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TOP Server V5.4 Features and New Release

TOP Server V5.4 Features and New Release. Presenters: Kevin Rutherford – Senior Applications Engineer & Boyce Baine – Senior Applications Engineer. Agenda. Overview of TOP Server TOP Server V5 Features Driver Updates/Enhancements Live Demonstration OPC Xi Configuration Manager

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TOP Server V5.4 Features and New Release

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  1. TOP Server V5.4Features and New Release Presenters: Kevin Rutherford – Senior Applications Engineer & Boyce Baine – Senior Applications Engineer

  2. Agenda • Overview of TOP Server • TOP Server V5 Features • Driver Updates/Enhancements • Live Demonstration • OPC Xi Configuration Manager • Status/Diagnostic Info on Desktop • Coming in V5.5 • Summary and Q&A

  3. What is TOP Server?

  4. TOP Server V5Operating System Support • All Current Operating Systems • Windows Server 2003/2008 (32/64 Bit) • Windows 7 (32/64 Bit) • Windows Vista (32/64 Bit) • Windows XP (32/64 Bit) • Windows 2000 / Server 2000

  5. TOP Server V5 with Remote Desktop

  6. Shared Data Folder Location

  7. Specify Runtime Configuration File

  8. Client side impact No changes to addressing of tags/devices OPC ProgID Change V4: SWToolbox.TOPServer V5: SWToolbox.TOPServer.V5 Remove/Redirect allows V4 ProgID to point to V5 w/o any client changes! Suitelink/FastDDE Application Name V4: Servermain V5: Server_runtime Installation – Select Suitelink/FastDDE What about moving forward to V5? Great for testing and trying out V5 while still using V4! Upgrade without having to make any OPC client changes

  9. TOP Server V5OPC A&E

  10. DCOM Vendor and/or YOUR Information Model Information Model Specifications DA A&E HDA CMDs Batch XmlDa DX Security OPC UA Base Services Introduction to OPC UA Data Access (DA) Batch Alarms & Events (A&E) OPCUnifiedArchitecture(UA) Commands Historical Data Access (HDA) UA Server(s) XML Data Access (XMLDA) Security Data Exchange (DX) UA Client(s)

  11. TOP Server V5 – OPC UA

  12. TOP Server UA Client Driver And if you connect the OPC UA Client to a Remote TOP Server… You have a secure OPC UA Tunnel: Connect any client application to the TOP Server UA Client driver locally Easily access other driver data in the Remote TOP Server via the UA Server Interface with No DCOM!

  13. TOP Server Driver Enhancements • New OPC Client Suite • Includes OPC DA Client Driver • Includes OPC UA Client Driver • One convenient driver suite for OPC Server connectivity • Expose other OPC DA and UA data via TOP Server Client Interfaces

  14. TOP Server V5.4 OPC Xi Interface (Beta) • OPC Xi (OPC .NET 3.0) • Newest OPC Specification • Based on Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) Technology • Eliminates DCOM • Increased Security • Built-in Authentication • Authorization • Data Encryption • OPC Xi Client Access to OPC DA & AE

  15. What is DNP and Who Uses It?

  16. DNP Enhancements for 5.4

  17. DNP Enhancements for 5.4

  18. DNP Enhancements for 5.4- WITS

  19. BACNet Driver Enhancements

  20. SNMP Suite Enhancements

  21. TOP Server Driver Enhancements • Beckhoff TwinCAT Ethernet • Support for TwinCAT V2.9 • Driver controller for Version • Omron Suite • FINS Ethernet & Serial • New CJ2 Device Model • New Device Level Errors

  22. TOP Server Driver Enhancements • Modbus RTU Serial • Increased Channels from 100 to 256 • Siemens S7 Ethernet • Support for locale-specific strings • UCON • Increased Device ID Range from 255 to 65,535

  23. TOP Server Live Demo • Live Demonstration • OPC Xi Configuration Manager • Status/Diagnostics on Desktop http://www.toolboxopc.com/html/product_details.html

  24. Coming in TOP Server V5.5 (Q1 2011) • BACnet • Automatic Device Discovery/Generation • Enhanced Modem Support • SNMP • New SNMP Agent • SNMP V3 Support • New Tag Generation Utility

  25. Tips & Tricks • Lots of free help at http://www.toolboxopc.com/html/support.asp • Quick Start Guide • Training Videos • Papers and Utilities – Trouble Shooting Guide • More information on the Product Details tab • http://www.toolboxopc.com/html/product_details.html • Contact Software Toolbox support@softwaretoolbox.com while you are in the planning stage, so we can help

  26. Contact Information & Other Learning Opportunities • Questions later? • support@softwaretoolbox.com • www.toolboxopc.com • www.softwaretoolbox.com • Other learning opportunities • Visit www.softwaretoolbox.com/webinars

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