Measurement Computing PointScan Road Map rev.2.0 - Manual (Page 31)

Running the “Quick Client” Program
Kepware provides a program called “Quick Client” to allow you to test the configuration and make sure
that KEPServerEX can communicate with the PointScan modules and gather valid data. To run Quick
Client, do the following:
(a) In the KEPServerEX main window, either select Tools>Launch OPC QuickClient or click on
the Quick Client icon (looks like a hammer) at the right end of the icons in the toolbar.
(b) In the OPC Quick Client window, highlight one of the PointScan devices in the upper left
hand part of the window. Note that the entries with a “_System” at the end of their label
are not actual devices but are system entities. So don’t highlight them.
(c) After you have selected a PointScan device, look at the information in the upper right
hand part of the window. Each row of information represents a single tag in the selected
device. The Item ID column shows the associated name of each tag. The Quality column
for each tag should read “Good” if KEPServerEX is communicating properly with the
selected device. Also, the Value column should display the correct current value of the
input associated with that tag. Remember that if you have chosen not to apply scaling in
KEPServer, the raw readings will not have a decimal point shown in the display.
OPC Quick Client
You should highlight each device in sequence, checking to make sure that the Quality and
Value parameters for each tag are legitimate. If they are not, you will need to review the
setup windows for each problem device and tag in KEPServerEX to find the source of the
problem.
(d) After you are done running Quick Client, use File>Exit to close out the program. You do
not need to save the changes to the Quick Client program because you will run a fresh
version of this test program each time.
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