LesleyD
Member
Hi, I'm new to ME and QP+ and have what are probably some basic questions about communicating between a PC and an HMI.
I am running ME version 8.5 on Windows 7, and have a QuickPanel+.
I'm trying to make a connection between the PC and the QP+ to access data, either in a SQL Server database or using an OPC server, or if there is another method to do a similar thing.
I believe to connect to a database I need Windows PC Logic Developer which I don't have, so have been trying the OPC server route, with no success.
I've tried creating a U-CON OPC channel and device to connect to the built-in OPC GEIP.ProficyViewIntegratedOPCDrive.V5. I get so far, creating and importing tags into ME, but cannot access the data in the tags, using the variables in ME.
Any help or advice would be appreciated.
Thanks, Lesley
I am running ME version 8.5 on Windows 7, and have a QuickPanel+.
I'm trying to make a connection between the PC and the QP+ to access data, either in a SQL Server database or using an OPC server, or if there is another method to do a similar thing.
I believe to connect to a database I need Windows PC Logic Developer which I don't have, so have been trying the OPC server route, with no success.
I've tried creating a U-CON OPC channel and device to connect to the built-in OPC GEIP.ProficyViewIntegratedOPCDrive.V5. I get so far, creating and importing tags into ME, but cannot access the data in the tags, using the variables in ME.
Any help or advice would be appreciated.
Thanks, Lesley