As the default OpcNetwork view, the Opc Device Manager provides an online “Learn Mode” to find OPC server(s) on a specified host. This lets you add one or more “device-level” OpcDaClient components to the station database (Figure 3). For general information, see “About the Device Manager” in the Drivers Guide.

After adding a discovered OPC server, you use the Opc Point Manager view of the Points container (under its OpcDaClient component) to add Opc proxy points—one for each OPC data item of interest.