Honeywell®Mercury OPC Items

Standard Items

See Device Standard Items.

Protocol Items

The Mercury protocol implementation supports the item names listed below for use by client applications.
When using the 3 or 4 digit Item number, please refer to the OEM documentation for your Mercury device for the items applicable to your device.

ItemData TypeDescription
Item #I2,I4,R4, UI2,BOOL, STRINGItem # is specified by 3 or 4 decimal digits. For Items that are applicable to your device, refer to the OEM documentation.
L Item #R4

Takes a live reading of the instrument’s current measured value on the specified item.

Valid items are L008, L026, L031, L420, L500, L501, L502, and L503.

BadSignOffI2Returns the number of failed Sign-offs. Write a zero to reset.
BadSignOnI2Returns the number of failed Sign-ons. Write a zero to reset.
BadSiteIdCounterI2Returns the number of Site ID mis-match errors. Write a zero to reset.
GoodSignOffI2Returns the number of successful Sign-offs. Write a zero to reset.
GoodSignOnI2Returns the number of successful Sign-ons. Write a zero to reset.
LastErrorI2Returns the most recently occurred error code.
ModemAlarmI2Modem Alarm value.
ModemAlarmClearI2Queue task to clear modem alarm.
ModemLowBatteryI2Modem low battery alarm value.
Register items are validated by the field device during the item's first poll. If the field device reports that the item number is not applicable, by returning an error, the Mercury protocol module will internally flag the item as invalid and will not add it to future poll messages. This item flag can be reset by disabling the ACM device object, then re-enabling it. 

Extended Items

The Mercury protocol implementation supports the item names listed below for use by client applications.

ItemData TypeDescription
LastAlarmRecordDateTimestamp of the last alarm record retrieved.
LastEventRecordDateTimestamp of the last event record retrieved.
LastHourlyRecord/<audit>DateTimestamp of the last hourly record retrieved from audit specified. Audit is one based.  Ex: "LastHouryRecord/1".
LastTimeSyncDateTimestamp of the last time synchronization attempt.
LastTimeSyncResultI4Result of the last time synchronization attempt.
RequestAuditItemsI2Read the Audit Configuration items during the next history upload. Write a value of 1 to initiate.
RequestDeviceConfigI2Read the Device Configuration items during the next history upload.  Write a value of 1 to initiate.
RequestMeterConfigI2Read the Meter EFM Configuration items during the next history upload.  Write a value of 1 to initiate.
ResetAlarmI2Erase the alarm history retrieval pointer (and re-collect all alarm history during the next retrieval). Write a value of 1 to initiate.
ResetAudit/<audit>I2Erase the audit history retrieval pointer for audit specified (and re-collect all audit history during the next retrieval). Audit is one based.  Ex: "ResetAudit/1".  Write a value of 1 to initiate.
ResetEventI2Erase the event history retrieval pointer (and re-collect all event history during the next retrieval). Write a value of 1 to initiate.
RetrieveHistoryI2Retrieve enabled history. Write a value of 1 to initiate.
RetrieveHistoryCancelI2Cancel the retrieval of enabled history. Write a value of 1 to initiate.
TimeSyncI2Perform time synchronization. Write a value of 1 to initiate.

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