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Delta RMC101 User Manual

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Communicate with any RMC from a Custom Application
The RMCLink component enables direct communication with any of Delta Computer System's
RMC family of motion controllers from numerous programming languages and applications.
Supporting serial RS-232 and Ethernet communications, RMCLink provides full functionality to
read and write registers, read bits, and issue commands to all RMC family controllers.

RMCLink comes with sample projects to help you get up and running quickly. The RMCLink help
includes detailed walk-throughs and numerous code snippets.

RMCLink is available for free download on Delta's website: http://www.deltamotion.com/dloads/.
The download includes a detailed help file and examples to get you started. After installing
RMCLink, the help file will be accessible from the Windows Start button>>All Programs menu.

Supported Programming Languages and Applications
RMCLink can be used from numerous programming languages and applications. It has three
interfaces to make it intuitive and easy to use from any language.

The table below lists supported programming languages and applications and the respective
RMCLink interface that should be used for that language. All the interfaces are included in the
RMCLink download.

Programming Languages and
Applications

RMCLink Interface

Visual Basic 5.0/6.0

VBA (Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Word,
etc.)

VBScript

JScript

PHP

RMCLink COM Component

National Instruments LabVIEW

LabVIEW Virtual Instrument VIs

(based on the RMCLink COM
Component Interface)

Visual Basic .NET

Visual C#

Visual C++ with Managed Extensions
(VS 2002/2003)

Visual C++/CLI (VS 2005)

Visual J#

RMCLink.Interop .NET Assembly

Visual C++ (Native Code)

RMCLink C++ Wrapper Class

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