Creating A Project Node and A SCADA Node With External Tags

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Creating a Project Node and a SCADA Node with External Tags
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After finishing WebAccess installation and rebooting the computer, there will be an small computer icon in the right bottom side of the screen
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Move mouse cursor over the WebAccess icon and clicking right button of mouse. Select Project Home
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Clicking Project Management
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User name is Admin and there is no password in default setup. Directly click Login button.
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Enter Project Name (ex. Training) and IP Address(127.0.0.1) Recommend to use IP Address instead of Computer Name. Click Submit for New Project after entering Project Name and IP Address
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After clicking Submit for New Project button, a confirmation dialog box will pop out. Click Yes to create the project
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The Project Node is created. Click Training to create a SCADA Node
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Click Add SCADA Node
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Node Type: Professional Version (depend on your computer) Node Name (ex. 20091215) and IP Address (ex. 127.0.0.1)
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Click Yes on both tooltips
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Click Submit
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SCADA Node is created; click Add Comport
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Select TCPIP in Interface Name, then click Submit
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Click Port1, then click Add Device
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Device Type: Modicon Device Name: modbusTCP (any name user wants to enter) Unit Number: 1 IP Address: 127.0.0.1 Port Number: 502 (based on ModSim32 setup) Device Address: 1 After entering the above info, click Submit button
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modbusTCP device will be created, then click Add Tag We have to create one DI tag to get Modbus DI value.
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The following three fields must be filled. Parameter: DI; Tag Name: DI0; Address 10001 User may click submit button after entering all necessary information.
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The created tag will show on the right hand side.
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After SCADA Node and tag are created, we have to download them to the SCADA Node computer. In this practice, Project Node and SCADA node are in the same computer (IP Address: 127.0.0.1)
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After SCADA Node and tag are created, we have to download them to the SCADA Node computer. In this practice, Project Node and SCADA node are in the same computer (IP Address: 127.0.0.1)
Click SCADA Node (20091215) and click Download In the Download dialog box, click Submit button
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Once the Download process is done, the Done dialog box will pop out. Simply click Close Window button to finish the process.
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Now we start to create Graphic User Interface (GUI) Move mouse cursor to the computer icon, then click the right button of the mouse. DrawDAQ -> Training_20091215
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Click ABC button to create a text Type any three characters (ex. xxx) on the blue screen, and then click Enter. The characters (xxx) will be highlighted.
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Click Dynamic -> Animation -> Animation Configuration dialog box will appear. In tag box, select DI0 and select C-text
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Now, lets use Pie function to draw a circle.
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Click Dynamic -> Animation -> Animation Configuration dialog box will appear. In tag box, select DI0 and select Color Because DI0 is DI tag, in Digital Status, we can modify IO ON and OFF colors. Last, click OK to save to setup.
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Click save BGR button to save the file.
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Download the DAQ to SCADA Node Download Graph -> Training_20091215
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After download is completed, lets start the Kernel Start Kernel -> Training_20091215
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After the Kernel starts, the computer icon color will turn to green. Move the mouse cursor over the computer icon, it will show current running Project Node and SCADA Node names.
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Select ViewDAQ to view the result.
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Because this example is using WebAccess to read Modbus DI value, user has to run ModSim32 in order to simulate Modbus DI value. ModSim32 trial version can be downloaded from the following website: http://www.win-tech.com
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File -> New Connection -> Connect -> Modbux/TCP Svr
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Then, a dialog box pop out. Set Modbus/TCP Service Port number to 502
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Because we simulate DI value, so we use do the following setup. MODBUS Point Type: 02:INPUT STATUS Address: 0001 Length: 10
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Double click on and a <0> Write Coil dialog box will pop out.
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Click Auto Simulation button and Coil Simulation dialog box will pop out. Click Enabled and click OK button.
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Lets back to WebAccess (continue from slider P.27) Move mouse curser to the computer icon, then click the right button of mouse. Next step, click ViewDAQ User will enter Advantech WebAccess welcome page, mouse clicks on the screen and he will enter main page (main.bgr).
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In ModScan32, when Modbus address (10001) value is 1, WebAccess will display ON text with red circle.
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In ModScan32, when Modbus address (10001) value is 0, WebAccess will display OFF text with green circle.
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