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OptoDataLink

Features

i| Integrates Opto 22 SNAP PAC controllers and brains

with databases and other enterprise business systems

^| Creates data conduits between multiple controllers,

databases, and other systems

Provides easy setup and configuration, with no need to

recreate control strategy tagnames

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Description

OptoDataLink™from Opto 22 is connectivity software for

Microsoft9 Windows9 that collects data from Opto 22 SNAP

PAC industrial controllers and other sources, and then sends

that data to one or more destinations. OptoDataLink supports

sending data to:

• Databases, including Microsoft SQL Server™, MySQL9,

Microsoft Access, and other ODBC compliant databases

• SNAP PAC controllers and brains

• ASCII text files

Data can be sent to any of these destinations—or all of

them—simultaneously. Applications that are well suited for

OptoDataLink include data archival and data warehousing, as

well as those where control system alarms need to be

reported, acknowledged, and recorded at the enterprise level.

Ease of Use

OptoDataLink has several features that make it easy to use:

• As part of Opto 22's PAC Project software suite,

OptoDataLink is integrated into the SNAP PAC System, so

control system tags (tagnames) for OptoDataLink are

created automatically when the control strategy is

developed. This makes it unnecessary to recreate tagnames

for variables, input/output (I/O) points, and other controller

values.

• Once a data link is established, OptoDataLink runs in the

background as Windows service. No human-machine

interface (HMI) application needs to be configured or

running. Therefore, OptoDataLink continues to run as long

as the computer is running, unless you stop it in the

configuration interface.

• OptoDataLink uses a simple,four-step,form-based

configuration interface to set up data connections. No

experience is reguired with setting up technologies such as

ODBCorADO.NET.

SNAP PAC OptoDataLink Database or other

controller or brain connectivity software enterprise application

Part Number

Opto 22 • 43044 Business Park Drive • Temecula, CA 92590-3614 • www.opto22.com

SALES 800-321-6786 • 951-695-3000 • FAX 951-695-3095 • sales@opto22.com • SUPPORT 800-835-6786 • 951-695-3080 • FAX 951-695-3017 • support@opto22.com

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