Servidor comunicacion ipc data server

FESTO IPC Communication Server
for Microsoft Windows and InTouch Applications

User Manual Ver 1.x Rev 1.2 DR420 10 DR420 11

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Table Of ContentsOverview......................................................................................................................... 1 Communication Protocols............................................................................................... 2 Accessing Remote Items via the FESTO IPC Server..................................................... 3 Installing the FESTO IPCServer.................................................................................... 4 Installing the I/O Server Infrastructure ..................................................................... 5 Configuring the FESTO IPC Server................................................................................ 6 Server Settings Command ....................................................................................... 6 Socket Definition Command.................................................................................... 8 Saving FESTOIPC Configuration File ...................................................................... 10 Configuration File Location ...................................................................................... 10 Topic Definition Command....................................................................................... 11Item Names .................................................................................................................... 12 Monitoring and Controlling Communication with a FESTOIPC device..................... 14 Item/Point Naming Examples................................................................................... 16 Using FESTO IPC Server with Suite Link and DDE Clients........................................... 17 Using the FESTO IPC Server with InTouch ............................................................. 17 Defining the Access names ................................................................................. 17 Defining the Tag Names ...................................................................................... 19 Monitoring the Status ofCommunication with InTouch........................................ 21 Notes on Using Microsoft Excel ............................................................................... 22 Reading Values into Excel Spreadsheets............................................................ 22 Writing Values to FESTOIPC Points.................................................................... 22 Using the FESTO IPCServer with OPC Clients............................................................. 24 Configuring DCOM................................................................................................... 24 Running FESTO IPC “OPC & DDE” version as Windows NT Service ..................... 26 Using the FESTOIPC with OPCLink Server............................................................. 27OPCLink Topic Definition..................................................................................... 27 Accessing FESTOIPC Items via the OPCLink Server ......................................... 28 Troubleshooting.............................................................................................................. 29 WIN.INIentries......................................................................................................... 29 Troubleshooting menu ............................................................................................. 30

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FESTO IPC Communication Server
Overview
The FESTO IPC Communication Server (hereafter referred to as the “FESTO...