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5.Quick Start Steps to Implement a simple OPC configuration
1.Configure a FieldServer with a valid IP address. Make sure that at least one Data Array exists. An N1 or N2 connection must be configured with the SMT protocol (SMT is default so the protocol field can be blank). This Nx connection must be the one used to connect to the OPC Server machine.
2.Open a DOS box and “PING” the FieldServer from this machine to check that the networking is correctly setup. Take note of the IP address.
3.Configure Data Arrays in the FieldServer & note their names and data types (Read FieldServer Configuration Manual for more info)
4.Run the “FST Configurator” (This is in the Start menu program group you selected when you installed the OPC Server), and add an Ethernet connection to the config tree
5.Add a FieldServer to the config tree, edit the IP address & change the default name to something meaningful (note for future steps)
6.Add a Data Array to the config tree
∙Set the Name to that used inside the FieldServer. The name is not case sensitive and will be forced to uppercase.
∙The default “offset” is 0, and you will use this in 99% of cases.
∙Set the length to the number of elements in the FieldServer/Data Array or less. The maximum length is determined by the datatype of the Data Array. If you require more, make another poll block with offset > end of first block.
∙Set the data storage type to the data type of the Data Array in the FieldServer (this is important, as you may get incorrect values if set incorrectly)
7.Press the green “Start” button
8.Press the “Stats” button & check that we are sending & receiving, if not
9.You have now configured the OPC Server side; from here the user is expected to understand the operation of their specific OPC Client, the wording that follows is generic OPC terminology.
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