OPC Alarm Event server connectivity?

[tricky_trev]

Hi guys,

Can Lookout connect to OPC Alarm / Event servers? It is very important for me that I can do this.

OPC Data Access servers is no problem, but i don't want to redifine my 1000's of alarms that are already in the controller for the HMI in lookout.

Lookout is my favourite HMI application of all time, but if it can't access AE servers and DA servers at the same time then I'll have to use another software.

Many thanks,

Trev.

[tricky_trev]

Actually, can "any" NI software connect to OPC AE servers?

If not, then I'm really dissapointed.

Hope someone can help,

Trev.

[Ryan.S]

Unfortunately there is no NI product that is able to connect to the OPC AE Server.

[tricky_trev]

Hi Ryan,

Thanks for your response. Is there a political or technical reason for this?

I thought that OPC AE connectivity would be the most fundamental thing in a HMI/SCADA system.

I have no possibility to read the internal controller alarms, events and trips on the SCADA system without altering the controller code to write them out to another interface (eg. Modbus).

I see it as a total waste of resources to have one interface for AE and another for DA.

Do you think this will change in the future? Your competitors offer AE.

Thanks,

Trev.

[Ryan.S]

I think that's because we didn't get enough requests on this feasture. We will probably do some research on this feature, but I can't say if we will add it to some products.