Dear Ken, in the manual B0400DG: I/A Series® AIM*ATT OPCT Server User's Guide is clearly written: "Before you can use the OPC server to communicate with a specific data server, you must license that data server using an Invensys supplied authorization code. The code authorizes the OPC server to establish a connection to the data server". Then I think you have to license the data server. Naturally, if the OPC is installed on the same machine as the data server you have to license the machine where running the OPC server. In my case the OPC is running on another machine but it has to connect to the data server which is an AW70. Thank you Daniele ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ken Heywood" <kheywood@xxxxxxxxx> To: <foxboro@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Sunday, September 10, 2006 4:58 PM Subject: Re: [foxboro] installing OPC server > You only license opc server on the machine running OPC server. You need to license it before you use it. > > Go to My Network Places on both machines and make sure that both the AW70 and OPC server show up on the list. If they do not, make sure that they have the interfaces are in the same workgroup. > > Last time I worked on AIM*OPC, DCOM had to be setup in a particular manner. Set as "run on this computer" and the user account should be an administrative account. > -----Original Message----- > From: Daniele Tocco [mailto:danieletocco@xxxxxxxxxx] > Sent: Sat 9/9/2006 7:01 AM > To: foxboro@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Cc: > Subject: [foxboro] installing OPC server > > > > Hi all list, > > I am trying to install an aim* OPC server DA on a windows 2003 server PC > (hostid=opc_test). It should retrieve the real time data from an AW70 (Win > NT) which has installed AIM*AT. > > During the installation of the OPC software on the opc_test I have installed > also the aim*api admin tool in the same PC. Starting the api admin tool I > should find the AW70 host id in the server list (because of broadcasting). > But I did not find it. I can ping the two PCs so I can be sure that there is > connection between them. Even configuring the data server connection > manually in the "EDIT SERVER CONNECTION" button of the opc_test machine, I > cannot see the AW70 in the server list. > > > > Is it because I have still not licensed the opc_test in the AW70? > > If I open the authorization tag by using the api adm of the AW70 (which has > aim*at server installed) it does not appear the package name "OPCDAO" which > I have in the opc_test. I think there appear only the packages installed on > the machine. BUT I HAVE TO LICENSE THE OPC SERVER WHICH IS INSTALLED ON THE > OTHER PC. How can I then license, in the data server, the OPC (opc_test) > machine? > > After licensing that, user accessing, security etc as written in the manual, > will I able to see the RTPs of the AW70 by using the matrikon opc explorer? > > > > Please help me. > > > > Thank you to all > > > > Daniele > > > > > > _______________________________________________________________________ > This mailing list is neither sponsored nor endorsed by Invensys Process > Systems (formerly The Foxboro Company). Use the info you obtain here at > your own risks. 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