Your first tag¶

This guide walks through connecting a single tag end-to-end, from creating an OPC UA tag to verifying it on a Process popup. It is the quickest way to confirm that your project is correctly set up and ready for implementation.

Before getting started, make sure you have the template project open in WideQuick 14 or later. If not, see Download WideQuick MOD

Step 1 - Set up a connection¶

The first step is to set up a connection in WideQuick Designer®. For this example an OPC UA connection will be used, named OPC. A full guide on configuring OPC UA can be found in the WideQuick Manual by pressing F1 in WideQuick Designer.

The following connection types are also supported:

• MQTT
• BACnet
• Modbus Serial
• Modbus TCP/IP
• OPC Server
• OPC UA

Step 2 — Create the tag in WideQuick¶

In WideQuick Designer®, open the Tag Editor and click Browse to open the OPC UA browser. Navigate the server tree to find the signal you want to import and select it.

Once selected, rename the tag in the WideQuick name field to follow the tag structure:

OPC.AS01.VS10_PV01_IO

This tag consists of:

• Connection — OPC
• Device — AS01
• System — VS10
• Object name — PV01
• Suffix — _IO

For more information on the tag structure see Tag Structure.

Step 3 - Create a Workview¶

In WideQuick Designer®, create a new Workview inside System 1. This will make it automatically appear in the navigation menu. For more information on how the navigation works see Navigation — Get started.

Step 4 - Place the motor object¶

Open the new Workview and drag the dynMotorPumpR_000 object from the Motors object library into the view.

Select the DynTouch object inside the group and navigate to the Properties tab. Enter the following:

• Connection — OPC
• Device — AS01
• Sys — VS10
• ObjectName — PV01

Step 5 - Connecting suffix aliases and verifying¶

Configuring the animation¶

Start the project and navigate to Settings → Suffix → Suffix - Alarms. Select 4 - Active and click Add new suffix alias in selected category. When prompted for a name, enter On and click Ok. Click Write changes to DB to save.

The suffix alias On is now part of the 4 - Active group. Next, select On in the tree view and assign _IO to the Suffix field.

For more information on how the animation system works see Workview Animations.

Configuring the Process popup¶

The next step is to connect the suffix to the Process popup, so that clicking the object opens the popup and allows the signal to be manipulated. Navigate to Settings → Suffix → Suffix - Popups.

This view shows all configured standard popups. To create a custom popup see Create a Popup. Select Process and click Add new suffix alias in selected category. When prompted, name the new suffix alias On for consistency. Then select the On alias and assign _IO to the Suffix field.

Verifying¶

Navigate to the view containing the motor object and left-click it to open the popup tab. Select Process — the toggle for the _IO signal will be available here. Toggle it to true and verify that the green light on the motor object becomes active, confirming that the tag is correctly wired end-to-end.