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Building Technologies MM8000 OPC Connectivity Configuration Guide
Fire Safety & Security Products 06.2007
Fig 24 Linking the OPC subsystem to the corresponding driver
 When the link is established, a new node appears on the structure tree, just
below the driver node, and it takes the same name as the subsystem node.
Configuring the OPC server
The link node between the subsystem and the OPC driver allows defining the list of
OPC items to handle.
1. Click the link node and select the ‘Node’ tab.
 On the right, the OPC configuration form appears (Fig 25).
Fig 25 Accessing the OPC configuration form
In the form, the ‘OPC Server Connection properties’ section permits to define
the computer where the OPC server runs. Note that the OPC server name
(ProgID) s fixed to ‘OPC.SimaticNET’.
2. Click the button ‘Browse” to show the server selection window (Fig 26).