Rockwell Automation 9301 Series RSView32 Users Guide - Manual (Page 597)

Using networks
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If the data log model on Computer1 is configured to use the ODBC
storage format and data source, Computer2 must have an ODBC data
source configured with the same name in order for the remote
historical trend to work.
Using OPC for peer–to–peer network communications
RSView32 supports the OPC 1.0a and 2.0 specifications.
This section describes how to set up OPC to share tag values over a
network. You can set up one RSView32 station as an OPC client, and
another as an OPC server, to achieve peer-to-peer networking.
Using OPC, you can both read from and write to tags on another
RSView32 station on the network. Follow the steps below to set up
OPC in Windows 2003 Server, Windows
® XP, Windows 2000, or
Windows Vista.
To use OPC:
you need Windows Server 2003, Windows XP, Windows 2000, or
Windows Vista, with a Primary Domain Controller to authenticate
all computers on the network. All computers on the network must
be in the same domain.
Microsoft ® Distributed COM (DCOM) must be installed and
configured, both on the client and the server computers.
the OPC server must be registered on the OPC client machine.
The Node editor lists OPC servers that are registered on the client
machine (click the Browse button next to the Server Name field).
For more information about the requirements for using OPC on a
client/server network, see the RSView32 Release Notes.