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Exploring the New Features of OPC
Systems.NETUDP Broadcast/Receive
OPC Excel.NET
Renee SikesApplications Engineer
Email: [email protected]
Phone: +1 (704) 849 2773
Agenda
Introduce OPC Systems.NET
Introduce new features
UDP Broadcast and Receive
OPC Excel.NET
Live Demo – Connecting to Excel
Summary
Questions & Answers
We’ll get here quickly!
We’ll get here quickly!
OPC Systems Components
Windows Applications Controls .NET, Alarm.NET,
Trend.NET, Gauge.NET Web Applications
WebControls.NET, WebAlarm.NET, WebTrend.NET
OPC Systems Components
WPF Applications WPF.NET
Mobile Applications Mobile.NET
Data Management Database.NET, Report.NET,
Recipe.NET, Client.NET, Route.NET, Excel.NET
OPC Systems .NET Benefits
OPC Systems .NET provides these benefits:
Central “always-on” tag repository = faster performance
Tag data can come from OPC DA and/or Databases,
including Excel
Multi-Threaded for faster, and more Reliable operations
Buffers data, eliminating data-loss for short outages as
well as maximizing the performance of your web-link
Modular, components available separately or as a suite
Affordable, not as expensive as you might think
OPC Self-Certified, for assurance in quality
NO MORE DCOM HEADACHES
PLCPLC DCSDCS OtherOther
How it works…
OPC Systems .NETOPC Systems .NETServiceService
(Tag Repository) (Tag Repository)
OPC Systems .NETOPC Systems .NETServiceService
(Tag Repository) (Tag Repository)
.Net Remoting
Data Source
OPC Server
OPC Server
Tag repository stores Data, and some history
Data can come from OPC Servers
OPC Connection is always ON eliminating connectivity overhead
Applications see the data when it opens
.Net Remoting transfers the data WITHOUT DCOM
PLCPLC DCSDCS OtherOther
How it works…
OPC Systems .NETOPC Systems .NETServiceService
(Tag Repository) (Tag Repository)
OPC Systems .NETOPC Systems .NETServiceService
(Tag Repository) (Tag Repository)
.Net Remoting
Data Source
OPC Server
OPC Server
Application requests an “update” of the items/tags it needs.
OPC Systems .NET Server responds with values that have changed: If value remains same,
empty data-set returned If 1-value changed, that
value is returned If the value changed
multiple times, all updates sent
Tag Repository individually “caches” data to each client
If a client goes temporarily offline, it will “catch-up” on the next update.
Applies to ALL OPC Systems .NET Clients(data logging, alarms, WinForms, WebForms etc.)
OPC Systems .NET OPC Systems .NET ServiceService
(Tag Repository)(Tag Repository)
Client Client ApplicationApplication
Client Client ApplicationApplication
QueueQueueQueueQueue
Local
Client Client ApplicationApplication
Client Client ApplicationApplication
QueueQueueQueueQueue
Network
Client Client ApplicationApplication
Client Client ApplicationApplication
QueueQueueQueueQueue
Internet
Tolerance
UDP Broadcast and Receive
Broadcast all OPC Systems tag values to specified UDP clients
Receive UDP broadcast messages of tag values from remote OPC Systems services
Built-in security Value transfer is one-way
Easy configuration
OPC Excel.NET
Read and Write data in Excel Unlimited remote Excel connections
to OPC Systems service without NetDDE Uses RTD function to communicate
Combine with other OPC Systems features to get data from Excel to Visual Studio applications, web applications, data bases, reports, etc.
OPC Excel.NET
Free configuration utility to help you properly create formulas to read/write tags, or read timestamps
Confirmation of data exchange for added reliability
Connect to Excel 2003, 2007, and 2010
Live Demo
UDP Broadcast/Receive Set up UDP Broadcast on VPC Set up UDP receive on host
Demonstrate Excel worksheet Read a tag with its timestamp Write tags View Security Settings
Affordable
Tag Counts 1 Feature 3 Features 5 Features All 15 Features
100 Tags $195 $495 $735 $995
250 Tags $295 $745 $1,115 $1,495
500 Tags $395 $995 $1,495 $1,995
1,000 Tags $495 $1,245 $1,865 $2,995
2,500 Tags $795 $1,995 $2,995 $4,995
Code-less development tools are
Runtime-free Fully documented, lots of examples SmartClient Technology ready
No OPC Server Connection or Client Connection Counts No Text File or Database Connection Counts
*Support and Maintenance contracts are available for 20% of the total license cost
Contact us for pricing for higher tag counts
More Information
www.softwaretoolbox.com/opcsystems
Questions: Renee Sikes:
Email:
Technical Support:
Tel: +1 (704) 849-2773
Web: http://support.softwaretoolbox.com
… get through to an expert!