Technical Information Sheet
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TIS#: 238, Issue 1
Date: 10/15/03
Issued by: Mark Demick
Subject
This document describes how to use the Eurotherm iTools OPC Server and iTools Controls with
the Wonderware InTouch SCADA software to create InTouch windows displaying Eurotherm
Series 2000 or Series 3000 instrumentation using the iTools Controls.
Software and Hardware Used
Eurotherm iTools V5.00, EuroMBus, Eurotherm iTools Controls
Wonderware InTouch, Version 8.0.1
Eurotherm 3216, E1.06
Introduction
This Technical Information Sheet (TIS) describes how the Eurotherm iTools ActiveX Controls
that are bundled with the Eurotherm iTools software and how to use them in the Wonderware
WindowMaker development environment. There are two (2) controls available; Series2000Panel
and OPCItemGrid.
The Series2000Panel control provides an exact replica of a Eurotherm controller’s faceplate
with operational pushbuttons in an ActiveX container application. The ActiveX container
application utilized is InTouch. The OPCItemGrid control enables reading and writing the
parameters of a Eurotherm controller grouped into folders. By changing the BrowseRoot
attribute of the OPCItemGrid control, any instrument folder may be viewed and the parameters
in that folder may be read or written – as applicable. No Wonderware tags need to be created
to utilize these controls. Creating Wonderware tags can enhance the functionality as this
document describes.
The communications mechanism used by the Eurotherm controls is OPC (Object linking and
embedding for Process Control). The OPC Server used is EuroMBus from iTools V5. iTools may
be downloaded from
www.eurotherm3.com/iTools.
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It is assumed that the reader has as a prerequisite a competency in Wonderware InTouch
development.
Configuring iTools
A Eurotherm 3216 with EIA-232 comms, a 3216 and 3504 simulation in iTools was used to
provide the controller views. To create the simulated 3216 and 3504 in iTools under File, a
New Clone File was created. This is shown in Figure 1 below. For the live controller view, a
3216 with the EIA-232 comms option was connected to a PC serial port, and the Scan icon
in the iTools Main Toolbar was clicked. This caused iTools to automatically scan the serial
network and locate and build the database for any Eurotherm controllers connected to
serial ports.
Note that the live controller has yellow values while the simulated controllers have values
displayed in white.
The images of the controllers in the Panel View pane in Figure 1 represent the Series2000Panel
control. This control supports full faceplate functionality for the following Series 2000 product
family; the 2216e, 2208e, 2204e, 2416, 2408 and 2404; and, for the Series 3000; 3216, 3508 and
3504.
In iTools, use your mouse to click on any of the pushbuttons in the controller faceplate views
and notice that they emulate the functionality of a real controller.