OMRON Toolbus Communication Server
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1. 57600 115200 tekk J Select the Com Port and examine the characteristics of the selected Port To select a necessary Com Port click on the combo box button and make your choice from the list box The Reply Timeout field is used to enter the amount of time in seconds the controller using the selected communication port will be given to reply to commands from the Server The default value of 3 seconds should be sufficient for most configurations Select the Baud Rate that matches the setting chosen for the hardware The default Baud Rate is 115200 Other serial communication settings 8 Data Bits no Parity 1 Stop Bit are fixed and unchangeable as specified by OMRON Toolbus protocol The corresponding OMRON controller must be configured for Toolbus communication and with baudrate matching with Baud Rate setting entered here in OMRTOOLBUS Server Communication Port Settings dialog use for this purpose the OMRON CX Programmer Windows Programming Software see CX Programmer Users Manual available from OMRON Once Reply Timeout and Baud Rate are entered select Save to save the configuration for the communication port Once all entries have been made click on OK Saving OMRTOOLBUS Configuration File If the configuration file does not currently exist or a new configuration path has been specified the Server will display the Save Configuration dialog box OMRTOOLBUS Communication Server Ver 12. Com Port Settings Topic Definition Server Settings Server Settings Command A number of parameters that control the internal operation of the Server can be set In most cases the default settings for these parameters provide good performance and do not require changing However they can be changed to fine tune the Server for a specific environment To change the Server s internal parameters invoke the Configure Server Settings command The Server Settings dialog box will appear OMRTOOLBUS Server Settings Protocol Timer Tick fi 0 msec J NetDDE being used Cancel Configuration File Directory C OMRTOOLBUS J Start automatically as Windows NT Service The following describes each field in this dialog box Protocol Timer Tick This field is used to change the frequency at which the Server checks for work to do at this frequency the Server tries to send one data request to PLC and receive one reply from PLC If the send response cycle is too long then more than one activation of Server is necessary to process it If computer is very busy or some other MS Windows application is taking over the computer then the Server is activated rarely than setting in the Protocol Timer Tick Note The default value is 50 milliseconds The minimum value is 10 milliseconds NetDDE being used Select this option if you are networking using NetDDE Configuration File Directory The first field is used to specify
3. 3 If the total amount of write messages in the list of pending write messages exceeds 300 then every write message is sent to PLC only once not taking into account the ConsecutiveWriteErrors value To disable the deleting of pending write messages the following entry can be used WriteRetryIndefinitely 1 In this case all pending write messages will wait for execution forever Note Be careful when using the WriteRetryIndefinitely 1 setting if PLC is switched off but client application continues to generate new values to be written to this PLC it can cause the computer memory oveload with memory allocated for write messages Troubleshooting menu The following debugging choices are appended to the Server s System Menu the menu that appears when you click on the box in the upper left hand corner of the Server window Suspend Protocol Resume Protocol these choices permit you to turn protocol processing on and off what means that you can suspend access to the PLCs in Suspend Protocol state communication with all Topics is suspended no read or write commands are sent to connected devices but new write messages are still created for later execution when communication will be resumed Show Send if checked then all outgoing data is displayed and logged Show Receive if checked then all incoming user data is displayed and logged Show Errors if checked then all information about errors is displayed ShowE vents if checked
4. To install the OMRTOOLBUS Server from CD or distribution disks 1 Insert the CD with Klinkmann Software into CD drive or insert the OMRTOOLBUS Server Disk1 into a floppy drive A or B 2 Select the Run command under the Start menu 3 Run STARTUP EXE if installing from CD or SETUP EXE if installing from distribution disks floppies OMRTOOLBUS Communication Server Ver 1 x User Manual Rev 1 0 500xxm10 DOC Klinkmann Automation OMRON Toolbus Communication Server 4 4 If installing from CD select Protocol Servers DDE SuiteLink OPC find OMRTOOLBUS SL and DDE Server or OMRTOOLBUS OPC and DDE Server and click on Setup 5 Proceed as directed by the OMRTOOLBUS Server Setup program Note All MS Windows applications using Microsofts shared DLLs e g MFC42 DLL and MSVCRT DLL must be closed before installing the OMRTOOLBUS Server OPC amp DDE version Otherwise there can be problems with OMRTOOLBUS Server registration as OPC server If during the OMRTOOLBUS Server OPC amp DDE version installation some warning messages about shared DLLs are displayed then it is quite possible the OMRTOOLBUS Server registration as OPC server failed In this case after system reboot the OMRTOOLBUS Server registration as OPC server can be done by starting the OMRTOOLBUS Server manually with special command line parameter added omrtoolbus exe regserver When installation is finished the subdirectory spec
5. view DDEStatus PLC1 or view lOStatus PLC1 Notes on Using Microsoft Excel Data from OMRTOOLBUS topics nodes may be accessed from Excel spreadsheets To do so enter a formula like the following into a cell on the spreadsheet OMRTOOLBUS topic item Sometimes Excel requires the topic and or item to be surrounded by apostrophes In the formula topic must be replaced with one of the valid topic names defined during the Server configuration process Replace item with one of the valid item names described in the Item Names section Reading Values into Excel Spreadsheets Values may be read directly into Excel spreadsheets by entering a DDE formatted formula into a cell as shown in the following examples OMRTOOLBUS PLC1 cio0005515 OMRTOOLBUS CS1 3 SA1000 OMRTOOLBUS node10 IR2 Note Refer to the Microsoft Excel manual for complete details on entering Remote Reference formulas for cells Writing Values to OMRTOOLBUS Points Values may be written to the Server from Microsoft Excel by creating an Excel macro that uses the POKE command The proper command is entered in Excel as follows channel INITIATE OMRTOOLBUS topicname POKE channel itemname Data_Reference TERMINATE channel RETURN OMRTOOLBUS Communication Server Ver 1 x User Manual Rev 1 0 500xxm10 DOC Klinkmann Automation OMRON Toolbus Communication Server 28 The following describes each of the above POKE macro statements channel INIT
6. CJ1 PLCs Type Range Suffix canes OO PPPS ioooo cioensis OT Bit status Cl00 00 Cl06143 15 CIO Area CIO Integer CIO0 C106143 usbfrg woaeomens OO MM aise O imge Bit status WO0 00 W511 15 Word contents Imdec ed A Bit status H0 00 H511 15 ee a A Word contents Imdec Bit status A0 00 A959 15 Auxiliary ot ea enor EE usbfrg Word contents Imdec L Da e Area Bit status DM TAE T Data Memory as Integer DO D32767 usbfrg Are Word con TE TE Eo prelate E0 00 E32767 15 Extended on Integer E0 E32767 usbfrg Word cont C E bial e Flags oe Flags CaN Re foy ee e em ar PT PTO PT4095 Imdec eS en PC PCO PC4095 Im d ec Index Registers IR Long IR0 IR15 In Prefix and Range columns the prefixes and range in bold are preferable Value range for unsigned integers is from 0 to 65535 item point name with suffix U u or without suffix for signed integers from 32768 to 32767 item point name with suffix S s and for 16 bit BCD is from 0 to 9999 The value range for long or 32 bit integer is from 2147483648 to 2147483647 and for 32 bit BCD is from 0 to 99999999 Default value range for Integer Tag Type is unsigned integer OMRTOOLBUS Communication Server Ver 1 x User Manual Rev 1 0 500xxm10 DOC Klinkmann Automation OMRON Toolbus Communication Server 15 Data cannot be written to addresses A000 A447 in the Auxiliary Area Curre
7. DM10 DM12 indicates locations from DM10 to DM12 ASCII string characters can be specified to come from the high order byte low order byte or both bytes of the words Low order Byte Only the low order byte LSB least significant 8 bits of each word is used for read To use this format append the suffix E to the item name High order Byte Only the high order byte MSB most significant 8 bits of each word is used for read To use this format append the suffix D to the item name Both Bytes Both bytes of each word are used for read write To use this format append the suffix C to the item name Note All bytes in the specified memory range will be used If the string is shorter than the range of memory specified it will be padded with O If the string is longer than the range of memory specified the string will be truncated For example assume the following memory contents numeric values shown in hex MSB LSB DM10 41 42 AB DM11 43 44 CD DM12 45 46 EF OMRTOOLBUS Communication Server Ver 1 x User Manual Rev 1 0 500xxm10 DOC Klinkmann Automation OMRON Toolbus Communication Server 13 Read DM10 DM12C Returns ABCDEF DM10 DM11D returns AC DM10 DM12E returns BDF Write DM10 DM12C after written with ABCD MSB LSB DM10 54 65 AB DM11 73 74 CD DM12 0 0 pee DM10 DM12E after written with ABCDE MSB LSB DM10 0 41 A DM11 0 42 B DM12 0 43 C Note Do not operate with item na
8. For each topic there are following additional items offered by OMRTOOLBUS Server to monitor and control the communication with PLC STATUS For each topic there is a built in discrete item that indicates the state of communication with PLC The discrete item STATUS is set to 0 when communication fails and set to 1 when communication is successful Notes The STATUS value will change to 0 OFF not immediately after first communication fault but only after consecutive SlowPollRetries see Troubleshooting WIN INI entries section below in this manual at same time when Topic changes to slow poll mode From InTouch the state of communication may be read by defining an I O Discrete tagname and associating it with the topic configured for the PLC and using STATUS as the item name OMRTOOLBUS Communication Server Ver 1 x User Manual Rev 1 0 500xxm10 DOC Klinkmann Automation OMRON Toolbus Communication Server 16 From Excel the status of the communication may be read by entering the following formula in a cell OMRTOOLBUS topic STATUS UPDATEINTERVAL The UPDATEINTERVAL item is an Integer type Read Write item used to access the currently set Update Interval see Topic Definition Command It indicates the current requested update interval in milliseconds The value of this item can be read through DDE OPC or Suite Link Client can poke new values to this item The range of valid values is from 0 to 2147483647 milliseconds The value
9. can be deleted manually Options Font To configure the font used by Internal Logger select Options Font from Internal Logger main menu the Font dialog box will appear Font Ea xi Font Font style Ms Sans Serif Regular MS Serif Italic O Palatino Linotype Bold T PMina Lill Bold Italic T RimHelvetica ill RimT imes FH RusHelvetica x Effects Sample Color a ee _ Black AaBbYyy2Zz OMRTOOLBUS Communication Server Ver 1 x User Manual Rev 1 0 500xxm10 DOC Klinkmann Automation OMRON Toolbus Communication Server 36 KLINKMANN AUTOMATION OMRON Toolbus Communication Server Revision History Jul 2004 Rev 1 0 First Release OMRTOOLBUS Communication Server Ver 1 x User Manual Rev 1 0 500xxm10 DOC
10. converts client commands to OPC protocol and transfers data back to clients using DDE FastDDE or Suite Link protocols Please refer to Wonderware OPCLink Server and OPC Browser User s Guide for details how to install start and use the OPCLink Server The following information in this section covers only the most important points about using OPC amp DDE version of OMRTOOLBUS Server with OPCLink Server OPCLink Topic Definition The Topic Definition option from OPC Link Configure menu is used to create modify or delete OPCLink topic definitions If OPC Link will communicate with OMRTOOLBUS Server then there must exist one or more topics defined for OMRTOOLBUS Server There are following important fields on the OPCLink Topic Definition dialog box Topic Name Enter a unique name e g PLC1 for the PLC in this field If using InTouch then same Topic Name is to be entered in the Add Access Name dialog box when defining the Access Names for OPCLink Server in InTouch WindowMaker OPC Server Name Select the name of the OPC server OMRTOOLBUS OPC_Server 1 that will be used by this topic The list box shows the registered OPC servers in the system OPC Path Enter the name of the OPC path e g PLC1 used by this topic This OPC path is the first part of a full OPC item name string common to all items that will be used in this topic The available OPC paths for OMRTOOLBUS Server can be obtained by clicking on Browse button this allo
11. data from OPC Server in same standard way from OPC client applications supplied by different developers For more information on the basics of OPC please refer to the OPC Specification The OPC Data Access Custom Interface Specification is maintained by OPC Foundation the current specification is 2 05a dated June 2002 3 00 dated March 2003 The OPC support for OMRTOOLBUS Server OPC amp DDE version is implemented based on FactorySoft OPC Server Development Toolkit and it conforms to OPC Data Access Custom Interface Specification 2 04 The OMRTOOLBUS Server OPC amp DDE version is tested for compliance and is compatible with OPC Foundation OPC Data Access Compliance Test Tool The Suite Link FastDDE Version 3 and DDE support for OMRTOOLBUS Server Suite Link amp DDE version is implemented by Wonderware I O Server Toolkit ver 7 2 1 6 OMRTOOLBUS Communication Server Ver 1 x User Manual Rev 1 0 500xxm10 DOC Klinkmann Automation OMRON Toolbus Communication Server 3 The FastDDE Version 2 and DDE support for OMRTOOLBUS Server OPC amp DDE version is implemented by Wonderware I O Server Toolkit ver 5 0 008 Accessing Remote Items via the Server The communication protocol addresses an element of data in a conversation that uses a three part naming convention that includes the application name topic name and item name The following briefly describes each portion of this naming convention application name The
12. of zero indicates that no items on this topic are updated The write commands are still executed new values written to PLC if UPDATEINTERVAL value is 0 Note By poking a value of zero to the UPDATEINTERVAL item a client can stop all update activities on the corresponding topic without having to deactivate the items MAXINTERVAL The MAXINTERVAL item is an Integer type Read Only item used to access the measured maximum update interval in milliseconds of all items for the corresponding topic for the last completed poll cycle The range of valid values is from 0 to 2147483647 milliseconds The UPDATEINTERVAL and MAXINTERVAL items can be used to tune the performance of communication ITEMCOUNT The ITEMCOUNT item is an Integer type Read Only item used to access the number of active items in the corresponding topic The range of valid values is from 0 to 2147483647 ERRORCOUNT The ERRORCOUNT item is an Integer type Read Only item used to access the number of active items with errors in the corresponding topic The range of valid values is from 0 to 2147483647 ERRORITEMS The ERRORITEMS item is an Integer type Read Write Only unique for each topic used to access the total number of items with invalid item names these items are rejected by Server The ERRORITEMS value can be reset by writing 0 to this item The range of valid values is from 0 to 2147483647 WRITECOUNT The WRITECOUNT item is an Integer type Read Only item used to a
13. server depends on your network connections and configurations SuiteLink was designed to be the industrial data network distribution standard and provides the following features Value Time Quality VTQ places a time stamp and quality indicator on all data values delivered to VT Q aware clients Extensive diagnostics of the data throughput server loading computer resource consumption and network transport are made accessible through the Microsoft Windows NT operating system Performance Monitor This feature is critical for the scheme and maintenance of distributed industrial networks Consistent high data volumes can be maintained between applications regardless if the applications are on a single node or distributed over a large node count The network transport protocol is TCP IP using Microsoft s standard WinSock interface OPC OLE for Process Control is an open interface standard to provide data from a data source and communicate the data to any client application in a common standard way The OPC is based on Microsoft OLE COM and DCOM technologies and enables simple and standardized data interchange between the industrial or office sector and the production sector From general point of view many aspects of OPC are similar to DDE but main difference is in the implementation by using Microsoft s COM Component Object Model technology It enables fast exchange with process automation data and OPC open interface allows access to
14. the path disk drive and directory in which OMRTOOLBUS will save its current configuration file OMRTOOLBUS will use this path to load the configuration file the next time it is started Note Only the path may be modified with this field The configuration file is always named OMRTOOLBUS CFG OMRTOOLBUS Communication Server Ver 1 x User Manual Rev 1 0 500xxm10 DOC Klinkmann Automation OMRON Toolbus Communication Server 7 Note There is no limit to the number of configuration files created although each must be in a separate directory When using the OMRTOOLBUS Server with InTouch it is good practice to place the configuration file in the application directory Start automatically as Windows NT Service Enabling this option will cause the server to start as a Windows NT service Windows NT offers the capability of running applications even when a user is not logged on to the system This is valuable when systems must operate in an unattended mode Enabling this option and rebooting the system will cause the Server to run as a Windows NT service However to view configuration information or to reconfigure the Server the user must log on to the system Any Server related problems that may arise such as missing adapter cards licensing failures or device drivers not loading will not be visible to the user until a log on is performed Disabling this option and rebooting the system will cause the Server to run as a Windows NT application progr
15. then Server logs the information about situations when the total number of active pending write messages exceeds 300 It may happen when the Server has timing problems when executing write commands When such warnings appear then it is recommended to modify the Server timing settings or to reduce the total amount of write data in the client application Otherwise the possibility of loosing write data increases Also information about suspended and resumed topics is displayed if ShowEvents is checked ShowBadWrites if checked then Server displays information about all situations when data write commands are not executed successfully and after ConsecutiveWriteErrors retries the write is rejected and write OMRTOOLBUS Communication Server Ver 1 x User Manual Rev 1 0 500xxm10 DOC Klinkmann Automation OMRON Toolbus Communication Server 33 message is deleted from list of active pending write messages This option if checked is effective even if other error logging is stopped ShowAllRejectedWrites this option is useful when communication with a separate topic topics is suspended by using SUSPEND item see tem Names section and the Server rejects each write to this topic topics If checked then information about each rejected write value is reported to WWLogger and or to OMRTOOLBUS Internal Logger If not checked then Server rejects each write to suspended topic s without logging any information Verbose if checked then all inform
16. will appear Initial Value jo Min EU 32768 Mag EU 132767 Deadband jo Min Raw 32768 Max Raw 32767 Ena Units ooo i 0 Conversion Eng Units Log Deadband B Linear Square Root Access Name Unassigned ltem I Use Tagname as Item Name OMRTOOLBUS Communication Server Ver 1 x User Manual Rev 1 0 500xxm10 DOC Klinkmann Automation OMRON Toolbus Communication Server 26 Select the Access Name for OMRTOOLBUS Server by clicking on the Access Name button The Access Names dialog box will appear Close Modify Delete Select the appropriate Access Name and click on Close If the Access Name has not been defined as previously described click on Add and define the Access Name now The Details dialog box will appear displaying the selected Access Name Initial Value jo Min EU 32768 Mag EU 132767 Deadband jo Min Raw 32768 Max Raw 32767 Ena Units Oo i eoo m Conversion Eng Znis Log Deadband Linear Square Root Access Name PLC1 Item M Use Tagname as Item Name For integers and reals fill in the Min EU Max EU Min Raw and Max Raw fields These fields control the range of values which will be accepted from the Server and how the values are scaled If no scaling is desired Min EU should be equal to Min Raw and Max EU equal to Max Raw Enter the OMRTOOLBUS item name to be associated with this tagname in the Item field in the Details b
17. 483 648 to 2 147 483 648 or BCD 0 to 99 999 999 To read write an item in signed long format append the letter L or I to the item name To read write an item in BCD long format append the letter M or m to the item name For example if DM100 contains 0234 hex and DM101 contains 1356 hex DM100L returns 324 403 764 and DM100M returns 13 560 234 Floating Point Format IEEE BCD Two consecutive 16 bit words in a PLC can be interpreted as a single precision floating point number It is formatted as either IEEE 3 402823 1038 to 3 402823 1038 or BCD 0 0000001 to 0 9999999 10 To read write an item in IEEE floating point format append one of the following letters to the item name F f R or f To read write an item in BCD floating point format append the letter G or g to the item name For example if D100 contains 9620 hex and D101 contains 2436 hex in a CV500 PLC D100F returns 3 959212 10 17 and D100G returns 0 4369620 102 Floating point format is relevant only with items indicating memory areas word contents ASCII Strings Format Multiple consecutive 16 bit words block size of 1 to 29 in a PLC can be interpreted as a string of ASCII characters The ASCII string is stored retrieved from the lowest numbered address to the highest and from the high order byte to the low order byte with each address To define a range of words use a between the two address locations For example
18. IATE OMRTOOLBUS topicname Opens a channel to a specific topic name defined in the Server in an application with name OMRTOOLBUS the executable name less the EXE and assigns the number of that opened channel to channel Note By using the channel INITIATE statement the word channel must be used in the POKE statement instead of the actual cell reference The applicationname and topicname portions of the formula must be enclosed in quotation marks POKE channel itemname Data_Reference POKEs the value contained in the Data_Reference to the specified item name actual location in the Omron PLC via the channel number returned by the previously executed INITIATE function Data_Reference is the row column ID of the cell containing the data value For itemname use some of the valid item names specified like described in the Item Names section TERMINATE channel Closes the channel at the end of the macro Some applications have a limited number of channels Therefore they should be closed when finished Channel is the channel number returned by the previously executed INITIATE function RETURN Marks the end of the macro The following is an example of Excel macro used to poke value from cell B2 to topic PLC1 item DM100 PokeMacro Ctrl a INITIATE OMRTOOLBUS PLC1 POKE A2 DM100 B2 ON TIME NOW 0 01 TerminateDDEChannel RETURN TerminateDDEChannel TERMINATE A2 RETURN Note Refer to the Mic
19. O Server Infrastructure Setup program To uninstall the I O Server Infrastructure start Control Panel select Add Remove Programs and select the IO Server Infrastructure from the list of available software products Click on Add Remove and proceed as directed by the UnInstallShield program Note The I O Server Infrastructure installation will be rejected if Wonderware FS2000 Common Components are already installed on same computer Configuring the OMRTOOLBUS Server After the OMRTOOLBUS Server is initially installed a little of configuration is required Configuring the Server automatically creates an OMRTOOLBUS CFG file that holds all of the topics controllers definitions entered as well as the communication port configurations This file will be placed automatically in the same directory in which OMRTOOLBUS is located unless the path where the configuration file will be placed is specified via the Configure Server Settings command To perform the required configurations start up the OMRTOOLBUS program If the Server starts up as an icon double click on the icon to open the server s window The following will appear 2F OMRTOOLBUS Biel x Configure Help OMRTOOLBUS Communication Server Ver 1 x User Manual Rev 1 0 500xxm10 DOC Klinkmann Automation OMRON Toolbus Communication Server 6 To access the commands used for the various configurations open the Configure menu J OMRTOOLBUS OF x Configure Help
20. OMRON Toolbus Communication Server for Microsoft Windows and InTouch Applications User Manual Ver 1 x Rev 1 0 DR 500 10 DR 500 11 KLINKMANN AUTOMATION P O Box 38 FIN 00371 Helsinki Finland tel int 358 9 5404940 fax int 358 9 5413541 www klinkmann com Klinkmann Automation OMRON Toolbus Communication Server i Table Of Contents Com Port Settings Command Saving OMRTOOLBUS Configuration File OMRTOOLBUS Communication Server Ver 1 x User Manual Rev 1 0 500xxm10 DOC Klinkmann Automation OMRON Toolbus Communication Server 1 OMRON Toolbus Communication Server Overview The Klinkmann Automation OMRON Toolbus Communication Server hereafter referred to as the OMRTOOLBUS Server or OMRTOOLBUS or Server is a Microsoft Windows 95 98 ME NT 2000 XP 32 bit application program that acts as a communications protocol Server and allows other Windows application programs access to data from OMRON PLCs also referred to as controllers or devices using the OMRON Toolbus protocol The OMRON Toolbus Server communicates with OMRON CS1 series and CJ1 series controllers via serial RS 232 interface communication speed is up to 115200 bps The Server may be used by any Microsoft Windows program that is capable of acting as a DDE FastDDE SuiteLink or OPC Client There are two different OMRTOOLBUS Server versions described in this manual Server version ordering number DR 500 10 supporting SuiteLink FastDDE and DDE pr
21. OMRTOOLBUS Communication Server Ver 1 x User Manual Rev 1 0 500xxm10 DOC Klinkmann Automation OMRON Toolbus Communication Server 18 Using the OMRTOOLBUS Server with OPC Clients The OPC amp DDE version of OMRTOOLBUS Server is accessible from OPC Clients There are the following general steps needed to access an OPC item from OMRTOOLBUS Server 1 Run OPC Client application and select the OMRTOOLBUS OPC and DDE Server from the list of available OPC Servers If OMRTOOLBUS Server currently is not running it will start automatically Create a new group or topic if Wonderware OPCLink application is used If OPC Client supports the validating of items validate the item before adding it Add the item Depending on OPC Client it can be done in several different ways for example TOPO a By entering separately the access path to topic name valid topic name configured in OMRTOOLBUS Topic definition and separately the item name b By entering the full path to item name in the format TopicName ltemName where TopicName is the valid topic name configured in OMRTOOLBUS Topic definition c By browsing the server address space By default the OMRTOOLBUS Server is installed and used as a local OPC Server both OPC Server and OPC Client reside on same computer The OMRTOOLBUS Server can run also as a remote OPC Server in this case OPC Server and OPC Client are located on separate computers Accessing the remote OPC Server is same a
22. SlowPolllnterval equal to 30 seconds For example the following entries can be used to specify that slow poll mode 2 minutes will start after 5 consecutive unsuccessful retries SlowPollRetries 5 SlowPolllnterval 120 Entering into slow poll mode is reported to WWLogger and or to OMRTOOLBUS Internal Logger by following string like following Set slow poll mode poll after each 120000 msecs Stop error logging to Topic PLC1 COM1 Leaving the slow poll mode is reported to WWLogger and or to OMRTOOLBUS Internal Logger by following string Leaving slow poll mode on topic PLC1 port COM1 OMRTOOLBUS Communication Server Ver 1 x User Manual Rev 1 0 500xxm10 DOC Klinkmann Automation OMRON Toolbus Communication Server 32 Note Tthe built in discrete item STATUS value will change to 0 OFF simultaneously when Topic is changed to slow poll mode WriteRetryIndefinitely and ConsecutiveWriteErrors The WriteRetryIndefinitely entry is used to enable or disable the deleting of pending write messages if PLC does not respond or respond with error response for example if trying to write into inaccesoble data or memory area in the PLC As default no WriteRetrylIndefinitely entry in WIN INI file or WriteRetrylndefinitely 0 all write messages for this topic will be deleted after ConsecutiveWriteErrors retries The default ConsecutiveWriteErrors value is 3 no ConsecutiveWriteErrors entry in WIN INI file or ConsecutiveWriteErrors
23. User Manual Rev 1 0 500xxm10 DOC Klinkmann Automation OMRON Toolbus Communication Server 34 Internal Logger To enable the OMRTOOLBUS Internal Logger check the Show Logger option at the OMRTOOLBUS Server System Menu see Troubleshooting menu section above this command can be used to start stop Internal Logger The Internal Logger window looks like following t Logger Oy x Options 2004 07 09 13 19 46 923 OMRTOOLBUS COM1 115200 n 6 1 2004 07 09 13 19 48 385 OMRTOOLBUS COM1 Topic PLC 23 bytes AB 00 14 60 00 02 000000000 2004 07 09 13 19 48 435 OMRTOOLBUS R COM1 Topic PLC 21 bytes AB 0012 C000 02 0000 FC 00 2004 07 09 13 19 49 336 OMRTOOLBUS COM1 Topic PLC 23 bytes AB 00 14 60 00 02 000000000 2004 07 09 13 19 49 386 OMRTOOLBUS R COM1 Topic PLC 21 bytes AB 0012 CO 0002 0000 FC 00 2004 07 09 13 19 50 338 OMRTOOLBUS COM1 Topic PLC 23 bytes AB 00 14 80 00 02 000000000 2004 07 09 13 19 50 388 OMRTOOLBUS Ri COM1 Topic PLC 21 bytes AB 0012 C0 0002 0000 FC 00 2004 07 09 13 19 51 339 OMRTOOLBUS COM1 Topic PLC 23 bytes AB 00 1480 00 02 000000000 2004 07 09 13 19 51 389 OMRTOOLBUS R COM1 Topic PLC 21 bytes AB 0012 C0 00 02 0000 FC 001 2004 07 09 13 19 52 340 OMRTOOLBUS COM1 Topic PLC 23 bytes AB 00 14 60 00 02 000000000 2004 07 09 13 19 52 391 OMRTOOLBUS R COM1 Topic PLC 21 bytes AB 00 12 CO 00 02 00 00 FC 001 LA To save Internal Logger information to file select Options Disk Options from Inter
24. am once again Notes 1 The Start automatically as Windows NT Service feature can be activated only with OMRTOOLBUS Server Suite Link amp DDE version To start the OMRTOOLBUS Server OPC amp DDE version as Windows NT Service refer to Running OMRTOOLBUS OPC amp DDE version as Windows NT Service section of this manual 2 The Service Startup configuration can be changed by MS Windows NT Control Panel Services configuration dialogs The Allow Service to Interact with Desktop checkbox in Service dialog box must be checked the Service dialog box can be invoked by pressing the Startup button on Services dialog box when Service OMRTOOLBUS_ OServer is selected If Allow Service to Interact with Desktop is not selected then OMRTOOLBUS Server full functionality is not ensured e g the Server configuration can not be changed no message boxes will be displayed etc Once all entries have been made click on OK OMRTOOLBUS Communication Server Ver 1 x User Manual Rev 1 0 500xxm10 DOC Klinkmann Automation OMRON Toolbus Communication Server 8 Com Port Settings Command This command is used to configure the communication ports that will be used to communicate with OMRON PLCs Invoke the Configure Com Port Settings command The Communication Port Settings dialog box will appear Communication Port Settings Com Port com m Reply Timeout Cancel 3 00 secs Ki E gt Save m Baud Rate Defaults C 600 19200 38400
25. appear displaying the new Access Name selected in the list Click Close to close the Access Names dialog box OMRTOOLBUS Communication Server Ver 1 x User Manual Rev 1 0 500xxm10 DOC Klinkmann Automation OMRON Toolbus Communication Server 25 Defining the Tag names To define the Tag names associated with the new Access Name invoke the Special Tagname Dictionary command in WindowMaker The Tagname Dictionary dialog box will appear Tagname Dictionary Ed C Main Details Alarms Details amp Alarms Members New Restore Delete Save KK Selec gt gt Cancel Close Tagname DM100 Type Memory Integer Group _ 5ystem C Readony Read write Comment AccessLevel I LogData LogEvents Retentive Value Retentive Parameters Click on New and enter the Tag Name The tag name defined here is the name InTouch will use The OMRTOOLBUS Server does not see this name Select the tag type by clicking on the Type button The Tag Types dialog box will appear Tag Types xi Memory Discrete 1 0 Discrete Indirect Discrete Memory Integer v 1 0 Integer Memory Real 1 0 Real Indirect Analog Memory Message 120 Message Indirect Message Group Var Hist Trend Tag ID Cancel Details Select Al Clear All To access OMRTOOLBUS items the type must be I O Discrete I O Integer I O Real or I O Message Select the Tag type The Details dialog box for the tag name
26. ation about errors except errors indicated in other choices is displayed This option is useful for getting additional information about error situations When this option is checked simultaneously with the option Show Errors then outgoing user data as well as incoming user data is displayed in addition to the error report For some types of errors the Server gives explanation of possible error reason If client application closes communication with a topic then the Server immediately deletes all this topic s messages from message lists If write messages are still in the list of active pending messages these write messages are deleted without trying to execute them If Verbose option is checked simultaneously with the ShowBadWrites option then information about not performed and deleted write messages is displayed Show Logger if checked then OMRTOOLBUS Internal Logger is activated deactivated see nternal Logger section below Dump displays and logs all information about ports active topics and items DumpScreen if checked information about active topics and messages is displayed on OMRTOOLBUS main window All debugging information except DumpScreen option is displayed via the Wonderware Logger and also to OMRTOOLBUS Internal Logger if Show Logger checked which must be active for these commands to work Warning if you check Show Send and or Show Receive debug output grows very fast OMRTOOLBUS Communication Server Ver 1 x
27. ccess the number of write commands messages waiting for execution The range of valid values is from 0 to 2147483647 For example in following way the WRITECOUNT item can be used to avoid the increasing of memory occupied by not executed write commands activate the hot link with WRITECOUNT item and start to monitor it OMRTOOLBUS Communication Server Ver 1 x User Manual Rev 1 0 500xxm10 DOC Klinkmann Automation OMRON Toolbus Communication Server 17 activate new write command by poking new value only if value of WRITECOUNT becomes equal to 0 e g all previous write commands are executed and memory occupied by them is freed SUSPEND Special Read Write Discrete Item SUSPEND may be used to control the communication with a separate topic If application changes SUSPEND value from 0 to 1 then communication with topic is suspended If SUSPEND value is changed back to 0 then communication with this topic is resumed Notes 1 If topic is suspended by setting SUSPEND value to 1 then Server rejects all new write values to this topic i e no new write messages are created after SUSPEND value has changed from 0 to 7 2 The SUSPEND item is not related with Suspend Protocol Resume Protocol debugging choice available from OMRTOOLBUS Server system menu see Troubleshooting Troubleshooting menu section below the Suspend Protocol suspends communication with all Topics as well as in this state new write messages are still created
28. d from Klinkmann Automation see Installing the I O Server Infrastructure section below This I O Server Infrastructure installation package contains the minimum set of software OMRTOOLBUS Communication Server Ver 1 x User Manual Rev 1 0 500xxm10 DOC Klinkmann Automation OMRON Toolbus Communication Server 5 needed to run the OMRTOOLBUS Server Suite Link amp DDE version and these infrastructure files must be installed prior to executing the OMRTOOLBUS Server 3 The HASP key is needed for full time running of OMRTOOLBUS Server The HASP Driver setup is performed during the Server setup Without HASP Driver installed the OMRTOOLBUS Server will run only 1 hour with all features enabled Installing the I O Server Infrastructure The I O Server Infrastructure installation package can be supplied 1 As a self extracting archive IOServerinfrastructure exe if downloaded from Klinkmann s web site or from Klinkmann Software CD 2 On one distribution disk floppy To install the I O Server Infrastructure from the self extracting archive run the OServerInfrastructure exe and proceed as directed by the I O Server Infrastructure Setup program To install the I O Server Infrastructure from the distribution disk on MS Windows NT 1 Insert the I O Server Infrastructure disk into a floppy drive A or B 2 Select the Run command under the Start menu 3 Type A SETUP or B SETUP 4 Click on OK 5 Proceed as directed by the I
29. entered in the OPCLink Topic Definition dialog box for example PLC1 Note You can define multiple topic names for the same PLC to poll different points at different rates item name A specific data element within the specified topic The OPCLink Server item syntax follows the following rules The item names must start with d discrete value i integer value r real value m message value The item name added to the OPC path of the topic without the heading type letter must give a fully qualified OPC item name for the OMRTOOLBUS Server Some examples of possible item names acceptable by OPCLink Server OMRTOOLBUS Server connection dc10002113 discrete CIO area Bit status word address 21 bit number 13 iDM100 integer Data Memory area word 100 rDM3R real real floating point item value is taken from Data Memory area words DM3 and DM4 OMRTOOLBUS Communication Server Ver 1 x User Manual Rev 1 0 500xxm10 DOC Klinkmann Automation OMRON Toolbus Communication Server 23 Using the OMRTOOLBUS Server with Suite Link and DDE Clients The Suite Link amp DDE version of OMRTOOLBUS Server is accessible from Suite Link clients e g InTouch and DDE clients e g Excel The OPC amp DDE version of OMRTOOLBUS Server is accessible from DDE clients Using the OMRTOOLBUS Server with InTouch To access items points on Omron PLCs from InTouch the Access Names and Tag names should be defined in WindowMaker Definin
30. erver is selected If Allow Service to Interact with Desktop is not selected then OMRTOOLBUS Server full functionality is not ensured e g the Server configuration can not be changed no message boxes will be displayed etc OMRTOOLBUS Communication Server Ver 1 x User Manual Rev 1 0 500xxm10 DOC Klinkmann Automation OMRON Toolbus Communication Server 21 To use OMRTOOLBUS Server OPC amp DDE version as Windows NT Service you may need to configure DCOM For details of configuring DCOM refer to Configuring DCOM section of this manual If OMRTOOLBUS OPC amp DDE Server NT Service will be accessed only from local OPC clients i e OMRTOOLBUS Server will not be used as a remote OPC Server then custom access and launch permissions NETWORK are not needed To uninstall OMRTOOLBUS OPC amp DDE Server NT Service at first the Service must be stopped by Control Panel Services Stop and then OMRTOOLBUS Server must be started manually with command line parameter DelService OMRTOOLBUS DelService After this the OMRTOOLBUS Server OPC amp DDE version will be still registered and accessible to OPC clients Using OMRTOOLBUS with OPCLink Server The Wonderware OPCLink I O Server hereafter referred to as OPCLink is a Microsoft Windows application program that acts as a communication protocol converter and allows other Windows application programs access to data from local or remote OPC servers OPCLink connects to OPC servers
31. g the Access Names InTouch uses Access Names to reference real time I O data Each Access Name equates to an I O address which can contain a Node Application and Topic Ina distributed application I O references can be set up as global addresses to a network I O Server or local addresses to a local I O Server To define the Access Names in WindowMaker node invoke the Special Access Names command The Access Names dialog box will appear Access Names Click on Add The Add Access Name Dialog Box will appear Access PLCI E Node Name Cancel Application Name OMATOOLBUS Topic Name PLCI m Which protocol to use C DDE SuiteLink When to advise server Advise all items Advise only active items OMRTOOLBUS Communication Server Ver 1 x User Manual Rev 1 0 500xxm10 DOC Klinkmann Automation OMRON Toolbus Communication Server 24 Note If Add is selected this dialog box will be blank when it initially appears Data has been entered here to illustrate the entries that are made The following fields are required entries when entering an Access Name Definition Access Name In the Access Name box type the name you want InTouch to use to this Access Name For simplicity use the same name that you will use for the Topic Name here Node Name If the data resides in a network I O Server in the Node Name box type the remote node s name Application Name In the Application Name b
32. he point naming convention used by OMRON PLCs The OMRTOOLBUS Server supports the fixed set of item names the following describes both the valid data formats and Item Names for supported OMRON devices Each Discrete Integer or Real floating point item name generally may be described as PnS Each ASCII string Message item name generally may be described as Pn hS where n Specifies the Memory area word bit address of the specific word flag or bit or lowest address of ASCII string The rightmost two digits of the bit address when indicates a separate bit in word area specify the bit number in word and the leftmost digits specify the word address Depending on the number of digits in the item name name for bit in word leading zeroes must be in name if necessary the Server recognizes whether item point represents a whole word or only a separate bit in word For compatibility with OMRON CX Programmer addressing syntax and item point naming used in some other Wonderware and Klinkmann I O Servers additionally also a character or can be used as a separator between word address and bit address In this case each item representing bit in word may be described as Pn b or Pn bb or Pn b or Pn bb where n is a word address and b bb is a bit number in word b can be 0 9 and bb can be 00 15 The number of digits in bit item name with separator is not relevant leading zeroes are not necessary h Specifies the h
33. hed to its performance constraints in distributed environments The OMRTOOLBUS Communication Server supports the FastDDE Version 3 an extension to Wonderware s proprietary FastDDE Version 2 This extension supports the transfer of Value Time Quality VTQ information The original DDE and FastDDE Version 2 formats are still supported providing full backward compatibility with older DDE clients FastDDE Version 3 works on Windows 9x systems as well as Windows on NT 2000 XP systems OMRTOOLBUS Communication Server Ver 1 x User Manual Rev 1 0 500xxm10 DOC Klinkmann Automation OMRON Toolbus Communication Server 2 NetDDE extends the standard Windows DDE functionality to include communication over local area networks and through serial ports Network extensions are available to allow DDE links between applications running on different computers connected via networks or modems For example NetDDE supports DDE between applications running on IBM compatible computers connected via LAN or modem and DDE aware applications running on non PC based platforms under operating environments such as VMS and UNIX SuiteLink uses a TCP IP based protocol and is designed by Wonderware specifically to meet industrial needs such as data integrity high throughput and easier diagnostics This protocol standard is only supported on Microsoft Windows NT 4 0 or higher SuiteLink is not a replacement for DDE FastDDE or NetDDE The protocol used between a client and a
34. ified as a folder where to install the OMRTOOLBUS Server files will contain the following files OMRTOOLBUS EXE The OMRTOOLBUS Server Program This is a Microsoft Windows 32 bit application program OMRTOOLBUS HLP The OMRTOOLBUS Server Help file OMRTOOLBUS CFG An example configuration file LICENSE TXT Klinkmann Automation software license file KLSERVER DLL Dynamic Link Library necessary for OPC amp DDE version of the Server WWDLG32 DLL Dynamic Link Library necessary only for OPC amp DDE version of the Server To uninstall the OMRTOOLBUS Server start Control Panel select Add Remove Programs and select the OMRTOOLBUS SL and DDE Server or OMRTOOLBUS OPC and DDE Server from the list of available software products Click on Add Remove and proceed as directed by the UninstallShield program Notes 1 The OMRTOOLBUS Server Suite Link amp DDE is developed with Wonderware I O Server Toolkit ver 7 2 1 6 and needs the Wonderware FS2000 Common Components to be installed on computer where the OMRTOOLBUS Server is running The Wonderware FS2000 Common Components are installed automatically when any of Wonderware FS2000 Components e g InTouch or some Wonderware I O server is installed 2 If OMRTOOLBUS Server Suite Link amp DDE version will run on PC where Wonderware FS2000 Common Components are not installed then a special I O Server Infrastructure installation package can be obtaine
35. ighest address of ASCII string P Item name used prefix one two or three characters before Memory area address designating the type of Memory area S Optionally used suffix one character for Integer and Real type items it specifies the special format of data see below for ASCII string items it specifies the high order byte low order byte or both bytes of the words not valid for Discrete type items Unsigned Signed Format The server interprets 16 bit words channels in a PLC in 16 bit unsigned format value range from 0 to 65535 or signed format value ramge from 32768 to 32767 Unsigned quantities may be read by one of two methods by entering item name without suffix or appending the suffix U or u For example the channel DM100 in a PLC contains 8000 hex In this case item name DM100 or DM100U would be displayed in InTouch or Excel as 32768 Signed quantities may be read from the same channel by appending the suffix S or s to the item name So item name DM100S would be displayed in InTouch or Excel as 32768 BCD Format To read write data using BCD format append the suffix B or b to the item name e g DM100B OMRTOOLBUS Communication Server Ver 1 x User Manual Rev 1 0 500xxm10 DOC Klinkmann Automation OMRON Toolbus Communication Server 12 Long Format Signed BCD Two consecutive 16 bit words in a PLC can be interpreted as a 32 bit long integer It can be formatted as either signed 2 147
36. int to point connection is supported by OMRON Toolbus protocol The following steps are taken to define the topics controllers connected to OMRTOOLBUS Server 1 Invoke the Configure Topic Definition command The Topic definition dialog box will appear Topic definition Topics OMRTOOLBUS Communication Server Ver 1 x User Manual Rev 1 0 500xxm10 DOC Klinkmann Automation OMRON Toolbus Communication Server 10 2 To modify an existing topic select the topic name and click on Modify To define a new topic click on New The OMRON Toolbus Topic Definition dialog box will appear Topic Name PLO Com Port com gt Update Interval foo miliseconds gt FINS Response Maximum Size words 500 7 Multiple Memory Area Read Cancel 3 Enter the Topic Name If using InTouch the same Topic Name is to be entered in the Add Access Name dialog box described in the Using the OMRTOOLBUS Server with InTouch section 4 Click on the Com Port button to associate a topic with the communication port Additional topics may be associated with the same communication port later 5 Set the Update Interval field to indicate the frequency the items points on this topic will be read polled Default value is 1000 milliseconds 6 If necessary enter the value of FINS Response Maximum Size words for relevant data part of read command Values from 1 to 500 default are valid if Multiple Memory Area Read is selected the
37. lable 1 Remote Procedure Call service is not running on the OPC Server computer 2 Invalid computer name for remote OPC Server 3 Make sure TCP IP is installed properly Interface not supported 1 Permission not granted to OPC Client 2 Guest account disabled Access is denied 1 DCOM security not configured properly 2 OPC Server application not located on local hard disk 3 SYSTEM account in DCOMCNFG must have Access Launch and Configure privileges Error 80070776 Network error TCP IP has not been configured properly 1 Trying to access an object before it is created 2 Unhandled exception is occurs on the OPC Server Not enough storage SYSTEM account in DCOMCNFG must have Access Launch and Configure privileges Catastrophic failure Running OMRTOOLBUS OPC amp DDE version as Windows NT Service To install OMRTOOLBUS Server OPC amp DDE version to run as Windows NT Service the OMRTOOLBUS Server must be started with command line parameter Service OMRTOOLBUS Service After this the OMRTOOLBUS OPC amp DDE Server NT Service will be installed with Startup type Manual The Service Startup configuration can be changed by MS Windows NT Control Panel Services configuration dialog boxes The Allow Service to Interact with Desktop checkbox in Service dialog box must be checked the Service dialog box can be invoked by pressing the Startup button on Services dialog box when Service OMRTOOLBUS OPC amp DDE S
38. mation specially texts or the increasing of Server timing values Protocol Timer Tick and Update Interval OMRTOOLBUS Communication Server Ver 1 x User Manual Rev 1 0 500xxm10 DOC Klinkmann Automation OMRON Toolbus Communication Server 31 Troubleshooting WIN INI entries The first time you run the OMRTOOLBUS Server configuration most of the items in the following list will automatically appear in the WIN INI file located in the MS Windows system directory e g C WINNT It is an ASCII file and can be altered manually if you wish with any text editor e g MS Windows Notepad do not use a program that formats text such as MS Word or Write unless the file is saved as a DOS text The following is a typical entry for the OMRTOOLBUS Server OMRTOOLBUS ConfigurationFile C OMRTOOLBUS Winlconic 0 WinFullScreen 0 WinTop 112 WinLeft 0 WinWidth 200 WinHeight 168 There are following additional WIN INI entries available for the OMRTOOLBUS Server SlowPollRetries and SlowPolllinterval The SlowPollRetries entry is used to enter the number of consecutive error retries for one topic controller If after SlowPollRetries there is still no successful response from PLC then this topic is changed to slow poll mode The WIN INI file SlowPolllnterval entry is used to enter the slow poll mode update interval in seconds The default values they are used if WIN INI file does not contain these entries are SlowPollRetries equal to 3 and
39. mes which have addresses outside really existing PLC data and memory area It will lead to communication failures because the Server recognizes item name error only if item name goes out of range represented in the item names table Usually the information like following will be logged to WWLogger and or to OMRTOOLBUS Internal Logger if some item with address in inaccessible memory area is used Error Response received MRC 11 SRC 01 first address in read command lt item name gt wrong memory area code used or expanded memory not available or Error Response received MRC 11 SRC 03 first address in read command lt item name gt the first adddress is in an inaccessible area Compatibility with Wonderware Omron Host Link I O Server The item point naming system used in Klinkmann OMRON Toolbus Communication Server is compatible with item point naming system used in Wonderware Omron Host Link I O Server OMRONHL In general the item point naming compatibility is following the PLC types CS1 CJ1 supported by Klinkmann OMRON Toolbus Communication Server are compatible with Wonderware Host Link Toolbus I O Server CV500 CV1000 and CV2000 and CVM PLC types the difference is in ranges of memory areas supported OMRTOOLBUS Communication Server Ver 1 x User Manual Rev 1 0 500xxm10 DOC Klinkmann Automation OMRON Toolbus Communication Server 14 The following table lists the supported item names for the CS1
40. n maximum size is 250 words The default value is recommended and reduce this value only if selected PLC has timing problems to process great amount of data in a short time period All Omron CS1 and CJ1 PLCs support the requests of maximum length but not all PLC models can process a lot of such requests without communication errors If PLC time by time reports an error message to valid read or write command then one of possible error reason can be too many data requested by one read command In such cases it is recommended to reduce the FINS Response Maximum Size words for the selected PLC 8 Check or uncheck the Multiple Memory Area Read check box to choose the type of FINS read commands used for this topic If Multiple Memory Area Read is unchecked default setting then Server uses Memory Area Read FINS commands and maximum 500 consecutive words can be read from this topic by one command If Multiple Memory Area Read is checked then Server uses Multiple Memory Area Read FINS commands and maximum 250 non consecutive words also from different memory areas can be read from this topic by one command this mode does not support strings long values and floating point values Once all entries have been made click on OK OMRTOOLBUS Communication Server Ver 1 x User Manual Rev 1 0 500xxm10 DOC Klinkmann Automation OMRON Toolbus Communication Server 11 Item Names The OMRTOOLBUS Server supports item point names that are consistent with t
41. nal Logger main menu the Disk Options dialog box will appear Disk Options I Log To Wonderware Logger IV Log to File File Options Cancel Directory C OMRTOOLBUS Keep Log File for jo days The following can be entered in this dialog box Log to Wonderware Logger If checked then debug information will be logged also to Wonderware Logger if Wonderware Logger is installed Log to File If checked then Internal Logger information will be saved to Internal Logger File The OMRTOOLBUS Internal Logger file name is created in the following format OMRTOOLBUS _YYYYMMDD LOGn where YYYY is a year MM is a month DD is a day and n is a order number of consecutive OMRTOOLBUS Internal Logger file starting from 1 The OMRTOOLBUS Internal Logger file maximum size is 16 MB if there is more information logged then next OMRTOOLBUS Communication Server Ver 1 x User Manual Rev 1 0 500xxm10 DOC Klinkmann Automation OMRON Toolbus Communication Server 35 consecutive file is created e g there can be consecutive files OMRTOOLBUS_20030228 L0G1 OMRTOOLBUS_20030228 LOG2 etc Directory Enter the path where to keep the Internal Logger File Keep Log File for Here the number of days how long to keep the Internal Logger File can be entered After this number of days expires the corresponding Internal Logger File will be automatically deleted The default value 0 keeps Internal Logger Files forever in this case they
42. name of the Windows program server that will be accessing the data element In the case of data coming from or going to OMRON Controllers via this Server the application portion of the address is OMRTOOLBUS topic name Meaningful names are configured in the Server to identify specific devices These names are then used as the topic name in all conversations to that device For example PLC1 Note You can define multiple topic names for the same device PLC to poll different items at different rates item name A specific data element within the specified topic When using the OMRTOOLBUS Server an item can be a relay timer counter register etc in the PLC The term point is used interchangeably with the term item in this User Manual For more information on item point names see the tem Names section later in this manual Installing the OMRTOOLBUS Server Installing the Server The OMRTOOLBUS Server installation package can be supplied 1 Asa self extracting archive 50010xxx EXE for Suite Link amp DDE version or 50011xxx EXE for OPC amp DDE version if downloaded from Klinkmann s web site the xxx is the current latest version of the Server 2 From installation on Klinkmann Software CD 3 On two or three distribution disks floppies To install the OMRTOOLBUS Server from the self extracting archive run the 50010xxx EXE or 50011xxx EXE and proceed as directed by the OMRTOOLBUS Server Setup program
43. nt bank only Memory Area code 98 Timer Completion flags and Counter Completion flags are read only Not supported on CJ1 controllers If item point represents a separate bit in word area relevant in CIO W H A D and E areas then two conventions can be used for item point naming 1 Item point names without word bit separator are supported for compatibilty with Wonderware Hostlink I O Server item naming The word address in this case is specified by the leftmost five digits D and E items or by leftmost four digits CIO W H or A items Therefore every item name representing the Bit must contain 7 digits D and E area e g D0001007 is a bit 7 in D area address 10 or 6 digits CIO W H and A items e g H000412 is a bit 12 in H area address 4 If necessary address in item name contains leading zeroes Character or can be used as a Separator between word address and bit address For example bit number 3 in word number 100 of CIO area can be specified as ClO100 03 or ClO100 03 2 The following examples show the correct format for item names for CS1 and CJ1 PLCs ClO000201 CIO Area Bit word address 2 bit number 1 CIO2 01 CIO area Bit status word address 2 bit number 1 ClO257 CIO Area Word contents word address 257 H006210 Holding Area Bit word address 62 bit number 10 DM21 Data Memory Area with word address 21 Monitoring and Controlling Communication with a PLC
44. on of PLC program It is recommended to write the whole word where it is possible instead of separate bit writing it will improve the performance of the Server Note The results will be unpredictable if you use the OMRTOOLBUS Server to write to discretes which are also being used in a ladder logic program For better results avoid this practice 3 The using of PLC memory areas The OMRTOOLBUS Server uses FINS commands to exchange information with OMRON controllers and depending on client application there are two possible choices for each topic controller 1 If Multiple Memory Area Read see Topic Definition Command is not used then maximum 500 consecutive words can be read from controller by one read command The Server uses the following system to create read commands the words 0 499 are in the memory area s first message the words 500 999 in the second etc The data only from one memory area can be read by one read command In this case the optimal using of PLC memory is very important there must be as few as possible commands sent to the controller and it is strongly recommended to use consecutive memory addresses for items points this will considerably improve the performance of the Server This choice is recommended if large amount of consecutive data must be read from few memory areas To find out how many messages are actually sent to network the commands Dump Screen or Dump from System Menu can be used Refer to the T
45. otocols this version hereafter is referred to as the Suite Link amp DDE version Server version ordering number DR 500 11 supporting OPC and DDE protocols this version hereafter is referred to as the OPC amp DDE version The separate installation package is supplied for each version of the Server In all cases the name of Server executable file is OMRTOOLBUS EXE All further information in this manual is same for all versions of the Server with the exception of few points where communication protocol specific features are explained Communication Protocols Dynamic Data Exchange DDE is a communication protocol developed by Microsoft to allow applications in the Windows environment to send receive data and instructions to from each other It implements a client server relationship between two concurrently running applications The server application provides the data and accepts requests from any other application interested in its data Requesting applications are called clients Some applications such as Wonderware InTouch and Microsoft Excel can simultaneously be both a client and a server FastDDE provides a means of packing many proprietary Wonderware DDE messages into a single Microsoft DDE message This packing improves efficiency and performance by reducing the total number of DDE transactions required between a client and a server Although Wonderware s FastDDE has extended the usefulness of DDE this extension is being pus
46. ox Initial Value jo Min EU 32768 Mag EU 32767 Deadband jo Min Raw 32768 Max Raw 32767 Eng Units TCS l 0 r Conversion eng tints Log Deadband Linear Square Root Access Name PLC1 Item Dm1 00s I Use Tagname as Item Name Refer to the Item Names section below for complete details Where applicable the Use Tagname as Item Name option may be selected to automatically enter the tag name in this field Note The tag name can only be used if it follows the conventions listed in the Item Names section Once all entries have been made click on the Save button in the top dialog box to accept the new tagname To define additional tagnames click on the New button To return to the WindowMaker main screen select Close OMRTOOLBUS Communication Server Ver 1 x User Manual Rev 1 0 500xxm10 DOC Klinkmann Automation OMRON Toolbus Communication Server 27 Monitoring the Status of Communication with InTouch InTouch supports built in topic names called DDEStatus and lOStatus which are used to monitor the status of communication between the Server and InTouch For more information on the built in topic names DDEStatus and lOStatus see your online InTouch User s Guide The status of communication between the Server and InTouch can be read into Excel by entering the following DDE reference formula in a cell on a spreadsheet in following examples PLC1 is the Topic Name configured for OMRTOOLBUS Server
47. ox type the actual program name for the I O Server program from which the data values will be acquired In case the values are coming from the OMRTOOLBUS Server the OMRTOOLBUS is used Do not enter the exe extension portion of the program name Topic Name Enter the name defined for the topic in the OMRTOOLBUS Server to identify the topic the OMRTOOLBUS Server will be accessing The Topic Name is an application specific sub group of data elements In the case of data coming from OMRTOOLBUS Server program the topic name is the exact same name configured for the topic in the OMRTOOLBUS Server Note This will usually be the same as the Access Name although if desired they may be different However it must be the same name used when the topics were configured in section Configuring the OMRTOOLBUS Server Which protocol to use Select the protocol DDE or Suite Link that you are using When to advise server Select Advise all items if you want the Server program to poll for all data whether or not it is in visible windows alarmed logged trended or used in a script Selecting this option will impact performance therefore its use is not recommended Select Advise only active items if you want the Server program to poll only points in visible windows and points that are alarmed logged trended or used in any script Click OK to accept the new Access Name and close the Add Access Name dialog box The Access Names dialog box will re
48. rosoft Excel manual for complete details on entering Remote Reference formulas for cells OMRTOOLBUS Communication Server Ver 1 x User Manual Rev 1 0 500xxm10 DOC Klinkmann Automation OMRON Toolbus Communication Server 29 Notes on Improving Server Performance 1 Consecutive addressing of OMRTOOLBUS items To increase the performance of OMRTOOLBUS Server it is highly recommended to use the consecutive addressing of items For example access to two consecutive channels words in the PLC only takes about 15 longer than access to only one channel If addresses of channels are widely separated the access to two channels may take up to twice long as access to only one channel For access to discrete items within channels the OMRTOOLBUS Server must access to whole channel word to read one bit Therefore access up to 16 bits will take no longer as access to one bit if all 16 bits are in the same channel word 2 Writing bits There is no Toolbus command available for direct bit writing to Omron PLCs To write a bit value into ClO W H A D and E areas for CS1 and CJ1 PLCs the Server at first reads a word including the corresponding bit from the PLC Then according to the new bit value to be written this received word is modified and written back to the PLC It means that 16 bits are written to PLC instead of 1 bit If PLC program modifies this word contents between above mentioned read and write commands it can cause incorrect executi
49. roubleshooting menu section 2 If Multiple Memory Area Read is used then maximum 250 non consecutive words also from different memory areas can be read by one command this mode does not OMRTOOLBUS Communication Server Ver 1 x User Manual Rev 1 0 500xxm10 DOC Klinkmann Automation OMRON Toolbus Communication Server 30 support strings long values and floating point values This choice is recommended if non consecutive data must be read from different memory areas 4 Some suggestions for processing of alarms Discrete values The following actions are recommended if different time intervals must be used to read Integer and Discrete values create two different topics for the same PLC and use greater Update Interval for topic with Integers for example 3000 milliseconds and smaller Update Interval for topic with Discretes for example 500 milliseconds if possible then put together all Discretes in one memory area at consecutive addresses may be in the PLC program to minimize number of read messages sent at smaller Update Interval 5 Other suggestions For great InTouch applications it is recommended to decrease the amount of log information used for historical trending historical trends are stored on the disk and therefore disk read write operations will take more time as permissible If there are problems with the speed of screen redrawing then possible solutions would be the decreasing of total amount of redrawn infor
50. s computer check Run application on the following computer and browse the remote computer JohnB Click on the Identity tab and select The interactive user Edit Security settings v 1 set the following custom access permissions NETWORK SYSTEM SteveL 2 set the following custom launch permissions INTERACTIVE SYSTEM NETWORK SteveL 3 be sure the Default Configuration Permissions contain SYSTEM re a Before starting a remote OPC Server be sure the OPC Server computer and OPC Client computer can access each other on the network The Remote Procedure Call Service should be started on OPC Server computer Now remote OPC Server is accessible for OPC Client on computer SteveL To allow the access to more OPC Clients configure DCOM on each OPC Client computer OMRTOOLBUS Communication Server Ver 1 x User Manual Rev 1 0 500xxm10 DOC Klinkmann Automation OMRON Toolbus Communication Server 20 The following table contains most frequent errors when configuring DCOM Error message Possible reason DCOM not installed DCOM has not been installed Server execution failed 1 OPC Server can not be started 2 Identity for OPC server not properly configured xe Nn 3 OPC Server is not located on a local hard disk 4 OPC Server path in registry is too long or uses LFN Long File Names 5 DCOMCNFG Location is not set to Run on this computer Class not registered OPC Server has not been registered RPC server is unavai
51. s for local OPC Server but some DCOM Distributed COM configuration is required before accessing the remote OPC Server The DCOM configuration must be done both on OPC Server and OPC Client computers Configuring DCOM To access OMRTOOLBUS Server as a remote OPC Server it is necessary to install OMRTOOLBUS Server on both OPC Server and OPC Client computers The OMRON FinsGateway software must be installed on both computers otherwise OMRTOOLBUS Server does not run Also the DCOM must be configured on both computers After Server installation the System Administrator must configure DCOM by Dcomcnfg exe or Dcomcnfg32 exe for Win9x system tool This utility is located in the Windows system directory e g in WinNT system32 or Win9x system Below is a simple example how to configure DCOM on NT Workstations for OPC Server computer computer name JohnB and on OPC Client computer computer name SteveL OMRTOOLBUS Communication Server Ver 1 x User Manual Rev 1 0 500xxm10 DOC Klinkmann Automation OMRON Toolbus Communication Server 19 Action Remote OPC Server OPC Client Computer name Computer name JohnB SteveL install the OPC Server Run Deomenfg exe Invoke Default Properties and set v v Default Authentication Level to None Default Impersonation Level to Impersonate Select OPC Server from Applications list v and click on the Properties button Click on the Location tab uncheck Run application on thi
52. ws to view the OMRTOOLBUS Server s exposed address space OMRTOOLBUS Communication Server Ver 1 x User Manual Rev 1 0 500xxm10 DOC Klinkmann Automation OMRON Toolbus Communication Server 22 Update Interval Enter the frequency in milliseconds that the server will acquire data for the items points associated with this topic If O zero is entered here OPCLink will not gather data from OMRTOOLBUS Server Browse Clicking on this button initiates the browsing through exposed address space of OMRTOOLBUS Server All currently available item point names including data area names and range of addresses and names of pre defined additional items will appear on Browse OPC items window in alphabetical order Accessing OMRTOOLBUS Items via the OPCLink Server The communication protocol addresses an element of data in a conversation that uses a three part naming convention that includes the application name topic name and item name The following briefly describes each portion of this naming convention application name The name of the Windows program server that will be accessing the data element In the case of data coming from or going to OMRTOOLBUS Server OPC amp DDE version the application portion of the address is OPCLINK topic name Meaningful names are configured to identify specific devices PLCs These names are then used as the topic name in all conversations to that device PLC This must be same name as Topic Name
53. x User Manual Rev 1 0 500xxm10 DOC Klinkmann Automation OMRON Toolbus Communication Server 9 Save Configuration Configuration File Directory C OMRTOOLBUS Defaults JV Hake this the default configuration file This dialog box displays the path where the Server is going to save the current configuration file The path may be changed if necessary Also the path can optionally be recorded in the WIN INI file by selecting the Make this the default configuration file option Doing so will allow the OMRTOOLBUS Server to find the configuration file automatically each time it is started Configuration File Location When the OMRTOOLBUS Server starts up it first attempts to locate its configuration file by first checking the WIN INI file for a path that was previously specified If the path is not present in the WIN INI file the Server will assume that the current working directory is to be used To start the Server from an application directory configuration file other than the default configuration file a special switch d is used For example invoke the File Run command and enter the following OMRTOOLBUS d c directoryname Note There is no limit to the number of configuration files that may be created although each must be in a separate directory Topic Definition Command The user provides each device controller with an arbitrary name that is used as the Topic Name for all references to the device Only direct po
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