OPC_RemoteServer is a project designed to demonstrate how to connect Reliance's runtime software to an OPC server that is not running locally. The OPC1 device of type OPC is defined via the Device Manager. The OPC server Prog ID property allows you to select the OPC server for the device (e.g., from the local network). The PC1 computer, to which OPC1 is connected, is defined via the Project Structure Manager. On the Driver page of the device's Channel1, the Connect to driver property is set to On remote computer. Also the computer name is specified (RemotePC). The RemotePC computer is the second computer defined via the Project Structure Manager. This computer's only purpose is to identify the remote computer on which the OPC server is running. It holds the IP address of the OPC server (the Basic page).

Note: This type of connection to a remote OPC server is not advised because of certain drawbacks. The recommended way to connect to an OPC server is via Reliance's runtime software running on the remote computer. This means that the Reliance data server is running on the same computer as the OPC server and connection to other computers of the visualization project is provided via Server Connection Groups or via thin clients.