Table of Contents
Introduction.....................................................................................................................................................1
System requirements......................................................................................................................................1
Installation.......................................................................................................................................................1
OPC Client Toolkit features..........................................................................................................................2
OPC Client Toolkit contents.........................................................................................................................2
Using the Toolkit programs...........................................................................................................................3
Starting and Using the AEModbusExplorer Server......................................................................................3
Starting and Using the Alarm Client............................................................................................................6
Events shown in AlarmClient.......................................................................................................................7
Connecting to the AEInprocess Server.......................................................................................................15
Creating Server Configurations..................................................................................................................16
Getting Started..............................................................................................................................................17
Building the AlarmClient.............................................................................................................................17
Installation..................................................................................................................................................18
Modifications..............................................................................................................................................18
File Structure................................................................................................................................................18
OPCToolkit/................................................................................................................................................18
OPCToolkit/AEClient.................................................................................................................................18
OPCToolkit/AEClient/res...........................................................................................................................19
OPCToolkit/Interface.................................................................................................................................19
The OPC Interfaces......................................................................................................................................20
General Operation.......................................................................................................................................20
Connection Point Notification....................................................................................................................21
Implementation...........................................................................................................................................21
Connecting to the server.........................................................................................................................21
Obtaining server status...........................................................................................................................21
Subscribing to the server........................................................................................................................21
Acknowledging events.............................................................................................................................22
Obtaining event properties.....................................................................................................................22
Filtering events.......................................................................................................................................22
Refreshing the display.............................................................................................................................23
Memory Allocation and COM.....................................................................................................................23
OPC object lifetimes.....................................................................................................................................24
IDs..................................................................................................................................................................25
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