top server v5.4 features and new release
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TOP Server V5.4 Features and New Release. Presenters: Kevin Rutherford – Senior Applications Engineer & Boyce Baine – Senior Applications Engineer. Agenda. Overview of TOP Server TOP Server V5 Features Driver Updates/Enhancements Live Demonstration OPC Xi Configuration Manager - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
TOP Server V5.4Features and New Release
Presenters: Kevin Rutherford – Senior Applications Engineer &Boyce Baine – Senior Applications Engineer
Agenda
Overview of TOP Server TOP Server V5 Features Driver Updates/Enhancements Live Demonstration
OPC Xi Configuration Manager Status/Diagnostic Info on Desktop
Coming in V5.5 Summary and Q&A
What is TOP Server?
TOP Server V5Operating System Support
All Current Operating Systems Windows Server 2003/2008 (32/64 Bit) Windows 7 (32/64 Bit) Windows Vista (32/64 Bit) Windows XP (32/64 Bit) Windows 2000 / Server 2000
TOP Server V5 with Remote Desktop
Shared Data Folder Location
Specify Runtime Configuration File
What about moving forward to V5?
Client side impactNo changes to addressing of tags/devicesOPC ProgID Change
V4: SWToolbox.TOPServerV5: SWToolbox.TOPServer.V5Remove/Redirect allows V4 ProgID to point to
V5 w/o any client changes!
Suitelink/FastDDE Application NameV4: Servermain V5: Server_runtimeInstallation – Select Suitelink/FastDDE
Great for testing and trying out V5
while still using V4!
Upgrade without having to make any OPC client changes
TOP Server V5OPC A&E
Introduction to OPC UA
UA Server(s)
UA Client(s)
DCOM
OPC UA Base Services
DA A&E HDA CMDs Batch XmlDa DX Security
Information Model Specifications
Vendor and/or YOUR Information Model
TOP Server V5 – OPC UA
TOP Server UA Client Driver
And if you connect the OPC UA Client to a Remote TOP Server…
You have a secure OPC UA Tunnel:
Connect any client application to the TOP Server UA Client driver locally
Easily access other driver data in the Remote TOP Server via the UA Server Interface with No DCOM!
TOP Server Driver Enhancements
New OPC Client Suite Includes OPC DA Client
Driver Includes OPC UA Client
Driver One convenient driver
suite for OPC Server connectivity
Expose other OPC DA and UA data via TOP Server Client Interfaces
TOP Server V5.4 OPC Xi Interface (Beta)
OPC Xi (OPC .NET 3.0) Newest OPC Specification Based on Windows Communication
Foundation (WCF) Technology Eliminates DCOM Increased Security
Built-in AuthenticationAuthorizationData Encryption
OPC Xi Client Access to OPC DA & AE
What is DNP and Who Uses It?
DNP Enhancements for 5.4
DNP Enhancements for 5.4
DNP Enhancements for 5.4- WITS
BACNet Driver Enhancements
SNMP Suite Enhancements
TOP Server Driver Enhancements
Beckhoff TwinCAT Ethernet Support for TwinCAT V2.9 Driver controller for Version
Omron Suite FINS Ethernet & Serial New CJ2 Device Model New Device Level Errors
TOP Server Driver Enhancements
Modbus RTU Serial Increased Channels from 100 to 256
Siemens S7 Ethernet Support for locale-specific strings
UCON Increased Device ID Range from 255 to
65,535
TOP Server Live Demo
Live Demonstration OPC Xi Configuration Manager Status/Diagnostics on Desktop
http://www.toolboxopc.com/html/product_details.html
Coming in TOP Server V5.5 (Q1 2011)
BACnet Automatic Device
Discovery/Generation Enhanced Modem Support SNMP
New SNMP Agent SNMP V3 Support
New Tag Generation Utility
Tips & Tricks
Lots of free help at http://www.toolboxopc.com/html/support.asp Quick Start Guide Training Videos Papers and Utilities – Trouble Shooting Guide
More information on the Product Details tab http://www.toolboxopc.com/html/product_details.html
Contact Software Toolbox [email protected] while you are in the planning stage, so we can help
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