User guide

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Contents
1.0 Overview 1
1.1 Why have a C-Bus OPC Server?......................................................................................................................3
1.2 For more information.........................................................................................................................................4
1.3 Software layers .....................................................................................................................................................4
1.4 Host computer system requirements ..........................................................................................................6
1.5 C-Bus OPC Server system configurations...................................................................................................7
1.6 Modes of operation ............................................................................................................................................7
1.7 Licensing .................................................................................................................................................................8
1.8 The OPC Data Access interface ...................................................................................................................10
1.8.1 How the OPC Data Access interface works..........................................................................12
1.9 OPC Alarms and Events interface...............................................................................................................15
1.9.1 Transmitting Error Reporting into OPC Alarms and Events error data.....................17
1.9.2 Quality of OPC Alarms and Events data and logged data ..............................................23
1.9.3 How the OPC Alarms and Events interface works.............................................................23
2.0 Installation 27
2.1 Downloading and installing C-Bus Toolkit..............................................................................................27
2.1.1 Installed software ...........................................................................................................................28
2.2 Installing the C-Bus OPC Server dongle...................................................................................................28
2.3 Downloading and installing C-Bus Toolkit..............................................................................................29
3.0 Index 31