Active OPC Server System Requirements. Moxa ioLogik E1510-T

ioLogik E1500 Series Active OPC Server Utility

Active OPC Server

Moxa Active OPC Server is a software package operated as an OPC driver of an HMI or SCADA system. It offers seamless connection from Moxa ioLogik series products to SCADA systems, including the most popular:

Wonderware, Citect, and iFix. Active OPC Server meets the latest standard of OPC DA3.0 to connect various kinds of devices and host OPC machines.

Active OPC Server System Requirements

Hardware Requirements

CPU

RAM

Network Interface

Software Requirements

Operating System

Intel Pentium (Pentium 4 and above)

512 MB (1024 MB recommended)

10/100 Mbps Ethernet

Microsoft Windows 2000, XP or later

Editor (not required)

OPC Server Specifications

Microsoft Office 2003 (Access 2003) or later

OPC Data Access

Max. tags

ioLogik Support

Product Models

1.0a, 2.0, 2.05a, 3.0

256

Firmware version ioAdmin version ioLogik E1200 series, ioLogik E1500 series, E2200 series, E4200, and W5300 series

V3.0 or above

V3.0 or above

NOTE The latest versions are Active OPC Server V1.11 and ioAdmin 3.10. Use firmware V1.3 or above for the ioLogik

W5312 series, V1.5 or above for the ioLogik W5340 series, and V1.2 or above for the ioLogik W5340-HSDPA series for the following descriptions to be valid.

OLE for Process Control

OPC (originally OLE for process control) is an industry standard created by the leading worldwide automation hardware and software suppliers working in cooperation with Microsoft. The standard defines methods for exchanging real-time automation data between PC-based clients using Microsoft operating systems. The organization that manages this standard is the OPC Foundation.

The OPC Specification is a non-proprietary technical specification that defines a set of standard interfaces based on Microsoft’s OLE/COM/DCOM platform and .NET technology. The application of the OPC standard interface makes possible interoperability between automation/control applications, field systems/devices, and business/office applications.

Traditionally, software and application developers needed to write a custom interface or server/driver to exchange data with hardware field devices. OPC eliminates this requirement by defining a common, high performance interface that permits this to be done once, and then easily reused by HMI, SCADA, Control, and custom applications.

Drivers must be installed several times to connect to different devices

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