Created Date: July 13,2000

Created by: lucasw

I 've developed an application that runs on the 2.0 and 3.0 flavors of CE. Essentially it accesses an ethernet port and some number of serial ports.

1) How does one go about loading an application into the vanilla (no TnD) 100 Mhz WinPLC? Can I use ActiveSync or is there another mechanism?

2) Using the H2-SERIO modules, are they accesses as typical Win32 serial devices?

Thanks for your help.

Created Date: July 14,2000

Created by: Russ

Hi,

Sorry I don't have a direct answer for you, but have you checked the Host Engineering web site? The page at http://www.hosteng.com/ProductLine/WinPLCSDK.htm says there will be a WinPLC SDK that you can use to load your own CE apps onto the WinPLC. The page hasn't been updated for over a year now, so I'm not sure what the current status of this project is.

Maybe Mark or someone else from Host can fill us in...

Regards,

Russ O 'Rourke

Created Date: July 17,2000

Created by: mike.stillwell

To use the CE-Only WinPLC, you'll need a few things. First a programming environment: either Visual C/C++ V6.0 or Visual Basic V6.0. Next you'll need the appropriate CE Toolkit (VC/C++ or VB). These are available from Microsoft.

Next you'll need the WinPLC SDK from us. It contains the libraries and header files you'll need to create the application. You also get the utility programs needed to download and test your application.

With the programming enviromnent installed, the CE Toolkit and SDK applied, you'll be able to create / compile / download / debug just as you would any other PC-based application. It's pretty slick.

As for the SERIO modules, it does indeed appear as more generic serial ports to the WinPLC. The on-board port is Com1. Each SERIO module adds three serial ports. Each WinPLC can support three SERIO modules, for a total of ten serial ports - CE only supports 10 serial ports Com1->Com0.