Hach Ultra ORBISPHERE 3625, Operator'S Manual

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Operator Manual
ORBISPHERE
Communication
The software allows for communication with other control and management systems
such as SCADA and LIMS, etc. OPC is used as the inter-process communication
solution. The communication option is used to define the necessary parameters.
If using the OPC inter-process communication solution, you must have the appropriate
communications software installed on your PC (see
“PC Software Installation” on
page 21 for additional information).
For the DDE solution you can use the excel file for DDE simulation, which is found on
y o u r h a r d d i s k i n
P r o g r a m F i l e s \ O r b i s p h e r e \ O r b i P a c k
a n d c a l l e d
DDE_ORBIPACK.xls
.
• Inter process communication - Turn this on by selecting
DDE-OPC
or turn off by
selecting
OFF
. If turned off, none of the other parameters can be set.
• Process messages - Select
Transmitted
to exchange process messages
between OrbiPack and the client application.
• Calibration information - Select
Transmitted
to send calibration information from
OrbiPack to the client application.
• Package actions - Tick the appropriate checkbox if you require the client control
system to be allowed to change the selection of the package number or to modify
the selected package.
• Messages - Set to
REDIRECTED
to redirect all popup messages to the selected
communications tool. No acknowledgement will be required from the control
software for warning or error messages, but OrbiPack will keep any erroneous
measurements. For application login messages, the client control system must
supply the username and password. Setting this parameter to
ORBIPACK
means
that the OrbiPack software retains control of all messages.
• Field delimiter character - Select the field delimiter character required by the client
application from the drop-down list.
• Measurement fields - Check the measurement data required to be sent to the
client application from the elements displayed.
• With units - Select
Transmitted
to send the measurement units.
• With limits status - Select
Transmitted
to send the measurement limits data.