OPC DA measurement support

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

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

Creating/updating default OPC mapping

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