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Overview
"uForte OPC DA,AE,HDA Server for Custom Data" (ufOPCSvrCust) is a tool for rapid development of OPC DA, AE and HDA servers. Users of this product don't have to read OPC specifications at all to make their own OPC servers. All the mass of the OPC details is encapsulated inside this product. The only thing a user has to know is how to interact with his hardware using C++, VB or C#. Efficient algorithms implemented in ufOPCSvrCust allow to handle many thousands of OPC items on moderate computers.
This product can be thought as a wrapper of raw data obtained from Client Control Module (CCM) into the OPC form, i.e. it makes them available for OPC clients. Client Control Module (CCM) is responsible for supplying that data and it is implemented by a customer. Interface between CCM and ufOPCSvrCust is very simple and consists of some few functions. There is "Configuration Wizard" to generate ready to work CCM samples on C++, C# and VB which contain examples of usage of all interface functions.
The data provided by CCM are first sent to OPC DA clients and then they are archived into a database to be available later to OPC HDA clients. Also, CCM is provided with functions to generate OPC AE events which are sent by ufOPCSvrCust to OPC AE clients. All the above is illustrated on the picture:
How to start
What a user will have to do to make an OPC server:
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Start ufOPCSvrCust and enter address space structure using GUI.
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Implement CCM. Using the examples it won't be difficult to implement either (DLL or EXE).
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That is all! The OPC server is ready to provide access to your hardware.
Ready OPC server can be easily distributed onto other computers using "Deployment Wizard". The wizard creates self installing exe file which should be copied on another computer and started.
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uForte OPC Server (DA, AE and HDA) Development Toolkit
