Product Data Sheet

ENGEL DDE Server

The Klinkmann Automation ENGEL DDE Server is a Microsoft Windows application program that acts as a communication protocol Server and allows other Windows application programs to communicate with Machine Control Systems CC80-A05, CC80-A06, EC88-A01, EC88-A02, CC90-A01 and CC90-A02 (hereafter referred to as the Control Unit) through the serial interface. The run-time system consists of one IBM PC or compatible (host processor) connected to Control Unit (slave processor).

Any Microsoft Windows program that is capable of acting as a DDE or FastDDE Client may use the ENGEL Server.

There are following ENGEL Server versions available:

- ENGEL DDE Server (32-bit), can be used on MS Windows NT, W2K, XP and 95 (98).

FEATURES

The Server is intended for serial communication with Machine Control Systems (Control Units) through the RS-232 serial port.

Minimizes system message traffic by dynamically calculating and optimizing poll lists for client-requested items/points.

Supports multiple topics for each Control Unit, allowing different data update rates.

Provides a communication status flag for each topic.

Supports standard DDE among multiple applications.

SPECIFICATIONS

Hardware: IBM or compatible 386/486/Pentium equipped with a minimum of 4 MB RAM (16 MB RAM for Windows NT). May require more memory to run other Windows programs simultaneously.

Software: Microsoft Windows 95 (98), Microsoft Windows NT 4.0, W2K and XP.

Computer Interface: Standard RS-232 interface.

Maximum Connections: Supports only point-to-point connections (one Control Unit to one serial port).

Devices Supported: CC80-A05, CC80-A06, EC88-A01, EC88-A02, CC90-A01, CC90-A02.

Accessible Point Types: The DDE item names used in the ENGEL DDE Server generally may be described as:

GGMMs where

GG - group number, value can be 00...99.
MM - member number, value can be 00...99.
s - optional suffix specifying the type of DDE item, possible values can be:

- none or I or i - DDE Integer, value range from -2147483648 to +2147483647
- D or d - DDE Discrete, possible values 0 and 1
- R or r - DDE Real, value range from -1e-37 to 1e37
- S or s - DDE Message (string), the maximum length 200 bytes (InTouch supports only 131 bytes), can contain any characters except NULL (0x00 hex) and GS (0x1D hex)

ORDERING INFORMATION

Description / Order Number

ENGEL DDE Server 32-bit version Manual & Disk Set / DR 200 10