The Driver Reference Help

Each driver, whether it is installed with Plant SCADA or as part of a driver pack, is supported by the Driver Reference Help.

To open the Driver Reference Help:

1. In the Topology activity, select I/O Devices.

2. On the Command Bar, click Driver Reference Help.

By default, this will launch the Driver Reference Help on the AVEVA Documentation portal. This is where you will find the specific reference information related to each driver. This information includes:

• The device(s) each driver supports

• The address used to identify and locate a device

• Any necessary device setup information

• The information necessary to configure a device in your Plant SCADA project

• The data types each driver supports

• Parameters you can use to customize a driver

• Driver-specific error messages.

You will need much of this information to establish communication with a device; some of it is more suited to advanced engineering tasks and troubleshooting.

If you familiarize yourself with the processes explained in Configure I/O Device Communications, you will be instructed on how to use this information to configure devices within a Plant SCADA project.

Note: If a computer is configured to Use local documentation (see Plant SCADA Documentation), the information in the local version of the Driver Reference Help may not be up to date if a driver pack has been recently installed. It is recommended you refer to the Driver Reference Help on the AVEVA Documentation portal for the most current driver information. Alternatively, the associated documentation will be saved to the Plant SCADA bin directory when a driver pack is installed. The file will be named <drivername>.pdf.