Specifications

RSLinx – Training Guide D - 9
The Application is \\COMPUTER_NAME\NDDE$. COMPUTER_NAME is the name of
the computer that has RSView32 installed on it and is to be the server of the data. This
name is assigned in Windows NT or 95.
• To find your computer’s name on the network, open the Control Panel in
Windows and then double-click on the Network icon, then go to the
Identification tab.
• To find the computer name of the computer you wish to connect to, double
click the Network Neighborhood icon on the desktop.
In this example, the Sharename is RTdataProject$ and it goes in the Topic box.
• The user would have setup this sharename in Windows NT by using the
DDESHARE.EXE utility.
Note: RSView32 is a DDE client by default, which means that it will not share it’s tag
data with other DDE compliant programs unless configured to do so.
• A RSView32 command called RTDATASERVERON starts
RSView32’s DDE/OPC server and when the command is executed,
RSView32 is changed to a Client/Server application.
Note: “RTData” is the application to use when referring to RSView32 as a
DDE/OPC Server, and the project name that is running is to be used as Topic.
This information would be necessary when configuring a DDE Share.