Working with Channels and Devices for an ABR Driver
Selecting a channel and a device | Adding channels and devices to the driver
To select a channel
and a device for the ABR driver:
- Select the ABR driver and click Next. The ABR Driver - Device Selection page appears.
- Expand the channel with the device you want and select the desired device.
If the channel or device information you want is not available, refer to the procedure To add channel and device information to the driver.
- Click OK. The driver and device information is added to the target application section of the spreadsheet for the selected tags.
NOTE: The Driver Wizard does not automatically generate an I/O address for a tag with Memory Types that have indirect addresses such as N7:[N100:3]. If you select one of these tags to add to iFIX, the I/O Address contains an ***Error*** when the Driver Wizard completes. In the Spreadsheet, you can double-click the I/O Address field and manually enter an I/O address before adding the tag to iFIX. Or, after adding the tag to iFIX, you can enter an I/O address directly into Database Manager.
To add a channel
and device to the ABR driver:
- If the channel and/or device you want is not available, click the Run ABR Power Tool button. The ABR Driver Power Tool Server Connection dialog box appears, allowing you to connect to the driver.
IMPORTANT: Make sure you connect to the locally installed ABR driver. If you connect to a remote driver, the changes you make to its configuration file will not display in the ABR Driver - Device Selection page.
- In the ABR Driver Power Tool, add the applicable channels and/or devices you require and save your changes. For more information about adding channels and devices, refer to the ABR Driver online help.
- On the ABR Driver - Device Selection page, click the Refresh button to refresh the list of channels and devices. Your changes now appear in the list.
