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Configuring rsview32 for use with rslinx gateway – Rockwell Automation 9301 Series RSView32 Users Guide User Manual

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enable RSLinx Gateway

For information about configuring RSLinx Gateway, see the
documentation supplied with RSLinx.

Configuring RSView32 for use with RSLinx

Gateway

To use RSLinx Gateway with RSView32, do the following in
RSView32:

use the RSLinxOPCRemote program provided on the RSLinx CD

to register the RSLinx Gateway on the computer on which
RSView32 is installed.

in the Node editor, set up a remote OPC node for each PLC. For

more information about setting up an OPC node, see page 3-5.

create tags. For more information about creating tags, see

Chapter 4, Creating tags.

At runtime, use the same login name and password for the computer
running RSLinx Gateway and for the computer running RSView32. If
this is not practical, on the computer running RSLinx configure
DCOM to grant the RSView32 user access to the RSLinx computer.
For more information about configuring DCOM, see the Help
supplied with the DCOMCNFG utility.

Example: Configuring an OPC node for RSLinx Gateway

The following example describes how to create a node to connect to
RSLinx Gateway as a remote OPC server.

Server Name:

RSLinx OPC Server

or

RSLinx Remote OPC Server

If you are using RSLinx 2.0, the driver name is
RSLinx OPC Server. If you are using RSLinx 2.1, the