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LincView OPC Network Management Tool

Management software for SRM radio modem networks

LincView^TM OPC (OLE for Process Control), Data-Linc's enhanced diagnostics/management software, allows the monitoring and control of RF networks utilizing the SRM Family of wireless modems. LincView OPC is particularly suited to troubleshooting and analyzing the performance of RF links in large SCADA networks, saving time and increasing confidence in the network's reliability.

LincView OPC features:

Offers OPC server capability
Displays important data for each local and Remote modem
- Signal Strength
- Noise Level
- Packet Errors
- Data packet transmission
- Disconnects
- RF Path to Master
- Temperature
Timestamps last communication
Provides historical graphing of key statistics and values
Allows configuration changes of Remote modems (RF link must first be present)

LincView OPC Diagnostic Software is compatible with Data-Linc SRM serial and Ethernet radio modems, runs on a PC with Windows® operating system and provides essential information for each modem in the network.

Taking advantage of internal improvements in the SRM family of wireless Ethernet and serial modems, Data-Linc's latest diagnostic option, LincView OPC is a new user interface with an internal OPC server.

Connections screen— click image to enlarge.

The LincView OPC user interface displays real time dynamic diagnostic information both graphically and textually, as well as simultaneously with normal network use. This same diagnostic information can be viewed as tags in your familiar OPC browser and utilized in OPC enabled applications such as RSView32. LincView and/or your HMI can provide diagnostic alarm, log, trend and archive services.

The Connections Screen, at left, shows the different ways that a Master radio and LincView OPC Software can communicate or exchange information. Note the TCP/IP button. (See the lines of communication on LincView OPC network diagram, blue line, below.)

Network topolgy tree view— click image to enlarge.

Information is provided for each radio including a tree view of network topology. Example parameters include environmental (temperature, voltage), RF (signal and noise levels at each end of the RF path, percent receive rate, frequency drift), data performance (bytes sent or received, receive rate), and informational (time since last response). Units can be English, Metric, dBm, Junits, Celsius or Degrees as appropriate. Additionally, from LincView OPC’s user interface, each radio can be named and its configuration parameters viewed or modified.

Master Radio Settings Screen— click image to enlarge.

LincView OPC communicates with the network’s Master radio using RS232, UDP, or TCP/IP (via a terminal server), as selected by the user. LincView OPC, the OPC client, and the radio network can be located at or on the same PC or at great distances from each other. Additionally, LincView OPC supports multiple radio networks via multiple sessions.

LincView OPC is provided on CD for installation on Windows 98, NT, 2000, and XP based computers. Newer serial (SRM6000, SRM6100) or Ethernet (SRM6210E, SRM6310E) radios with call numbers of 911-xxxx and greater are required (other radios are supported by prior non-OPC LincView versions). For certain limited situations Master radios can be factory ordered with an optional RS232 diagnostic port or purchased separately for field installation. Call Data-Linc Technical Support at 425-882-2206 for details.

RSView Tag Database Screen— click image to enlarge.

The LincView radio network management software allows the monitoring and control of large RF networks in both short-range and long-range applications in the harshest of industrial environments.

For details, please contact Data-Linc Technical Support at 425-882-2206 7:30-4:30 Pacific Coast Time or via to learn more about LincView’s capabilities and appropriateness for your specific application.

LincView OPC network diagram

Diagnostic Network

This Customer Network diagram shows the communication path of an actual installation. The blue line represents the connection between LincView OPC and the radio modem using TCP/IP. The green indicates the exchange of remote OPC data between LincView OPC and the HMI which can be at great distances. The right end of the green line is the HMI whose software shows the screen like RSView.

The diagram also indicates the ability to expand a system to a large number of radio networks, limited only by available resources.

LincView OPC Kit

In some cases (other than UDP communications) LincView OPC requires the DB-9 diagnostic port option on the master radio. A field installable kit is available that includes the DB-9 port with all necessary hardware and LincView OPC CD.

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