AMarks95
Member
Hello all,
I'm using Ignition as the HMI for a project. I do not have physical access to a PLC to download our project on to for development purposes. So, currently, as I'm developing I use all memory tags and then switch all tags to OPC once I'm on-site and ready to test. This is not ideal, as it does take some time to switch all the tags from OPC to memory and then back to OPC.
I'm thinking that there has to be a way to set up an Excel sheet to work as an "OPC Server" of sorts so that I can export all my tags, change the values in the sheet, and Ignition can pull them all in from there.
How do you all handle development of HMI while you don't have physical access to the tags?
I'm using Ignition as the HMI for a project. I do not have physical access to a PLC to download our project on to for development purposes. So, currently, as I'm developing I use all memory tags and then switch all tags to OPC once I'm on-site and ready to test. This is not ideal, as it does take some time to switch all the tags from OPC to memory and then back to OPC.
I'm thinking that there has to be a way to set up an Excel sheet to work as an "OPC Server" of sorts so that I can export all my tags, change the values in the sheet, and Ignition can pull them all in from there.
How do you all handle development of HMI while you don't have physical access to the tags?