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Copy the IGS Driver Configuration File to the new KEPServerEX Configuration Utility
Open the Industrial Gateway Server (IGS) Configurator
Open KepServer/ Config File>
Save as>
input password or select no encryption and click OK.
Save the .opf file from the IGS Config to desk top to Desktop with an IGS identifier i.e “IGS_CFG.opf”
Close the IGS Configurator
Open the KEPServerEX Configurator
Open the file you just saved File>Open navigate to the desktop folder
Click “Yes, Update”
Close KEPServerEX
Add the IDS Driver for the iFIX SCU (System Configuration Utility)
Open the iFix program
Use Ctrl + W to toggle from Run mode to Configure mode
Navigate to Applications then SCU to open the System Configuration Utility
Navigate to Configure>SCADA
On the SCADA Configuration page click the ellipsis…> Select IDS- Industrial Data Server> then OK
Click Add> Now you will see IDS listed under Configured I/O Drivers > Click OK
Now IDS appears on the SCU Terminal window (you can navigate File> Save) or just minimize for now
Modify the current tag database
Open iFix Workspace then the Database Manager>
The Welcome to iFIX Databas… Select > Open Local Node> OK
When the database first opens current value may be “????” refresh the database connection. Refresh the connection with: Ctrl+R
verify the database is updating Current Values
Verify the tags are using the IGS Driver
Select Export on the Home row of icons
Export db_IGS.csv We recommend that you rename the database “IGS_filename.csv” select Save
Navigate to the file
in the File Explorer C:\Program Files (x86)\GE\iFix|PDB
right click>Open with… Notepad>
Modify the IGS .csv file
>Ctrl H to open Find and Replace
in the “Find what:” field type ,”IGS”, In the “Replace with:” field type ,”IDS”, Select Replace All
Close the Replace dialog box with Cancel. Notice IGS is now IDS
From Notepad File> Save as
In the Save As dialog box change the File name to db_IDS.csv and click Save
close Notepad
Return to the Database Manager and click the “Load Empty” icon on the Navigation bar then
With a blank database click the “Import” icon select the new IDS_db.csv file. NOTE: When the Scan Alarm and Control database is stopped all iFIX data fields will show ????
Click OK
Select the newly modified filename_IDS.csv
The size of your database will impact how long this takes. Luckily there is a Progress bar to stare at.
After the new database populates verify the I/O Dev type
verify tags are updating> Ctrl+R
Use the Save As icon on the very top ribbon to Rename the new database to filename_IDS.
Update the Database Path in SCU> Save
Open up the SCADA Configuration in the SCU > Configure> SCADA
In the SCADA Configuration menu, notice the Database Definition in this example is still _IGS.
Select the ellipsis to update to the new IDS database you created in step 4. Select Open
Verify the Database Definition is updated to _IDS click Ok to close the SCADA Configuration
From the SCU Navigate to File> Save> Yes. Then you can close the SCU. If you try to close the SCU before Saving your changes you will be prompted to Save.
Shutdown and Restart iFix
Close all of the iFIX tabs until all you have open is the Startup Utility.
Under Options select Shutdown iFIX. This will take a minute to stop all of the background processes.
Double-click on your iFIX desktop shortcut to launch a new instance. You can open up the SCU and verify the Database Definition or open iFIX
Verify the Tags are connected to your graphics or via the new KEPware /IDS Driver Quick Client
Delete the IGS driver from the SCU
Open the SCU
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> Confiiguration > SCADA
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Before we get started you need: In order for IDS components to be installed, iFIX software must be installed before KEPServerEX.
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