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OPC Server for ABB Distributed Control Network (DCN)

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Using the GCOM protocol, the MatrikonOPC Server for ABB GCOM controllers provides high-speed read and write access to:

ABB Advant controllers
MasterGate and MasterPiece controllers
Kent DCS controllers

Current Version: 2.0.0.0

Features and Benefits

Tag Browse Capable
Configurable Time-Out
Redundancy

OPC Server for ABB Distributed Control Network (DCN)


	MatrikonOPC Server Features, Benefits and Options:
	Flexible Client Application Connectivity Options Dedicated Device Connectivity Tag Database and Browsing Options Extensive Tag Management Options Diagnostic and Logging Options Certified Compliant and Interoperability Tested Common User Experience Configuration to Optimize for a Specific System Full Featured OPC Test Client – OPC Explorer

The OPC Server for ABB Distributed Control Network (DCN) is OPC Certified!
OPC Certification is the process of ensuring that applications meet the standards specified by the OPC Foundation. OPC Certification requires extensive testing to ensure true interoperability. OPC Certification means multi-vendor system interoperability is guaranteed. If your OPC products are not certified, you need to ask your vendor what sort of guarantees they offer.


Cables: Ethernet cable

IOCard: Ethernet card

Performance: See manual for performance guidelines

OPC Specifications

	OPC DA (OPC Data Access) 1.0a
	OPC DA (OPC Data Access) 2.0
	OPC DA (OPC Data Access) 2.05a
	OPC DA (OPC Data Access) 3.0

Details:

The MatrikonOPC Server for ABB GCOM offers powerful features such as:

High efficiency processing of received packets
Detects devices going off the network or network breaks
Supports optional setting of cyclic tags to bad
DevLinks auto-recover if the MatrikonOPC Server for ABB GCOM is restarted
Supports all object types
Uses GCOM service Manager for network communications
Optimized object list update requests
Supports Item Path Aliasing

MatrikonOPC Server for ABB GCOM supports the following data types:

1. Object Types

Object Type

C1

C3

C9

D

E

AI
X

X

X

X

X

AO
X

X

X

X

X

DAT_BIT
X

X

X

X

X

DAT_INT
X

X

X

X

X

DAT_LINT
X

X

X

X

X

DAT_REAL
X

X

X

X

X

DI
X

X

X

X

X

DO
X

X

X

X

X

MANSTN
X

X

X

X

X

PIDCON
X

X

X

X

X

PIDCONA*
X

X

X

X

X

RATIOSTN
X

X

X

X

X
* MUNIT sub-type for PIDCONA object type is not supported

2. Text Sets

Support is also available for full communication redundancy and fail-over.

System Requirements:

PC Hardware

The following PC Hardware is required:

Intel® Pentium® 4 Processor

512 MB RAM

Minimum 32 MB of available hard disk space

CD-ROM driver

Super VGA (800 × 600) or higher-resolution monitor with 256 colors

Mouse pointing device

Device Hardware

Advant Controller 400 Series(AC410, AC450, AC460, etc)
Any IEEE 802.3 compliant transceiver
Ethernet cable

Communication
Module Carrier
Board

CS513 SC530

CI543 SC510

CI543 SC520

Kent

P4000

MasterGate

MasterGate 230/1
GCOM-card DSCS150 Communication Interface
Connection Unit DSTC190
Cable DSTK126

MasterPiece

MasterPiece 200/1 (such as MP240/1, MP260/1, MP280/1 etc) series controllers
GCOM-card DSCS150 Communication Interface
Connection Unit DSTC190
Cable DSTK126

	PC Software
		The following Windows Operating Systems will support this OPC Server: Windows 2000 Windows XP Windows 2003 Features Include: Support for DDE Aliases for tag names Calculation engine