dOPC XGate interface

After executing dOPC XGate, its icon will appear in your Icon Bar. By right-clicking on the icon a Context Menu will show the options: "Register OPC COM Servers", "Edit Configuration", "Server info" and "Shutdown".
While the last option is selfexplanatory we will take a closer look to the other ones.

Register OPC COM servers

This option will be executed automatically when you run dOPC XGate for the first time. After that, selecting this option will show an Alert: "Register existing OPC COM servers (overwrites old configuration)."
If you do acept another Alert wants to shutdown dOPC XGate for the effects to take place.

Edit Configuration

This opens a simple editor which shows a XML file that hold the complete configuration of dOPC XGate.
For more info see Configuration File.

For now you can (e.g.) simply delete server connections you don't need by deleting everything from the tag <server> to </server> including the tags.

Then save the file by selecting Save and Exit from the File menu.
Again you will be prompted for a shutdown of dOPC XGate for the effects to take place.

Server info

The window that opens is for information only.
The About slider gives you information about dOPC XGate's version number.

The Server slider shows informations about the gateway used and a list of available OPC COM servers.

Socket info
The kind of socket connection used.
Server name
The name of the computer which is the server within the network.
Server IP
Its IP number.
Listening on port
Use port 80 for normal connections.
Start time
The date and time dOPC XGate was executed.
Hits
The number of request to the server since running dOPC XGate.
bad Hits
The number of requests with an error as response.
Available OPC COM servers
A list of OPC COM servers registert by dOPC XGate.