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5.1.3
Find OPC drives
Once GDC has been configured as an OPC client, you can search online to find the drives connected
to the OPC bus server:
1. If GDC is still in offline mode, click Options
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Online or press function key <F4> to change to
online mode.
2. Go to Controller
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Search... or press function key <F2>, to open the dialog box Find OPC
drives :
3. Click the button Search to start searching or click Cancel to abort.
– Once the search is completed the controllers found are listed in the window "Drives
connected to bus".
Note!
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GDC automatically tries to allocate device descriptions to the drive controllers found.
– If only one drive was found and a device description could be allocated, the device
description is loaded immediately.
– If automatic allocation of the device description for a drive fails, the device description for
the drive can be allocated manually.
Select the corresponding controller in the window "Drives connected to bus" or click
Controller
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Select... to open the dialog for manual allocation.
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Use the command Controller
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Communication parameters... to display the OPC access path
(e.g.
COM1.Device_01 ) in text field Access path of the dialog box Current drive.