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AVEVA Enterprise SCADA

Enable Open Platform Communications (OPC) timestamps

Enable Open Platform Communications (OPC) timestamps

  • Last UpdatedApr 24, 2025
  • 1 minute read

Note: For information on overriding default configuration settings, refer to Modify configuration settings.

To enable Open Platform Communications (OPC) timestamps

  1. In the %DNADataRoot%\RealTime\config\Settings directory, either create or open the OPCDAServerConfig.json file.

  2. In the file, change the following value to true:

    "OPCDAServer" > "ServerName" > "MAPTIMESTAMP": false

    For example:

    {

    "RealTime":{

    "OPCDAServer":{

    "OASySDNA.OPCDAServer.1":{

    "HPDB": false,

    "LASTKRUNCHTIMEFROMPACKED": false,

    "MAPDATAQUALITY": true,

    "MAPTIMESTAMP": true,

    "NOSYSTEMNAME": false,

    "ACCESSPERMISSION": "READONLY",

    "SECURITYOVERRIDE": false,

    "VERBOSE": false,

    "SUBSCRIPTIONS": []

    }

    }

    }

    }

  3. Save the file.

  4. Restart the RealTime service.