Rockwell Automation 2711P Creating Modbus Applications - Manual (Page 35)

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Chapter
4
Testing KEPServer Communications
Objectives This chapter shows how to test KEPServer communications on a
development computer to verify your project configuration and tags.
Use the OPC Quick Client Included with the KEPServer server installation is a simple tool for
testing OPC tags called the OPC Quick Client. When you create a
new KEPServer configuration, there are several system and
communications tags that are also created. In this section, you'll verify
communication with the tags you’ve created before incorporating
them into an HMI project.
1. Select Tools>Launch OPC Quick Client from the main menu. Or
click on the OPC Quick Client icon.
2. Highlight the name of the device that you plan to test in the left
pane. This will display the tags that you have created in the right
pane.
3. Right-click the tag in the right pane that you plan to test, and
select Synchronous Write.