CXSiLink

The integration package of the Echelon i.Lon Smart Server
for the Wonderware System Platform

The CXS iLink package provides connectivity and integration of the Echelon i.Lon SmartServer devices for the Wonderware ArchestrA plattform.

The package contains these components:

• CXSiLink application object
• DASiLink DA Server

The CXSiLink ArchestrA object allows full configuration of the iLon Smart Server in the ArchestrA IDE, storage of the iLon configuration in the ArchestrA Galaxy repository, configuration of data points and optional iLon configuration on deployment.

The ArchestrA i.Link Model

The CXSiLink application object allows direct configuration access to the i.Lon devices in the ArchestrA IDE. It also allows defining 3 types of i.Lon attributes:

• Constant attributes
  Values for these attributes are acquired at configuration time in the IDE. The values for these attributes will not change at runtime.
• Read only attributes
  Values for these attributes are acquired at runtime by the object without accessing the DASiLink DA server. There is one global scan rate per object for these values.
• IO attributes
  Values of these attributes can be read and written at runtime. The CXSiLink application object uses the DASiLink DA server to access the data.

Each i.Lon device is represented by a CXSiLink application object and usually one DASCXSiLink DA Server exists per application.

The ArchestrA i.Lon datapoints browser:

Feature Summary

CXSiLink ArchestrA application object:
 

1. Graphical configuration of the entire i.Lon Smart Server in the ArchestrA IDE
2. Browsing of data points
3. Storage of i.Lon configuration data
4. Read/write access to datapoints
5. Simple object configuration
6. Optional download of iLon Smart Server device configuration data on deployment (enabling pre-configured roll outs)

DASiLink DA Server:

1. Simple configuration (IP address only)
2. Namespace browsing
3. Full support of Lon datatypes
4. Full OPC support as well as fastDDE/SuiteLink