Yokogawa Darwin Serial OPC Server - KEPServerEX OPC Servers

Overview

Kepware's 32 bit Yokogawa Darwin device driver works in conjunction with our OPC Server KEPServerEX, to provide data exchange between OPC Clients and Yokogawa Darwin Data Acquisition systems using either RS-232 or RS-422 serial communications. This driver has been optimized for serial communications with Darwin data sets. Modem operation is fully supported. Data integrity is ensured with our extensive error handling. The Darwin OPC Server supports the Automatic Tag Database Generation features of KEPServerEX.

The Yokogawa OPC Server Suite currently includes the Yokogawa CX Ethernet OPC Server, Yokogawa Darwin Ethernet OPC Server, Yokogawa DX Ethernet OPC Server, Yokogawa DXP Ethernet OPC Server, Yokogawa Darwin Serial OPC Server, Yokogawa DX Serial OPC Server, Yokogawa HR 2400 Serial OPC Server, Yokogawa MW OPC Server, and the Yokogawa MX OPC Server. Purchasing any of these drivers entitles you to all drivers in the Yokogawa OPC Server Suite

Kepware's Yokogawa Darwin Serial OPC Server provides data exchange between OPC Clients and Yokogawa Darwin Data Acquisition systems using either RS-232 or RS-422 serial communications. This driver has been optimized for serial communications with Darwin data sets.

Devices

Supported Devices

Device	Note
DA100-1
DA100-2
DR130
DR131
DR231
DR232
DR241
DR242
DC100-1
DC100-2

Features

Specific Driver Features

Specific

Automatic Tag Database Generation.
Supports stations 1 to 31 in RS-422 mode
Supports all system and configuration parameters
Supports RS-232 or RS-422/485 Communications modules

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

This driver makes use of binary data formatting when reading information from Yokogawa devices.

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