TOP Server UCON: Point-and-Click Build Your Own
WinCC Driver for Serial & Ethernet Devices

UCON Provides Point-Click-Configure Connections To: Barcode Scanners, Readers+Printers Micrometers Marquees Scales Controllers Lab Equipment Recorders Sensors Analyzers Custom Devices Serial RS232/422/485 devices TCP/IP or UDP Ethernet devices Part Number for Ordering: 41233163-ZMS Price: US$954 Price includes 1 year maintenance and email/phone support and license to run TOP Server UCON on a single computer for protocol creation and runtime operation. Click for a Trial Version Download or to Purchase Online

Overview

WinCC offers an extensive range of drivers and products like the TOP Server OPC Server add drivers for many common devices, but there are thousands of serial and Ethernet devices that do not have drivers to integrate into your SIMATIC HMI software.  For these situations, you could write a custom driver and spend thousands of Euros or Dollars.  The TOP Server UCON OPC Server provides a proven off-the-shelf solution at a fraction of the cost of custom drivers.

Benefits

• Increased range of WinCC to device connectivity
• Reduced engineering and integration costs
• Increased value from using WinCC as your HMI/SCADA

Function

• OPC Interoperability tested with WinCC
• OPC Data Access (DA) 2.05a, 3.0 compliance tested
• Certified by Siemens for compatibility with WinCC as part of their Premium Add-On Program. (View Certificate)
• Point-and-click, menu driven configuration - no programming required
• Free online training videos
• Easy-to-use transaction editor steps engineer through device reads/writes and helps you pick out the “data” and put it into OPC Tags
• Sample protocols included
• Supports solicited and unsolicited messages
• Works with modems & Ethernet Encapsulation devices
• Diagnostics to view raw data going to/from your data source
• Multi-threaded design
• Up to 100 concurrent serial or Ethernet connections
• Adjustable timeouts & write optimizations
• Engineering unit scaling
• Supported on Windows 2000, 2003, XP, Vista