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Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION TO KEPSERVEREX .....................................................................................1
ACCESSING KEPSERVEREX ....................................................................................................1
NON OPC CONNECTIVITY .............................................................................................................2
Supported Non OPC Methods...................................................................................................2
USING KEPSERVEREX DRIVERS .....................................................................................................2
INTRODUCTION TO LINKMASTER........................................................................................3
NON OPC CONNECTIVITY .............................................................................................................3
Supported Non OPC Methods...................................................................................................3
AUTOMATIONDIRECTS LOOKOUT™ DIRECT AS AN OPC CLIENT ............................1
CONNECT TO THE SERVER FROM LOOKOUT™ DIRECT ..................................................................1
CREATE A NEW PROCESS ...............................................................................................................1
CREATE AN OPCCLIENT OBJECT ...................................................................................................3
ADD A DISPLAY OBJECT TO THE PANEL.........................................................................................6
VIEW LIVE DATA ...........................................................................................................................9
CUTLER-HAMMER’S PANELMATE PC PRO AS AN OPC CLIENT................................11
ABOUT PANELMATE PC PRO.......................................................................................................11
Creating a PanelMate PC Project ..........................................................................................11
Create a Connection to the Server ..........................................................................................12
Configure a Display Page.......................................................................................................14
Save your configuration ..........................................................................................................17
Run your PanelMate PC Pro Project......................................................................................17
GE’S CIMPLICITY® AS AN OPC CLIENT ............................................................................19
CONNECT TO THE SERVER FROM CIMPLICITY V5.0......................................................................19
Create a New Project..............................................................................................................19
Run the Project Wizard ...........................................................................................................21
Running the Project and Connecting to KepserverEx.............................................................25
OPTIMIZING YOUR CIMPLICITY 5.0 PROJECT ...............................................................................28
Adding Additional Points to your Project ...............................................................................30
CONNECT TO THE SERVER FROM CIMPLICITY V4.01....................................................................33
Create a New Project..............................................................................................................33
Create an OPC Port................................................................................................................36
Create a Device.......................................................................................................................37
Create a Data Point ................................................................................................................39
Check the OPC Connection ....................................................................................................41
UPGRADING A PROJECT FROM KEPSERVER V3.2 TO V4.0............................................................41
ICONICS’ GENESIS32® AS AN OPC CLIENT.......................................................................43
CONNECT TO THE SERVER FROM GENESIS32 COMPONENTS ........................................................43
Select a Process Point.............................................................................................................43
Browse for an Available Server ..........................................................................................44
Select Tag from Browser ....................................................................................................45
Check the OPC Connection and View Server Data ................................................................47
INTELLUTION’S IFIX AS A CLIENT .....................................................................................49
PREPARING KEPSERVEREX FOR AN IFIX PDB CONNECTION .......................................................49
CONNECT TO THE SERVER FROM IFIX .........................................................................................50
Configure the SCADA Properties ...........................................................................................51
Add Tags to iFIX .....................................................................................................................52
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