Part 3 – abb xmodbus opc client, 3 part 3 – abb xmodbus opc client – Micromod MOD: Extended Modbus (XModbus) OPC Server Users Guide User Manual

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Extended Modbus OPC Server

Application Tutorial

3.2.3 Part 3 – ABB Xmodbus OPC Client

Launch the XModbus OPC Server Application if it was not running already. It will be
launched with your last saved database PidLab.MOPC as shown below:

Figure 3 .13.

OPC Server
database with tags

• Do you notice that the OPC database is populated with tags from the MIF file

automatically? Also notice that the tags are shown with alias names.

• Select the device (MOD30ML1) and right-click on it. Select Properties from the

resulting menu.

Figure 3 .14.

Device Properties

• This will display the Device Properties dialog as shown below:
• This dialog gives details about the MIF file in addition to the device details.

Important information about the MIF file are:

• MIF file name and location.
• Time-stamp
• Number of elements / tags.

By clicking on the button next to the MIF File field, you can choose a different MIF
file to attach to this device. Do not do that for this lab as the MIF file is already used to
populate the tags.

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