LabVIEW

Datalogging and Supervisory Control

SCADA ?
Data Server
Supervisory
Control
And
Data
Acquisition
Graphics and Batch processing
Archiving, Logging, Access
Control, Alarms
Distributed database
PLCs
Field Bus
Data Server
Control Programs
ERP Systems
Expert Systems
What do SCADA Provide?
Flexible and open architecture
Basic SCADA functionality
MMI
Alarm Handling and Trending
Access Control
Automation
Logging, Archiving, Report Generation
Interfaces to H/W and S/W
Interfaces to ERP- and Expert-Systems
Development Tools
Why is OPC Data Access needed?
Software
Driver
Software
Driver
Software
Driver
Software
Driver
Display
Application
Trend
Application
Report
Application
How does OPC Solve the Problem?
Software
Driver
Software
Driver
Software
Driver
Software
Driver
OPC OPC OPC OPC
Display
Application
Trend
Application
Report
Application
OPC OPC OPC
OPC and SCADA TAGs
PLC
Programs
Communication
Processor
Analog-Input
Value-AI-0
Value-AI-1
Analog-Output
Value-AO-0
Value-AO-1
Field Bus
Analog-Input
Vacuum_VALUE
Pressure_VALUE
Analog-Output
Valve_1_OUT
Heater_1_OUT
Mapping
SCADA
At a high level, an OPC
server is comprised of
several objects: the server,
the group, and the item.
The items are not the data
sources, they are just
connections to them. For
example, the tags in a
DCS system exist
regardless of whether an
OPC client is currently
accessing them
What is the DSC module?
The DSC Module extends the
LabVIEW graphical development
environment with additional
functionality for the rapid development
of distributed measurement, control,
and high-channel-count monitoring
applications.
The DSC Module provides tools for
graphing historical or real-time trends,
enhancing the security of front panels,
and writing custom I/O servers.
What is the DSC module?
The DSC Module also enhances the LabVIEW shared
variable. Use the shared variable to access and pass
data among several VIs in a LabVIEW project or
across a network.
A shared variable can represent a value or an I/O
point. With the DSC Module, you can log data
automatically; add alarming, scaling, and security to
the shared variable; and configure the shared variable
programmatically.
Industrial Automation Graphics
Engine
Event-driven I/O processing
Alarm & Event management
Trending
Networking
Logging
Scaling
Database
(Citadel)
Architecture
OPC
Servers
VIs DDE DataSocket
Utilities VIs Wizards
LabVIEW
Citadel
The DSC Module logs shared variable data to
the Citadel database. The Citadel database
stores historical data, alarms, and events.
You can access and view Citadel data using
the Historical Data Viewer and using the
Historical VIs.
Use the Historical Data Viewer to view data
stored in the Citadel database. Select Tools
DSC Module View Historical Data to
launch the Measurement & Automation
Explorer (MAX). Expand the Historical Data
category to select a database that appears
under Citadel 5 Universe.
Projects
Using Shared Variables
Network published SV
Using the network-published shared
variable, you can write to and read from
shared variables across an (Ethernet
network). The networking implementation
is handled entirely by the network-
published variable.
The NI Publish and Subscribe Protocol
(NI-PSP) is a networking protocol
optimized to be the transport for Network
Shared Variables.
LogosXT is the layer of the stack
responsible for optimizing throughput for
the shared variable.
Hosting and Deploying
You must deploy network-
published shared variables to a
shared variable engine (SVE)
that hosts the shared variable
values on the network.
When you write to a shared
variable node, LabVIEW sends
the new value to the SVE that
deployed and hosts the variable.
The SVE processing loop then
publishes the value so that
subscribers get the updated
value.
SVE and OPC
The SVE is 3.0 compliant and can act as an OPC server on Windows machines.
Any OPC client can write to or read from a shared variable hosted on a Windows
machine.
When you install the LabVIEW DSC Module on a Windows machine, the SVE
also can act as an OPC client.
I/O servers
An I/O server is a SVE plug-in that
enables communication with devices
and applications that do not use
National Instruments proprietary NI
Publish-Subscribe Protocol (NI-PSP).
I/O servers are the bridging elements
between shared variables in a
LabVIEW VI and data tags in OPC
I/O servers plug into the SVE to
provide a list of items available for
subscription and to provide that data
to the SVE.
Using LabVIEW as an OPC Client
The LabVIEW Datalogging and Supervisory Control (DSC) Module provides
OPC Client I/O servers for communicating with any server implementing the
OPC Foundation OPC-DA protocol (a Microsoft COM-based standard).
An OPC Client I/O server lists all OPC servers installed on the computer and
makes accessible groups and items on the server.
Using LabVIEW as an OPC Server
The SVE can act as an OPC server.
The SVE can take a network-published Shared Variable and create OPC tags
that an OPC DA client can connect to. This allows LabVIEW VIs to easily
communicate with other OPC client software.
The SVE can bind a network-published Shared Variable to the values being read by the DAQ
device. The SVE then uses OPC DA standards to create OPC tags for the Shared Variable. In
this way, an OPC client can read and write to the DAQ device