NI OPC Servers 2013
发布日期：2013/6/7
包含的版本：2013完整版
受支持的操作系统
Windows 7
Windows Server 2008 R2 64-bit
Windows Server 2003 R2 32-bit
Windows XP 32-bit
Windows Vista
Windows 8
语言：English
应用程序位数：32/64位
校验和：
文件大小: 203641632 字节 (194.21 MB)
修改日期: 2013-08-07 21:54
MD5: f2f12eabeb5f213dd9ccfb57686e97ed（官方正确）
SHA1: eea8cc95224c56415f33c8ebc0a71a86586bdd5c
SHA256: 55d2a53a60233acc2000937a084c16684774df6d4db9b4fa04bf9df65b50cd47
CRC32: d123ca1a
This file contains important information about the National Instruments OPC Servers (NI OPC Servers), including system requirements, installation and activation instructions, and a list of new features and changes.
Overview
System Requirements
Installation Instructions
Licensing and Activation
Drivers Usage
New Features and Changes
New Drivers and Changes
Accessing the Help
Automating the Installation of NI Products
How to Use NI Software with Microsoft Windows 8
NI Software Support for Microsoft Windows Vista, Windows XP, and Windows Server 2003
Overview
NI OPC Servers provides a single consistent interface to communicate with multiple devices, saving you from learning new communication protocols and spending time understanding new applications. The combination of NI OPC Servers and other NI products, such as LabVIEW, the LabVIEW Datalogging and Supervisory Control (DSC) Module, Lookout, Measurement Studio, and LabWindows™/CVI™, provides a single platform for delivering high-performance measurements and control to new and existing industrial systems.
You can use NI OPC Servers with the following software applications:
LabVIEW 2013 Full or Professional Development System
LabVIEW DSC Module 2013
Note The DSC Module must be the same version as LabVIEW.
Lookout 6.6
By default, NI OPC Servers installs with the DSC Module for a two-hour evaluation period and with Lookout fully-licensed. NI OPC Servers connects through the OPC client in the DSC Module to enable you to develop a full-fledged Human Machine Interface (HMI) and Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) system with programmable logic controllers (PLCs), programmable automation controllers (PACs), and smart sensors.
System Requirements
NI OPC Servers has both software and hardware minimum system requirements. This application supports the following operating systems:
Windows 8 (32-bit and 64-bit)
Windows 7 (32-bit and 64-bit)
Windows Vista (32-bit and 64-bit)
Windows XP Service Pack 3 or later
Windows Server 2008 R2 (64-bit)
Windows Server 2003 R2 (32-bit)
Note NI OPC Servers does not support Windows NT/Me/2000/98/95 or the Windows Server non-R2 editions.
NI OPC Servers requires the following minimum hardware requirements:
2.0 GHz processor
1 GB installed RAM
180 MB available disk space
Ethernet card
Super VGA (800x600) or higher resolution video card
CD-ROM or DVD Drive
Installation Instructions
By default, NI OPC Servers installs with the DSC Module for a two-hour evaluation period and with Lookout fully-licensed. Complete the following steps to install NI OPC Servers if you purchased NI OPC Servers separately from the DSC Module or Lookout.
Note Some virus detection programs interfere with the installer. Disable any automatic virus detection programs before you install. After installation, check your computer for viruses and enable any virus detection programs you disabled.
Log on as an administrator or as a user with administrator privileges.
Insert the NI OPC Servers installation media and follow the instructions that appear on the screen.
Activate NI OPC Servers using the NI License Manager.
NI OPC Servers Updates and Notifications
National Instruments posts information about critical updates and security notifications on ni.com. Visit ni.com/info, and enter info code updates to access this information.
Licensing and Activation
NI OPC Servers installed with Lookout is licensed. NI OPC Servers installed with the DSC Module provides a temporary license for a two-hour evaluation period. You must activate a valid license to continue using NI OPC Servers after the evaluation period expires.
Use the NI License Manager, available by selecting Start»All Programs»National Instruments»NI License Manager, to activate NI products. (Windows 8) Click NI Launcher and select NI License Manager in the window that appears. Refer to the National Instruments License Manager Help, available by selecting Help»Contents in the NI License Manager, for information about activating NI products.
Drivers Usage
NI OPC Servers supports numerous drivers for communication to third-party devices. You can connect to one driver at a time or an unlimited number of drivers simultaneously. To learn about driver usage in NI OPC Servers and to determine the number of drivers you can simultaneously connect to, visit ni.com/info and enter the info code opcdriverusage.
New Features and Changes
This section lists the new features in NI OPC Servers 2013 and changes from NI OPC Servers 2012.
Server Administration
Moved the User Manager from a separate dialog that was launched from the Administration menu to a tab in the Settings dialog (which is located through the Administration menu by clicking Settings | User Manager).
Enhanced the User Manager by adding granularity to specify whether users can modify channels, devices, and tags. Added a built-in user profile called ¡°Data Client¡± to control whether clients can access Dynamic (Native) Tags.
Server Runtime
Added a new OPC Diagnostic message to indicate that the client-supplied shutdown notification sink is being called. The new filter "ShutdownRequest" was added to the Filter dialog beneath "IConnectionPoint (Server)" to enable this event. It is displayed in the OPC Diagnostics View as "Calling registered shutdown sink". The detail shows the return value from the call as "Client returned = ."
Altered the shutdown sequence to ensure that the OPC Diagnostics generated during Runtime shutdown will be delivered to the Configuration before it disconnects.
Upgraded OPC Core Components to version 3.00.105.1. This version resolves conflicts between x64 and x86 versions of OpcEnum.
Server Configuration
Removed the Diagnostics sub-menu from the View menu, and then moved items from the Diagnostics sub-menu to the View menu.
Added a device detail view to the server's right pane. When a channel is selected, the right pane will now display a list of devices that are assigned to that channel.
Provided the ability to enforce a scan rate floor or fixed scan rate when polling underlying data sources. This feature can override the rates requested by client applications.
Server Event Log
Improved the Event Log's performance by increasing the number of records sent per packet.
Added new persistence settings to support extended data storage. These settings are configured from the Event Log tab in the Settings dialog.
Client Interfaces
Added the ability to modify the advanced OPC UA Server properties MaxDataQueueSize, MaxNotificationsPerPublish, and MaxRetransmitionQueueSize.
New Drivers and Changes
This section lists the new drivers in NI OPC Servers 2013 and changes from NI OPC Servers 2012.
NI OPC Servers 2013 supports the following new drivers:
Allen-Bradley ControlLogix Unsolicited Ethernet—This driver is licensed with the Allen-Bradley Driver. This driver is intended for customers that require the use of CIP Data Table Read and Write Messages from the Logix family of controllers and need to communicate with a driver in an OPC server.
MTConnect Client—This driver connects to agents using the MTConnect Standard over HTTP.
OPC XML-DA Client—This driver is used to connect to Third-Party OPC XML-DA Servers.
For a complete list of drivers that NI OPC Servers supports, visit ni.com/info and enter the info code opcdriverlist.
NI OPC Servers 2013 includes the following changes to drivers:
Provided the ability to enforce a scan rate floor or fixed scan rate when polling underlying data sources. This feature can override the rates requested by client applications.
Enhanced XML support to always encrypt passwords before persisting to file, while maintaining backward compatibility with previous un-encrypted passwords. In doing so, password encryption with OpenSSL was strengthened where practical. This applies to new projects created with V5.6 and beyond.
Accessing the Help
Refer to the National Instruments Web site at ni.com/opc or the NI OPC Servers Help, available by selecting Start»All Programs»National Instruments»OPC Servers 2013»OPC Servers Help, for more information about NI OPC Servers. (Windows 8) Click NI Launcher and select OPC Servers 2013»OPC Servers Help in the window that appears.
Automating the Installation of NI Products
You can automate the installation of most NI products using command-line arguments to suppress some or all of the installer user interface and dialog boxes. However, starting with the August 2012 releases (products using NI Installers version 3.1 or later), you may need to perform additional steps before or during a silent installation of NI software.
If the NI product you are installing uses Microsoft .NET 4.0, the .NET installer may run before any NI software installs and may require a reboot before the installation of NI software begins. To avoid a .NET reboot, install .NET 4.0 separately before you install NI software.
For more information, refer to the following KnowledgeBase articles:
For more information on silent installations of individual NI products, refer to KB 4CJDP38M, Automating the Installation of a Single Installer.
For more information on silent installations of suited NI products, such as NI Developer Suite, refer to KB 4GGGDQH0, Automating the Installation of a Suited Installer.
To determine what version of NI Installers your product contains, refer to KB 4CJDR18M, How Can I Determine the Type and Version of My National Instruments Installer?.
How to Use NI Software with Microsoft Windows 8
When you install National Instruments software on Microsoft Windows 8, you will notice a few additional tiles on the Start screen, including shortcuts to NI application software products such as NI LabVIEW, Measurement & Automation Explorer (MAX), and the new NI Launcher.
Using NI Launcher
NI Launcher helps you find and launch installed NI products. It provides you with a method of finding NI products similar to the Start menu in previous versions of Microsoft Windows. To use NI Launcher, click the NI Launcher tile on the Start screen. NI Launcher launches the desktop and opens a menu containing a list of NI products. Click any NI product to launch it.
Note MAX does not appear as a desktop shortcut when installed on Microsoft Windows 8. You can launch MAX either from the Start screen or from within NI Launcher. You can launch MAX either from the Start screen or from within NI Launcher.
Pinning Frequently Used Applications
For convenience, you can pin your most-used NI applications, such as MAX, to either the Start screen or the Taskbar on the desktop, as necessary:
Current Application
Icon Location
Pin to Action
Windows 8 Desktop
Desktop Taskbar
Right-click application and select Pin to Taskbar
Windows 8 Desktop
Start screen
Right-click application and select Pin to Start
Windows 8 Start screen
Desktop Taskbar
Right-click application and select Pin to taskbar from the menu bar on the bottom of the screen
Finding All Programs
If you want to find a particular application or related files, such as documentation files, from the Start screen, you can access all installed files by right-clicking anywhere on the Start screen and selecting All apps. A list of all installed software and related files appears, in alphabetical order by creator or type.
For more information about NI support for Windows 8, visit ni.com/windows8.
NI OPC Servers Drops Support for Microsoft Windows Vista, Windows XP, and Windows Server 2003 in 2016
National Instruments OPC Servers will drop support for Microsoft Windows Vista, Windows XP, and Windows Server 2003 as of July 1, 2016. Versions of NI OPC Servers that ship after July 1, 2016 will not install or run on Windows Vista, Windows XP, or Windows Server 2003. For detailed information about NI application software product life cycles, visit ni.com/info and enter one of the following Info Codes:
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For copyright notices, conditions, and disclaimers, including information regarding certain third-party components used in NI OPC Servers, refer to the NI_OPC_Servers_notice.pdf file located in the National Instruments\Shared\NI OPC Servers\V5 directory.
End-User License Agreements and Third-Party Legal Notices
You can find end-user license agreements (EULAs) and third-party legal notices in the following locations after installation:
Notices are located in the \_Legal Information and directories.
EULAs are located in the \Shared\MDF\Legal\license directory.
Review \_Legal Information.txt for information on including legal information in installers built with NI products.
Trademarks
Refer to the NI Trademarks and Logo Guidelines at ni.com/trademarks for information on National Instruments trademarks. Other product and company names mentioned herein are trademarks or trade names of their respective companies.
Patents
For patents covering the National Instruments products/technology, refer to the appropriate location: Help»Patents in your software, the patents.txt file on your media, or the National Instruments Patent Notice at ni.com/patents.
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