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Building Technologies MM8000 OPC Connectivity Configuration Guide
Fire Safety & Security Products 06.2007
Table of contents
About this document...............................................................................................2
Definitions of terms.................................................................................................5
1 Introduction .............................................................................................6
1.1 Overview of OPC connectivity in MM8000 ...........................................6
1.2 Generic subsystems via OPC................................................................7
1.3 SIMATIC S7 via OPC ...............................................................................7
2 Configuration of generic OPC subsystem ...........................................8
2.1 Overview ..................................................................................................8
2.2 OPC subsystem configuration ..............................................................9
2.2.1 Configuration checklist..............................................................................9
2.2.2 Configuration procedure ...........................................................................9
3 Configuration of SIMATIC S7...............................................................19
3.1 Overview ................................................................................................19
3.2 SIMATIC S7 configuration....................................................................19
3.2.1 Configuration checklist............................................................................19
3.2.2 Configuration procedure .........................................................................19
4 OPC item classes..................................................................................29
4.1 Need of conversion rules.....................................................................29
4.2 Editing item classes..............................................................................29
4.3 Configuration examples.......................................................................31
4.3.1 Item class for ‘on/off’ conditions..............................................................31
4.3.2 Item class for ‘alarm’ conditions..............................................................32
4.4 Item numbering .....................................................................................32
5 DCOM settings for OPC communication............................................33