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Sample U-CON Profiles
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The User-Configurable (U-CON) driver for KEPServerEX allows users to quickly and easily create a device driver for serial and Ethernet devices for which an off-the-shelf driver is not available (including barcode readers, weigh scales, various sensors, and RTUs).

Users can configure messages to communicate with and manage responses from a variety of devices used in automation through a menu-driven interface. The resulting U-CON project will  automatically leverage Kepware's field-proven OPC, DDE, and native server technologies to enhance the reliability and scalability of your solution—and provide guaranteed connectivity
to client applications. 

Please direct all support questions to technical.support@kepware.com.

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Requirements:

1. KEPServerEX V4.500 and higher

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Instructions:

1. Extract the contents of the U-CON_****.zip file

2. Place the .opf U-CON project file(s) in the KEPServerEX or U-CON Protocol Server /Projects folder.

3. Launch either server, and then select File | Open to open the .opf project file.

4. The amount of instructional information with the U-CON Typical Application profiles vary.

   - Review the instructions or profile information included in each .zip file.

   - See additional notes for Typical Application/Device Categories below.

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Typical Application/Device Categories

1. Analysis Equipment: Thank you to Stephen Friedenthal of EVSystems for providing the sample U-CON profile. 

2. Andon/Digital Displays: Thank you to Entech Signs for briefly providing a digital display for sample profile creation. We'd like to add more samples for Andon Boards and communication-enabled displays, so please contact us if you would like to include a sample for your device.

3. Barcode Scanners: The Zebex scanner is a common barcode device, but there are many other brands with which U-CON is commonly used. Barcode devices must be set to include stop bits in their communication responses.

4. Blenders/Feeders: Thank you to Maguire Products for recommending U-CON for use in injection molding applications.

5. Coding/Marking/Printing: No samples yet. Please send us yours!

6. GPS/NMEA Data: Thank you to Professor Claus Walther Jensen of Svendborg International Maritime Academy (SIMAC) for providing the outstanding instructions for using U-CON to capture NMEA data and make it available to control/HMI applications via OPC. Thank you to Sailsoft for providing NMEA simulation software.

7. Input/Output (IO) data: Thank you to Advantech for providing IO hardware for Kepware's creation of the sample U-CON profile.

8. RFID Readers: No samples yet. Please send us yours!
                        
9. Sensors and Instruments: The Newport Sensor is live outside the Kepware firewall. If you have U-CON installed on your PC and have an internet connection, you can use the sample profile to connect to this device.

10. Vision Systems: No samples yet. Please send us yours!

11. Weigh Scales: Thank you to Mettler Toledo for providing a demo scale for Kepware's creation of the sample U-CON profile.

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Resources:

Search Kepware’s repository of more than 500 Knowledge Base articles at https://www.kepware.com/support/knowledge-base/default.asp

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Disclaimer:

Users of the sample U-CON profiles provided in these .zip files
should test and evaluate profiles before using them in a production application.

Users acknowledge the condition of the profiles as free samples.
As such, the software may contain errors, may not function in all
circumstances, may not be documented, and has not been tested to
the full extent of Kepware, Inc. 

As such, Kepware, Inc. does not guarantee that the software will satisfy the user's application needs or that the software will be error free. If the software does not satisfy the user’s needs, or is viewed as failing to perform, in no event will Kepware, Inc.  be liable for any direct or indirect damages—including lost profits or lost data.

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