Rockwell Automation 9301 Series RSView32 Users Guide - Manual (Page 66)

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RSView32 User’s Guide
Overview of DDE communications
The following illustration shows the different ways RSView32 can use
DDE for communications.
RSView3
2
RSView32 DDE module
Third-part
y
DDE
server
CF_Text or
AdvanceDDE
*
AdvanceDDE

CF_Text or
XLTable
Modicon,
GE, Siemens,
or other
programmable
controller Other
non-Allen-
Bradley
device
Third-party
application
, such as
Microsoft
Excel
C
om
pu
te
r
ru
n
n
in
g
R
S
V
ie
w
3
2
* The third-party server can use AdvanceDDE format if
the server uses the Rockwell Software server toolkit.
RSServe
r
PLC network
Network or
communicatio
n link
Computer ru
nning
RSV
iew32
RSView32
TM
*
Third-party
application,
such as
Microsoft
Excel RSServer
Third-party
DDE server
Network or
communication link