ProSoft Technology RLX-OPC-SRV - Manual (Page 5)

Start Here RLX-OPC-SRV ♦ ProSoft Software
RadioLinx® OPC Server for Frequency Hopping and Industrial Hotspot™ Radios
ProSoft Technology, Inc. Page 5 of 108
January 22, 2009
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In This Chapter
™ About the RadioLinx OPC Server............................................................ 5
™ Tags That Can Be Read.......................................................................... 6
™ System Requirements ........................................................................... 15
™ Set Up Network ..................................................................................... 15
For most applications, the following installation and configuration steps will work
without additional programming. ProSoft Technology strongly recommends that
you complete the steps in this chapter before developing a custom application.
This manual will walk you through the following tasks.
1 Setting up your network (page 15)
2 Install the server (page 17)
3 Configuring the server (page 19)
4 Security issues (page 35)
5 Setting up OPC client to monitor radios (page 57)
1.1 About the RadioLinx OPC Server
OPC is OLE for Process Control. OPC is open connectivity in industrial
automation and the enterprise systems that support industry.
The purpose of the RadioLinx OPC Server is to seamlessly link customer
applications to RadioLinx radios.
It will allow any application that can act as an OPC Client, such as an HMI, to
interact with most RadioLinx radios to get signal strength, serial number, limited
throughput information as well as other useful statistics.