The newest version of the TOP Server (Version 4.500.462) was released on February 11, 2009 and includes New Drivers and Enhancements to many existing drivers. 

Licensed users of the TOP Server can upgrade their existing systems for free to take advantage of the upgrades to existing drivers.  Free demo and Upgrade

Attend a free webcast about Version 4.5 on February 27, 2009

New Drivers:

Allen-Bradley 1609 UPS Driver - provides a way to connect AB 1609-U500N Series A industrial uninterruptible power supplies via SNMP to  gather status information, receive event notifications (i.e. SNMP traps) and display that information in your HMI/SCADA system. More details

Beckhoff TwinCAT Ethernet Driver - connect Beckhoff TwinCAT PLCs, BC9xxx Coupler Controllers, and BX9xxx Coupler Controllers to your HMI/SCADA system using this powerful new driver.  The driver will automatically generate it’s configuration from the device or import from the TwinCAT programming software.  Symbolic addressing supported.   Wonderware users take note - this gives you a direct Suitelink Interface to InTouch for Beckhoff Controllers! More details

Cutler-Hammer ELC Ethernet Driver - connect ELC-PA,-PB,-PC,-PV and any other ELC series controller to your HMI/SCADA via Ethernet using this new driver.  Supports Cutler-Hammer naming address convention and block reads for best performance.  Part of the TOP Server Cutler-Hammer Suite
More details

Opto 22 Ethernet Driver - Connect OPTO-22 SNAP PAC, SNAP-LCE, SNAP Brains, and E1/E2 Brain Board controlers via Ethernet to your HMI/SCADA/MES systems using this new driver.  Automatic configuration from the *.bdb file from OPTO-22’s software.  Support for TCP/IP and UDP connections.  Memory Map and Strategy Variables (MMIO and CONT) support.   More details

System Monitor Driver - Read Microsoft Performance Data about Processes, Threads, Disk use, and other critical system health data in using this driver and deliver it to your HMI/SCADA/MES system.  Find out about problems before they reach a critical point.  More details

Be sure and check out our special “Stimulus Plan” offers on System Monitor and iSNMP Drivers

New Enhancements:

The latest version of the TOP Server includes many enhancements to the current drivers.  You can get the full release notes here: http://www.toolboxopc.com/News/news.shtml

Some highlights of the enhancements include:

• AB Suite - added support for MicroLogix 1400, ASCII file support on ENI connected Micrologix, I/O range support increase to 2048 words to support expansion I/O
   
• GE Fanuc Suite - added support for %W memory addresses in PACSystems & GE Open models and for Auto-tag generation, and for string data types in Auto-tag generation
   
• UCON - increased buffer size to 8192 bytes, added rolling buffer support and additional other commands.

New DNP Event Buffer Support

Event Buffering Support has now been added to the TOP Server DNP driver!  This feature lets you read back values stored in the DNP device event buffer one value at a time. 

The configuration lets you determine how fast each value is returned to your Client software, so that it can be properly stored.  The timestamps come from the device, so rate at which the values are returned won’t effect the time values associated with the event values and all stored events will be seen by your client application.  This can be very helpful if you are attempting to log the data for all the events and store the timestamps from the device.   This feature is key for remote connections used with DNP devices.