Guia para Conectar IFIX Com KEPServerEX
Guia para Conectar IFIX Com KEPServerEX
Guia para Conectar IFIX Com KEPServerEX
October, 2011
V. 1.105
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Table of Contents
1. Overview and Requirements ........................................................................ 1
1.1 Installing KEPServerEX ..................................................................... 1
2. Preparing KEPServerEX for an iFIX PDB Connection ........................................ 2
3. Connecting to the Server from iFIX ............................................................... 3
4. Adding Tags to iFIX .................................................................................... 6
5. Using Kepware’s OPC Quick Client ................................................................ 9
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1. Overview and Requirements
This guide will demonstrate how to establish a connection between the KEPServerEX
OPC server and GE's Proficy iFIX.
Note: For this tutorial, Proficy iFIX version 5.0 is used.
6. Next, open the GE iFIX Native Interface drop-down menu and select Will
be installed on local hard drive.
7. Then, click Next.
8. Click Install to start the installation.
Note: Users that installed iFIX after KEPServerEX will have to re-run the
server installation and select Modify in order to select the GE iFIX Native
Interface.
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2. Preparing KEPServerEX for an iFIX PDB
Connection
Users must complete the following before continuing with the tutorial:
Configure the KEPServerEX application. Users may either select the
appropriate driver and settings or run the Simulation Driver Demo that is
included with KEPServerEX. The Simulation Driver Demo project will be
used for all examples in the tutorial.
Start KEPServerEX and load the Simulation Driver Demo project. Once the
server project has been loaded, open the Runtime menu on the main menu
bar and verify that the server project has been connected.
In order for IDS components to be installed, iFIX software must be installed before
KEPServerEX.
1. Open the KEPServerEX project. Then, click File | Project Properties.
2. Select the iFIX PDB Settings tab and then check Enable connectivity to
iFIX PDB.
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3. Leave the remaining fields at their default settings and then click OK.
2. Next, click the SCADA Configuration icon located in the bottom of the SCU -
FIX window.
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3. Under Scada Support, select Enable to activate the Database Definition and
the I/O Driver Definition dialog sections.
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Note: Newer versions of the IDS driver will also work with KEPServerEX.
5. To add the Industrial Data Server to Configured I/O Drivers, click Add. Then,
click OK.
Note: The SCU window should now display a SCADA Configuration icon.
6. Next, save the configuration by clicking File | Save. Keep the default name.
7. Click File | Exit to close the window.
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4. Adding Tags to iFIX
1. In order to receive data from the server, tags must be added to iFIX. In Proficy
iFIX Startup, launch Proficy iFIX.
2. In the Proficy iFIX workspace, expand the Database folder in the project tree
and then double-click on Database Manager.
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3. In Welcome to Proficy iFIX Database, click to select Open Local Node.
Then, click OK.
4. In the Proficy iFix Database Manager, add a tag to the database by clicking
Add within the group of Blocks icons.
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6. In Analog Register, enter a tag name. For this tutorial, enter “TAG1".
7. Next, enter an I/O address that corresponds to the item desired in the server.
The format is <Channel Name>.<Device Name>.<Tag Name>. For this tutorial,
specify the I/O address of the project tag “Channel1.Device1.Tag1”.
8. Leave the remaining fields at their default settings. Then click Save.
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Note: The new tag should now be visible in the first row of the Database
Manager.
9. The database spreadsheet does not show changing data by default. To view
updates of changing data, select Options within the group of Settings icons.
Then, check Enable Spreadsheet Auto Refresh.
10. The tag that has been created in iFIX may now be used in an HMI display.