Configurations in Operation—Exercises

Required Data

Exercise Name

Purpose: The purpose of this exercise is to show you the required data that is used in the exercises below.

  1. Basic OPC Client Configuration. 
  2. Detailed OPC Client Configuration.

General exercise for Basic OPC Client Configuration and Detailed OPC Client Configuration.   

Main Exercise

Purpose: The purpose of these exercises is to show you how to initiate data acquisition, trigger an event and view the effects in the IFS/OPC Client event log as well as in IFS/Applications.

Windows:
Server Properties
Group Properties
Measurements

Launch Data Acquisition

  1. Click the File menu and click Open.
  2. Browse for and select the configuration XML file you saved after the Detailing Configuration Levels exercise.
  3. Open the Demo OPC Server and restore the tag list with your OPC Configuration.
  4. Right click on the server you created and click Properties. (Alternatively you can right click on the OPC server and click Connect)
  5. On the OPC Configuration tab, click Connect.
  6. Click OK. Observe that the yellow server icon is now green.

Simulate Event

  1. Double click on the tag on PM-312-PA-001 in the OPC server and change the value to 125. Note that the value is updated in the tag list in the OPC-client. Also note that no event is triggered since the value 125 is below the first interval.
  2. Change the value to 251. Note that that the On Value Interval is triggered within the OPC client, details of which can be viewed in the event log in the pane at the bottom of the client.
  3. Also note that the event message 'Operational Time:251' which was predefined in the VB script on the corresponding event is displayed in the event log pane.
  4. Change the value on the OPC Server to 300. Note that no event is triggered since this value is below the sum of the first interval and second interval.
  5. Change the value to 351. Note that that the On Value Interval is triggered again within the OPC client, details of which can be viewed in the event log in the pane at the bottom of the client.
  6. Also note that the event message 'Operational Time:351' which was predefined in the VB script on the corresponding event is displayed in the event log pane.

View in IFS/Applications

  1. Open the Measurements window,
  2. Query for the following object: PM-312-PA-001.
  3. Click OK. Note that the record details in this window match the input record parameters defined on the group subscriber as in the OPC client.