Simulation server suffixes

The Simulator Communication Driver allows you to specify suffixes for each item to identify the simulation signal.

• The naming syntax is case insensitive.

• The range, rate and other parameters are configured in the appropriate PLC_Test hierarchy.

• If the suffix is not specified, the configured value of the "Algorithm" parameter in the PLC_Test hierarchy will be used.

  For more information, see Configuring a PLC Test Hierarchy.

  Suffix	Description
  /cosine	Generate a cosine wave.
  /none	No signal value is to be generated.
  /random	Generate a random value between 0 and value of Range/Group configured in the PLC_Test Hierarchy.
  /rand.normal	Generate a normalized random value between 0.0 and 1.0.
  /sawtooth	Generate a sawtooth wave.
  /sine	Generate a sine wave.
  /string	Generate a string with changing numeric value of the form TEST:{number}.
  /toggle	Toggle value between 0 and 1.
  /triangular	Generate a triangular wave.

  The Simulator Communication Driver supports suffixes for process variable simulation, listed in the following table. For each simulated process variable, there are three other suffixes, which can be set dynamically at run time to determine the behavior of each simulated process variable. The suffix is case insensitive and does not require any configuration in the PLC_Test hierarchy.

  Suffix	Description	Default Value	Example
  /sim.pv	This is the process variable for the corresponding tag.	70.0	Tag1 /sim.pv
  /sim.sp	Specifies the setpoint for the associated process variable.	60.0	Tag1 /sim.sp
  /sim.dev	Specifies the maximum deviation the setpoint and process variable can have. The actual deviation is randomly generated.	6.0	Tag1 /sim.dev
  /sim.noise	Specifies the maximum amount of fluctuation the process variable can have. The actual noise level is randomly generated.	3.0	Tag1 /sim.noise

  Alternatively, if a tag ends with the pre-defined syntax described in the following table, the Simulator Communication Driver can recognize it as a process variable or as an associated parameter. The syntax for process variable parameters is encoded in the process variable definition file PVSyntax.txt in folder C:\ProgramData\Wonderware\OI-Server\$Operations Integration Supervisory$\OI.SIM\OI.SIM.

  Suffix	Description	Default Value	Example
  .pv	This is the process variable for the corresponding tag.	70.0	Tag1.pv
  .sp	Specifies the setpoint for the associated process variable.	60.0	Tag1.sp
  .dev	Specifies the maximum deviation the setpoint and process variable can have. The actual deviation is randomly generated.	6.0	Tag1.dev
  .noise	Specifies the maximum amount of fluctuation the process variable can have. The actual noise level is randomly generated.	3.0	Tag1.noise