Creating and Saving a Configuration
On First Launch
When the In-Sight OPC Classic Server is launched for the first time, the Server Runtime window will appear, similar to the following:
As indicated in the Event Log, no configuration was located; this means we must create one.
Create and Save a New Configuration
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From the Server Runtime dialog, click Server > Edit Configuration. This will launch the Configuration Editor:
- Select a sensor or emulator from the Available Sensors pane. If your desired sensor or emulator does not appear in the tree, you will need to Add a new sensor.
- After selecting a sensor from the tree, the Available Tags pane populates with tags that may be added to your server configuration. Select the desired tags from the list and click Available Tags > Add Selected. Alternatively, you may double-click an individual tag to add it to the list of configured tags.
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The tags chosen in the previous step now appear in the Configured Tags pane:
- Repeat steps (2) through (4) for any additional sensors.
- Once all desired tags have been added, click File > Save and Exit.
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The Server Runtime dialog now indicates the tags you configured in previous steps, similar to the following:
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At this point, you may start the server by clicking Server > Run. OPC clients will then be able to access data from the In-Sight OPC Classic Server:
