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Created Date: August 02,2004
Created By: C R Williams
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Anyone out there using KEP Direct as an OPC server? I 've got it working as a DDE server with Excel and with a Windows test app I have written. I think it's working OK with OPC as I can access the plc through the OPC Quick Client program provided. However, all the documentation I 've found so far has been program user information - how to install, what the menus and buttons do, etc - and not how to access the data it interfaces from another program, which of course is the whole point. It would really help if someone can point out where to find this info, and/or provide sample interface code.
Created Date: August 02,2004
Created by: Tech Guy
You might try the OPC Foundation .
Created Date: August 02,2004
Created by: C R Williams
Thanks, and appologies. I also found that there's a bunch of good stuff installed on my machine as part of the KEP Direct installation. http://forum1.automationdirect.com/board/smile.gif
I had been using the desktop icon to run KEP. When I used the Windows 'start ' menu I found a lot of stuff that I didn't know was there... http://forum1.automationdirect.com/board/redface.gif
Created Date: August 02,2004
Created by: C R Williams
Anyone out there using KEP Direct as an OPC server? I 've got it working as a DDE server with Excel and with a Windows test app I have written.
I think it's working OK with OPC as I can access the plc through the OPC Quick Client program provided.
However, all the documentation I 've found so far has been program user information - how to install, what the menus and buttons do, etc - and not how to access the data it interfaces from another program, which of course is the whole point.
It would really help if someone can point out where to find this info, and/or provide sample interface code.