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About the PMCS DDE Server
Installation
DDE Server User's Guide
The PMCS Dynamic Data Exchange (DDE) Server is a Windows 2000 SP2
application that allows other Windows 2000 SP2 applications to access data from GE
devices and third-party devices.
It communicates directly with other PMCS applications, such as third-party HMI
tools, Event Logger, or Waveform Capture Module, to form a powerful and flexible
power-management system. The PMCS DDE Server acts as the bridge between
Modbus RTU or Ethernet power-management networks and DDE-compliant software
applications for display, analysis, and control.
The PMCS DDE Server application program is named GE32MODB (RS-485
Modbus RTU version), GE32MTCP (TCP/IP Modbus version) and GE32EIND (RS-
485 EI Protocol version).
The PMCS DDE Server is easy to use. It provides a Windows graphical user
interface with a toolbar and pull-down menus for quick and easy device definition,
configuration, I/O display, and report generation.
The DDE Server supports both DDE for sharing data with applications on the same
computer and NetDDE for sharing data with other computers in a local-area network
(LAN).
EI User's only
EI is the acronym for Electro Industries, a communications serial protocol that
allows the user to talk to the EI Devices.
The PMCS EI Server application program is named GE32EIND (Serial EI Protocol).
Special Note: This server supports only two devices for time being they are
EPM7430D and EPM7450D.
Server with OPC Interfaces
DDEServer supports OPC interfaces. PMCS clients such as WFServer/ EventServer
are not OPC compliant. These servers can be used with third party software clients
which are OPC compliant.
To install the PMCS DDE Server, refer to GEH-6514 Read This Book First for
InTouch and DEH-211 Read This Book First for Cimplicity, which contains
installation procedures for all POWER LEADER
packages. This guide accompanied the PMCS software package, and is also
contained (as a PDF file) on the PMCS software installation CD-ROM.
Installing the PMCS Network and Device Configurator software creates the
following directory in the root directory of the specified drive:
\ge_pmcs\server\
\ge_pmcs\ge32mtcp\
\ge_pmcs\ge32eind\
TM
(for Modbus version of the DDE Server)
(for Modbus TCP/IP version of the DDE Server)
(for Electro Industries Server)
system and application software
Chapter One - Introduction • • • • 3
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