FieldServer FS-8707-06 - Manual (Page 2)

FS-8707-06 FST OPC Server for FieldServer Table of Contents
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Contents
1 FST OPC Server for FieldServers Description................................................................................................... 3
1.1 OPC Version Supported ................................................................................................................................. 3
1.2 Compatibility Matrix ...................................................................................................................................... 3
2 Driver Scope of Supply ................................................................................................................................... 4
2.1 Supplied by FieldServer Technologies for this driver ..................................................................................... 4
2.2 Provided by the Supplier of 3
rd
Party Equipment .......................................................................................... 4
2.2.1 Required 3 rd Party Software ................................................................................................................... 4
3 Hardware Connections ................................................................................................................................... 5
4 Installing the FST OPC Server on a PC ............................................................................................................. 6
5 Quick Start Steps to Implement a simple OPC configuration (Server Side) ..................................................... 7
6 Configuring the OPC Client to use the FST OPC Server .................................................................................... 8
6.1 OPC datatypes ............................................................................................................................................... 8
7 Quick Start Steps to Implement a Simple Intellution Fix Configuration .......................................................... 9
8 Example Setup ............................................................................................................................................. 10
8.1 Sample FieldServer Setup ............................................................................................................................ 10
8.2 Example OPC Server Setup .......................................................................................................................... 11
8.3 Run FSTDRV.EXE as a Windows Service ....................................................................................................... 12
Appendix A. Troubleshooting Tips ....................................................................................................................... 13
Appendix A.1. Locating the “FieldServer.7.16.x” file ............................................................................................... 13
Appendix A.1.1. When the Client & Server are on the same machine .............................................................. 13
Appendix A.1.2. When the Client & Server are different machines .................................................................. 13
Appendix A.2. The OPC Client returns OPC data quality bad .................................................................................. 13
Appendix A.3. Communication ................................................................................................................................ 13
Appendix B. Vendor Information ......................................................................................................................... 14
Appendix A.4. Clients Using Syncio Interface .......................................................................................................... 14
Appendix A.5. Fix IO User account ........................................................................................................................... 14
Appendix C. Reference ......................................................................................................................................... 15
Appendix A.6. The OPC Server – Operating Recommendations and Limitations .................................................... 15