TOP Server User Configurable (UCON) OPC Driver

User Configurable (UCON) Key Features Include

• Maximum Number of Channels & Devices: 
  • Channels - 256
  • Devices per Channel - 256
  • NOTE: Practical channel/device limits will vary depending on your available system resources and communications architecture
• Make device data available to any OPC Client
• No programming experience needed
• Create unique Serial and Ethernet communications drivers
• Supports both Numeric and String-based Device ID fields
• Supports Solicited and Unsolicited Serial and Ethernet communications
• Full scaling capabilities built-in
• Menu driven protocol development
• Automatically generated OPC tags based on the UCON Device Profile you've configured

Standard User Configurable (UCON) Features Include

• Supports Function Blocks for defining a common series of commands that is reusable across multiple transactions
• Supports Global, Scratch, and Initialization Buffers for sharing data between transactions
• Supports up to 256 concurrent serial port and Network Interface Card (NIC) configurations
• Supports error recovery, adjustable timeouts, and write optimizations
• Three Device Response Processing Methods (Fixed Length, Delimiter, Message Length Field)
• 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.

User Configurable (UCON) Advanced Features Include

Supported Devices Include (Don't See Your Device Listed? Contact Us)

• Barcode readers
• Scales
• Gauges
• More - Just about anything that supports a Serial or Ethernet connection with protocol documentation available (subject to complimentary protocol review to confirm compatibility)

Supported Protocols / Networks

• Protocols:
  •  User Configured with the U-CON driver's Transaction Editor - a menu-driven interface that allows the configuration of read and write transactions to establish communications with the device.
  • Must have some form of documentation of the require command and/or response syntax for the device communications protocol

• Networks:
  • TCP/IP Ethernet
  • Serial RS-232 / 422 / 485
  • Ethernet Encapsulation

Available Languages

• English

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Driver Help Files / Release Notes

Use the below links to access TOP Server release history and driver help documentation.

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• User Configurable (UCON) Help File

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