Connectivity Solutions with InduSoft Web Studio and Software toolbox.

1. Expanding Your
Connectivity Options– TOP
Server & OmniServer
Kevin Rutherford
Product Manager
Software Toolbox, Inc.

2. Objectives for Today
• Functionality Overview
– TOP Server
– OmniServer
• When to User TOP Server or OmniServer
• Live Demo: Interfacing with Indusoft
WebStudio
• Q&A

3. TOP Server – What is it?

4. What is OPC UA?
• Unified Architecture
• A collaborative working effort of the OPC
Foundation and it’s members since 1994
• Objective to create a standard that
– Isn’t dependent on DCOM
– Can interoperate with non-Windows platforms
– Is more secure than the original OPC
– Removes redundant code across interfaces

5. Why Use OPC UA?
• Use Software Toolbox OPC UA
products to:
– Avoid DCOM issues when
making remote connections
DCOM
– Increase security of your data
• Ideal for data integration across OS
platforms (i.e. Win CE, etc.)

6. Do You Have a Driver For?
1. Check www.toolboxopc.com
2. Email us on support@softwaretoolbox.com
3. Call us on +1 704 849 2773

7. TOP Server Stays Current
V5.13
V5.12
V5.11
V5.10
V5.9
Value Delivered to TOP Server
Support Agreement Holders
June/July Oct/Nov
6/26/12 11/13/12 Feb 2013
2013 2013
All 2013 dates are +/- 1 month

8. General TOP Server Benefits
• Dynamic Addressing support eliminates the need for
maintaining 2 separate tag databases.
• Client accessible “system tags” for changing key
communication settings from the client.
• Powerful diagnostic tools for fast, effective
troubleshooting minimizing downtime when there are
issues.
• Wide array of client interfaces including OPC DA and
UA
• Default driver settings that work in the majority of
cases for faster implementation.
• Three new releases per year provide driver
enhancements and fixes.

9. TOP Server Performance
• Thread-safe application
• User controllable
threading
• Multi-core and multi-
CPU machines fully
supported
• Processor affinity
settings
• Processor priority
settings
• Runs as service

10. Flexibility: Scan Rate Control
Channel1.device1.400
01
Channel1.device1.400 Channel1.device1.400
w/1000 ms scan rate
01 01
w/500 ms scan rate w/1500 ms scan rate
TOP Server
Thus preventing
ONLY requests
unecessary
from device
traffic!
ONE time @ 500
ms rate, and AND IF
services other THAT’S NOT
clients
accordingly
GOOD
ENOUGH!

11. To Tag or Not to Tag?:
Static vs. Dynamic Addressing
• Static tags in the OPC
Server when. . .
– Need/Want to Browse Tags
– HMI client expects/wants
you to
– Need to Insulate HMI
configuration from PLC
configuration changes
– OEM desires insulation from
PLC model change
– Need Easy changes w/o HMI
development license

12. To Tag or Not to Tag?:
Static vs. Dynamic Addressing
No static tags (dynamic) in
the OPC server when:
• Need to avoid multiple
databases and..
• HMI system prefers it
this way
• Benefits of tagging not
important to you (i.e.
Browsing, etc.)
• Retrofitting existing HMI
where PLC addresses
are in the HMI
• Existing standards

13. Troubleshooting Tools
Event Log
Informational
message
Warning
message
Error Message
• The event log will log useful messages in most
communications failures as well as
• Informational messages on startup and when importing
tags from files or devices (where supported).
• You can also configure what types of messages are logged.

14. TOP Server
Protocol Diagnostics
• Channel or Device Diagnostics – capture protocol packets being transmitted/received
over the wire between the server and devices at either the channel or device level.
• Allows verification of the proper request/response transmissions and of response
timing for performance optimization.

15. TOP Server
Built-In Media Level Redundancy
• Media Level Redundancy
– Communications Path
– Device Path

16. TOP Server
Oil and Gas Measurement
• Customers and system integrators, knowing the
robustness and ease of using TOP Server
requested flow device drivers to support
Electronic Flow Measurement (EFM).
• The EFM Suite was released in V5.9 (June
2012) consisting of the EFM Plug-in and
Associated EFM Drivers
– EFM Exporter (Flow-Cal, PGAS, *.CSV)
– Enron Modbus
– OMNI Flow Computer
– ABB Totalflow (Nov 2012)
– Fisher ROC/ROC+ (Nov 2012)
Note: The EFM export functionality for the Enron Modbus and Omni Flow drivers will not
work without the EFM Exporter Plug-in

17. What is EFM?
• Electronic Flow Measurement
– Measures how much gas/liquid flows through a pipe.
• Used for custody transfer
• Flow through a pipe == $$$
– Hence accuracy, redundancy, and robustness are of
primary importance.

18. EFM - Putting It All Together
• From the Meter to the Flow Computer to the 4. TOP Server polls
the FC (type of
Server to the Exporter to the Report Remote Terminal
Unit, RTU) at a rate
specified by the
2. The Meter or Run user.
outputs the Differential
Pressure (DP) I/V
signal to the Flow
Computer (FC).
3. The FC applies the
necessary American Gas
Association (AGA)
standard
calculations*, stores the
result in the data
archives, and waits to be
called for transmission.
5. TOP Server EFM Exporter
1. An orifice restricts the flow of outputs the flow data in an
the gas and measures pressure appropriate format (CFX, PGAS, or
and velocity metrics. CSV) and stores the data locally.
*Software report programs, like FlowCal, also perform AGA calculations and perform data validation for the FC.
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19. Vendor Specific Driver Suites
• TOP Server provides suites of drivers for each
vendor to provide the full range of connectivity to
a vendor’s devices.
– Allen-Bradley Suite
– Modbus Suite
– Siemens Suite
– GE Suite
– And many, many more…
• Industry Suites for economical connectivity to
multiple types of devices common to a specific
industry.

20. Current Roadmap – V5.11: Feb 2013
• Updated OS Support
– Windows 8
– Server 2012
• Rockwell Firmware V21 Enhancements
• GE Ethernet Performance Enhancements
• EFM Exporter Enhancements
– EFM Simulator Driver
• New Drivers
– IEC 61850 MMS Client Driver
– OPC XML-DA Client Driver V5.11

21. OmniServer
• What is it?
• When do I use it?
• Resources

22. Integrating A “Zoo” of Non-PLC
Hardware
OmniServer Brings It All Together
Bar Code
Linear Scales
Scanners Message
i.e. Mitutoyo, Measuring Barcode Printers Gas analyzers
i.e. Intermec, Displays &
Digimatic Systems
Symbol, Z-Tron Scoreboards
Weigh Scales Mass Combustion Gas Laser Marking
Spectrometers Analyzers Chromatographs Systems

23. OmniServer Functionality Overview
• User-Configurable Data
Acquisition Tool
• OPC/DDE Server
– OPC DA / UA Server Interface
– DDE Server Interface
Benefits
– FastDDE / SuiteLink Interface
• Hardware InterfacesCustom
• drivers at a very
– Serial
– Ethernet
low cost
– LPT Printer
• Improved plant integration
• Communicate to almost any
device, including custom
designed devices: • Reduced engineering costs
– Variable length, character
delimited protocols
– Fixed length protocols

24. OmniServer – When to Use It?
• When TOP Server UCON can’t do the protocol
– Contact us for a free protocol evaluation
– We help you determine the best implementation
• When user already has OmniServer or prefers
the OmniServer style of configuration
• In situations where there are many devices
using the same protocol
– Re-usable protocols across multiple topics

25. How Can Software Toolbox Help?
• Protocol Documentation Review
– We help determine what would be involved with
implementing a protocol in OmniServer
• Protocol Samples
– For simple protocols, it is sometimes possible for
us to provide a basic sample to help customer’s
get started.
– Sometimes, existing samples can be provided.

26. OmniServer – Coming Features
• Ease-of-Use Enhancements
• Enhanced Data Type Support – 64-bit Floating
Point
• CSV Import Options – Topics / Devices / Items
• Wizard-Based Configuration Options

27. When to Use TOP Server /
OmniServer with Indusoft
• So, when should you consider TOP Server or
OmniServer?
– When a built-in Indusoft driver is not available for
integrating a specific device
– When you have several machines and common
PLCs being polled.
– When more than one client application is involved
and you want a common source of data
– When you need to integrate non-standard devices
like barcode readers, weigh scales, etc.

28. Licensing & Pricing
• TOP Server
– Licenses needed for each installation
– Standard Driver Suites - $895
– Premium Driver Suites – Starting at $1295
– Vertical Industry Suites – Starting at $1695
• OmniServer
– Licenses needed for each installation
– Server Edition - $650
– Professional Edition - $995

29. Live Demo
• Connectivity from Indusoft WebStudio with
TOP Server and OmniServer

30. Conclusion / Questions
• How to contact us
– Kevin Rutherford
• krutherford@softwaretoolbox.com
• 704-849-2773 Ext. 1326
– Email – support@softwaretoolbox.com
– Phone - 888-665-3678 / 704-849-2773
– Support website –
http://support.softwaretoolbox.com
– Questions?