OPC measurement support

OPC measurement support for Power Monitoring Expert allows you to easily translate data from ION devices and compatible Modbus devices into OPC-compliant measurement data formats, then make this measurement data available to OPC clients through the OPC server.

Management Console has a command that lets you export default measurements from compatible devices to the OPC server. In addition, Designer and Device Type Editor user interfaces let you view and select which OPC measurement data you want the OPC server to expose to OPC clients.

Creating/updating default OPC mapping

Power Monitoring Expert can create the default ION-to-OPC data mapping based on the devices contained in the ION_Network database. This default mapping translates the most commonly-used ION data to OPC data and exports the data to the OPC server.

1. Launch Management Console.
2. Click Tools > System > Update OPC Server.

3. Click Yes to create/update the OPC server.

   A summary of the configuration details is displayed.

4. Click OK.

NOTE: If you add a new device to the ION_Network database at a later date, you must repeat the above procedure in order to map the new source device’s data to the OPC server.