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Control IT AC800 M/C OPC Server
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OPC Server Overview
Used to communicate to an operator interface and other applications that need data
Makes it possible for any OPC Client to read data from the controller
The MMS Server is the ”Switchboard” between Control Builder, Controllers and the OPC Server Handles read/write operations
Supported standards OPC Data Access, OPC DA
Meets 1.0 A and 2.0 OPC Specification
OPC Alarm & Event, OPC A&E (In future release)
Meets 1.0.2 Alarm & Event OPC Specification
In addition it provides its own alarm and event attributes
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Alarm & Event OPC Server (in future)
The Controllers alerts the OPC Server when a application change is made Then the server starts an
“alarm summary” and refresh both itself and the subscribing OPC client
Class is an ABB attribute that allows the user to sort and classify alarms according to different process locations Thereby allowing critical
process areas to be put under closer surveillance.
The AutoDisable is attribute from ABB that comes with the OPC Alarm and Event Server software The alarm disable itself after it
has given alarm Off and On a few times
e.g. unstable conditions out in the process and not being reset by the operator
Once the alarm has been activated and presented on the operator’s monitor, it won’t keep filling the screen and/or sending event designated printouts
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Easy configuration
You do not need to care about OPC Support when you write application
Just start the OPC Server and connect it using the IP-address of the controller
The OPC Server detects any changes in the control program and updates it self Every 20 seconds, the OPC
Server asks the connected controllers for their current versions
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OPC Server Performance
The OPC server has no built-in limitations in number of controllers, OPC clients or items
The performance depends on the amount of the MMS traffic between the server and the controllers This in turn depends on the
number of items and the rate at which the items are updated in the OPC server
The following information is based upon an OPC Server running on a PC with a processor type Pentium III, 550 MHz and with 256 MB RAM. ~12000 OPC items with an
update rate of 1 second E.g. one OPC Client can
subscribe to 12000 items or 4 OPC clients can subscribe to 3000 items each
The performance also depends on the controllers ability to provide the OPC server with variable values
The values are based on an update rate of 1.0 s
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