SupportsDF32-L1PCI,DFPROFI,DFPROFIIIandFNL OPCisafascinatingtechnologywithalmostunlimitedpossibilities.OPCstandsfor OLEforProcessControl anddefinesthecommunicationbetweenarbitraryWindows2000applicationsonthebasisofMicrosoftDCOM,specializedfortherequirementsinthefieldofprocessautomation. TheobjectiveofOPCistherandomcombinationofWindowsstandardproductsfromtheautomationandprocesscontrolareawithoutcustomization,suchasdriverdevelopmentorintegration. AnOPCclientaccessesthedataofanOPC-Serverviatheservertags.Withdata,whichisassignedtotheseservertagsfromtheprocessperiphery.Thistechnologyworksnetwork-wide. TodayalmostallautomationandvisualizationsystemsareequippedwithanintegratedOPC-client-interface,allowingeasyconnectiontoaprocessperipherywithOPC-Servertechnology. Thismakesthedevelopmentofspecialdriversorintegrationobsolete.Standardproductscanbecombinedarbitrarily. TheCOMSOFTOPC-ServerisbasedontheDFboardsandtheFNLandsupportstheprotocolsSINEC-L1andPROFIBUSDP/DPV1. TheserverwasdevelopedaccordingtothelatestspecificationsoftheOPCfoundation.Itsupportsallinterfacesofversions1.0Aand2.0andisimplementedinthefreethreading/multithreadingmodel,guaranteeingoptimumperformance. Apowerfulconfigurationtoolisincludedinthescopeofdelivery.Itcanbeusedforthesettinginoperationoftheconnectedcommunicationlineandfordefinitionoftherequiredservertags. Theintegratedtestanddiagnosistoolsallowfastandefficienttroubleshooting.AlsoincludedisanexampleofanOPC-clientapplication,inordertotesttheactualserverconfigurationwithregardstofunctionality. FortheuseofPROFIBUSDP/DPV1inacontinuouslyrunningsystem,likeinprocessengineeringapplications,theCOMSOFTserversupportsdynamicmodificationsofthecurrentconfigurationunderconditionsofcontinuousdataflow. ThePROFIBUSstructurecanbechangedorextendedatanytimewithoutinterruptingtheongoingdatatransfer. ThecommunicationdirectedviatheOPCserverisconfigureddynamicaly.Thecontinuousoperationisassured. TransmissionProtocols PROFIBUSDP/DPV1(master,slave) SINEC-L1(master,slave) OpcConfigurator ProcessDataRouting Theconfigurationtoolallowsanassignmentofprocessdatatocommunicationobjects(tags)oftheOPC-servers.Sincetheassignmentisrealizedonabitlevel,alldataformatsarepossible(Bit,Byte,Int,Long,Float,BCDetc.).Therefore,theeffortontheOPC-Clientlevelfortheencodingofspecialprocessdataisreducedtoaminimum. Functions:TestandStart-up Theconfigurationtoolsfeaturecompletefunctionsforparametersettingandstart-up,aswellasforthetestingoftheconnectedcommunicationline.IfPROFIBUSDP/DPV1isused,thefollowingadditionalfunctionsareavailable: Automaticrecognitionandconfigurationoftheconnectedbusunits InterpretationoftherespectiveGSD-files,parameterizationandconfigurationoftheDP-Slaveswiththerespectivedata ExtensivetesttoolsfordataexchangewiththeconnectedDP-slaves.AllDP/DPV1servicesaresupported.Allparameterscanbeeditedseparately.