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Features at a Glance
The OPC Gateway is designed specifically for
OPC server-to-server integration. Specialized configuration and
diagnostic tools are provided to meet the unique requirements of
this application. A summary of features is presented below.
View the data sheet for more details.
Configuration
Data Exchange
Diagnostics & Support
Configuration
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Standalone configuration tool – can be used anywhere to build
server-to-server mappings offline |
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Before activating your configuration, use the verify tool to
check your mappings for: configuration
problems, mapping cycles,
data transform expression errors |
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Flexible user interface options including drag
and drop, spreadsheet-style interface,
documented dialogs, import /
export (CSV format) |
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Standalone OPC Browser utility used for browsing
the namespace of a server, displaying
item data type and access rights, off-line
configuration (browse a server’s
namespace and save it to a file for later use),
use with third party applications (like MS Excel) |
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Data Exchange
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Supports 1.0a and 2.0 compliant OPC servers |
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Standalone, dedicated data transfer engine runs as a service |
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High performance and multi-threaded – designed to handle 1000’s
of transfers per second |
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Optimize data throughput and OPC server loading - tune your
configuration to satisfy your system performance requirements |
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Communications between ‘good’ servers not affected by lost or
latent server connections |
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Configuration is verified by the engine at startup – start with
errors option provided |
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Several data transfer options – update target point when:
- Source value or quality changes (OnChange)
- Configured period expires (Polled)
- An OPC item value changes or expression is TRUE (Triggered)
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Source item quality can be transferred |
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Source item bad quality value can be specified
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Automatic data type conversion between source and target –
including support for arrays |
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User defined data transforms can be defined for each mapping.
Sample implementations include engineering unit conversion, bit
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Diagnostics & Support
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Tier-1 Diagnostics
- OPC server Watchdog points, communications status display,
throughput performance statistics, event logging |
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Tier-2 Diagnostics
- Detailed data exchange transaction logs |
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Tier-3 Diagnostics
- OPC COM Call Tracing – quickly diagnose OPC interoperability
problems |
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OPC Expert Support
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- Focused – OPC is what we do |
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- Experienced and knowledgeable – OPC experts since 1996 |
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- Responsive |
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- On-site support available |
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Extensive ‘self-help’ available in OPC Gateway online help
Troubleshooting section |
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