Hello! I am trying to connect Ignition to SCADAPhone which uses OPC DA. I have the OPC COM module installed but the OPC connection keeps faulting, with a fault of COM object method returns error code: 0:80080005; Server execution failed. Has anyone successfully connected Ignition to SCADAPhone? Thanks!
Given how much better other options for notifications are these days, I would be surprised if anyone has bothered attaching something that old to a new system. It is super affordable to use modern and well supported options for the same functions, and it will not be reliant on legacy systems.
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One other thing is most likely your SCADAPhone software wants to be the client, not the server, and the Ignition OPC COM module is a client that tries to connect to an OPC-DA server, not the other way around. So most likely this won't work at all as you have planned.
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While that may be true, my clients are slow to accept change. So allowing them to continue using an alarm notification software they are familiar with, I might actually be able to convince someone to switch from Wonderware to Ignition.
I think this is the answer here.
ScadaPhone - Most Reliable SCADA Alarm Notification Solution.
- Configurable connection to any SCADA server that supports OPC, DDE, or OLE communications.
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Natively it's not compatible so you'd need some middleware option like Matrikon OPC UA Wrapper or the Kepware equivalent.
Edit: Removed a bad suggestion
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Between licensing costs and functionality alone you should be able to convince them. Every company using Wonderware that I give a demo to of our Ignition standard project has wanted to convert over. They're only holding themselves back by using antiquated software like Wonderware.
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I spent a few days looking into this as a potential option for a client last year, and wasn't successful connecting the systems together. I would say that Michael, Kevin and Nol are on the right track about needing some sort of middleware.
Additionally, it was also a complete PITA to uninstall the SCADAPhone software from my laptop once I determined it wouldn't suit.I'm still not sure I ever got all of it out.
I agree with Dave, you're honestly better off using a more modern piece of software, that already works with Ignition. There are several modules, both IA and 3rd party, floating around that are designed to easily handle remote notification systems.
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When you need overly verbose paragraphs of help text throughout your entire UI to explain what everything does, it’s probably a hint that your UI needs fixing… and if it still doesn't support opc-ua by now, well it’s clearly antiquated software… that’s my 2c on scada phone 
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