Advanced Simulator Driver OPC Server - KEPServerEX OPC Servers

Overview

The Advanced Simulator Driver was designed to plug into our industrial based communications server product. This product supplies reliable data access to any HMI, SCADA, Historian, or Enterprise application that supports OPC, DDE, FastDDE, and SuiteLink. This driver provides single-point access to multiple ODBC data sources via ODBC. The driver simulates live data by traversing through all the records in a selected table at a rate set by the user. Using the power and speed of OPC, the server is able to offer ODBC data to any OPC/DDE enabled client.

Using the power and speed of OPC, The Advanced Simulator Driver is able to offer ODBC data to any OPC/DDE enabled client.

This driver is part of the Simulation Suite. Purchasing either the Advanced Simulator Driver or the Memory Based Driver entitles you to both drivers.

Devices

Supported Devices

Databases:

Microsoft Access
Microsoft SQL
Oracle
Sybase
MySQL

** The Advanced Simulator Driver is capable of communicating with any application that supports the standard "ODBC" data source format.

Required: MDAC - Microsoft Data Access Components (it consists of several core components that provide various database technologies; including ODBC and its drivers.)

Features

Specific Driver Features

Specific

Supports the option to automatically start at the first record when all the records in the table have been read or stop once the last record has been reached
Supports the internal tag (MoveTo) so the user can move to any specified record at any time
Multiple connection sessions to multiple ODBC data sources
OPC DA
Tags updated regularly from the database
Drag and drop editing, and CSV import and export for manipulating large numbers of tags easily
New tags can be added to your application at any time - even at runtime
Dynamic table access method
Simple and self-evident user interface will allow users to get their data immediately

General

Multi-threaded design for optimum performance.
Application Connectivity
Device Connectivity for concurrent devices.
Supports running as a Windows NT Service.
Supports Direct Scaling of device data.
Full Time On-line operation.
CSV file import and exportof server tags.
User Management
Tag Management
Network Interface Selection
Channel Diagnostics provide real-time data.
OPC Diagnostics to view OPC events.
Modem support for all serial drivers.
OPC Quick Client application.
Visual Basic OPC Client with VB Examples.

OPC/DDE

OPC Data Access Version 1.0a
OPC Data Access Version 2.05a
OPC Data Access Version 3.0

Learn more about OPC - Open Process Control

HMI/Client

KEPServerEX has been enhanced to provide the widest range of connectivity of any server product available. KEPServerEX supports the following client server technologies:

FastDDE for Wonderware
SuiteLink for Wonderware
iFIX PDB for Intellution
DDE Format CF_Text
DDE Format AdvancedDDE

To see a list of HMI's and Clients that we support go to our HMI / Client Support page.

Required

Required Software and Hardware

Supported Operating Systems

Windows NT
Windows 2000
Windows Server 2003
Windows XP

PC Hardware

Minimum

400 Mhz Pentium CPU
128 Megs of RAM
100 Megs of Free Hard Drive Space

Recommended

600 Mhz Pentium CPU
512 Megs of RAM
100 Megs of Free Hard Drive Space

Hardware Requirements

For Device and Hardware Requirements see the Devices tab.
Hardware Accessories

Protocol

Communication Protocol

ODBC API - Open DataBase Connectivity Application Programming Interface

VB

Visual Basic

KEPServerEX Visual Basic OPC Client
Complex and Simple Visual Basic OPC Client Examples
Using Modems and Visual Basic with KEPServerEX.
Download the Modem and VB Example with Source Code
Knowledge Base

Help

Help/Links