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Advanced Viewer processes. |
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Item attributes |
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Advanced Viewer limitations. |
Advanced Viewer Processes
The following processes need to be running for the Advanced Viewer to work. If there is an issue you can check the Windows Task Manager to see if the following files are running.
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File Listed in Task Manager |
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CIMPLICITY Router |
w32rtr.exe |
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OPC Communications program |
ptopc.exe |
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OPC Server selected for the Advanced Viewer |
Depends on selected OPC Server. Example ATLSimServer.exe |
Item Attributes
Based on what the OPC Server provides for item attributes, the following attributes will be available through the Advanced Viewer.
Point type
Description
(For array
points) Array size
Display limit high
Display limit low
(When
configured) Enumeration strings
Engineering units (EU)
Advanced Viewer Limitations
The Advanced Viewer currently has the following limitations.
You must enter item ID' s for user
interfaces; there is no browser to find the tags.
Security is the responsibility of
your OPC server.
The following are not currently
provided with the Advanced Viewer.
Logging for values collected
through the Advanced Viewer.
Alarming for these items.
You cannot use Advanced Viewer
item ID tags in EMRP scripts; they can be used in CimEdit
scripts.
Array set points are not supported
in CimView.
You must manually configure the
ptopc_config.xml file.
The Advanced Viewer system does
not recover if the Advanced Viewer service crashes. You must stop
and restart the Viewer.
Note: You can stop the Viewer in the CIMPLICITY Options dialog box or stop the Router in the Task Manager; you may have to stop your OPC Server.
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About the Advanced Viewer. |
