Rockwell Automation 9301 Series RSView32 Users Guide - Manual (Page 598)

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RSView32 User’s Guide
Identifying the RSView32 server computer
To uniquely identify an RSView32 server for OPC communications,
the computer must have a name or address. The server computer can
use Windows Server 2003, Windows XP, Windows 2000, or Windows
Vista.
To give the computer a name or address, you can use any of these
methods:
assign a name using the Universal Naming Convention
assign a name using the Domain Name System
set up a TCP/IP address
For more information, see your Windows documentation.
Enabling an RSView32 OPC server for
reading and writing
1. Enable RSView32 as an OPC server by doing one of the following:
select the OPC/DDE Server check box in the Startup editor
and run the project
issue the RTDataServerOn command (from the RSView32
command line or another RSView32 component)
2. Enable RSView32 for writes by issuing the RTDataWriteEnable
command (from the RSView32 command line or another
RSView32 component).
Configuring the RSView32 OPC client
application
To request data from an RSView32 OPC server, you must set up a
node that references the server. You set up the node in the RSView32
project on the OPC client computer using this information: