Omron FINS Driver

Connect Ignition to an Omron FINS Device via UDP

1. Go to the Config section of the Gateway Webpage.
2. Scroll down and select OPC UA  > Device Connections.
3. On the Devices page, click on Create new Device.
4. Select Omron FINS/UDP, and click Next.
5. Fill in the following fields:
   
   Name: FINS UDP
   Bind Address: Enter the IP address of your Gateway, for example 74.125.225.10
   Remote Address: Enter the IP address of your Omron FINS device, for example 74.125.224.72
   
   
6. Under FINS Settings set the following:
   
   FINS Source Node: The last octet of your IP address, for example 10 using the bind address above.
   FINS Destination Network: The address number of your FINS device typically configured in the routing table for your device. The valid range is 0-128.
   FINS Destination Node: The node number of your FINS device. This is typically the last octet of the IP address of the device, for example 72 in the example above.
   Fins Destination Unit: The unit number of your FINS device.
   
   
7. Click Create New Device.

The Devices page is displayed showing the FINS UDP device is successfully created and added to Ignition.

Device Settings 

Import Addresses

There is a user interface in the Gateway to create import addresses. After import, you'll be able to browse the Tags in the Designer.

1. Go to the Config section of the Gateway Webpage.
2. Scroll down and select OPC UA  > Device Connections.
3. On the Devices page, scroll to the OMRON FINS device. Click the More dropdown and choose addresses.
   
    
   
   

4. On the next page, load the addresses from a CSV, TSV, or XML file. Click the Load Configuration button and choose a file.
   
   

   The following feature is new in Ignition version 8.1.2
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   Release 8.1.2 added support for XML configuration files. 

5. Click Load.
   
   
   
   You'll see the values load onto the screen.
   
   
   
   
   
6. Click Save Configuration.  
7. Once you save any changes made to the Tag mapping, you can view the Tags in the Connected Devices window of the Designer.
   
   

Addressing

You also have the option to manually address tags via an Ignition OPC tag in the Ignition Designer.  See Ignition OPC UA Server Node Configuration for more information.

Data Areas

EM Area

Use EM for the current bank, or Exx for bank xx, where xx is 2 hex digits. Valid banks are E00 through E18 (25 total).

Data Types

Data Type Modifiers

Examples

Syntax Example

Below is an example OPC Item path, representing how to manually specify an address in the device. 

ns=1;s=[DeviceName]Area{<DataType>}Offset{.Bit}

When typing Addresses in using the Device's Address page on the gateway, the syntax looks like the following:

Area{<DataType>}Offset{.Bit}

More Examples

CIO0

CIO<Int32>1

CIO<Int64>3.0

CIO<Int64@HL>3

TIM0

TIM<Bool>0

CNT0

CNT<Bool>0

DR0

DR<Int64>0

CIO<Int16[3]>0

CIO<Int16[3]>0[1]

CIO<String10>0

E001000

E00<Int16>1000

Ignition OPC UA Server Node Configuration

You can also create OPC Nodes in Ignition’s OPC UA server manually via a CSV file on the Ignition Gateway itself with the following settings:

File Name: tags.csv
File Location:$ignitionHome/data/opcua/devices/$deviceName
File Format: Comma separated value file with the following columns:

• Browse Path

• Address

• Description
  

Example File

Tag1, CIO0, "First tag" 
Foo/Tag2, CIO1, "Second tag, in a folder" 
Foo/Bar/Tag3, CIO2, "In a couple of folders"

Use quotes on the description when it contains a comma (or whenever you like).

When adding or making changes to this file, a restart of the device is necessary for the changes to be picked up. This is done by editing the device and clicking Save.