Determine the Gateway Communication Driver Data source hierarchy

Before attempting to configure Gateway Communication Driver , determine the hierarchical structure of the data sources you wish to use.The data source configuration part of Gateway Communication Driver hierarchy begins under the Configuration branch.

When you are viewing the configuration hierarchy of Gateway Communication Driver and someone views the same in another instance of the OI Server Manager, the second instance is displayed in read-only mode. To gain configuration access in this second instance, you must close the first instance of the OI Server Manager (or select a hierarchy away from the original hierarchy).

Object Naming Convention within a Hierarchy

• The format of the default name of an hierarchy object is in the format

  New_<ObjectName>_###

  where,

  • <ObjectName>: name of the object type

  • ###: numeric value starting from "000" enumerated sequentially per hierarchy object

• The hierarchy object name can contain up to 32 characters.

• The link name for the OPC items is constructed by assembling the respective object names of the nodes along the hierarchy tree in the logical order, starting from the data source root down to the leaf. Therefore, the link name is always unique.