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DNP3 OPC Server Configuration Guide

Distributed Network Protocol is an open standard-based protocol maintained by the DNP Users Group (http://www.dnp.org/). The following documentation will only make
sense if you have read the documentation published by the DNP Users group. To simplify the interface for OPC clients, the OPC client can only have access to higher level
DNP3 static objects. Instead of having to deal with three separate objects (the actual value, the requested / desired output block or events), the OPC client only need to
read and write to a single tag. The OPC client cannot have access to lower level DNP3 objects such as events and output blocks, which are for exchanging information
between the DNP3 Master and DNP3 slave. The DNP3 driver will internally mapped events objects to its corresponding static objects.

Channel Configuration

Master Protocol IOServer acts as Master station.

Slave Protocol IOServer acts as Slave station.
Master Station Address The address of the Master station.
The OPC Quality flag of offline objects (online bit cleared or restart/communication lost bits not cleared).
C0 Quality Good
Offline Quality
D8 Quality Good, Local Override
08 Quality Bad, Not connected
Master device Application Layer Initial poll message.
None Class 1,2 or 3 as configured and Class 0 polls.
Use Delay Measurement. This ensure that the slave clock is synchronized before
Delay Measurement the event data are polled. The DNP3 Master or Slave can initiate the Time
Synchronization procedure by writing 1 to .NeedTime.
Class 0 Class 0 poll only.
Connect Ping Type The DNP3 master will issue a request link status with self address of 0xFFFC to
identify the slave to be associated with this connection. The request link status will
not be issued if the first message (comma separated list of numbers terminated by
Request link status with self \r\n) received on the connection identify any of the configured slaves.
address
Only DNP3 slave with this option enabled will respond to requests with self
address.

File Transfer Directory If not blank, then restrict all file transfer activities in the slave to this directory.

Put all devices attached to this port online at startup. For multi-dropped devices when each device takes more than
Force all devices online at start up
30 seconds to start up.

Never Never request for Data Link confirmation. Disable link layer retry.
Data Link Confirm Mode Always request Data Link confirmation. The port.Timeout is used as the link layer
Always
timeout, the port.Retries is used as the link layer retry.

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On multi-frames only Request Data Link confirmation on multi-frames only.

Data Link confirm mode should be turned on when using unreliable media. Turning on the Data Link confirm mode
will slow down data transfer rate.
Data Link Confirmation mode is set to Never. Use Record Current Time (Function Code 24) instead of Delay
Ethernet Time Synchronization Measurement (Function Code 23) to synchronize time on the Slave. Do not enable this option if your TCP/IP RTU does
not support Function Code 24
When attaching multiple devices to a port, each device can access the port anytime without waiting for another
Parallel Access
device to finish. For use only when the underlying media have robust collision avoidance handling.
Log Link Layer Log Link Layer messages to log file. Logging will slow down data transfer rate.
Never Never request for application confirmation.
Always Always request application confirmation.
Application Confirm Mode
Sometimes Request application confirmation on multi-fragments or when sending event data.
Events Request application confirmation when sending event data.
Maximum time to wait for an application confirmation or fragment. The application timeout must be greater than
Application Timeout
(Port Timeout * (Port Retries + 1)).
Number of retries before abandoning transaction and putting the device offline. The Port Watch Time must be greater
Application Retries
than (Application Timeout * (Application Retries + 1))
Application Fragment Size Maximum size of each application fragment (200 to 16000).
Log App Layer Log Application Layer messages to log file. Logging will slow down data transfer rate.

Device Configuration

Station Address of Slave. A device with an address of 65535 is used to send broadcast commands such as Freeze or Operate to all devices on a
Slave Station Address
channel.
If Enable, all timestamp read and written to the slave are assumed to be based on UTC (Coordinated Universal Time) time. Otherwise local
Use UTC Time time is used. Use of UTC time is recommended, it is the responsibility of each OPC client in different time zones to convert the UTC time to
local time for display.

Timestamp Offset Add this number of minutes to timestamps

The value of DNP objects are written to this file at device shutdown. The next time the device is started up, it will use this information to
restore the time stamp of DNP objects. Leave this field blank if restoration of timestamp is not necessary, otherwise specify a different filename
Object File
for each device. Writing a 0 value to .Backup will cause the current values of DNP3 object to be written to this file. Writing a 1 value to .Backup
will restore the values from this file.
The DNP3 Master will ensure that all changes to static objects are saved to the object file within this time. The DNP3 Slave will ensure new
Object File Update
object file is loaded in within this time. Set to 0 to disable this feature. e.g. A value of 0.1 in a DNP3 master will ensure that all changes to
Time
static objects are saved to the object file within 0.1 second.
Log SOE (Sequence of Events) to log file.

11:45:10.005 999 SOE Master.2.3.0,81,2002 01 23 11:45:10.001

11:45:10.005 Time this event is received.

999 Elapsed time since last event in log file.
SOE DNP3 Log tag

Master.2.3.0 DNP3 event object 2, variation 3 and index 0 from device Master

Log SOE 81 Status value (hex)

2002 01 23 11:45:10.001 Time as received in the event data

11:23:54.003 999 SOE Master.32.4.0,01,122,2002 01 23 11:23:54.002

Master.32.4.0 DNP3 event object 32, variation 4 and index 0 from device Master

01 Status value (hex)

122 Value (decimal)

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2002 01 23 11:23:54.002 Time as received in the event data

When enabled in a DNP3 master, all received DNP3 events objects will routed to the .SOE tag. Writes to the .SOE tag will cause a DNP3 event
to be generated in the DNP3 Slave.
Enable SOE Tag The .SOE tag is string (VT_BSTR) with the format
Digital : object.variation.index,status(hex),optional timestamp
Analog: object.variation.index,status(hex),analog value,optional timestamp
Enable Level 3 commands, this option should only be enable if the RTU support the following level 3 command:
Start/Stop Qualifiers in Poll and Freeze commands
Use Level 3
Pattern Control Block and Pattern Mask objects
commands
Assign class
Enable/Disable Unsolicited Message

Enable Freeze Writing to analog inputs will cause FREEZE command to be issued, otherwise WRITE command will be issued.

Perform a read after operating the output.

Specific poll
Class 0 static poll
Read after Operate Class 1 event poll
Class 2 event poll
Class 3 event poll
Read Delay Millisecond delay before issuing the read
Initial value of the .Enable tag of the device.
Enable 1 - The device is started and polled as scheduled.
Device Startup Mode
Standby 2 - The device is started, but the polling schedule is suspended.
Disable 0 - The device is not started or polled

Enable Unsolicited
Enable the transmission of unsolicited messages for Slave.
Messages
Execute Pulse on/off Pulse on/off, Close and Trip commands from the DNP master are executed with the correct on/off time. If disabled, the command from the DNP
commands master is encoded as a 32 bit value that can be passed on to other DNP masters.
Time offset between clocks on Slave station and Master station. Each DNP3 slave clock must be accurate, but the actual clock of each DNP3
slave can be set to any time or not set all. With DNP3 time synchronization, each DNP3 slave will automatically adjust the timestamp it sends
to the master based on the time difference it calculated during the time synchronization procedure. In IOServer DNP3 slave this time offset is
displayed in DNP Slave.Time offset. If you want the DNP3 slave to send unsynchronized time, then you will need to turn off time
synchronization by clearing the Needtime internal indication before a DNP3 master connects to it.
Time Offset
The following OPC Gateway item will turn off the Needtime internal indicator as soon as the device comes online.
Source: 0
Destination: Device.80.1.NeedTime
Trigger: Device.Status

Event data older than Event lifetime are discarded by the slave. Each write to an object, will cause an event to be generated. All events will be
Event Lifetime accumulated indefinitely at the DNP3 slave until they are transmitted and confirmed by the DNP3 Master. e.g. A value of 0.5 will discard all
events older than 30 minutes. The number of events currently stored in each class is indicated by Events(Total, Class 1, Class 2, Class 3).
Unsolicited data buffer time, a value of zero means that events are sent immediately. A non zero value allows the slave to pack more events
Event Update Time
into a single frame for transmission to the master.
Control Output Close
A close command (Pulse On/Close:65) to control output x will cause the control output x + offset to be operated.
Address Offset
Binary Input Change When sending more than N Binary Input Change with Time (2.2) objects, convert them to Time and Data (51.1) and Binary Input Change with
with Relative Time Relative Time (2.3) objects.
Class 0 are static data, these are the current value of the data in the RTU. Class 1, 2 and 3 are event data, these are data changes (possibly
with time stamp) of the data in the RTU. Each event object in the RTU can be assigned to class 1, 2 or 3. Belonging to a class does not imply
any sort of priority. Most RTU will statically assign a default class to each event object. More advance RTU allows the user to assign the class of
Poll Type each event object. Level 3 RTU allows the Master to assign the class of each event object dynamically. Event data are used to update the DNP3
Master database. Event data are normally polled at a much faster rate than static data. Class 0 poll are issued at a very slow rate to keep DNP3
Master database is up to date. The RTU will respond with all its static data points to a class 0 poll, which could be quite substantial for large
RTU. The RTU will respond only with data changes to class 1, 2 or 3 polls.
Interval between poll for that poll type. A poll interval of 7 seconds with a sync time of 0 seconds means that the master will poll the device at
following times (starting from midnight): 0,7,14,...,63,70.

The Device Polling schedule can be paused by writing a value of 2 to the Device.Enable tag. Other possible values are:

Write Value Action

Poll Interval Stop that device immediately and put that device offline. IOServer will
0
continue to restart that device at every watchtime, but will be unsuccessful.
1 Allow the device to start successfully at the next watchtime.
2 Suspend polling of the device. The device will remain online.

Device.Enable will return a value of 0 if the device is offline.

Start of poll time within poll interval. A poll interval of 7 seconds with a sync time of 2 seconds means that the master will poll the device at the
Sync Time
following times (starting from midnight): 2,9,16,...,65,72.
Enable Unsolicited Enable the reception or transmission of unsolicited messages for that class
Maximum number of items requested per class poll (supported only by level 2 slaves). Use 0 for no limit. This is used to limit the amount of
Items data that a level 2 slave may return per poll. Use -1 to stop DNP Master from issuing event poll whenever the class internal indication flag from
the RTU is set for this class. Use -1 to stop DNP Slave from setting the class internal indication flags.
List of objects/data points to be assigned to this class (supported only by level 3 slaves). Assigning a data point to class 0 stops that slave from
producing event object for that data point. Examples of objects:
1 All variations and indexes for object 1
1.1 Variations 1 for object 1
1.1.1-20 Indexes 1 to 20 for variation 1 for object 1
Objects
You can suppress the sending of object 10 in static responses by setting the Objects column in Class 1, 2 or 3 to 10.1 10.2

Setting the Objects column in Class 0 to 10 will stop the DNP3 Slave from generating Binary output events (object 11)

Setting the Objects column in Class 0 to 40 will stop the DNP3 Slave from generating Analog Output events (object 42)

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Variable Types

The OPC Browse Server Address Space will show all the available data of each Slave station based on information received from the Slave station. To find out what type of
data is available, connect to IOServer, using the built in OPC Server explorer, add a group then add item to see the available data types.

1.2.1 is the 8 bit byte value of the status (online, state and etc.,) of Object 1, variation 2, index 1.
1.2.1.State is the Digital value of the state of object 1, variation 2, index 1.
1.1.1 is the Digital value of the state of object 1, variation 1, index 1.

IOServer DNP3 Device Profile

Vendor Name: IOServer Pty Limited

Device Name: IOServer DNP3 Device

Highest DNP3 Level Supported:

Master Device Function: Can be configured as a Master or a Slave at DNP3
For Requests 3 Channel Tab, Protocol Mode.
Slave
For Responses 3

Maximum Data Link Frame Size (octets) Maximum Application Fragment Size (octets)
Transmitted 292 Transmitted Configurable between 200 and 16000
Received 292 Received 2048

Setting the Application Layer Fragment Size to less than 249 will stop the device from sending Multi-fragments.

Maximum Data Link Retries Maximum Application Layer Retries

Configurable at Port->Retries, range 0 to 5 Configurable at DNP3 Channel->Application Layer Retries, range 0 to 15

Application Layer Confirmation: Configurable as

Data Link Layer Confirmation: Configurable as
Never Never request for application confirmation
Never Never request for Data Link confirmation.
Always Always request application confirmation
Always Always request Data Link confirmation
Request application confirmation on multi-fragments or
On multi-frames Request Data Link confirmation on multi-frames Sometimes
when sending event data.
only only
Defaults to Never for Master and Sometimes for Slave station

Timeouts while waiting for:

Data Link Confirm Configurable as Port->Timeout between 10 and 360000 milliseconds.
Complete Application Fragment
Application Confirm Configurable as DNP3 Channel->Application Layer Timeout between 10 and 360000 milliseconds.
Complete Application Response

Send/Executes Control Operations

Write Binary Outputs Use .Write suffix in object name
Select / Operate Use .SO suffix in object name. The operate will only be issued if the select is successful.
Direct Operate Use .DO suffix in object name (Direct operate is chosen if no qualifier is selected)
Direct Operate - No ACK Use .DO suffix in object name when writing to the broadcast device.

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Select Use .Select suffix to only issue the select command.

Operate Use .Operate suffix to only issue the operate command.
Writing a zero value to counters or analog inputs will cause the Freeze and Clear command to be issued. Writing a non-zero
Freeze
value will cause the Freeze command to be issued. The no ack version is used when writing to the broadcast device.
The master can initiate time synchronization with any slave by writing any value to the write only object "50.1.WriteOnly" of
Time Synchronization
that slave. A read request to "50.1" will return a 32 bit value from the slave of the number of milliseconds since midnight.
For binary outputs, the 12.1.x.Status will be set to 255 when the write command is issued. The result code of the response will be reported in 12.1.x.Status. A value of
zero indicates that the command was accepted. A non zero value indicates failure.

For analog outputs, the 41.x.x will be set to 255 when the write command is issued. The result code of the response will be reported in 40.x.x

Writing to the first output object x by OPC/DDE clients will cause second output block y to be written to the RTU:

Binary Output Analog Output

Without Status With Status 32 Bit 16 Bit Short Real Long Real

10.1, 12.1 or 12.2 or 12.3 10.2, 12.1 or 12.2 or 12.3 40.1, 41.1 40.2, 41.2 40.3, 41.3 40.4, 41.4
After the response to a write to an output is received, a read is issued to read back the new value of the output. After the write, the result code of the operation is
available in 12.1 for binary outputs and 41.x for analog outputs. The meaning of the result code are:
0 Request accepted, initiated, or queued.
Request not accepted as the operate message was received after the arm timer timed out. The arm timer was started when the select operation for the same
1
point was received.
2 No previous matching select message (i.e. an operate message was sent to activate a control point that was not previously armed with the select message).
3 Request not accepted as there were formatting errors in the control request (either select, operate, or direct operate).
4 Control operation not supported for this point.
5 Request not accepted, as the control queue is full or the point is already active.
6 Request not accepted because of control hardware problems
7 Request not accepted because Local/Remote switch is in Local position
10 Request not accepted because it was prevented or inhibited by a local automation process. i.e. .LocalForce of that point is set.
255 Set by the driver, when the command is issued.

Maximum number of CROB (Control Relay Output Object 12.1) objects issued in a single message is limited by the Input Queue Length parameter for that port.
Maximum number of analog output (41.x) objects issued in a single message is limited by the Input Queue Length parameter for that port.
Pattern Control Block and Pattern Mask (12.2 and 12.3) are only issued if the Use Level 3 command option is enabled and the Input Queue Length parameter for that
port is greater than one.
CROB (12.1) and analog output (41.x) are permitted together in a single message.

Binary Outputs
Binary Output with status (10.2) and Binary Output (10.1) are declared as unsigned long, the 32 bit value is interpreted as follows:
Bits 0..7 (8 bits) is the Control Code.
Control Code Action
1 Pulse On - The point is turned on for on time, then turned off for off time.
2 Pulse Off - The point is turned off for off time, then turned on for on time.
3 Latch On
4 Latch Off
65 Pulse On/Close
129 Pulse On/Trip
+16 Queue
+32 Clear
Bits 8..15 (8 bits) is Count - 1. i.e. Use a value of zero to specify a count of 1.
Bits 16..22 (7 bits) is the pulse on time.
Bits 23-29 (7 bits) is the pulse off time.
Bit 30-31 (2 bits) is the pulse time factor.
For pulse on/pulse off code with count of 1 and not queued, Bits 16..29(14 bits) is the pulse time
Time
Step Size 7 Bit Pulse 14 Bit Pulse
Factor
0 1 ms Up to 127 ms Up to 16.384 seconds
1 100 ms Up to 12.70 seconds Up to 1638.4 seconds
2 10 seconds Up to 1,270 seconds Up to 163,840 seconds
3 1000 seconds Up to 127,000 seconds Up to 4,294,000 seconds

Writing a 0 or 1 to "10.2.x.State" object will cause control code 4 or 3 to be written to the output block object respectively.
Writing a 2 to 10.2.10 will pulse 10.2.10 off with Direct Operate.
Writing a 1 to 10.2.10.SO will pulse 10.2.10 on with Select and Operate.
Writing a 1 to 10.1.10.SO,bool will latch on 10.2.10 with Select and Operate.
Writing a 0 to 10.2.10.State will latch off 10.2.10 with Direct Operate.
Writing 845416705 (hex 0032640901) to 10.2.10.SO will pulse 10.2.10 on 10 times with 100ms on and 100ms off time with Select and Operate.
Writing 0 to Device.10.1.2.SO.3000,bool will issue control code 2 (Pulse Off) with an off time of 3000 ms with Select and Operate
Writing 1 to Device.10.1.2.DO.3000,bool will issue control code 1 (Pulse On) with an on time of 3000 ms with Direct Operate.
Writing 0 to Device.10.1.2.SO.3000.1,bool will issue control code 129 (Trip/Pulse On) with an on time of 3000 ms
Writing 1 to Device.10.1.2.SO.3000.1,bool will issue control code 65 (Close/Pulse On) with an on time of 3000 ms

The .SO and .DO works similarly for analog outputs.

Master Devices will accept both time-tagged and non-time-tagged for all event data. The Time of Occurrence in received event data will be used as the item timestamp
for the static data. If none is available then the time when the data is acquired is used. Each item reported by our OPC Server to any OPC client contains the value,
timestamp and quality of the item. This is a standard feature of OPC.

Every single SOE received from the slave RTU will be reported to the interested OPC client via the static data. It is up to the OPC client to accept (not ignore) and use
the VTQ (value, timestamp and quality) information correctly. IOServer will never issue multiple changes for a particular object in each advise to the OPC client. You
can inserting a delay between each advise by setting the Preference.SOE Interval parameter. Try to use as small value as you can (less than 50ms).

e.g. If the slave reports 2.3.0 (Binary Input Change with relative time), then the OPC client can see the new value and timestamp in 1.1.0 or 1.2.0.State

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Slave Devices
Objects.variations in the slave are only created when they are first read or written to by OPC/DDE clients.
Default class assignment
Class 0 All static data and 10 12 40
Class 1 All Binary Input/Output Events(1)
Class 2 All Analog Input/Output Events(30 31)
Class 3 All Counters Events(20 21)
Writing to first static object x by OPC/DDE clients will cause second event object y to be reported. e.g. Writing to static object 1.1.0 will create a 2.1.0
event object. Writing to static object 1.2.0.State will create a 2.2.0 event object.
Counter Frozen Counter
Binary
Input 32 Bit 16 Bit 32 Bit Delta 16 Bit Delta 32 Bit 16 Bit 32 Bit Delta 16 Bit Delta

21.1, 23.5 21.2, 23.6 21.3, 23.7 21.4, 23.8

With Time 1.2, 2.2 20.1, 22.5 20.2, 22.6 20.3, 22.7 20.4, 22.8
21.5, 23.5 21.6, 23.6 21.7, 23.7 21.8, 23.8
Without
1.1, 2.1 20.5, 22.1 20.6, 22.2 20.7, 22.3 20.8, 22.4 21.9, 23.1 21.10, 23.2 21.11, 23.3 21.12, 23.4
Time
Analog Input Frozen Analog Input
32 Bit 16 Bit Short Real Long Real 32 Bit 16 Bit Short Real Long Real
31.1,33.3 31.2,33.4
With Time 30.01,32.3 30.02,32.4 30.5,32.7 30.6,32.8 31.7,33.7 31.8,33.8
31.3,33.3 31.4,33.4
30.1,32.1 30.2,32.2
Without Time 30.05,32.5 30.06,32.6 31.5, 33.1 31.6, 33.2 31.07,33.5 31.08,33.6
30.3,32.1 30.4,32.2
Analog Output
Binary Output
32 Bit 16 Bit Short Real Long Real
With Time 10.2, 11.2 40.1, 42.3 40.2, 42.4 40.3, 42.7 40.4, 42.8
Without Time 10.1, 11.1

Only one variation should be used for each object type

The object 12.1 can not be accessed directly, you can only see the effect on 10.1. For example if the DNP3 Master send a pulse on with count of 10, on time 10, off
time 10 to 10.1, then object 10.1 will pulse on and off ten times at 10ms interval.

The device Event Update Time is used to delay the transmission of unsolicited event data messages to allow the slave to pack more data into a frame for
transmission. Static data are sent in unsolicited messages when the OPC/DDE clients add new objects.
Enable/Disable unsolicited Function are supported.
Time tagged binary input events always use Relative time when polled by event polls.
Sends static data in unsolicited Responses when device restarts.
Counter Roll Over at 16/32 bits for 16/32 bits counter respectively.
Writing User specified timestamp to DNP3 Slave

DNP3 Over LAN/WAN

Link Layer confirmation is explicitly disabled.
Configurable Keep Alive Timer for use in unsolicited mode.
The Record Current Time method of Time Synchronization is used.
DNP3 Master can act as server (listen) or as client (connect).
DNP3 Slave can act as server or as client.
TCP/IP or UDP/IP Port Number 20000 decimal

File Transfer
Writing to the ".File" Object initiate file transfer operations, The write command is a string of the form:
Operation,RTUFile,PCFile,UserName,Password. Use ".FIO" instead of ".File" for RTU that support the legacy implementation of 70.1 object.

Read Copy RTUFile to PCFile

Operation Write Copy PCFile To RTUFile
Delete Delete RTUFile

RTU File Full Name of file in RTU

PC File Full Name of file in PC. Replace \r,\n and \t with \R, \N and \T.
UserName Optional User Name
Password Optional Password

Example:
Write the string "Write,rtucfg.pcc,C:\RTU\PCFilename" to RTU.File to upload the file PCFileName to the RTU.
Write the string "rtucfg.pcc" to RTU.70.8 to activate it.

Master Station Mode of operation.

Master Slave
Class 1,2,3
Station Station Class 0 Poll Mode of Operation (The lower numbered ones are
Poll
Unsolicited Unsolicited Interval the most efficient)
Interval
Mode Mode
1. Quiescent Operation - Never poll any Slave, and all
1 1 0 0
communication is unsolicited report-by-exception.
2. Unsolicited Report-by-Exception Operation. Most
1 1 0 Non Zero communication is unsolicited, but also polls for event
data.
3. Unsolicited Report-by-Exception Operation. Most
1 1 Non zero 0 communication is unsolicited, but poll for static data to
keep its database up to date.
4. Unsolicited and Polled Report-by-Exception
1 1 Non zero Non zero Operation. Most communication is unsolicited, but also
polls for event data and static data.
0 x 5. Polled Report-by-Exception Operation. Polls for event
Non zero Non Zero
x 0 data and static data.

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0 x
0 Non Zero 6. Poll for event data only.
x 0
0 x 7. Poll for static data only. Event data is never
Non zero 0
x 0 requested.
8. Poll Static Data Operation - Polls for the specific
0 x static data it requires. Not recommended because it is
very inefficient when the number of points is high and
0 0
changes are infrequent. Event data are never
x 0 requested. Polling rate will be controlled by the OPC
Group or DDE update time.

Poll for event data - Poll for class 1, class 2 and class 3 data.
Poll for static data - Poll for class 0 data.

Writing to Class objects from Master Station

Write Value Function Code issued by Master

0 1 - Read
3 20 - Enable Unsolicited Messages
4 21 - Disable Unsolicited Messages

The DNP3 master can be scheduled to perform regular polling for class 0, 1, 2 or 3 data. The OPC client can also perform demand poll by writing a 0 to object 60.1, 60.2,
60.3 or 60.4.

e.g Writing a 0 to 60.4 will cause a Class 3 read to be issued to the RTU
writing a 0 to 60.0 will cause a read function code to be issued for Class 1, 2, 3 and 0 data
writing a 4 to 60.0 will cause a disable unsolicited message function code to be issued for Class 1, 2 and 3

Static and Events objects

OPC clients are allowed access to static (1, 20, 30) or output objects (10, 40)

OPC clients are not allowed access to events (2, 22, 32) or output block objects (12, 41).

Events received will be reflected in their static objects, eg. received events objects 2.1, 2.2 or 51.1/2.3 will be reported in static objects 1.1 or 1.2.
e.g if we allowed OPC client to access 2.1, but the RTU send 2.2 or 51.1/2.3 then the OPC client will never see any 2.1 events.

OPC clients writing to 10.1 or 10.2 output objects will cause the appropriate object 12.1, 12.2 or 12.3 object to be issued to the DNP Slave. If we allowed OPC client
access to 12, then the OPC client will have to use separate tags to read (10) and write (12) to the same point.

Using TCP/IP
DNP3 masters are normally configured as TCP/IP clients and DNP3 slaves are normally configured as TCP/IP servers

When a DNP3 master is configured as a TCP/IP server. The DNP3 master will remain online when the slave disconnects and will go offline when there is no activity for
more than twice the port watchtime or poll intervals.

Performance

IOServer running on a Pentium 4, 2.8 GHz PC under Windows 2000 Advanced Server reading from a DNP3 Slave device over TCP/IP. Test configuration file

Binary Input Event with Time (2.3) 180,000 events per second
32 Bit Counter Change Event with Time (22.5) 130,000 events per second
32 Bit Analog Input Change Event with Time (32.3) 130,000 events per second

DNP3 Implementation Table

DNP User Group

Demo Configuration of DNP3 Master accessing a DNP3 Slave over TCP/IP

Exchanging Data with DNP3 Master and Slave

DNP3 FAQ

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