OWMT-SOFT-OPC. Omega Engineering Dynapro ET 3200 Series, OMWT-SOFT-OPC, M-4066, OMWT Series

OWMT-SOFT-OPC

Version 2.2

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M-4066

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OMWT-SOFT-OPC Server Contents x i

Contents

Overview 1

Quick Start................................................................................................................................. 1

Description ................................................................................................................................ 3

OMWT-SOFT-OPC Server and Wireless................................................................................. 3

Receivers................................................................................................................................... 5

Device List ................................................................................................................................ 5

Polling ....................................................................................................................................... 6

Identification ............................................................................................................................. 6

Filtering..................................................................................................................................... 6

What is OPC?............................................................................................................................ 7

Data Logging............................................................................................................................. 7

Diagnostics................................................................................................................................ 7

OMWT-SOFT-OPC Main Window 8

Main Window............................................................................................................................ 8

Setup.......................................................................................................................................... 8

Change Port................................................................................................................. 8

Add/Delete IP Connection .......................................................................................... 9

View IP Connection Status ....................................................................................... 10

Outputs...................................................................................................................... 11

Search and Add Devices ........................................................................................... 13

ReConfigure Net ....................................................................................................... 13

Devices.................................................................................................................................... 14

Errors....................................................................................................................................... 14

Quit.......................................................................................................................................... 14

Help......................................................................................................................................... 14

OMWT-SOFT-OPC Server .INI File Format 15

OMWT-SOFT-OPC.ini............................................................................................................ 15

SERVER ................................................................................................................... 16

Logging..................................................................................................................... 17

IP Addresses.............................................................................................................. 17

DIGITAL I/O............................................................................................................ 17

TEMPERATURE Setup ........................................................................................... 18

HUMIDITY .............................................................................................................. 19

DIGCOUNTER and Directional Counter ................................................................. 20

CNTTEMP................................................................................................................ 21

FASTCNTTEMP ...................................................................................................... 22

ALARMTEMP.......................................................................................................... 23

Analog Input ............................................................................................................. 24

Access/Control Reader.............................................................................................. 25

Repeater .................................................................................................................... 26

Dual Discrete Output................................................................................................. 26

Wireless Analog Output............................................................................................ 27

OMWT-SOFT-OPC INI Backup ............................................................................................ 28 ii x Contents OMWT-SOFT-OPC Server

OMWT-SOFT-OPC Server Tags 29

Using OPC Tags.......................................................................................................................29

Device Names ..........................................................................................................................29

Device Tag Names ...................................................................................................................31

Temperature...............................................................................................................31

Digital I/O: DIGITALn..............................................................................................32

Temperature/Humidity: HUMIDITYn.......................................................................33

DIGCOUNTER and Directional Counter: DIGCOUNTERn and DIRECTCNTn ....34

CNTTEMP: CNTTEMPn..........................................................................................35

FASTCNTTEMP: FASTCNTTEMPn.......................................................................36

ALARMTEMP: ALARMTEMPn .............................................................................37

AnalogInput: AIn .......................................................................................................38

Access/Control Reader: IDRn....................................................................................39

Repeater: REPEATERn.............................................................................................41

Dual Discrete Output: OUTPUTDISCn.....................................................................42

Wireless Analog Output: OutputAnalogn ..................................................................43

Server Item Names...................................................................................................................44

OMWT-SOFT-OPC Server Data Logging 47

Features ....................................................................................................................................47

File Management......................................................................................................................48

File Format - Data Log.............................................................................................................49

File Format - Error Log............................................................................................................50

OMWT-RECIP Receivers

51

Overview of OMWT-RECIP Receivers...................................................................................51

Setting up to use OMWT-RECIP Receivers ............................................................................51

OMWT-RECIP Receiver Notes...............................................................................................52

Error Messages

53

Communication Errors .............................................................................................................53

Error In Finding/Initializing Port. ..............................................................................53

Cannot Open Communication Port; Already In Use..................................................53

Cannot Find Receiver! ...............................................................................................53

Cannot find and load lowlevel driver!........................................................................53

Runtime Errors.........................................................................................................................54

Communication Error: CRC16 or Time Out..............................................................54

Cannot Find Receiver.................................................................................................54

OMWT-SOFT-OPC Server Internal Error.................................................................54

Corrections

55

Why Use Corrections ...............................................................................................................55

Correction IDs............................................................................................................55

Pre-defined Thermistor ..............................................................................................55

How to use Corrections............................................................................................................56

Correction.INI file .....................................................................................................56

Predefined Corrections...............................................................................................57

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Overview

Quick Start

When OMWT-SOFT-OPC is run for the first time it displays this help screen. You

may view this help screen again by selecting "Help" from OMWT-SOFT-OPC's main

window.

OMWT-SOFT-OPC is designed to gather data from sensors. OMWT-SOFT-OPC makes available the data it receives from each sensor through OPC tags.

The main OMWT-SOFT-OPC Server window will show the total number of devices

in the startup list and how many of those that are online. The offline devices will be

shown in the list box at the bottom of the window.

OMWT-SOFT-OPC can be a stand-alone data logger. When data logging is enabled,

OMWT-SOFT-OPC will store collected data in an ASCII file at a programmable

interval. See section "OMWT-SOFT-OPC Server Data Logging".

This Help and all other Help topics may be accessed from the main window by selecting Help or pressing F1.

To Get Started:

x Plug the reciever into your serial port

x Start OMWT-SOFT-OPC.

x If necessary, tell OMWT-SOFT-OPC what kind of Receiver you are using.

x When the "Add Wireless Device" screen appears, press the service

mode button on your transmitter to transmit a packet that OMWT-

SOFT-OPC can see.

x When a device appears in the window, you may click to select it and then press the 'Edit' button to change its label name and transmit time.

x Press OK to add these sensors to the OMWT-SOFT-OPC list

x OMWT-SOFT-OPC will create OPC tag objects for each device and

start polling and gathering data from each device.

OMWT-SOFT-OPC Server Overview x 1

If there is not an OMWT-SOFT-OPC.ini file or if [Server]NumberDevices=0 and when OMWT-SOFT-OPC starts, it will automatically search for all devices on the network and add them to its list of devices to process.

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