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OPC Gateway (Device Support)

OPC Gateway (Device Support). Ralph Lange – EPICS Collaboration Meeting March 2008 @ SSRF. OPC Gateway (Device Support). Accessing PLCs through EPICS 3.14 Device Support running on a Windows box connecting to a combination of commercially available OPC client and server packages

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OPC Gateway (Device Support)

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  1. OPC Gateway (Device Support) Ralph Lange – EPICS Collaboration Meeting March 2008 @ SSRF Ralph Lange: OPC Gateway (Device Support)

  2. OPC Gateway (Device Support) Accessing PLCs through EPICS 3.14 Device Support running on a Windows box connecting to a combination of commercially available OPC client and server packages Inspired by work from Kay-Uwe KasemirDeveloped by Carsten Winkler and Bernhard KunerWith additional help from Roland Fleischhauer and Ralph Lange Credits: Main Authors and Contributors

  3. OPC: Introduction OPC: OLE (based on COM) for Process ControlBased on DCOM: Distributed Component Object Model Client/Server ArchitectureScalable and distributed over the network “Data Access” SpecificationRead/write operations, time stamp, data qualityPolled or event driven (callback mechanism) “Alarm and Event” Specification Many existing OPC servers only implement a subset of the defined OPC features Ralph Lange: OPC Gateway (Device Support)

  4. PC Hardware PC Hardware PC Hardware OPC Server OPC Server OPC Client OPC Client DCOM DCOM DCOM PC-Card, RS 232 … Ethernet IO-Device PLC PLC OPC: Data Flow OPC Server ApplicationAlways available from the PLC vendorFor wide-spread PLC series there are alternatives offered by third party vendors (see link list at http://www.opcconnect.com or e.g. http://www.matrikonOPC.com) OPC Server – PLC CommunicationProprietary, vendor dependant OPC Client LibrariesAvailable for Windows, Unixes (see http://www.opcconnect.com)Binary distribution of the client library by Softing is royalty-free OPC Client – OPC Server Communicationvia DCOM (available by Microsoft and others – also for Linux) Ralph Lange: OPC Gateway (Device Support)

  5. OPC: Client Side Data Access Connect to Server Client will start/stop the server Browse Server For debugging purposes or dynamic client configuration Add Group Client defines groups with common parameters for all items within the group Add Items Client subscribes for several data objects OPC Server 1 N 1 OPC Browser OPC Group Common Parameters, e.g. Update Rate, Deadband 1 N OPC Item Process Variable 1 N • Properties are: • Value of a common data type • Quality • Timestamp Item Properties Ralph Lange: OPC Gateway (Device Support)

  6. PC Hardware OPC Server iocShell EPICS 3.14 OPC Client Channel Access DCOM Ethernet To other OPC clients From other OPC servers To EPICS Clients PLC OPC Device Support: Overview Supported Record Types: - ai, ao - bi, bo - mbbi, mbbo - mbbiDirect, mbboDirect - longin, longout - stringin, stringout - waveform OPC Client Library: - Softing OPC Toolbox 3.01 - Distribution as Windows binary is royalty-free - Other client libraries possible Ralph Lange: OPC Gateway (Device Support)

  7. OPC Device Support: Features Flexibility IOC will connect to multiple and/or remote OPC servers Data Conversion For all integer and float data types Timestamp is Set by OPC Server or EPICS Record Processing Determined by the record‘s TSE field OPC Quality Information is Mapped to Record’s STAT/SEVR In-Records: Read-Only Value is written by the PLC SCAN = “I/O Intr“ (event driven mode) or “.1 second“ to “10 second“ (polled mode) Out-Records: Bidirectional Value may be written by the PLC (e.g. local control) or by EPICS SCAN = “Passive“, but record will still be updated when PLC value changes Ralph Lange: OPC Gateway (Device Support)

  8. BESSY Installation: PLC Controlled Beamlines 33 Phoenix DIN-Rail PLCs with ~700 Channels Each: Approx. 22,000 Channels Phoenix OPC Server Introduces Serious Limitations Supports only polling mode: no events in the OPC server – PLC connection Max. 2 PLCs per OPC server No third-party OPC server available for this particular PLC type Windows PC Hardware 4 Dual-processor 3 GHz 19” rack servers (standard high availability servers) Each server runs 4 virtual Windows PCs (using VMware GSX server software) Each of the 16 virtual PCs runs one softIOC and one OPC server that connects to 2 PLCs PLC data is polled every 100ms or 250ms (different OPC Groups) Servers are running at 40-50% CPU load Ralph Lange: OPC Gateway (Device Support)

  9. OPC Device Support: Experiences and Status The BESSY beamline guys are very satisfied with this solution “OPC is the spreading integration standard in scada and industrial automation.” “Vendors simply have to provide OPC servers for a PLC if they want to be commercially successful. For common PLC series, third-party vendors will add competition, leading to better OPC servers.” “This gateway opens up a window from EPICS to the whole wide world of industrial automation.” They are very interested to have more facilities use the OPC device support and feedback changes as well as improvement requests Existing users: BESSY, DESY, PSI, SLS, PPPL, SNSLatest changes by Sheng Peng are evaluated for integration Contact: Roland.Fleischhauer@bessy.de Carsten.Winkler@bessy.de Ralph Lange: OPC Gateway (Device Support)

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