Demonstrating Remote Opc Communication; Setup Procedure - Honeywell Vertex M Technical Handbook

Vertex M 24-Point Continuous Monitor
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A.14 Demonstrating Remote OPC
Communication
This procedure describes how to set up OPC
communications from a Vertex M rack and an external
Microsoft Windows computer. Some of the required
files are provided on the Vertex M CD.
A.14.1 Setup Procedure
1. Create "Honeywell Analytics" account as listed
in Section A.13.4.7 Create matching Windows
Accounts if account does not exist.
2. Log into "Honeywell Analytics" account.
3. Disable the Windows firewall, as described in
Section A.13.4.6 Windows
4. Install the OPC core components provided
on the Vertex M CD (or download from
http://www.opcfoundation.org/SiteMap.
aspx?MID=Downloads, after registration. It is
also on the Vertex M Application CD.
5. Confirm that both computers have valid names
with the DNS server.
6. The external computer registry must be
modified to make it 'aware' of the OPC server.
This can be conveniently accomplished by
running the file Vertex_OPC_Server_Info_
RN.REG which is on the Vertex M CD.
7. Determine the IP address of the rack. This
can be done with the "ipconfig" command See
Section F.13.2 Determining the IP Address
command prompt window on the Vertex M.
Appendix A - Network Interface and Options
Firewall.
in a
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8. Confirm that IP communication to the rack
works This can be done by using the "ping"
command in a command prompt.
9. Create an account on the external computer
"Honeywell Analytics" with the password of
"vertex". See Section F.13.4.4 Create matching
Windows Accounts. To do this, select Start/
MyComputer/Manage/LocalUsersAndGroup/
Users. Also add the user to the "Administrators"
group. Log in using this account.
10. Install an OPC Client program on the external
computer. Screenshots of two examples are
included. The Matrikon OPC Explorer is on
the Vertex M CD and is pre-installed on the
Vertex M rack. It may also be downloaded
from www.matrikon.com. Additionally, DAClient
from Rockwell Software might be useful and
is shown here. Contact Rockwell Software to
obtain this.
11. Edit the DCOM configuration as listed in
F-12. It is necessary to click on the [Apply]
button before closing the properties form
for each object. For information on this, see
Section F.13.4.2 Configure
noted in boldface.
12. Reboot the external computer.
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DCOM. This is