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== Create Variables manually with Intouch FS Gateway  ==
To create Variables with Intouch FS Gateway manually with Intouch, please follow the description step by step. 
* Start the '''ArchestrA System Management Console'''
:Start ⇒ Programme ⇒ Wonderware ⇒ System Management Console

* Add a '''OPC Node''' via '''<Add OPC Object>''' with the name '''IBH''':
:[[Image:FS gateway Add OPC Object.png|378px]]

:[[Image:FS gateway OPC Objekt.png|807px]]
:As '''<Server Node>''' enter the IP Address of the PC , where the IBH OPC Server is running:<br />
:As '''<Server Name>''' choose the IBH OPC Server:<br />


* Add a '''OPC Group''' with the name '''OPC_Server''':
:[[Image:FS gateway OPC Group Object eng.png|847px]]
:Within the filed '''<OPC Item ID Prefix>''' the name of the PLC can be entered, which was created within IBH OPC Editor f.e. '''PLC1''' followed by a dot.
:[[Image:IBH OPC PLC properties.png|295px]]
:So the notation '''<Access-path>''' within the later '''<Item>''' creation can be omitted.<br />


* Start the '''Intouch WindowMaker''' and create a new Acess name f.e. IBH_OPC :
:[[Image:FS gateway Access name.png|408px]]
:As '''<Node name>''' enter the IP Address of the PC , where the IBH OPC Server is running:<br />
:As '''<Application name>''' enter '''FSGateway'''.<br />
:The '''<Topic-Name>''' is the combination of '''Node''' name '''IBH''' and  '''OPC Group''' name '''OPC_Server'''.


* Now the Tagnamess can be created:
:[[Image:FS gateway Tagname.png|600px]]
:Select the newly created '''Access Name''': IBH_OPC. 
:The entry '''<Item>''' consists of:
:'''<Access-Path>.<Item Name>'''. 
:The '''<Access-Path>''' represents the name of the <PLC>, which has been created in the IBH OPC Editor.
:The '''<Access-Path>''' is not necessary in our sample, because it is aready defined within '''<OPC Item ID Prefix>''' .

:To access the variables which are already defined within the IBH OPC Editor the correct syntax is:
:'''Generic.<Variable Name>'''


* The configuration is now completed and the variables can be used:
:[[Image:FS gateway Light Wizard.png|554px]]