Configuring the MBTCP OI Server

Network Communication Bridge/Interface Modules are the communication links between the MBTCP OI Server and its supported Modicon-family of controllers (also referred to as devices), including the TSX Premium, TSX Quantum, and TSX Momentum that are connected to the OI Server through the computers’ Ethernet ports using the Modbus TCP/IP protocol. You must create these links within the OI Server Manager hierarchy to bridge/route control and information data between different networks to target controllers.

This is accomplished by creating Port Objects. These Port Objects simulate the physical hardware layout and must be built to establish communications to each of the controllers. Once you have built the MBTCP hierarchy, you can configure the respective devices for communications. Finally, you can create the desired Device Groups for each controller.

Note: Before you add these Ports in the SMC, you must identify your hardware topology to the devices being connected.

Note: This OI Server is hosted by the OI Server Manager, a Microsoft Management Console (MMC) snap-in, which is a part of the ArchestrA System Management Console (SMC) suite of utilities. Many high-level functions and user-interface elements of the OI Server Manager are universal to all OI Servers, and only the documentation for the OI Server Manager contains descriptions of those universal functions/UI elements. Therefore, reading the documentation for both the MMC and the OI Server Manager is critical to understanding this user’s guide. To read the documentation about the MMC and OI Server Manager, right-click the OI Server Manager icon and select the Help menu. Both the MMC Help and the OI Server Manager Help are displayed.

Note: The shortcut menu items described in this document typically represent only a subset of any actual shortcut menu. Most items in each shortcut menu are standard Windows commands. For more information about those commands, please see Help, by right-clicking the System Management Console icon.

Note: For more information on the Modbus protocol and to better understand how to read and write data to the different Modicon controllers, please refer to the Modicon Modbus Protocol Reference Guide (PI-MBUS-300) from Schneider Electric.

To prepare the MBTCP OI Server

1. Install the Wonderware MBTCP OI Server on Windows by running the Setup.exe program.

2. Accept all the default settings during the installation.

3. After the OI Server has been installed, start the System Manager Console by clicking the Start button on the Windows taskbar and pointing to Programs.

4. Point to the Wonderware folder that contains the System Management Console, then click System Management Console.

5. From the System Management Console tree, click on Wonderware Operations Integration Server Manager.

6. Click on Default Group, then the Local node.

   • Under the Local node, the OI Server name is OI.MBTCP.3.

     

     Note: See the OI Server Manager documentation for general information about working in this snap-in environment.

7. Before the OI Server is started, you must first build the device hierarchy to establish communications to each of the controllers.

   Important: For step-by-step procedures on how to build the device hierarchy, see MBTCP Hierarchy in the OI Server Manager.

   Note: Selecting the Configuration object of the hierarchy tree displays the Global Parameters configuration view for this OI Server. The default Poke Mode settings for the OI Server is Optimization mode. Configure all other global parameters as required for this OI Server. For more information about the Global Parameters configuration view, including descriptions of the different Poke Modes, see the OI Server Manager documentation. You can access that documentation by right-clicking the OI Server Manager icon and selecting the Help menu, and then navigating through the OI Server Manager book.

   Important: Any Global Parameters that appear dimmed are either not supported or cannot be configured for this OI Server. Simulation Mode is not supported.

8. When the MBTCP hierarchy build has been completed, you can start configuring the respective devices for communications.

9. You may create the desired Device Groups for each controller by:

   • Navigating to the object of interest in the OI Server Manager tree view.

   • Clicking on the Device Groups tab.

   • Right-clicking in the Device Groups dialog box and selecting the Add command from the shortcut menu.

     Important: For step-by-step procedures on configuring Device Groups, see Device Group Definitions.

10. Finally, you may create the desired Device Items for each controller by:

    • Navigating to the object of interest in the OI Server Manager tree view.

    • Clicking on the Device Items tab.

    • Right-clicking in the Device Items dialog box and selecting the Add command from the shortcut menu.

      Note: When any configuration view is in an open state and you open the same server the second time, the OI Server locks the second instance of this same-server access for any update or configuration activities. Access to this second opening instance will resume after the first one has been closed.

The OI Server is now ready for use. In order to use the OI Server, you must activate it.

• If you are using an OPC Client, the OI Server can be auto-started.

• If you are using DDE/SuiteLink, you must start the OI Server either as a manual or automatic service.

• To activate the OI Server, right-click on the appropriate serve instance, such as OI.MBTC.4, and select Activate Server from the shortcut menu.

  Note: To run the MBTCP OI Server as a service, right-click on the OI Server name and select Configure As Service from the shortcut menu. You can configure it as an auto service or manual service. For more information about configuring your OI Server as a service, see the Activation/Deactivation/ Service Component of the OI Server Manager documentation.