Status information

This chapter provides some useful information about the OPC XML-DA Server. The XML-DA specification describes the interfaces which an OPC XML-DA Server should provide. However, there are some additional functionalities which will help you on your daily work with the OPC XML-DA Server, for example:

Reading status information
Reading protocol information
Reload configuration
Show active configuration
Restart OPC XML-DA Server
Stop OPC XML-DA Server

These functionalities can be called via the URL of the OPC XML-DA Server. Open your favorite web browser and enter the following URL:

http://<ip-adress or name of device>/TcOpcXmlDa/TcOpcXmlDa.dll<Services>

You can now call the mentioned services Via the parameter <Services>.

The following table gives some examples.

<Services>	Description
	Reading status information of the OPC XML-DA Server
?info=log	Reading protocol information of the OPC XML-DA Server
?info=reload	Reload the configuration
?info=config	Show active configuration
?action=restart	Restart the OPC XML-DA Server
?action=stop	Stop the OPC XML-DA Server