Black Box GEH-6510 - Manual (Page 3)

DDE Server User’s Guide •••• iii
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Contents
Chapter One - Introduction 1
Welcome.................................................................................................................................... 1
About DDE ................................................................................................................................ 2
About NetDDE .......................................................................................................................... 2
About the PMCS DDE Server ................................................................................................... 3
Installation ................................................................................................................................. 3
Running PMCS DDE Server as an NT Service ........................................................... 5
Chapter Two - Overview 7
About PMCS.............................................................................................................................. 7
Devices ...................................................................................................................................... 9
Networks.................................................................................................................................. 10
PMCS DDE Server .................................................................................................................. 10
Client Applications .................................................................................................................. 10
What’s Next ............................................................................................................................. 10
Chapter Three - Getting Started 11
Introduction.............................................................................................................................. 11
First-Time Configuration ......................................................................................................... 11
Communication Ports ................................................................................................ 11
Device Configuration................................................................................................. 11
Launching the Program............................................................................................................ 12
What’s on the DDE Server Screen?......................................................................................... 12
Menu Bar ................................................................................................................................. 13
Menu Conventions..................................................................................................... 13
Configuring Communication ports........................................................................................... 14
Configuring the Devices .......................................................................................................... 19
Starting the Server ................................................................................................................... 21
Displaying I/O Traffic.............................................................................................................. 22
NetDDE Setup ......................................................................................................................... 24
Automatic NetDDE Setup: VNDDE.EXE................................................................. 25
Manual NetDDE Setup.............................................................................................. 27
Chapter Four - Menus and Toolbars 33