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ProSoft Technology 5204-DFNT-PDPMV1 User Manual

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DFNT ♦ ProLinx Gateway

Reference

EtherNet/IP Explicit Messaging Client/Server

Protocol Manual

ProSoft Technology, Inc.

Page 95 of 124

July 24, 2013

Click the N

EW

button to add a new Topic to the T

OPIC

L

IST

. This displays a

default name. Edit the Topic name for the link to be formed. This name should
reflect the unit or location to which the connection is being made. Do not press
the Enter key. Instead, double-click the mouse on the DFNT device you want to
connect to the entered Topic name. The dialog should now appear as follows:

Now select the D

ATA

C

OLLECTION

tab on the dialog box. Fill in the form to define

the characteristics of the DDE link. The following screen shows an example: