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TOP Server AVEVA InTouch (formerly Wonderware) Client Driver
Reliable OPC client access to AVEVA InTouch project data
The TOP Server® AVEVA InTouch Client Driver provides a native communication interface to AVEVA InTouch (formerly Wonderware) projects with the same level of performance, stability and ease of configuration as any other TOP Server driver.
This product saves you time and money in integrating InTouch systems with other enterprise systems in your facility. By exposing the data in your InTouch system via all of the TOP Server standard client-side interfaces (OPC UA, OPC DA) automatically, unlike other solutions that require manual configuration of each point, you can rapidly gain access to your InTouch data from a wide variety of applications such as MES, ERP, SCADA, Historians & more. For off-node communications OPC UA is recommended to avoid issues with DCOM.
- Driver can poll InTouch for updates or have InTouch advise of changes
- Optional configuration to only get data from InTouch for tags that an OPC UA and/or OPC DA client has subscribed to
- Help includes a section "Optimizing Your InTouch Client Driver Communications" - best practices for maximizing throughput while minimizing impact on InTouch performance.
Available here as a standalone real-time data driver or also available in the following vertical Industry Suite:
IMPORTANT NOTES
- Driver is intended for use with AVEVA InTouch (formerly Wonderware) systems prior to InTouch 2023. Starting with InTouch 2023 and newer, max InTouch tag name and description lengths are longer and AVEVA is not updating the InTouch External Database Access (IEDA) Toolkit we use in this driver. AVEVA provides an OPC UA interface with InTouch 2023 and newer. If you need the ability to convert AVEVA's OPC UA interface to OPC DA or other protocols, consider the TOP Server OPC Client Suite or DataHub OPC Gateway
- Because this driver has to access the InTouch WindowViewer, it is required to either run the TOP Server in Interactive Mode (rather than as a service) or to set the TOP Server service to run as a specific user that is the same user InTouch WindowViewer is running as when using the InTouch Client Driver. (Click for Instructions)
TOP Server AVEVA InTouch Client Driver
$1846
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Part # 41233167-N
Delivery Methods: CD or Online
Availability: 0 to 1 Business Days
Perpetual License to use the server and drivers in this suite on a single computer with no artificial limits on number of devices, tags, or connected client applications. Includes 1 yr support & maintenance agreement.
FEATURES & RESOURCES
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Key Features
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Standard Features
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Advanced Features
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InTouch Version Support
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Protocols / Networks
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Available Languages
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Videos & App Notes
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Help Files & Release Notes
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Technical Blog
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Additional Resources
AVEVA InTouch Client Driver Key Features Include
- Maximum Number of Channels & Devices:
- Channels - 16
- Devices per Channel - 16
- NOTE: Practical channel/device limits will vary depending on your available system resources and communications architecture
- Makes InTouch an OPC UA and/or OPC DA Server
- Uses Native AVEVA (formerly Wonderware) IDEA Toolkit Interface to InTouch
- Works with all InTouch versions 7.1 and above up to but not including InTouch 2023 and newer
- Use AVEVA's OPC UA Interface in InTouch 2023 and newer.
- OPC Compliance Tested
- OPC Interoperability Tested
- Supports all major data types
- Supports all I/O and memory tags, and both local and remote tags, as well as InTouch system tags
- Automatic Tag Database generation for plug and play ease of use
Standard AVEVA InTouch Bridge Features Include
- Supports all major data types
- Supports all I/O and memory tags, and both local and remote tags, as well as InTouch system tags (remote tag access done through the local node)
- TOP Server Built-In Features:
- Multi-threaded architecture for high scalability
- Runtime changes via wizard-based configuration interface with intuitive Properties Editor
- Secure User Management
- Built-in Device/Network Redundancy
- Auto-Demotion (Slow Polling)
- Extensive communication and server diagnostics (OPC / Communications / Event Log)
- For all TOP Server built-in features, click here.
AVEVA InTouch Bridge Advanced Features Include
- Has the ability to import tags defined in Wonderware InTouch applications
- Includes three modes of data access to optimize communications with InTouch, and can obtain data via Driver polls InTouch, InTouch notifies driver, or Combination
- Includes addresses with Mode Override
- OPC UA and OPC DA Clients can browse for tags
- Read/Write or Read only access to tags supported
- Exception-based updating from InTouch minimizes impact on InTouch performance
- Supports _AutoCreateTagDatabase system tag to tell driver to refresh its tag list with the latest available tags from InTouch when written to
Supported Devices Include (Don't See Your Device Listed? Contact Us)
- AVEVA InTouch (formerly Wonderware) HMIs prior to InTouch 2023 that are running on TOP Server supported operating systems
Supported Protocols / Networks
- Connectivity to InTouch is achieved through the AVEVA InTouch (formerly Wonderware) InTouch External Database Access library
- Once data is in TOP Server it can be delivered to other systems using
- OPC UA (Generic data access profile) - included
- OPC DA (2.05a) - local access recommended to avoid DCOM issues - included
- Log to database - requires TOP Server ODBC DataLogger plug-in license
- Bridge to any other supported control system by adding on licenses for other TOP Server drivers and either the TOP Server Advanced Tag Plug-In or DataHub Bridge
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Driver Help Files / Release Notes
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