Course Description
In the early stages of automation processing, most SCADA/HMI and historian manufacturers had drivers running directly in their client applications. Although most of these drivers were for thier own hardware set, some common protocols were occasionally include (like ModBus).
The problem that end users encountered was that one manufaturer’s client software often could not communicate with another manufacturer’s hardware or PLC/DCS. Ths meant that end users were limited to the product offerings from a single hardware manufacturer. It also limited the potential market for Automation suppliers, who faced challenges selling thier hardware to plants that had specialized in a different brand.
This course provides overall OPC knowledge. All major aspects of OPC are covered by classroom presentations and laboratory exercises.
Course Outline
- OPC Concept Introduction
- Connectivity before and after OPC
- OPC structure introduction
- Understanding OPC quality field
- DCOM Introduction
- Introduction to OPC DCOM connectivity
- OPC and DCOM error
- Configuring DCOM
- DCOM Quick Start
- DCOM - Secure by default
- OPC Application
- Creating OPC Project Channel
- Creating OPC Project Device
- Creating OPC Project Tag
- OPC System Tags
- Troubleshooting
- Optimizing OPC Projects
- Benchmarking OPC Projects
- Diagnostics
- Using and Understanding Channel Diagnostics
- Using and Understanding OPC Diagnostics
- Using and Understanding Wireshark
- OPC Component Add-ons
- OPC Tunneling
- OPC Data Manager
- OPC Redundancy
- OPC Data Logger
Laboratory Exercise
- OPC Software
- Simulator
Objectives
Students completing these courses receive a good grounding in OPC principles and strategies, diagnostic, and troubleshooting OPC.
Who Should Attend ?
This class is ideal for instrument and control system engineer, process engineer, supervisors, plant floot operatiors and other individuals charged with the responsibility of deploying and/or maintaining Process Control System.