A Driver is an interface between Fernhill SCADA and any of the following:
Most Fernhill SCADA Drivers provide a way of mapping I/O Data Point Tags to a data source. In these cases the driver performs the following tasks:
Some other drivers provide an interface to an external service. For example the Message Services driver provides a connector to an SMTP Relay to send emails from Fernhill SCADA.
All data read from external data sources is available to other applications through the Data Access interfaces.
How a driver works is defined by the Tags configured in the Fernhill SCADA database. Tags can represent:
You manage Tags using the Tag Window in the Configuration Tool.
All tags are built from a common set of Tag Components. Each driver provides a set of tags which build on the common set of properties to provide more specialized features.
Fernhill SCADA supports these drivers:
| Driver | Version | Features Provided |
|---|---|---|
| Allen Bradley | 2.2 | Tags to communicate with an Allen Bradley PLC. Map I/O Data Point Tags to register addresses in an Allen Bradley PLC. |
| BACnet | 3.78 | Tags to communicate with BACnet Devices. Map I/O Data Point Tags to Properties in BACnet Devices. |
| Core | 1.0 | Internal Data Point Tags, I/O Data Point Tags, and calculated tags. Alarm Tags. Tags to schedule IEC 61131-3 Programs. |
| DNP3 | 3.46 | Tags to communicate with a DNP3 Outstation. Map I/O Data Point Tags to points in a DNP3 Outstation. |
| Data File | 1.6 | Tags to represent an external data file. The driver maps I/O Data Point Tags to values in the external data file. |
| GE Fanuc | 3.74 | Tags to communicate with a GE Fanuc PLC. Map I/O Data Point Tags to data addresses in a GE Fanuc PLC. |
| GPIO | 3.95 | Tags to communicate with GPIO on a Linux operating system. Map I/O Data Point Tags to data lines on a GPIO chip. |
| Idec Micro | 2.1 | Tags to communicate with an Idec Micro PLC. Map I/O Data Point Tags to register addresses in an Idec Micro PLC. |
| Loopback Test | 3.98 | Tags to perform loopback tests with remote devices. |
| Message Services | 3.23 | Alarm routing. Text report generation. SMTP Email connector. |
| Mitsubishi Melsec | 1.1 | Tags to communicate with a Mitsubishi Melsec PLC. Map I/O Data Point Tags to register addresses in a Mitsubishi Melsec PLC. |
| Modbus | 1.0 | Tags to communicate with a Modbus Device. Map I/O Data Point Tags to register addresses in a Modbus Device. |
| Modbus Slave | 3.10 | Maps Fernhill SCADA tags to the Modbus address space and accepts commands from external drivers. |
| MQTT | 3.22 | Maps Fernhill SCADA I/O Data Point Tags to topics in one or more MQTT Brokers. |
| ODBC Client | 1.2 | Execute commands on databases using ODBC. Map I/O Data Point Tags to the result set of a query. |
| Omron | 1.0 | Tags to communicate with an Omron PLC. Map I/O Data Point Tags to register addresses in an Omron PLC. |
| OPC Client | 1.3 |
Read data from and write data to:
|
| Random | 1.0 | Update tags from a random number generator. |
| Security Camera | 3.89 | Tags to interface to Security Cameras. |
| Siemens S7 | 1.4 | Tags to communicate with a Siemens S7 PLC. Map I/O Data Point Tags to memory locations in a Siemens S7 PLC. |
| SNMP Client | 1.3 | Read data from an SNMP agent. |
| VDR Talker | 4.1 | Send data to a Voyage Data Recorder. |
Notes:
To learn about the configuration tool.
For the meaning of terms used in Fernhill SCADA.