Installing OI Gateway and Upgrading from FS Gateway
- Last UpdatedMay 06, 2022
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Operations Integration Gateway (OI Gateway) is automatically installed as an InTouch component when InTouch is selected for installation. OI Gateway replaces Factory Suite (FS) Gateway, which was supplied with prior versions of System Platform. Like FS Gateway, OI Gateway acts as a communications protocol converter, provides OPC connectivity and also supports OPC UA connectivity. Default configurations for both OPC and OPC UA are included.
See the Operations Integration Gateway Help for information about connecting to OPC and OPC UA servers, as well as for information about linking clients and data sources that communicate using different protocols.
In addition to installing OI Gateway as part of installing InTouch, you can install OI Gateway as a stand-alone application. There are three common installation scenarios:
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"Clean" System without OI Gateway or FS Gateway |
Older version of OI Gateway is installed |
FS Gateway is installed |
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OI Gateway is installed as part of InTouch installation. |
The System Platform installation program upgrades the existing OI Gateway version to the new version and exits. Restart the System Platform installation program after OI Gateway has been upgraded. This installs the remaining System Platform components, including InTouch. |
The installation program removes FS Gateway, but saves the existing FS Gateway configuration. Two instances of OI Gateway are installed. The existing FS Gateway is replaced by the second OI Gateway instance, which uses the existing FS Gateway application name. After the upgrade to System Platform 2023 is complete, activate the instance that has replaced FS Gateway. There is no change in behavior for InTouch users that use the pre-existing OPC access name. |