Codeless OPC Client Development and Visualization with VS.NET

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Codeless OPC Client Development and Visualization
with VS.NET
Renee Sikes Applications Engineer Email
rsikes_at_softwaretoolbox.com Direct Line 1 (704)
708 6493

• Win Worrall
• Applications/Development Engineer
• Email wworrall_at_softwaretoolbox.com
• Direct Line 1 [phone]

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Building HMI Applications in Visual Studio .NET

• Agenda 1 Hour
• OPC Extender
• Industrial Gadgets .NET
• Symbol Factory .NET
• Live Demo
• Discussion, Questions Answers

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What are the Requirements?

• Visual Studio .NET (2008 is used in this
  example). You can use C or VB
• Components to communicate to your PLC.
• Connecting to an OPC Server using the OPC
  Extender component
• Components to Visualize the Data
• Industrial Gadgets .NET
• Symbol Factory .NET

Visual Studio to 1-N Devices
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OPC Extender .NET

• Turn any .NET component into an OPC Client
  without writing any code

• Extend properties of WinForm controls
• .NET, ActiveX, User Controls
• OPC Data Control Engine
• Connects to any OPC Server (TOPServer,
  OmniServer, INGEAR, Kepware, Matrikon, etc.),
  which in turn talks to your PLC

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OPC Extender.NET

• Browsing
• Computers, OPC Server, Items
• Reading and Writing
• Single Tags or Multiple Tags
• Subscriptions
• Supported in Visual Studio 2003, 2005, and 2008
• API Included

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Industrial Gadgets .NET

• Supported in Visual Studio 2005 and 2008 Windows
  Form Development
• 100 Managed Code

• Optimized for the performance demands of
  Industrial HMI Applications
• Unlimited number of instances on a form

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Industrial Gadgets .NET

• There are two libraries for Industrial Gadgets
• Library 1 (Digital Controls)
• 2-Position Switches
• 3-Position Switches
• Buttons
• Illuminated Buttons
• Lights
• Panels
• Library 2 (Analog Controls)
• Sliders
• Meters
• LED Displays
• Displays

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Symbol Factory .NET

• Over 3,600 industrial graphics that can be
  animated
• Supported in Visual Studio 2003, 2005, and 2008

• Each graphic is a vector graphic
• Free tank cutaway control for showing tank fills
• Unlimited number of instances on a form

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Live Demonstration

• Live Demo

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What Tools are Needed?

• Solutions available containing
• OPC Extender .NET Runtime Free Toolkit- 1195 US
• Industrial Gadgets .NET Graphics Component - 795
  US
• Symbol Factory .NET Graphics Component - 795 US
• Bundles
• Extender and Symbol Factory 1595
• .NET HMI Builders 1495
• Runtime-free distribution rights.

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OPC Systems .NET

• Trending/Charting live OPC Data
• Alarm displays and acknowledgements
• And Much More
• http//www.softwaretoolbox.com/opcsystems

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IO Comp .NET

• Analog Library
• Knobs, Sliders, Angular Gauge, Odometer, LED,
  Thermometer, Display objects

• Digital Library
• Buttons and Switches
• Pro Library
• Spectrum display, Compass, Pie chart, Dial Pad,
  Pipes, Motors, Tanks, Valves
• Plot Pack
• Charts
• Pricing from 559 to 1699 for all components

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Whats Ahead?

• Symbol Factory Silverlight- Q1 2011

• Extender.NET UA
• No more DCOM!
• Underlying engine in development

DCOM
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Contact Information Other Learning Opportunities

• Questions later?
• Win Worrall
• wworrall_at_softwaretoolbox.com
• Renee Sikes
• rsikes_at_softwaretoolbox.com
• Support
• support_at_softwaretoolbox.com
• 888-665-3678 or 704-849-2773
• For More Information
• http//www.industrialgadgets.net
• http//www.opcextender.com
• http//www.symbolfactory.net
• Other learning opportunities
• Visit www.softwaretoolbox.com/webinars for a
  listing of other webinars.