14.1.1 Settings
- Scott Fredericks (Unlicensed)
- Jessica Reyes (Unlicensed)
Select [Tools] – [Data Server] – [Xpanel Data Server] or press the icon to bring up the configuration window as shown below.
Item | Description |
Adds a tag to the selected memory area. | |
Edits the selected tag. | |
Deletes the selected tag. | |
 | Displays the tags registered in the data memory area. Numeric data types up to 32 bits (INT8, UINT16, UINT32, Float, etc.) are supported, as well as digital tags. |
Displays the tags registered in the string memory area. Only string tags can be registered here. |
(1) Data Memory
To add a data memory tag, select [Data(D) Memory] in the tree structure and press the icon to bring up the configuration window as shown below.
Item | Description |
DataSever Addr. | Designate an address to be used within CIMON-SCADA. The address will be displayed in the format of “D” + <address>. Addresses may range from 0 to 4999. E.g.) D0000, D0001 … D4999 Note: data memory and string memory addresses do not overlap. Each numeric address can be used once by the data memory area and once by the string memory area. |
Addr | Assign an address from a connected device to be used as a data server tag. You can select the data type (Bit/Word), then press the button to configure the address. |
Tag | Assign a digital/analog tag to be used as a data server tag. You can press the button to browse the tag database, or you can manually enter the tag name in the field. |
(2) String Memory
To add a string memory tag, select [String(S) Memory] in the tree structure and press the button to bring up the configuration window as shown below.
Item | Description |
DataSever Addr. | Designate an address to be used in CIMON-SCADA. The address will be displayed in the format of “S” + <address>. Addresses may range from 0 to 4999. E.g.) S0000, S0001 … S4999 Note: data memory and string memory addresses do not overlap. Each numeric address can be used once by the data memory area and once by the string memory area. |
Addr | Assign an address from a connected device to be used as a data server tag. You can select the data type (Bit/Word), then press the button to configure the address. |
Tag | Assign a string tag to be used as a data server tag. You can press the button to browse the tag database, or you can manually enter the tag name in the field. |
If you register a data server tag with a device address, a real tag will be created in the database with the corresponding information. The device name and the station name will be group tags, while the device address and the data type are used as the child tag name. In the example below, the full tag names are “IO_DEVICE.ST_STATION.X2_B” and “IO_DEVICE.ST_STATION.D235_S”.