The Development Environment • Reports contains the Report worksheets used to configure reports (text type) that are sent to a printer or a disk. Reports tasks allow you to configure text reports with system data, which makes report creation easier and more efficient. • ODBC contains the ODBC worksheets used to configure how the ODBC interface runs in a network environment and uses standard Windows ODBC configuration. You configure ODBC tasks to exchange data between your project and any database supporting the ODBC interface. • Math contains the Math worksheets used to configure and implement additional routines to work with different tasks.
Your project executes Math worksheets as Background Tasks during runtime. You can configure Math worksheets to provide free environments for logical routines and mathematical calculations required by the project. • Script contains the Startup Script and other Script Groups . • Scheduler contains the Scheduler worksheets used to configure events using defined mathematical expressions, which are executed according to time, date, or other monitored event. • Database/ERP contains the Database worksheets that communicate with external databases using the standard ADO.NET interface (as an alternative to ODBC).
Comm tab The Comm tab of the Project Explorer organizes the worksheets that establish communication with another device or software using available protocols. Comm tab of the Project Explorer The folders on the Comm tab are described on the following pages. • Drivers contains the Driver worksheets used to configure a communication interface (or interfaces) between the project and remote equipment (such as a PLC or transmitters). A communication driver is a .DLL file that contains specific information about the remote equipment and implements the communication protocol.
• OPC contains the OPC worksheets used to configure communications between your project (which acts as an OPC client) and any other device that implements the classic OPC standard. • OPC UA contains the OPC UA worksheets that are used to connect to OPC Servers via the new OPC Unified Architecture protocol. • OPC .Net contains the OPC .Net worksheets that are used to connect to OPC Servers via the new OPC .NET 3.0 protocol. • TCP/IP contains the TCP/IP worksheets used to configure TCP/IP Client interfaces for other IWS stations. IWS TCP/IP Client and Server modules enable two or more projects to keep their databases synchronized using the TCP/IP protocol.
• DDE contains the DDE worksheets used to configure a DDE Client for a DDE Server application (such as Microsoft Excel or any other Windows program that supports this interface). DDE (Dynamic Data Exchange) is a protocol that enables dynamic data exchange between Windows applications. A DDE conversation is an interaction between server and client programs. IWS provides interfaces that run as clients or as servers. Page 64 InduSoft Web Studio