Specifications

RSLinx – Training Guide 3
Training Section 1: Introduction
Product Description
RSLinx is a complete 32-bit product family that provides
communications to a wide range of applications. RSLinx supports
Rockwell Software and Allen-Bradley programming, HMI, and
component software products.
It serves shop floor data to commercially available DDE client
applications, such as Microsoft Excel and Access. This allows real-
time data from the plant floor to be brought into applications for
display, logging, or trending.
With RSLinx, you can set individual parameters or download recipes to supported
devices from a supervisory computer. RSLinx also supports many popular industrial
applications developed by OEMs (Original Equipment Manufacturers), VARs (Value-
Added Resellers - part of Rockwell Software’s Strategic Provider Program), and
independent software vendors using the INTERCHANGE Compatible RSLinx 'C' API.
RSLinx is available in packages to suit a variety of needs for both features and
functionality. RSLinx OEM is available to act as a communications engine for many of
Rockwell Software's HMI software products (RSTrend, WINtelligent VIEW, WINtelligent
QUALITY, WINtelligent RECIPE), as well as any third-party product that was developed
to use the RSLinx 'C' API.
RSLinx Professional starts with the functionality of RSLinx OEM and adds DDE
communications to all products that can act as DDE clients. RSLinx SDK is the Software
Development Kit used for creating custom applications that can utilize the
communications capabilities of RSLinx and RSLinx OEM.
Its 'C' Application Programming Interface (API) includes over 50 of the most powerful
data access and conversion functions of the INTERCHANGE API, plus a few additional
functions specific to the RSLinx architecture.
Developed from top to bottom as a true 32-bit application, RSLinx takes full advantage
of the multi-threading, multi-tasking, and multi-processing capabilities of the Windows
operating systems. RSLinx can run any combination of the above applications
simultaneously, through the same or different communication interfaces.