Siemens S7-200 PLCs 32-Bit KEPServerEX OPC Server
This OPC server is a member of the KEPServerEX family of OPC servers and shares a number of powerful features in common with all of the OPC servers in the KEPServerEX family. The KEPServerEX family of OPC servers represents the latest in client-server communications technology for connecting HMI, Historian, Database, and other applications to plant floor equipment.
Broad OPC Support
The KEPServerEX implements both the OPC 1.0a and 2.0 Data Access Specifications giving you the choice of the widest range of OPC client applications. The KEPServerEX is continuously tested with the most popular OPC client applications on the market to insure ease of use, integration, and reliability, including popular names as Wonderware, Intellution, Iconics, Cimplicity, RSView and more.
Legacy Support for DDE
While OPC has become the defacto format of choice for communications drivers in the automation market, we realize that not everyone can replace their client software with the latest OPC client versions. For this reason, the KEPServerEX is one of the few OPC servers on the market to also simulataneously support Rockwell's AdvanceDDE and Microsoft's standard DDE interfaces for connecting the KEPServerEX to your client application. For example, Microsoft Excel (pre Excel 2000 versions) supports Microsoft DDE. With the KEPServerEX you can connect to your legacy DDE clients today and move smoothly to the world of OPC when you are ready and not have to worry about replacing or re-configuring the communications driver connecting you to your production machinery.
Other New Features in the KEPServerEX
Support for Existing KEPServer Tag Databases Your existing KEPServer version 3.x tag databases are readable by the new KEPServerEX so you can migrate your existing application seamlessly to the KEPServerEX
Online Full Time The KEPServerEX allows you to make changes to your tag database configuration at any time. In older versions, you could be online, but not add tags, or be offline to add tags but not read data. With the KEPServerEX you make changes when you need to, on the fly.
User Management With powerful features such as online changes, you want to make sure you manage who is allowed to make what changes. The User Manager in the KEPServerEX lets you define what different people can change and update in the servers' configuration.
Tag Management You want to organize your tag database around your process. With the KEPServerEX we've taken full advantage of OPC grouping capabilities to let you segregate and organize your tags the way you want them. Drag and Drop configuration lets you quickly move, add, copy large numbers of tags quickly and easily. CSV (Ascii comma-delimited) format import and export lets you bring in your tags from an Excel worksheet or export them, edit them in bulk and bring them back in.
Tag Scaling Display your data in units that are meaningful to you. The KEPServerEX supports Linear and Square Root tag scaling. You define the display format and the engineering units display string to meet your needs.
Diagnostics The KEPServerEX family of OPC servers provide real time diagnostics on all tag read/write operations that can be viewed in your OPC client to keep tabs on what is going on in the server. For those tough to debug communications problems, you can turn on our diagnostic window and capture protocol packets off to disk to find out what is really happening between the computer and the hardware device.
Other Powerful Features in the KEPServerEX include:
- Tag Browsing
- Modem support built in for serial drivers
- Extensive help files and examples of how to use the KEPserverEX with popular OPC clients
- Visual Basic OPC client sample code
- 32-bit high performance multi-threaded drivers
- Auto-Start for unattended operation
- Works with any OPC client or DDE, AdvanceDDE client application
PLCs supported: Single Master Multidrop RS485 Supported
Stations 0-126, S7-212, S7-214, S7-215, S7-216, or greater
Multiple data formats such as Float, Double Word, and Long Word are supported. You can also access bits within a word of data with this driver and much more with our flexible configuration
Works with Windows 95,98 or Windows NT 3.51, 4.0, and Windows 2000 . This product is Y2K compliant.
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