Specifications

D - 6 RSLinx – Training Guide
RSView32 as Client, RSLinx as the Server:
To establish a Network DDE link from RSView32 RSLinx create a DDE Node in
RSView32’s Node Editor:
In this example, the Application is \\COMPUTER_NAME\NDDE$. COMPUTER_NAME
is the name of the computer that has RSView32 installed on it and is to be the server of
the data. This name is assigned in Windows NT or 95.
• To find your computer’s name on the network, open the Control Panel in
Windows and then double-click on the Network icon, then go to the
Identification tab.
• To find the computer name of the computer you wish to connect to, double
click the Network Neighborhood icon on the desktop and search the network
for the computer name.
In this example at #6, the Sharename is RSLinxTESTSOL$.
The user would have setup the sharename in Windows NT by using the
DDESHARE.EXE utility.