When you buy a TOP Server Weatherford 8500 Serial Driver License you get all the TOP Server built-in features.

The TOP Server provides a communication interface for Weatherford Rod Pump Controllers supporting the Weatherford 8500 Serial protocol.  Weatherford RPCs are widely used at wellhead facilities in the Oil & Gas Industry (see also TOP Server Oil & Gas Industry Suite).

The Weatherford 8500 Serial Driver provides an easy and reliable way to read and write data to Weatherford series devices via the Weatherford 8500 protocol through client applications (including HMI, SCADA, Historian, MES, ERP, and countless custom applications).

This driver is also included in the Oil & Gas Industry Suite - a cost-effective, convenient collection of the most common drivers/protocols used in the industry.

Protocols Supported:

• Weatherford 8500 Serial Protocol

Device Models Currently Supported:

• WellPilot RPOC
• WellPilot/ePIC VSD
• ePIC RPC
• M2000
• 8800
• 8750
• 8500/8650

Physical Networks Supported:

• RS-232 Serial Point-to-Point
• Ethernet Encapsulated Serial (Details)

Maximum Number of Channels & Devices:

• Channels - 256
• Devices - 4095 per Channel

Weatherford 8500 Serial Driver Standard Features:

• Full Address Support (WellPilot RPOC)
• Function Items
• Buffer Items
• Command Items
• Well Command Items
• Dynagraph / Xdynagraph10 Items
• Surface & Downhole Items
• Paramter Items
• RTS Line Control (for Serial Radios)

Advanced Driver Features:

• Automatic Tag Database Generation
• Ethernet Encapsulation
• Dial-Up Modem Support
• Inter-Request Delay
• Device Auto-Demotion
• Channel Serialization - Use multiple drivers/protocols on the same communications channel (Great for Radio Communications)

Function Code Support:

• Function Codes  - 0, 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11, 12, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 24, 25, 255