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Any combination of the above is valid by separating the parts by a comma, e.g. C(X)!P(0) = 1-10,20,GROUP3 will read
parameters 1 to 10, 20 and all parameters in group 3 of channel X.
5.2.3 Server topic
Information about the FlowDDE server, several settings and FLOW-BUS configuration information can be obtained by
clients through the server topic.
The server topic has several items:
• Server!ProductName FlowDDE or FlowDDE2
• Server!FlowDDEVersion Version of FlowDDE
• Server!DatabaseVersion Version of FlowDDE database (FlowDDE.mdb)
• Server!FLOWBUSDLLVersion Version of Flowb32.dll
• Server!Status Status of FlowDDE
• Server!ComStatus Status of FlowDDE – Idle, Normal polling, Simulation, Scanning FLOW-BUS
• Server!OpenCom Communication status/command – 0 = close, 1 = open
• Server!MaxChan Maximum channel number in FLOW-BUS configuration
• Server!MaxNode Maximum node address in FLOW-BUS system
• Server!MaxPar Maximum parameter number in FlowDDE database
• Server!SelChan Select channel for changing polling mode – 0 = all channels
• Server!Polling Polling status/command for channel set by SelChan – 0 = dis-, -1 = enabled
• Server!PollTime Poll time interval for polled parameters (not real-time)
• Server!PollBatch Number of channels to poll
• Server!RTPInterval Poll time interval for real-time channels
• Server!InterfaceChan Channel number of instrument which communicates with FlowDDE
• Server!Interface Communication interface, e.g. COM1
• Server!Baudrate RS232 communication baud rate
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