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D-2 Micro PLC Programmer’s Guide – April 1994
GFK-0804B
Features of the Micro PLC DDE Driver Software
The software product, called the Micro PLC DDE Driver, allows linking real-time data
from the plant floor into applications for display, logging, or trending. It also allows
setting individual parameters or downloading recipes to a programmable controller
from a supervisory computer. Features include:
Support for direct point-to-point port connections.
Access to all Micro PLC data memory types.
Support for multiple data formats.
Independent polling rates for each data point.
Optimizes reads.
Easy configuration.
Support for multiple configurations.
Ability to change driver configuration and actions via DDE links.
Remote access through modems with automatic dialing.
Ability to monitor DDE conversion status.
Comprehensive error messages.
On-line help.
Windows DDE compliant applications such as Microsoft Excel allow data from the Micro
PLC to be displayed in tabular or graphical form (see below).
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In addition to spreadsheet applications, data can be brought into word processing,
database, and other applications.