 Quick Configuration
Before you can monitor your computers, the server must be configured, so you will have to define which computers should be monitored and choose all settings to achieve a good configuration. All settings and computer configuration can be made using the XRatel PerfMon OPC/DDE Server FrontEnd, which is a standalone application that configures the main OPC Server. These steps will show you how to build a simple configuration file for monitoring computers.
XRatel PerfMon OPC/DDE Server Server FrontEnd - Main Window
With XRatel PerfMon OPC/DDE Server FrontEnd opened, the first step is to discover all computers that should be monitored. To detect computers on your network, press the Network Scan Wizard button.
At the second step, select the option Local Network and go to the next step clicking on Next.
Network Browsing
In the third step, XR PerfMon FrontEnd will attempt to find all computers within your subnet range. Go to next step when Scan complete be displayed.
In the fourth step, all computers found will be listed. Select which you want to monitor and go to the next step.
Now, Computer Browsing will scan for CPU, Hard Disks and memory devices in all computers selected for monitoring. Go to the next step when the scan be completed.
All components found in all computers will be listed in step 6. XRatel PerfMon OPC/DDE Server FrontEnd will create Performance Tags for each one.
Computer Browsing
Go ahead to the next step and complete the setup clicking on Finish button.
Now, select all wanted Performance Tags by clicking on History column of each tag. Activated tags are checked and its symbols are colored, while disabled tags are not checked and has gray symbols.
Performance Tags Activation
Click on Activate Profile button to update the server and reflect this new configuration. Then, confirm the publish clicking on Yes.
Profile Activation
Start the server with XRatel PerfMon OPC/DDE Server Server Monitor and review its configuration. Probably you'll need to Reload the Server, clicking on Reload Server button. In the screenshot below, it is not scanning any computer and current Server Status is Normal.
Server Main Window
If your server status indicates Scan Overlap, you need to change some computer specific configuration settings. Please refer to detailed FrontEnd configuration section for information on how to do that.
You need to start a client to read the information from the server. You can use either XR Tag Explorer or any OPC client (on OPC versions). To use XR Tag Explorer, open it and click on Add New Panel.
Tag Explorer Main Window
The Add Panel Wizard will open. In the first step, select a name for the panel, change Server Port to 2204 and click on Next button.
Adding a panel
The second step only shows all defined options for you. To save the new panel click on Finish.
Now, select which tags you want to see in the tag list above the chart clicking on checkbox beside the name of the tag.
Select tags to plot
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