Scenario for the Example ICCP Client Configuration
The goal of this tutorial is to use Oracle Utilities Live Energy Connect (LEC) to get information over ICCP from a remote SCADA system. For more information on the ICCP protocol, see ICCP Reference.
The main LEC Server configuration used in this tutorial acts as an ICCP client. The simulated SCADA system acts as an ICCP server. In this configuration, the LEC Server receives information about points on the remote SCADA system and logs the information to a file. For details about creating the ICCP client configuration, see Creating an ICCP Client.
The following diagram shows the systems involved in this tutorial. In this scenario the main LEC Server configuration (left) acts as an ICCP client. It makes an outbound association to the remote SCADA system that acts as an ICCP server.
To simulate the remote SCADA system, we will use another LEC server instance on the same machine. This simulated SCADA system will generate random data values using a Script VMD that hosts a Python script called Volts.py.
Note: These configurations are provided in the example files that come with the LEC installation. In addition to this tutorial, there are other example configuration and batch files (with READ ME’s). These examples are available in the C:\ProgramData\LiveEnergyConnect directory. Some of these examples demonstrate using LEC to communicate with devices over other protocols like DNP or Modbus, or as an interface to other systems like a SQL Server database.
Most customers do not need to create their own LEC Server configurations. Instead, they are provided with configurations by Oracle Utilities and will only use the Configuration Manager to edit them or monitor the customer's LEC Server instances.