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TN DAS151 How to create an ArchestrA object from within the Wonderware Gateway OI Server

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Description

 

This article from InSource walks through using the Gateway OI Server to connect to an Application Server object.

  • Author: Joseph Hefner
  • Published: 12/6/2016
  • Applies to: Wonderware Gateway OI Server 1.0 or later

Details

 

Step 1)  Right click on the Configuration and choose "Add ArchestrA Connection":

 

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Step 2) Enter the credentials that will be used to connect to the Galaxy:

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Step 3)  Rename the object by Right clicking on it and choosing "Rename".  

In this scenario I renamed it to "ArchestrA".

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Step 4) Right click on the ArchestrA Object and choose "Add ArchestrAGroup Connection":

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Step 5)  Right Click on the new ArchetrA group and choose "Rename":

In this scenario I renamed the group to "Objects"

 

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The Device Group Name will be the topic when making a connection to the Gateway OI Server.

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Step 6)  Right Click on the Gateway OI Server and choose "Activate Server":

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Step 7) Test the connection by trying to read an object from the galaxy through the Gateway OI Server.  

In the example below, I used Wonderware Client to test the connection:

 

First Create the connection:

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Next, Enter the Gateway connection settings. The Topic must match the Device Group name from Step 5.

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Finally, enter the object name you wish to read and click the "AdviseEx" button:

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If the object is read correctly you should see a quality value of 0x00c0 as below:

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