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Integrating Non-Standard Devices with TOP Server UCON

Learn how to integrate your non-standard devices with TOP Server UCON for plant floor data accessibility. Explore user-configurable solutions, key features/benefits, protocol creation, live demos, UCON commands/settings, and real-world case studies. Don't miss this opportunity to address integration challenges and achieve real-world excellence.

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Integrating Non-Standard Devices with TOP Server UCON

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  1. TOP Server UCON: Integrating Your Non-Standard Devices Presenter: Kevin Rutherford, Senior Applications Engineer

  2. Agenda • Overview of User Configurable Solutions • TOP Server UCON Key Features/Benefits • Protocol Creation with UCON • Live UCON Demo • UCON Commands/Settings • Protocol Creation: Barcode Walkthrough • UCON Case Study: Real World Success • Summary / Q&A

  3. How Do You Get Plant Floor Data at Your Fingertips? What Types of Devices Are On Your Plant Floor? PLC’s (Allen-Bradley, Modbus, Siemens, Fanuc…) DCS Systems Other Systems/Devices With a Standard Protocol Standard I/O Servers for Standard Protocols What If You Have Devices with a Non-Standard Protocol? No Standard I/O Servers for Non-Standard Protocols

  4. Real World Devices:A “Zoo” of Non-PLC Hardware Ethernet: TCP/IP, UDP, Telnet, RS-232, RS-422, RS-485 Message Displays & Scoreboards Gas analyzers Barcode Printers Bar Code Scanners i.e. Intermec, Symbol, Z-Tron Linear Scales i.e. Mitutoyo, Digimatic Measuring Systems Laser Marking Systems Combustion Analyzers Gas Chromatographs Weigh Scales Mass Spectrometers iFIX PDB Custom/Other Applications

  5. Real World Excellence is Not Possible with Traditional Solutions Traditional Solutions for Non-Standard Device Connectivity Custom Driver Development Interface Device to a PLC (Basic Module) Pick Device that Integrates with Your Existing Standards Manual Data Entry/Collection Abandon Integration Entirely Traditional Solutions Are: • Expensive • Error prone • Unreliable • Inflexible • Hard to Maintain • High Risk

  6. Every Industry Faces Integration Challenges Food & Beverage Barcoding, RFID, Printers, Weigh Scales Pharmaceutical Serialization, Barcode, RFID, Weigh Scales Packaging Barcode, Printers, RFID, Weigh Scales Power Generation Emissions Monitoring equipment The Lists/Examples Number in the Thousands So How Do You Address Such Integration Challenges?

  7. Real World Excellence Demands New Device Integration Solutions New Challenges Product Traceability Customer Demands/Expectations Regulatory Requirements New Approaches “Don’t Integrate” Not an Option Leverage Existing Standards (i.e. OPC) Leverage Off-the-Shelf Tools Leverage the Experience of Others Custom Code/Applications are a Last Resort New Approaches Result In: • Lower Engineering Costs • Lower Risks • Flexibility • Business Decisions using Real Data

  8. User Configurable Drivers:Flexible, Off-the-Shelf Solutions OPC Suitelink User Configurable OPC & IO Server DDE RS-232/422/485 Or Ethernet Any of the thousands of devices that you must integrate with

  9. TOP Server UCON:Key Features / Benefits • Key Features • Use in your TOP Server with other “standard” drivers – SINGLE interface • Serial and Ethernet • Solicited and Unsolicited • Key Benefits • Flexible Data Parsing • Fixed Length • Delimited Data • By Specified Length Byte • Scripting Based Parsing • Conditional Processing • Powerful Diagnostics • Protocol / Channel • OPC • Verbose Event Log • Saves You Money in Design & Startup

  10. Example Protocols Barcode Scanner Weigh Scale Modbus RTU

  11. Interpretation of Protocol Commands • Engineer Defines Once: • Command Format to Send to Device (if necessary) • What Format of Device Response Looks Like (if applicable) • Where Desired Data is in Response

  12. TOP Server • Live Demonstration • Common Commands / Settings • Protocol Walkthrough: Barcode Scanner

  13. Case Study – BHP Billiton/Mozal System Platform 3 w/ InTouch 9.5 “Saveway” Weigh Scales Metals & Mining Industry Implemented in < 1 day of effort

  14. Steps to Success w/ UCON Obtain Protocol Documentation for Your Device Look for Available Message Samples Determine Specific Commands Needed Know What Data You Need to Read/Write Start Simply to Prove Connectivity Contact Us! Complimentary Protocol Evaluations Tips & Recommendations for Getting Started

  15. Contact Information & Other Learning Opportunities • Questions later? • Kevin Rutherford • krutherford@softwaretoolbox.com • 888-665-3678 or 704-849-2773 • support@softwaretoolbox.com • www.toolboxopc.com/html/ucon1.html • www.softwaretoolbox.com • Other learning opportunities • Visit www.softwaretoolbox.com/webinars

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