Rockwell Automation RSBizWare Administration Guide - Manual (Page 244)

Chapter 10 Configuring data collection
You can use the following types of control connectors:
Item Description
Dynamic Data
Exchange (DDE)
The DDE control connector service is provided for legacy
connections to DDE servers or to provide functionality that is not
supported by the OPC specification.
RSLinx Classic OPC The RSLinx Classic control connector service is the preferred method
to use when browsing for data tags that reside in Allen-Bradley
Programmable Logic Controllers, except for ControlLogix 555x
processor items. You should use Generic OPC control connectors
with ControlLogix 555x processors.
Generic OPC The Generic OPC control connector service is used to interface with
items provided by any OPC server that conforms to OPC interface
specifications.
FactoryTalk LiveData
Connector FactoryTalk Transaction Manager uses FactoryTalk Live Data to
communicate with FactoryTalk Live Data servers, such as RSLinx
Classic and RSView Supervisory Edition. FactoryTalk Transaction
Manager connects to the FactoryTalk Directory, which allows
FactoryTalk Transaction Manager to browse the available data
items. This control connector is required if you plan to perform
online edits with your configuration.
The FactoryTalk Transaction Manager interfaces with the database
via an enterprise connector. An enterprise connector is a Windows
service that receives data from the FactoryTalk Transaction
Manager and logs it to a database.
You can use the following types of enterprise connectors:
Item Description
ODBC The ODBC enterprise database connector allows you to interface
with virtually any ODBC-compliant database including Microsoft
Access, Microsoft SQL Server 6.5 or later, IBM DB2 or Sybase.
Oracle OCI The Oracle Call Interface (OCI) enterprise database connector allows
you to connect to database objects from an Oracle server. If you are
using Oracle OCI, you need to locally install SQL*NET 2.3x or later,
Net8, or Oracle Net services (all from Oracle). You can then connect
to an Oracle database versions 9i through 11g.
Types of enterprise
connectors for the data
collection
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