User manual

Klinkmann Automation SPA Bus Server i
SPA Server Ver1.x User Manual Rev 2.3 120XXM23
Table Of Contents
Overview ......................................................................................................................... 1
Communication Protocols ............................................................................................... 2
Accessing Remote Items via the SPA Server ................................................................. 3
Installing the SPA Bus Server ......................................................................................... 4
Installing the Server .................................................................................................. 4
Licensing by using HASP HL key ............................................................................. 7
Software license key ................................................................................................. 7
Transferring the software license to other computer ............................................. 8
Installing the I/O Server Infrastructure ...................................................................... 10
Configuring the SPA Server ............................................................................................ 10
Server Settings Command ........................................................................................ 10
Configure Communication Port Command ............................................................... 13
Saving SPA Configuration File .................................................................................. 14
Configuration File Location ....................................................................................... 15
Topic Definition Command ........................................................................................ 15
Item Names ..................................................................................................................... 18
Monitoring and Controlling Communication with a SPA device ................................ 19
Item/Point Naming Examples .................................................................................... 20
SPA Server Unit Definition File ....................................................................................... 21
Using the SPA Server with Suite Link and DDE Clients .................................................. 22
Using the SPA Server with InTouch .......................................................................... 22
Defining the Access names ...................................................................................... 22
Defining the Tag Names ........................................................................................... 24
Monitoring the Status of Communication with InTouch ............................................. 26
Using the SPA Server with OPC Clients ......................................................................... 27
Configuring DCOM ................................................................................................... 27
Running SPA “OPC & DDE” version as Windows NT Service .................................. 29
Using the SPA with OPCLink Server ............................................................................... 30
OPCLink Topic Definition .......................................................................................... 30
Accessing SPA Items via the OPCLink Server ......................................................... 31
Notes on Using Microsoft Excel ...................................................................................... 32
Reading Values into Excel Spreadsheets ................................................................. 32
Writing Values to SPA Points .................................................................................... 32
Troubleshooting .............................................................................................................. 34
WIN.INI entries ......................................................................................................... 34
Troubleshooting menu .............................................................................................. 35
Internal Logger .......................................................................................................... 36