Appendix B. Using the OPC Server and Client
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B.5 Setting up a New Device (cont.)
2. Enter the desired base station name in the text box.
3. At the IP Address text box,
• Enter the Base Station IP address. You can click on Tools > Discovery, find the IP
address, and save it by clicking OK.
• Click the button to the right of the box. The Select IP Address window displays the
available base stations on the network. Highlight the desired station, and click OK.
4. The correct number for the IP Port (4445) should appear in the IP Port text box. Enter
the user name and password in the appropriate text boxes. (The default user name is
admin, and the default password is also admin.)
5. Enter an appropriate Monitoring Interval (the interval at which the loggers send data
to the base station, or transmission rate) of at least 10 seconds. The default monitoring
interval is 15 seconds. If the transmission starts to lose data, Kaye recommends
increasing the monitoring interval. Table 2 on page 68 shows the relationship between
the monitoring interval, number of sensors, and frame size.
6. Enter an appropriate Timeout period. The default Timeout period is 60 seconds;
however, for networks with at least 50 sensors, you may need to set a longer Timeout
period. Once you have established RF ValProbe communications, the base station will
flag late data if it receives no new data within this period.
Once you have entered these parameters, click
Apply to save the new device in the Server
database, or
Reset to clear the new device and return to the communication window.
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