Connection To Third Party Alarm & Event Opc Server - ABB IndustrialIT Compact HMI 800 Getting Started

Section 3 Installation
1. Log in as SysAdmin.
2. Install the OPC server.
3. If the server is prepared to be a Windows service, it shall be configured to run
on an account SwServiceAccount.
4. Open the Plant Explorer and go to the Control Structure.
5. Select the OPC server object. See
6. Create a new object of the PLC Controller type. Name it to recognize the OPC
server. (For example ABB_OPC_server_1 etc.)
7. Select the protocol to be PLC OPC client.
8. Click Edit Driver.
9. If the OPC server is located in another node than the Compact HMI 800 server,
fill in the server node name.
10. Select the OPC server in the OPC server drop-down list.
11. Press OK and then the Create button.
Now the OPC server is installed.
Connection to Third Party Alarm & Event OPC Server
To get time tagged alarms from the controller into the Compact HMI 800 alarm list,
the OPC AE client function of Compact HMI 800 should be used.
To associate an alarm with a suitable Aspect Object (normally a PLC signal object)
an OPC Source Name aspect, or an Aspect Name aspect, should be created on the
mentioned signal object.
Note. The Name Property in the OPC Source Name should be the same as exposed
by the OPC AE server. Do not check "Is an Event" and "Is an Alarm" in "Alarm
Event Configuration".
Avoid identical names of PLC Process Object and PLC Signal Object (both Aspect
Objects).
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Connection to Third Party Alarm & Event OPC Server
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