Creating and configuring the OPC Server - OPC Server 4.0

To set up the OPC Server plugin and enable users to monitor Security Center entities on OPC Clients, you must create the OPC Server and configure its connection parameters.

1. From the Config Tool home page, open the Plugins task.
2. Select the OPC Server plugin from the entity browser, and click the OPC Server configuration tab.
3. In the Connection information section, enter the following information:

   Server port

   Port number on which the OPC Server is created.

   Username

   Name of the user that the OPC Server uses to connect to Security Center with.

   Password

   User password that the OPC Server uses to connect to Security Center with.

   

4. If you have a Local Discovery Server installed, register the OPC Server with the LDS as follows:
   1. In the Discovery section, set the Discovery Server registration option to ON.
   2. In the Directory Server URL option, enter the IP address and port of the LDS.

      

5. Click Apply.