I am having trouble connecting to Factory IO using an OPC connection with RSLinx. I am able to connect but I have a duplicate set of every input and output that was made in my PLC program (the IO’s in the box in the driver’s section). I am still a novice to OPC connection and can’t connect with ethernet due to using an emulator. What is the proper way to connect an OPC using an RsLogix emulator and how do I prevent tags from other OPC topics hijacking the drivers menu? I only want the IO tags from my current project but anytime I click the OPC Server tab and then click browse it always imports every IO tag I’ve made from other OPC topics and don’t know how to fix the issue. I have to delete every OPC topic just to clear this issue but isn’t a permanent fix. Thank you
Hi @wiehay79, welcome to the forum!
In cases like this, we suggest using filters in Factory I/O. The filter configurations are on the driver’s configuration page.
We usually suggest that the variables be named with a common prefix, such as FIO, for example. So that you’d have variables such as “FIOStartButton” and “FIOStopButton”. That way, when you use the “Filter names that start with:” you can type FIO, and only these will show in the driver page.
I hope this helps