CIMPLICITYAPPLICOM Application Configuration
Up to 8 APPLICOM interface cards may be installed in a single computer. Each interface card may have up to four channels, and each channel may have up to 256 devices. A single APPLICOM Communication Server provides access to all these devices for up to eight client programs.
Each CIMPLICITY port using the APPLICOM Communications enabler is a client of the APPLICOM Communication Server. If no other client programs are accessing the server, you can configure up to eight ports.
Because all device access in through a single APPLICOM server, all devices on all channels may be accessed via any CIMPLICITY port. You may:
- Use a single port for all your devices
- Use ports to logically group devices by APPLICOM interface, by device type, or by process area, or by some other criteria.
In the latter case, you can control a logical group of devices by enabling and disabling a single CIMPLICITY port. Devices on other ports accessed via the APPLICOM Communications enabler would continue to be available.
The following figure illustrates the relationship between CIMPLICITY ports, the APPLICOM Communication Server, APPLICOM interfaces, and communication channels.
When you configure ports, devices, and points that use the APPLICOM Communication enabler, some fields must contain unique values for the communications to work successfully.
