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Table Of Contents
What is DDE?................................................................................................................. 1
Accessing a Remote DDE Item from ABB_ARCN ......................................................... 2
Installing the ABB_ARCN DDE Server ........................................................................... 2
Installing the Server ............................................................................................. 2
Installing the I/O Server Infrastructure ................................................................. 5
Installing the ABB CS31 Example Program ................................................................... 6
Configuring the ABB_ARCN Server ............................................................................... 6
DDE Server Settings Command .......................................................................... 7
Board Configuration Command ........................................................................... 8
Saving ABB_ARCN Configuration File................................................................. 10
Configuration File Location .................................................................................. 10
Topic Definition Command................................................................................... 11
ABB CS31 07KT93 Program Description ....................................................................... 14
Notes on Write Command Processing................................................................. 22
Using the ABB_ARCN Server with InTouch ................................................................... 23
Defining the Tag names....................................................................................... 24
Controller "STATUS" Item.................................................................................... 26
Item (Point) Naming........................................................................................................ 26
Notes on Using Microsoft Excel...................................................................................... 28
Reading Values into Excel Spreadsheets ............................................................ 28
Writing Values to ABB_ARCN Points .................................................................. 28
Improving Excel/DDE Server Performance.......................................................... 28
Troubleshooting.............................................................................................................. 30
WIN.INI entries .................................................................................................... 30
Troubleshooting menu ......................................................................................... 31
ABB_ARCN DDE Server User Manual Rev 2.5
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