An Overview of Application Objects in Application Sever

Following up on a previous post, A Quick Overview of Automation Objects in Application Server, let's take a closer look at the Application Objects.

While System Objects provide the infrastructure to distribute and run your application, and Device Integration Objects give you the means to access I/O from the Galaxy, it is the Application Objects the ones that allow you to model the equipment in the field. For example, valves, motors, conveyors, level and temperature transmitters, they are all modeled through Application Objects.

An Overview of Device Integration Objects in Application Server

Following up on a previous post, A Quick Overview of Automation Objects in Application Server, let's take a closer look at the Device Integration Objects.

DI Objects (for Device Integration) represents your controllers - PLCs, RTUs, or similar devices. They don't communicate directly to the controllers, but with a "driver" that speaks the actual controller's communication protocol; for example, Modbus or DH+. In the case of Wonderware "drivers", we are talking about Device Integration Servers: IO Servers or DA Servers.

Basically, the out-of-the-box Device Integration Objects allow your Galaxy to communicate with other applications through DDE, SuiteLink, or OPC. These applications can be Wonderware Device Integration Servers, 3rd-party OPC Servers, or any other applications that is a DDE, SuiteLink, or OPC server.

NEW! MES Operations 2012 Training

We have released the MES 2012 - Operations training course.

As it's predecessor, the MES 2012 - Operations course is a 4-day, instructor-led class designed to provide a fundamental understanding of the features and functionality of Wonderware MES Software/Operations.

This course has been scheduled on a bi-monthly basis starting in July 2013 at our training facility in Lake Forest, California.

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An Overview of System Objects in Application Server

Following up on a previous post, A Quick Overview of Automation Objects in Application Server, let's take a closer look at the System Objects.

As I indicated before, I consider the System Objects the infrastructure objects of the Galaxy (remember, Galaxy = project). These objects provide the pillars or foundation of your application, and define two important concepts in your project Galaxy: The Plant Model and the Deployment Model.

NEW! InTouch for System Platform 2012 R2 Training

We have released the InTouch for System Platform 2012 R2 training course.

As it's predecessor, the InTouch for System Platform 2012 R2 course is a 5-day, instructor-led class designed to provide a fundamental understanding of the features and functionality of how the Wonderware Application Server provides visualization for your plant galaxy data using ArchestrA Symbols by seamlessly integrating the InTouch for System Platform software.

This course has been scheduled on a monthly basis starting in July 2013 at our training facility in Lake Forest, California.

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NEW! Application Server 2012 R2 Training

We have released the new Application Server 2012 R2 training course as an update to Application Server 2012.

As it's predecessor, the new Application Server 2012 R2 course is a 4-day, instructor-led class designed to provide a fundamental understanding of the features and functionality of the Wonderware Application Server 2012 R2 software. The course provides lectures and hands-on labs to supply and reinforce the knowledge necessary to use the ArchestrA tools and services in the System Platform for plant modeling.

This course has been scheduled on a monthly basis starting in July 2013 at our training facility in Lake Forest, California.

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A Quick Overview of Automation Objects in Application Server

A project in Application Server consist of the configuration and assembly of automation objects. I will estimate that 99% of a Galaxy (that's how we call the projects) consist of these automation objects.

So let's take a quick look at the automation objects you get out of the box with Application Server (you can get more objects with other Wonderware products… or build your own with our toolkit).