AX-S4 ICCP Enhancements

AX-S4 ICCP is an OPC Server that acts as a gateway between Client Applications and ICCP-TASE.2 control centers. With AX-S4 ICCP, any Microsoft® Windows™ Software Application Package that supports OPC (OLE for Process Control) as a client can use the ICCP-TASE.2 protocols to access real-time data in networked control centers and applications. It also allows Windows applications to communicate with control centers and other applications over ICCP-TASE.2 based Ethernet networks.

PsyCor used their ODMS Viewer/Editor software package to produce images used by the website. This software provides a viewport into the data contained in an underlying Common Information Model (CIM) schema. For the RSDD, the ODMS Viewer/Editor obtains the real-time data from SISCO’s AX-S4 ICCP for the points defined in the CIM database and displays it on various backgrounds. The backgrounds for the RSDD system include a transmission line map of North America, or a simple North America map illustrating the various reliability regions of the USA. The AX-S4 ICCP software feeds the data to the CIM database for use by the ODMS Viewer/Editor.

Using DCOM, Windows applications on other PCs can communicate with ICCP control centers and applications through AX-S4 ICCP. The diagram below illustrates how an OPC client can access ICCP-TASE.2 data.


AX-S4 ICCP allows an OPC client to browse ICCP-TASE.2 data points for easy configuration of applications



The following are the latest enhancements added to AX-S4 ICCP.

  • A Connection State Window contains runtime statistics and connection information for all configured Remote VCCs (Virtual Control Center).
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  • The ability to pass ICCP-TASE.2 Error information to OPC Clients.

  • The OPC Client can enable/disable communications to Remote VCCs.

  • ICCP-TASE.2 Statistics are available to OPC Clients.

  • Adding a Remote Control Center configuration or reloading an existing Remote Control Center configuration can be done while communications to other Remote Control Centers remains active.

  • An OPC Automation Interface for use by Visual Basic and VBA applications is also provided.

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