Driver Server Technical Notes

About this task

P roficy Driver Configuration restricted to user who installed CIMPLICITY

Driver Configuration does not appear in the Start Menu of other users.

The Server Configuration button appears on the CIMPLICITY Device properties page, but does not invoke configuration tool.

Rename/Copy a CIMPLICITY Project

You must manually rename data\[OldProjectName].xml to [NewProjectName].xml and then resolve the internal project name.

Deleting the CIMPLICITY Driver Server Points/Device/Port

If you delete the points, device, or ports, and then uncheck the protocol, the data\[ProjectName].xml remains, and will be reused if you add the Driver Server again.

Driver Configuration is Not Always Disabled

If the CIMPLICITY Project is enabled for Change Management, the Driver Configuration will be disabled when following checkout rules, but the Driver Configuration can still be launched from the Start Menu.

Licensing

If Driver Server is not licensed, the CIMPLICITY points will be unavailable, but ProficyDrivers.exe remains running. There is no device down alarm or other alarm.

When a CIMPLICITY Project or the Driver Server Shuts Down

Procedure

  1. Normally, a CIMPLICITY project shutdown deletes the corresponding project in the Driver Server. If there are two CIMPLICITY ports for the Driver Server, and one is shutdown via Process Control, the remaining port will have unavailable points until the first is restarted and reloads the project.
  2. Abnormally, CIMPLICITY may not delete the project in the Driver Server. The Driver Server will continue to poll the target PLCs.

    Shared File for User Settings

    Driver Server user settings are stored in a single .xml file for each project and are shared by all projects on the computer. There are no individual settings for users.

    Only one Driver Configuration per project is allowed on a single computer.

    Bad Address Configuration

    CIMPLICITY does not detect the configuration of a bad address, so no error will be reported.