Wonderware Operations Integration - Supervisory SIDirect OI Server G-2.2 (Version 5.0) ReadMe

Last revision: 4/13/2018

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About This Release

System Requirements

Installation Information

Silent Installation of SIDirect OI Server

Resolved Issues

Known Issues

SIDirect OI Server Documentation

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About This Release

This document contains important information about Wonderware® Operations Siemens SIDirect OI Server G-2.2 Series. Review this document for new features, tested hardware and software environments, and other server information.

Attention! See the Schneider Electric Global Customer Support website for the latest product information.

New Features and Enhancements

Symbolic Support for S7-1200 controllers

New symbolic hierarchy based connection
- Supports new symbolic tag-based namespace
  - Basic data types (bit, analog, string)
  - System data types (input, output, memory area items, hardware diagnostics)
  - Complex data types (pre-defined in the controller)
  - User-defined data types
  - Provides suffix to coerce date and time values to the appropriate format
  - Supports arrays of data types listed above
- Provides new symbolic connection-related diagnostic items
- Supports connectivity to password protected controllers.
- Auto-synchronizes symbolic tag databases when tags are changed or uploaded to the controller
- Provides controller connection validation during configuration
- Supports redundant controller connectivity
- Supports symbolic name with space and period (written in the double quotes) in item syntax

Auto-Build Support Extended for S7-1200 and S7-1500 Controllers

The Siemens S7-1200 and S7-1500 controllers supports the built-in Auto-Build functionality. This facilitates a very simple workflow that automatically creates the structure of templates, instances, and connectivity objects in System Platform directly from a PLC (Online Mode).

Support for Cyclic and Block services for Legacy connections

The Cyclic and Block services (earlier supported in DAS SIDRIECT 3.0) is now supported for Legacy Connections. The Cyclic service facilitates to minimize traffic and to collect data faster than 100 milliseconds. The Block service allows you to send blocks of data up to 64KB within a single send job. It can be triggered using a timer, an event, an I/O activity, or a program code.

ArchestrA Data Store Installation as a Prerequisite

The SIDirect OI Server 5.0 utilizes the ArchestrA Data Store (ADS), which is automatically installed as a pre-requisite during the installation.

For a new installation of SIDirect OI Server 5.0, the ADS is installed with the OI Server.
During an upgrade from SIDirect OI Server (Version 4.0 or lower), ADS is installed with the OI Server.
After the installation, you can uninstall the ArchestrA SDS (ServiceBus Framework V5) from the following path:

Start > Control Panel > Programs and Features > Add/Remove programs > ArchestrA SDS (ServiceBus Framework V5)

Symbolic Protocol - Important Information

The following is important information regarding the new Symbolic Protocol

Performance of Legacy Protocol vs. Symbolic Protocol

Siemens has created a new protocol to address the symbolic namespace in their controllers. This protocol is designed with security upfront. The new Symbolic protocol offers different communication throughput performance characteristics in different models of the controllers.

The performance profile varies by PLC model. If your I/O needs exceed 10,000 values per second, see Siemens Support FAQ 98699910 for more information.

Following is a sample throughput performance reference of two S7-1500 controller models.

Legacy protocol	~70,000 values/second
Symbolic Protocol, CPU 1516-3	~12,000 values/second
Symbolic Protocol, CPU 1518-4	~50,000 values/second

These performance figures are for reference only as they will vary by PLC model and by the internal configuration of the controller.

Scalability

Tests were performed using up to 100,000 subscribed tags to a single controller with a single OI Server instance. At this level it is important to consider proper staggered update intervals to maintain the desired throughput.

Features Planned for Future Releases

Support for unsolicited symbolic messages from the controller
Support for subscription to updates of Alarms & Events data from the controller

System Requirements

Hardware Requirements

To run an OI Server, the following hardware configurations are the minimum recommended:

2 GHz or faster processor, 32-bit or 64-bit (Intel Itanium processor is not supported)
RAM: 1 GB or more (512 MB minimum supported but may limit performance and some features)
At least 8 GB of available hard disk space
Super VGA (1024 x 768) or higher-resolution video adapter and monitor
Keyboard and Microsoft Mouse or compatible pointing device

Operating Systems

For a list of supported operating systems for OI Servers, refer to the Wonderware Compatibility Matrix, available at the Schneider Electric Global Customer Support website:

https://gcsresource.schneider-electric.com/TechnologyMatrix

Enter the product name in the search box, select the product from the results, and then select the View Product icon to see product details.

Auto-Build Support

To support the Auto-Build feature:

The SIDirect must be installed on a Galaxy Repository node.
Application Server Development license of GRAccess feature must be present in the Galaxy repository node.
Auto-Build must have a professional OI Server license.

Installation Information

Installation Checklist

The Wonderware Operations Integration Core (OI Core) must be installed prior to the installation of the SIDirect OI Server. Before installing the OI Server, please ensure the following:

Exit all Wonderware programs, including executable (.exe) files and services
Un-deploy the platforms where OI Core will be installed
Disconnect/close all 3rd party OPC clients of existing DAServers/OI Servers
Deactivate all DAServers/OI Servers

Installation Procedure

Go to the Schneider Electric Global Customer Support website and select the SIDirect OI Server from the list of available OI Servers:
https://softwaresupportsp.schneider-electric.com/Pages/NewProductHub.aspx
Download the SIDirect OI Server.
Double-click Setup.msi to install the SIDirect OI Server. The message "Setup was successful" is displayed when setup is complete.

Silent Installation of SIDirect OI Server

Wonderware Operations Integration - Supervisory SIDirect OI Server supports silent (command line) installation. This features enables non-interactive installation of the OI Gateway.

Silent Installation Syntax:

The basic syntax of the silent installation command consists of the full path to the setup.bat file (typically the DVD drive designation on your local computer), and the command line switch..

<DVD>: CD-SIDIRECT>Silent_Install_Setup.bat /<argument>

The usage instructions can be retrieved by the following command line:

<DVD>: CD-SIDIRECT>Silent_Install_Setup.bat /?

The above command line returns the supported operations - install and uninstall.

To install the SIDirect OI Server

Open a command prompt using Run as administrator
Run the batch file set up with the /install switch.
C: CD-SIDIRECT>Silent_Install_Setup.bat /install
Wait for the system to display the confirmation message - Silent installation completed successfully.

To uninstall the SIDirect OI Server

Open a command prompt using Run as administrator
Run the batch file set up with the /uninstall switch.
C: CD-SIDIRECT>Silent_Install_Setup.bat /uninstall

Wait for the system to display the confirmation message - Silent uninstallation completed successfully.

Resolved Issues

The following issues are resolved in this release of OI SIDirect.

Change Request	Description
L00140671	SR52312278: The communication between PLC and InTouch - DASSiDirect 3.0 SP1 failed periodically.
L00140923	SR 52312861: When 1000 items (UDT with integer and bit tags in array elements with a nesting depth of 6 levels) were simultaneously activated, all the items got bad quality (0018 - No communication).
L00141796	SR103140677: The SIDirect OI Server lost and restored connection intermittently to the S7-1500 PLCs with symbolic tags in slow poll mode.
L00143278	SR45712059: The SIDirect OI Server could not connect to the S7-1500 PLCs with the new firmware v2.x, resulting in failed item subscriptions and bad VTQ results.
L00144686	SR 25315359: The DASSIDirect flooded the SMC logs with subscription error message.
L00146291	SR103146294: The SIDirect OI Server could not connect to the S7-1500 series controllers via the Symbolic protocol.
L00148131	SR14414236: The SIDirect OI-Server was not supporting Array in a data block that start with a negative index, like Warray[-10..200].
L00148355	SR 63210386: When a write operation was performed to the PLC TAGS S6 1500, there was a toggle between the old value and new value in the InTouch viewer.
L00145022	In item syntax, symbolic name with space, period, and double quote was not supported.

Known Issues

There are no known issues in this release of SIDirect OI Server.

SIDirect OI Server Documentation

The SIDirect OI Server documentation set includes the following guides:

SIDirect OI Server Help. This guide describes the user interface and functions of the Wonderware SIDirect OI Server.
OI Core Help. This guide describes the runtime Configuration, Diagnostics, and Activation/Deactivation aspects of an Operations Integration Server (OI Server). These aspects of any OI Server are maintained through the generic component called the OI Core.
License Utility Guide. This guide describes how to use the License Utility to install license files and browse valid license files on the network.
LogFlag Editor User's Guide. This documentation describes the user interface and functions of the LogFlag Editor utility. This utility can be opened only from the Log Viewer, a part of the System Management Console suite of utilities.
Log Viewer User's Guide. This guide provides information about the Logger™ and the Log Viewer snap-in to the System Management Console.

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