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| + | ====OPC-DA Driver=== | ||
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| + | ===Information=== | ||
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| + | OPC-DA is an older standard for communicating live industrial data between systems. | ||
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| + | Although we [[moving_to_opc_ua|suggest upgrading your systems to the newer OPC-UA]] whever possible (this can be done using //OPC-UA wrappers//, leaving your existing infrastructure in place), we continue to support DA for legacy applications. | ||
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| + | ^Driver Info^Detail^ | ||
| + | |Driver Type: | ||
| + | |Platforms: | ||
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| + | ===Driver Settings=== | ||
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| + | This driver has two options. | ||
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| + | ^Option^Description^ | ||
| + | |Address|The address of the OPC-DA host machine| | ||
| + | |Server Name|The name of the specific OPC-DA service to connect to on that machine| | ||
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| + | ===Point Settings=== | ||
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| + | OPC-DA points only have one setting - the **full address** of the point. | ||
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| + | DA addresses are separated by slash (/) characters. | ||
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