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1. 4 1 2 REVISION OF THE MANUAL 4 1 3 AREA OF VALIDITY OF THE 4 2 ENTROBUCTION 2 a a aan ee een 5 2 1 WHAT DOES OPC MEAN smettvswescaneviesactataiiernidscieveventascdtaveeiveredvwusdiadabieasideererscmaversaieswniens 5 2 2 WHAT DOES DCOM MEAN ae 5 2 3 WHAT DOES XML DA MEAN naa 5 INSTALLATION PROMI NENT OPC SERVER uauuuuunnnnunnnunnnnnnnnnunnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnunnnnnnnnnnn 6 3 1 SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS amp STANDARDS ccccccccccceccucetccueeecgueeecaeeeecaneeesnneteunetesgnneeegnneeennntnnnnnes 6 3 2 een rare een ee 6 4 START ee een i cee ee cen a erneuern 7 4 1 CEN RAM 7 4 2 STAR TING ee an E ee ee 7 4 3 OND BENTO DEVICE ae ae A A en ee 7 4 4 SAVING OF THE 7 4 5 LINKING OF OPC EHEN en2. ProMinent OPC Server Prominent OPC Server demo EN opc File Edit Settings Help DF i 83 Property Value Fran fee chlorine 0 04 09 24 06 GOOD Double chlorine status 19 24 06 GOOD String dosage 100 09 24 06 GOOD Double controlstatus active 09 24 06 GOOD String H pH H E chlorine Value chlorine Chlorine status dosage controlstatus ALARM E configuration E control comb Temp DM CLE CTE DM H H H E A E E E Updaterate 90 Update 28 ProMinent ProMinent Dosiertechnik GmbH 69123 Heidelberg Germany Page 1 Imprint Imprint Manual ProMinent OPC Server ProMinent Dosiertechnik GmbH 2006 ProMinent Dosiertechnik GmbH Im Schuhmachergewann 5 11 69123 Heidelberg Germany Phone 49 6221 842 0 Fax 49 6221 842 617 info prominent com www prominent com Subject to change Printed in Germany ProMinent ProMinent Dosiertechnik GmbH 69123 Heidelberg Germany Page 2 Contents 1 4 1 1 PURPOSE THE MANUAL su un sta ee
3. control type Range set J Range eg Read value Write value Page 15 6 6 1 Error messages There already exists The configuration already includes a device with this Dialogue Add edit a device with this IP IP address and port There can be only one device device address and port with the same IP port combination per configuration Enter an IP address The input field for the IP address is blank A valid IP Dialogue Add edit address for the device is required to be able to device communicate with it Enter a device name The input field for the device name is blank A Dialogue Add edit unique device name is required for the device to be device addressed through the OPC client Enter a port The input field for the port number is blank Forthe Dialogue Add edit standard port 80 communication always an IP address and the device pertinent port are required If you are not sure please use the standard value of 80 Could not open the The system tried to load a project but the entered At programme start if file example opc file does not exist Please check the programme a project 15 to be settings with regard to the project to be loaded loaded Invalid IP or host The IP address or the host name entered in the Dialogue Add edit address input field for the device IP address is invalid or device contains invalid characters A valid IP address consists of four num
4. daira NEE 7 5 PROGRAMME FUNCTIONS uuuaanunuunnnnnnnnnnunnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn 8 5 1 MAN TERE AC rasen 8 5 2 ea 10 5 3 TOOLBAR een ne 11 5 4 DEFAULT SETTINGS ee en ee nee 12 5 5 A DDOE OE meern ee en 13 5 6 dD ND A Ce 13 REMOVE DEVICE ae a 13 5 8 PROGRAMME INFORMATION ABOUT 14 5 9 STATUS 14 5 10 CONTE MENUS ernennen nee ren gene 15 15 DACA DON ICA ee 15 6 PANNE X E E E E EE E 16 6 1 ERROR MESSAGES aseri re ne a ee 16 6 2 SUPPORT 18 O e A EE E A E A 18 ProMinent ProMinent Dosiertechnik GmbH 69123 Heidelberg Germany Page 3 1 Preamble 1 1 Purpose of the manual This user manual is part of the documentation on the software ProMinent OPC Server This user manual is to guide the user through gt The installation of the software gt The implementation of the software gt The configuration of
5. ProMinent Dosiertechnik GmbH 69123 Heidelberg Germany Settings Help Ctrl M Chris pHStat dosage contral m Edit Settings Help l Add device Ar Edit device Delete device Load configuration From device File Edit Settings Basic settings Biete Deutsch 8 1 English i DH Edit Settings Contents 63 236 177 Value Page 10 5 3 Toolbar 1 a 7 e00 The buttons of the toolbar from left to right gt ProMinent New project Creates a new project changes not saved are lost Open project Loads an existing project Save project Saves the present project Add device Opens the dialogue to add a new device Delete device Deletes the marked device from the project Load device configuration Loads the present configuration of the marked device Access device website Opens the website of the device in the web browser Help Opens this help ProMinent Dosiertechnik GmbH 69123 Heidelberg Germany Page 11 5 4 Default settings Basic settings Project Load Following project on server startup Empty Project Most recently opened project Selected project Startup options Invisible when started by OPC Client In the default settings it can be determined which project is to be loaded when starti
6. the version numbers of both toolkit libraries should be stated The version numbers are shown in the Help menu in the option About The trace file is located in the programme directory of the OPC server corresponding to the directory entered during installation Trace file The trace output is activated as standard the trace file is created in the programme directory of the OPC server The trace functionality can be activated deactivated manually Open the file settings xml in the programme directory of the OPC server using any text editor e g Notepad Locate a line reading as follows lt Trace gt false lt Trace gt Change the setting to true to activate the trace output Change the setting to false to deactivate the trace output The trace file trace txt is renamed to trace txt bak as soon as the file exceeds 256KB to prevent any congestion of the hard disk A possibly existing file trace txt bak will then be overwritten ProMinent ProMinent Dosiertechnik GmbH 69123 Heidelberg Germany Page 18 Technical changes reserved ProMinent Dosiertechnik GmbH Im Schuhmachergewann 5 11 69123 Heidelberg Germany Phone 49 6221 842 0 Fax 49 6221 842 617 info prominent com www prominent com ProMinent ProMinent Dosiertechnik GmbH 69123 Heidelberg Germany Page 19
7. ause problems in the client or server Do you want to exit One or several clients are still connected Changes to the configuration are no longer possible The application has to be rebooted for the change in language to become effective The server should in principle only be exited if no clients connected to it any longer It may however happen that a client is exited unexpectedly and no message related to this is received by the server In this case the server can be exited by selecting the option Yes Changes to the server configuration are no longer possible as soon as clients are connected Please first disconnect all client connections and reboot the server to make changes in the configuration A change in the language settings can only be activated after rebooting the application Please reboot the OPC server to activate the changed language setting ProMinent Dosiertechnik GmbH 69123 Heidelberg Germany Message when closing the server Create new project open project add device remove device edit device load device configuration Menu Settings Language Page 17 6 2 Support Should problems occur with regard to the OPC server the trace functionality can be used to make an error diagnosis easier for the support team Support requests should always be accompanied by the files trace txt trace txt bak if available In addition the programme version as well as
8. ber groups between 0 and 225 which are separated by a dot each Example 192 168 172 5 Port must be a The entered port number is not within the valid Dialogue Add remove number between 1 range Valid ports for connections are in the device and 65535 range of 1 to 65535 There already exists The used device name already exists in the Dialogue Add remove a device with this configuration The names for each device in the device name configuration must be unique please enter another name Error when This message is displayed if there were problems accessing the device when accessing the device Possible causes The device is not switched on the IP address at the device is incorrectly configured the IP address in Main programme window in the status bar the server is incorrectly entered or the network is not available The OPC namespace The list of the data points or the data point was already structure in the OPC server can only be generated initialised A new once at the start of the OPC server Then further initialisation is only changes are no longer possible In order to load possible after reboot another project and to activate it in the OPC server of the server the OPC server has to be rebooted with this project Create new project load project ProMinent ProMinent Dosiertechnik GmbH 69123 Heidelberg Germany Page 16 ProMinent A client is still connected Exiting the server may c
9. c For further information on OPC technology please visit www opcfoundation org ProMinent ProMinent Dosiertechnik GmbH 69123 Heidelberg Germany Page 5 3 Installation ProMinent OPC Server 3 1 System requirements amp standards The following requirements exist gt Support operating systems Windows 2000 Service Pack 3 Windows 98 Windows 98 Second Edition Windows ME Windows Server 2003 Windows XP Service Pack 2 gt Windows Installer 3 0 gt Framework 2 0 gt The required RAM depends on the number of data points and the number of the connected clients 512MB RAM are recommended as minimum The server supports the following OPC standards gt Data Access DA DA2 DA3 gt XML DA must be activated by USB hardlock Scope of installation gt The software requires approx 3 5 MB gt In addition several OPC system components such as Softing License Manager are installed 3 2 Installation Start the setup by double clicking on OPCServer Setup exe An assistant will guide you through the installation process step by step If not already installed NET Framework 2 0 setup which is included on the installation CD will be accessed during the installation process ProMinent ProMinent Dosiertechnik GmbH 69123 Heidelberg Germany Page 6 4 Quick start 4 1 General The OPC server mainly consists of two components viz the actual OPC Server which 15 started by the OPC Client and with which it
10. ed The OPC namespace will be newly generated and the deletion of the device will become effective for the OPC client only after the reboot 5 8 Programme information About About Prominent OPC Server Prominent OPC Server version 1 0 3 14 Copyright ProMinent Dosiertechnik GmbH 2006 ProMinent Dosiertechnik GrnbH OTSudll 4 11 Build 520 OPCToolboxNETServer dll 4 10 0 512 OPC Server For Prominent Devices The dialogue About can be accessed via the help menu This option shows the programme version as well as the version of the OPC toolkit libraries All three version numbers should be stated in case of support requests 5 9 Status bar Loading configuration Updaterate 90 Update in 59 The status bar shows the present programme activity gt The progress bar shows the progress of the present event gt Directly beside this bar a description of the present work process is displayed Should a malfunction occur during a process an error message Is displayed here gt At the right side of the status bar the following Is displayed o The present update rate of the selected device in seconds o countdown to the next value update ProMinent ProMinent Dosiertechnik GmbH 69123 Heidelberg Germany Page 14 ProMinent Possible status messages in the status bar gt Ready The server is ready for operation gt Load configuration The configuration is loaded by a device gt P
11. exchanges data This is done in operation with a visualisation or soft PLC mainly in the background i e invisible to the user For the OPC server to exchange data the server has to be configured first of all For this purpose the OPC Server offers a comfortable graphical Windows user interface as second component Once the OPC server has been configured the user interface is mostly only required for commissioning but not for the operation with an OPC client The configuration and data communication between the OPC client and the server is accomplished in three consecutive steps 4 2 Starting Start the ProMinent OPC server by double clicking on the desktop icon or from the start menu under Programme gt ProMinent OPC Server gt ProMinent OPC Server 4 3 Adding of a device To add a device e g Dulcomarin click on the icon in the toolbar or select Add device in the menu Edit In the following dialogue enter the identification for the device the required user name the password as well as the IP address and the port of the device which are required for access Confirm all entries with OK The device is now included in the project structure and subsequently the configuration of the device is loaded Loading of the device configuration takes several seconds to One minute depending on the size of the system 4 4 Saving of the project To save the project select Save from the menu File or press the keys St
12. ng the OPC server As a default the option Load last opened project is selected This loads the project which was last opened or saved upon start of the server Alternatively a project can be determined which 15 always to be loaded To do so select the option Selected project and click on Browse to determine the desired project The start option Invisible at start by OPC client allows an invisible start of the OPC server by the OPC client This makes sense if the user of the system is not to have direct access to the configuration of the OPC server via the Windows task bar ProMinent ProMinent Dosiertechnik GmbH 69123 Heidelberg Germany Page 12 5 5 Add device Device settings Having added a device the project must be saved and the server must be rebooted The OPC namespace will be newly generated and the data points of the new device will be updated Username and thus become visible to the OPC client only after the reboot ACCESS Device Password Communication IPF Address Pork 80 Changes take effect after server restart only In the dialogue for adding of devices only the port is defined as standard The device name can freely selected however should not be changed after commissioning because otherwise the data points in all linked OPC clients would have to be adapted User name and password of the device are to be entered because otherwise no access to the data poin
13. red value thus originates from the locally saved configuration file The column Type shows the data type of the measured value The data type String is a simple character string Double are floating point figures with a high internal accuracy The data types int Uint may be shown infrequently these are integers in certain value ranges ProMinent ProMinent Dosiertechnik GmbH 69123 Heidelberg Germany Page 9 5 2 File menu gt New Creates a new project Changes not Saved are lost gt Open Loads an existing project gt Save Saves the present project gt Save as Saves the present project under a defined name gt Exit Exits the OPC server Edit menu gt Add device Opens the dialogue to add a new device gt Delete device Deletes the marked device from the project gt Load device configuration Loads the present configuration of the marked device gt Write value Opens a dialogue to change the value of the data point Only available for data points with write access gt Read value Starts a read query to the selected data point Setting menu gt Default settings Opens the dialogue with the default settings gt Language Selects the programming language The server has to be rebooted after each change of language Help menu gt Content Opens this help gt About Opens a dialogue with programme and version information ProMinent
14. rg S The configuration is Saved as XML file with the extension OPC 4 5 Linking of OPC client The project structure OPC namespace can now be accessed through the OPC client and you may now start to process the data or present them in a visualisation software OPC server and client are installed on one OPC server and client are installed on networked PCs PC TCP IP DCOM AML DA OPC Server ProMinent D OPC Client mari OPC Client OPC Server Dulcomarin ProMinent Dulcomarin ProMinent ProMinent Dosiertechnik GmbH 69123 Heidelberg Germany Page 7 5 Programme functions 5 1 Main interface The configuration of the OPC server is made in a clear diagram similar to the file explorers known from MS Windows The devices up to the measured values are presented in a tree structure Prominent OPC Server 16 File Edit Settings Help i Demo 83 236 177 190 Timest Quality 8 1 12 55 31 Double E BH pHStatus 12 55 31 String value dosage 12 55 31 Double pH controlstatus inactive 12 55 31 String pHstakus dosage controlstatus Alarm configuration control ORP chlorine Cl comb Temp CTE l ee El Updaterate 90 Update in 63 The programme window 15 divided into four areas gt The menu and toolbar at the top gt On the left the tree structure with devices and their da
15. rocess data The configuration or data points of a device are processed gt Server ready after reboot Changes were made to the server configuration and a reboot Is required to implement the changes Changes not saved must be saved before any reboot gt Update data points The data points were loaded by the device and are now updated in the server gt Log on The server tries to log on to the device gt Log out The server logs out at the device gt Error when accessing the device The server could not access the device For possible reasons please read Troubleshooting in the annex 5 10 Context menus Device menu When clicking right on a device in the tree structure the context menu for this device can be accessed In the context menu the following options can be selected device Edit device Remove device Edit and remove refer to the presently selected device while add adds a new independent device Data point menu When clicking right on a data point in the tree structure the relevant context menu can be accessed In the context menu the following options can be selected Read value Write value Write value is only available if the data point has the attribute rw and thus can be written on the device Do i 1 80 ProMinent Dosiertechnik GmbH 69123 Heidelberg Germany File Edit Settings Help Edit device Delete Device
16. sparently know whether the data exchanged through OPC originate from an application within its own address space or from a third party local process or even from a computer remotely linked through TCP IP The transmission and access rates are as 15 standard for DCOM hardly slowed down by unnecessary administration effort The OPC standard defines certain DCOM objects i e the functions interfaces which an OPC participant has to provide through DCOM to be able to exchange data with other OPC applications The installation CD also includes a comprehensive document of the OPC Foundation with fundamental notes on the use of DCOM under Windows XP and the system configuration 2 3 What does XML DA mean The communication through DCOM is limited to local networks The data exchange through XML facilitates the communication with the platform independent protocol SOAP via the Internet Intranet With OPC XML DA the first Web service based interface was created The functionality is similar to that of the standard Data Access interface which is the first and still most important interface of OPC With the Web service OPC is also available on other platforms such as e g Linux Many manufacturers of OPC servers have developed adapters as a first step which simply map OPC XML DA calls to the existing COM OPC DA servers In contrast to DCOM Web services use Port 80 HTTP This makes also easier to communicate through firewalls or to tunnel data traffi
17. ta points are shown gt On the right details on the data points are shown gt The status line is displayed at the bottom of the window In the left window area the devices with their data points are presented By clicking on the icon the tree structure can be extended The choice of possible tools and menu functions depends on whether a device itself or a data point has been selected In the right window area the details on the relevant selected data point are shown If a group of measured values e g Measured value was selected the list of the measured values with identification present value time stamp quality and data type are shown on the right part of the list If a measured value itself was selected its specific properties are shown on the right window side Property on the right window side characterises the relevant measured value In the column Value the present value of this measured value is shown The column Timestamp shows the date at which this value last changed ProMinent ProMinent Dosiertechnik GmbH 69123 Heidelberg Germany Page 8 Quality states how reliable this value is The quality GOOD means that the value was successfully updated during the last update If the quality shows BAD the value was not received by the device The quality LAST KNOWN informs about the fact that no data point update took place since loading of the configuration and that the measu
18. the software 1 2 Revision of the manual Revision of the manual 23 November 2006 1 3 Area of validity of the manual The manual is valid for ProMinent OPC Server version 1 0 X ProMinent ProMinent Dosiertechnik GmbH 69123 Heidelberg Germany Page 4 2 Introduction 2 1 What does OPC mean OPC means Openness Productivity Collaboration formerly OLE for Process Control and characterises a uniform and manufacturer independent software interface OPC Data Access OPC DA is based on the Windows technology COM Component Object Model and DCOM Distributed Component Object Model OPC XML is based on the Internet standards XML SOAP and HTTP OPC is used in areas where sensors controllers and controls of various manufacturers form a common flexible network Without OPC two devices required exact knowledge of the communication options of the other device to be able to exchange data Extensions and replacement are thus correspondingly difficult With OPC an OPC compliant driver for each device has to be written only once Ideally this driver is already provided by the manufacturer An OPC driver can be integrated easily in any major control and monitoring system 2 2 What does DCOM mean For the communication between the individual applications OPC presently mainly uses the Microsoft DCOM technology Distributed Component Object Model DCOM extends COM by network functionality Thanks to DCOM OPC applications tran
19. ts of the device would be possible The Same applies to the IP address of the device Instead of the IP address the host name of a device may be entered provided a host name was assigned in the network 5 6 Edit device Device Having modified a device the project must be saved and the ACCESS A server must be rebooted The OPC namespace will be newly eae generated and the changes will Username user become effective for the OPC client only after the reboot Password one Communication IP Address 533 236 177 190 Fort 80 In the dialogue for editing devices the settings for the device are already defined The device name should only be changed if no clients with data points were configured A change of the device name results in the fact that the clients can no longer access the parameters of the device For safety reasons the password of the device is only represented by dots Instead of the IP address the host name of a device may be entered provided a host name was assigned in the network 5 7 Remove device In order to remove a device the device has to be selected in the left area of the programme window Then click on Delete device in the menu Edit or on the icon in the toolbar Confirm the query whether the device is to be deleted with Yes ProMinent ProMinent Dosiertechnik GmbH 69123 Heidelberg Germany Page 13 Having deleted a device the project must be saved and the server must be reboot
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