WASCADA Service

How to

Installation

1.Install Update for Universal C Runtime in Windows (KB2999226) (needed for OS other than Win 10).

 Install for x64 OS: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=49093

 Install for x86 OS: https://www.microsoft.com/en-US/download/details.aspx?id=49077

2.Install Microsoft Visual C++ 2015 Redistributable Package (32bit).

 https://www.microsoft.com/en-US/download/details.aspx?id=48145

3.Double click Agent_WASCADA_Handler_X.X.X.exe to install.

4.Follow step wizard to install WASCADA Service.

Configuration

After the installation is done, WASCADAHandler.ini (path: \Program Files (x86)\Advantech\Agent_WASCADA_Handler\) must be edited so that the plug-in will work:

WASCADAHandler.ini

Set WebAccess IP, User name and Password encoded in base64 and others.

When finish to edit ini file, restart service of Agent_WASCADA_Handler.

[Setting]
Server=127.0.0.1					; the IP address of WebAccess
Authorization=Basic YWRtaW46				; The 'username:password' of WebAccess encoded 
							; in base64, and add 'Basic' at the front. E.g. if your
							; username is "admin" and password is "", the word
							; after encoding is 'YWRtaW46'; then adding 'Basic'
							; at the front, become 'Basic YWRtaW46'.

RetrieveInterval_ms=10000				; The interval of time (ms) of acquiring data.
							; 10000 represents 10 seconds

RetrieveSpecificTags=0					; 0: Acquire data of all tags in WebAccess
							; 1: Acquire data of selected tags in WebAccess.
							;    Set the selected tags in [Tags] down below.
							;    Settings in [Tags] are only effective when 
                                                        ;    this variable is set to 1.

[Tags]
numberOfTags=2						; The total number of tags
Tag0=Project1,tag1						
Tag1=Project1,tag2

;tag = project name, tag name