Device Based Hierarchy - Manual. Remote Automation Solutions OpenEnterprise OPC Client RDI

Reference Guide

D301518X412

April 2012

1.4.6.3

OPC Client RDI Configuration

Device Based Hierarchy - Manual

This option allows the user to make choices regarding the OPC Device or OPC Group name for each

Tag Group that is returned from the Tag Browser. This is done through the Add OPC Item dialog, which displays each Tag Group in turn. The user can then use the default OPC Device and Group name provided, or create a new OPC Device and Group to which the tags in the Group will be added.

When the OK button is selected, the Add OPC Items dialog will appear for each Tag Group returned from the Tag Browser.

1.4.6.3.1 Device Based Example - Manual

This example displays how multiple tags will be returned when the Device Based:Manual option is selected from the Multiple OPC Tag Selection dialog. A single Device has been configured in the configuration tool prior to getting the tags from the Tag Browser.

1.4.6.3.1.1 Step 1 - Get Tags

To access the OpenEnterprise OPC Tag Browser, the OPC Device is selected from the configuration tool, and the Get Tags option is selected from the context menu (or select the Get Tags button from the right side of the main interface). This time, we have given the Device the same name as one of the Devices in the OPC Server.

1.4.6.3.1.2 Step 2 - Return Tags

In the example below, the RTU1 Device has been selected. This will mean that all tags returned from this Device in the Tag Browser will be added to RTU1 as configured in the configuration tool. If I had selected the OPC Server object, both RTU1 tags and RTU2 tags would have been added to RTU1 in the configuration tool.

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