TwinCAT remote OPC connection

[hatchor]

Hi All,

As you have helped me in the past, this is the first place I am looking for advice....I am not a PLC programmer, just local IT support guy trying to find out how I can get something to work...
I have a TwinCAT solution installed along with OPCSystems.NET software. I am trying to monitor the OPC Items in TwinCAT remotely, using the beckhoff OPC test client from a PC with no TwinCAT or OPCSystems software installed.
What do I need to register on the remote PC so that I can view the Beckhoff.TwinCATOPCserverDA on the server and browse the items (called leaves in this version of the test client). I realise there is going to be registry modifications, regsvr32 for the DLL's required, and possibly a /regserver to register the OPC server. I have tried but can't seem to crack this. Like I said, I know next to nothing about the TwinCAT software, as our company has always used SLC505's. Thanks for any responses, they will be appreciated! cheers

[LadderLogic]

In general, the client PC must have "OPC Core Components" installed. This is a must for any OPC client; in addition, Beckhoff may supply its own specific components. For more information, look here: http://www.opcfoundation.org/Downloa...&SE2=&FV2=&FT2=OPC Core Components redistributable is a free download available either as .msi package or as a merge module.

On my PC, there are the following files in C:\Program Files\Common Files\OPC Foundation folder:

 

opccomn_ps.dll 

opcenum.exe

opcproxy.dll

OpcRcw.Comn.dll

OpcRcw.Da.dll

In addition, in System32 folder, I have copies of the same files plus one more:

opcdaauto.dll

To be honest, I don't know which copy is actually being used.

[hatchor]

Thanks, The OPC foundation core components are installed already.