Right Click on the Channel that got created previously and click on “New Device” to get started. We need to add device that can now read the files from the data source. Select the data source that just got created under the “Add Channel Wizard” and click Next.Ĭlick “Finish” to complete adding the Channel. We had a standard csv.Ĭlick on Ok and we are done with the Data Source Name creation with the files specified in the folder. If there are changes to delimiters and stuff we can give all those customizations here.
That will help you know if the file is being read correctly. Use “Define Format” feature to select the columns and guess the tag rows. That will make the tag reading erroneous. Also, make sure it doesn’t have space between the text or leading spaces. Ensure that your headings are meaningful as that become your tag values. Give a meaningful name to the data source and after that select the directory where you have stored your converted csv files, with columns having your simulated data.
Txt to kepserverex driver#
We converted that into a csv file, so we could use a Microsoft Text Driver (*.txt,*.csv). We have an xls file with multiple columns. We need to select the driver for data source. Click on the “Configure DSN” and Hit the Add Button on the right of the pop up window. Since we won’t be changing much of the default settings for this demo, let us leave the next pages as is and proceed. Provide a useful/meaningful name to the channel and proceed.
Txt to kepserverex simulator#
Let us create a new channel and set the type of the channel to be Advanced Simulator Let’s us go ahead and deep dive into the Kepserver Ex and learn the specifics of using Advanced Simulator driver. So I thought why not give the screenshots and walk you through the steps and configuration needed.īefore I got ahead thanks to my friend Akhila for troubleshooting and figuring out some of these specific roadblocks which a noob like me was trying to figure out from manuals. Being a noob on Kepware this was quite a surprise.Īs I started configuring this, it took sometime to get this up and running and definitely a few steps and caveats along the way. While investigating options including writing custom module at the edge to read the excel and send row by row, I realized that Kepware Server can be used along with Advanced Simulator. During one of those, there was an ask to use an excel file with hand crafted data to be used as input data source at the edge. Off late, I have been working with Industrial IoT projects with Kepware Server, Azure IoT Edge and IoT Hub.
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