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OPC Servers/Clients DEMO. G. Thomas IT-CO/FE. OPC Servers/Clients DEMO. Use of OPC servers for simulation and tests of OPC clients. (selected: Matrikon) Matrikon OPC server simulator
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OPC Servers/Clients DEMO G. ThomasIT-CO/FE
OPC Servers/Clients DEMO • Use of OPC servers for simulation and tests of OPC clients.(selected: Matrikon) • Matrikon OPC server simulator • To test OPC client functionalities by generating a large number of signals like random, ramped or stepped values. • To avoid to test with physical devices • Matrikon OPC server for DDE (DEMO) • To access data from OPC Server directly into an Excel spreadsheet or any other "DDE " application. (Matlab,Works, etc) • Running application with a local OPC client connected to Remote OPC servers to control physical devices.
Use of OPC Server for simulation & tests (OPC server for DDE ) 3. Connect to the Server-DDE 2. Configure the OPC Server for DDE (items to be shared by the clients 4. Subscribe to the data of interest (items/groups) 1. Declare data to be accessed 5. Can now read/write data from/to excel Each box denotes a separate software applicationEach line correspond to a connection
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