Issue
Problems adding OPC tags manually in OPC clients. The tags can be browsed successfully, but if the path to the Vista object is copied and pasted in, e.g., via excel, the object can not be found on the Vista OPC server.
Environment
TAC Vista 5.1.X
TAC Vista OPC Server 1.6.X
3rd party OPC client
Cause
To save engineering time, objects are exported from Vista to excel and imported into the OPC client.
Resolution
Spaces in Vista object names are saved as non-breaking spaces. This is used to avoid the words that the object name consists of getting separated.
Breaking and non-breaking spaces in word documents:
To restore the non-breaking space:
- Paste the text into Word.
- Search and replace "object name" with "object^sname".
Example: