Operating Instructions

Chapter 2 – Installing and Configuring the OPC/SNMP Agent
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Setting Up the SNMP Database
An SNMP database must be created to link Insight OPCServer and MIB information.
To set up the SNMP database, do the following steps:
1. Click Start, Settings, Control Panel, Administrative Tools, and Data Sources (ODBC).
The ODBC Data Source Administrator dialog box is displayed.
2. Click the System DSN tab, and then click Add.
3. In the Create New Data Source dialog box, select Microsoft Access Driver, and then click Finish.
4. In the ODBC Microsoft Access Setup dialog box, do the following:
a. In the Data Source Name box, type a name for the SNMP database.
b. Click Create.
5. In the New Database dialog box, do the following:
a. In the Database Name box, type the name used in Step 4a.
b. Select a location for storing the database.
c. Click OK.
6. Click OK on the confirmation message box.
7. Click OK to close the ODBC Microsoft Access Setup dialog box.
8. Click OK to close the ODBC Data Source Administrator dialog box.
9. Close the Control Panel window if it is open.
Setting up the OPC Engineering Tool
The OPC Engineering Tool is used to select the OPCServer information that you want to monitor via
SNMP. To set up the OPC Engineering Tool, you do the following:
• Verify that the Insight OPCServer Database is available
• Configure the OPC Engineering Tool
Verifying Communication with the Insight OPCServer Database
To verify that the OPC Engineering Tool can communicate with the OPCServer, do the following steps:
1. Run ISVcDataAccess (ISVcDataAccess.exe).
ISVcDataAccess is installed with the OPCServer option for Insight and stored in the
Insight/OPCServer directory.
The ISVcDataAccess window is displayed.
2. On the OPC menu, click Connect.
3. In the Connect to OPC Server dialog box, select Insight OPCServerDA.1, and then click OK.
4. In the ISVcDataAccess window, verify that the message
Successful to OPC server
connected
is displayed in the bottom pane.