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Using CX-Supervisor with OPC Servers SECTION 17 Using CX-Supervisor as an OPC

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Groups: - Use the Add, Edit and Delete buttons to show the Group

Attributes dialog box and update the list of groups. For identification

purposes groups should be given logical names. The defaults are Group1,

Group2 etc.

i) GROUP ATTRIBUTES

Name: - This is the name of the selected group. If you are editing an

existing group name or creating a new one the current or default name is

overwritten. The default name for new groups are Group1, Group2 etc.

Update Rate: - This is the rate at which the Items (data points) in the

group will be interrogated and new data entered if it is a readout, or read

from if it's a control. Enter the rate as a numerical value and select the

units from the drop down list. The minimum value is 100msec; the

maximum is 99999Sec i.e. over 27 hours.

Active On Startup: - Checking this option will make the Group active

when the OPC server is started. This means the items contained within

will be able to read and write data. The default is checked.

The Items within the selected group are listed. Items are data points of

information stored in the OPC Server. The Item Attributes dialog box can

be used to add or edit the items.

Note: This dialog box cannot be opened until at least one group is added.

i) ITEM ATTRIBUTES

The Item Attributes dialog box enables you to define the attributes of each

Item (data point) in the selected group.

Name: - This is the client name for an Item i.e. a point of data.

Note: This dialog box cannot be opened until a valid project file exists in which

to create the groups.

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