Electronic Communications; Communications Protocol - Thermo Scientific Gibco CTS Rotea User Manual

Chapter 4 OPC-UA interface
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MES interface

Electronic communications

It is assumed the MES applications will be located externally to the CTS
Centrifugation System.
Communications by any MES system to the instrument will be through the CTS
™
on the Dell 2‑in‑1 laptop attached to the instrument. View the structure diagram, see "MES run a
protocol" on page
Figure 10 System components

Communications protocol

The MES interface to the Rotea
When enabled in the Rotea
client to connect to it.
The commands and reports available to OPC-UA client are outlined (see "MES – Commands and
reports overview"
90
104.
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instrument application will be through an implementation of OPC-UA.
™
GUI, an OPC-UA server will run on the laptop allowing an MES OPC-UA
on page 91) with details (see "OPC-UA interface"
™
Rotea
on page
CTS ™ Rotea ™ Counterflow Centrifugation System User Guide
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Counterflow
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Rotea GUI installed
96).