Installing the RdbmsNetwork driver and rdbDatabase device
The following procedures describe how to install, configure, and test the RdbmsNetwork driver:
- Double-click the station’s Drivers container, to bring up the Driver Manager.
- Click on the button to bring up the New network dialog. For more details see “Driver Manager New and Edit” in the Drivers Guide.
- Select Rdbms Network, number to add: 1 (or more if multiple networks) and click . This brings up a dialog to name the network(s).
- Click to add the Rdbms Network(s) to the station.
You should have an Rdbms Network named “RdbmsNetwork” (or whatever you named it) under your Drivers folder showing a status of "{Ok}" and enabled as "true".
- Double-click the Rdbms Network you have just added and click the button at the bottom of the Device Manager view to get the New device dialog. In Type to Add select the desired Rdbms Network Driver Device Database.
- Select number to add: 1 (or more if multiple devices) and click . This brings up a dialog to name the database device(s).
- Click to add the Database Device to the Rdbms Network.
You should have an Rdbms Network Driver Device Database under your Rdbms Network Driver.
Install the RdbmsNetwork Driver
To install the RdbmsNetwork Driver for use with rdbDb2, rdbHsqlDb, rdbMySQL, rdbOracle, or rdbSqlServer, do the following:
- In WorkbenchAX, under the RdbmsNetwork node, right-click on the Database Device Component node
in the nav tree and select from the popup menu. The Database Device Property Sheet view displays. - In the Property Sheet view, set values for the all the properties applicable to the Database Device.
A full list of all the properties in each of the RdbmsNetwork driver devices is shown in the table below.
Those properties marked with a ‘-’ are not available in the driver device and some of the properties are provided only for information. Those properties marked with a ‘X’ should be considered for configuration.
Refer to About the RdbmsNetwork device components and extensions for a full description of the properties.
Table 1 RdbmsNetwork driver properties
Property Db2 HsqlDb MySQL Oracle SqlServer Status (Information) Enabled X X X X X Fault Cause (Information) Health (Information) Alarm Source Info X X X X X Host Address X - X X X User Name X X X X X Password X X X X X Worker X X X X X Export Mode X X X X X Use Unicode Encoding Scheme X X X X X Timestamp Storage X X - X X Points X X X X X Sql Scheme Enabled X X X X X Base Directory - X - - - Database Name X X X - - Instance Name - - - - X Service Name - - - X - Port X - X X X Histories X - X X X Extra Connection Properties - - X - X Version - - - - X - Click the button to save all property settings.
Configure the RdbmsNetwork driver
To configure the RdbmsNetwork driver in your NiagaraAX station, do the following:
- Right-click on the RdbmsDatabase Device Extension
in the Property Sheet view (or nav tree) and select from the popup menu, as shown below.
If a valid connection to the database is made, the Health
property displays an "Ok" value. If the Health property displays a "Fail" value, then a connection is not made and you should
examine the Last Fail Cause property for details
Test the RdbmsNetwork connection
The following procedure applies to any type of rdbDatabase driver.
To test the RdbmsNetwork Connection, do the following: