch Service Manager As a utility function the Service manager program can be launched from the main menu by selecting Utility Launch Service Manager menu This utility is used to setup and configure security settings for local services such as the BridgeMasterService 5 12 Launch DCOM Configuration As a utility function the DCOM Configuration program can be launched from the main menu by selecting Utility Launch DCOM Configuration menu or simply click the shortcut in the toolbar d This utility is used to setup and configure security settings for local OPC Servers 5 13 lOPCShutdown BridgeMaster supports the OPCShutdown interface and the Shutdown Request functionality from OPC Servers If supported by the OPC Server when the server needs to shutdown it can use this interface to send a shutdown request to BridgeMaster BridgeMaster will then disconnect all items groups and interfaces connect
45. and fills in the remote node information in the respective Secondary Node edit box Otherwise the Secondary Node can be left blank or set to localhost if server redundancy is not used or required Connector 25 Enabled Description Server Parameters Server B Parameters DCS Interface OPC DA DCS Interface OPC DA Server Name Program ID Server Name Program ID APACSOPCDeviceServer 1 Select ICONICS Simulator Select Primary Node Host Name or IP Address Primary Node Host Name or IP Address APP CONNECT Browse localhost Browse Status Validation milliseconds 30000 Status Validation milliseconds 30000 Server Redundancy Server Redundancy Use Redundancy with this Server Settings Use Redundancy with this Server Secondary Node Host Name or IP Address Secondary Node Host Name or IP Address APP CONNECT S Browse oc alhost Using the Connector Properties dialog box select a meaningful name for the Connector or leave it at the default A text description box can be used to enter any desired comments about the interface or it can be left blank First browse for or enter the host name s on which the OPC Server s exist Then select the OPC Server Name for the OPC Server A side and the OPC Server B side for the new connector To browse for an OPC Server click the Select button To browse for a computer node select the Brow
46. ank Primary Node Host Name or IP Address Enter the Host Name or IP Address of the Primary computer node for which the OPC Server you wish to interface to exists on To browse for a computer node select the Browse button Use Redundancy with this Server This checkbox indicates that redundancy will be enabled with this OPC server side The following settings are provided to allow selection of when and under what conditions should BridgeMaster consider failing over to this secondary node Note the same OPC Server must exist with the same tag configuration same Item IDs that the primary is using in order for redundancy to be effective although the OPC Server need not be the same version Secondary Node Host Name or IP Address Enter the Host Name or IP Address of the secondary redundant computer node for which the OPC Server you wish to interface to exists on To browse for a computer node select the Browse button Status Validation The Status Validation edit box is used to specify the interval in which status is to be checked or validated with the OPC Server BridgeMaster will validate the status of the primary and secondary OPC servers at the rate specified by this dialog If redundancy is configured then this The RoviSys Company Version 1 5 Page 22 of 73 BridgeMaster Software User Manual is used to determine if a fail over to the redundant OCP Server is required It is specified in milliseconds with a default of 30000
47. ataCallback Interface or Could not locate Connection Point for IOPCDataCallback Advise Interface then verify 8 above and or verify that the server and DCOM is setup correctly on the server machine and that any required client software is installed on the BridgeMaster node In most cases this is either the result of not having the proper security setup in DCOM and or having older or missing software components in the system of the server 12 Upon startup if BridgeMaster displays the message Access Denied then verify 6 above and possibly 5 13 Using the Server Status dialog in runtime if the Total Reads 0 then it is possible that the Advise subscriptions are not working correctly If problem cannot be corrected with one of above steps then the Connector and OPC Server in the worst case scenario may need to be setup for Polling As stated in 8 above the advise connections will require security on the BridgeMaster node to be setup such that the user account which runs the OPC Server on the remote node will have permission to send back data to the BridgeMaster node and thus to BridgeMaster This is not the same as the security setup to the Server in step 6 Since BridgeMaster is not an OPC Server it cannot be setup with DCOM to enable such permission The network workgroup domain will enable define this privilege and thus that is why it is essential to correctly setup steps 4 or 5 and 8 14 As a quick reference here a
48. ccomplished by placing copy of lt opcproxy dll gt in the Windows System32 directory On Windows NT this directory is usually C WINNT System32 Again to register it run regsvr32 opcproxy dll A message will be displayed stating that the registration succeeded If the OPC Proxy is not registered on the local or remote node then BridgeMaster upon startup of runtime or upon a server switchover fail over will display a message as to this situation Warning The RoviSys Company takes no responsibility from any damage to property or personnel or lost time that may be incurred due to making changes to the Registry 8 1 OPC Servers on Windows NT Windows 2000 Servers running on Windows NT Windows 2000 are no longer supported Like DDE support from Microsoft which still works but is no longer officially supported by Microsoft RoviSys BridgeMaster will still run or connect to these systems but it is no longer supported Access to the OPC Server is setup using the lt dcomcnfg exe gt DCOM Configuration program For the given OPC Server it must be verified under the Identity Tab of the server that the Identity is set to the Interactive User as opposed to the launching user The launching user is the default so this must be changed using the DCOM Configuration program dcomcnfg exe Also while using the DCOM Configuration program you must enable the security permissions correctly on the remote machine in order for the BridgeMast
49. cessLogix will set all OPC Items to Out of Service BAD quality when the node is unavailable or becomes the backup node and thus this can be used as a trigger for BridgeMaster to failover to the redundant server These settings are logically OR ed together meaning if ALL configured items within the server side have BAD quality with any of the selected sub status selections then failover will occur In other words if just one tag has GOOD or QUESTIONABLE quality then failover will not occur due to this condition Also if one tag has BAD Quality with a sub status that was not selected then failover will not occur due to this condition If V3 x Keep Alives Timeout if supported where Timeout This checkbox will enable or disable failover based on a Keep Alive timeout If the OPC Server supports OPC Data Access v3 x Interfaces then this setting is applicable The Keep Alive The RoviSys Company Version 1 5 Page 24 of 73 BridgeMaster Software User Manual mechanism can be setup in each group to occur at a specified interval However only one group per server side is required to be setup with a Keep Alive This mechanism is used to keep the connection open When Keep Alives are enabled the OPC Server sends an empty callback to BridgeMaster at the Keep Alive rate specified in each group if data has not changed in the group on the OPC server If a data callback occurs with actual data this also counts as a Keep Alive The Keep Alive timeout p
50. control loops implemented in other control system controllers These capabilities depend on the functionality supported by the OPC Server being utilized RoviSys OPC90 Server which is used to link with the ABB Bailey system supports all of these capabilities BridgeMaster is fully compliant with Versions 3 0 2 x and 1 a OPC Servers 2 Functional Description The BridgeMaster interface runs under the Windows 7 Windows Vista Windows Server 2008 Windows 2000 Pro amp Server Windows XP Pro XP SP2 SP3 and Windows Server 2003 RC1 RC2 operating systems The two modes of operation associated with the interface are Configure mode and Runtime mode In Configure mode a user can configure settings and create links or tag mappings In Runtime mode the interface uses the currently loaded configuration to communicate with the external OPC Server s BridgeMaster supports the following features v NEW Data Import Provides capability to easily import configurations from other OPC Bridging software such as Kepware LinkMaster Emerson s OPC Mirror Matrikon s Data Manager Iconic s DataWorkX32 as well as from Honeywell Experion PKS OPC Integrator v NEW Provides capability to auto detect which of the above CSV or TSV file formats it is and directly import into BridgeMaster NEW Data Conversion Updated support for additional scaling methods such as Linear Square root Gain Offset BCD 8 BCD 16 OPC Quality to Value OPC
51. d integer based on number of bits in that integer for unsigned integer items An Item that is of variant type VT BOOL Logical Boolean will convert as follows for the following other side data types Conversion VT BOOL to VT XX ITEM A VT BOOL gt ITEM XX Item B Type If Item A is True then write to If Item A is False then write to Item B Item B side value as Side False Value as VT BOOL True False VT Ult 255 OxFF 0 VT 11 1 0 VT 12 1 0 VT 12 65535 OxFFFF 0 VT 14 1 0 VT Ul4 4294967295 OxFFFFFFFF 0 VT R4 1 0 0 VT R8 1 0 0 VT BSTR 1 0 It should further be noted that within BridgeMaster VT BOOL variant TRUE is normally stored as 1 For instance writing a VT BOOL True value from the Write Tag dialog will always send a True 1 VT BOOL value However some most servers send back the value of 1 over as VT BOOL True so when transferring this to the other tag map side it goes over as 1 not 1 BridgeMaster is simply passing the data along in that case and not explicitly enforcing the rules or filtering those values If your application requires a different result from the standard specified above then a user can simply configure Data Conversion table of Type Discrete Mapping and then add 2 maps to compensate for this mandated behavior For instance if a VT BOOL item is on side A of a given tagmap and a VT R4 item is on Side B and
52. d or the server crashed or is otherwise failed If we get just 1 of these then we failover e OPC E INVALIDCONFIGFILE The Server s Config file is an invalid format If we get just 1 of these then we failover e RPC S SERVER UNAVAILABLE Server is unavailable this is the mother of all fatal communication errors which provides indication that server crashed or the process was terminated by the user or prematurely If we get 5 of these in a row then we failover 5 UNKNOWN AUTHN SERVICE The authentication service is unknown If we get just 1 of these then we failover RPC 5 SERVER TOO BUSY The RPC Server is too busy to complete the operation If we get 5 of these in a row then we failover e 5 CALL FAILED The remote procedure call failed This usually indicates that the Remote Server EXE was terminated If we get 5 of these in a row then we failover Furthermore an automatic failover will occur if the OPC Server supports the OPCShutdown Interface and sends a shutdown request to BridgeMaster The RoviSys Company Version 1 5 Page 26 of 73 BridgeMaster Software User Manual 4 5 Creating a New Group In Configure mode a new group can be created by first selecting or highlighting the desired connector for which to add the new group to and then selecting Edit Add New Group from the main menu or pressing the keys lt Ctrl G gt or right mouse clicking on the Connector and then selecting Add Group
53. d setup OPCEnum exe on the remote node following the procedure below 1 Obtain a copy of OPCEnum exe 2 Log into the remote node as administrator or with administrator privilege 3 Place OPCEnum exe in the winnt System32 directory 4 Register OPCEnum by running the command from a DOS prompt a Opcenum exe regserver Install OPCEnum as a service by running the command from a DOS prompt a Opcenum exe service 6 Open DCOM Configurator by running dcomcnfg exe or using BridgeMaster and selecting Utility Launch DCOM Configurator 7 Browse to OPCEnum and add the user that will be running BridgeMaster for Launch and access privilege Alternatively use can leave the defaults alone for the OPCEnum in DCOM Config and then just setup the default User privilege for the user account under which BridgeMasterService will be run from See sections below for additional security setup 8 If a Windows Firewall is present on the remote machine make sure to a Add TCP Port 135 to the list of exceptions b Add OPCEnum exe to the list of exceptions c Configure the Edit Limits DCOM properties for ANOYNMOUS USER and the user account under which BridgeMasterService will be run from 7 3 Quick Setup and Troubleshooting Reference This section details how a user can quickly setup BridgeMaster and diagnose common setup problems The following checklist should be consulted if startup issues arise 1 Verify TCP IP protocol is enabled on t
54. dows registry Searching for the name of the server executable will find the necessary information Following is some example server definitions from an actual BridgeMaster BMLookupCLSID txt file Ovation OP C 4 4525AD4E 17BD 11D5 8183 0050046F AB6D RoviS ys O P C90Server 1 2508F 89D 3490 11D3 9236 0040339F D356 RoviSys DLEOP CServerDA 3 34B16516 ECF D 4F 3A 8F CA 007E9B8DOABE ICONICS Simulator 1 585DE D25 936B 11D2 A8DC 00A4024C 11143 ICONICS ModbusOP CServer3 1 8F 090662 9345 11D1 9BF C 00A024E7BC48 SSNET OPC 1 937F 9090 7888 4E55 8AEB AD8E058044D5 ICONICS ModbusEthernetDA 2 9BC 87883 EEDA 11D3 9F DE 006067705B5A ToolWorX Modbus 1 9D8B4CA7 C 7A3 11D3 A61B 00104B0D13C 3 ICONICSInc IniFileRuntimeDA 2 9E 51F 386 0712 11D4 B0B6 009027242C59 ICONICS SimulatorOP CDA 2 A879768A 7387 11D4 B0D8 009027242C59 National Instruments DaqOpc 1 9C 491D07 4CD1 11D4 AE 17 00105A1115C3 Intellution OP CiFIX 1 3C5702A2 EB8E 11D4 83A4 00105A984CBD APACSOP CDeviceServer 1 87782911 389B 11D4 BE59 005004773FEE OPC DeltaV 1 C3B72AB1 6B33 11D0 9007 0020AF B6CF9F DeltaV DVSYSsvr 1 F E199392 EBEA 11D4 8233 00C04F 60F 056 Intellution OP CEDA 3 58C41832 474B 11D2 BE25 006097C8F3ED EEI CSVReplayS imulator 1 3F BB69A5 3E6B 11D4 8416 00008639559B HWHsc OPCServer 6031BF 75 9CF2 11D1 A97B 00C04F C01389 AE PI OPC B0496231 21FE 432D A2AC 14B1D8ABF 39E OSI HDA 1 1F 7365E E 7CBB 4867 8CF C 54F D50FF67D6 RSLinx OPC Server A05BB6D5 2F 8A
55. e node to verify the node exists If the remote node exists then a connection attempt is made with the specified OPC Server on that node If that operation succeeds BridgeMaster then establishes all groups and all tag maps within each group and then has undergone a switchover If it does not succeed it will reattempt the connection the number of times specified in the Number of Retries in the options dialog box After the number of retries has been exceeded it then attempts a fail over to the first server node In runtime this connection attempt fail over process will last indefinitely until a successful connection has been established Messages for each failed attempt will be logged to the message pane as well as to the error log if configured In order for Server redundancy to work each redundant OPC Server pair must contain the same OPC Item names on either redundant node In essence if an OPC ltem called DEV1 GRP2 SP1 exists within the OPC Server configuration in the primary OPC server on the local node then the OPC Item called DEV1 GRP2 SP1 must also exist within the configuration of the secondary OPC server on the remote node in order for redundancy to work properly if and when a switchover occurs Otherwise adding missing OPC Items to groups during a switchover will fail with Invalid OPC Item error messages The server status will still indicate running but one or more OPC items may not have a connection The RoviSys
56. e the following dialog box The RoviSys Company Version 1 5 Page 45 of 73 BridgeMaster Software User Manual ltem Name Triangle Waves Money Access Path Current Tag Data Value 1 4088 82591000 Quality 32 Good TimeStamp 2011 01 29 22 09 12 Message 427 DataType Currency VT CY WRITE Close Enter the value you wish to write in the Value edit box and select the WHITE button to force an OPC write to the specified OPC Item If you wish to read the current value back to verify it was written select the READ button Note if the value s quality is BAD then this state will be displayed in the Quality edit box prefixed by the actual quality value in brackets Note if the data flow setup in the parents group does not allow writing to this OPC Item then the WRITE button will be disabled Note if the Current Value and or Current Quality is displayed with question marks then the OPC Item tag is possibly not connected due to an invalid tag name or a disconnected OPC Server The data type written to the server as converted from the edit box will be that of the OPC Server Item You can attempt to coerce the write using a different data type but there is no guarantee that the server will accept it An error will logged to log file if the Show Errors flag is set that connector For Array data types enter square brackets around the whole array with commas separating the individual elements in the ar
57. ea eR idet ees 42 4 11 EDITING A CONNECTOR GROUP OR TAG MAP ccccssssscccececeesssececececsesesuececececsensaaececececeeseaaesecececeeseassseceesesenentsaeeeesens 43 4 12 COPYING MOVING TAG MAPS BETWEEN GROUPS ceceeeeeeeee eene nennen n n n trer rtr r r r r r r r E E EErEE e a p p pp 43 4 13 MULTIPLE MAP CONFIGURATION eeeeeeennn n nene enhn nn nh nh n nne n n rtr n e n e e e n n e e E p p pap 43 5 BRIDGEMASTER RUNTIME seen aee e seen sese ease sese toas sesso esee 45 5 1 tee 45 3 2 READING OPC VALUES ettet ec rte ee dee 45 5 3 EE eee 45 5 4 REDUNDANT OPC SERVERS FAIL 3 3000 1 8 47 5 5 SERVERS TATUS exe pee oe deed ee ee se Eee dee e aede eee eue tee e eee eee 48 5 6 VERIFYING OPC TAGS 49 5 7 VALIDATE 5
58. ed something For instance it does this when it reads the actual data type back for an Item ID and when it determines the actual OPC Version being used When running as a service BridgeMaster cannot be placed into runtime mode without first saving the configuration file if it was modified This is because during startup the BMS must run with the same configuration that BMC is using otherwise a mismatch might occur Default Runtime Configuration File leave BLANK and service will use last loaded file in Configurator This option is used to specify the runtime configuration file for the BridgeMaster Service BMS Currently this is not user selectable since OFFLINE edits are not allowed at this time and the BMS must always load and run the last configuration file of the BMC Since the BMC acts as a surrogate to the BMS it must always be running with the same configuration file This option is used to verify that the BMS is running the same file that the BMC has loaded The RoviSys Company Version 1 5 Page 14 of 73 BridgeMaster Software User Manual 3 7 3 OPC Settings Tab The next tab in the Options dialog box is the OPC Settings tab which allows setting OPC options as shown below General Service OPC Settings Redundancy Logging View OPC Options Maximum Bulk Add Items per call set to 1 to add one tag at a 5000 time to the server Restore Defaults A description of each option in the OPC Settings tab is give
59. ed with that server and will wait the amount of time specified by the Retry Wait Period before attempting a connection to the redundant node if configured If redundancy if not defined then BridgeMaster will attempt connection to the original server The server must be designed to not start up again or deny access if it is truly shutdown BridgeMaster will enter an infinite retry loop where it will continue to retry connection with that server at the Retry Wait Period until connection is re established The RoviSys Company Version 1 5 Page 53 of 73 BridgeMaster Software User Manual 6 Import Export This section is provided to give examples on how to quickly setup a BridgeMaster Tag Map configuration A BridgeMaster configuration is stored in a binary non editable file but by using the Import Export function this can allow the user to edit the configuration via an ASCII text based CSV file To export a BridgeMaster Tag Map configuration open the desired BridgeMaster Configuration and select File Export CSV from the main menu Enter the desired filename or leave it at the default which is the same as the BMC file but with a CSV extension to export it and click OK The file can then be opened with Notepad or Excel and edited according to the CSV file formats at the end of this section After a file has been exported and edited it can then be re imported into the existing configuration or into a new configuration Select
60. emoving all security A User can be defined on both PCs yet still not work since each PC assigns an SID to the created User account they will still be a different SIDs even though it is the same user name This is where having a Domain to do your authentication makes life a lot easier 6 The user account running BridgeMaster must be added to the list of users in DCOM with Access permissions and Launch permissions for that OPC Server Consult the Using DCOM OPC Servers for setting up this OPC Server security privilege 7 Configure each OPC Server if configuration is required If the OPC90 Server is used you will need to configure the desired blocks first within the OPC90 Server and then save the configuration You will also need to setup DCOM for the 90 Server to run as Interactive user so only 1 copy runs at a time If 2 copies of the OPC90Server are running then the second copy will fail since both will require access to the same COM port 8 Configure your BridgeMaster configuration Add a Connector one or more groups add the desired tag maps for each group 9 Place BridgeMaster in runtime mode 10 If a message appears in message log pane stating that Current connection does not support Advise Defaulting to polling of OPC Server then the problem may be due to a security issue as stated 4 5 6 and 8 above Upon startup if BridgeMaster displays the message Error setting up Advise using ConnectionPoint V2 0 for IOPCD
61. er A MSG OPC Tags Verified MSG Verifying OPC Tags in Server MSG OPC Tags Verified 5 7 Validate all Connectors NEW The utility function is useful to validate your configuration including validating all connectors groups tag maps and Conversion tables in the current configuration Select Utility Validate All Connectors from the main menu to validate all connectors If an error or warning was found with one or more connectors then a message will be displayed in the message pane of the main window with the last error Otherwise the following messages will be displayed indicating successful connection with these items EVENT Connectorl gt Validating Connector EVENT System gt Validated Connector Connector1 0 errors 0 warnings found EVENT System gt Validating Translation Tables EVENT System gt Validated all active Connectors and Translation Tables 0 errors 0 warnings found The RoviSys Company Version 1 5 Page 49 of 73 BridgeMaster Software User Manual 5 8 Boolean Data Type Value Conversions VT BOOL In runtime OPC Items of data type VT BOOL may be transferred to items of any other variant types The OPC Foundation has put together rules regarding these conversions which BridgeMaster now follows which may be different from early versions In the new version when an item is of type VT BOOL and when the value is True then it will send 1 to signed integer items and will send the highest supporte
62. er node to access and launch the OPC Server remotely If problems still persist then select the Security tab and verify that the Use Custom Access Permissions is checked and that the user account for which the BridgeMaster node is running under is added as a User of that group Also verify that the same account is listed under the Use Custom Launch Permissions checkbox If this is a problem to add a specific user in an NT Domain the easiest way to enable these permissions for BridgeMaster although not recommended is to add the User Everybody for the two groups mentioned above Of course this will allow any client machine on the network to connect and launch the OPC Server remotely which has the unfortunate side effect of leaving security wide open Otherwise consult your Network Administrator When running BridgeMaster in runtime mode if the error E ACCESSDENIED is displayed then this is the cause of that problem The RoviSys Company Version 1 5 Page 73 of 73
63. eriod specified in milliseconds can be used for failover when the Keep Alives or callback interface fails for any one of the groups defined with an enabled Keep Alive rate rate not equal to O It is recommended that you set this timeout value to a value of at least 2 times that of the shortest Keep Alive rate for any of the groups for each respective server side Timeouts are checked at the Status Validation period and one or more Keep Alives may have timed out in between that period but a Keep Alive may have been received right before the validation check making the status OK Once a group s Keep Alive was found to timeout for any group then a failover will occur even if a Keep Alive arrives 0 001 seconds later This is why it is important to not set the timeout period too low Failing to set the Keep Alive timeout period high enough may cause premature failover By default this option is left unchecked If OPC Server status changes to status of Select all that apply This checkbox will enable or disable failover when the status of the OPC Server changes to any of the selected status definitions For instance if an OPC Server cannot communicate with its underlying communication system to access tag data then it should set its status to FAILED If the Failed checkbox is selected and the server is FAILED then a failover will occur On startup under certain conditions a server may not have a tag configuration in which case the status will be NO CON
64. es Then verify all the connectors with OPC Server names and nodes groups with data direction and update rates tag maps items Conversion Tables and redundancy settings have been successfully recreated in BridgeMaster Click GO to run the imported configuration If no problems were logged then the conversion procession should take no more than a few minutes RoviSys strongly recommends that if you are using one of the OEM Bridging products listed above and or are having issues or problems with them that you at least try out BridgeMaster using a DEMO version in order to compare differences before making the decision to convert over to BridgeMaster as others have recently and thankfully done 6 2 Auto Detect and Import CSV NEW BridgeMaster supports the feature where if you don t know which OEM the CSV file is for then you can simply select File Import CSV Auto Detect and Import CSV and BridgeMaster will attempt to detect which format the CSV file and automatically import it into the BridgeMaster format The RoviSys Company Version 1 5 Page 56 of 73 BridgeMaster Software User Manual 6 3 iFix Database Conversion Tool NEW Tired of issues with the iFIX OPC Client Power Tool BridgeMaster now supports converting GE Fanuc Intellution iFIX OPC Client Power Tool configurations directly from iFIX into BridgeMaster You can use BridgeMaster with the built in iFIX Simulator SIM or SM2 tags and get Automatic conversion form iF
65. es as is tee Of course the other data flow direction is simple basically going from VT XX to VT BOOL says if the value of VT XX is NOT 0 then it sends True and if its O then it sends FALSE Conversion VT XX to VT BOOL ITEMA VT XX gt ITEM BOOL Item A Type In order to write True to In order to write False to VT BOOL Item VT BOOL Item B Side then Item B Side then A needs to be this A needs to be this VT BOOL True False VT UM Not 0 0 VT 11 Not 0 0 VT I2 Not 0 0 VT 12 Not 0 0 VT 14 Not 0 0 VT Ul4 Not 0 0 VT R4 Not 0 0 VT R8 Not 0 0 VT BSTR Not 0 0 The RoviSys Company Version 1 5 Page 51 of 73 BridgeMaster Software User Manual 5 9 Array Support In runtime OPC Items of data type ARRAY may be transferred to items of the same or slightly different data types If Item A is an array to be transferred to Item B which is also an array the data type of array A will be coerced into the data type of array B if an error occurs it will be logged assuming logging is enabled The entire array meaning each element will be transferred during a write operation Using arrays can dramatically increase the performance by providing 1000 s of data points as a single OPC Item The following VT ARRAY data types are supported Important Not all OPC Servers support VT ARRAY data types Please check your OPC Server software users manual to see if
66. field and only the string fields mentioned in the table can contain commas within them All string data type fields are case insensitive Field FIELD NAME FIELD FIELD DESCRIPTION Examples 1 Line String Contains the string REDUNDANCYSETTINGS REDUNDANCYSETTINGS to define this line in the CSV file as a Redundancy setting declaration 2 Server Side String Contains A or B for which side of the Aor B Connector the settings are being declared 3 Use Integer Use Redundancy with this Server Side 1 Redundancy 12Yes 0 No 4 Use Hot Swap Integer Use Hot Swap Standby mode This is not 0 Standby currently supported 0 5 Use Tag Integer Use Tag Quality for failover 1 Yes 0 No 1 Quality for Failover 6 Tag Quality Integer Tag Quality flag indicating which sub status 15 decimal Flags BAD quality to failover on OR d together REDUN TAGQUAL CONFIG ERR 0x01 REDUN TAGQUAL NO CONN 0x02 REDUN TAGQUAL COMM FAIL 0x04 REDUN TAGQUAL OUT OF SERV 0x08 RI EDUN TAGQOUAL FAILURE 0x10 REDUN TAGOUAL SENSOR FAILURE 0x20 7 Use Server Integer Use Server Status for failover 1 Yes 0 No 1 Status for Failover 8 Server Status Integer Server Status flag indicating which status to 15 decimal Flags failover on ORed together EDUN SS FAILED 0x01 EDUN 55 NO CONFIG 0x02 EDUN 55 COMM FAULT 0x04 EDUN 55 SUSPENDED 0x08 9 Use Keep In
67. geMaster Tag Map Configuration filenames have a bmc file name extension 4 2 Opening a BridgeMaster Configuration In Configure mode an existing BridgeMaster configuration can be opened by simply selecting File Open gt The user selected file will be loaded into the tree and tag view panes and can then be edited or placed into Runtime mode To edit an object such as a Connector Group or Tag Map simply double click on it or highlight the object and then select File Properties from the main menu Note BridgeMaster will not load or open a configuration in Runtime the interface must be placed into Configure mode first Some properties are not editable in runtime mode However BridgeMaster can save a configuration in runtime since it allows tag maps or OPC Items to be created deleted or changed on the fly in runtime The RoviSys Company Version 1 5 Page 19 of 73 BridgeMaster Software User Manual 4 3 Creating a New Connector In Configure mode new connector can be created by selecting Edit Add New Connector from the main menu or pressing the keys lt Ctrl P gt The Connector may then be configured by double clicking on it or by selecting it and then selecting Edit Properties from the main menu Using the Connector Properties dialog box shown below you can define parameters for Server A and Server B Server Redundancy is supported if the user selects the Use Redundancy with this Server checkbox
68. group 0 gt Data Flow from OPC Server A to OPC Server B 1 Data Flow from OPC Server to OPC Server A 2 gt Data Flow Bi Directional 5 Active Flag Group Active flag 1 Active 0 Disabled 1 6 OPC Server Float Specifies the Deadband for the OPC 0 0000 A Deadband Server A Server side group 7 OPC Server Integer Specifies the Update Rate in milliseconds 1000 A Update for the OPC Server A side group Rate 8 OPC Server Integer Specifies the Time Bias for the OPC Server 0 A Time Bias A side group in minutes 9 OPC Server Integer Specifies the Locale ID for the OPC Server 1033 A LCID A side group 10 OPC Server Integer Specifies the Keep Alive Rate for the 2000 A Keep Alive Server side group in milliseconds 11 OPC Server Integer Specifies the Requested Interface Version 0 A Requested for the OPC Server A side group Values Interface are Vereor OPC DA USE 5 0 DA 5 1 OPC VERSION2 2 OPC DA VERSION3 3 The RoviSys Company Version 1 5 Page 63 of 73 BridgeMaster Software User Manual DA VERSION3 VQT 4 12 OPC Server Integer Do Polling with OPC Server A side group 0 A Do Polling 1 YES 0 NO 13 OPC Server Integer Use Synchronous Writes with OPC Server 0 A Use Sync A side Writes 1 YES 0 14 O
69. gt Output Value NEW This conversion allows the OPC Quality value of the tag on the input side to be transferred to the Output value The OPC Quality is a 16 bit WORD value containing limit bits status bits and sub status bits This value is transferred directly to the output value and coerced to whatever data type the output tag is Multi directional value transfer is not supported if Bi Directional group is setup then only the side designated as the Data master will source the Input Quality to the value on the other side This is due to the fact that V1 V2 OPC Servers do not allow writing to the OPC Quality 4 10 9 Transfer Input Timestamp Output Value NEW This conversion allows the OPC Timestamp value of the input side to be transferred to the value of the output side The OPC Timestamp is a 64 bit or 2 DWORD value containing the timestamp from the server of the tag The FILETIME value is converted to local file time then the local file time is converted from UTC to system time This value is then transferred directly to the output value as a DATE type This value may be coerced to whatever data type the output tag is assuming the data type is large enough to hold the value Multi directional value transfer is not supported if Bi Directional group is setup then only the side designated as the Data master will source the Input Timestamp to the Value on the other side This is due to the fact that V1 V2 OPC Servers do not allow writ
70. he current configuration will be left untouched and the duplicate imported line will be ignored The Apply to all Duplicate Items checkbox will stop this dialog box from popping up for each duplicate it finds and will remember your last selection To import Tag Maps to an existing tag map configuration and overwrite the current configuration with that being imported from file Select the Overwrite the existing TagMap Select the Apply to All Duplicate Items checkbox e Click OK To ignore all duplicate Tag Maps from the Import file Select the Ignore Skip this duplicate TagMap Select the Apply to All Duplicate Items checkbox Click OK To cancel or abort the import operation select the Cancel Abort Import The RoviSys Company Version 1 5 Page 55 of 73 BridgeMaster Software User Manual 6 1 Import from other OPC Bridge Software NEW BridgeMaster supports the ability to easily import from other OPC Bridge software OEM s by simply allowing the user to select that OEM s exported file and import To accomplish this open one the products listed below and simply Export the configuration to CSV file Then use BridgeMaster Configurator to Import using the File Import CSV Select the desired OEM format from the main menu where this can be any of the following KepWare LinkMaster CSV Emerson OPC Mirror CSV Matrikon Data Manager CSV gt CONICS DataWorX32 CSV Honeywell Experion PKS OPC Integrator TSV Fil
71. he node running BridgeMaster and all OPC Servers 2 Setup Install both OPC Servers according to OEM specifications 3 Attempt to ping the node running the desired OPC server you wish to connect with If you cannot ping a remote host then a network setup hardware issue exists 4 If the network is a Domain then the user account under which BridgeMaster is running needs to have the proper security setup in order to connect with the OPC Server s on the local remote machine This user account needs to exist be created under that domain and thus have permissions to log in to the domain if both nodes are running under that domain Consult the System Administrator of the domain for setting up user accounts 5 If the network is a Workgroup the easiest way to connect the PCs it to place both nodes in the same workgroup and then define the same username and password on both nodes and then login as the same user on each node In essence if BridgeMaster is running on node A and an OPC Server is running on node B and both are part of the same The RoviSys Company Version 1 5 Page 71 of 73 BridgeMaster Software User Manual workgroup then both node A and node B need to have a User account with the same password setup with the proper security privilege in DCOM to access and run the OPC Server on node B BridgeMaster must be run under that user account if the network is a Workgroup Getting DCOM to work over a Workgroup is difficult without totally r
72. he user selects whether the interface is to run as a Windows System Service via the BMS or directly on the desktop application via the BMC To change the application to run as a service select the Options dialog click the Service tab and check the Automatically Startup as Service checkbox The default is to NOT run as a service and therefore when the user changes to Runtime mode the Configurator will run the project internally in the background without the service being required The BMC is used mostly for initial tag configuration of the project and the BMS is used to execute the configuration in runtime after everything is setup However as stated the BMC can also be used to run the project in runtime The important points to keep in mind in choosing which method to use are itemized below When running BridgeMaster interface as a system service BMS e After initially setting up and configuring a BridgeMaster system this is the recommended and preferred method to use for final commissioning Can be placed in Runtime mode or Configure mode from either the BMC or the BMCP Service automatically starts up in Runtime mode using the last BMC Configuration Service can be started or stopped from BridgeMaster Control Panel User can logoff and interface will still run can be rebooted without any user logging and BMS will still startup Messages can be viewed in the Log File by running BMC and selecting View Log File from
73. ialog box and be subsequently saved if the OK button is selected Note if the user wishes to only monitor an item from a server then it is not necessary to define the OPC Item for server B simply leave that OPC Item field blank In this case the value of the undefined item will be displayed as Invalid Tag in Monitor mode OPC items can be added deleted and edited in runtime Access Path The Access Path edit box is used to set the OPC Access path for the specific OPC Item tag Note in most cases this can be left blank since most OPC Servers do not use this parameter If this parameter is implemented within the OPC Server then consult the documentation for specific usage For example the access path may be 1 or 2 Enable Item Deadband 96 v3 x Analogs only This Link parameter allows the Item Deadband in percentage of full scale range to be set for the individual OPC Item within the group For analog points dwEUType of Analog the EU Full The RoviSys Company Version 1 5 Page 34 of 73 BridgeMaster Software User Manual Scale range exists within the OPC Server as EU HIGH EU LOW If the OPC Server is v3 0 compliant then this parameter is applicable and can be used to determine when to notify a client of a change in value f enabled this setting overrides that of the Group Deadband for this item This setting provides a mechanism to set the deadband on a noisy item within the group This can be changed on the fly in
74. ify which log files will be automatically purged Only files with the BM log will be purged from the Log Directory if they are older than this number of days Checking for purging occur on application startup and at the end of the day The Restore Defaults button will restore the default settings for the Logging tab 3 7 6 View Tab The next tab in the Options dialog box is the View tab which provides general settings for the Viewing options as shown below Option General Service OPC Settings Redundancy Logging View View Options Screen Refresh Rate Update Rate for display of tag values ms 500 Maximum of Screen Buffer lines in On Screen Message Log 1000 Clear On Screen messages when limit is hit The View options are specified below Screen Refresh Rate Update Rate for display of tag values in ms This option is used to specify how often in milliseconds tag values will be refreshed in the tag view pane Maximum of Screen Buffer lines in On Screen Message Log This option is used to specify the maximum lines displayed in the Message Log Pane If the current number of lines is greater or equal to this the first 5096 of these messages will be removed This only concerns on screen messages whereas messages logged to the log file will not be removed This option is used to minimize memory usage The buffer can consume up to 1 MB of memory Clear On Screen Messages when limit is hit Th
75. ill only run for 2 hours if a Demo license is present service will need to be restarted after that Tag values can be monitored read written in the service from the BMC Online changes to the configuration can be made in runtime from the BMC and will be sent to the BMS in runtime This means for instance you can add edit delete tag maps and change update rates on the fly However when running as a service in Configure mode any changes made within BMC will not be sent to the BMS until the user starts in Runtime mode again In Runtime mode the BMC will not be allowed to change open or create a new configuration during Runtime mode The user must change to Configure mode in order to change configuration files When running BridgeMaster interface from the Configurator BMC 3 5 1 Can be placed in Runtime mode or Configure mode User cannot logoff the PC otherwise interface will stop After PC is rebooted a user must login or be automatically logged in in order for BMS to startup Messages can be viewed directly in the message log pane as well as saved to a log file Daily Log files created from Configurator have the format BMC Log date lt time gt log Will only run for 2 hours if a Demo license is present BMC will need to be restarted after that Tag values can be directly monitored read written in the BMC In Runtime mode the BMC will not be allowed to change open or create a new configuration during Runtime mode The u
76. ing is not used and thus this option is irrelevant Default is checked This setting can be changed on the fly in runtime 3 7 2 Service Tab The next tab in the Options dialog box is the Service tab which provides general settings for running BridgeMaster as a Windows System Service BMS as shown below General Service OPC Settings Redundancy Logging View Service Options Automatically startup as Microsoft Windows service Automatically save Configuration before placing service into Runtime Mode Dont prompt to save each time Default Runtime Configuration File leave blank and service will use last loaded file in Configurator C Program Files RoviSys Bridge Master Config RoviBridge Test The Service options are specified below Automatically startup as a Microsoft Windows Service This option is used to specify that BridgeMaster should run as a Windows System Service as BMS as opposed to running in the background within the BridgeMaster Configurator BMC See the Running BridgeMaster as a Service Section for more details When BridgeMaster is setup to run as a service e The BridgeMaster Service BMS will automatically startup running when the computer restarts without any users logged in e When BMS starts up it will use the last loaded configuration of the BMC When BridgeMaster is running as a service e When you startup BridgeMaster Configurator BMC BMC will automatically connect to a
77. ing to the OPC Timestamp 4 10 10 Array Element NEW This conversion type is useful for picking out a particular element in an input array to read and then send its value to an output tag This is useful for cases where a server does not allow individual access to a given element in an array and only allows reading the entire array If the server does support reading individual elements in an array then this conversion is not required Otherwise select the zero 0 based index of the desired element in a 1 D array Currently BridgeMaster only supports 1 Dimensional arrays Make sure the OPC Item of the array is addressed as the entire array like DEV1 GRP1 ARRAY and not an element like DEV1 GRP1 ARRAY S3 Multi directional value transfer is not supported in other words you cannot write back to a particular index in an array because the only way to do that would be to write the entire array and that presupposes or assumes you have the latest value of each and every other element in the array at the time of the write which may or may not be the case Also note that no error will occur if the actual array size is less than the index you are trying to index For instance if you have an array of size 4 indexes 0 to 3 and you try to address the 5 element this is not considered an error even though the 5 element does not exist BridgeMaster assumes the array will eventually be sized accordingly and will resolve the issue The RoviSys Company Versi
78. iod in milliseconds This option specifies the retry wait period before attempting another connection with an OPC Server that has stopped communicating This is used in runtime mode during a failover A connection attempt is made with the OPC Server at this interval in milliseconds This setting can be changed on the fly in runtime Number of Retries This option specifies the number of retries to attempt a connection with a redundant OPC Server after communication is lost with that server before switching over again For example if this is set to 3 and communication becomes lost with the primary server then BridgeMaster will switchover to the secondary server if defined and attempt a connection 3 times to the secondary server before switching back to the primary It will then attempt a connection 3 times with the primary and so on This setting can be changed on the fly in runtime The Restore Defaults button will restore the default settings for the Redundancy tab The RoviSys Company Version 1 5 Page 16 of 73 BridgeMaster Software User Manual 3 7 5 Logging Tab The next tab in the Options dialog box is the Logging tab which provides general settings for the Logging options as shown below General Service OPC Settings Redundancy Logging View Logging Options Bridge Master Log Directory leave blank if no log file is desired Program Files RoviSys BridgeMaster Logs Log File Settings Log File Size Limit 4
79. ion Value Map can be defined with a TABLE VAL declaration line The format for this line type is specified below Field FIELD NAME FIELD FIELD DESCRIPTION Examples 1 Line Type Contains the string TABLE VAL TABLE VAL to define this line in the CSV file as a Conversion Value Map 2 OPC Server Long Specifies the discrete value on 0 Discrete Value Integer the OPC Server A side of the or conversion String 3 OPC Server B Long Specifies the discrete value on 1 Discrete Value Integer the OPC Server B side of the or conversion String Note if the CSV file is being exported from an Excel spreadsheet it will contain commas separating all fields even with the command line types such as BEGIN CONNECTOR and END CONNECTOR they will have extra commas at the end of their lines BridgeMaster will still parse the file correctly when it is imported The extraneous commas are simply ignored The RoviSys Company Version 1 5 Page 68 of 73 BridgeMaster Software User Manual 7 Error Diagnosis and Debugging This section details how to diagnosis errors and debug BridgeMaster in the event that Runtime operations are not functioning properly BridgeMaster logs errors along with informational messages to the message log pane in runtime mode only This log is used to diagnose potential error conditions 7 4 Debug Operations Simple debug operations can be executed during runtime from the main
80. is option is used to specify that when the number of lines displayed in the Message Log Pane hits the limit defined above then the whole buffer all on screen messages are cleared If unchecked then only the first 5096 will be removed The Restore defaults button will restore the default settings for the View tab The RoviSys Company Version 1 5 Page 18 of 73 BridgeMaster Software User Manual 4 BridgeMaster Tag Map Configuration To interface to OPC items also known as tags from one OPC server to another a BridgeMaster Tag Map Configuration can be created This configuration is saved as a binary file and is loaded upon startup of BridgeMaster It contains the Links or Tag Mappings from one system to the other for which data is to be exchanged using the OPC protocol A configuration within BridgeMaster is laid out as a hierarchy of user defined objects The top level object is defined as a Connector since it basically sets up and defines which OPC Servers are to be connected together for data exchange The Connector object allows definition of a primary and if required secondary node hosting an optional redundant OPC Server The next level down is called a Group and contains the actual tag maps Each Group object can contain as many tag mappings as desired for the given license and is a way of collectively grouping similar tags together The group is similar in concept to a folder directory on a file directory system whereas the Connector
81. isabled Note When using redundancy only 1 group is actually required to enable the Keep Alive mechanism the rest be set to 0 As an extreme case if you have 1000 groups each configured with the Keep Alive of 1000 then that will certainly be a lot of additional unneeded traffic on your network OPC Refresh Rate seconds This group parameter specifies the data refresh rate in seconds that all values of all items of this group connection will be refreshed at If enabled this setting tells the OPC Server to refresh all items in the group at the specified rate which in turn will cause the OPC Server to resend all items values via callback at that rate BridgeMaster in turn if the Data direction is set correctly may cause a write to other server The RoviSys Company Version 1 5 Page 29 of 73 BridgeMaster Software User Manual For example if the group is setup as data direction gt and we want to ensure that B is always getting the latest value of A and is basically locked into whatever value A is say within a 30 second period even if sometimes the value of B itself changes apart from A which would cause a temporary mismatch between A and B then we would specify a refresh rate for the A side of 30 seconds There is no point in specifying a refresh rate for the B side in this case so we would set it to O since for this example we do not need be writing back to A This means every 30 seconds we read all values from A side f
82. ive to the parent group s data direction setting The user can define as many conversion tables as needed and then simply select the correct one for the given tag mapping Multiple tag maps can use the same conversion table Conversion tables are global to the address space within BridgeMaster meaning they can be used across connectors As such changes to a given conversion table in runtime may affect multiple tag maps To define a conversion table open the Tag Map Dialog box for the desired tag map and click the Settings button The following screen will appear The RoviSys Company Version 1 5 Page 37 of 73 BridgeMaster Software User Manual Select a Conversion T able for the Data Conversion of this Link Long2String zu zs Delete ap Copy zl Scaling Conversion Type C None C BCD 8 BCD to Byte Conversion Discrete Mapping C BCD 16 BCD to Word Conversion Linear Scaling Transfer Input Quality gt Output Value C Gain Offset Transfer Input TimeStamp gt Output Value Square root Array Element Linear Square Root Conversion Parameters Scaling Range m Input Range Dutput Range High 100 High 1000 r7 w Low 0 Clamp Bain ffset Element in Array Gain fi Select the Zero Based Index of the desired element in a 1 D array Index 1 Input Output Offset Gain Output Input Index Offset 0 Dutpu
83. n below Maximum Bulk Add Items per call set to 1 to add one tag at a time to the server This option is used during runtime startup when establishing items with each OPC Server When adding OPC Items to the server this option specifies how many items tags can be added in bulk at a time per call BridgeMaster attempts to establish this many items in one call to the server If it needs to make more calls then it does so until all items are established Bulk adding tags to the server can speed up startup time with certain slow servers As an extreme example with trying to establish a 10 000 tag configuration with a remote APACS OPC Device Server the startup time may take 6 hours if only 1 tag is established at a time whereas it may only take 50 seconds if this setting is set to 5000 This option can be changed on the fly in runtime The Hestore Defaults button will restore the default settings for the OPC Settings tab The RoviSys Company Version 1 5 Page 15 of 73 BridgeMaster Software User Manual 3 7 A Redundancy Tab The next tab in the Options dialog box is the Server Redundancy tab which provides general settings for the Server Redundancy options as shown below General Service OPC Settings Redundancy Logging View Server Redundancy OPC Server Switchover Retry Wait Period in milliseconds 30000 Number of Retries p The Server Redundancy OPC Server Switchover options are specified below Retry Wait Per
84. nd be ONLINE with the BMS BMC will then transparently display The RoviSys Company Version 1 5 Page 13 of 73 BridgeMaster Software User Manual take on the state of the BMS either running or stopped Whatever is happening in the BMS will be reflected in the BMC After BMC is connected to the BMS anything you do in the BMC will be reflected within the BMS For instance if you click the STOP button the BMS will be placed back into Configure mode If you click START the BMS will go to Runtime mode If you add or delete a Link or Tag Map in runtime this will also be reflected within the BMS When you make any online tag or group edits name change update rate change etc this will further be reflected in the running BMS e In Runtime mode the BMC program can be exited and the BMS will still be running as a service BMC acts like a Data Spy and or surrogate application to the BMS that can not only peak into but also control the runtime operations of the BMS Automatically save Configuration before placing service into Runtime Mode When running as a service this option allows the user to go straight into Runtime mode without being prompted to save the configuration file if it needs saving Select this checkbox and BridgeMaster will automatically save the current configuration if it was modified before going to runtime Even if you didn t directly change the configuration BridgeMaster internally may have indirectly chang
85. ned when the data flow of the parent BridgeMaster group is bi directional as gt Otherwise this is user disabled and is for display only since the parent group defines the data flow and thus the data master The entries are OPC Server A or Server B Note upon startup of runtime mode for groups with bi directional data flow both OPC Servers will send their current values of the tags producing two sources from which the data can originate The Data Master entry eliminates this ambiguity by forcing the client tag to have only one source upon startup This means the Data Master sends the first value and if he fails then the other cannot write to him until the situation is cleared up Data Conversion The Data Conversion Scaling section allows the tag map to be scaled according to a Conversion Table defined from the Settings button This is discussed in the next section The attributes required for defining the specific Link or Tag Map data for each server are defined below Server The Server edit box is used as a display only reference and displays the defined OPC Server for this tag map OPC Item The OPC Item edit box is used to enter the specific OPC Item ID or tag in the OPC Server By selecting the Browse button the user can browse the OPC Server database configuration and select the appropriate tag assuming the OPC Server is browsable If a tag is selected the OPC Item name will pop back into the tag map definition d
86. nterface However no check is made by BridgeMaster to verify that each and every write actually completed using asynchronous write mechanisms If The RoviSys Company Version 1 5 Page 31 of 73 BridgeMaster Software User Manual asynchronous is being used and a write fails then normally a write completion event will be sent back to BridgeMaster and BridgeMaster will log the error In a nutshell asynchronous calls are the approved method since they are the fastest available means to write data but since there is no guarantee that the write completion event will occur then there is no guarantee that the write actually did occur and if so if it was successful or not and this is the reason why this option is provided It is also noted that for a small group of tags that do not require frequent writes the setting of this option should have minimal or no effect on the overall interface performance and would not be considered a problem However a bottleneck may occur using this option when too many tags 100 s to 1000 s need to be written too frequently for the server to handle Again this is all dependent upon the server response and the number of tag values per time that need to be written The Server Status dialog will show the OPC Statistics and performance for further diagnosis Note all of the group parameters defined above with the exception of the Data Flow Direction and the Actual Interface Version can be changed in runtime mode The ne
87. nual For each group there can be an unlimited number of tag maps defined within it The fields contained within each TAGMAP declaration line are specified below Field FIELD NAME FIELD FIELD DESCRIPTION Examples 1 Line String Contains the string TAGMAP to TAGMAP define this line in the CSV file as a Tag Map 3 Description String Specifies the description of this tag User specified map This field CAN contain commas and must be surrounded by double quotes May be left blank 2 Link Name String Specifies the name of this link or Tag Link001 Map This field cannot contain any commas The name must be unique among all tag maps within the entire Connector 4 Tag A OPC Item String Specifies the OPC Item name to 6103 B DEVCTLA ID name connect within OPC Server A This MODE field CAN contain commas and must be surrounded by double quotes 5 Tag A Access String Specifies the OPC Access Path to Path connect to within OPC Server A May be left blank This field CAN contain commas and must be surrounded by double quotes 6 Tag A Use Item Int Use Item Deadband 1 Yes 0 Deadband This is only used with Analog points that support OPC Version 3 0 7 Tag A Item Float Item Deadband for Tag A in 0 Deadband 100 This is only used with Analog points that support OPC Version 3 0 8 Tag B OPC Item String Specifies the OPC Item name to Devicel TIC
88. o only clamp the LO or only clamp the HI by selecting the desired clamping checkbox 4 10 4 Gain Offset NEW The Gain Offset scaling type provides the ability to multiply or divide a value according to a desired gain and or to provide a constant bias via a desired offset Enter the Gain and Offset values to be used for the conversion The Output will be scaling according to the following equation OUT GAIN IN OFFSET If the group for which the tag map belongs is bi directional then the data feeding back from the non Data Master output side to the Data Master input side is scaled according to IN Furthermore if clamping is desired select one of the desired Clamping Types e None Use Specific Clamping Values Then enter the specific clamping values and make sure to use the checkbox next to each clamp It is also possible to only clamp the LO or only clamp the HI by selecting the desired clamping checkbox The RoviSys Company Version 1 5 Page 40 of 73 BridgeMaster Software User Manual 4 10 5 Square root NEW The Square root scaling type provides the ability to scale according to a square root function Enter the High and Low values for the Input range and the High and Low values for the Output range The Output will be scaled according to the following equation OUT If the group for which the tag map belongs is bi directional then the data feeding back from the non Data Master output side to the Da
89. on 1 5 Page 42 of 73 BridgeMaster Software User Manual 4 11 Editing a Connector Group or Tag To edit a Connector Group or Tag Map simply double click on the object Alternatively you can select the object and then select Edit Properties from the main menu or right mouse click on the object and select Properties from the drop down menu Most object properties can be edited in runtime The ability to change any OPC Item reference in runtime is also supported 4 12 Copying Moving Tag Maps between Groups In Configure mode one or more Tag Maps can be copied or moved from one group to another Simply select highlight the desired Tag Map s to or move and drag them to the desired group Multiple Tag Maps can be selected at a time by holding down the Control or shift keys as you would do to drag and drop files Note if you hold down the Control key before you drop the object s then they will be copied to the desired group Otherwise the default operation is to move them from the group they were dragged from This will first cause them to be deleted from the source group If you hold the control key down then you are copying the Links in which case since Link Names need to be unique among all links in a given Connector you may be prompted with the following dialog box to rename them if you are copying within the same connector Simply type in a new unique Link Name for each item that was copied 4 13 Mul
90. option is provided for OPC Servers that do not support say the v2 0 or v3 0 Interfaces By default this option is set to Use Best Supported Interface The following options are selectable Use Best Supported Interface This setting means BridgeMaster will query the server during startup for the best available supported OPC Interface and attempt to use that e Use OPC V1 a DA Interfaces only OPC 1 DA Interfaces will be used for data transfer of all items of this group on this server side Use OPC V2 x DA Interfaces only OPC V2 x DA Interfaces will be used for data transfer of all items of this group on this server side Use OPC V3 0 DA Interfaces ValueOnly Writes OPC V3 0 DA Interfaces will be used for data transfer of all items of this group on this server side However writes to this server side will be like V2 x that is Value Only e Use OPC V3 0 DA Interfaces with VQT Writes OPC V3 0 DA Interfaces will be used for data transfer of all items on this server side of this group Writes to this server side will implement the new V3 0 VQT Write functionality whereas data is transferred with Values Quality and timestamp If the server does not support VQT writes then BridgeMaster will log an error and degrade the actual interface version to Using OPC V3 0 DA Interfaces No VQT Actual Interface Version The Actual Interface Version specifies to the user which OPC Interface version is actually being using for that group during r
91. or this group and then write all values to B side if needed which will ensure the B side has the correct A values Note We only write to B if A value or quality has changed and is different from B Note for groups with a lot of tags say 5K setting the refresh rate too low or refreshing too fast is not recommended if that is the case then maybe 15 minute refresh might be best or a value of 15 60 900 It is important to keep in mind that although this periodic refresh may ensure that the values on both sides always match up at least periodically the OPC Foundation has gone thru great lengths to provide mechanisms to reduce network traffic and provide efficient data transfer by means of data callbacks and advise connections which fly in the face of periodically refreshing data which temporarily defeats the purpose of these efficient exception reporting mechanisms built into the OPC protocol Therefore it is advised to use this setting sparingly and only if required in order to ensure values are the same in both systems The minimum refresh value is 10 seconds Specifying a value of 0 will disable periodic refreshes of the group Requested Interface Version for Update Notification Callbacks and Writes The Requested Interface Version drop down box allows the user the ability to explicitly select which OPC Interface version to use for the group This option allows old style v1 0 interfaces to be used as well as the new v3 0 interface This
92. oviSys BridgeMaster section and select the BridgeMaster Control Panel The main window looks like the following when the service is running View Help Process Staus View Log File 15 5 Independent Atoma C Program Files RoviSys BridgeMaster Config RoviBridgeT est bme Config File BridgeMaster Services started This application when minimized will be placed in the system tray A balloon popup will appear on any change of state in the service stopped started A status window is provided to display whether an operation succeeded or not Note BridgeMaster must be setup to Automatically Startup as Service in order to use this application properly If BridgeMaster is not setup to run as a service then the BMS will automatically shut down upon startup After clicking the start button the Control Panel application will start the service The following operations are allowed using the BridgeMaster Control Panel Start This button will start the BridgeMaster Service BMS Stop This button will stop the BridgeMaster Service BMS gt Configure This button will start the BridgeMaster Configurator BMC View Log File This button will bring up the latest log file in notepad Note if the BridgeMaster service is not installed The status will show up as Not Installed in yellow The RoviSys Company Version 1 5 Page 10 of 73 BridgeMaster Soft
93. ower Tool C Nobs Bridge MasterNFIX DB New Abbott ABBOTT CSV OPCTAGS CSV 3 Open the iFIX Database Manager and export the database to CSV File 4 Select the CSV File exported from IFIX Database Builder CNobs Bridge MasterNFIX DB New Abbott NFIX DATABASE csv Create Link TagMap for each iFIX Block found with the following 1 0 Device Type s OPC SM2 or SIM Any Other 1 0 Device Type 5 Enter the CSV Filename of the NEW BridgeMaster CSV Formatted File C Nobs Bridge MasterNFIX DB New Abbott BM Test csv 6 Convert gt 7 Open BridgeMaster Configurator and Select File Import and select the New CSV File above 8 In DatabaseManager change the 1 0 Device Type of all iFIX tags from OPC to SIM or SM2 since you dont need the iFIX OPC Client PowerTool anymore Follow the directions shown above in the main menu Select the Convert gt BridgeMaster CSV button to perform the export If successful the following dialog should be displayed BMConversionTool Successfully exported BridgeMaster CSV File use BridgeMaster Configurator to import CSV file You can then view a results log file to see if there were any errors or warnings Note you will then need to open BridgeMaster configuration and either select a new project or use an existing one and then import the BridgeMaster CSV file above as specified from step 5 After this is accom
94. plished you will need to setup the SIM or SM2 simulator tags within iFIX for all the OPC Tags you exported in order to read write from them in BridgeMaster Make sure you allow writes if you wish to write to them Alternatively if you just want to connect to the SIM or SM2 tags and don t have any OPC tags then you can check the SM2 or SIM checkbox instead of the The RoviSys Company Version 1 5 Page 58 of 73 BridgeMaster Software User Manual OPC checkbox and then Tag Maps will be created for those tags You will then need to fill in the other side for BridgeMaster An example of using BridgeMaster a 2 headed OPC Client to connect a redundant IFIX System via SIM Tags from the ntellution OPCiFIX 1 OPC Server to AB Tags in an External OPC Server RSLinx or KepWare is shown in the following diagram BridgeMaster Solution with Rockwell Automation A B example iFIX SCADA Network iFIX HMI Node Server Server iFIX OPC Server iFIX OPC Server Client Client Client Client BridgeMaster BridgeMaster Server Server External OPC Server Extenal OPC Server D 4 aan PLC5 ControlLogix SLC 500 Logix5563 The RoviSys Company Version 1 5 Page 59 of 73 BridgeMaster Software User Manual 6 4 BridgeMaster CSV File Formats The BridgeMaster CSV file is an ASCII Text based file containing fields delimited by a comma Microsoft Excel or Notepad can be used to create this file and simply expor
95. pported where Timeout _ Remember to setup KeepAlive rate one or more Groups 10000 milliseconds If OPC Server Status changes to Status of select all that apply Failed CommFault Suspended If Heartbeat stops from Watchdog Tag Item ID ACM DCA TEST ADD OUT m where Watchdog Timeout Value is 20000 milliseconds Current Heartbeat Value The settings are described below The RoviSys Company Version 1 5 Page 23 of 73 BridgeMaster Software User Manual Use Redundancy with this Connector Side This checkbox indicates that server redundancy will be enabled with this connector side The following settings are provided to allow selection of when and under what conditions should BridgeMaster consider failing over to the server on the secondary node Note the same OPC Server must exist with the same tag configuration same Item IDs that the primary is using in order for redundancy to be effective although the OPC Server need not be the same version Secondary Redundant Node Host Name or IP Address Enter the Host Name or IP Address of the secondary computer node for which the redundant OPC Server you wish to interface to exists on To browse for a computer node select the Browse button Status Validation The Status Validation edit box is used to specify the interval in which status is to be checked or validated with the OPC Server When redundancy is enabled
96. put side and converting to a BCD value in the range of 0x00 to 0x99 0 to 153 in the input side 4 10 7 BCD 16 BCD to Word Conversion NEW BCD 16 BCD to Word conversion is supported to scale according to a Binary Coded Decimal to WORD function This type specifies conversion of a 16 bit BCD as an unsigned integer or the 1 WORD from the Input side to a 16 bit WORD on the Output side For analog Input data types the raw BCD word is read from the input tag in hex format as 0x0000 to 0x9999 and then converted to a 16 bit unsigned integer 0 9999 and the WORD result is sent back to the tag of the output side The range of Engineering Unit values written to the output side is 0 9999 If the output data type is R8 or R4 floating point then the value will range from 0 0 9999 0 if The RoviSys Company Version 1 5 Page 41 of 73 BridgeMaster Software User Manual the output data type is a string BSTR then it will be converted to a string value 0 to 9999 Input values outside this range will be clamped to 0 9999 and an error DISP E OVERFLOW 0x8002000A may occur If the group from which the tag map using this conversion table belongs is a bi directional group then the opposite calculation will occur when the output changes namely taking a WORD value in the range 0 9999 in the output side and converting to a BCD value in the range of 0x0000 to 0x9999 0 to 39321 in the input side 4 10 8 Transfer Input Quality
97. ray you wish to write For instance for an array of floats 14642 3 13714 7 9714 99 3193 85 2969 21 13639 8 7932 66 2596 34 8410 97 example of an array of strings has TestString1 TestString2 surrounding the individual strings The Write Tag dialog box is also useful to determine the possible cause of a problem with an OPC Item If the tag s quality is 0 bad then the sub status is displayed the Message edit box assuming the OPC Server has set the sub status The RoviSys Company Version 1 5 Page 46 of 73 BridgeMaster Software User Manual 5 4 Redundant OPC Servers Fail over BridgeMaster supports server redundancy of OPC Servers running on multiple networked hosts The Primary and Secondary hosts for each connector side are configured in the Connector dialog box Upon startup of runtime mode for each enabled connector a connection is first attempted with the primary host and if that fails then a connection is attempted with the redundant secondary server node In runtime mode if communication to a connected OPC Server fails for one or more of the user specified failover reasons then BridgeMaster will implement a cold fail over During a cold fail over BridgeMaster basically disconnects all OPC links with the failed server and attempts a switch over to the redundant one This switchover or fail over consists of verifying that the redundant server is configured and if so it then pings the remot
98. re some reasons that BridgeMaster may fail to connect to the OPC Server or get data a The OPC Server is stopped on the remote node b Local machine had Norton AntiVirus on it but it was disabled The network used the POPProxy dll provided by the AntiVirus software vendor to send receive data and since it was disabled then you could not ping the remote node OPC Server machine required a reboot 1 The RoviSys Company Version 1 5 Page 72 of 73 BridgeMaster Software User Manual d Network cables were bad e The BridgeMaster Group s Active Group checkbox was unchecked disabled meaning no data will be received or sent for that group 8 Using DCOM OPC Servers This section details how to setup and diagnosis problems with DCOM Servers over a TCP IP network This is not an exhaustive guide and only discusses the common problems found with DCOM Network setup Note in most cases the TCP IP network protocol must be installed and enabled on the PC before DCOM can be used Each OPC Server before it can be connected to must also be registered in the Registry on the PC from which BridgeMaster is running The OPC Server usually performs this step when it is installed or run for the first time If not it can be registered by running regsvr32 lt server exe gt where server exe is the name of the executable OPC Server with the full path entered The OPC Proxy DLL must also be registered on each PC using DCOM This is a
99. received The RoviSys Company Version 1 5 Page 25 of 73 BridgeMaster Software User Manual 4 4 1 Failover When using server redundancy the whole point is to failover to the redundant server when you cannot communicate with the server on the primary node This implies if there is a total failure to communicate with the primary node then you will want to failover As such in addition to the user selectable failover options listed in the previous section BridgeMaster detects fatal conditions which imply total communication failure and will thus automatically failover on these conditions For instance if BridgeMaster detects that the server or node cannot be communicated with then a failover will occur A Fatal condition exists in runtime after BridgeMaster receives 5 in row errors of any of these nasty errors of the variety from OPC calls to the server E NOINTERFACE No such interface supported If we get just 1 of these then we failover E OUTOFMEMORY Server ran out of memory If we get just 1 of these then we failover e E ACCESSDENIED General access is denied error If we get just 1 of these then we failover e E NO GOOD SECURITY PACJKAGES No secuirty package installed If we get just 1 of these then we failover e CO E REMOTE COMMUNICATION FAILURE Remote communication to the computer providing the server failed If we get just 1 of these then we failover e CO E SERVER EXEC FAILURE Server executuon faile
100. s for commonly used utilities such as Ping DCOM Configuration Utility Services Manager and running an external OPC Client The RoviSys Company Version 1 5 Page 5 of 73 BridgeMaster Software User Manual 3 Getting Started This section will provide the required information to setup and configure both the BridgeMaster software as well as the communications interface to an OPC Server 3 4 Configuring the OPC Server s Before BridgeMaster can work properly in runtime each OPC Server must be installed and configured correctly Follow the installation and setup procedure specified with the documentation from the OPC Server vendor A TCP IP connection must also exist between the BridgeMaster node and the remote node running the OPC server you wish BridgeMaster to connect with Consult the section Using DCOM OPC Servers at the end of this document to setup and configure remote OPC servers 3 2 Configure Mode In Configure mode the BridgeMaster Options along with the BridgeMaster configuration can be configured from the main window BridgeMaster does not communicate with OPC Servers in Configure mode Select Mode Configure to change to Configure mode Changing from runtime to Configure mode will disestablish all OPC tag items and groups and stop all communication with the OPC Servers You can also click on the e button in runtime or press the keys lt Shift F5 gt to change back to Configure mode 3 3 Runtime Mode To change BridgeMa
101. se button If the interface is to use redundancy then select the Use Redundancy with this Server checkbox If so then select the desired secondary node and setup the redundancy settings by clicking the Settings button Note remote servers do not have to be installed locally in order to connect with them remotely The RoviSys Company Version 1 5 Page 20 of 73 BridgeMaster Software User Manual Note if you are trying to browse remote servers make sure you read section on OPCEnum BridgeMaster uses the OPCEnum service on the remote machine to browse for remote OPC servers therefore OPCEnum must be installed running and accessible on the remote server If OPCEnum cannot be run on the remote machine BridgeMaster includes the ability to define OPC server program IDs and their class IDs in a text file called BMLookupCLSID txt BridgeMaster will generate this file automatically as remote OPC Servers are browsed via OPCEnum BridgeMaster users can use notepad to edit this file and add entries to the file pertaining to OPC Servers installed on a remote PC that is not running OPCEnum Each line in the file defines one OPC Server The format of each line is simply Program ID ClassID A comma separates the OPC server program ID and Class ID The Class ID is enclosed within open and ending braces The OPC server program ID and ClassID can usually be determined from the OPC server manufacturer It can also be determined by searching the Win
102. ser must change to Configure mode in order to change configuration files BMC does not require the BridgeMaster Service in any way Remote Connections Also note when running BridgeMaster as a Service and one or more of the OPC Servers exist remotely then the security needs to be setup correctly on the BridgeMaster service This is configured by setting up the BridgeMaster service with a Logged On User which has permissions to the server on that node 3 5 2 DeltaV Connections If connecting to the OPC Server of the Emerson DeltaV system it should be noted if BridgeMaster is running on the DeltaV Application Station and BridgeMaster is setup to run as a Service which is recommended then the BridgeMaster service should be setup to Depend On DeltaV so that it does not start up before the DeltaV system is ready otherwise adverse states may occur with DeltaV and DeltaV may not be able to startup the Historian The RoviSys Company Version 1 5 Page 9 of 73 BridgeMaster Software User Manual BridgeMaster Control Panel Launching the BridgeMaster service can be accomplished by using the utility program called the BridgeMaster Control Panel This program can be used to startup the BridgeMaster service if it is not already running or to stop the service if it is running It can also be used to start the BridgeMaster Configurator program as discussed above To run the control panel select Start All programs and then browse to the R
103. ssssessssoeesseoeese 69 7 1 DEBUG OPERATIONS 20002025305 69 7 2 teet cesses 71 7 3 QUICK SETUP AND TROUBLESHOOTING REFERENCE 2 2 2 4 042 001060000000000000000000000000000550000 71 8 USING OPC SERVERS e eee 6 6 ER Sa Ee eU IN EB cstos eoa UE 73 8 1 OPC SERVERS ON WINDOWS NT WINDOWS 2000 00000 00 000000000 73 The RoviSys Company Version 1 5 Page 3 of 73 BridgeMaster Software User Manual 1 Introduction This document is intended to provide an overview of the BridgeMaster application BridgeMaster is a software application that bridges data between any two or more OPC Servers This interface supports bi directional data flow and supervisory control between any two control systems It enables operators to control digital and analog control loops implemented within DCS controllers or SCADA systems from other control system operator consoles such as the ABB Bailey INFI 90 Console Likewise operator stations may also be used for operator control of digital and analog
104. ster to runtime select Mode Runtime click the button or press the F5 control key While in Runtime mode the driver will act as an OPC Client to both OPC servers On startup of Runtime mode all OPC Groups and Items are established with the specified OPC Server s If one or more OPC servers cannot be connected to upon startup for the currently loaded configuration then an error will be logged to the log Selection of Configure from the Mode menu item will also place the driver back into Configure mode When in Runtime mode BridgeMaster displays the following Note the currently selected Tag Map configuration is displayed in the title of the main window for the example below this is displayed as lt Example bmc gt The RoviSys Company Version 1 5 Page 6 of 73 BridgeMaster Software User Manual File Edit Mode View Debug Utility Help 17 Connectorl Link Item A DataTypeA ValueA Direction Item B DataType B ValueB Groupi S Random Randomnt4 LONG SimulatePLC OUT SC OUTIO FLOAT 1341 Group2 S Linki Triangle Waves Int2 SHORT SimulatePLC CH1 DEV1 SEQO2START SHORT 3 E d GE Link2 Triangle Waves Real4 FLOAT SimulatePLC CH1 DEV1 SEQO3START SHORT 533 PassAll Triangle Waves Int4 LONG gt SimulatePLC OUT SC_OUTO2 FLOAT 777735 S Links Triangle Waves Money CURRENCY 126250000 SimulatePLC OUT SC_OUTO1 FLOAT 1 2625 008 Links Random JInt4 LONG 4833 SimulatePLC Strings Stringl RW STRING 4833 ling Random String
105. string data type fields are case insensitive The RoviSys Company Version 1 5 Page 60 of 73 BridgeMaster Software User Manual Field 1 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 FIELD FIELD FIELD DESCRIPTION Line String Contains the string CONNECTOR to define this line in the CSV file as a CONNECTOR declaration Connector String Contains the unique name of the Connector Name being declared This field cannot contain any commas or dots and is case insensitive Description String Specifies the description of this connector This field CAN contain commas and must be surrounded by double quotes May be left blank Enabled Flag Connector Enable flag 1 Enable 0 Disabled 1 1 Show Log Integer Show and Log Errors flag 1 Yes 0 No Errors Show Log Integer Show and Log Errors flag 1 Yes 0 No Events Show Log Integer Show and Log Read messages flag 1 Yes Receive 0 No Show Log Integer Show and Log Write Messages flag 1 Yes Send 0 No OPC Server String Specifies the Host Name or IP Address of the A Primary Primary Node for the OPC Server A Node OPC Server String Specifies the OPC Program ID of the Primary A Primary Host for the OPC Server A Program ID OPC Server String Specifies the Host Name or IP Address of the A Secondary Secondary Node for the OPC Server A Node OPC Server String Specifies
106. t Gain Input Offset Discrete Mapping map discrete values from Input to Output Discrete Input Value Discrete Output Value OFF ON BYPASS Clamping of Output Values m Clamping Type None Use Specif C Define Specific Clamping Values High 100 Cla bue o Cla Discrete Mapping T ype C Long to Long Long to String String to Long Add E dit Delete Swap All I Pass all other unmapped values asis Cancel Apply The RoviSys Company Version 1 5 To add a new conversion table select the New button and enter a descriptive name for the table and select the scaling type To delete a Conversion table select the desired table to delete and click the Delete button Note if any tag maps are referencing this table then it cannot be deleted To copy an existing conversion table select Copy and enter the new name for the table Enter a new descriptive name for the new table spaces are OK but no commas Page 38 of 73 BridgeMaster Software User Manual 4 10 1 No Conversion The first scaling type is actually not a scaling conversion type at all it specifies No conversion However it is accommodative to the function of range limiting or clamping a value to a range without any conversion For instance if you just want to ensure a changing input value can only be written to an output in the range of 0 to 10 then select None for the Scaling Conversion
107. t RoviSys OPC90Server gt 216 14 11 263 EVENT Connector1 gt Communication Established with Primary Server lt localHost gt Progld lt RoviSys OPC90Server gt 216 14 11 263 EVENT Connector1 gt Communication Established with Primary Server lt localHosb Progld lt ICONICS Simulator gt Set Debug Mode to Level 3 Groupi No Message RUNNING OPCCONNECTEE 23 In runtime mode BridgeMaster supports the following debug options Mode Debug Level This option is used to set the debug mode of the BridgeMaster The higher the debug level the more messages will be printed to the screen To turn all debug messages off set the MODE to OFF Clear Messages This option is used to clear all messages in the message pane window Select this option to clear all messages in the window This should be done from time to time since the message pane window simply uses a buffer which keeps growing as new messages appear The buffer size is limited only by the amount of memory available on the machine It is not a circular buffer Note you can easily clear all messages by single clicking the X button in the toolbar If you wish to not worry about this then deselect the Show Events the Show Errors and the Show Send and no messages will appear in this window The RoviSys Company Version 1 5 Page 69 of 73 BridgeMaster Software User Manual Show Events Select this option to enable BridgeMaster to print out all event messages to the message log window
108. t it in the CSV file format Each line row in Excel in the file declares exactly one line type command or tag mapping An example of the new Version 2 0 BridgeMaster CSV file with 1 Connector 1 group and 1 Conversion table is given below CSV VERSION 2 0 BEGIN CONNECTOR CONNECTOR APX2MATSIM 1 1 1 0 0 APP CONNECT APACSOPOCDeviceServer 1 localhost APACSOPOCDeviceServer 1 30000 localhost CONICS Simulator localhost IC ONICS Simulator 30000 REDUNDANCYSETTINGS A 0 0 1 15 1 7 0 10000 0 10000 REDUNDANCYSETTINGS B 0 0 1 15 1 7 0 10000 0 10000 BEGIN GROUPMAP GROUPMAP Group1 0 1 0 000000 1000 0 1033 0 2 0 0 0 000000 1000 0 1033 0 0 0 0 0 0 TAGMAP Link1 ACM TEST FIC102 SETPOINT TARGET 0 0 000000 SimPLC Int1 0 0 000000 0 TAGMAP Link2 ACM TEST MOTOR1 OUT 0 0 000000 SimPLC Int2 0 0 000000 0 TAGMAP Link3 ACM TEST PV1 0 0 000000 SimPLC Real4 0 0 000000 0 TAGMAP Link4 ACM TEST RATIO_ SET LIM SETPOINT RAMP 0 0 000000 SimPLC Int3 0 0 000000 0 TAGMAP Link5 ACM TEST RATIO_ SET _LIM SETPOINT RRATE 0 0 000000 SimPLC Int4 0 0 000000 0 TAGMAP Link6 ACM TEST FIC102 AUTO 0 0 000000 SimulatorPLC Boolean 0 0 000000 0 Link7 ACM DCA_TEST ANALOG_REAL 0 0 000000 SimulatorPLC Real8 0 0 000000 0 TAGMAP Link8 ACM DCA_TEST MODE 0 0 000000 SimPLC Mode 0 0 000000 MODECONVERSION O END_GROUPMAP END_CONNECTOR BEGIN_ TABLE
109. ta Master input side is scaled according to IN Important if you don t want feedback then don t use a bi directional group Furthermore if clamping is desired select one of the desired Clamping Types e None Use Specific Clamping Values Clamp on Output Range Then enter the specific clamping values and make sure to use the checkbox next to each clamp It is also possible to only clamp the LO or only clamp the HI by selecting the desired clamping checkbox 4 10 6 BCD 8 BCD to Byte Conversion NEW BCD 8 BCD to Byte conversion is supported to scale according to a Binary Coded Decimal to BYTE function This type specifies conversion of a BCD in the 1 byte 8 bits of an integer from the Input side to an 8 bit BYTE on the Output side The BCD data is read from the input as raw BCD values in hex format 0x00 to 0x99 The range of Engineering Unit values written to the output side is 0 99 If the output data type is VT R8 or VT R4 floating point then the value will range from 0 0 99 0 if the output data type is a string VT then it will be converted to a string value 0 to 99 Input values outside this range will be clamped to 0 99 and an error DISP E OVERFLOW 0x8002000A may occur If the group from which the tag map using this conversion table belongs is bi directional group then the opposite calculation will occur when the output changes namely taking a WORD value in the range 0 99 from the out
110. teger Use Keep Alive Mechanism for failover only 1 Alive supported with v3 x servers mechanism for Failover 10 Integer Keep Alive Timeout in ms only supported with 10000 Timeout v3 x servers 11 Use Watchdog Use Watchdog tag for failover 0 12 Watchdog Integer Watchdog timeout period in ms 20000 timeout The RoviSys Company Version 1 5 Page 62 of 73 BridgeMaster Software User Manual 13 Watchdog Tag String Specifies the OPC Item ID of the Watchdog ACMOA0B DCA TEST AD Item ID tag This field CAN contain commas and must D OUT be surrounded by double quotes There are 3 groups defined in the above example file The fields contained within the GROUPMAP declaration line are specified below Field FIELD NAME FIELD FIELD DESCRIPTION Examples 1 Line String Contains the string GROUPMAP to define GROUPMAP this line in the CSV file as a Group declaration 2 Group Name String Contains the user defined name of the Group1 Group being declared This field cannot contain any commas or dots and is case insensitive This field needs to be UNIQUE within the Connector 3 Description String Specifies the description of this group This User specified field CAN contain commas and must be o surrounded by double quotes May be left blank 4 Data Flow Integer Integer value representing the data flow Direction direction for this
111. th read from and written to In that case the Data Master entry defines who initially originates the value The RoviSys Company Version 1 5 Page 35 of 73 BridgeMaster Software User Manual 4 8 Finding a Tag Map The Find Tag dialog box can be used to find text in various fields from any Tag Map This dialog is displayed by first selecting the desired group or connector for which to start your tag search and then selecting Edit Find Tag Map from the main menu or by pressing the keys lt Ctrl F gt The Find Tag Map dialog box shown below will be displayed for the user to enter their search criteria into 9 Find what B1F_UNC_HEALTH Find Options Match case Match whole word Search Fields to Look at check all that apply Link Name OPC Item Name side Tag Iv OPC Item Name B side Tag Name Description Find Next Cancel Enter the Search Criteria fields as defined below and select the Find Next button or hit the F3 Key To keep the dialog box open on subsequent searches check the pushpin in upper left hand corner of the dialog as shown above Find What Select and enter the string to search for Find Options Select the desired find criteria options Match case Match whole word Search fields to Look at check all that apply Select the desired search fields to look into e ink Name searches for the desired text in the Link Name field of each link OPC Item N
112. tiple Tag Map Configuration Multiple tags can be mapped quickly and effortlessly using the Map Tags dialog box This is accomplished by first selecting or highlighting the desired group for which to add the new tag map s to and then selecting Edit Add Tag Map s gt from the main menu or pressing the keys lt Ctrl T gt or right mouse clicking on the group and then selecting Add Tag Map s The Map Tags dialog box shown below will be displayed The RoviSys Company Version 1 5 Page 43 of 73 BridgeMaster Software User Manual ap aq OPC Server A Graybox Simulator OPC Server ICONICS Simulator Browse items Filter Browse items Filter E 3 0 sin INPUTS uint8 H 6 MICRO OUT uintl5 DUTPUTS a uint32 PHASED 8 3 int32 SteadyStateT ags 65 uintB4 1 2 SiaChangeT ags int amp 4 a GSA float a Dampers S double Strings triangle gt TCI 1 08 square S 016 41 21 random S AT FGO27 1 textual S AT FGO27 2 S color gt 0 0 3 S number gt AT GO70 4 S random AT FG070 5 S weekday BMEGAWT E time BoilerEff enum BTHRTPRS S color gt FGB016A1 Selected Mappings Link5 numeric sin uint32 gt SimulatePLC AT FG016 Link6 numeric sin int32
113. ts in English or Japanese BridgeMaster supports the transfer of VT BSTR 2 byte UNICODE character strings in any language however the displays and dialog boxes are currently always displayed in English Default LCID is English United States 1033 A value of 0 means LCID See the LCID Document for lookup values for any particular desired language Keep Alive Rate milliseconds V3 0 only This group parameter specifies the Keep Alive rate in milliseconds for the group connection This is used only by Version 3 x Servers This tells the OPC Server how often to send an Empty callback with no data values for this group in order to keep the connection alive This is useful when redundancy is enabled Callbacks with actual data which occur at the Update Rate also act as a Keep Alive so if the callbacks are occurring at this rate then the Server may not even need to ever send an empty Keep Alive packet The Keep Alive rate must be at least twice as fast shorter then the Keep Alive Timeout value in order to not cause a premature failover This can be changed on the fly in runtime A warning will be given to the user before the dialog closes if the user is attempting to set it too low Also if the Show Errors is enabled for the connector of the group and the Server does not support the rate specified then an error message will be logged Most V3 0 servers do not support Keep Alive rates faster than 1000 milliseconds 1 second Set to 0 D
114. type and then select the Use specific clamping values radio button in the Clamping type section then simply enter the High and Low values for the desired range to limit the output value to Select OK or Apply to save your edits In runtime your changes will take effect immediately for all tag maps using that Conversion table 4 10 2 Discrete Mapping To accommodate the conversion of discrete values from one system to another tag map definition allows for the selection of discrete mapping This is useful for instance to convert the discrete mode states of a PID or a Controller Block from one server to another The following discrete mapping types are now supported Long to Long e Long to String e String to Long To add or edit a new conversion value map for the selected converter table select the button the following dialog will appear Input Value Output Value 4 BYPASS Cancel Enter the given discrete conversion values for either side for this conversion value map repeat for all required discrete value maps Note one can also export the configuration and then edit a CSV file and then re import to create multiple conversion values quickly See the Import Export section on how to accomplish this To delete a translation map select the map and click Delete To swap all values from 1 side to the other select the Swap All button After the desired Discrete Mapping table and value maps are setup correctly click
115. u want the Connector to run in runtime mode otherwise it will be disabled A disabled connected will show up as Red in the tree view pane This is useful when you have multiple connectors configured one for each of several external servers and at some point one of the OPC servers or remote system is brought down for maintenance for example and you don t want or need that connector interfacing with the downed OPC Server In this case you would simply uncheck the enabled checkbox for that connector Otherwise if left enabled it may take away processing power from the interfaces on the other connectors due to timeouts and or DCOM problems You can now enable and or disable any and all connectors in runtime Disabling a connector in runtime is like stopping the interface for that connector the actual runtime interface thread will be stopped Likewise enabling a connector in runtime is like starting the interface for that connector or placing it into runtime mode the actual runtime interface thread will be started Server Name Program ID Enter the OPC Program ID of the OPC Server you wish to connect with You can browse for servers on the Primary node by selecting the Select button A Select OPC Server dialog box containing all installed OPC Servers on the local or remote machine will be displayed on the host specified in the Primary Node To browse local OPC Servers on your local node set Primary Node field to localhost or leave it bl
116. untime If you request an interface that is not supported by the server then this field will contain actual lesser interface version The following options are selectable The RoviSys Company Version 1 5 Page 30 of 73 BridgeMaster Software User Manual Do Polling with Server not recommended The Do Polling of Group checkbox enables polling synchronous read functions of the OPC Server at regular intervals If checked then the Group s Update Rate specifies the polling interval Polling the server implies that BridgeMaster will use the OPCSyncIO interface if either V1 a or v2 x interfaces were requested and OPCSynclO2 if V3 0 interfaces was requested to read all items from cache at the poll interval This option is not recommended since if v2 0 or v3 0 Interfaces are working correctly then there should be no need to read the data synchronously This option is provided for OPC Servers that are setup incorrectly and or does not support advise subscription mechanisms OPC Advise is provided under v1 0 with the ladviseSink nterface and under v2 x and v3 0 as the OPCDataCallback using ConnectionPoint Note If this box becomes checked during runtime then BridgeMaster found that the OPC Server did not support v1 0 Advise which may be due to a DCOM security issue or other problems with COM See the Quick Setup section for details in that case The Server Status will show in colorful text the fact that the OPC Server is being polled as a
117. w settings can be applied immediately by selecting the Apply or OK button 4 6 Tag Map Definition All Tag Map definitions are associated with a parent BridgeMaster group which are linked to a parent Connector object from which they are defined This section provides the necessary information to define a Tag Map or Link correctly The Tag Map configuration is implemented as a collection of mappings of tags within OPC Server A to from tags within OPC Server B This collection of mappings as stated above is stored as a Tag Map configuration User configuration consists of simply mapping a tag from one server to the other A tag within an OPC Server consists of its specific tag or Item ID representation Specifically for the RoviSys OPC90 Server it consists of a DEVICE BLOCK and PARAMETER name respectively The RoviSys Company Version 1 5 Page 32 of 73 BridgeMaster Software User Manual 4 7 Creating a New Tag Map A new Tag Map or Link can be created by first selecting or highlighting the desired group for which to add the new tag map to and then selecting Edit Add Tag Map from the main menu or right mouse clicking on the group and then selecting Add Single Tag Map The Tag Map Definition dialog box shown below will be displayed for the new tag map and can then be edited Definitio A enn Link Name Link001 Description DPC D Server Data Server APACSOPCDeviceServer 1 OPC Item ACM
118. ware User Manual 3 6 BridgeMaster Version The version of the BridgeMaster can be found by selected the Help menu in the main window The version label below displays Major Version as 1 Minor Version 5 and the Build is 91 built on February 7 2011 Also displayed in the About dialog box is the License Information Evaluation BridgeMaster Version 1 5 Build 91 License Information Serial Number Not Licensed Remaining D ays 14 230 Maximum T ag Maps Unlimited Free Disk Space 340612 KB Free on C Available Memory 2037151 KB Contact RoviS ys Visit us on the World Wide Web at www rovisys com Email Address Technical Support opc rovisys com Order Information sales rovisys com Copyright 1996 2011 The RoviSys Company 37 Configuring BridgeMaster Options To configure BridgeMaster Options select Configure Options from the Utility menu or click on the button in the tool bar The following displays the General tab of the Options dialog The RoviSys Company Version 1 5 Page 11 of 73 BridgeMaster Software User Manual 3 7 1 General Options Tab General Service OPC Settings Redundancy Logging View Bridge Master Options Automatically startup in runtime mode when Bridge Master is started On auto startup into runtime mode minimize the program window iv In runtime mode ping remote hosts first to verify they exist before attempting a connection to Remote OPC Server requires
119. you want the value of 1 00 to be sent to side B instead of 1 00 when the Boolean on side A goes True then the following conversion table called BOOL2FLOAT could be used for those tag maps The RoviSys Company Version 1 5 Page 50 of 73 BridgeMaster Software User Manual Select a Conversion T able for the Data Conversion of this Link BoOL2FLOAT New Delete Scaling Conversion Type C None BCD 8 BCD Byte Conversion Discrete Mapping BCD 16 BCD Word Conversion Linear Scaling Transfer Input Quality gt Output Yalue Gain Offset Transfer Input TimeStamp gt Output Value Square root Array Element Linear S quare Root Conversion Parameters Scaling Range Clamping of Output Values Input Range Output Range Clamping High o High 10000 a Low o o 5 Gain Offset Element in Array Gain fi Select the Zero Based Index of the desired element in 1 0 array Define Specific Clamping Values Offset High 100 s Index Output Gain Input Offset Input Output Offset Gain Output Input Index Low 0 m Discrete Mapping map discrete values from Input to Output Discrete Mapping Type Discrete Input salue Discrete Output Value UE 1 1 n o Long to Long Long to String 27 String to Long Add E dit Delete Swap All Pass all other unmapped valu

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