I have inherited an OPC server that needs to be replaced and is on Windows 7,
BR.OPC.Server_3.0, This is used to get data into PI historian,
The PC has to be upgraded to Windows 10 IOT for security reasons.
The win7 PC has
B&R Automation PVI Dev & Run 3.0.2 and Runtime Utility Centre
BR.OPC.Server_3.0 V1.14.9
If I open PVI monitor I can see it running and requests & responses.
Not having any of the original install media or project files,
Is it possible to purchase a BR DA OPC Server for the new PC and just browse to HMI for OPC data?
Are Third party OPC servers available?
If looking at OPC UA I guess I need the original files as changes would be needed on the HMI.
System is 4PP065.0571-K71 connected via X2X to X20 I/O
This setup contains the PVI Server, which contains the mentioned OPC DA 3.0 server.
If PVI is installed on B&R APC with W10, no additional license is needed.
From the old system the .opcs file must be linked to the newly installed OPC DA 3.0 server.
I wrote a guide to help customers migrate to later OPC DA versions and move their existing configurations. This may help you in changing over to a Windows 10 system. Note that Windows 10 has very locked down DCOM settings, so you must run the OPC DA Client software on the same PC as you run the PVI OPC Server.
What’s not included in this guide is moving over the license. This license will likely exist on a blue USB dongle, which can be physically moved. In that case, you will also need to select the USB: 5S0500.02U (Legacy) driver in the Choose Components screen of the PVI Development Setup installation (step 6 below).
PVI versions 3.00 through PVI versions 4.1.06 / 4.2.02
Copy the existing configuration files
Navigate in a Windows file explorer to the \Bin\ folder of the installation path of the existing PVI version, default: C:\BrAutomation\PVI[version]\Bin (ex. C:\BrAutomation\PVI\V4.12\Bin).
Within the \Bin\ folder, right-click the BR.OPC.Server.ini file, select Edit.
Note all the .opcs file names located under the ConfigFiles section.
Within the \Bin\ folder, copy the BR.OPC.Server.ini, and all .opcs files indicated within the ConfigFiles section to known folder location.
Navigate in a Windows file explorer to the \Bin\ folder of the installation path of the new PVI version, default: C:\BrAutomation\PVI[version]\Bin (ex. C:\BrAutomation\PVI\V4.12\Bin).
Paste (with overwrite) the BR.OPC.Server.ini and all referenced .opcs files into the \Bin\ folder of the new installation of PVI.
Double-click the BR.OPC.Server.exe executable to start the PVI OPC Server.
