Contents

Following are the key topics in the Online Help:

• Getting Started with OAS: Quick overview of installing Open Automation Software and a section for Quick Start Examples.
• System Configuration: How to setup Tags, Data Logging, Alarm Logging, Alarm Notification, Alarm and Events OPC Servers, Reports, Recipes, Security, Security Users, Options, Live Data Cloud networking, UDP Broadcast networking, and Licensing.
  • Getting Started – Tags: How to setup Open Automation Software Tags manually, using CSV files, or programmatically.
  • Getting Started Modbus: How to setup communications to Modbus devices for Modbus TCP, RTU, and ACSII.
  • Getting Started Allen Bradley: How to setup communications to ControlLogix, CompactLogix, GuardLogix, Micro800, MicroLogix, SLC 500, and PLC-5.
  • Getting Started Siemens: How to setup communications to S7-200, S7-300, S7-400, S7-1200, and S7-1500.
  • Getting Started MQTT: How to setup communications to MQTT brokers for communications to MQTT devices and software.
  • Getting Started – Data Logging: How to setup data logging to SQL Server, Oracle, Access, mySQL, and CSV files.
  • Getting Started – Alarm Logging: How to setup data logging to SQL Server, Oracle, Access, mySQL, and CSV files.
  • Getting Started – Alarm Notification: How to setup alarms to be sent via email, voice message, or text message.
  • Getting Started – Reports: How to setup reports to be automatically generated to pdf, html, Word, and Excel.
  • Getting Started – Recipes: How to setup data transfer from SQL Server, Oracle, Access, and mySQL to Open Automation Software Tags.
  • Getting Started – Security: How to setup user security to restrict configuration changes and real-time and historical data access.
  • Getting Started – Options: How to setup the Open Automation Software service settings for common attributes.
  • Getting Started – Live Data Cloud: How to setup networking to host data on the Internet from your own PC(s).
  • Getting Started – License: How to activate a software license for Open Automation Software.
• .NET WPF HMI: How to create a WPF HMI application.
• .NET WinForm HMI: How to create a WinForm HMP application.
• .NET Trend: How to add trending to a WPF or WinForm application.
• .NET Alarm: How to add alarming to a WPF or WinForm application.
• Web HMI: How to create a Web HMI application.
• Web Trend: How to create a Web trending application.
• Web Alarm: How to create a Web alarming application.
• Excel: How to add realtime data access to Microsoft Excel.
• OPC Server to OPC Server: How to automatically transfer data from OPC Servers to OPC Servers.
• 3rd Party OPC Client: How to access Open Automation Software tag values in an OPC Client.
• Networking: Videos and syntax on how to best implement networking and the different ways that is possible.
• Programmatic Interface: Examples on how to access Configurations and Real-time data via programmatic interface using .NET or JSON-jQuery.
• Redundancy: Best practices for implementing redundant systems.
• Frequently Asked Questions: Common topics to speed the understanding of all Open Automation Software features.
• Videos: A complete list of all training videos.
• Support: Contact information for obtaining sales or technical product assistance.