Rockwell Automation 9301 Series RSView32 Users Guide - Manual (Page 73)

Setting up OPC and DDE communications
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5. When you finish configuring nodes, click Close.
Example: Configuring an OPC node
The following example describes how to create a node to connect to a
local OPC server using RSLinx.
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
driver name is RSLinx Remote OPC Server. You
don’t need to specify a vendor or version number.
Access Path: PLC_HVAC1
The access path is the DDE/OPC topic name in
RSLinx.
The figure below shows how the node looks in the Node editor.
The server
name appears
in the
spreadsheet's
Station or
Server column.
Some columns do not apply to OPC
nodes and are left blank.
The server
name appears in
the
spreadsheet’s
Station or
Server column.