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Building Technologies MM8000 OPC Connectivity Configuration Guide
Fire Safety & Security Products 06.2007
2.2 OPC subsystem configuration
2.2.1 Configuration checklist
Verify that you have satisfied the items needed in the first checklist before proceed-
ing to the configuration procedure that follows.
ITEMS NEEDED FOR CONFIGURATION
 OPC server
– The OPC Server name (ProgID ).
– The PC name or IP address of the machine where the OPC server runs.
 OPC items
– OPC items list -- or-- CSV file (strongly recommended) including such a list.
– The MM8000 OPC item class, defining the conversion rules to MM8000 points.
 Control unit objects
– The objects to define in Composer as data points and then link to the OPC items.
 Plug-ins needed:
– Plug-ins #357701 (OPC driver) and #357801 (Generic OPC), which must be in-
stalled before you can configure your system.
2.2.2 Configuration procedure
The following are the configuration procedures for an OPC unit.
Adding the OPC driver
1. Open the Composer project.
2. If not already done, add the OPC driver. You need to select the Station node in
the path:
Supervision System Setting  MM8000 System  Physical configuration  server
Station (e.g. ‘My Station’)
Fig 1 Adding the OPC driver
3. Click on the OPC driver icon in the icon toolbar (Fig 1)
 The new OPC driver node appears in the station folder
Note: By default, the node will be named “OPC Driver #1”, you can custom-
ise the Description text typing in a new name. For instance, you can remove
“#1".
Adding the folder for the OPC subsystem
Optionally, create a folder for the unit connected via OPC server.
Adding the OPC subsystem node
1. Select the destination folder.